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Created Black Housing | PICTURES UP!

got bored of my two 8125's being the same color so i decided to pop one open and hook it up.
pics Finally Up!
took with a crappy nokia phone camera will take pics with my d80 after my 2nd 8125 is done with paint.
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hey man
can we see the new awesome black 8125 !!! i have been waiting !!!!

Been waiting here too!

Does that mean it didn't work? Maybe he forgot to mask off the screen. The keyboard buttons might not move either. Would be neat to see a black one though.

I am also curious as to how a black one will look....

He might have got caught up trick-or-treating!!

You should post pics with maybe a little How-To guide on how you did it and what kind of paint you used.

i actually got caught up with work.
i will be uploading the pics to my server tonight sorry for the delay .
ill post a how two as sooon as i paint my 2nd 8125 im gonna go white on the 2nd.
comes out clean i used hobby enamel paint , primer , and clear .

Nicnatros said:
Does that mean it didn't work? Maybe he forgot to mask off the screen. The keyboard buttons might not move either. Would be neat to see a black one though.
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and yeah everything works 100 percent no lose parts / objects everything works like new.

well hell, i will be the first to vote for a "how-to"!! i have been interested in doing something like this for a bit but havent had the time. thats great to see that you had success with the project.
i need to get ahold of another facia (cause mine has a few battle wounds from them drunken nights) for my 8125 then id be totally down to give it a go. if you do a walk thru, make sure to note which kind of paints you use and such... and if anyone knows where to get a brand new facia, lemme know.
wErSa

i like it. excellent work digitalmediaworkz. i agree with wErSa that a lil howto is a good idea + im too looking for new casing since mine althou not even a month old already has some scratches n paint chipped off.

looks good...i think white would look awesome. i would like to see pic once you're done with white.
why didn't you paint the keys?

for those interested in a new facia (casing) i found this site. they have them available for $79 (for the 8125.. didnt check other phones).
if anyone knows of any other places to find em for cheaper, speak up!!!
wErSa

thanks for the responses I kinda did it with a rush since I was anxious to see if it was gonna power up I will be respraying it including the main keyboard trim by the beginning of next week.
might do white or gold base with candy red I come from the custom car paint scene so I got a couple ideas.
-DMW

Evo with woodgrain battery cover

So, I was bored tonight, and I had some 3M Di-Noc vinyl laying around. Here's what I did:
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It's totally removable (doesn't leave residue behind), but I think it came out pretty well. The cutouts for the speaker and flash aren't nearly as noticeable in real life.

That's pretty good.
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it looks really good, personally I would have changed the light and speaker holes and not cut out the HTC

Freaking Awesome! I would defiantly get that case for my phone.... love it dude. Give info if u ever plan on actually selling or wanting sum1 to try it out... let me know!
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wow this looks amazing! you should sell these, or at least do a tutorial! I'd love to do this to my Evo.

I like the look, but not as much as the carbon fiber. Also, if you have some left over, I think it'd look a lot better without the blocky holes cut out.
Perhaps follow my diy, if you'd like.

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I like the look, but not as much as the carbon fiber. Also, if you have some left over, I think it'd look a lot better without the blocky holes cut out.
Perhaps follow my diy, if you'd like.
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I don't like the poked out speaker hole look, but with I should've done the LEDs like you did yours (and like I did my original one).
This is the first one I did (white carbon fiber) a while back:
http://androidforums.com/accessories-evo-4g/92653-evo-white-carbon-fiber-back-pics.html
On ^ that one, I didn't bother doing the speaker holes because I didn't like the look of the white, and I took it off right after taking those pics.
I also have a lighter woodgrain one that I'm going to try to see what it looks like. The samples I'm using were all free, and I should be getting some more in the mail soon.

Re-branded (androidsticker)

Well, I unbranded my atrix using the penny method and have now "re-branded" it with an android sticker. I actually ordered 2 because I wasn't sure of fitment for one. I tried the larger one first and it probably would have fit, had I not been stupid:
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I already had it on very well before I realized it overlapped the camera section... So, I removed that and replaced it with this:
It's hard to capture the color accurately in a picture, but the first one seems to be a bit closer to me. I think I liked the first one better, had I not messed it up. I may end up ordering another offset version, but going to wait to see what more protective (sticker type) covers come out for the atrix first. Considering how cheap it was, I don't really care too much that the first one didn't work out or that I might end up taking the second one off soon anyways.
For anyone interested, these stickers, as well as other designs and colors, can be found here: http://www.androidstickers.com/

ive done this before on a nexus one
firs tone is ok but u need white sticker not green

SS2006 said:
ive done this before on a nexus one
firs tone is ok but u need white sticker not green
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I might try that if I decide to order another.... kind of a waste of money to keep ordering them, but they're cheap enough that I might as well give it a try and it'll be easier to switch if I find myself dissatisfied with the look. Can always stick the extra on something else if I want.

Woof... I'll stick with the sexy, slim, soft-touch, black plastic of the incipio feather...

I'm probably going to end up going with something different... just waiting till there are more options. Not really interested in a case though. Pretty much waiting for the "skins" type options to come out. They offer basic scratch protection but that's about it, it seems.
Emailed them with an idea and they're looking into it... might have something a bit cooler if it pans out.

acPIZZA said:
Woof... I'll stick with the sexy, slim, soft-touch, black plastic of the incipio feather...
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x2 Picked one up at radioshack for like $18

Some DIY found. Would like some feedbacks.

Hey guys, check this Xperia Arc out.
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Some guy in Thailand is doing this as his local business, but since he's charging small to do this, I figured this is something easy and cheap that we could do ourselves. The question is what material is being used to wrap around. Would love to hear some of you guys' feedback. I'm feeling it might be some Teflon tape? Any ideas?

OMFG the pink one is cooooool
also the orange one *-*

white body, red sides, mirror screen film... DROOL!
***must control urge to tear up my phone for paint***

Well,i saw nothing

CHez0or said:
white body, red sides, mirror screen film... DROOL!
***must control urge to tear up my phone for paint***
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From what I see, he did not disassemble the phone at all. It looks like some thin film that goes over the phone.

unknown13x said:
From what I see, he did not disassemble the phone at all. It looks like some thin film that goes over the phone.
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Yes, you can notice on the hole to pull out the battery, film is over the hole

I want! Hehe. Great to hide those faded marks on my arc

any links for this item?
i want the sides to be all black..
for preventive measure haha

Looks like a very bad job. Look at the edges you can still see the chrome and there are dried up blobs near buttons.

soldiers33 said:
Looks like a very bad job. Look at the edges you can still see the chrome and there are dried up blobs near buttons.
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Agree but the basic idea is very good

Alejandrissimo said:
Agree but the basic idea is very good
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yes but he definitely got the two-tones colours right, especially with the black and orange one, I'm gonna look around online to see if i can get something similar going with my arc.

beautiful ,i like the white/cyan colour.

reminds me of a white/gold combo on some Blackberry sets..
gold anyone?

Painted X

Been wanting the colored X on the back of my phone and missed out when dbrands did the colored cut outs, and had parts of my X starting to peel off, so decided there's no better time to figure out how to color the X. Picked off the X and initially I was going to use the Testors brand of model paint. Got all the colors and got silver too so I could pick of the rest of the letters and do them as well. Along with the model paint I got some small syringes and some tiny craft needles and was going to put the paint in the grooves with the needle. Problem is, the paint in the syringe had a very tiny constant drip. The drip was slow, but too fast to get into each groove without getting some on the outside. I only managed to get the straight up and down part of the N done and had go another route. Watched a YouTube video of a guy that was coloring his Nexus 7 tablet and he had Sharpie Paint Pens. Never knew they had such an item. In his video he got pens with tips that were just a bit too big, he even says it in the video. I found a pack of pens on Amazon that had all the colors I needed with a fine tip on it. Works perfect! Here's some pics of the process, and links to get the pens to do it yourself. In the pics, it's just one layer of paint. I'm going to do more the next couple days as it dries, and then a touch of clean up if needed. The purple phone is my mom's phone. She wanted the X colored on her's too.
Amazon Link
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Genius!
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Purple glitter? Whatever gets your compass to point in the right direction. Anyway, good work on the letters.

Purple is OP's mom's phone.
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I guess that if you put over a dbrand skin, it'll cover the imperfections. Also dbrand includes an "M" sticker so you could choose it white and it would do a perfect match.

I'll post another pic tomorrow. Looks much better with a second layer of paint and the spots that are just outside the lines on a couple parts in the first pics is gone. Comes off easy.

NICE!! I've been looking for a way to get this done. I have a dbrandz skin with only the X showing. might have to tape it off or something though cause it's already installed and it's white.

Even if I don't like the purple glow that much, it's really nice work.

Looks cooool...

Niiiiizzzzee!!