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clean the trackball

has anybody had to clean their trackball yet? i don't need to but im sure one day i will. anybody attempted to take it apart and do it at all?

These things have a trackball?
Not to change the subject, but folks find using trackball more convenient than swiping the screen? I guess if you're used to a Blackberry Curve or something it's an old habit.

daveydave said:
Not to change the subject, but folks find using trackball more convenient than swiping the screen? I guess if you're used to a Blackberry Curve or something it's an old habit.
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i don't really use it or see why htc put it there but like the BB we will eventually have to clean it.

I've taken mine apart to blow the dust out from under the screen a couple of times. It's not that difficult actually. There's a great tutorial at Android Central in the Sprint Hero forum.
http://androidforums.com/sprint-htc-hero/22036-sprint-htc-hero-disassembly-diy.html
The trackball is stuck in a housing so you can't actually take it out, but you can roll it around and wipe what you can.

Tikerz said:
I've taken mine apart to blow the dust out from under the screen a couple of times. It's not that difficult actually. There's a great tutorial at Android Central in the Sprint Hero forum.
http://androidforums.com/sprint-htc-hero/22036-sprint-htc-hero-disassembly-diy.html
The trackball is stuck in a housing so you can't actually take it out, but you can roll it around and wipe what you can.
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if they make a 2nd gen hero i want no trackball.

I just use a little rubbing alcohol. Although I've heard that it hurts to put alcohol on your balls.

It seems difficult to completely get rid of it. We need some form of hardware navigation for utilities like recovery.

fixxxer2008 said:
if they make a 2nd gen hero i want no trackball.
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Your wish has (pretty much) been granted haha. The Legend has been rumored to be Sprint's Hero 2 (still very much a rumor) but it makes sense. Optical trackpad included.
But on a more related note, I too have had my phone apart to dye the housing black and to clean the dust out, and the trackball is indeed in its own little housing as was mentioned above, and it can be cleaned pretty easily with some rubbing alcohol

Leukay said:
Your wish has (pretty much) been granted haha. The Legend has been rumored to be Sprint's Hero 2 (still very much a rumor) but it makes sense. Optical trackpad included.
But on a more related note, I too have had my phone apart to dye the housing black and to clean the dust out, and the trackball is indeed in its own little housing as was mentioned above, and it can be cleaned pretty easily with some rubbing alcohol
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I'm planning on cleaning the dust out of my Hero this weekend. How fragile are the connectors when you disconnect them etc.? Because I REALLY cannot end up damaging my phone

Leukay said:
Your wish has (pretty much) been granted haha. The Legend has been rumored to be Sprint's Hero 2 (still very much a rumor) but it makes sense. Optical trackpad included.
But on a more related note, I too have had my phone apart to dye the housing black and to clean the dust out, and the trackball is indeed in its own little housing as was mentioned above, and it can be cleaned pretty easily with some rubbing alcohol
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i just looked the legend up, looks like the gsm hero?

http://android.1800pocketpc.com/2009/12/07/htc-legend-features-specs-and-images.html
the htc legend. i like the design but not the white color.

fixxxer2008 said:
http://android.1800pocketpc.com/2009/12/07/htc-legend-features-specs-and-images.html
the htc legend. i like the design but not the white color.
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It isn't actually white, its made out of a single piece of aluminum (thats the color too lol).

Aluminum design. Yep. I've never had my hero apart because I'm too scared to take apart my phone... I don't know what I would do if I bricked it I just complain to Sprint so they do it.

Leukay said:
...But on a more related note, I too have had my phone apart to dye the housing black and to clean the dust out, and the trackball is indeed in its own little housing as was mentioned above, and it can be cleaned pretty easily with some rubbing alcohol
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You dyed your Hero black? Any pics?

crunchybutternut said:
You dyed your Hero black? Any pics?
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Here's some pic's for ya!

fixxxer2008 said:
http://android.1800pocketpc.com/2009/12/07/htc-legend-features-specs-and-images.html
the htc legend. i like the design but not the white color.
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The only problem with the design is that you're probably stuck with the stock battery size. And although they may make a somewhat higher capacity in the stock size, you're not going to be able to upgrade to a Seidio 3500 mAh battery or some other behemoth sized battery.

Leukay said:
Here's some pic's for ya!
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That's the way it should've came!

Leukay said:
Here's some pic's for ya!
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Excellent! What did you use to dye it?

atoz350 said:
That's the way it should've came!
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Isn't it?! I mean, the tan/beige color is nice for a corporate kinda person, but I like my phones lookin slick
crunchybutternut said:
Excellent! What did you use to dye it?
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I just used some black RIT dye. I think it looks purrdy

You can use RIT powdered dye, I used to sell Touch Pro backs in about a dozen colors. very easy to do, but make sure you don't overheat the housing or it'll curl up on you.

[Q] Black EVO model to white Conversion kits?

Is there a way? any products out there I can buy to make my evo look like the white one besides just getting a white battery door?

I would like mine like the white one without the white back door.
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Anything? Anyone?
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Take it apart and paint it. Its not hard. Watch a teardown video then sand her down to the red then spray paint whatever color you want. I clear coated mine afterwards. Wish i had pix but the evo is my only camera lol

Cy_n_ic said:
Take it apart and paint it. Its not hard. Watch a teardown video then sand her down to the red then spray paint whatever color you want. I clear coated mine afterwards. Wish i had pix but the evo is my only camera lol
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Got a mirror?
Great take some shots with the evo in front of the camera. I think that should work

HTC HD2 CASE MOD (painted case)

Hi there
i made a little case mod on my hd2.
the case was painted white. and now i want to do some black graphics on it, but i have no clue how thy should look like.
if somebody is good at photoshop or painting, it would be cool to send me some design suggestions.
So then leave some comments how you like my work.
lucky

Black is THE color man !! sleek n sexy !! why would u want it White....ewww !!! reminds me of the white iphone 4....but anyway....here are some designs you can get printed....
http://www.skinit.com/
Here's an example

Lucky Rude said:
Hi there
i made a little case mod on my hd2.
the case was painted white. and now i want to do some black graphics on it, but i have no clue how thy should look like.
if somebody is good at photoshop or painting, it would be cool to send me some design suggestions.
So then leave some comments how you like my work.
lucky
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dude......that is THE best looking hd2 i have ever seen!!!!! More pics please
how?
where?
price?

dapoharoun said:
dude......that is THE best looking hd2 i have ever seen!!!!! More pics please
how?
where?
price?
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This.
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I agree it looks a bit bigger in white, but it is very sexy... nice work!

Looks Good, but its not for me

Great!!!.., even better than the iphone in white ^^

MY GOOSH THAT LOOKS SEXY!!! LOL my gf would flip if she heard me referring to a phone like that haha

Very tidy mate makes it stand out from the rest. What did you use to prime it and what type of paint?

Dude that looks pretty sick!! what materials did you use?

Wow. Either you're really good at taping off or you're very patient with taking apart the phone!
http://pocketnow.com/hardware-1/official-htc-hd2-disassembly-assembly-training-videos-leaked
That's a tear down video for the HD2. I just don't know if I have that kind of patience

Yeah it took very long to disassemble the phone because i was very scared to crack the screen.
Then i sanded the whole case, applied spray paint primer and then white paint. It took the whole day because i applied 4 layers of paint.
But you are right, its a bit to white, so i'll apply some black graphics so.
And thanks for your comments.
Lucky
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

Did you disassemble the whole back of the phone (removing the audio module and camera etc) or did you only paint the outside?

wow. it looks incredibly good!
Paint the design you want ASAP! the battery cover looks too white haha

some more eye candy

I saw before one brother here posted his HTC Leo, he applied a car vinyl sticker on his battery cover with carbon fiber design. It was quite impressive also.
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some experiments with paint.net
i´m sure one of you can do that much better. because i´m an absolute n00b in graphics

ohh, carbon fiber is a very good idea, it could look pretty good with the whit case

Lucky Rude said:
ohh, carbon fiber is a very good idea, it could look pretty good with the whit case
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i agree..i think i'm gonna scrap and paint my phone rite now!

Have you (or anyone else) tried using vinyl dye instead of spray paint?

[MOD]HTC Evo Battery Cover/Red trim

Spent some time on adding the white carbon fiber vinyl to my battery cover and scratching the black rubber paint from the trim. Enjoy.
I still have to sand down the trim, I might paint it a bit darker red to match the color under the kick stand then add a layer of clear coat on it.

Looks good, though not a fan of a completely white back. but it does look good nonetheless.

love the trim

Looks pink.

ItsLasher said:
Looks pink.
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which is part of the reason I might re-paint it darker to match the color that is beneath the kickstand. In person tho it doesn't look pink.

dang mite have to swipe ur idea. looks pretty darn good. since mine has a few chips on the corners.
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Takes a while to do this so i know the pain it is. Not a fan of the white though, this does add a lot of character to the phone. I have done this with the black phone. The white makes the red look much lighter where the black appears to be darker and it looks much better to me, personally.

Wow, that looks really cool. I've always wanted to do something cool like that to my phone, I've never felt confident enough though.
Edit: meant to quote. That's directed at both the OP and the poster above me.
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what grit sand paper did you use? i was thinking something like 220 or higher so not to leave sanding marks. again i must say those phones look pretty dang fresh

delman420 said:
what grit sand paper did you use? i was thinking something like 220 or higher so not to leave sanding marks. again i must say those phones look pretty dang fresh
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When I sanded mine I used 400 to strip off the rubber, and then used 1000 followed by 1500 to get it nice smooth and shiny.
what type of overlays are people using? I was loooking at DiNoc from 3M, but also am tossing around the idea of using real CF fabric and resin... then after it cures i could just use a drill to drill out the stock holes and such...

I'll probably order a pre-made black one (you get another battery cover with it) from this guy here
http://evo.carbonfibermagic.com/Home.html
He's where I got the idea from. I still have yet to sand my trim down but i'll update the pics when I do.

Finally stripped my back coloring..

I'd have to say I'm very pleased with the results!
http://imgur.com/DRcT1Iw

Velrix said:
I'd have to say I'm very pleased with the results!
http://imgur.com/DRcT1Iw
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What colour was it before?

Stevles said:
What colour was it before?
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The ugly T-Mobile orange. I may drop another coat of mink oil on it to darken it just a bit more.
Edit... Its darker than the image let's on already though because of the flash. Once stripper it was a very natural untanned leather.

Velrix said:
The ugly T-Mobile orange. I may drop another coat of mink oil on it to darken it just a bit more.
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Ah yeah, seen some bright orange leather G4 photos in the past.. I honestly just thought it was over-saturation and lighting while they were taking the photo. I had no idea it was a legitimate colour, well done getting rid of it! Brown leather is heaps better than that abomination

Stevles said:
Ah yeah, seen some bright orange leather G4 photos in the past.. I honestly just thought it was over-saturation and lighting while they were taking the photo. I had no idea it was a legitimate colour, well done getting rid of it! Brown leather is heaps better than that abomination
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It's some acrylic type sealant over natural leather not sure why they did that either. I had to use 100% acetone to strip it.

90% of the appeal of the leather backing is the feel and look of having natural leather on a phone.. Putting some horrible crap on it negates that entirely.
Are T-Mobile terrible or is it just their design decisions?

Not sure, id guess LG made that choice.

Slightly off topic, but has anybody tried painting the back cover with leather paint? Mine is pretty worn out, so I'm thinking about bringing it back to life.

Koostis said:
Slightly off topic, but has anybody tried painting the back cover with leather paint? Mine is pretty worn out, so I'm thinking about bringing it back to life.
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That I am also very much curios of. I am planning to do it as soon as they release separately sold back covers to the market, considering I might end up needing a new one.

_delice_doluca_ said:
That I am also very much curios of. I am planning to do it as soon as they release separately sold back covers to the market, considering I might end up needing a new one.
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Haven't they yet?
http://m.ebay.com/itm/100-Original-...r-For-LG-G4-H815-Red-/151810549218?nav=SEARCH