I bought my silver HTC One used, and the aluminum was pretty beat up, and so is the material (plastic?) around the edges. But it was a good deal and I was nowhere near my upgrade with my carrier, so couldn't pass it up. The screen and black trim around the screen are perfect. I've found myself looking at replacement housings, preferably the black.
I've seen the teardowns posted on ifixit and the low repairability scores, but they keep saying it's impossible to pull apart without damaging the housing. My question is: if the housing is all that will definitely get messed up from taking it apart, it doesn't matter since that's what I'm replacing, right?
Has anyone pulled their phone apart, and if so, how hard was it to get to the point where you have the back housing and speaker grills pulled off?
mcpweev said:
I bought my silver HTC One used, and the aluminum was pretty beat up, and so is the material (plastic?) around the edges. But it was a good deal and I was nowhere near my upgrade with my carrier, so couldn't pass it up. The screen and black trim around the screen are perfect. I've found myself looking at replacement housings, preferably the black.
I've seen the teardowns posted on ifixit and the low repairability scores, but they keep saying it's impossible to pull apart without damaging the housing. My question is: if the housing is all that will definitely get messed up from taking it apart, it doesn't matter since that's what I'm replacing, right?
Has anyone pulled their phone apart, and if so, how hard was it to get to the point where you have the back housing and speaker grills pulled off?
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This may be of some help(?) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387992
yeah, there's a lot of good info there, I don't know why I didn't catch that in my search. Thanks!
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Anyone know how to get the front bezel off this thing?
It's begging for a paint job.
Thx!
and perhaps a generous application of rubber cement. I had ONE creek point when i bought it - annoying but livable enough (plus the fact all the bad hours of xmas I was working I never had time to return it in the 30 day period to best buy). now almost 2 months latter theres three...
theres a teardown thread or two on here somewhere but the search button seems to be failing (or my browser....)
- Will.
It must pop off, but I don't want to be the guy to try it...
In the tear down I remember seeing roughly 10 small philips screws holding it from the inside to the metal sub structure. To tighten it you need to remove the back of the device then you will see the screws running around the perimeter. I also remember the screen is held to the bezel with a form of double faced tape.
waremaster said:
In the tear down I remember seeing roughly 10 small philips screws holding it from the inside to the metal sub structure. To tighten it you need to remove the back of the device then you will see the screws running around the perimeter. I also remember the screen is held to the bezel with a form of double faced tape.
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Its funny because the guy at Best Buy was trying to pull the back off of the one I returned... No idea why he was trying to yank the back off of it...
I guess if he had succeeded I would have seen the screws..
Funny enough the display model NookColor at my local best buy was practically falling off. When I first looked at the device I nearly did not buy one because of that but then getting one in my hands at B&N changed my mind.
The front bezel is a "tape and cover" paint job. The screen is glued to the frame pretty solid. I had mine apart to fiddle around and to get the back off for a mold. Most of the screws are Torx #5 or #6. Tape it off good and you should be ok as far as the front bezel. The rear and metal frame you can easily get to by proper disassembly.
Here's the zdnet guide,
http://www.zdnet.com/photos/nookcolor-teardown/487636?seq=21
Here's what I did.
You'll need a torx 5. After you unscrews the 2 screws by the sd slot, use your nail along the chamfer corner to lift the back siding up. Then use a credit card to lift the back up and run along the edge to unhinged the back.
techboydino, are you going to make a new front bezel? might be a small after market for such things. I'd pick up a more solid one if the price was right.
actually metal front and back pieces would rock...
- Will.
I would like to see a silicon back cover case that has a kickstand..
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techboydino, are you going to make a new front bezel? might be a small after market for such things. I'd pick up a more solid one if the price was right.
actually metal front and back pieces would rock...
- Will.
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I was really considering metal but the fact that most would have to really take special care to actually seperate the bezel from the screen really kind of set me off that. making a case for this is rediculously hard. (compared to my attempts at other devices. if you ever seperated a screen for a cell phone from the glass then you know what I mean. I am trying to replace the back with aluminum and wanted to do a carbon fiber front. so far everything is too thick or just plain looks bad.
Ever heard of masking tape?
3M BLUE painters tape FTW
Glad to find this post!!!
This maybe a little off the subject but does any know where I can purchase a replacement faceplate frame cover.
I accidentally drop my nook color and now it has a nasty crack...
Thank you all in advance!
i took the kickstand off a picture frame...white glued it and had one. Then took it off to fit my new cover...replacement kickstand not put on yet..
nookme said:
This maybe a little off the subject but does any know where I can purchase a replacement faceplate frame cover.
I accidentally drop my nook color and now it has a nasty crack...
Thank you all in advance!
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Your best bet is probably to pick up a smoked one off EBay or one with a cracked screen and a good bezel.
Actually post up WTB (want to buy) dead Nook Color in the XDA market and link to it in this thread. I seem to recall a couple readers here who have more than "gently used" Nooks....
So i picked up a Nexus S i9020T for a price that was steal in any working condition. The screen on it is great, no scratches and I've read the thread regarding the battery door and I'm going to order the rear door from Samsung under a warranty replacement for $16.
That leaves me with the front housing ring around the screen... I see that iFixit's tear down shows them using a heat gun at that step. Is the display connected to the front housing ring with adhesive? For showing a picture of using a heat gun they were mum on exactly what it was needed to pull apart. If it is the ring connecting to the screen, will I lose all adhesive to the old ring by pulling these two apart?
Here's a link to the part below on Global Parts Direct. I'm probably going to replace the back plate with the camera lense too but that seemed self explanatory.
http://www.globaldirectparts.com/Samsung-Nexus-S-GT-I9020T-Front-Housing-p/smsng6098620.htm
I could avoid all of this via a case but I'm just not a case type of guy...
I can't really help with your question but where can you find the back piece with camera lense? I've scratched the ring around the camera lense and was trying to find a replacement.
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where can you find the back piece with camera lense?
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Check the link to the website above, Global Direct parts has the midplate with and without the lense. I didn't look close enough to see if they had just the lense. They seem to be on some sort of holiday and aren't shipping right now but judging from the verbage on their website they'll be back up and running in a few weeks.
Keep the answers coming folks... Surely I'm not the only person that has "refurbed" a scratched front housing ring.
Well I ordered the back from Samsung as a "warranty" replacement. So does anyone know if theres another place other than Global Direct Parts that has the front ring? I don't see any parts available at CNN.CN or Truesupplier.com
And again if anyone knows what the glue situation is going to be like, I'd love to get some feedback on that.
Get ready for the pain of a lifetime. I replaced the front bezel on a galaxy s (they're glued the exact same way) and it is an absolutely terrible experience. I wish you the best of luck because I've seen many people crack the screen while doing so.
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Get ready for the pain of a lifetime. I replaced the front bezel on a galaxy s (they're glued the exact same way) and it is an absolutely terrible experience. I wish you the best of luck because I've seen many people crack the screen while doing so.
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So how did those people reattach the screen to the bezel?
Yeah I also been wondering the same thing and from my reseach I think that its not a strong glue but rather a adhesive thats not very strong. A hair dryer on a low setting will do the samething in helping to separating the parts. You can always contact the people at ifixit to find out how it is really attach.
You can always contact the people at ifixit to find out how it is really attach.
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...and when they told you, you tell us .-)
please, please with sugar on top
anyway - I wanna replace the bezel too...but havent found anything. let's keep eachother up to date here.
I work at a service and repair store and already tore mine open. The bezel around the screen is the scariest part. Its easy tho, just use a guitar pick and go all the way around the ring. It just snaps in. may help to take the back of the phone off while your doing it.
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Its attached with a fairly mild adhesive, I got the screen/bezel apart on my i9023 without using any heat just leveraging it off a little at a time. If I was going to do it again I would use a little heat.
When I replaced my screen all the adhesive stuck to the screen not the bezel. I used a heat gun on low heat to transfer it over to the new screen. It worked but I couldnt get it all over. If you are going to heat it I would recommend it being fairly low, not hot enough to burn your hand.
I bought a replacement front bezel for an i9020T from global direct a few months ago hoping that it would fit my i9023. It doesn't. All yours if you pay postage, Im in Australia.
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So i picked up a Nexus S i9020T for a price that was steal in any working condition. The screen on it is great, no scratches and I've read the thread regarding the battery door and I'm going to order the rear door from Samsung under a warranty replacement for $16.
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Did you received the battery door already? Is it the NFC version?
Hi, do you still have this part of Nexus S 9020?
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Its attached with a fairly mild adhesive, I got the screen/bezel apart on my i9023 without using any heat just leveraging it off a little at a time. If I was going to do it again I would use a little heat.
When I replaced my screen all the adhesive stuck to the screen not the bezel. I used a heat gun on low heat to transfer it over to the new screen. It worked but I couldnt get it all over. If you are going to heat it I would recommend it being fairly low, not hot enough to burn your hand.
I bought a replacement front bezel for an i9020T from global direct a few months ago hoping that it would fit my i9023. It doesn't. All yours if you pay postage, Im in Australia.
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Hi, do you still have this part of Nexus S 9020?
http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-htc-one-rear-housing.html
I almost lost my SIM card and tray today, and looked online for a replacement. I was surprised at what I found. They seem to have every component of the One there.
I was wondering. Could somebody potentially buy the individual OEM components to work backwards and see how they fit together? Maybe we can find a way to take our phones apart more easily?
The components there are relatively cheap, so...
Well this is an awesome find. I dropped my precious One and banged up the top aluminum cover and it looks like I can buy that piece for $10. Wonder how hard it will be to replace that? Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295007&page=5
Well, I looked at the iFixit teardown, and I think that, if you just want to replace the unibody case (including the plastic), it shouldn't be too hard. Yes, you will destroy the old one, but the new one is just $25.
So I think if you dented/scratched your back, you can just apply a little heat and use some kind of separating tool to get the back off. Then, you can just remove all traces of the old one (incl glue) and hot glue gun on the new one.
Here is a thread that may be of interest.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2353895
would be neat to mix and match white and black cases
Even better: Black front with red back.
Can't wait until the red parts are available!
hello,
I'm looking for the back cover of my htc one glamour red and can not find it any place, you know where I can find it?
I know there are videos on how to do it and it is relatively simple. My question is this, I was thinking about getting the white version of the N6 whenever stock becomes available, but I want to get the white version and then replace it with a black cover. Is this doable or has anyone done it/ have pics? I really do not like the midnight blue and black,
ifixit states that the rear cover is held on by some mild adhesive, but comes off relatively easy.
I was actually thinking about doing the same thing, but after having my white N6 for almost two weeks now, I'm actually really digging the white. I'm gonna keep it how it is.
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ifixit states that the rear cover is held on by some mild adhesive, but comes off relatively easy.
I was actually thinking about doing the same thing, but after having my white N6 for almost two weeks now, I'm actually really digging the white. I'm gonna keep it how it is.
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I wouldn't mind it so much if the front wasn't black. I think that is what would throw me off, so i suppose I could just buy a black case, but sometimes later in my phone's life when I don't care I don't use a case as often, lol.
Does it state what the adhesive is? Is it glue or...? I saw a video on it, but I thought it was snapped in place. That just means time to break out the double sided tape, which I have a ton of when I replaced my N2 screen, twice, ha.
Hi,
I ended up buying 3 Droid 4's before I found one I was happy with. So, I now have 2 spare ones:
1) Very nice condition but has dusk under the screen
2) Poor conditon, crackly phone speaker but nice screen
So, I was wondering whether to try and get the dusk from under the screen.
Or maybe I should try and swap the 2 screens around?
Or am I likely to end up ruining both of them, and I'd be better off just selling them both as they are?
Cheers
Once you detach the glue from the glue that's holding the glue in place for the back casing, the phone actually comes apart fairly easily. Though, putting the back casing back on, I've always found that the bottom edge will never sit flush again; easily trimmed off with a razor blade. Otherwise the edge will protrude and catch on things.
The dust might not actually be dust; while shopping for my LG Ally, I bought one that appeared to have dust behind the glass and opened it to clean it, only to find out that the inside facing was actually covered in weird pockmarks. It was the strangest factory defect I'd ever seen.
If it's fairly uniform "dust", you might have the same thing going on. One way to find out. You'll need T5, T4 and possible T3 screwdrivers/bits to break it all the way down to the screen.
The only things I'd say to really look out for:
There are two soft spongey adhesive pads that the keyboard-facing side of the mainboard uses to stick to the rest of the phone. Try not to tear these up when pulling the mainboard out. One is next to the power button, one is the same place on the opposite end. If you do rip up the one on the power button end, the button might not line up properly anymore (it barely does to begin with, thanks Motorola) and it'll be harder to activate.
Don't try to remove the screen glass from the bezel/frame unless you have a solid plan to reattach it. I've heard it's a real nuisance to get it to adhere properly again. Fair enough if the bezel is torn up but the screen is nice, just be aware that things may get really annoying.
I would say just flip the screens around. I replaced a digitizer in a Photon Q and it was a pain (still isn't working for me either).