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DIY (CUSTOM ZAGG BACK SIDE SKIN) KEEP THE WHITE BACKING CLEAN.. For I/O MODEL

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Almost immediately after receiving my Nexus 7 from the Google I/o I went to Best Buy and found a belkin case that is meant for kindle fire and work perfectly with our nexus 7. The problem however is that I noticed 3 days later the black from the inside of the case was leaving marks on the white back side of the nexus 7. I tried everything possible to get the marble falls off the back side what was only able to reduce the darkness by very little. So I went to best buy again and found a zagg screen protector for the Toshiba Thrive for only $12.
I used a tape measurer to measure the distance from where the white meets the black on the left side to the where the white meets the black on the right side. I did the same thing for the top and bottom. I took my measurements and using a NEW(VERY IMPORTANT TO GET A CLEAN CUT) razor, I cut out a rectangle that was the exact(well almost) siz of the back of my device.
Next I used my girlfriends small but sharp manicure scissors, or whatever they are called, and rounded the edges of my rectangle to match the edges of my device the best I could. The results were pretty good.
The last thing I did was cu out all the little areas where the buttons needed to be. I did this by marking it first on the Zagg then used the razor and little scissors to cut out the pieces..
You will see from my pictures that the backing is anything but perfect, but for doing it myself and for only 12 bucks, it was well worth it to keep this Beautiful device clean.. Hope this helps someone.
WHETHER YOU DECIDE TO DO THIS OR NOT, MAKE SURE YOU COVER THE WHITE BACKING IF YOU KEEP IT IN ANY CASE AT ALL OR THE CASE WILL RUB OFF ON THE WHITE. YOU CA SEE FROM MY PICTURES WHAT HAPPENED TO MY DEVICE BEFORE INSTALING THE ZAGG.
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Nice project and all but why didn't you put the protector on the part of the case that was marking it up instead of putting it on the back of the nexus?

Obviously that was the first thing I thought of dong. But I found that although the case might be worse than others as far as leaving marks on the white part of the Nexus, the backing material stains incredibly easily. I mean its White.. And its Rubber.. That should be reason enough to cover it, so that's what I did. If you have a Nexus 7 you know what I talking about.
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pumacat311 said:
Obviously that was the first thing I thought of dong. But I found that although the case might be worse than others as far as leaving marks on the white part of the Nexus, the backing material stains incredibly easily. I mean its White.. And its Rubber.. That should be reason enough to cover it, so that's what I did. If you have a Nexus 7 you know what I talking about.
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I never assume common sense from anyone, if you know what I mean. I can imagine, I've had white sneakers before its probably similar in that is shows every scuff. I don't know I just think putting that Skin on the back kind of defies the reason it came with the back like that and looks a bit tacky IMO, but I guess the protection is worth it.

iBallz drop protection

http://www.iballz.info/
I've had these iBallz since my first iPad. They went on my iPad2, Transformer TF300, and now I have them on my Nexus7. They are the original size iBallz... I see on the website they have a 'mini' version for smaller tablets... might have to check those out as I get a lot of use out of these.
I am an eBay seller so this tablet gets around to yard sales, thrift stores, all over my garage and more. I am constantly setting it down somewhere dirty. The iBallz keep the tablet off the surface I am setting it on. I gave my iPads and the Transformer the 'drop test' with these and the iPad's come thru like champs. The Transformer (same size as iPad, also made by ASUS) survived the fall from about 4 feet high straight down to the ground but it did a reboot. I noticed no further issues besides the reboot.
Since the 7 is also made by ASUS i'm assuming something similar will happen but with all the screen lift scare I'm not going to intentionally try the drop test on the 7. I'm sure it will get an accidental drop sooner or later and I'll update this when it happens.
The strings give an added support that feels nice when you slide your hand in between the elastic band and the pad it feels more secure in your hand- less likely to slip out of your hand. The balls are great to hold on to when laying down on your back on the couch or bed watching videos or surfing..
All the balls are clear of any outer buttons, although the top right one almost hovers over the power button- but not enough to prevent usage of the button but very close to it. I'm sure the mini balls they sell will be even better.
Thats all my thoughts on it so far- I've only had the iBallz on the 7 for a couple days now as I just got this tablet. I'll update this more if I see any more insight on it.
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:good: thumbs up for being something I have never seen before

It's interesting and clever, but the price is kinda steep for what is basically Nerf balls and string.

abowlofsoda said:
The balls are great to hold on to when laying down on your back on the couch or bed watching videos or surfing..
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I just wanted to quote this, so it couldn't be edited.
Also, thats kind of a cool idea. Not cosmetically as nice as a case, but provides some real drop protection. I may have to check out them mini balls.

Joe T said:
It's interesting and clever, but the price is kinda steep for what is basically Nerf balls and string.
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That I can understand but they are more like form fitting foam (very solid foam but still cushiony) that is precision cut to fit. I guess if someone is so inclined they could make them but I don't think the majority are these kind of people.
For the price I paid ($25) I have gotten quite a few years of use out of them on several devices.

regalpimpin said:
I just wanted to quote this, so it couldn't be edited.
Also, thats kind of a cool idea. Not cosmetically as nice as a case, but provides some real drop protection. I may have to check out them mini balls.
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I see what you did there. This is the first time I've ever seen something like this. I agree it is a little steep for $2 worth of nurf balls.

OMG
Not sure what to think about having balls on my tablet. Guess nice drop protection unless your ball's fall off.

That system might work, but honestly, I'll risk dropping it. I couldn't even give a reason without making it sound like an insult...so I'll just say it's not for me...
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What happens if you drop the tablet on a rock or a stair and it impacts the middle of the screen?

earlyberd said:
What happens if you drop the tablet on a rock or a stair and it impacts the middle of the screen?
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DAAAAA YOU GET TO BUY A NEW TABLET.. Please do not attempt

get 4 $1 dollar handballs
put holes that allows you slide the tablet corners and put a rope through the balls
,,,,,,,
profit?

Wtf ?
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earlyberd said:
What happens if you drop the tablet on a rock or a stair and it impacts the middle of the screen?
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Try it out and see. Your wallet will love you.

[Q] I found a TV on a dirt road today.

I went up hiking with a friend in the Colorado mountains today. We went wayyyy up a small dirt trail just wide enough for one car, it was great!
About 30 minutes into the drive along this dirt trail, we saw something black 10ft off the road, which ended up being a 46 inch Flat Screen Samsung TV, in perfect physical condition, other than it looks like it's been there several days and we knew it rained the last few nights.. but I took it home anyways!
Found a cable to plug it in, and used my Note 4 as a remote, and it turned on! Made the powering-on little tune and everything! But.. the screen has MAJOR water damage, to the point where it's unusable. It can't be used in the condition it's in now.
So.. if you were in my position, what would you do?
Look for a replacement panel?
Call Samsung?
Set up a warranty with some company somehow?
Replace the Screen, if I can find a screen replacement?
Throw it out? Sell the working parts?
What would you do if you were in my exact position?
It's a Samsung ln46c630

2PMintheAM said:
I went up hiking with a friend in the Colorado mountains today. We went wayyyy up a small dirt trail just wide enough for one car, it was great!
About 30 minutes into the drive along this dirt trail, we saw something black 10ft off the road, which ended up being a 46 inch Flat Screen Samsung TV, in perfect physical condition, other than it looks like it's been there several days and we knew it rained the last few nights.. but I took it home anyways!
Found a cable to plug it in, and used my Note 4 as a remote, and it turned on! Made the powering-on little tune and everything! But.. the screen has MAJOR water damage, to the point where it's unusable. It can't be used in the condition it's in now.
So.. if you were in my position, what would you do?
Look for a replacement panel?
Call Samsung?
Set up a warranty with some company somehow?
Replace the Screen, if I can find a screen replacement?
Throw it out? Sell the working parts?
What would you do if you were in my exact position?
It's a Samsung ln46c630
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Seriously? Where were you hiking at?

I had a TV go out like this.
If you can still see some cool color shapes when you turn it on, I would put it on its back on top of a mount of some sort, and use it as a coffee table. Plugged in it looks pretty cool actually.

orangekid said:
I had a TV go out like this.
If you can still see some cool color shapes when you turn it on, I would put it on its back on top of a mount of some sort, and use it as a coffee table. Plugged in it looks pretty cool actually.
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I like your thinking.
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mark manning said:
Seriously? Where were you hiking at?
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Went up with a friend to Sedalia to explore the area and came across Rampart Range Road, followed it down for about 30-40 minutes before we finally decided it would never end! Got out of the car and just walked around, the views are spectacular if you climb up a bit! Took a bunch of pictures with my Note 4! There couldn't have been a more interesting place to find a flat screen Samsung TV! haha.
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2PMintheAM said:
Went up with a friend to Sedalia to explore the area and came across Rampart Range Road, followed it down for about 30-40 minutes before we finally decided it would never end! Got out of the car and just walked around, the views are spectacular if you climb up a bit! Took a bunch of pictures with my Note 4! There couldn't have been a more interesting place to find a flat screen Samsung TV! haha.
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I love that area. Back when I was a wee little lad, my grandfather used to take me up there for hunting squirrels and deer. Someday stop in at buds bar in Sedalia, that place is on some list for their burgers. I have to admit, they're pretty dang good too!

2PMintheAM said:
the screen has MAJOR water damage, to the point where it's unusable. It can't be used in the condition it's in now.
So.. if you were in my position, what would you do?
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Lots of rice to suck out all water residue?

KAMiKAZOW said:
Lots of rice to suck out all water residue?
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About 3-4 tonnes at a rough guess
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Jesse72 said:
About 3-4 tonnes at a rough guess
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If it works for cell phones, why not for TVs? (And no, not 3–4 tonnes)

Depends what the internals are like

So I went crazy and changed my Note look..

Too many problems with the Note 4's hardware. Scratches, blacked out bezels, dents, more scratches... Polishing was (and still is) a temporal fix for the scratches, but what about the dents? the unpainted parts?. A friend of mine dropped my naked Note 4 to a hard, concrete floor face down and... what was his best choice to lift it up? Grabbing it softly from the floor? Neh.. he put his feet on it and dragged it to his position, then lifted up. Luckily, after yelling at him like for 15 minutes, I've looked at the screen at direct sunlight and it was fine and wasn't scratched at all, only the white bezel between the screen and the chromed chamfered bezel was heavy damaged, the white paint went out, it looked horribly bad. I went to my house, and started to "unpaint" (I don't know the proper word in english) the white coat to see the chromed metal behind it with scissors and polished it to remove the scratches produced by them. Result? Not much difference. It looks like a Note 3, but metallic. After that I saw that the back cover was scratched too so I thought: Why not? Polished it too. The pictures speak by themselves:
This is the part that I "unpainted":
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This is how it looks my device actually:
(There's a bit of paint left, I'm trying to rub it too without scratching the bezel too much.
Glossy, glossy reflections everywhere
Looks pretty neat for me. Looks a lot like a Note 3. Why I bought this and not a Note 3? I really don't know... better screen I guess.
Post your coments below, thanks!

Doesn't look bad at all!
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You did a pretty good job with your Note 4 and I don't blame you for going nuts on your friends. I hate people who treat other people's property like crap!

you should stop hanging out with this friend of yours.

I can't blame him 100% too. It was me who put my device without cover in my friend's hands. What I really can't understand is how the screen is completly fine. Looking at direct sunlight I can't see any (new) scratches and that's awesome!

Good job man. Were you and your friends drunk?
My friends know I'd go Hulk on them if they did that to my phone, none have ever dropped my phone, although I did drop one friend's phone when it was just a day old, was W850 Walkman back in 2007 in highschool, he didn't get mad though but I felt very bad, luckily those days you didn't have to worry about a screen crack, just had to pick the phone up and put the battery back in and close the batt. cover, good times.

POLO_i780 said:
Good job man. Were you and your friends drunk?
My friends know I'd go Hulk on them if they did that to my phone, none have ever dropped my phone, although I did drop one friend's phone when it was just a day old, was W850 Walkman back in 2007 in highschool, he didn't get mad though but I felt very bad, luckily those days you didn't have to worry about a screen crack, just had to pick the phone up and put the battery back in and close the batt. cover, good times.
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We weren't drunk, at least I wasn't ... He's one of these people that when he drops his phone reacts like "meh, it's just a phone".. He owns a Galaxy Pocket and he usually treats his phone like that: a cheap, resistent phone. When he dropped MY device, he reacted like he usually do with his Pocket. That's my hypothesis about this situation.. I really don't care that much, the phone looks fine after all. I own a spare Note 4 with a fried motherboard. But looks like brand new from outside so if sometime it starts to look bad I'll replace it :good:

RESPECT
Bro, i respect you self control. Had my friend done that to my note 4... I would have choked him OUT! Looks good man!

How waterproof is the GWR?

Hey guys, I'm just wondering how waterproof the GWR actually is. What kind of stuff have you done with it? Shower? Swim? Dive?
I try to not wet it at all! I have splashed it a few times and got concerned so was wondering if I'm being a bit pedantic...
PS, I know its ip67...

I been on the swimming Pool for a few times and its still working. I can say that its waterproof from experience. Notice that when i was swimming the water would cause virtual touches to the watch.
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I have forgotten to remove it in the shower a heap of times. You remember when it gives you a buzz as the screen gets wet. I also went snorkeling in the ocean once with it on. Went about 1 metre down before realising. Watch is still good. I would not be too worried about splashes or rain to be honest.
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What about the standard leather band? Can it survive a shower?

I think that the standard leather band will quite quickly start looking a bit ratty. Mine looked old after about a month so I replaced it.
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scott_lampe said:
I think that the standard leather band will quite quickly start looking a bit ratty. Mine looked old after about a month so I replaced it.
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Any tips about a nice replacement band?

I got that one in the photos off ebay. Rubber with clasp. Very cheap and the quality is what you would expect from the price. I'm not unhappy with it though. I now want a nice stainless steel band to go with the polished watch.
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Its water resistance.
I take it into my shower everyday and i've had no problems but one thing, your watch will turn on and go to app menu and things like that, but a little dry after shower will make it fine. no damage whatsoever received.

II-DJ-Messiah-II said:
I take it into my shower everyday and i've had no problems but one thing, your watch will turn on and go to app menu and things like that, but a little dry after shower will make it fine. no damage whatsoever received.
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You can also use an app like showear to quickly lock your screen when you take it to shower with. That way it prevents the water from opening up random apps
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I try in shower, pool, sauna, lake and sea. Still works I use lock screen or "theater mode"

Went to cancun with mine on. Went swimming in the pool and ocean. Had one scare one night at the pool where the screen turned off but came back on when I powered it back up

I'm also very careful not to splash my smartwatch, but I have a friend who take shower with his G watch every day for more than 1 year, and no problem at all so far.

andrep182 said:
You can also use an app like showear to quickly lock your screen when you take it to shower with. That way it prevents the water from opening up random apps
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You don't need an app like showear; clicking the power button twice puts the watch in theater mode, so the only way to wake the device up is by pushing the button, i.e. the water won't do anything to the screen at all.