I was wondering why official case of moto G is at 1700 Rs. I though it is only brand and may be better build quality.
So, I just went with some local case with around 400 Rs.
Later I came to know two features of official moto G.
1. It has hall effect sensor. What it does, when case is open, it switch on display and when case is closed, it switch off. How it does it, there is small magnet in case. When case is closed, magnetic field detected by hall effect sensor which switch off display. When open, magnetic field removed and display on.
2. It has magnetic snap. So, magnet in case stick to mobile to keep it close.
I bought small magnet half the size of button. I checked the phone reacting when magnet is placed near phone for both the effect. But what I found, there are two locations for each effect.
I have attached snap for that.
Can anybody using offcial case confirm that my observation and marked location is correct?
If so, I may try to make my cheap cover acting like official smart cover with small magnets I have.
RmatriX1218 said:
I was wondering why official case of moto G is at 1700 Rs. I though it is only brand and may be better build quality.
So, I just went with some local case with around 400 Rs.
Later I came to know two features of official moto G.
1. It has hall effect sensor. What it does, when case is open, it switch on display and when case is closed, it switch off. How it does it, there is small magnet in case. When case is closed, magnetic field detected by hall effect sensor which switch off display. When open, magnetic field removed and display on.
2. It has magnetic snap. So, magnet in case stick to mobile to keep it close.
I bought small magnet half the size of button. I checked the phone reacting when magnet is placed near phone for both the effect. But what I found, there are two locations for each effect.
I have attached snap for that.
Can anybody using offcial case confirm that my observation and marked location is correct?
If so, I may try to make my cheap cover acting like official smart cover with small magnets I have.
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The outer side of flip cover which covers the screen has a metal sheet
and there is some magnet at the back side of the cover.
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The outer side of flip cover which covers the screen has a metal sheet
and there is some magnet at the back side of the cover.
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Thanks for the reply.
Did you see image posted by me. Can you confirm it?
And it will be great if you can post picture of what you are saying.
I have the cover I'm sending
The images
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Ok...I am lost a bit.
Can anybody say what that shiny square at back is exactly and what role does it play?
and @TouGHBoY17, can you tell where is the exact location of magnet in cover by placing small pin near it?
It think it is not an easy DIY for making this cover because when I Remove the flip cover and put the front cover on the screen and remove it from the screen it lights up automatically even if have not fitted the cover. If I place the front side of the cover vertically upside down on the phone and then remove it there is no change
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It think it is not an easy DIY for making this cover because when I Remove the flip cover and put the front cover on the screen and remove it from the screen it lights up automatically even if have not fitted the cover. If I place the front side of the cover vertically upside down on the phone and then remove it there is no change
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What you are telling makes the task easy.
That means it has nothing to do with back cover.
There shall be some magnetic media in front cover at right side middle which enables hall effect sensor. See my snap in OP.
I have tested it with small magnet and it does work.
Just want to confirm if same thing happen in original moto cover also.
So, I asked to check that magnetic field with small pin in front cover.
Ok I found the location is in eight down side easiest way to find that lactation is look at the right back side of your phone you can see the pattern to hold the cover near the screw at back edge side it is that location where the magnet is placed on the phone flip cover and the magnet is very strong
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Ok I found the location is in eight down side easiest way to find that lactation is look at the right back side of your phone you can see the pattern to hold the cover near the screw at back edge side it is that location where the magnet is placed on the phone flip cover and the magnet is very strong
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And I guess there will be one more location. See my attached image in 1st post.
This is pretty much interesting.
have a look
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvkR4HJI-Rc&index=20&list=PLu-p9kdY3uMjeWs3LVUZ7f7wECzyoHPuL
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Does the camera touch the surface? Is the camera and lens cover recessed behind the battery cover?
I want to use the phone caseless, but there's no way I'm gonna let my camera lens get scratched.
Yes if you are using the stock cover, no if you are using the included flip cover.
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Yes if you are using the stock cover, no if you are using the included flip cover.
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The flip cover isn't always included with the Note (mine wasn't), but is an absolute must in my opinion! I hadn't even noticed that there was a recess on the flip cover, but not on the original back.
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Must be a regional thing, in my place its packaged by samsung as part of the purchase.
Well that sucks. Why the heck would Samsung do that? It's not gonna make me buy their flip cover or anything.
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Well that sucks. Why the heck would Samsung do that? It's not gonna make me buy their flip cover or anything.
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The back for the flip cover is necessarily thicker than the original back cover to allow for the "flip" to connect to it, which is why the camera is recessed whilst in it.
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foxmeister said:
The back for the flip cover is necessarily thicker than the original back cover to allow for the "flip" to connect to it, which is why the camera is recessed whilst in it.
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What confuses me is why Samsung put the camera lens higher than the original back cover in the first place. Could they have not put a lip just around the camera module? *sigh*
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What confuses me is why Samsung put the camera lens higher than the original back cover in the first place. Could they have not put a lip just around the camera module? *sigh*
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there is a physical limitation to what they can and cant do. if you want the camera recessed, you would need to increase the thickness of the phone. the slimness of the phone is one of the reasons why the phone still fits in most pockets despite its large screen.
by launching the flip cover and the device as separate items, they can still claim the device is slim, and still have the option of a recessed camera.
putting a lip around the camera model increases the device's thickness. cant really recess the camera into the case anymore due to the physical size of the camera unit and the amoled display. since the camera unit in our device partially behind the screen, not too much they can do. whereas with the iphone, the camera is in a corner which is not directly behind the screen, giving them a bit more room to play with.
samsung arent miracle workers. even they can only pack in so much.
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Well that sucks. Why the heck would Samsung do that? It's not gonna make me buy their flip cover or anything.
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The phone came with the stock cover. Flip cover was included in a separate package for free though. You should see me trying to install it over the stock one. Happy days
Hi initial photo review of this case. Will write a full review later tonight.
In a nutshell it is well made and light. Fits very well in trouser pocket. Does not feel bulky.
Price about £10.
You will find them on ebay in various colours.
If these photos help you decide. Feel free to hit the old Thanks button.
Glad to be of service.
That case looks great. I love how it protects the edged of the phone, unlike the official Samsung flip case. Does the flap stay closed using magnets?
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That case looks great. I love how it protects the edged of the phone, unlike the official Samsung flip case. Does the flap stay closed using magnets?
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Yes it does. I will write a detailed review sometime today. Central heating pump failed and looking after a newborn has kept us busy. Lol
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Thanks for the pics. A link or two to the ebay sellers would be nice, though...
Edit: Is this the same seller?
Also, does the magnet cause any issues with the s-pen?
Tried one out and found that I had to take the back cover off to fit the phone snugly.
Since the cover doesn't have an NFC chip, you will lose that functionality. The case doesn't fit on the phone with the back cover on unless the one I saw was a duplicate. Moreover the magnetic closure is flimsy too.
Just my 2 cents.
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Tried one out and found that I had to take the back cover off to fit the phone snugly.
Since the cover doesn't have an NFC chip, you will lose that functionality. The case doesn't fit on the phone with the back cover on unless the one I saw was a duplicate. Moreover the magnetic closure is flimsy too.
Just my 2 cents.
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The case has nothing to do with NFC... what do you mean?
mdt73 said:
The case has nothing to do with NFC... what do you mean?
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The NFC antenna is embedded in the Note 2's back cover.
For the record. The handset clicked into case. Nothing had to be removed. Grips it fine. Must be a different case if you have to remove covers.
So far only really annoying thing is using it one handed. The folding cover is in the way of fingers.
There is a similar case that has a rotating cover. That would resolve this issue. Also enables a portrait stand.
Also as suspected. The home button is being pressed by the cover due to no recess (think thats the correct word) in the cover. This is activating the voice assistant. Disabled it as it is rubbish. But will mod cover at later date.
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Another little update, these stand cases are really good for watching iplayer etc. But I think I am going to buy a leather sleeve/pouch type case. Ive always used them with htc handsets, due to most usage is one handed. And save the stand case for movie time.
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I bought the Original Samsung Note 2 flip case instead. Although it was expensive £30 .... but I think it looks really nice and still have NFC function.
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I bought the Original Samsung Note 2 flip case instead. Although it was expensive £30 .... but I think it looks really nice and still have NFC function.
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The biggest flaw with the original Note 2 flip case is that the corners/edges are completely unprotected. If you drop the Note 2 and it lands on the corner it might shatter the whole screen.
Not enough protection for my taste...
I bought this case yesterday in a shop and was massively disappointed. If you fold the cover behind the phone to use it the phone is hard to handle and doesn't sit ergonomically in your hand.
BUT BIGGEST FLAW: The little magnet on the right side interferes with the wacom digitizer. Try pulling out the S Pen and draw a straight line along the right edge, and the line curves outward around the magnet.
I was about to return the phone when I realized the error was next to the magnet. Pulled it out of the case and problem gone. I could reproduce this problem anywhere on the screen by holding the magnet part next to it.
There are tons of reports if you google "wacom magnet s pen" about interference, so I would avoid using this case. There is apparently even a note about this in the manual somewhere.
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I bought this case yesterday in a shop and was massively disappointed. If you fold the cover behind the phone to use it the phone is hard to handle and doesn't sit ergonomically in your hand.
BUT BIGGEST FLAW: The little magnet on the right side interferes with the wacom digitizer. Try pulling out the S Pen and draw a straight line along the right edge, and the line curves outward around the magnet.
I was about to return the phone when I realized the error was next to the magnet. Pulled it out of the case and problem gone. I could reproduce this problem anywhere on the screen by holding the magnet part next to it.
There are tons of reports if you google "wacom magnet s pen" about interference, so I would avoid using this case. There is apparently even a note about this in the manual somewhere.
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This happens because wacom digitizers use magnets to work (partially, there's more to it) - the pen is a magnet. Crash course: A magnet creates a magnetic field around it. Whenever you're moving the pen, you're moving this field - any given point in space near the magnet experiences a change in this magnetic field (this creates an electric potential and a potential difference between points affected by the field). A really cool thing about moving magnets near wires is we create what's called an induced EMF - the change in magnetic fields causes electrons to move because of changes in relative potential difference between nearby points.
A static magnet (in relation to a point) will have a static field, but a field none the less - the magnet on the casing. When you bring two magnetic fields together, they interact to form a resultant field at any point in time.
The pen is still working as intended, but the other magnet has changed the potential you produce near that magnet via movements of the pen - thus, different and incorrect readings. It's relative to the position of the case magnet, so you get a different effect at different distances from the magnetic source.
The result is that the same motions of the pen near that magnet are causing different currents to be read than the wacom digitizer expects for that motion.
While it's great to hear through some empirical data that physics still works, I was already actively avoiding this case for this reason.
In contrast, previous smartphone cases with phones that use capacitive touch don't have as much an issue because it's basically a field of current that your touch (finger, capacitive stylus, etc) redirects some of that flow across. While a magnet could indeed affect this field, the magnet isn't moving so it's not as much an issue (it's still an issue because, depending on field strength, orientation, and relative locations, the electrons are still moving with respect to the magnet, and are repelled/attracted by the field in this manner to different degrees. However, the difference is constant and like is accounted for because digitizer system can't guarantee constant currents necessarily, so there is variation allowed for. With the Wacom pen magnet, it's weak enough to be noticeable.
TL;DR - Anyone with a course in EMF and an understanding of induction would be able to tell you this right off once they found out the pen uses a magnet. Incidentally, the magnet is also why you can do the hovering stuff so accurately. Other forms of non-touch gestures have many ways they could work too, but one way is your body affecting a field around the digitizer enough (whole hand swipe across without touching) that is is measurable.
It's also how inductive chargers (ones where you don't plug in the device) work. Changes in current flowing through wires creates a magnetic filed which, by orientating the wires, using loop/solenoid type configurations, this field changes (an AC signal). When your device is in the field, a similar configuration in the device is subjected to this changing field, and, more simply put, energy is exchanged via magnetic fields.
This is really cool because you've taken a changing current, which creates an electromagnetic field across other wires, which causes a flow of current.
Anyways, yeah avoid having magnets near devices depending upon EMF induction to work
In response. Regarding the case and holding it. I agree, does my head in sometimes. Hence why i may get a sleeve instead for when at work and use it one handedly most of the time. Regarding nfc, i aint convinced it would be affected until i get to test it. Regarding magnet, never noticed it until tested. Only effects 5mm of right side of screen and 15mm vertically, not the end of the world.
Just tested a piece of tin foil placed between handset and case at the point of the magnet. Didn't make any difference. Shame it cant be shielded.
Gotta say. The mobli is very well protected and the white case and mobile has yet to look dirty. Day job, hands get mucky.
Anyone got the case that the stand rotates? Does it make holding it less annoying?
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So, can the magnet cause any permanent damage to the gyroscope, compass and wacom bundle? I did notice that the compass is off by 10 degrees with the case on versus off.
I've used the phone for a few days without the case and it gets greasy too fast. So its back into the case again. It is pretty sturdy, just wonder if its possible to extract the magnet somehow! Maybe lodge a knife in there or something.
Anything that works by sensing the Earth's magnetic field, such as a compass, will be screwed up by a magnet in a case. It's really not worth buying a case that has a magnetic clasp...
I lodged a kitchen knife in between the magnet and the case and jerked around. It broke up into several pieces and came out attached to the knife. Since its either in my pocket or on a table the flap stays closed and no more magnetic issues.
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FloatingFatMan said:
The NFC antenna is embedded in the Note 2's back cover.
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isnt the NFC chip in the battery??
yusssi said:
isnt the NFC chip in the battery??
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... Why would they put the NFC chip in the battery?
On the SIII, the NFC -ANTENNA- is in the battery... The chip is on the phone motherboard. In the Note II, the antenna is in the back cover. Are you blind? Have you never taken your back cover off?
don't be so harsh.
some of us ex galaxy nexus owners had NFC built-in batteries..
FloatingFatMan said:
... Why would they put the NFC chip in the battery?
On the SIII, the NFC -ANTENNA- is in the battery... The chip is on the phone motherboard. In the Note II, the antenna is in the back cover. Are you blind? Have you never taken your back cover off?
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For all of you , "omg! No removable battery!" people.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/12jze2/nexus_4_battery_may_not_be_so_hard_to_replace_acc/
So while you cant just swap on the go, if you should need to replace it, it looks pretty simple.
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Docavelli said:
For all of you , "omg! No removable battery!" people.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/12jze2/nexus_4_battery_may_not_be_so_hard_to_replace_acc/
So while you cant just swap on the go, if you should need to replace it, it looks pretty simple.
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There are screws on the bottom, I'm surprised no one figured this out.
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There are screws on the bottom, I'm surprised no one figured this out.
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They did. Did you see this thread?
It's just that "you can get a particularly sized torx screwdriver and remove the back, then there are a couple more screws holding the battery in place. If you're very careful, (be sure to wear an anti-static wristband) you can replace the battery. Though it may void the warranty." has never really met the standard of "replaceable battery" when it comes to most users. By this standard, the iPhone's battery is replaceable; in fact, by the looks of it, my iPhone 4's battery is slightly easier to replace; not only because it uses Philips screw heads, but there's less to remove in the phone itself.
This is very good to know!
I hope some case maker can make back cover out of some other material like plastic or aluminum since the glass back is removable so easily..
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xzr3b0rnzx said:
I hope some case maker can make back cover out of some other material like plastic or aluminum since the glass back is removable so easily..
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LG will offer bumper cases that wouldn't cover the patterned back. i am definitely going to get me one of those when it comes out
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I hope some case maker can make back cover out of some other material like plastic or aluminum since the glass back is removable so easily..
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I believe antenna and charging coils are in the back. Custom backs may be a problem. Or very expensive.
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the most striking thing to me is internally it looks really well built.
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I hope some case maker can make back cover out of some other material like plastic or aluminum since the glass back is removable so easily..
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Aluminum Backs will mess up NFC and Signal sadly...
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Any of these bare electrical connectors seen in the pics let us put microsd card receptor?
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Well at least we know it won't be too difficult to replace the back housing if needed to!
So I'm assuming that those two screws on the silver bit just above the battery are they key to take out the battery?
so... does that mean we can basically get a back cover without the coil (wireless charging) and make the phone slimmer?
I might even try to replace the glass with a shade of grey aluminium.
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RedBlueGreen said:
so... does that mean we can basically get a back cover without the coil (wireless charging) and make the phone slimmer?
I might even try to replace the glass with a shade of grey aluminium.
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The back cover contains the GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth antennas, so any replacement backs would need the same antennas and contact points. The cell antenna is at the bottom of the phone rather than being on the back cover so that is okay. The charging and NFC coils are on the back cover as well. So any replacement or after market back cover is going to cost quite a bit and will need to be well made. If you replace the back cover with metal, then you will end up with poor GPS and Wi-Fi signals, if they work at all.
The charging coil is already recessed in the back. If you look at the back cover, the plastic is cut away and the charging coil sits in flush up against the glass back.
We can also see hot spots, presumably the processor and other hot components. Loot at the phone in the picture, towards the top right hand side is a foil covered square (I assume this is the S4 processor), and just up to the left of it are some components, these are exposed through the black plastic cover which goes over most of the motherboard. Now look at the back cover, in matching positions are cutaways where we can the back of the patterned glass. So the processor and other hot components sit up as close to the glass as possible to help cool. It's a shame that the glass is an insulator though, although so is plastic and the glass is very thin, so the phone fairs no worse than anything else.
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The back cover contains the GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth antennas, so any replacement backs would need the same antennas and contact points. The cell antenna is at the bottom of the phone rather than being on the back cover so that is okay. The charging and NFC coils are on the back cover as well. So any replacement or after market back cover is going to cost quite a bit and will need to be well made. If you replace the back cover with metal, then you will end up with poor GPS and Wi-Fi signals, if they work at all.
The charging coil is already recessed in the back. If you look at the back cover, the plastic is cut away and the charging coil sits in flush up against the glass back.
We can also see hot spots, presumably the processor and other hot components. Loot at the phone in the picture, towards the top right hand side is a foil covered square (I assume this is the S4 processor), and just up to the left of it are some components, these are exposed through the black plastic cover which goes over most of the motherboard. Now look at the back cover, in matching positions are cutaways where we can the back of the patterned class. So the processor and other hot components sit up as close to the glass as possible to help cool. It's a shame that the glass is an insulator though, although so is plastic and the glass is very thin, so the phone fairs no worse than anything else.
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With all that on the back cover, I wonder how much a replacement back cover would cost.
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With all that on the back cover, I wonder how much a replacement back cover would cost.
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The HTC One X has a similar arrangement of antennas and NFC on the back cover and that cost in the UK around £28.00 via Ebay. The Nexus though has the Gorilla Glass on the back which may make it cost more or hopefully cost less. If there is a big market for replacement backs because the glass is getting broken a lot, that would mean more are made as spare parts reducing costs and more places would supply them, driving prices lower due to competition. We wait and see
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We can also see hot spots, presumably the processor and other hot components. Loot at the phone in the picture, towards the top right hand side is a foil covered square (I assume this is the S4 processor), and just up to the left of it are some components, these are exposed through the black plastic cover which goes over most of the motherboard. Now look at the back cover, in matching positions are cutaways where we can the back of the patterned class. So the processor and other hot components sit up as close to the glass as possible to help cool. It's a shame that the glass is an insulator though, although so is plastic and the glass is very thin, so the phone fairs no worse than anything else.
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FCC is very helpful in this regard, just query the FCC ID:
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=278241&fcc_id=%27ZNFE960%27
and look at the internal photos.
That foil covered square is almost certain not the S4, that one sits on the other side of the PCB.
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FCC is very helpful in this regard, just query the FCC ID:
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=278241&fcc_id=%27ZNFE960%27
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That foil covered square is almost certain not the S4, that one sits on the other side of the PCB.
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Thanks for the link. Hard to see what that raised area relates to on those pictures. Odd the processor is the other side sandwiched in the phone, and lets hope that isn't the cause of alleged thermal throttling causing low speeds. On phones like the HTC One X the processor is against the back with a large area of copper foil to dissipate heat, although the S4 has the benefit of being 28nm.
Looking at different FCC photos and knowing it isn't the processor, it must be some sort of power regulation circuitry.
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Phil
So I dropped and dinged my phone the other day. It's not bad, entirely cosmetic, and isolated to a corner of the back cover. I found the iFixit article showing how to take the back cover off to replace it.
The back cover is secured in place with an adhesive pad which needs to be warmed up and softened to remove it. Once removed, if I were to replace the back cover with a new one, do I need a new adhesive pad, or can the original still be used to hold the new cover?
My seconds question; is the accent color ring around the camera removed when removing the back cover, or is it attached to the camera mount itself?
These questions didn't seem to be addressed in the teardown, anyone know?
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So I dropped and dinged my phone the other day. It's not bad, entirely cosmetic, and isolated to a corner of the back cover. I found the iFixit article showing how to take the back cover off to replace it.
The back cover is secured in place with an adhesive pad which needs to be warmed up and softened to remove it. Once removed, if I were to replace the back cover with a new one, do I need a new adhesive pad, or can the original still be used to hold the new cover?
My seconds question; is the accent color ring around the camera removed when removing the back cover, or is it attached to the camera mount itself?
These questions didn't seem to be addressed in the teardown, anyone know?
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The back cover does have adhesive but not much. If you can get your fingernail in the crack you should be able to work around and unsnap it. The accent ring and the camera lens are attached to the back cover. There is a thread in the accessories section with people that have bought the replacement backs and switched over the camera lens and accent.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2500086
I bought a OnePlus 3T with a flip type case the other day. Being left-handed, I soon found that the case works the wrong way round for me. Simple solution, I thought, I just put the phone into the case the wrong way round.
The result was on the whole good, with the unexpected bonus of the irritatring power button now being in a protected position, free from accidental presses.
There's two snags: the back camera lens is covered, but I thought a few minutes with a Dremel would soon cut a new hole in the case. The bigger snag is that the phone no longer detects when the case is closed, so it remains active and logged-on even with the case closed. This is very bad for security.
So, has anyone ever experimented with moving the magnet in these cases ( I assume it is a magnet that the phone senses). I assume the phone sensor is up at the top by the front camera. The magnet would have to be moved from one end of the flip to the other. Thanks.
Sorry if I may sound a bit harsh... but I think that yours is a nonsense. I am left handed too, but I find no difficult in using flip covers in their standard way (flipping from right to left side). Think about a book: whether you be right or left handed, I'm sure that you don't read it upside down!
About your question: it is difficult to put a magnet in other side of the cover. Perhaps you can try using proximity sensor apps to detect flip closing, at a little cost in terms of battery life.