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My Nexus 7 + Plasti Dip

After seeing two threads about painting the back of the N7, I decided I wanted to try some Plasti-Dip on my N7.
The Plasti-Dip came today, and I already had a green spraypaint I wanted to use on top of it (MTN Alien Mescalito Green).
So I decided I would test it out on cardboard first:
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From left to right:
1. Plasti-dip, waited for it to dry, then applied spray paint on top
2. Plasti-dip, only waited for about 2 minutes, then applied spray paint.
3. Plasti-dip alone (yea it has some over spray on it)
Method 1 was just to make sure the Plasti-Dip is still easily removable with spray paint on top of it.
Method 2 was to see if I could save time by not having to remask after the Plasti-Dip dried.
Method 3 was just to test Plasti-Dip alone.
Eh so far so good. I proceeded to remove the back cover. Removed the buttons and the speaker grille as well:
Turns out the speaker grill is held on by three bits of melted plastic on the ends, the two visible pieces of tape, and some double sided tape:
Masked off a test area on my N7:
It turned out pretty nasty...
Dont mind the edges on the Plasti-Dip on that last picture. Its because I rushed to remove the masking tape after I saw the over spray seeping through the paper and lifting the masking tape (it seeped through the tape and ate the adhesive possibly?)
So yea, I heard Plasti-Dip is pretty porous when dry, its meant to create a grippy surface after all. But damn, I was hoping the "pores" wouldn't be so visible. Or I was hoping at least the pores would look more uniform. And no, letting it dry more wont make it better, it looked best when first applied ):
Good news is it all came off easily, left no marks behind. Speaker grill reattached easily as well. I just stuck it back on with the existing tape.
What next?
I'm wondering if I want to go through with it anyway. Going to find a piece of plastic I can test on. The cardboard was a good test to see how easily removable the paint is even on such a porous original surface, but I dont think its a good representation of how good it will look in the end.
I may also just wait for spare parts to be available and grab a back cover to paint with spray paint only, no Plasti-Dip.
All in all, this experiment cost me around $18. Plasti-Dip was $13 after shipping (local stores only had black) and the Alien paint was $5.

Was looking forward to seeing more pictures on the thread. I've worked with plastidip a lot on cars and random items and its great stuff. I like how if you don't like it it can easily be pulled off. The trick however is using a lot of small coats that add up which will make it thicker and easier to peel off or just thicker to get it to the consistency you're looking for.

Yea sorry to dissapoint haha.
This being my first try on the N7, I wanted to make sure the Plasti-Dip doesnt damage the rubbery finish of our N7s.
May try again this coming week, larger area, more drying time and more layers. To see if the porous texture improves.
Also, the Plasti-Dip peeled off VERY easily from the N7's back. And this is with me prepping the surface by cleaning it.

I have done plastic dip on car parts but no way I will put it on the back of the Nexus 7. It will make the tablet look cheap up close and it gets dirty easily.

Nippero said:
Yea sorry to dissapoint haha.
This being my first try on the N7, I wanted to make sure the Plasti-Dip doesnt damage the rubbery finish of our N7s.
May try again this coming week, larger area, more drying time and more layers. To see if the porous texture improves.
Also, the Plasti-Dip peeled off VERY easily from the N7's back. And this is with me prepping the surface by cleaning it.
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Thats the beauty of plasdip always can go back to the original post up some pics if you give it a second shot!

Is the whole reason for this so you can paint it that terrible green colour? I don't get the point here.... N7 already has a really nice grippy and nice feeling back on it.
Now if it were a slick-as-glass polished plastic, I'd understand wanting to make it more grippy..

Yea the point was so I could paint it any color I want and revert back to original without any damage
The green IS deeper than I expected it to be though. Was looking for more of a light mint green color.

Double post.

Has anyone seen this? Apparently they are not new back covers but they are listed as "A" condition.
http://www.powerbookmedic.com/Google-Nexus-7-Back-Case-p-22597.html
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dirtyhamster73 said:
Has anyone seen this? Apparently they are not new back covers but they are listed as "A" condition.
http://www.powerbookmedic.com/Google-Nexus-7-Back-Case-p-22597.html
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I emailed them about this once and they said that they only get them in when they receive a broken nexus 7 and "part it out". So they are merely listing something they might have in the future with no guarantee.

fungflex said:
I emailed them about this once and they said that they only get them in when they receive a broken nexus 7 and "part it out". So they are merely listing something they might have in the future with no guarantee.
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Booooo! Thanks! I got excited for a minute thinking I could get one.
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dirtyhamster73 said:
Booooo! Thanks! I got excited for a minute thinking I could get one.
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I should have an extra back casing available soon. I currently have two, my new black one I just got and my messed up white one. I have a broken 16gb Nexus 7 coming soon, and I could part out the back cover if you want it.

fungflex said:
I should have an extra back casing available soon. I currently have two, my new black one I just got and my messed up white one. I have a broken 16gb Nexus 7 coming soon, and I could part out the back cover if you want it.
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Aaaw... thanks! When you get it just drop me a p. m with a price. Thank you so much! I just want one to tinker with, so if you know someone who has a messed up back that is in desperate need of one, then by all means. How bad is the white one messed up? Would spray paint cover it?
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dirtyhamster73 said:
Aaaw... thanks! When you get it just drop me a p. m with a price. Thank you so much! I just want one to tinker with, so if you know someone who has a messed up back that is in desperate need of one, then by all means. How bad is the white one messed up? Would spray paint cover it?
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Its not that bad. The outer coating which is the "leather like" feel is stained in some areas and peeled off in others. I tried to clean the stains and pulled the soft plastic coating off. It isn't very noticeable but you can feel the difference.
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I have the white one and a black one on the way.
Was thinking $50 for the black one and $60 for the white one, because while its messed up, its very rare.

What's the function of Plasti-Dip?

brakke97 said:
What's the function of Plasti-Dip?
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It's basically a substance you can use to dip a material into that covers it in a sort of easily removable coating. Take a look at it on YouTube, it's pretty neat.

Do at least 3 coats I've plasti-dipped a few things.

WTF?

Nexus 10 Book Cover modifications

Update 5-30-2013
Well this is what I have so far:
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More pics at my blog here
And the how-to guide is here.
Still looking for more ideas to play around with!
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I'd like this thread to be dedicated for modding the official book cover for our nexus 10s. (if moderators are cool with that?)
It took $30, but we now have a means to attach any type of cover we make or mod to fit onto our devices. This is what I'm talking about: http://nexuslove.com/blog/?p=98
I'm looking to brainstorm with others on here that want to add intelligence to their book covers. i.e. make them smart by letting them fold!
So let's talk materials.
I love how the top of the cover is a canvas of sorts so I want to try and find that, does anyone know what it would be called?
For the bottom, some type of soft felt of course.
For the middle, I guess a type of light, strong, somewhat flexible plastic that would be places in three sections to allow the cover to fold into a triangle for stands.

I really would like such a modded book cover....

Yeah me too, I'm going to order another one to mess around with. I think the easiest way is to figure out how to unbind the top and bottom of the cover and simply cut the plastic and rebind it. But I have no experience doing this at all

Why have no other companies come out with a product that plugs into the back like the official cover?

I think now they might because they can make a mold out of that back piece, might have been what they were waiting for?
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hlaalu said:
I think now they might because they can make a mold out of that back piece, might have been what they were waiting for?
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I really hope so...

I was talking to a guy on g+ who gave me an interesting idea to heat up the cover with an iron and then stamping in the folding lines. I'm just not sure what the actual inner material is. Might give it a try for the hell of it
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I really should just buy another to mess with. There's got to me a way to delaminate the whole piece and then make the folding cuts and glue it back..
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I wanted to bump this thread and see if anyone has done anything with this cover yet?
I've been talking with a few guys and came up with an interesting idea. The theory is that the cover is made of a thermoplastic so it might be possible to heat it up via an oven and stamp out the folding lines. The only problem I'm still working on is that it cools very fast so I would have to either make a mold to stamp the two folding lines at once or stamp one at a time and then reheat for the next one.
Why they didn't just do this at the assembly line is a mystery. I originally assumed it was to avoid copyrights but my friend has an official Samsung folding cover for his note 10.1 which throws that theory out the window.
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I don't have any experience with 3D-printers, but wouldn't it be possible to replicate that back piece using such kind of printer? Could be easier and cheaper (?) than disassembling a cover.

Okay unfortunately heating and trying to press in folding lines is impossible. The material inside is some kind of composite. It looks and feels like what a circuit board is made out of. And I also borked the back piece that snaps to the device. All was not lost though, through heating the felt separates easily from the composite and lines can then be cut. Now I need to wait till next week for my new book cover to come in so I can harvest the plastic piece and then I should have the world's first folding book cover for the nexus 10
Here it is so far, need to clean up the edges but I like it
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hlaalu said:
Okay unfortunately heating and trying to press in folding lines is impossible. The material inside is some kind of composite. It looks and feels like what a circuit board is made out of. And I also borked the back piece that snaps to the device. All was not lost though, through heating the felt separates easily from the composite and lines can then be cut. Now I need to wait till next week for my new book cover to come in so I can harvest the plastic piece and then I should have the world's first folding book cover for the nexus 10
Here it is so far, need to clean up the edges but I like it
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Nice! Looking forward to see how it looks

Hey thanks! I guess it would be easier to just make a whole new folding cover from scratch but I love the look of the book cover and want to keep that look. Hopefully will be done by the weekend
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Here's a teaser pic of the book cover - Nexus Love edition
I'll be putting up the pretty straightforward guide on my site if anyone else wants to make their own.
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Hey everyone, I have tons of pictures showing off my new cover on my blog here
And the how-to guide is here.
I'm always looking for feedback and new ideas, so let me know what you guys come up with! I really need some ideas on how to clean up the edges of the thing.
Also, I want to collaborate with someone on making a cover from scratch. It's so easy to switch between the classic book cover and my modified one, I'd like to have another just for kicks.

hlaalu said:
Hey everyone, I have tons of pictures showing off my new cover on my blog here
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I'm always looking for feedback and new ideas, so let me know what you guys come up with! I really need some ideas on how to clean up the edges of the thing.
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Could you please post a side-on photograph with the tablet laid flat and the modified cover closed? I'm interested in how flat it lies against the screen specifically...

Really nice, so sad that the tablet is upside down due to how its made.

chaosdefinesorder said:
Could you please post a side-on photograph with the tablet laid flat and the modified cover closed? I'm interested in how flat it lies against the screen specifically...
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Hey unfortunately I don't have the cover anymore, gave it to a friend while I have something else cooking... My latest venture involves snappy magnets, sort of like how a smart cover attaches to an ipad
But I can say it is just as flat as the original book cover when laying down. Maybe at the most an extra mm or two because the material I used on the screen side was a bit thicker than the original material. But there are tons of different materials to choose from at the fabric store.
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Really nice, so sad that the tablet is upside down due to how its made.
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I agree, nothing we can do about it though. However, the power/volume buttons are still pretty easily accessible on the bottom right. Not sure how video chatting would be.

Am I the only one who is fine with pitching the cover as is to act as a stand? Anything greater than a 30 degree angle or so, yes, it will fall, but for most purposes, that's fine.
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Verizon G2 Insides

Not sure if anyone has posted pics of the inside of this yet so I thought I would snap a few photos while doing a screen replacement on one. If so, forgive me. This was a very easy job. Took about 30 minutes. I will be separating the glass from the LCD on the broken one and installing a new digitizer, if I can find one. If anyone wants pics of that process, just let me know.
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replaced it with one without the verizon logo? Nice. I kinda wanna do it just to get rid of the verizon logo. lol

Thanks so much for this thread! Can you post a pic of what the inside of the back cover looks like. I am trying to see where and how the Verizon model wirelessly charges. Thanks

fr8cture said:
replaced it with one without the verizon logo? Nice. I kinda wanna do it just to get rid of the verizon logo. lol
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Yea, Verizon could have made it a little less tacky by not putting their logo there.
stu5797 said:
Thanks so much for this thread! Can you post a pic of what the inside of the back cover looks like. I am trying to see where and how the Verizon model wirelessly charges. Thanks
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You are very welcome. I had to return the phone to the customer so I no longer have it. These were the only pictures I took. The four gold pins to the right of the power button is where the wireless charging connects to the board. It is nothing fancy.
Today I am taking the broken glass off the LCD so I will post those pictures a little later. I found a digitizer but I am waiting on confirmation of its compatibility with the LS980 LCD. Hopefully the LCD's are the same between the models. It looks to be that way.

Nice I was wondering if you could do a replacement to get rid of the verizon logo. So the parts are the same? Think it is possible to get rid of the logo once the glass screen is off then replace it?

kachaffeous said:
Nice I was wondering if you could do a replacement to get rid of the verizon logo. So the parts are the same? Think it is possible to get rid of the logo once the glass screen is off then replace it?
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I am pretty sure the LCDs are the same between carriers. It looks like the only difference is the carrier logo on the digitizer. If you are just looking to get rid of the logo, it would be a lot of work to remove just the glass. Not to mention getting all the materials to do the job right, like the LOCA glue and curing light. There is not a mold available so setting the glass down will be done free hand. I just removed the glass from the LCD and will post pictures in a minute. The glass removal is a very tedious and difficult job because you can break the LCD really easy. I have done hundreds of glass only repairs on several different models so it takes me about 5-10 minutes to remove the glass. If you are not a patient person, do not try this!

I still need to clean the LOCA glue off the LCD, but that is what it looks like.

How much was it and where did you get it?
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nice dood! how hard is it to get the back cover off? could you add a remove-able back piece from say one of the asian markets as to add swap-able batts??

Back cover is super easy. SIM, trace around thin bezel break, counter clockwise from SIM (digitizer down). I have found it easier and safer to apply back on from bottom to SIM, with digitizer down, right to SIM, left around to SIM.

How much room is between case and battery? Is it possible to leave back off and cover with a case? I have several palm touchstone chargers and an inductive coil. I'd really like to use the touchstone instead of a qi charger. I loved it with my gnex. The touchstone is a fantastic base/dock/car mount /charger.
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ffejy462 said:
How much room is between case and battery? Is it possible to leave back off and cover with a case? I have several palm touchstone chargers and an inductive coil. I'd really like to use the touchstone instead of a qi charger. I loved it with my gnex. The touchstone is a fantastic base/dock/car mount /charger.
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This is what I want to do too. I would love to make this touchstone compatible

casiouser said:
How much was it and where did you get it?
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I think the lcd digi was around $130 from Gadget Fix
ffejy462 said:
How much room is between case and battery? Is it possible to leave back off and cover with a case? I have several palm touchstone chargers and an inductive coil. I'd really like to use the touchstone instead of a qi charger. I loved it with my gnex. The touchstone is a fantastic base/dock/car mount /charger.
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The back cover is thin so I am pretty sure that you would not have any trouble leaving it off. Just use a thin pry tool and it will come right off.

ars0n said:
nice dood! how hard is it to get the back cover off? could you add a remove-able back piece from say one of the asian markets as to add swap-able batts??
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I don't see why that wouldnt work but it might be kind of a hassle. The battery has 2 screws in it and the adhesive holding it on is real strong. Nothing is impossible though.

iRootAll said:
I don't see why that wouldnt work but it might be kind of a hassle. The battery has 2 screws in it and the adhesive holding it on is real strong. Nothing is impossible though.
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how hard is it to remove the back piece? did you need to heat it up to remove it? or does it just pop off?

ars0n said:
how hard is it to remove the back piece? did you need to heat it up to remove it? or does it just pop off?
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No, it doesn't just pop off. You need something thin to pry the snaps off around the edges. I went to the auto parts store and bought a feeler gauge set and rounded the end a little more. It is my favorite tool for working on phones.No heat is needed.

iRootAll said:
No, it doesn't just pop off. You need something thin to pry the snaps off around the edges. I went to the auto parts store and bought a feeler gauge set and rounded the end a little more. It is my favorite tool for working on phones.No heat is needed.
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Just found a youtube video that explains it pretty well. Starting from the sim card slot and popping it out.
Thank you!!

stu5797 said:
Thanks so much for this thread! Can you post a pic of what the inside of the back cover looks like. I am trying to see where and how the Verizon model wirelessly charges. Thanks
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So the battery is easy to remove? I may swap it out at the 1 year mark for good measure

Thanks for the pics. Is there a slot for Microsd card in there somewhere?
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NEXUS logo on the back falling off. Sort of.

Hi!
If you look at the nexus logo on the back cover, you will notice that there is some sort of shiny material inside it. This material is glued on inside the letters. Seems like this was some very cheap glue, because Ive lost all mine. This is gonna happend with my friends phone aswell, as he noticed recently that his letters are "jiggly", and prone to fall out soon.
Ive contacted LG in Scandinavia, and they confirmed that this was something they where not aware off, and most likely is not a production error, and therefor not covered by the warrenty. This baffels me, because there was some media coverage about this problem shorty after the nexus 5 was launched. But I cant find any recent articels on the subject.
I feel like it's not worth sending the phone to LGs repair station, because they will most likely just send it back to me, with a message that it's not theyre fault, and charge me for the device check.
Would be nice if they could atleast send me a new back cover...
Anyway, I suspect that the reason that the glue lost its hold, might be because of the wireless charger. I got one about a month ago, and the problem started shorty thereafter. Is LG producing the OEM nexus charger aswell? Could they just blame it on the use of "unofficial" LG charger?
Anyone else lost the letters, or havent noticed it yet? When the letters are gone the letters are just like the rest of the back cover. AKA not shiny.
Cheers!

Honestly I didn't even notice they were shiny lol. I just checked and mine are fine, but then again I bought a case for the N5 before I had the N5. It's been in it since day 1. Still perfect tho.

I also noticed, that one of my letters remained on the wireless charger. But I lost all of them now, and only the second one was on the wireless charger. I barely even notice that the letters are a bit less shiny now, so to me this would not be worth the fuzz

I had this happen a month or so ago and just decided to pick them all out. In case some of you don't realize.. There is a tiny bit of adhesive left behind after the shiny part of the stickers fall out. The leftover adhesive strips can easily be removed using an xacto knife or even a toothpick. IMHO it looks better without the glossy letters.

Its possible that steam from a hot shower can cause the glue to weaken and the letters to fall off.
On another note I always take my phone in the bathroom with me when I shower and it gets pretty steamy in there but my letters are still intact.
Eventually I won't be so lucky.
sent from my neXus 5

I put on a Seidio Surface case first day holding those letters on. Using wireless charger with the case there is no magnetic hold but Seidio prop on back of case butts to the bottom of Google charger and charges through the case fine.

Wish mine would fall out. I'd like to fill with black fill.
All the other grumbles, noisy switch, dull screen, etal I don't suffer from. I've never had trouble with any Nexus phone, from the 1/5.They all work most have cm11,except the later. It's a legacy platform, IMO.
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OuncE718 said:
Its possible that steam from a hot shower can cause the glue to weaken and the letters to fall off.
On another note I always take my phone in the bathroom with me when I shower and it gets pretty steamy in there but my letters are still intact.
Eventually I won't be so lucky.
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Now why would you shower with your phone next to you? lol

bushako said:
Now why would you shower with your phone next to you? lol
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Some of us get real important phone calls that we just can't miss, also some people shower and listen to music on their phone.
Edit: A nosey girlfriend or wife can also be a good reason to shower with the phone next to you.
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Now why would you shower with your phone next to you? lol
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Music mainly lol but some of us are on call for a lot of stuff and have to be glued to our phone even when we don't want to.
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Hey,
I'm having the same problem and I have contacted Google directly.
They will send me a new phone, they just want a photo of your back, and you could maybe give them links to other photos, so they can See that you are not alone with this problem.

Same as Scr!pt0, I contacted Google five months after my original purchase as the letters were falling off and they replaced it (no photos or proof of any kind required). Personally I think it was a heat related issue due to the wireless charger.

I heard they are ceramic! True?
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same here..one of the pieces from the letter x fell off..and this phone is only three months old
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The S was falling off. So I used a pin and pulled off all of the letters.
It looks so much better now imo
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Shower with Phone
bushako said:
Now why would you shower with your phone next to you? lol
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FuMMoD said:
Music mainly lol but some of us are on call for a lot of stuff and have to be glued to our phone even when we don't want to.
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It seems like you my friend need a Sony Xperia Z3. You can use it in the shower and enjoy your music, play games and recieve important calls.:cyclops:
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TheArc said:
The S was falling off. So I used a pin and pulled off all of the letters.
It looks so much better now imo
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Hey I have a Black Nexus 5. A piece has fallen of the X and one piece of the U. I'm thinking of taking all of them off too. How easy is it and did you have to wipe of any excess adhesive??

I lost my X, one part of it, i took out all of them

I have this problem as well. Not sure if Google in the Netherlands would replace my device...

Ivan Tesla said:
It seems like you my friend need a Sony Xperia Z3. You can use it in the shower and enjoy your music, play games and recieve important calls.:cyclops:
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Hey I have a Black Nexus 5. A piece has fallen of the X and one piece of the U. I'm thinking of taking all of them off too. How easy is it and did you have to wipe of any excess adhesive??
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Well when my letter started coming off, I just pulled it off easily. But the other letters wasn't as easy to get off.
Id suggest you get a blow dryer and heat the back for a fee seconds. This helps the adhesive soften up. The next thing you need is to get a small pin. And simply nick off the edges of any letter. Once its coming off, simply peel it off.
Sometimes the glue inside stays put, it is important to get it off as it gets sticky and attracts dust. So using the same pin just nick off the glue and you can peel that off too.
Its not a hard process and its not panic worthy, on the plus side. The letters blend in with the matt-coloured finish on the back. Looks neat and clean .

[Q] Original Sony Z Tablet Case on Z2

Hello all,
Just wondering if someone knows if it's possible to use the original Sony branded Z tablet case on the Z2.
I've been looking around in google ans the forum but couldn't find the answer.
If anyone can provide some input I really appreciate it.
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-IT-Table...cp_4_VVWP?ie=UTF8&refRID=06KTKHGVEBRATH2BMT9R
SGPCV5 Carrying Case
http://www.sonymobile.com/us/products/accessories/sgpcv5-carrying-case/
Thanks.

According to this it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56252557

Thanks
kulvertti said:
According to this it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56252557
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Thanks :good: it was 7.99, so I decided to give it a try.
Let's see once it gets home.
I might leave the volume covered and just use software.

fmf.post said:
Thanks :good: it was 7.99, so I decided to give it a try.
Let's see once it gets home.
I might leave the volume covered and just use software.
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It is very loose so watch out with that and the volume button isn't really right on it's place when you put it in the case so watch out with that and don't damage it .
I thought the best solution was to put a peace out of it like I posted.

whatwhatster said:
It is very loose so watch out with that and the volume button isn't really right on it's place when you put it in the case so watch out with that and don't damage it .
I thought the best solution was to put a peace out of it like I posted.
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Thanks!
Yes, I did see the picture you posted, I was thinking about using the dremel and taking out part of it as you did.
I'm really surprised it's loose on the case, I didn't expect a few fractions of a millimeter to make a difference between the Z and Z2!
So It's easy to drop out of case?

fmf.post said:
Thanks!
Yes, I did see the picture you posted, I was thinking about using the dremel and taking out part of it as you did.
I'm really surprised it's loose on the case, I didn't expect a few fractions of a millimeter to make a difference between the Z and Z2!
So It's easy to drop out of case?
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Yes it is really loose and if you accidentally flip it a little bit and the downside where it is laying on doesn't hold it it can flip out off it, if you are the only one that uses the tablet then no problem. But also it is a little bit annoying because it slides also to the right and left because it is loose.
I have 2 kids and one wife in house, sometimes the kids brings it to me and my wife when see cleans around see picks it up so I could not take the change to leave it a little bit loose ).
But I like the case in general, the case for tablet Z2 is definitely a nice upgrade but I will wait for it if I can buy for around €15,-

whatwhatster said:
Yes it is really loose and if you accidentally flip it a little bit and the downside where it is laying on doesn't hold it it can flip out off it, if you are the only one that uses the tablet then no problem. But also it is a little bit annoying because it slides also to the right and left because it is loose.
I have 2 kids and one wife in house, sometimes the kids brings it to me and my wife when see cleans around see picks it up so I could not take the change to leave it a little bit loose ).
But I like the case in general, the case for tablet Z2 is definitely a nice upgrade but I will wait for it if I can buy for around €15,-
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Thanks so much for the information!!!
I'll take all this information into consideration while handling the tablet.
I just might sell covers on eBay if I find them uncomfortable to deal with.

Arrived really good fit
Hello,
Just wanted to report that the cover arrived today.
As indicated by user whatwhatster one of the plastic tabs holding the tablet needs to be shaved down.
However I didn't find the case to be loose, maybe because I only shaved away the smallest portion possible as to not obstruct the volume control, I also left in place the portion that didn't make contact with the volume control underneath it.
I will take some pictures of the case and upload, and in a few days with the tablet in it, I'm waiting for the Skinomi back and front protector to cure, I have many bubbles specially on the back side, and the plastic skin needs to breathe in order to evaporate the water bubules.
Big thanks to whatwhatster for sharing his experience!!!

fmf.post said:
Hello,
Just wanted to report that the cover arrived today.
As indicated by user whatwhatster one of the plastic tabs holding the tablet needs to be shaved down.
However I didn't find the case to be loose, maybe because I only shaved away the smallest portion possible as to not obstruct the volume control, I also left in place the portion that didn't make contact with the volume control underneath it.
I will take some pictures of the case and upload, and in a few days with the tablet in it, I'm waiting for the Skinomi back and front protector to cure, I have many bubbles specially on the back side, and the plastic skin needs to breathe in order to evaporate the water bubules.
Big thanks to whatwhatster for sharing his experience!!!
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Nice to here, let me see how you did it and if it is worthy a will buy another one, there are many available for just €5,- .
But strange it fits oke for you, so I am wondering how you did it .

Sure this is what I did...
whatwhatster said:
Nice to here, let me see how you did it and if it is worthy a will buy another one, there are many available for just €5,- .
But strange it fits oke for you, so I am wondering how you did it .
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You know, now that I think about it could be that the Skinomi on the back of the tablet is giving it much more grip than without it.
This might be another reason why is not loose.
Saddly to say, I didn't test without it.
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fmf.post said:
You know, now that I think about it could be that the Skinomi on the back of the tablet is giving it much more grip than without it.
This might be another reason why is not loose.
Saddly to say, I didn't test without it.
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Thanks for the pics, now you mention it it could be the Skinomi I know these are thick material in general so you got a advance out of that .