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X1 Battery Cover - Material?

Afternoon guys n girls,
Just a quick question, can someone confirm the X1 battery cover is aluminium and not titanium etc.
Mine is scratched to hell and I wouldn't mind getting it re-anodised purple or blue providing it is alu.
Thanks

try using the wonders of physics!
go get a magnet and test it

Have tired that already, it's not magnetic so that rules out steel... just wasn't sure if titanium is magnetic or not.

google power ("titanium magnetic")

Doesn't really help though, some people said it is magnetic whilst others said it isn't... there is not a clearly defined answer.
I'd rather not try re-anodise it and get it burnt to **** and THEN find out it isn't alu.

it's definitively not titanium..... the fu.... chassis is build in cheapest plastic but the accu cover is build with titanium......häh

im pretty sure its alu. the whole phone is made of it, why spend more money ona titanium battery cover?

I don't know, I just recall Nokia using Titanium on some of the phones like the...8800?
Ah well, anodising here we come.

good luck
whatever this actualy does hehe but screens are appriciated

Well it's taken a battering so re-anodising it will put all the colour back, get rid of the horrible grey patches.
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Will probably do it shiny purple:

im somehow glad now that i got the Silver version. i can barely see my scratches

achmed20 said:
im somehow glad now that i got the Silver version. i can barely see my scratches
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I was thinking the same. Silver ftw. But on the pics it seems pretty bad handled even for a black X1.

just the battery cover. the rest seems fine.
but i must admit ... the batter cover get scratchy so freckin easy. i just wear it in my pocket or sometimes laying it on my desk. yet i got scratches on it.

i think my silver x1a is made of stainless. i had a hard time drilling thru doing the battery cover reset mod. i was using small new drill bit to drill a pilot hole and it wasnt easy. took me about 5 to 10 minutes to drill thru.

it's aluminum... otherwise, they would have bragged about using titanium in their phones..
besides, the nokia 8800 carbon is made of carbon fiber and titanium and retails for around 1000-1200 bucks.

c_legaspi said:
i think my silver x1a is made of stainless. i had a hard time drilling thru doing the battery cover reset mod. i was using small new drill bit to drill a pilot hole and it wasnt easy. took me about 5 to 10 minutes to drill thru.
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I don't know what drills you use, but with a common HSS drill it should not take longer than 20 seconds to drill through and make a fine champfer -carbide should do the trick in half of the time.

Paitor said:
I was thinking the same. Silver ftw. But on the pics it seems pretty bad handled even for a black X1.
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The rest of the phone is 100% fine, it's just that I always put it down on my desk / table and tend to slide it rather than picking it up and moving it so the back has taken a hammering.
Just spoken to my mate who does anodising and he said he'll beadblast it first then re-anodise it for me... mmmmm blue or purple, that is the question now.

[email protected] said:
The rest of the phone is 100% fine, it's just that I always put it down on my desk / table and tend to slide it rather than picking it up and moving it so the back has taken a hammering.
Just spoken to my mate who does anodising and he said he'll beadblast it first then re-anodise it for me... mmmmm blue or purple, that is the question now.
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I'd prefer purple with a black phone.
Blue would be better for the silver one.

yeah thats what i thought untill i started drilling.
alluminun for sure its not. i thought so too and was thinking i would make quick work out of drilling but it didnt work out that way.
skycamefalling said:
I don't know what drills you use, but with a common HSS drill it should not take longer than 20 seconds to drill through and make a fine champfer -carbide should do the trick in half of the time.
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[email protected] said:
Have tired that already, it's not magnetic so that rules out any form of steel... just wasn't sure if titanium is magnetic or not.
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I must confess to total amazement here - normally, I'm extremely good-mannered ... but:
IRON (Fe) is magnetic, together with it's 3+ oxides (Fe3O4 etc)
TITANIUM is a completely different element
I just can't believe it ...

Screen deviation, factory issue?

Well...
I don't know exactly how to explain this, let's start with this photo(not the best but...) :
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The right side of the screen as more space between the screen boarder and the case border.
It´s a tiny diference but after 2 months with this i always notice the diference.
As anyone have this same problem?
I'm thinking send it to the warranty but i don't if htc will make something about this...

If you return this to HTC - they will laugh at you and send it back.
I also have more gap on the right hand side - but can't see why this is a problem! As long as the screen is fully visable whats the issue.
There will be manufacturing tolerences that need to be taken into account - nothing is ever perfect!

Yes, but this is not a 10cent phone for that you can consider imperfaction.In the more of 30 ou 40 diferente phones this is the first with this type of imperfection and the most expensive.
At least i'm not the only with this.

Yes, your right. I haven't noticed this before. The display part of the screen is shifted left from the black painted border of the screen. Only slight on mine, but it's definitely off center.

Damn.. didnt notice this.. untill you pointed out.. May be its just the way the LCD is fitted..
I bet HTC wont even consider this as an issue.

If you guy's have this same "problem" maybe it's only the way it's built...don't know, but i don't think that this is correct from htc.My brother as one also and it as the screen perfect in the center.

this is not issue ,all hd2 i saw have it

ok,but what's the purpose?
many like that don't make it normal.
I don't see the gap in this on...

xokos said:
ok,but what's the purpose?
many like that don't make it normal.
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not many ,all

hoss_n2 said:
not many ,all
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I know that isn't all, my brother as one without that gap.If you have seen 3, 4 ou 5 like that doesn't make it all.
See the above picture...

xokos said:
I don't see the gap in this on...
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I do .. on the lower left side it's clearly visible.

Dr.Sid said:
I do .. on the lower left side it's clearly visible.
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it exists buton the other side ,strange

Dr.Sid said:
I do .. on the lower left side it's clearly visible.
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It's the same espace in the to sides.It's what it seems.
I'm going to try post pictures:
With gap(looks like, top right corner, white line):
Other, with gap:

xokos said:
It's the same espace in the to sides.
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wear glasses

hoss_n2 said:
wear glasses
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Please stop with stupid comment's.
Other, i don't see gap on this one, better, it's the same in the 2 sides:

xokos said:
Please stop with stupid comment's.
Other, i don't see gap on this one, better, it's the same in the 2 sides:
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it exists but the angle the image is taken from doesnot let you see the gap

hoss_n2 said:
it exists but the angle the image is taken from doesnot let you see the gap
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Maybe it's that.
I'm trying to find more pics without the gap but all have that.
Maybe it's just for Windows Phone 7

xokos said:
Maybe it's that.
I'm trying to find more pics without the gap but all have that.
Maybe it's just for Windows Phone 7
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loooooooooool

I've got the same problem

Tyrion84 said:
I've got the same problem
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not problem it is normal

Korean Galaxy S II has NFC!!! *pics*

Just got my hand on a Korean Samsung Galaxy S II. Found a NFC option under Setting menu. Then i removed the back cover, and found the NFC logo on the battery??!!? Could it be the battery is where the NFC tag is at?
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Phone manufactured date: 2011-04-26
Image took with my old Nexus One.
What do you guys think?

Interesting
This is super interesting! From your pics I see that the phone has 4 connector pins, how many does the battery have? How many does the Indian battery have? I am inclined to believe this is the mystery behind "Optional NFC".

It would be interesting to see some side on shots compared to a standard SGS II - I hear the NFC version is somewhat thicker?

AFAIK, the KOREAN SGS2 had NFC since launch. lol

sd card slots not in the same place either

An NFC-chip inside the battery would actually make sense. It has a large surface area inside the phone, which would make the NFC handling easier.
However, the design is completly different. On the non-NFC GS2, the microSD cardslot is on the left side and the battery connectors are on the right side. Some small differences with the SIMcardslot and the external antenna connector too. So it seems its more than just the battery.

What are the specs on this version? Do they use the AT&T US frequencies?

Just a quick question: Have you checked 3G bands on the phone?
I heard that the Korean version is NOT quad-band, and am just wondering if you could check that.
Thanks.

I mentioned this a while ago.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13760704#post13760704
It's my understanding that the phone extends the NFC antenna onto the battery so signals don't get blocked by the battery.
It's tri-band only. Don't know why they'd do that though.

bmstrong said:
What are the specs on this version? Do they use the AT&T US frequencies?
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I think this version is quad-band GSM and quad-band UMTS. Not sure, I dont have the box with me. Will test this with AT&T in the states when i get back there next month.
kohiiou said:
Just a quick question: Have you checked 3G bands on the phone?
I heard that the Korean version is NOT quad-band, and am just wondering if you could check that.
Thanks.
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I'm unable to use the 3G since i dont have phone service on this SGS2, im just using it on wifi at the moment.
Sticks02 said:
I mentioned this a while ago.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13760704#post13760704
It's my understanding that the phone extends the NFC antenna onto the battery so signals don't get blocked by the battery.
It's tri-band only. Don't know why they'd do that though.
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How do you check to see if it's tri-band or quad-band GSM/UMTS?

can you pls dump the stock ROM u have in that SGS2 ? it might be useful... i dont know in what way, but may be yes or may be no...
just curious.... from that pic its quite clear that the battery has the NFC chip built in to the SGS2..... thats amazing...
thats why samsung has maded such a thin plastic backcover... i guess so.... nice thinking & it is an indirect clue i am almost sure....
what do u guys think ???

Was on one of the Korean Samsung Spec pages. Lost the link. Although I don't see why they'd make the international version quad band and the domestic version tri band, makes no sense. There's a number code you can enter to check the phone's settings/hardware. It didn't seem to work for me though.
BTW how did you manage to get the phone? It's my understanding you can't buy it outright here unless you're on a visa. Unless you're on a visa...
@manuvaidya:
They've been dumped already. They were dumped a few days after the phone was released. Seems like it's just not that interesting to devs here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1068307

manuvaidya said:
can you pls dump the stock ROM u have in that SGS2 ? it might be useful... i dont know in what way, but may be yes or may be no...
just curious.... from that pic its quite clear that the battery has the NFC chip built in to the SGS2..... thats amazing...
thats why samsung has maded such a thin plastic backcover... i guess so.... nice thinking & it is an indirect clue i am almost sure....
what do u guys think ???
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I hope so, we can just purchase the battery and/or sim if both are needed and we get NFC.
I guess NFC in the future release might mean it comes with a NFC enabled battery.

I found a basic side-by-side comparison of the Korean and Internation models:
hxxp://u23dom.blogspot.com/2011/04/galaxy-s2_29.html
Hit up Google Translate for a .. er .. translation.

Ad-sales said:
This is super interesting! From your pics I see that the phone has 4 connector pins, how many does the battery have? How many does the Indian battery have? I am inclined to believe this is the mystery behind "Optional NFC".
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The UK release phone also has 4 connectors pins and the UK battery also has 4 connectors.
chalid said:
An NFC-chip inside the battery would actually make sense. It has a large surface area inside the phone, which would make the NFC handling easier.
However, the design is completly different. On the non-NFC GS2, the microSD cardslot is on the left side and the battery connectors are on the right side. Some small differences with the SIMcardslot and the external antenna connector too. So it seems its more than just the battery.
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I have the same battery that is labeled "Near Field Communication" and no, unfortunately it does not enable NFC on a stock UK phone running KE7.
Also, did anyone notice that the connector pins on the Korean SGSII are on the left side vs ours which is on the right?

Sleepycat3 said:
The UK release phone also has 4 connectors pins and the UK battery also has 4 connectors.
I have the same battery that is labeled "Near Field Communication" and no, unfortunately it does not enable NFC on a stock UK phone running KE7.
Also, did anyone notice that the connector pins on the Korean SGSII are on the left side vs ours which is on the right?
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I think it's like that because the Korean SGS2 has an antenna on the right side to watch TV-over-the-air.

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It would be interesting to see some side on shots compared to a standard SGS II - I hear the NFC version is somewhat thicker?
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Extra thickness is probably from the DMB tuner
All korean phones come with DMB tuners.
jealous+++++++++

what is the software version of this device?

Dang, I was thinking of getting a spare battery from Korea.

Do both batteries work with uk version of the phone?
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[DIY] Mobile Charging Dockinstation

Hi there, thought i might post another little Mod that came into my mind
We all know that the Xperia-Z ist not quite an endurance runner when it comes to Battery-Life and i guess most here will most-likely have a power-bank with them, just in case.
Problem with that is, the o-rings are prone to damage due to opening the flaps all over again.
This is most-likely also a main-reason for water-damaged devices, you know it, i know it, and Sony knows that too.
So lets see what we can do to that dockingstation, so that we get a mobile Power-bank Dock.
Its actually plain simple, you simply get yourself a so called "EasyAcc 3000mah U-Bright"-Powerbank, this Powerbank fits easily centered unto the Back of the Dockingstation without being distinguishable looking at it from the front side, and if you dont know the Dockingstation even sideways.
The Dimensions:
Topside of the Sony Dock : 14,4cm x 3cm
Easyacc 3000mah U-Bright : 10,7cm x 2,2cm
A picture of the Easyacc:
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which would basically go behind the XperiaZ, and look like this Illustration:
The way you fix it in place would be really up to you, probably glued, or by using neodym-magnets, or probably even some Velcro or zip-ties.
Other than that you just really need a really short usb/-to/microusb-cable that goes from the Power-bank to the Micro-USB-Port
Hope this probably is useful for one or another!
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That's actually not a bad idea!
Sent from my C6603

Does anyone know what the voltage/current specs of the dock that connects via the 2 connections on the left side?

Do you mean polarity or really only the specs e.g. Voltage/Amps? The dock itself has an output of 5V/1,8A which is kinda funny as the default Sony-charger is rated 5V/1,5A
The mentioned Easyacc Powerbank outputs up to 5V/2,1A without (verified) getting hot.
Hope this might help

luluchambler said:
Do you mean polarity or really only the specs e.g. Voltage/Amps? The dock itself has an output of 5V/1,8A which is kinda funny as the default Sony-charger is rated 5V/1,5A
The mentioned Easyacc Powerbank outputs up to 5V/2,1A without (verified) getting hot.
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Do you know which contact is + and - ?

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Do you know which contact is + and - ?
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Apparently, the top contact when holding the phone is +.
See this post that states that + is the left pin when looking at the dock from the front.
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kingvortex said:
Apparently, the top contact when holding the phone is +.
See this post that states that + is the left pin when looking at the dock from the front.
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If you are holding your phone horizontal with the connectors facing down (like you would put it in the dock), well then:
LEFT-> POSITIV
RIGHT-> Is negative.
Its actually even marked on the Dockingstation itself, in case you have the Dockingstation
See:
Hope this helps

Or you may consider using a power jacket, see: http://shop.brando.com/Power-Jacket-for-Sony-Xperia-Z-with-Cover-4200mAh_p09745c1512d003.html

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Or you may consider using a power jacket, see: http://shop.brando.com/Power-Jacket-for-Sony-Xperia-Z-with-Cover-4200mAh_p09745c1512d003.html
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Nice!
I had something similiar for my SGS3 but was missing something alike for the Xperia-Z.
Well i now did the modification mentioned above and iam good actually
Eventually get a power-case later on, although i kinda like the Xperia-Z as it is (thin as hell )
Thank you anyways for mentioning it, probably a better alternative to other Users

do i have a broken home button?

so i received a new device today as the other one was replaced cos of some issues,anyway, this unit is way better than the other one except for one annoying thing ,the home button, well it's not so loose like the old one and doesn't make the click sound at one side only like the other one did and generally it's better yeah,but i was examining the home button and i noticed 2 small metal parts deep in the gap that surrounds the button, here it's
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there's another one on the left side but it doesn't appear in this pic, well i know that u guys will think it's reflection but trust me it's not!, i watched some teardown videos and those parts don't even exist!, the home button doesn't have those part on top of it! so what am i seeing? my only concern is the waterproofness

is this normal? anyone??

I don't have a magnifying glass handy, but I can't see anything like that with the naked eye.

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I don't have a magnifying glass handy, but I can't see anything like that with the naked eye.
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well i only used magnifying for the pic,but i first saw this issue with naked eyes,u may be able to see it if u use direct light like phone flash, i just want to know whether it's normal or not

raptor xx said:
well i only used magnifying for the pic,but i first saw this issue with naked eyes,u may be able to see it if u use direct light like phone flash, i just want to know whether it's normal or not
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To me it looks not normal. My S7 edge does not have it.

Pierre118 said:
To me it looks not normal. My S7 edge does not have it.
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if u have them u should be able to see them only if u look with a certain angle and with direct light, please check them for me, don't look vertically,look with phone's head towards floor about 30 degrees

raptor xx said:
if u have them u should be able to see them only if u look with a certain angle and with direct light, please check them for me, don't look vertically,look with phone's head towards floor about 30 degrees
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I just did, nothing to see

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I just did, nothing to see
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hmm then i might have a faulty device unfortunately i can't replace it as in my country they only allow 1 replacement and i already replaced one , do u think this issue may lead to water leak?

raptor xx said:
hmm then i might have a faulty device unfortunately i can't replace it as in my country they only allow 1 replacement and i already replaced one , do u think this issue may lead to water leak?
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I really don't know. Only one replacement? What a strange warranty policy

That's not normal. I don't have it on mine, and I have never seen it on any other S7 or S7 Edge. Only one replacement? Where are you from?

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That's not normal. I don't have it on mine, and I have never seen it on any other S7 or S7 Edge. Only one replacement? Where are you from?
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and what else could it be ! EGYPT of course, the country of absolute madness and none sense , well to be honest it doesn't look that clear when i hold the phone in my hand i mean it's not easy to notice those part, it takes me some time and a lot of phone tilting to find them,now here's a screenshot i toke from a teardown video,it shows 2 small holes on top of a golden bottom ( which i guess the shiny part in the first pic)
so i don't know whether or not iam supposed to be able to notice those holes, all i can say is that the button is quiet wiggly just a little bit and when i slightly slide it to the top, those holes become a little harder to notice, anyway i couldn't resist not taking the phone for a swim lesson, so i submerged it in water 2 times for about 3 mins and i even had the balls to press the button and even hold it! and thankfully no damage was done, the only thing i noticed was some small air bubbles around the button when i pressed it under water,dunno if this normal!

raptor xx said:
and what else could it be ! EGYPT of course, the country of absolute madness and none sense , well to be honest it doesn't look that clear when i hold the phone in my hand i mean it's not easy to notice those part, it takes me some time and a lot of phone tilting to find them,now here's a screenshot i toke from a teardown video,it shows 2 small holes on top of a golden bottom ( which i guess the shiny part in the first pic)
so i don't know whether or not iam supposed to be able to notice those holes, all i can say is that the button is quiet wiggly just a little bit and when i slightly slide it to the top, those holes become a little harder to notice, anyway i couldn't resist not taking the phone for a swim lesson, so i submerged it in water 2 times for about 3 mins and i even had the balls to press the button and even hold it! and thankfully no damage was done, the only thing i noticed was some small air bubbles around the button when i pressed it under water,dunno if this normal!
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Well all I can say is that I do not have those two "thingys" on the home button, and I have never seen it before on other Edges too, so it's probably a production error where something or someone has been a little hasty with that part. I guess you could contact Samsung and just ask if there are any chances of getting a production error fixed, which you can even document with photos. If that fails, then I don't know. Contact a service center and ask how much it'll cost to get that button corrected or swapped?