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[Q] FFC help/ Paint to cover it up.

Does anyone know how to remove small scratches from our screen?
I made a very small scratch accidentally while I was removing the paint covering the ffc hole.
Also does anyone know exactly what type of black paint t-mobile used to paint the hole? If we can figure the color out anyone who needs to send their phone in for repairs can just paint it again and remove the camera.
Sooooo any thoughts?

nothing huh.. x.x

since the glass is actually a ceramic, I'd say you're going to be hard pressed to remove a scratch. I'm not sure though, but you might try a clear acrylic to fill the scratch. I don't know on the other part.

Clear acrylic won't fix the scratch because acrylic has a different refractive index than glass.
Your only options are to either polish the scratch (not likely), or learn to live with it.
There might be glass repair products out there, but I don't know of any

gotya, thanks.. do you believe it will make a big impact once i get the camera installed? like ruin the image.

you can try dry mustard and vinegar mixed together, apply and buff (attach a q-tip to a dremel)...

MichaelB91 said:
gotya, thanks.. do you believe it will make a big impact once i get the camera installed? like ruin the image.
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Doubtful, the scratch is going to be so close to the low resolution lens that I think you won't even be able to tell.

thanks you

Removing glass scratches
Removing glass scratches are tricky. I posted before how to polish plastic. The same is true with glass only there are no solvents that degrade glass so no worries there (couple of acids do but you can't buy).
Here is what you need to do :
1. Mask off EVERYTHING you do not want touched
2. then you can use a dremel with a small buffing wheel or puff ball (you can get @ home depot or Lowes... etc
3. I would use fine polishing compound and then High gloss compound (you can get from an auto body shop (the same for buffing out a newly painted car)
4. Be VERY careful not to heat up the surface or you can crack the glass.
Finally, this will take awhile (maybe as long as an hour) and if the scratch is deep it will warp the surface and make some of the display deformed looking so look at it carefully and decide if this is worth the effort.
The other crap on the market that are fillers, really do not work for small scratches like this. they are designed for larger blemishes, so the chances of these staying in place are slim to never
hope that helps

Not sure what kind of paint was originally over the camera opening but I imagine nail polish would be an effective (and cheap) substitute. With an amount so small would someone notice the difference?

I'm just going to wait and see if the camera can see clearly through it, and ill decide what do to after that.
Thank you (everyone) for all the help. I really appreciate it

Samsung Vibrant Bezel Painting

Is there any way to paint the smooth ugly silver bezel

Paint it a different color or repaint it because it got scratched?
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I've painted mine. It's pretty easy. Make sure you get Krylon Fusion paint, its a paint formulated to stick to plastic better than regular sprays. Don't accept any of the store brand plastic paints either, I've tried the Lowe's one and it turned out to be pretty much regular paint.
Follow typical painting steps:
1. Take everything off (battery cover, sim, etc)
2. Mask the screen and backsides with tape + paper. The back is pretty easy to do with one long piece of tape, just wrap it around the whole backside. The screen you can lay 4 strips, 1 for each side, and then use a knife to score the edges and the tape will peel off.
3. Sand. Depending on how rough your edges are you may want to sand some nicks smooth. You don't need to remove the paint when you sand, you just need to get rid of the shine.
4. Paint. Follow the instructions on the can. The 2 most important things to remember are to do light coats and be freaking patient in between coats and touching it. Plan on watching a movie or doing something else. I used 3 coats on the front side, 2ish on the back. I can not stress this enough, if your coats are too heavy or you don't let each coat dry you will have a gummy, tacky result that will come off after a few days. Do it right, do it once.
5. Let it dry overnight or until you can't smell the paint anymore before regular usage.
Here are some pics, it's still drying but it turned out alright. The goop on the screen protector is from the tape. I'll get it off after the paint dries so I don't rub any paint off. IMO it looks worlds better than stock. I also had a few nicks around the edges and some of the chrome was falling off. As you might be able to tell from the pictures you can't notice any of the nicks or where the chrome was coming off.

Painting TF101

I have been thinking for a while that i want to paint the front plastics from brown to black and was wondering the best way. If anyone has done or knows something about painting pstic with out fingers getting paint when done

ummmm...there was a guy on here that mentioned about polishing the bezel section and such on here because it was dropped. Turned out pretty good in the end, I would contact the OP on that thread about that.
As far as my experience goes, I had an Acura RSX that I painted the plastic headlights (the shiny inside part) black and various colors for other people and they turned out good. The key thing is to remove the old stuff off first before doing so. you are basically then starting with a fresh canvas. wear latex or nitrile gloves as well. use paint cleaner to really get all the oils and stuff off. a LIGHT coat of primer, and then light passes of paint make all the difference in the world.

Or is the rounding material before glass metal? Im starting to feel its metal instead of plastic?

You know what, it is metal, that's right. I remember that guy anodized his bezel.

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Or is the rounding material before glass metal? Im starting to feel its metal instead of plastic?
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Definitely metal. You can feel it especially while charging.

Maybe plastic dip. Google it.
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Ultra thin 0.3mm cases, any experiences?

I'm looking for something that feels nicer than the greasy chrome sides and textured pokey back that is thin and is mainly there to make the phone feel nice in the hand, not for protection. Anyone have experiences with these 0.3 mm covers? I don't really know what type of material it is, how it feels like, how rigid or soft/flexible it is, whether there's a lip or not, etc. There are a lot of ultra thin covers on ebay but I dunno if they are all the same or not. Was also wondering if anyone has a clear one, if it just looks like a condom or not. I have a brushed metal back cover that I want to show through okay, otherwise if it looks like a condom I'll just get a blue one altogether.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ultra-Thin-...t=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item2c65d67572

katamari201 said:
I'm looking for something that feels nicer than the greasy chrome sides and textured pokey back that is thin and is mainly there to make the phone feel nice in the hand, not for protection. Anyone have experiences with these 0.3 mm covers? I don't really know what type of material it is, how it feels like, how rigid or soft/flexible it is, whether there's a lip or not, etc. There are a lot of ultra thin covers on ebay but I dunno if they are all the same or not. Was also wondering if anyone has a clear one, if it just looks like a condom or not. I have a brushed metal back cover that I want to show through okay, otherwise if it looks like a condom I'll just get a blue one altogether.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ultra-Thin-...t=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item2c65d67572
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I'm using the black one (and used it on my previously owned Galaxy SII i9100): it protects very well against scratches and my Note looks sexy as hell in all black fashion :good: (and yeah, chrome bezels have bored me too )
Go for it mate!

love it..using it.

yeah those are awesome. Ordered one via ebay and use everyday! Half year ago, a reddish one not dirty ugly yet. Dont expect protection other then scratches though.
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This probably belongs in the "accessories" thread section.

Deth Becomes You said:
This probably belongs in the "accessories" thread section.
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Yeah sorry I've been posting in the accessories forum but for some reason this thread wound out here: I want to know if it is hard case hard or is it semi soft and semi flexible like TPU cases. Also does it get hot? I know TPU cases are good with not heating up. My note is a hot potato in the back (and the front) and I don't like holding a hot potato. I am missing the soft polycarbonate feel of my one xl, and it never heated up during use, nice and cool.

lol I feel more space between hardcase and softcase. Hardcase seems cooler.
I threw my hardcase away because the softcase is nice and snug. Extra thin, flexible, more grip, but thats personal. Perfect!
Heat, with proper kernel/rom/usage its not an issue for me
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katamari201 said:
Yeah sorry I've been posting in the accessories forum but for some reason this thread wound out here: I want to know if it is hard case hard or is it semi soft and semi flexible like TPU cases. Also does it get hot? I know TPU cases are good with not heating up. My note is a hot potato in the back (and the front) and I don't like holding a hot potato. I am missing the soft polycarbonate feel of my one xl, and it never heated up during use, nice and cool.
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Those thin cases do not stop any heat. Less material to absorb heat. Tpu and silicone are best for heat absorption. I would suggest using setcpu to stop the heating. You can set profiles to slow the cpu when the battery gets above a certain level. Heat is very bad for lithium batteries. Best to stop it now before you have terrible battery life.

I use one of these.
Pros - Protects back/bezel from scratches, doesn't make the phone too big in the hand, nice cut outs for the buttons, spen etc.
Cons - No or very little drop protection, edges of screen are not covered.
I also have one of the thicker TPU ones that covers over the edge of the screen and offers pretty good drop protection, but it make the phone a little too big making it tricky for one handed operation.

Physical Body Build Quality (silver) -- Easily Scratched

I just noticed a few scratches that I'll have to live with.. Maybe I'll have to buy a case now (thought going naked would have been fine)
I know there are plenty of topic on this, but most cover actual defects.
Btw, just wanted to say that I LOVE this device. No way I'm returning. Not even this unit! Can't! Spent soo much time customizing it, and even the benchmarks are slightly above average
Anyway... My problem right now is the chamfered edges and the bottom speaker grill.
The silver One is susceptible to the same amount of scratches as the Black One, albeit they won't be as prominent on the silver variant.
The unit I'm talking about is actually a replacement. The first One I owned had defects, but even for the short time I had it, it somehow managed to build a few dents and scuffs on the chamfered edge up at the top speaker grill.
This time, the problem's on the bottom! I have a few scuffs on the bottom chamfered edge... It's been 4 days in my possession, and already is growing hits and dings. Now here's the interesting part.. As a university student, school's out and the phone has pretty much left the house only once! Other days it laid either in my hand, on my pocket, or on the floor right by my bed.
I looked at it and thought that maybe I can polish them when they get worse.. But things took a turn for the worse right away!! As I was examining the scuffs on the edge, I came across a hairline scratch that extended from the bottom of the lower speaker grill to the top (of the speaker grill) -- almost like a crack -- a hairline crack. Looks as if a pencil lightly went over it.
I've attached photos for your viewing pleasure, but as minor as they appear, note that it's only been about 4 days!! I'm wondering what'll come out of it over an extended period of use.. Guess I can live with whatever has happened to date though =]
*please note that the images aren't too good a representation of the actual damage to the device. It's slightly worse in person -- the abundance of light blurs the scratches a bit.
Arghhh the photos have since showed less of the damage as I had to resize the images to 640* 425 (instead of 4288 * 2848 )
To me, it's just like a dead pixel. You can't tell it's there in normal use, but once you find it, it'll haunt you for a while. At one point you won't care.. But when you see it again, you'll start kicking yourself.
I've been babying my phone, but I think it's time for me to go up onto Amazon and buy myself a good case. *flies to look at the Accessories forum*
Any of you folks keeping your phone naked experience any unexplained scuffs and nicks on your edges? Scratches on your speaker grill?
You guys think that we'd be able to -- at some point -- replace the speaker grills with OEM parts? I'm sure people will come across much worse problems...

No matter what device, what manufacture or what materials the device is made out of, if you don't use a case, this will happen and worst. Your scratches are barely visible. I had to zoom in the picture to see them.
I don't have the device yet but I already have 3 cases for it and a pack of screen protectors. The official flip case and 2 tpu s line cases, one black and one clear.
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I agree. I guess it's just that I'm bummed it happened so soon!
I'll learn to live with this. I don;t think I'm ready for a case just yet. The cases I've seen so far don't look too good and add way too much bulk. The slimmer ones don't cover the top and bottom chamfered edges...
I'll keep looking. I do have full body screen protection, except it only covers the screen itself and the rear of the device. Speaker grills (understandably) are left to be in the open

Did you check the phone over when you got it? Just asking as I've seen a one or two with some nicks and scratches out of the box I'm guessing it happened when polishing the chamfered edge.

Man, how do you use your phone to manage to put these scratches and dents.
I have had the phone since last Friday with daily use and no scratches, I just put a skinomi clear film in the back to protect against scratches and dents, the front is naked, looks beautiful, you don't even notice the film is there
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I have films on the back and front of the device myself!
I honestly do not know where these came from. It's been on my desk or on the floor by my bed. Hasn't left the house -- maybe just once..
Anyway I attached another saddening photo. This was taken with my old Atrix.
I'm thinking that this may have been a result of missing the charging port and accidentally sliding the micro usb plug into the front of the phone while I was half asleep...
Anyway, I'm sitting here and there's much greater things to worry about. It could have been much worse... A random scratch on the screen or a deeper nick...
Besides, the bottom speaker grill is a separate piece and if it continues to get scratched up and continues to bother me, I'll just see if i can get it replaced..
Hope I actually move on. This is the same feeling as when I found a dent on my $700 guitar.. I got over that. So ill probably get high over this
Aha I'm wondering what it'll feel like when I find a small scratch on my first new car -_-... Boy will I be a mess!
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Aluminum is a soft metal, unlike titanium or other harder metals. They chose aluminum because it is light weight.

So do you think black is more durable? I'm going to buy One today so I might considering buying black instead if thats the case.

Btw usually stratches goes away when wiped properly. At least do on my black One S. Dents, however, stays forever.

muayyadf1 said:
Aluminum is a soft metal, unlike titanium or other harder metals. They chose aluminum because it is light weight.
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Yep. But I'm hoping that maybe next year they make the switch to a harder metal like steel... The OPPO Find 5 allegedly has a steel frame construction. Sure it's heavy, but if they get the right look, whatever! Durability should be of more importance than weight..
Now if it does weigh too much, maybe implement the steel construction only around certain areas...
I'm aware this will pull up costs, but the device would be that much better!
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So do you think black is more durable? I'm going to buy One today so I might considering buying black instead if thats the case.
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There's another thread about scuffs on the black edition. Maybe I've got too far... You can't see this if you're not looking for them, but to me they'll always be there.
I've seen multiple accounts of folks on here see through their black paint into the aluminum underneath.. You'd want to avoid that.. So I don't regret having the silver edition.
They both scratch the same amount, but the black shows more..
Good luck and I hope you enjoy your One just as much as I am!
Choose the device that also to you more! If you like the stealthy black, but that! But if you do, go for the Poetic Atmosphere case.. Looks pretty nice on the black variant.. The silver one.. Not so much.
Still going to look for a case, but it isn't my priority.. I'd rather keep the phone naked and enjoy the cool feel everyone I touch it in the morning!
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Btw usually stratches goes away when wiped properly. At least do on my black One S. Dents, however, stays forever.
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I've wipes this, took a moist set of wipes below the actual holes, but nothing. There is a scratch, not a surface scratch, it's slightly deeper.
100% sure this ain't going away.. But i haven't lost all hope! As this phone e grows in popularity, some ebay sellers will manage to get their hands on some grills and they should be replaced rather easily since they're in there only via an adhesive. Would have been more ticked off if it was on the screen, on the chamfered edge off of the back, or even on the back itself..
Here's hoping the grills are replaceable and I can do something about it in maybe 6 months!
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I had mine with no case for almost 1 week and not a single scratch
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No idea what to say. I'm keeping it naked. Maybe this was from the factory.. I don't see how you can get a scratch from the bottom to the top of a grill without taking your phone out much...
Maybe I didn't notice this before, but i still am worried about the durability of the device. If pocketnow reports bad durability, then I've got no option but to go with a case. Right now i dont even know where these came from.. No sand in my room, no hard metals that would easily scratch anodized aluminum..
It really IS a mystery...
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yes the part which worries me the most is the possibility of hardshell covers actuall doing damage as you attempt to place them
this is why HTC's own double flip / dip are actually a lot softer to install
this exactly why im sticking to slim transparent rubber covers

hamdir said:
yes the part which worries me the most is the possibility of hardshell covers actuall doing damage as you attempt to place them
this is why HTC's own double flip / dip are actually a lot softer to install
this exactly why im sticking to slim transparent rubber covers
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Tell me about it! When I bought snap on cases for my Atrix, the plastic around the phone was soo scuffed it actually looks nasty without a case. Definitely not making that mistake again!
I don't think tpu or hardshell plastic cases can really damage the aluminum bezel as aluminum is harder..
But it's still something I worry about and a case like the one you linked to is just perfect.
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WolfDale7 said:
Tell me about it! When I bought snap on cases for my Atrix, the plastic around the phone was soo scuffed it actually looks nasty without a case. Definitely not making that mistake again!
I don't think tpu or hardshell plastic cases can really damage the aluminum bezel as aluminum is harder..
But it's still something I worry about and a case like the one you linked to is just perfect.
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it's not the aluminum i'm worried about

hamdir said:
it's not the aluminum i'm worried about
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Oh Crap. Overlooked that!
Wow..
Kay so time to look for a similar case to the one you've got
I want to keep the beauty of the HTC One visible while still protecting it from further scratches...
Everything over on the accessories forum doesn't really cut it go me :/...
I'll go to this mall that pretty much just sells phone cases and phones. Hopefully I find a store that has what I want for a reasonable price
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WolfDale7 said:
I agree. I guess it's just that I'm bummed it happened so soon!
I'll learn to live with this. I don;t think I'm ready for a case just yet. The cases I've seen so far don't look too good and add way too much bulk. The slimmer ones don't cover the top and bottom chamfered edges...
I'll keep looking. I do have full body screen protection, except it only covers the screen itself and the rear of the device. Speaker grills (understandably) are left to be in the open
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Probably the thinnest, plastic case around. does not add bulk like otter cases do. you should check it out...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Platinu...&st=platinum series case htc one m7&cp=1&lp=1
Also, it's aluminum. Whoever thinks aluminum, a softer metal, won't scratch, is lying to themselves.

hamdir said:
yes the part which worries me the most is the possibility of hardshell covers actuall doing damage as you attempt to place them
this is why HTC's own double flip / dip are actually a lot softer to install
this exactly why im sticking to slim transparent rubber covers
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I feel you but the cheap TPU's will scratch phones too. Only cases I have found to never ever scratch a phone are Otterbox has a combo silicone tpu which is very soft and nonabrasive unlike normal tpu. Capdase Aluminum cases they are soft touch silicone on the inside will never ever scratch. And last my old friend Incipio their double layer cases have a soft touch silicone also that will not scratch the phone.

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I feel you but the cheap TPU's will scratch phones too. Only cases I have found to never ever scratch a phone are Otterbox has a combo silicone tpu which is very soft and nonabrasive unlike normal tpu. Capdase Aluminum cases they are soft touch silicone on the inside will never ever scratch. And last my old friend Incipio their double layer cases have a soft touch silicone also that will not scratch the phone.
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how will a rubbery cover scratch it? you mean if it falls?

hamdir said:
how will a rubbery cover scratch it? you mean if it falls?
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No TPU is not rubbery its more like flexible hard plastic. If the case fits well the TPU material will scratch the phone from taking it off putting it back too much. If anything get in between the phone and the case game over it's almost worse than naked. It's sold as rubber like or soft but I have 20 different TPU cases and all are the same crap. Otterbox and the others I mentioned use silicone which is like a soft rubber. TPU is a cheap is injected crappy material that is why you will find cases as low as $5 or lower.