Hey all,
Does someone know a website where I can buy battery covers for my Ace? And with this I mean customs, nothing special, just a plain blue or red one for example, I'm kind of fed up with the standard black one.
Remcotjuuh said:
Hey all,
Does someone know a website where I can buy battery covers for my Ace? And with this I mean customs, nothing special, just a plain blue or red one for example, I'm kind of fed up with the standard black one.
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Im not sure about "custom made" but, I found some awesome one's here on Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=samsung+galaxy+ace+back+cover&_sacat=0
Alpha que said:
Im not sure about "custom made" but, I found some awesome one's here on Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=samsung+galaxy+ace+back+cover&_sacat=0
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Thanks for helping, but I meant battery covers, not hard cases
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Buy a white one and spray paint it. There's nothing on ebay since they tend to sell the original samsung covers
QNBT said:
Buy a white one and spray paint it. There's nothing on ebay since they tend to sell the original samsung covers
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Hmm, my Samsung was delivered with another back cover which is white, so I'll see what I can do...
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Just sprayed it blue, another coat in two hours and I'll upload a pic asap
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Here the paint is still a little wet, it may be it'll turn a little lighter later. Some hair spray on it when it's dry for protection and it's done
Unbelievable what €2,- spray paint can do
Remcotjuuh said:
Here the paint is still a little wet, it may be it'll turn a little lighter later. Some hair spray on it when it's dry for protection and it's done
Unbelievable what €2,- spray paint can do
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Great work man! Not too sure about the hairspray, but give it a try xD
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Great work man! Not too sure about the hairspray, but give it a try xD
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It's the day after, and I already put it on my phone yesterday. With the hair spray it simply feels protected, it made the surface somewhat smoother, and gave my phone a weird scent, but that will fade away. Really happy with it, never thought the result would look this good. I'll upload a pic later, everytime I want to upload one now uploading fails
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Remcotjuuh said:
It's the day after, and I already put it on my phone yesterday. With the hair spray it simply feels protected, it made the surface somewhat smoother, and gave my phone a weird scent, but that will fade away. Really happy with it, never thought the result would look this good. I'll upload a pic later, everytime I want to upload one now uploading fails
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You could try imgur.com
Here it is, still amazed by what €2,- paint and some hair spray can do ^_^.
It's about three weeks later and the paint still is doing very well. Some paint is lost around the edges because I had to take the cover off a few times and by moving the USB plug cover. The hairspray seems to tend to get loose either, but most is still on. It overall still looks great, except for some details as stated above
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you should buy some 1k paint lacquer isntead of hairspray, would last longer!
Hey,
After having a blue back cover I decided I wanted something else. First I cut an Android out of paper and sprayed this gold on the blue base coat, which didn't look that bad, but since it's hard to cut something such small out of paper it wasn't as good as I wanted it to be, so after a week I sprayed the complete back cover gold, which I think looks great!
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Hi Is there any way that we can change the silver line of Galaxy Ace. Too Many scratches already. I don't know how I can make this new again other than buying a new one. )
I also want/need it, mine's too old.
I think that is body shell..
I've ask at servis centre n the price is about half of secondhand ace..
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About 15 USD on eBay
Whoa!! I wanted that too. Mine has a lot of dents and scratches.
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About 15 USD on eBay
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Could you please put the link to the article???
thanks in adavnce
I spray painted mine from silve to glossy black. i Also have glossy black battery cover so it will loog f*cking awesome! I can upload picture when the paint is dry.
can you post the photos? thanks
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Aahh **** I just ****ed up my whole work.... Paint wasnt dry yet. Imma try to do the whole thing again in next week.
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zZzACEzZz said:
Aahh **** I just ****ed up my whole work.... Paint wasnt dry yet. Imma try to do the whole thing again in next week.
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ok.. thanks :laugh:
waiting so that i can do it too
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I use plastic/rubber cover for my ace, so it makes from my ace unbreakable/scratchable thing and you will never have to change the silver line
dom23 said:
I use plastic/rubber cover for my ace, so it makes from my ace unbreakable/scratchable thing and you will never have to change the silver line
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Hmm.... I don't actually think that it makes it "unbreakable" but saves your phone from many careless falls and bad in-pocket company such as keys or the like
I've mine with a combination of silicone/plastic cover and a screen protector too, although the latter is quite old and scratched but I don't want to peel it out yet until I can get myself a new one
I too had A LOT of scratches on it and decided too peel off the whole silver paint(or whatever it WAS) and now it looks better than before..I would post a screenie in about 2hours..
Hit THANKS if I helped somehow..
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I too had A LOT of scratches on it and decided too peel off the whole silver paint(or whatever it WAS) and now it looks better than before..I would post a screenie in about 2hours..
Hit THANKS if I helped somehow..
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How did you remove the paint? Where are the pictures?
Hi guys,
I could not find a demo device from my local telco stores and based on what you have discovered, is HTC one silver or black version very slippery when holding it with one hand?
I used to have HTC one s grey version which had full aluminum unibody but that beauty was very slippery to a degree that I would drop it when pulling it from my jeans. So how is HTC one doing compared to one s grey version?
Thanks!!
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Only if you don't wipe the astroglide off your hands before making a call...
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Haven't looked at it yet but they say it's matte finished right? So I don't think it's slippery. Had 3 phones that's matte finished and all of them aren't.
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Haven't looked at it yet but they say it's matte finished right? So I don't think it's slippery. Had 3 phones that's matte finished and all of them aren't.
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I have seen the dummy black one in 3 store, it was not very slippery but the back was very smooth indeed. I am more concerning the silver one which I would probably get, just really want to know if that is the same as black one or more slippery cos I it seems like they are different finish.
Really want to preorder but cannot decide yet before I know how slippery one would be. Thanks for any help!!
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I have seen the dummy black one in 3 store, it was not very slippery but the back was very smooth indeed. I am more concerning the silver one which I would probably get, just really want to know if that is the same as black one or more slippery cos I it seems like they are different finish.
Really want to preorder but cannot decide yet before I know how slippery one would be. Thanks for any help!!
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Ohh sorry but I couldn't help you there. I didn't even get the chance to see the device other than on the internet. But thanks! I am buying the black one and glad it's great.
I've only held one briefly, but I did find it very difficult to keep hold of. It's the shape that's the problem - it's too thin at the sides, and because it's all curves and no edges there's nothing to get a grip on.
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I've only held one briefly, but I did find it very difficult to keep hold of. It's the shape that's the problem - it's too thin at the sides, and because it's all curves and no edges there's nothing to get a grip on.
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Thanks! Did you try the silver one or the black one? And do you know if they feel the same in hand?
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Hmm, held the silver one today, not too dissimilar to the desire HD. To be honest I dont recall it being slippy but I would have held it tighter than my own phone!
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The answer at least for silver is no. I held one and it felt fine. But everyone says the N4 is slippery but I don't think it is.
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h.han said:
Thanks! Did you try the silver one or the black one? And do you know if they feel the same in hand?
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Silver. I've not encountered a black one, but as I said it was the shape that was the problem, not the texture of the surface, and the black one is the same shape.
Something I should have said earlier is that I don't hold phones the way normal people do. I hold the phone in my left hand and operate it with my right index finger, rather than holding it in my right hand and using my right thumb. That may make a difference.
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Silver. I've not encountered a black one, but as I said it was the shape that was the problem, not the texture of the surface, and the black one is the same shape.
Something I should have said earlier is that I don't hold phones the way normal people do. I hold the phone in my left hand and operate it with my right index finger, rather than holding it in my right hand and using my right thumb. That may make a difference.
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Hey! That's cool & unique! BTW you mentioned it's all curves and no sharp edges. Is it really "all" edges? Even on the sides there's no edges?
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Hey! That's cool & unique! BTW you mentioned it's all curves and no sharp edges. Is it really "all" edges? Even on the sides there's no edges?
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That was perhaps a bit of an exaggeration, but yeah, it does feel rather like that in the hand.
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That was perhaps a bit of an exaggeration, but yeah, it does feel rather like that in the hand.
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I tried the dummy black the other day, given the fact that I have galaxy s3 at the moment, I have to say I felt harder/sharper edge than holding a s3.
Of course it could be all because the quality of dummy is no comparison to the real thing, that's why I am planning to go to Stratford westfield to try my luck if I could have my hands on a demo device today. will report back later.
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h.han said:
I tried the dummy black the other day, given the fact that I have galaxy s3 at the moment, I have to say I felt harder/sharper edge than holding a s3.
Of course it could be all because the quality of dummy is no comparison to the real thing, that's why I am planning to go to Stratford westfield to try my luck if I could have my hands on a demo device today. will report back later.
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Went to Stratford Westfield today, haha super happy got my hand on a silver demo device from 3 store. It felt much better than dummy phone I have to say, the edges are much smoother and surprisingly not as slippery as one s grey version!! I think this is because One is thicker than One s so it gives you better grip.
Overall very very very happy about the silver colour, may just preorder one tomorrow!!
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I have held three different devices now, I have not felt any slipperiness
It's similar to the Desire HD .. a bit slippery but not too bad!
I would recommend getting a nice case for it
Hi fellas..
Now that back covers have slightly reduced prices on Ebay, I decided to take the plunge.
Ordered a white back cover for my black G2 and here are the pics.
I think it looks pretty neat and fingerprint visibility on the white one isn't that high.
Got the cover from here:
http://www.ebay.com.sg/itm/28122764...eName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
That looks pretty nice. Was it hard to pry the back cover off?
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WOAH. that's cool!
But why didn't you just get the quick window case in white and pry the window off? I have a white G2 and just bought a white and black QW case for when I get bored of the colour.
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KB112 said:
That looks pretty nice. Was it hard to pry the back cover off?
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Well, initially it was difficult. But once ya got the first latch out (with a click), ya just gotta apply enough force for all the latches. An important point to note is that you'll have to use a plastic opening tool, or anything plastic, and relatively sharp. Any other material may damage your device.
Got my guidance from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBrXRs9j5jY
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WOAH. that's cool!
But why didn't you just get the quick window case in white and pry the window off? I have a white G2 and just bought a white and black QW case for when I get bored of the colour.
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Well, this might sound crazy, but nothing beats having a complete naked device in terms of feel in the hand. I just wanted it to be small.. real small. And yea.. I've used the slimArmor for a week.. and then the Korean Nekeda case for much longer, but eventually ended up naked
I'll get a QW case when I pass this phone to my wife in April/May.
Does the case just snap back into place, or do you have to use some kind of glue to keep it in place? Really tempted to get a white back.. Do you think if I were to sell it later I'd be able to put the black one on again and you wouldn't be able to tell it was ever taken off?
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Does the case just snap back into place, or do you have to use some kind of glue to keep it in place? Really tempted to get a white back.. Do you think if I were to sell it later I'd be able to put the black one on again and you wouldn't be able to tell it was ever taken off?
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It snaps right back on. There is no adhesive used at all.
Yes, I think you removed the back without damaging it, shouldn't be a problem at all.
Nice!
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reminds me of the stormtrooper X10 phone mod back in the Xperia X10 days
but very nice though!
Wonder how long before we see the vs980 cover in white.
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Great. But what is that ob pic nr.2 back of the case. Do you get everything (all the connector) in the case,
Is it possible to add a wireless charger into it. (D802 international.)
Anyone seen white vzw backs for sale?
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cvenk said:
Great. But what is that ob pic nr.2 back of the case. Do you get everything (all the connector) in the case,
Is it possible to add a wireless charger into it. (D802 international.)
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Sorry, don''t get you on your first question.
Yes, all the antennas (black portions) are intact, together with the centre NFC piece. I doubt you can add wireless charger inside as there are no pins for you to connect to and also space restrictions.
MasK said:
Hi fellas..
Now that back covers have slightly reduced prices on Ebay, I decided to take the plunge.
Ordered a white back cover for my black G2 and here are the pics.
I think it looks pretty neat and fingerprint visibility on the white one isn't that high.
Got the cover from here:
http://www.ebay.com.sg/itm/28122764...eName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
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Sweet I might have to pick one up! I was waiting on someone to post pics of the black on white!
It looks like Nexus 5 now!
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Would love a matte finish on the back
I would like to do this as well but I am very afraid to remove the back...I think I would damage it...
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SKyRocKeting727 said:
I would like to do this as well but I am very afraid to remove the back...I think I would damage it...
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The back is not that frail lol, it snaps on and off rather easily.
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Anyone seen white vzw backs for sale?
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Vzw users always get the shaft lol I remember wanting to make my gnexus white but never saw a white frame for the vzw version. I imagine it's the same for the g2.
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I havent worn this for 30 days yet...I assumed this clasp was stainless steel. However the plating on this monkey metal crap is comming off. Because of the way it sits on my wrist.
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Maybe it's just me, but I don't see any plating coming off in your pictures...
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See the corner..it looks like brass under whats comming off
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DrmMaster said:
I havent worn this for 30 days yet...I assumed this clasp was stainless steel. However the plating on this monkey metal crap is comming off. Because of the way it sits on my wrist.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2546044
Actually I like a somewhat worn looking petina, but haven't seen anything like brass, just a few scratches.
You must use yours a lot at work or something man I used mine for work till I got laid off couple weeks ago the gear is a tough watch I have no problem that you do I do see it tho must suck. Don't look bad unless your really anal about small stuff
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Anal yes I guess. But its more of the principal I guess.
I wear it everyday yes. Which is only since Christmas day. I work in a office nothing labor intensive...I understand it will have scratches and so on. But this being non stainless means this will continue until the whole thing looks like crap. I mean this is the same sht you get in a 10.00 drugstore watch.
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DrmMaster said:
Anal yes I guess. But its more of the principal I guess.
I wear it everyday yes. Which is only since Christmas day. I work in a office nothing labor intensive...I understand it will have scratches and so on. But this being non stainless means this will continue until the whole thing looks like crap. I mean this is the same sht you get in a 10.00 drugstore watch.
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I wonder if there were different clasps made with different materials. I have a few deep scratches on my clasp, and nothing showing through but more SS (maybe not true SS, but it's not plated). I'm around salt water a lot (scuba diver), and this been chrome plated brass (or some other metal?), I would have seen some oxidation.
Yea I have 0 sign of anything just scratches happen ed when working but nothing serious
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Forgive me for asking what may seem like a silly question, but did you remove the protective plastic from the clasp when you unboxed it? I only ask because I remember not even being able to tell if there was a protective covering on mine until I really tried to peel it off. I was just thinking that if you missed that, maybe it's just the plastic peeling off. Just a thought.
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Forgive me for asking what may seem like a silly question, but did you remove the protective plastic from the clasp when you unboxed it? I only ask because I remember not even being able to tell if there was a protective covering on mine until I really tried to peel it off. I was just thinking that if you missed that, maybe it's just the plastic peeling off. Just a thought.
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same here. i thought i took all the plastic out, turns out i was still wearing some pieces of it for over a month..
Definatly not plastic...and it is progressing heres a few shots...note3 camera shots btw..awsome quality.
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Wow dude that's mess there should be some sort of spray for stuff like that I'm sure it will work.
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That clearly looks like corrosive reaction. Either your presperation or something that you regularly apply to your hands, like soaps, lotions or perfumes can amplify the natural corrosive nature of human sweat. I have seen pictures (Google it) where stainless steel diving watches had the whole back of the case eaten away by some peoples, natural, reactivity to metals, particularly when dissimilar metals are in contact with each other.
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That clearly looks like corrosive reaction....
...particularly when dissimilar metals are in contact with each other.
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This is huge. Salt water and dissimilar metals can set up some crazy reactions. Do you wear a bracelet, cufflinks, home arrest bracelet?
Chemicals too. Good luck.
I know exactly how you feel. My gold Seiko started losing all of it's plating on the band and to replace it was $75.00. I have the rose gold gear and I'm waiting to see how long the plating lasts on it. The gear always has the correct time and date so I feel like I'm already ahead. Getting it for half price at Best Buy didn't hurt either.
I'm not using a case and once you use cases, the chrome tends to get scratched up pretty bad.
How do you guys prevent it?
Can I buy a new body like I usually do with a note 2?
How do you fix the scratches? Visible in light but not dim light
Case prevents scratching
Yes but not to the chrome finish on the corners
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I'm not using a case and once you use cases, the chrome tends to get scratched up pretty bad.
How do you guys prevent it?
Can I buy a new body like I usually do with a note 2?
How do you fix the scratches? Visible in light but not dim light
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This is Exactly what I'm worried about. No matter what you phone is, inside a case, it will get the small scratches due to dust and particles collecting inside the case. Those dust and particles will always be rubbing on your phone, rear and the metal/chrome. I guess this is not something you can avoid unless you go butt naked lol. Ah, what to do.
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I'm not using a case and once you use cases, the chrome tends to get scratched up pretty bad.
How do you guys prevent it?
Can I buy a new body like I usually do with a note 2?
How do you fix the scratches? Visible in light but not dim light
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I have the same issue, i have a spigen ultra capsule case on it, and i have had it on the second the phone came out of the box. Now i have scratches on the top and bottom of the front side of the chrome bezel.
This stinks, makes me wonder why sammy didnt anodize the aluminum... ;(
Same here it made me mad but I guess since it's inside the case it won't bother me but indeed makes me mad ?
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I was just about to post a thread about this. Man this sucks....I just noticed this today....there are scratches all around the RIM on the metal part.
My only guess is to use a dremel to smooth it out? GRRRRRR...
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I'm not using a case and once you use cases, the chrome tends to get scratched up pretty bad.
How do you guys prevent it?
Can I buy a new body like I usually do with a note 2?
How do you fix the scratches? Visible in light but not dim light
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Should have used the samsung smart cover. No scratches and I put it in my pocket with my car keys
Maybe I'll try this if it gets worse.
http://youtu.be/EZuYzQrIHjA
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That looks tempting, however, I'm curious how it'll do peeling off the gray coating? What lies beneath?
If you look at your USB 2.0 port, you'll see white around the edges....wonder if that's painted ceramic white?
I think our frame is both aluminum and magnesium.
Any takers on giving this a shot on the Note 4 and posting pictures? LOL ....
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Maybe I'll try this if it gets worse.
http://youtu.be/EZuYzQrIHjA
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iunlock said:
That looks tempting, however, I'm curious how it'll do peeling off the gray coating? What lies beneath?
If you look at your USB 2.0 port, you'll see white around the edges....wonder if that's painted ceramic white?
I think our frame is both aluminum and magnesium.
Any takers on giving this a shot on the Note 4 and posting pictures? LOL ....
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If i wasn't worried about scratching the gray area i would definitely try it. But for now I'll wait to see if anybody comes up with a better solution. I wish Samsung had made it brushed aluminum instead of chrome.
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I hear ya .... I'm sure there will be some kind of trick that pops up...
As for the design.....eh learning curve....all good.
scoobrel said:
If i wasn't worried about scratching the gray area i would definitely try it. But for now I'll wait to see if anybody comes up with a better solution. I wish Samsung had made it brushed aluminum instead of chrome.
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Do you guys have the black version or the white of the note 4?
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Do you guys have the black version or the white of the note 4?
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I have the black, but think that both have the issue.
pierrekid said:
Should have used the samsung smart cover. No scratches and I put it in my pocket with my car keys
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Yeah but here's what happens with one small drop with the s view flip cover, I'm soo mad! It actually don't even look as bad in the pictures, but they're actual chunks missing
yeah the metal is only a paper thin strip of metal wrap to a plastic frame.
Put a band-aid over it and perhaps a time for a case? Then you won't have to see the scars.
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Yeah but here's what happens with one small drop with the s view flip cover, I'm soo mad! It actually don't even look as bad in the pictures, but they're actual chunks missing
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iunlock said:
Put a band-aid over it and perhaps a time for a case? Then you won't have to see the scars.
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Haha yu know what's messed up is my case was delivered the next day.. Story of my life.. But yeah case already on!
Maybe tcut?? Haha
xxmelissaxx said:
Yeah but here's what happens with one small drop with the s view flip cover, I'm soo mad! It actually don't even look as bad in the pictures, but they're actual chunks missing
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Everyone knows woman are the most clumsy. Yea I have scratches on my chrome. Bothered me a day that's it. I am very careful with my devices only time I'll **** up that bad is if I was Wasted! Which I hardly am never. Yea it will get scratched no matter how careful you are. I hate it to but I'm not anal about it either, I'm sure we can use vegetable oil to scuff it off. It's nothing would still be shiny .