Hi I have a Cingular 8525 and as usual due to my clumsiness I have drop it twice on the cement. Everything's working fine but being a person with a mild case of obsessive compulsive behavior I am buggin......
Also if you guys are looking for a case for your Hermes you should try to avoid this style. My 8525 was securely in this case and the phone 'flew' out of it when it was knocked on the front side of the case. The phone flew out knocking the battery boor, battery, and the sim right out of the phone. Not good! Also, the case uses a magnet for the flap closure so it goes without saying it is sending my phone into periodic landscape mode whenever I remove the phone from the case.
I have tried ebay for a replacement case and unlike all my other phone nothing is available and I mean nothing. Not even one cheesy knock off is on there for this phone.
Has anyone here looked into getting an OEM housing for the 8525?
Personally I would prefer to keep the phone in a 8525 case versus changing it out for other verients.
Sorry for the long post.....I'm sick in bed with a 103 fever so I figure that I would bug u guys
Thanks.
Derek
Looking for same for TyTN
I need a tytn oem case as well. I dropped and scratched mine. Irony of it is, I've had it for two months, purchased invisible skin two days before I dropped it - idn't get a chance to put it on before i dropped it!
Oh and mine was in a metal case. It rell out of that! So nothing's safe. Gotta put on invi skin!
try this
checkout this site. it has pretty much everything that is available.
you might want to invest in the hard metal case : )
http://www.thepocketsolution.com/cingular_8525_accessories.html
armedmetallica said:
I need a tytn oem case as well. I dropped and scratched mine. Irony of it is, I've had it for two months, purchased invisible skin two days before I dropped it - idn't get a chance to put it on before i dropped it!
Oh and mine was in a metal case. It rell out of that! So nothing's safe. Gotta put on invi skin!
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Did you happen to adjust the hinge(simply by bending it inward slightly) before placing your Hermes inside. I have an aluminum case, and I've test dropped it, and nothing happened.
***Please not from the factory, the hinge merely "clips" over/on the other side of the aluminum housing. If you want to make it more stable you have to slightly bend the "lip" that connects to the lower portion of the housing. YMMV. I had to readjust mine once as the first time I had it way too tight, and it was very hard to get my Hermes out of the case. Now it simply closes with an authoritative click, and I know my Hermes is secure.
Anybody find a place to get the housing for an 8525 yet? There is a large (its not that large, but its visible enough to be annoying) gash on the metal bezel running along 3 of the 4 sides of the display of my 8525
im new to the forums, but my 8525 got knocked out of my hand and got pretty messed up. my "t" key has also started to lift off of the pad. i wanted to know if this has happened to anybody and if there is any replacement keyboards for sale also. can i swithc over to the tytn with the proper front keyboard? any help would be amazing.
i just bought a dummy 8525 off of ebay, Im not sure how they are made, but I am going to see if I can switch the housing
please let me know how it works, i was thinking of doing the same thing...
itlynstalyn said:
please let me know how it works, i was thinking of doing the same thing...
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The dummy thing did not work, it isnt an actual housing, only the front buttons work, the rest are fake and do not move, there isnt even a real battery cover, its one piece. That was a waste of $10.99
still really desperate to get a new housing, anyone know where one is available?
http://cgi.ebay.ie/OEM-Housing-for-...temZ260100290172QQcategoryZ3728QQcmdZViewItem
Well let me add that I am not the seller. so don't ask me any questions, but this is a seller I have bought housing for my imate jam before...
hrm, sorry about bring up an old thread, but I thought it would be easier than starting a whole new one.
I'm purchasing a used dopod 838 pro sometime this week, and was looking to get a replacement housing for it as it is fairly abused. Would something like the above posted (HTC 8525 case) work well? I notice that, that case doesnt have a powerbutton on the front of the case, will this cause a problem when I go to replace the housing?
Ta.
BSoD_leet said:
hrm, sorry about bring up an old thread, but I thought it would be easier than starting a whole new one.
I'm purchasing a used dopod 838 pro sometime this week, and was looking to get a replacement housing for it as it is fairly abused. Would something like the above posted (HTC 8525 case) work well? I notice that, that case doesnt have a powerbutton on the front of the case, will this cause a problem when I go to replace the housing?
Ta.
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If should be ok, but you wont have the power button on the right side... ahahhahah it would jzu be a 8525 hahah
Why dont you juz get this one instead... tho
http://cgi.ebay.ie/For-O2-Trion-iMa...ryZ15039QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem
armedmetallica said:
purchased invisible skin
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armedmetallica, where did you purchase the skin from? could you please PM me, thanks!
I know this is an old thread, but i found this place and its pretty pricey...
http://www.cellphone-repair-shop.com/products.php?cat=156
Has anyone found any other place... to get OEM replacment parts..
I know this is an old thread, but i found this place and its pretty pricey...
http://www.cellphone-repair-shop.com/products.php?cat=156
Has anyone found any other place... to get OEM replacment parts..
http://cnn.cn/shop/tytn-grey-housing-p-1295.html
There you go guys.. I dropped my phone before christmas, and broke the latch that holds the battery door on, and I had to use some tape for awhile. I must have ordered one of the last Cingular 8525 cases, since all they have is the HTC Hermes black cases with the front camera hole.
That shouldnt be too big of deal to you guys though looking for new cases. It took about a week and a half to get here (FL, USA) from Hong Kong at Christmas time. Very good site..
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Also, the case uses a magnet for the flap closure so it goes without saying it is sending my phone into periodic landscape mode whenever I remove the phone from the case.
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I use a case with magnetic closure..............I put the device into the case with the screen facing away from the magnet and I have never had any issue with it.
http://www.gsm4world.us/shop/cingular-8525-8525-c-210_276.html
55 bucks and your back in business
I am having the same problem sourcing the correct housing for my phone. I am from the UK and have searched high and low to find a housing for the UK equivalent the SPV M3100 (HERM100 - so the label says).
I have checked all the sites mentioned above, at cnn.cn they dont have the correct housing as the front buttons are different? and the cingular housing is 1: not a nice colour! and 2:L i dont know if this includes the mid plate as well.
Does anyone know where i can get hold of the correct housing(not silver) i dont mind the branding.
Hello,
i need a new LCD Display. The glass is ok, there are just a bunch of pixel on the left upper side on the screen which are totally broken.
It falled (sorry for my englisch) a few days ago from 1m on the left upper side of the Phone itself.
Well i already looked on ebay.de and i saw some pieces, but the price range is kinda a bit disturbing. I really dont know which replacement to buy.
So my question is: Does anyone have ordered a replacement from ebay? And if yes, which Saler did you choose? Hows the quality, etc.
Thx in advance
Greetz from Germany
as the title says. i dropped my hd2. and cracked the screen.
i love my hd2 and really want to fix it , is it easy ?
and if its a pain in the ass to fix what new phone should i get . ?.
i am thinking of trying to fix it as love the phone , i have abit of experiance and am willing to give it ago.
can someone give me some advice pls ?
There are plenty of threads if you search. I dropped mine last week and cracked the screen, too. General consensus seems to be that its pretty complicated. I decided to spring the hundred bucks to get the screen fixed. Cheaper than a new phone and I knew it would be done right.
Even the experienced tech I took it to had to do it twice cause he messed up the first time
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Not that hard, takes a while
I've had to tear mine down (US Tmo HD2) several times (outer back case broke, mid housing cracked below buttons). I'm not violent, apparently living in Florida and having a windshield mount were bad for the plastic.
Allow about 3 hours from start to finish. You can go quicker, but I'm a stickler for detail. Make sure that you:
1. Order the 3m adhesive tape (lots of it available for cheap on eBay) as it makes life better during assembly.
2. Verify the parts (touchscreen and LCD) match your phone, EU and Tmo-US have different connectors internally. EU requires soldering, Tmo is a snap connector.
The videos here http://http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/02/official-htc-step-by-step-video-for-disassembling-the-htc-hd2/ make it way easier. Most of the touch screens, LCDs, and combos touchscreen/LCD kits on eBay come with a #5 torx and a case opener too. I've had good luck with part quality, hope it works out for you.
And if it doesn't - I am looking for a mainboard and front buttons, either 512 or 1024.
I changed LCD and touch on my own little time ago.take your time, be gentle and take care for the flex board(especially volume button connection is really fragile) and the connector latches.then you will have no problems.and yes, buy the adhesive tape as suggested.I took the wrong one witch I found out to be a little to thick after the device was almost put together completely, so by time I have to redo the job with the correct adhesive tape as it does not look perfect now.
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thanks for the info.
i have taken my phone apart to the bare bones . and it wasnt that bad to do .( just be careful).
Hi all,
Just looking for some advice. My Defy, which has been dropped many of times and never broken, dropped out my pocket from a ladder last night. It landed on the top where the power button is and the screen shattered and also the LCD has broken and is just lighting up.
Now, had a sniff around this forum and found a website in the US that say they can send me a new digitizer, adhesive and lcd for just under £40.
My question is, is the Defy an easy phone to take apart and more importantly, is it easy to re-assemble? Just looking for some advice before I waste £40. I had a quote of a couple of repair shops and cheapest I got quoted was £70, in that case I would just buy a used one on ebay for about the same.
Any advice welcome and much appreciated.
Baldy
Ive tuk mine apart to replace ear piece and it tuk no mor than 10mins to disasemble and reasemble and it was easy as hell im going to buy a full new housing for my defy to makebit look new agen hehe
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Baldy2012 said:
Hi all,
Just looking for some advice. My Defy, which has been dropped many of times and never broken, dropped out my pocket from a ladder last night. It landed on the top where the power button is and the screen shattered and also the LCD has broken and is just lighting up.
Now, had a sniff around this forum and found a website in the US that say they can send me a new digitizer, adhesive and lcd for just under £40.
My question is, is the Defy an easy phone to take apart and more importantly, is it easy to re-assemble? Just looking for some advice before I waste £40. I had a quote of a couple of repair shops and cheapest I got quoted was £70, in that case I would just buy a used one on ebay for about the same.
Any advice welcome and much appreciated.
Baldy
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Very Simple.. but careful
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Motorola+Defy+Teardown/7260/1
Part 1 + 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uSH1UuEOvI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=UG&hl=en-GB&v=5eiFQ39Ypmc
Easy to take apart and reassemble.
But if it's been dropped before there's a good chance that one or more of the screw holes will break off in the process - these are very weak and flimsy.
Also, you may lose your waterproofness on reassembly unless you are very careful.
Also take care of dust getting between the glass and the screen on reassembly.
i bought defy+ second hand last night ,now when i see my cellphone in sunlight or outdoor light i see something like ,little dust under my screen is that dust is okay ??
if anyone has got defy+ ,can help me ???
sry for my bad english.
hessamx said:
i bought defy+ second hand last night ,now when i see my cellphone in sunlight or outdoor light i see something like ,little dust under my screen is that dust is okay ??
if anyone has got defy+ ,can help me ???
sry for my bad english.
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i got the same problem. but it didn´t harm my phone since i realized the dust 4 months ago. i opened the phone and cleaned the dust, but it came back. reason unknown. but until now i realized no technical issue because of the dust, just the thing how it looks in for example sunlight.
NeoPreacher said:
i got the same problem. but it didn´t harm my phone since i realized the dust 4 months ago. i opened the phone and cleaned the dust, but it came back. reason unknown. but until now i realized no technical issue because of the dust, just the thing how it looks in for example sunlight.
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i think this problem for bad opening the lcd ,this cellphone got IP67 (contain anti dust and anti water),i think this is a technical issue .
dust in the sun and outdoor light is very special to see.