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[MOD] Silver Speaker!

SILVER SPEAKER MOD
WARNING: VERY DANGEROUS​
The story of the silver speaker mod: I was getting ready to go out one cold winter day in December, it was 6:30 in the evening. It was just starting to get dark. It was very quiet, aside from the furious wind whipping against the side of my house. Considering surfing with Mr. T was definitely out with these wind conditions, I sat down to reflash my phone to a new kernel. Holding a knife in one hand, as I am known to be quite the multi-tasker (Yeah, i can flash and eat, what now?) and my Captivate in the other, I accidentally knifed my phone. At first, I started to panic and soon began developing a sweat. Looking down; on the verge of a mental breakdown, I was expecting to see a possibly maimed Samsung Captivate, and little to my surprise, I immediately noticed a battle-wound. Hyperventilating, I quickly pondered on how I could handle this situation without diminishing the aesthetic appeal of the phone, and then the silver speaker mod was born.
Requirements:
1. A fingernail
HOW-TO:
Step 1: Scratch at it until it's silver. [Might take awhile, I had to scratch at it pretty vigorously.]
I don't know how nerdy the rest of the XDA community is, but I almost came to my knees in fear when I was performing this operation. I would recommend wearing goggles, gloves,(except for one finger, we need at LEAST one finger nail..) and possibly a bio suit. However, should you find the courage to stand strong and repetitively move your finger up and down, you will be rewarded..with....
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Reminder: No steak is worth your phone being hurt over, no eating and flashing.​

You must have a badass fingernail because mine isn't turning it silver. Been scratching for 5 minutes and no black has came off
-Sent from my Captivate running Assonance v4.3 with Xcaliburhand's reoriented kernel

bts0uth said:
You must have a badass fingernail because mine isn't turning it silver. Been scratching for 5 minutes and no black has came off
-Sent from my Captivate running Assonance v4.3 with Xcaliburhand's reoriented kernel
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I stabbed it first though, with a bloody steak knife. Some of the black was already removed, I worked on it from there. I had to press kind of hard, honestly I think it took more effort to scratch the paint, than it did to cut the steak. I didn't finish the steak either, to be honest after all of this trauma, I just wasn't hungry.

version 0.67 beta 4 change log:
- scratch off the at&t logo.
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jwolfburg said:
version 0.67 beta 4 change log:
- scratch off the at&t logo.
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*Known issues: logo is located under Gorilla Glass. Might take awhile to figure out a fix.

lolol
A+ thread, would read again.

jwolfburg said:
version 0.67 beta 4 change log:
- scratch off the at&t logo.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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Would love to get my hands on this mod!

Hilarious. xD

bts0uth said:
You must have a badass fingernail because mine isn't turning it silver. Been scratching for 5 minutes and no black has came off
-Sent from my Captivate running Assonance v4.3 with Xcaliburhand's reoriented kernel
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I know right! I got a flathead screwdriver and lightly scratched mine off...

Does this work with only Captivate ROMs, or can I use an I9000 ROM?

this actually goes great with AXURA! xD

Haha this thread has made my day.
Sent from my Captivate w/ Assonance 5.

Crap guys. I think I bricked my phone! I'm using Perception 8 and when I started trying to get this to work, my phone froze, so I pulled the battery, and I'm getting stuck in a boot loop and can't get into download mode! Please help!
lol...

I actually found that using the knife intentionally works quite well. I highly recommend protective equipments and a steady hand though.

On one note looks great did it to mine with my thumb nail. But my favorite part about the thread is all of the sarcasm and humor
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J4CC3B said:
But my favorite part about the thread is all of the sarcasm and humor
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Agreed. Sadly, it actually sounds like some of the people here... Anyways, cool mod, not my style though (Want more black personally)

Can someone post the link for this...searched the forum already...sorry for being a noob...
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joeybear23 said:
Does this work with only Captivate ROMs, or can I use an I9000 ROM?
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flash back to stock and send me your bank account information...i'll take care of the rest.

Awesome mod you got there! But my calls stopped working....
Love this thread

Oh noooo!
I did the mod but everytime I make a call , it freezes and reboots the phone .
On a side note , my GPS works 100% .

What did your phone endure?

I have an LG Optimus One and it felt in milk ( In the cereal bowl ), and it's as good as new and it smells nice + it hit the floor about 10 times and it has only 2 little scratches. Mine works perfect and looks as new. How about yours?

Mine simply walked into Mordor.

jaszek said:
Mine simply walked into Mordor.
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Sorry, you are limited to 8 thanks per day

It only endured my usage.

Mine endures the n00bishness of Sparky on a daily basis. Now THAT'S AMAZING!
Wasn't me!! I didn't do it!

My Mytouch survived getting thrown thru a car window

alexmdz said:
My Mytouch survived getting thrown thru a car window
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You threw it? (I did this with a nokia e63, but 2 windows and it had nothing)

Mines endured being in my pocket.
So far, none dared complaining.

petrescu said:
You threw it? (I did this with a nokia e63, but 2 windows and it had nothing)
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No GF thru it after she broke up with me lol cracked my front windshield
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alexmdz said:
No GF thru it after she broke up with me lol cracked my front windshield
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Epic GF =))
NaturalMystyk27 said:
Mines endured being in my pocket.
So far, none dared complaining.
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That's his duty ^_^

NaturalMystyk27 said:
Mines endured being in my pocket.
So far, none dared complaining.
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The galaxy s ii didn't survive one day. Got it on new yrs eve. Pulled it out and that's what it looked like. That was a crazy night. The guys at the store said they have only seen one other one break. He then went to the display and hit it with his keys over and over and over. Same thing I did with my galaxy s. Never broke.
But the phone that takes the cake is my HTC fuze. I've had to dig that out of the wall twice when I threw it. Fell from a second story balcony. It was indestructible.
- this sig is just so I don't have to write 10char when on my phone -

My phone has been through a lot. I've accidentally dropped it so many times without a case. It slid in the street face down once when it fell out my hand when i was crossing the street. No damage was done minus the shell was a little scuffed.
Sent From My Evo 4G Amped Up On Verizon Tower Power!

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The galaxy s ii didn't survive one day. Got it on new yrs eve. Pulled it out and that's what it looked like. That was a crazy night. The guys at the store said they have only seen one other one break. He then went to the display and hit it with his keys over and over and over. Same thing I did with my galaxy s. Never broke.
But the phone that takes the cake is my HTC fuze. I've had to dig that out of the wall twice when I threw it. Fell from a second story balcony. It was indestructible.
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I have to agree on the fuze. Went flying many times. I still have mine. The battery expanded to it doesn't work, I'll just need a new battery though.

This. I threw it. Still functions normally.
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Oh I forgot to mention the captivate, ATT's version of the galaxy s, was made of metal. Great build quality samsung. What happened. But that phone was my swiss army knife. It opened beer bottles, crushed pills, made dust of stuff, ect. Used it to tap on people's heads. It was quite the brick.

My x10 has been through a lot
lots of accidental falls.
usage in rain
has even fell on the road during rain with its battery out.
came home put the battery back and It still works flawless
very strongly built

Dropped my SGS into a large McDonalds latte...... Survived, but charging/power issues only disappeared after changing to gb bootloaders.
Also survived 2 weeks of testing steam kernel.
She's a good ol bus!

I don't know how many times my old Galaxy Spica endured being accidently dropped while riding my bike, but 3 hours in mom's bag it couldn't....

I work in a deep-freeze warehouse (-30f or so), but my galaxy s2 is usually under a few layers of specialized gear I wear, so nothing more than a bit of condensation when I go back out where its warmer.
Sent from my coffee pot.

My Wildfire has endured being dropped
>On to the sidewalk, very minor scratches
>On some steps at school, the back cover fell off and then the battery
>Onto the hard floor of an elevator
Let's hope nothing else happens...

again defected..

So guys I finally bought n7 today (launch day) I checked n7 for any issues it could had. Screen was ok, multitouch looked nice also...but when I filled it with some apps it just crashed to boot screen two times. First time hard reset - vol.down+power worked. Second time it was completely stucked in boot screen (X logo). Nothing helped.
So I went to the shop and instatly replaced for the brand new n7. As I came home I realised it has a bit of screen lifting (didnt see this issue in the shop). But rly I could live with it since its minor not like in the videos. But the funny thing is I tried to check out inside of n7. Somehow I couldnt detach the back So it looks like I got glued tablet. I feel special. And the shop is out of stock so yay from tomorrow im again without n7.

And...?
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I wouldn't have changed so quickly. Rebooting sometimes happens. Its doesn't mean that the tablet has a defect. Since i bough mine i had 2 reboots. Apart from that it is perfect in everything.
What can i say ? I love the damm thing.
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mustbepbs said:
And...?
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Why post something like this other than to be a troll.

airmaxx23 said:
Why post something like this other than to be a troll.
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Because we have enough pointless threads in General and Q&A. People treat this like a chat room and create a new thread when a thought pops into their head.

mustbepbs said:
Because we have enough pointless threads in General and Q&A. People treat this like a chat room and create a new thread when a thought pops into their head.
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Have to agree with this, he got a tablet, and instantly returned it instead of giving it time to settle in, then when he got his next tablet he decided that because of an issue that doesn't affect the tablet he is going to return it again. Oh but there's a twist! Seriously, this couldn't have been added to any of the other "Buyers beware" or "Screen lift" threads?

miketoasty said:
Have to agree with this, he got a tablet, and instantly returned it instead of giving it time to settle in, then when he got his next tablet he decided that because of an issue that doesn't affect the tablet he is going to return it again. Oh but there's a twist! Seriously, this couldn't have been added to any of the other "Buyers beware" or "Screen lift" threads?
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...or in the OT-thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900037
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Today, I went to work, got on the bus to go home and gave some random guy a huge rant as to why my Nexus 7 isn't an iPad Mini. I then continued to bash Apple products knowing full-well he had an iPhone 5 in his pocket and said any twat with an Apple product needs shooting. You didn't need to know my life story but I though why make a new thread about it? I could just post in in your useless thread instead.

TheChaoticLlama said:
Today, I went to work, got on the bus to go home and gave some random guy a huge rant as to why my Nexus 7 isn't an iPad Mini. I then continued to bash Apple products knowing full-well he had an iPhone 5 in his pocket and said any twat with an Apple product needs shooting. You didn't need to know my life story but I though why make a new thread about it? I could just post in in your useless thread instead.
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This
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constructive critism? nop, poor trolling. So i created a topic about my problem. Your trolling is even worse and less mannered than what I did. So get out if you have nothing to say. That post hunting doesnt give you right to say OT ****. If I did something wrong a mod can move it to the right place and I will apologize. Love the smartasses like you.
Back to topic. The first n7 I waited, rebooted it couple of times, etc but it didnt help.
The second n7..I didnt see it was used already, even charger wasnt packed.
About for you "minor" issues. I buy a brand new product from a huge tech company. I dont expect to repair what I buy. I dont want to buy a product who is marked as "broken". Maybe for you its nothing but for me, its like 2/3 of my salary.
Maybe you love defected goods so you can fix them..I dont.
Cause ppl like you they dont bother to make high quality stuff. Thank you.
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Cool story bro.
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Can a mod delete/lock this thread please? Thanks
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Manufacture defect in our screens? Internal Dip?

The day i got my Galaxy S4 i went straight to charge the device. I left it on my nightstand which is under a window and when i saw the reflection of my blinds through the screen, they where bent out of shape and the reflection looked distorted. Looking closer, the screen seems to have a circular dip in the middle left-ish area. All the devices I tested this do not have a distort. (iphone 5 and 4S, the SIII)
I'd like for everyone to look at there device and make sure they don't have this also. I cant check the devices over at carrier stores, abit busy sadly...
I've given a Sample of lines that u can use as a test and also left a quick video, ill try to make a better one but its all i could at this moment. Also its extremely hard to get it on a video vs what u see in person =/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ej5VCPnKls
Best way's too test are as follows.
1) place your phone right in front of you on your computer desk and look at your Monitors reflection. It works extremely well when you look at Lines or a lot of text.
2) Look at a bunch of stuff that's well lit.
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Mine is fine
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mine is fine too

Mines good too
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Gosh, I have a pimple on my face ...
WOW, I just discovered a pimple on my face while using the screen as a mirror. Darn!
Peter

Mine dont have that from what I can tell
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budde2 said:
Mine dont have that from what I can tell
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all good here... 16gb black...

mine has a slight fish eye effect when using a glare in the middle, but when teh screen is on and im using it. looks fine and amazing to me.

shabbypenguin said:
mine has a slight fish eye effect when using a glare in the middle, but when teh screen is on and im using it. looks fine and amazing to me.
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yeah the screen works and looks fine. But im just worried still. ill be visiting Bestbuy and a sprint store Tuesday see if its a universal thing. If it isnt, could save some people in there 14day return time-span. Especially after seeing this thread you never know.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271880
better safe then sorry.

Shoulon said:
yeah the screen works and looks fine. But im just worried still. ill be visiting Bestbuy and a sprint store Tuesday see if its a universal thing. If it isnt, could save some people in there 14day return time-span. Especially after seeing this thread you never know.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271880
better safe then sorry.
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Man, I have exactly the same problem and the easiest way for me to see it is to have a reflection of a fluorescent tube on the black screen. It's ugly! This doesn't seem to be a universal thing, though, because this is the first post I have come across since I found out about the distortion problem. Did you find out anything at Bestbuy?

decadentray said:
Man, I have exactly the same problem and the easiest way for me to see it is to have a reflection of a fluorescent tube on the black screen. It's ugly! This doesn't seem to be a universal thing, though, because this is the first post I have come across since I found out about the distortion problem. Did you find out anything at Bestbuy?
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I got them to open up two new boxes and it seems like every device has it.
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Wow. I cant believe what I saw after inspecting my phone. Nothing! Absolutely nothing! I love this phone
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My first galaxy s4 had dead pixels, my second galaxy s4 had scuffing all over it, a large scratch on the MICRO sd card port, overheated and would constantly shut off, followed by the display that completely died a day later. Sprint advised me to give the HTC one a shot. As soon as I got the HTC one home, noticed paint run off, gaps between panels, dings, dents, pretty much the poorest quality control standards I have ever seen. Now I have to find away to get sprint to allow a FOURTH return on a 600.00 device. I may have to get mean, I dont like to act that way, but what sprint has put me through to obtain a working 600.00 high end device is not acceptable, I would not wish the experience I am going through on my worse enemy.
Im not picky, and I understand mistakes when they happen. But two damaged/defective S4's, and one damaged/defective HTC one in matter of 7 days? I really cant even believe it.
All I buy is Samsung products when it comes to electronics, never in my life have I EVER received two defective units in a row. I feel like a crazy crack addict every time I go back to the sprint store and request a replacement. If sprint didn't have a 14 day satisfaction guarantee, I would be out 600.00, because there is no way in a million years samsung or HTC would take responsibility for scuffing or damage to the body of the device. Even with sprints 14 day satisfaction guarantee, you are only allowed 1 device exchange. So basically, im entitled to nothing with this issue, and any day sprint is going to show me the door or refer me to Asurion for a 3 day old 600 dollar phone.

Break Phone In Anger Because Of ROM

If you like talking about breaking your phones because pissed of by rom , This is the right place...
This thread is created by request of nick37332001
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50805671&postcount=3363
Feel free to share your experiences (smashing on the floor after several reboot, plunged in acid, and so on...)

I bricked my iPhone 3g and I threw it out the window
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In my personal opinion people who wretch anger because their ROM doesn't work properly needs anger management issues.
[A gorilla dies for every smartphone.
Stop using gorilla glass and save planet earth]

Not because of my rom though. Im now gonna throw this s*it because of that idiot bird. Yes the flappy bird. And then imma blame my rom for this so yeahhh.
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Lol this considered off topic ???
A Samsung Galaxy ace 2 (GT-I8160) User
Other devices: iPod Touch 5G, Ainol Novo 7 ELF, Sony Vaio PC VPCEH38FG

Thank you Nick for this idea of such an off-topic
One day, I was so angry with my defy+ with wiui (but same with cm7) that I threw it on the floor.
The gorilla glass was strong enough but the lcd panel broke inside...
I repair it, put stock rom on it and it is working nice !
And yes, it's bad, those things costs money... Now I prefer to take a deep breath before becoming mad.

These kind of threads are useless. Why the hell u would throw a expensive phone because of a crap rom. My advice for those idiots(no offense) is to see the reviews and the thread before installing the rom.
It's going to be LEGEND--wait for it--DARY!!!-Barney Stinson(How I Met Your Mother)

RIP phone

Please, do not harm an innocent phone. Next time you feel the anger swelling due to a bad ROM, simply put the phone down and send it to me. I'll give it the peaceful home it deserves.
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Instead of breaking your phone, how about you put it down and go release that anger on killing noobs in a video game or something.

LoopDoGG79 said:
Please, do not harm an innocent phone. Next time you feel the anger swelling due to a bad ROM, simply put the phone down and send it to me. I'll give it the peaceful home it deserves.
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Hahaha xD
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I once punched my phone screen for losing a game I was playing due to a crappy ROM freezing up the phone. Luckily I didn't have gorilla knuckles.
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The only phone I've broken in anger was when I was 14 or 15 and snapped my $1200 Motorola Wings (V50) in half. I can't remember why I did it, but I still have it somewhere.
Yes, spoiled as ****.
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my phone bricked
so i went into best buy and pretended like i was checking out phones
but i just pushed really hard on them until they craked on the back or side.
thats what u get brick phone
WATUP?!?!
then i flew to space and made a new phone with my imagination
:silly:

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then i flew to space and made a new phone with my imagination
:silly:
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Yep!
outchea bra!

I once had to calibrated the rom on my Gnex with asphalt ,REMEMBER if your try this the key is to drop it from a height of 4ft any higher or lower will result incorrect calibration and will brick your device. also it is recommended clean the system partition prior to the asphalt calib., I suggest using warm water not hot and normal dish detergent, use your favorite brand is fine.:silly::highfive:

SacredMyths said:
Instead of breaking your phone, how about you put it down and go release that anger on killing noobs in a video game or something.
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+1

next time breaking it send it to me,ok.killing is in no way better than giving

brick or break??
i dropped my phone 20times+ but no breaking