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T-mobile Wing Housing ??

Anybody Know Were I Can Get The T-mobile Housing And How Hard Is It To Install The Front Part Any Info Would Be Really Appreciated

I saw a few on ebay that are for the top part and battery cover but none that included the buttons or slide assembly. Which parts do you need and I can see about ordering them from the HTC parts supplier I deal with.

I Need The Front Housing And The Battery Cover And If You Can Get The Slide Assembly Mine Is Kinda Off Let Me Know Prices

Wing housing complete!
odm420 said:
Anybody Know Were I Can Get The T-mobile Housing And How Hard Is It To Install The Front Part Any Info Would Be Really Appreciated
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Here ya go: http://www.cellulardr.com/products.php?cat=299
Shep

Thanks for the link!

housing replacement

so i thought about replacing the housing on my wing with black house like one found here (http://cnn.cn/shop/tmobile-wing-black-housing-p-4828.html) (ebay has it cheaper) and i was wondering if there is a good guide somewhere to use, or should i make one?

I did the same thing with my wing. I have the black housing with the HTC logo instead of the t-mobile blue. The guides I used to take everything apart are below. One pictorial and one video made for replacing the LCD digitizer but every step is needed to replace the housing. I am not sure if there is a step by step process here on XDA so feel free to start a guide if you wish. Here are the links:
http://www.modd3d.com/articles/item/how-to-replace-the-screen-in-your-t-mobile-wing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN6cKRM2F1M
-Dan

thanks man, if/ when i do it ill be sure to make a guide. where did you get your housing from?

Your welcome,
I purchased my housing from eBay. The cost was about $20 US cheaper than that link, just as you suspected. Same housing, same rubberized feel you have with the OEM blue housing; it looks very sharp when you have it all put together. Good luck with the guide. Make sure you post up a link when you put it all together.

depending on my pay check i may order the housing this week. i need to get my digital camera back before i can make my guide. you can check out the one i made for the tmobie dash to know what kind of work to expect.
already got one on watch on my ebay

ive been looking into this almost since i bought my wing. had the thing apart several times already, but i cant find a site that sells it with the black face buttons. might look sinda dumb all black w/ blue buttons.
anybody know who's got em?

T-Mo HD2 USA Guts + Euro 8525 Housing = ?

I'm wondering about this size issue of the T-Mobile USA vs EU T8525 vs AU T9193.
If i take the housing off the Tshmo USA and replace with an european 8525 housing I get off ebay, would I be dealing with issues like the digitizer being too big for housing or the wifi board not fitting in the housing? Where is the differential coming from?
I do not think LCD would be any different. I guess I look forward to a Tshmo USA DISASSEMBLY!!!
Any thoughts?

FloatHeavy said:
I'm wondering about this size issue of the T-Mobile USA vs EU T8525 vs AU T9193.
If i take the housing off the Tshmo USA and replace with an european 8525 housing I get off ebay, would I be dealing with issues like the digitizer being too big for housing or the wifi board not fitting in the housing? Where is the differential coming from?
I do not think LCD would be any different. I gess I look forward to a Tshmo USA DISASSEMBLY!!!
Any thoughts?
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That sounds INSANELY unnecessary.

Well I do phone repair for lots of people so it isn't too crazy. Plus what if someone bought a T-Mobile USA HD2 and cracked housing outside of warranty and needed to repair for themselves. All that is on market right now is housing for european models from what I have seen. It's not to strange trust me.

i agree. but the only thing on the market is European because the phone has been out for 3 days... and people only could buy on day one.. no sales the last 2 days...
long story short... there will be housing for the new hd2 in due time, and anyone that needs housing already is an idiot in my mind (i mean the one that came out Wednesday)... and i hear the new hd2 is 1.5 mm taller... i don't think it would have been if it wasn't necessary...

Yeah but, don't you wanna find out WHY it is taller?

bored2nite said:
i agree. but the only thing on the market is European because the phone has been out for 3 days... and people only could buy on day one.. no sales the last 2 days...
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I got mine on friday, it wasn't advertised but a lot of the stores got shipments on both thrusday and friday.

Hahaha I wouldn't even try doing that. I have replace many housings nokia n95,n82,moto mings and their not too easy but i seen how they take the hd2 apart and it doesnt look something you can do just like that. you need a damn oven for the glue a freaking oven lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGSsk2mMq84

I did not use oven:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=640328
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=640328&page=2

FloatHeavy said:
I did not use oven:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=640328&page=2
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LOL are you sure? any how is the screen really glues into the pieces or its just a normal glue?

Normal glue? No such thing.
I used a hair dryer instead of an oven to weaken the glue bond that was between LCD and plastic mid-frame.
I believe most adhesives in cellphones are silicon based.

FloatHeavy said:
Normal glue? No such thing.
I used a hair dryer instead of an oven to weaken the glue bond that was between LCD and plastic mid-frame.
I believe most adhesives in cellphones are silicon based.
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makes sence i usually just get a really this plastic card and slowly pull the screen out of the device while using the card to cut through the glue so far it has never failed me (not that im tring to use it on the hd2 unless i break it and i think ill go with ur idea better.

So my idea of swapping parts of US HD2 with Euro HD2 is not so crazy after all. This can mean lots of money saved pending on the fix and where your phone is from. Thanks to asterix005 for posting pics of Digitizer / Housing comparisons.
Anyone with more input on the idea of cross model repair, post in here!
Euro 8525 FITTING with Tmobile US housing:
http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/ad178/asterix005/DSC00953.jpg
http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/ad178/asterix005/DSC00952.jpg
New 8525 Euro Digitizer vs Tmobile Digitizer size comparison:
http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/ad178/asterix005/DSC00948.jpg
So the next logical question(s) to ask is:
"OTHER THAN PERFORMANCE, DO THE PARTS INTERNALLY DIFFER BETWEEN TMO US and 8525 EURO ON THE ISSUE OF SIZE / ARRANGEMENT?"
"WHY IS THE HOUSING 1.5mm LARGER ON TMOBILE US?"

FloatHeavy said:
"WHY IS THE HOUSING 1.5mm LARGER ON TMOBILE US?"
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It's just a guess, but an extra 512MB of RAM has to have somewhere to live

I was wondering the same thing... if I can tale my T-MoUS insides and put them in a t8585 casing. My main reason is there are lot's of nice leather cases for the euro model like the vaja case that won't fit my us hd2.

It doesn't have 512mb of extra ram

abvmoose said:
It doesn't have 512mb of extra ram
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Yes, right, ROM....but it's still memory that would likely require a 2nd module.

Vaja Case
zarathustrax said:
I was wondering the same thing... if I can tale my T-MoUS insides and put them in a t8585 casing. My main reason is there are lot's of nice leather cases for the euro model like the vaja case that won't fit my us hd2.
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Are you certain the Vaja case wouldn't fit the american model? Just asking cause i placed an order without even thinking about the difference in size.

tmoreno2425 said:
Are you certain the Vaja case wouldn't fit the american model? Just asking cause i placed an order without even thinking about the difference in size.
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Pretty sure. The way it closes over the top of it won't work cause it won't reach over the top. Plus the vaja case is pretty exact fitting without any wiggle room. I contacted Vaja to see if they could make a version that fit the US model, but unfortunately they said they have no plans to. I have the noreve case which is made for the euro version, also, but luckily it does have some wiggle room and doesn't have such an exact fitting closing mechanism... so it fits decently. But you can tell that the volume button and camera are a couple mm higher up and the top goes a little higher. I had to cut a little extra off the camera hole.
Good luck... hopefully you can return or cancel the vaja case. Otherwise, if you get it and figure out a way to mod it to get it to fit, please let me know because I would love to have a vaja case. But I'm pretty sure it's not gonna fit without you modifying it someway. I don't know how you could mod it, though.

Replacement full casing/housing

I purchased one of these as the housing i had was getting very messy
http://cgi.ebay.ie/FULL-HOUSING-KEYBOARD-HTC-TyTN-II-2-P4550-P-KAISER-/180496072719?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2a0667800f
DONT BUY THIS KIT !!!
The item was listed as new but clearly most of the parts were used.
The biggest problem I had was with the front face plate.
There is a few gold "connectors" that have to be melted in the plastic.
I had to break these out of my old case and used a soldering iron to put them into the new faceplate.
There was also the gold screw holes! these were a real pain.
Again they needed to be broken from the old case and then gently heated with the iron until they melted into their respective hole.
Maybe this is what I should have expected but it would have been nice if they said a little fiddling was required for fitting.
The keyboard was also not as the picture is. It was a chinese keyboard so I just used my own.
All in all it worked out well and my phone looks spanking new but its not really a worthwhile mod given the cost and hastle.

I was also planning to buy that housing but had a second thought about the keyboard. my original keyboard is all black and doesnt have the white numpad.
thanx for the advice ! ill try to inquire from other seller.
how about this one?
http://cgi.ebay.ph/FULL-HOUSING-KEY...ewItem&pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item20b0bf01ef

A few days ago I received the same housing from the same vendor and is all ok. Mounting screw is settled and the exterior is not damaged.
Before ordering I contacted him and sent a picture of my phone. When he confirmed that everything (including keyboard) is identical, I ordered. I got the body and I get happy.
I think you had bad luck

Maybe its bad luck but eBay rules are pretty straight forward.
I was not sold what was listed in the pictured and it was not new (item had marks from use where case slides apart and also scratching.)
The keyboard was not the one in the picutes. I actually have a full black KB but wanted to go with the white panelled one in the pic.
What I got was a chinese all black KB. Useless to me.
Anyway, i got my phone rebuilt and its looks new and works great. It took a little more fiddling than I would have expected and the KB was wrong.
I left Neutral feedback for the vendor because I felt I got what I needed.

codejack:
sorry to say but it is really a bad luck. lets try to be careful with items like that and inquire every detail of the item we will buy. thanks for sharing pal
pozabi:
thanks for the tip. ill try to send a picture of my unit when i buy a full housing so that everything will be clear to the seller

Manual to disassemble housing
Dear colleagues,
Can you send to me a link or a manual about it?
I need change the housing and touch screen of my TYTN II and I don´t know how I can do that.
Please, if you can, help me!
Thanks!

New housing for my hardworking MDA T - Mobile
i buy from ebay seller xellmore_au, nice and comes with tools for the works.
Just follow a video at youtube search " HTC Kaiser (TyTN II) szétszedése "
And my MDA T-Mobile now HTC TyTN II
Cool huh

leonardvr said:
Dear colleagues,
Can you send to me a link or a manual about it?
I need change the housing and touch screen of my TYTN II and I don´t know how I can do that.
Please, if you can, help me!
Thanks!
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http://www.htcdriver.com/uploads/service/tytniikaiser.pdf

i bough the full housing with keyboard from ebay and the keyboard isn't working. not sure why

[Q] Convert a black defy to a white one?

Hello
I just bought a Defy, i love it... except, that i wanted to buy a white one, and in they do not sell that model for some reason here..
Anyone knows where to buy the part of a Defy, which is white? (I've already voided my warranty by rooting it, so i dont really care about guarantee.)
Is somewhere a "Mobile phone parts" shop in the net?
Thanks

I searched taobao.com for you,this shop in China sells black and white model.
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10183730045

LeoShi said:
I searched taobao.com for you,this shop in China sells black and white model.
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10183730045
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Your link leads me just to parts for a defy?
Do they sell full working white defys too?
Cant read traditional chinese Maybe you can send a link which is
already switched to english language
Thanks in advance!

lord0815 said:
Your link leads me just to parts for a defy?
Do they sell full working white defys too?
Cant read traditional chinese Maybe you can send a link which is
already switched to english language
Thanks in advance!
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I searched www.taobao.com again,
It seems that there's no total white module on sale.
Only middle housing is on sale.
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10604950697
Front housing and battery cover is still black.
Taobao market is a Chinese online market,maybe there's no English version.
Sorry!

Even the white DEFYs on the market have only the middle housing in white. Would be perfect if they had a white battery cover

I don´t think its a good idea to disassamble an water resistant phone just to change the color... :/
Amazon sells this middle white defy out of stock, same price as the black one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004L2L64C/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&psc=1

you could just put one of the white hard rubber cases on off ebay for a couple of £$£$, ive seen the black one on a friends defy and they seem greeat value.

lord0815 said:
I don´t think its a good idea to disassamble an water resistant phone just to change the color... :/
Amazon sells this middle white defy out of stock, same price as the black one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004L2L64C/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&psc=1
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Why not...???...i guess he don't want to throw it into the wather...

TrippleT said:
Why not...???...i guess he don't want to throw it into the wather...
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One of the things making the Motorola Defy slightly waterproof is the very very tight screws connecting the defy. a reassembling of the defy by an unprofessional could be just like throwing the main feature of the defy in the trash (the waterproofness and dustproof)

syddd said:
I've already voided my warranty by rooting it, so i dont really care about guarantee.
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Keep in mind that if you unroot your phone the warranty comes back, but if you take the screws out the warranty is really gone.

Full white defy. Thanks to ebay n "Defyno1" it's a sticker. Better then it apart
http://wap.ebay.es/Pages/ViewItem.a...h=item3f0bf273af&autoredirect=off&emvcc=false
Sent from my MB525 using XDA App

The online store that sold my defy had a fully black one and a black/white one. I wanted the black one, but since the there was no difference in the price with the contract and the white one had 2GB instead of 128MB internal memory, I went for the white one. The black one was also cheaper without a contract. Form follows function in this case.

What? Black ones have 2GB of internal storage too. Are there other Defy versions?

White Defy is different?

I have a white band Defy and I'm in China, wanna buy me a full black one and swap?

I think that Defy+ will be in full white so you could take all the parts off it or just buy the phone
The middile phone should be new Motorola Domino+

It would be a pathetic idea to change the rock hard cover. You might lose the advantage of owning a Defy.