hmm.. just wanna ask you guys..
if theres a replacement plastic battery cover for our htc hd2?..
to make it slight lighter.. haha..
thanks!
Since that same backplate functions as a heatsink.... you wouldn't want to do that. Or you'll have to recharge in a cold room.
I need to lose weight.
And one way i could think of is by replacing the metal battery cover with a plastic one.
I live near the equator and my hd2 spends most of its time in either a metal case, or a plastic case, so overheating is the least of my concern. By the way, between the metal battery cover and the battery is a small rubber sponge-like tape. I wonder, does that really transfer heat?
Neway, im still searching for a plastic battery case...
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And one way i could think of is by replacing the metal battery cover with a plastic one.
I live near the equator and my hd2 spends most of its time in either a metal case, or a plastic case, so overheating is the least of my concern. By the way, between the metal battery cover and the battery is a small rubber sponge-like tape. I wonder, does that really transfer heat?
Neway, im still searching for a plastic battery case...
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Think the spongey stuff just stops the battery moving. I have the official HTC extended battery and the extended back cover that comes with that is plastic although that would not make it any lighter (or any smaller)
why does your phone need to lose weight???
Do we really want to know?
As far as I know the metal cover is there also to prevent the possibility of twisting your phone, thus preventing your glass from breaking!
Why do you want to save weight when you said you put it in a metal case? Seems a bit backward?
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I know its vain... but I scratched on the bezel of my 8525 the first day I bought it and staring at it is really starting to annoy me. Its the bezel part that starts above the call buttons and goes up the right side and then along the top.
Does anyone know if it is made from real brushed aluminum or is it plastic made to look like brushed aluminum? If its real, I'm going to dremel the scratch away... if its plastic and I try doing that... it will only make it much worse.
Thanks for any help on this.
EDIT: Does anyone have a dead 8525 or even just the front part they want to get rid of for cheap? I figure I could replace the bezel as well. Thanks again.
I'm not sure how does the fake plastic goes, but aluminum is a electric conductor, you can try and see if it gets electric passed through it? Still, fake plastic may be a conductor as well (i.e. uses aluminum powder to make it shiny). Anyway, if it was to be aluminum, it should be cold to the touch.
BTW, when you said "dremel the scratch away", how do you do that? I had a big one on my Wizard too, it is definitely aluminum here. Also, I have an old SStell watch that I would like to get the scratch off
Sure feels like METAL. One thing to fix smaller scratches on metal, try eraser for ink, it's slightly abrasive.
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I'm not sure how does the fake plastic goes, but aluminum is a electric conductor, you can try and see if it gets electric passed through it? Still, fake plastic may be a conductor as well (i.e. uses aluminum powder to make it shiny). Anyway, if it was to be aluminum, it should be cold to the touch.
BTW, when you said "dremel the scratch away", how do you do that? I had a big one on my Wizard too, it is definitely aluminum here. Also, I have an old SStell watch that I would like to get the scratch off
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I am fairly skillful with a dremel. I was thinking I would us a fine grained dremel brush and brush along the grain. Basically, it would be recessing that part of the bezel down to the depth of the scratch (it is uneven new and the scratch is located at a slightly elevated position which would be perfect for this). This would only work for slight scratches.
I know this
It dents like aluminum. I dropped mine last winter, and it put some scratches and dents int it... well the dents curve into the hole, which plastic would just shear and have a grooved edge, it wouldn't bend. So My vote is metal.
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Sure feels like METAL. One thing to fix smaller scratches on metal, try eraser for ink, it's slightly abrasive.
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I hunting for an erasable ink pen right now. Thanks.
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I hunting for an erasable ink pen right now. Thanks.
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People use it to take care of small scratches on fine watches, so I'm guessing it will work here to. Obviously you need to use it direction of the "brushed" direction of the metal.
You can stumble on interesting stuf on the net.
I 've read people were removing branding from phones with a sugar cube. Abrasive enough to remove screen printed branding but not enough to scratch the plastic. Not to say that trick will work on Hermes.
I'm getting a creaking sound on the bottom left corner near the usb port if i push on it?
Anyone else has this or something else similar?
Same here - just discovered a couple days ago. Think is pretty minor small gap between the screen and the case - plastic must be super thin and it just bends a little making the sound. Wouldn't return it because you could get something even worse - dead pixels or stuck pixels - alignment issues - etc. They should have made the frame out of metal to elimate any flex.
As soon as a decent case is finally available for the TMOBILE version it will mask it.
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I'm getting a creaking sound on the bottom left corner near the usb port if i push on it?
Anyone else has this or something else similar?
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I have the opposite problem. Well, maybe I shouldn't call it a problem because I would rather have it tight then loose. My back cover is on so tight I end up tearing my thumb up trying to remove it. It is to the point where I avoid removing the cover at all costs. No play at all, just tight as heck.
I noticed the more you remove it the looser it gets so maybe try doing that a couple of times.
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They should have made the frame out of metal to elimate any flex.
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The USA version isn't metal? mine (europe) is only metal and glass... well except for the harware buttons, they are plastic.
is it also true that the bottom is thicker than the euro version? where the USB port is, i looked at some photos, and it looks much thicker..
Only the battery cover is metal, everything else is not, feels like rubber i guess and i wouldn't say its thicker if it is not by much the phone is extremely thin.
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Only the battery cover is metal, everything else is not, feels like rubber i guess and i wouldn't say its thicker if it is not by much the phone is extremely thin.
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It's metal coated in rubber - at least that what it feels like. When I get my replacement phone I'll scratch a little of the rubber off mine and see what's under it.
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It's metal coated in rubber - at least that what it feels like. When I get my replacement phone I'll scratch a little of the rubber off mine and see what's under it.
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Great, post it here please when you get it
mine made a creaking noise down at the bottom, pretty much dead center, like the plastic (?) cover was a tiny bit loose. my guess is it would only get worse over time...only a guess though
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Only the battery cover is metal, everything else is not, feels like rubber i guess and i wouldn't say its thicker if it is not by much the phone is extremely thin.
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yes, its coated with a special layer for grip... at least the euro version is!
i read this somewhere, maybe the htc website? or a review..
I just recently noticed the noise on my bottom right side.
Hello there,
just bought a used X Style in good condition. However the phone is slightly bent, distorted possibly from heat. So when you put it face down on an even surface as on a table, it actually rocks... One of the things I cannot do now is to actually put a glass protector on its screen as it will not stick.
Anyone with a similar experience ? Is there anyway to rectify the problem apart from buying a new front housing? I can easily open it up and disassemble it but would it offer anything at all?
Thanks for your ideas
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Hello there,
just bought a used X Style in good condition. However the phone is slightly bent, distorted possibly from heat. So when you put it face down on an even surface as on a table, it actually rocks... One of the things I cannot do now is to actually put a glass protector on its screen as it will not stick.
Anyone with a similar experience ? Is there anyway to rectify the problem apart from buying a new front housing? I can easily open it up and disassemble it but would it offer anything at all?
Thanks for your ideas
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Is the back of the phone slightly curved from bottom to top, thicker in the middle? This is not bent, this is design.
Are the edges of the screen slightly higher than the rest of the screen? This is normal, it's a huge piss off, but it's normal. Research glass screen protectors moto x pure and you'll find that there are very few which stick to the moto x, let alone stick well. My guess is the phone is not actually bent, the back is curved as it should be and the screen is made slightly different, and not many glass screen protectors work.
Edit : face down it rocks...that's odd I've not experienced that, maybe it is bent and I don't know what to do about that
Thanks for your reply. But yes the phone is bent, and I am not sure which structural part is bent and which part of the phone actually follow suit. If I could identify the part that is bent, I could take it apart, replace the bent part (middle frame?) and then it would be perfect. What is also really funny, is that the screen is not broken nor split, as it seems to be elastic enough to bent without breaking...
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Thanks for your reply. But yes the phone is bent, and I am not sure which structural part is bent and which part of the phone actually follow suit. If I could identify the part that is bent, I could take it apart, replace the bent part (middle frame?) and then it would be perfect. What is also really funny, is that the screen is not broken nor split, as it seems to be elastic enough to bent without breaking...
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No worries. I have no idea what part could be bent, but it's possible that there's a lot of stress on the glass and it could break at a later point in time. You could try taking it apart and see if you can identify what is bent, had the phone been taken apart or had the screen been repaired before you got it?
I ask because I had to repair my screen, did it myself, but had to glue the frame to the LCD. In doing so I used crazy glue, and then 3 months down the road the bottom quarter of my screen stopped responding to touch due to the crazy glue pushing up on parts of the screen and wrecking something inside.
Hey guys,
I've noticed the black (plastic/glue?) part at the edge of my screen has fallen off right at the left upper corner. Now I can see light sipping between the screen and the edge of the phone. Do you guys have any recommendation for repair glue so I could seal that part to prevent any water damage? Thanks.
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Hey guys,
I've noticed the black (plastic/glue?) part at the edge of my screen has fallen off right at the left upper corner. Now I can see light sipping between the screen and the edge of the phone. Do you guys have any recommendation for repair glue so I could seal that part to prevent any water damage? Thanks.
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is that the speaker strip? Don't be filling that with glue!
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is that the speaker strip? Don't be filling that with glue!
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No it's not the speaker strip even that part is also coming off :silly:
Do it fast, I got the same Problem and just after I noticed I got a whole lot of dust between my camera and glas.
Luckily Essential shipped me a new phone...
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No it's not the speaker strip even that part is also coming off :silly:
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Yeah, that little strip was a bad design.
The LOCA glue normally used for mobile phone screen probably a bit too thin & runny to fill an open hole, so I'd be looking at a ceramic chip repair kit (if you can get suitable colour) or maybe a clear epoxy (though not sure how well it'll stick to ceramic). I don't think anyone has a proven solution so far.
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I'd be looking at a ceramic chip repair kit (if you can get suitable colour) or maybe a clear epoxy (though not sure how well it'll stick to ceramic).
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From my experience replacing the display on this phone, the thin frame/bezel where the glass fits is actually not ceramic. It feels like some sort of a hard plastic that you can actually scrape and shave a thin layer off with a sharp blade (i discovered that while cleaning out the old adhesive). I tried scraping a semi-exposed edge of the back ceramic plate with a blade - very different feeling. My phone also has a tiny damage to this front bezel in the corner which is a "nick", unlike a chip or a crack you would expect in a ceramic material.
so do you guys have any advice for the type of glue that could be used to fill up the gap?
I have replaced the screen on my phone and used E6000 glue, it is clear and does not run like super glue.
Edit: they also make it in black.
The sticky rubber around the screen on my NST has degraded. It felt sticky but gooey too. I cleaned it but it's like it's partially melted. You can dig nails into the rubber and rip chunks out easily I'm wondering if I should scrape it all off and try to make something to replace it or put some kind of tape over the top.
In the future, I advise, never buy anything with rubber.
Same exact thing here :/
Just curious - what's the climate in your country? Is it humid and hot? I'm just trying to figure out what caused it