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Jeff

thanks but its been posted allready

Should have known.
Jeff

I still don't think it's worth ruining the camera lens.

kareem9nba said:
I still don't think it's worth ruining the camera lens.
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The camera lens is bellow the cover, so you are not ruining it, just exposing it. Also the cover comes out without permanent damage, so you can always glue it back in again.
It makes a dramatic difference to picture quality - no more blurry pictures.
Here's an example picture with the lens cover off.
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Surur

this is a very stupid idea..to remove the lens glass that not onlyprotects your camera lens, but also helps avoid dust accumulating inside your camera...why do this for a very miniscul improvement....not only do u void ur manufacturer one year warrenty but also any chance of getting a warrenty/insurance with att or tmobile which do give insurance on their phones(even though they dont carry the phone u could trick them into thinking its a wing...possibley then making them replace your tilt with a tytn iV or touch pro if they get it...POSSIBLEY)
seriously..just stick to the fixes like nadavis camera fix, the resoluton and shutteroff tricks and whatever else fixes people have come out with cuz they dont void your warrenty...and trust me the drivers will come sooner or later. If not from HTC it will be developed by another brilliant soul from the touch pros drivers or another new devices drivers some how or some other way...just be patient fella.

It's not really anything to do with driver of software fixes, there is a real problem with the hardware design in that interior dust and exterior smears accumulate on that little window and ruin perfectly good pictures. I'm not convinced that removing the window is the best answer, but it does at least bring a clear improvement that no amount of software tweaking ever will.
What's really needed is a bit of foam or something inside to at least keep the dust out. I might look into that.

Just take the battery cover off when you want to take a picture. Seems a lot easier to me.

Macgyvec3 said:
Just take the battery cover off when you want to take a picture. Seems a lot easier to me.
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Really? I always find it's really difficult to actually get that cover off, and that's probably for the best too - I wouldn't want to make it loose and rattly.

Macgyvec3 said:
Just take the battery cover off when you want to take a picture. Seems a lot easier to me.
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Ive tried taking the battery cover off for a while. It has the same effect, but of course:
a) you look pretty weird taking pictures with your battery cover off.
b) it takes some time to do, meaning you cant take spontaneous pictures.
c) I feel the battery may fall out when doing doing this.
I think it may be a good idea to put a small foam ring around the hole to keep dust out, but so far its not been a gigantic issue. Remember the dust cant possibly get under the screen, as its a separate assembly to the base where the camera is, so a bit of dust is not necessarily a big deal.
Surur

Clean the cover
Why not just clean the cover? I got some Meguiar's PlastX clear plastic cleaner and spent 5 minutes cleaning the cover. I then wiped the cover down with a lens cleaning wipe. The whole process took about 7 minutes. I took a picture with the cover off (the whole back cover) and with the cover on after cleaning. They look exactly the same.

How do I fit a new mini-usb port?

Hi - I seem to have knackered my mini-usb port a bit (probably by accidentally sticking my stylus in it).
I can get a replacement one on eBay, but it doesn't come with any instructions. Does anyone know where I could find instructions to fit it? Or is it something that would need a soldering iron (which I don't have) or something too tricky for a clumsy oaf like me?
Thanks
Dan

I'm pretty sure you're stuck with the soldering problem. Hopefully I'm wrong, I have a friend that needs to replace his.
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I always do that by accident at night and learned my lesson after i bent them a bit. Anyhow, can you post a picture of how "severe" it is?

kareem9nba said:
Anyhow, can you post a picture of how "sever" it is?
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I could, but there's no visible difference. My suspicion is that it just a little bit looser than it should be.
ChumleyEX said:
I'm pretty sure you're stuck with the soldering problem. Hopefully I'm wrong, I have a friend that needs to replace his.
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Oh no! I'm not getting into that, but so far it's looking like it'll cost £50 to get it fixed if I send it off to somewhere. At that price I'd prefer to live with a bit of a dodgy connection...

Thankfully you can use bluetooth for most everything.

And a battery charging cradle if reqd
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Thankfully you can use bluetooth for most everything.
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As well as an el-cheapo cradle with battery recharge bay IF the battery no longer recharges in the phone. If dancj was not proficient at soldering, he could get that part done by someone who is but given the 'clumsy oaf' statement perhaps it's best for any work on the phone to be done professionally. Bluetooth dongles are cheap if the PC usually sync'd with doesn't natively have bluetooth but it'd be worth dancj having a good read of the manual to determine how to set up the connection first if this is new ground - this particular clumsy oaf found it quite tricky figuring out which side the connection is initially configured and initiated from until reading the manual

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Thankfully you can use bluetooth for most everything.
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Except charging unfortunately - which seems to be my biggest problem.

Check out a cradle with battery bay
dancj said:
Except charging unfortunately - which seems to be my biggest problem.
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As mentioned in my post above, a cradle with battery charging bay gets around that. They're very cheap too (Here are the details of what I have). If you add to that a Bluetooth dongle for about £15, you're still well on the right side of the £50 repair cost.

Sorry - I misunderstood.
I have a kind of workaround at the moment which is one of these 3 way adaptors.
The plug for this one is a bit different and grips the bit inside the USB socket and still gives a good connection. I could keep that in the car and then have one of those cradles at home and at work...

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Sorry - I misunderstood.
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I thought you might have, that's why I included a link to a picture
I have a kind of workaround at the moment
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I've got something that looks like that as well. I guess if its plug connects well with your phone, there's no reason why you couldn't use it for mains charging as well, although I don't know if I'd trust a slightly damaged USB port to not deteriorate. Irrespective of what happens with the port, that cradle and spare battery could still be utilised.

Yes sir,

dancj said:
Except charging unfortunately - which seems to be my biggest problem.
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i don't know if this is what Flying Kiwi is talking about, but you can also have one spare battery and a battery charger, and whenever one of the two batteries is depleted, replace it with the one that you charged with the battery charger, and so on. just keep that spare full one in your pocket.

Yeah that is an option. I really don't want to have to resort to physically changing my battery every day though.

Priorities
dancj said:
Yeah that is an option. I really don't want to have to resort to physically changing my battery every day though.
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Then you could get one of those big thick high capacity batteries with a matching 'swollen' battery cover and you'll only have to change it every second or third day. The downside is it doesn't look as good and it weighs more but it would still be cheaper than a £50 repair. Which is more important, saving a few quid or fixing it properly and having full functionality back?

If it comes down to that I think I'll swallow the £50 repair fee. At the moment I'm still torn between trying to get it repaired cheaper or living with a dodgy connection

New external 3200 MAH battery with casing

Hi Guys not sure if this has been already posted , Just got around the SITEX 2012 in singapore and found this Battery pack with casing which makes the phone neat , yet not removing the battery cover for that extra juice.. its 48 S$ probably around 35US$ it looks pretty neat , any one tried this ?
sorry for the bad quality pics
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I can see this of any use on trips and such but not for everyday use. For me at least.
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majorbgss said:
I can see this of any use on trips and such but not for everyday use. For me at least.
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Yea people who just do regular music listening a bit of browsing , calls dont need this as the stock battery easily gets throug the day , but may be of use for travellers and heavy gamers,,

Thanks for posting, I have similar on my GSIII LTE from day 1.
Very handy.
I hope it will be available in Europe for the GNII.

How do you get to the s-pen?

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How do you get to the s-pen?
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A lot of these cases have an extra silo. But it would probably defeat the purpose of the sound and spen detection setting.

I think I'm going to have this phone for awhile so I can wait another couple of weeks for one that has the s-pen slot. I find myself using it at the most random of times.

Not only dose it seen to cover the S pen but also the back speaker.
I bought a second battery from Samsung website with the 50% off code someone posted here. I haven't needed it yet, but on the rear occasion I do it will be a simple solution. For now I just switch them out every few days.

All ,
yes its a bit annoying for removing the Spen but not very difficult for people who rarely use ( i use all the time though ) it covers up the space , however speaker is not compromisd as there is a opening for the speaker , but yes S pen is a bit annoying to remove as you will need to slide the fone out .. this s not a hard case so not a tough job to open the phone up from the case...

Might get one of these if they make a little higher quality product with little lower price. Hate the LED lights, on/off switch, no hole for stylus. Most of these need to be charged separately and are usually less than 1000mah.

one80oneday said:
Might get one of these if they make a little higher quality product with little lower price. Hate the LED lights, on/off switch, no hole for stylus. Most of these need to be charged separately and are usually less than 1000mah.
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yea the LEDs are bit too bright , but I found the battery pretty decent not excellent though they charged my phone fom 49% to 100 % in about 1 hour not sure if it can full 3000 MAH havent tested that , the stylus missing out is defnitely a disadvantage...

I was just about the post this, found it on ebay for 28. But no spen and yes the speaker which is covered up was the deal breaker for me. Guess I'll just wait for Samsung's wireless charging.
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anirudhks said:
Yea people who just do regular music listening a bit of browsing , calls dont need this as the stock battery easily gets throug the day , but may be of use for travellers and heavy gamers,,
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I have (well had, untill I dropped and shattered the screen) the T-Mobile version of the Note 2, and last week, was on holidays at Disney etc.. the day started at about 8 am, and then, I'd use it non stop, navigation, web browsing, phone calls... really put the phone to use and by the end of the day, still had citca 35% left - this is the first Android smartphone I've had where I'm comfortable with the battery life. the stock battery is more than man enuff for the phones features.

Anyone find a better charging case than this?

Extended External Battery

This looks like an interesting approach on external batteries for Galaxy NOTE 2.
I am a bit disappointed since I am sure is blocking NFC and may beloved wireless charging. I may give it a try for the times when traveling...
Here is the LINK . (later edit) I have found a BLACK version, different in design . Link is HERE
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I had a case that was somewhat similar for my iPhone 3, it was the Mophie Juice Pack Air. I liked it and it definitely came in handy on more than one occasion. I'm kinda interested in this case, thanks for the heads up.
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I think I am a bit damaged. First thing I think of when seeing this case "hey, that's a way to save the microUSB plug from wear and tear". My three latest phones of the last 6 years all did develop contact issues after a year or two, no matter how careful I was (too much charging, flashing and modding I guess)
That said, this don't look too bad. Slightly skeptical about quality, both in terms of fit/materials and the battery itself. Not necessarily a bad concept though.
Mac

I like the idea. Too bad there probably are next to no protective cases for it. Double the battery is always a good thing though.

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is a case and a battery. that's the whole idea.

Nothing but bad reviews about those external battery packs. :thumbdown:
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antonioeram said:
well
is a case and a battery. that's the whole idea.
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Unfortunately the case gives no protection. Even worse. It makes the device heavier, which means that when it falls on its face, you won't have to check if the glass is shattered. (Yes, that's what happened with my HTC One X!!)
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Nothing but bad reviews about those external battery packs. :thumbdown:
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You are exactly right. These battery packs only give a tiny portion of the juices the device needs. Furthermore, the device thinks it's on mains power, so the power savings etc. are not running.
This means the device uses more juice while it does not get it all, so the battery of the unit will not fill up, but run down almost as fast as when no battery pack is connected.

Guys, just get a portable charger. I'm gonna get one for myself.

I would like to put one of this external battery case in to the universal gameklip, which one do u recomend me?
Thanks!!
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Has anyone tried this new 4800mAh versions like this one here.
dja2k

dja2k said:
Has anyone tried this new 4800mAh versions like this one here.
dja2k
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It blocks s-pen, and makes Note 2 even longer due to that battery extension. I haven't used it, just commenting about the picture. Plus, you will get only 3200 mAh of actual charge on it because conversion through usb connection will make it drop by about 30% due to inefficiency.

Sony Xperia Z1 Overheating really bad

So my mom has been complaining about her Z1 Touchscreen not being responsive, it's original, it has never been touched.
I took the phone for a few tests and analyzed it myself, it's not really the touchscreen, the phone is reaching freaking high temperatures about 83ºc just hitting the camera button a few times, the heat spreads through the screen and makes it unresponsive.
Software:
It's running a completely stock and completely de-bloated 5.1.1 Sony rom, I removed all the bloatware inlcuding the massive set of Google Apps leaving only the essential and clean Sony/Google Apps along with the system services.
Example of stuff I removed: What's New, Gameloft Games, Tetris, Google Play Banca...
There is absolutely nothing draining the battery or running in background that could cause this issue:
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That's right, about 24 hours powered on after a cold boot on standby.
Hardware:
This phone is getting old, I purchased it in December 2013, a year ago the battery would die at around 67%, I found a Z1 with a shattered screen and back plus bad ESN on eBay for cheap, swapped the batteries and everything got back to normal, didn't care too much about water isolation because no one would swim with this phone.
So looking at the following picture, the chip to the right, I assume it's the main SoC, the Snapdragon 801, the one that's hitting high temperatures for relatively very low workloads.
Solution:
Can this heatspreader be taken off like on the LG G3? If yes, would help if I added thermal paste to it?
Maybe add some copper tapes around to spread the heat better?
Some heat insulation between the motherboard and the screen?
Any ideas?
Thanks.

nitzero said:
So my mom has been complaining about her Z1 Touchscreen not being responsive, it's original, it has never been touched.
I took the phone for a few tests and analyzed it myself, it's not really the touchscreen, the phone is reaching freaking high temperatures about 83ºc just hitting the camera button a few times, the heat spreads through the screen and makes it unresponsive.
Software:
It's running a completely stock and completely de-bloated 5.1.1 Sony rom, I removed all the bloatware inlcuding the massive set of Google Apps leaving only the essential and clean Sony/Google Apps along with the system services.
Example of stuff I removed: What's New, Gameloft Games, Tetris, Google Play Banca...
There is absolutely nothing draining the battery or running in background that could cause this issue:
That's right, about 24 hours powered on after a cold boot on standby.
Hardware:
This phone is getting old, I purchased it in December 2013, a year ago the battery would die at around 67%, I found a Z1 with a shattered screen and back plus bad ESN on eBay for cheap, swapped the batteries and everything got back to normal, didn't care too much about water isolation because no one would swim with this phone.
So looking at the following picture, the chip to the right, I assume it's the main SoC, the Snapdragon 801, the one that's hitting high temperatures for relatively very low workloads.
Solution:
Can this heatspreader be taken off like on the LG G3? If yes, would help if I added thermal paste to it?
Maybe add some copper tapes around to spread the heat better?
Some heat insulation between the motherboard and the screen?
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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I'm having the same overheating Problems, did someone find a fix for that?

Antiallergiker said:
I'm having the same overheating Problems, did someone find a fix for that?
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Look at your kernel settings.

Chocolatetrain said:
Look at your kernel settings.
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It's definitely a Hardware issue. (restore from TWRP on another z1 makes no issues)
But don't know If it's possible to renew the thermal paste.

Antiallergiker said:
It's definitely a Hardware issue. (restore from TWRP on another z1 makes no issues)
But don't know If it's possible to renew the thermal paste.
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Okay, also I don't know if you can renew the thermal paste. If you do decide to do it, let me know how it goes

Chocolatetrain said:
Okay, also I don't know if you can renew the thermal paste. If you do decide to do it, let me know how it goes
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I found this video:
I may try it the next days, I'll give Feedback then

Antiallergiker said:
I found this video:
I may try it the next days, I'll give Feedback then
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Okay cool, thanks