[Q] Difference between TMobile and European Housing - HD2 General

Hey guys!
I bought a TMobile version (T8585?) off ebay recently and I want to buy it a new housing.
I the battery cover the same on both versions? Is there is any difference in the chassis colour between them?
I am asking this because I've seen pics of black HD2s with the back cover in the same colour as the rest of the body and mine has two different colours: the very dark grey body and a lighter grey bat cover.
Thanks for the help!

I'm not really sure about the battery cover. But what I am sure of is that the T-mobile version is slightly bigger than the European one. So you might want to make sure you get the T-mo's housing because the European won't fit on yours.

I've kept an eye open for that detail.. but even so, there seem to be 2 chassis colours: black and grey. Do you think the 2 colours exist or there's only one chassis colour (grey)?

TMobile version is longer by 2-2,5 mm than European/international one.
Battery/back cover is identical (geometrically speaking).
You don't have to worry about colour, it really doesn't matter, unless it is a personal/special desire of yours!
If housing has all antennas (which is important for you!), they are marked "US" very clearly(at least one of them)!

Yeah.. I'm kinda worrying about the colour.. If I can have a totally black phone, I'd prefer it
This is what I am talking about:
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as opposed to this
Mine is like the second one.. but I wonder if there are battery covers like the one in the first photo..
EDIT: Mystery solved. The European version had a single colour body: all black (or very dark grey if you're feeling picky with this kind of detail) whereas the TMobile version had a 2 colour chassis: black/dark grey for the body and a lighter shade of grey for the battery cover.

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Pearl streak

I'm happy to tell that finally I've changed my crappy Streak case...after dropped it many times to the floor...
I changed the LCD, however i also scrashed it during the process. Lucikly I'm able to purchase 1 black 1 red case from taobao.com. Each package included the black pastic case, lens/flash glass plate and 2 pieces of touching and earpiece plate. Battery cover is not included.
I personally don't like RED color but I would like to keep the Black one for foreback.
In fact the RED one is not a good choice to recolor due to material is different then the black one. Also is very difficult to recolor a lighter color....like white.
I've made few mistakes during the process, 1 I shouldn't glue up the lens glass plate, 2, I install the vibrate motor connector reversed, 3, the button sticked due to over sprayed.
Anyway, finally I make it within 2 hours! It probably the world first PEARL / YELLO streak!! hahaha! suit my pearl color car so much!
So happy! Enjoy!!!!
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great job on the build but the pics arent working here. not to burst your bubble but my streak is pearl. the white ones are actually off white with some pearl essence
oh no dun get me wrong. i know there are many offical color from Dell. The story is, actually many Asian ppl wants to know is it possible to find the case to replace. I just show them the answer is YES and how to replace.
Just in case anyone wants to do this here...just for share..
where did you get that CF cover
Man, just a sticker. Of coz still from taobao.com

Nexus 7 not silver around the edge?

Looking at the pictures on Google Play the bezel seems black now, not silver. Or is this just the lighting?
All the I/O units were black around the edge. The images on the play store are obviously not photographs so it may be an oversight, but in this rendering it still looks silver to my eye:
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Not many people notice this but the nexus on the box that all of our 7s came in has a black bezel.
Commence box finding..... NOW
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Not many people notice this but the nexus on the box that all of our 7s came in has a black bezel.
Commence box finding..... NOW
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Pulling my own box, I can confirm this.
Nice catch.
Didn't cought my eye and "eye" love facts like that.
Might even have been the better choice, because I already have a few scratches around the edges of my Nexus7.
Should have been black all along !
It may have been a last minute decision to colour it silver, the corners of mine have rubbed and it is black underneath. Perhaps the plastic had some visual imperfections that were easier to 'fix' with a coat of silver?
I'm not sure but I think the ones with white back cover have a black frame. I've never seen a white one with silver frame anyway.

[Q] Question about bottom metal-like bezel of Galaxy note 3

I am unsure about the original body condition of my Sprint Galaxy Note 3. After removing a Otterbox Defender Series case from my Note 3, I noticed that now the bottom left and bottom highest corner (elevated closest to the screen bezel), on the metal piece, I see a Black and White corner marking, it almost looks like it flows with the edges of the phone.
This is hard for me to explain, so I hope this picture will help explain what I mean:
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Is that white marking normal to be on the edges of the Sprint Galaxy Note 3? Or has my case simply just removed the paint (i think?) from it, making it exposed and white colored?
tdr2013 said:
I am unsure about the original body condition of my Sprint Galaxy Note 3. After removing a Otterbox Defender Series case from my Note 3, I noticed that now the bottom left and bottom highest corner (elevated closest to the screen bezel), on the metal piece, I see a Black and White corner marking, it almost looks like it flows with the edges of the phone.
This is hard for me to explain, so I hope this picture will help explain what I mean:
Is that white marking normal to be on the edges of the Sprint Galaxy Note 3? Or has my case simply just removed the paint (i think?) from it, making it exposed and white colored?
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all of the n3 is plastic so looks like your case has warn of the paint

Replacement Parts For Note 3

so my note 3 sm n900 got a lot of scratchs and I wanted to replace it's chrome bezel but I couldn't find one online for the international version , can I use a bezel for Sm n900V instead ?
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so my note 3 sm n900 got a lot of scratchs and I wanted to replace it's chrome bezel but I couldn't find one online for the international version , can I use a bezel for Sm n900V instead ?
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The bad news is the bezel it actually part of the frame so it can't be replaced with completely disassembling the phone down to the digitizer. You can however buy a broken phone from eBay in good condition and just swap boards. I just bought a flawless phone for $50 which had been in an otterbox but it had a dead board. I swapped the board from the old phone with a cracked screen and it now looks new. The bad news is most broken phones from eBay have broken screens or digitizers. If they have a dead board as the one I found, you have no way of knowing for sure if the phone will even power on after swapping boards.
Another option would be to buy an aluminum bumper frame which will cover the bezel up so you won't see the scuffs and dings. These don't add much size to the phone like a full case does. They also come in pretty much any color
See this image
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stain in bottom of the screen

Hi,
I recently noticed a mark on the screen. It's only visible with light colours (especially white, with black the mark is not visible at all).
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I did not find any similar case on the forum or the internet.
It looks like when AMOLED display are burned (like in JerryRigEverything videos).
But, it's LCD panel here...
From this video https://youtu.be/zuq2uPAEmeM?t=211 , the mark seems to be at the same level than this "copper bottom circle" :
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Any idea ?
I've got a very similar 'stain' that is most noticable on a white background but never looked in to why it is so would be interested to find out what it is too! Not that it bothers me much and in fact apart from that it's an A grade phone as no scratches etc but as it had the stain it was reduced to C grade price so I only paid £90 for it which was a bargain!
I think the stain is glue and the spot on screen is caused by pressure. Hotspits can also cause such effects.
There were flat tvs, where the heat of the two SoCs on the mainboard (the second one was necessary for motion compensation, in single core days) would cause two squares appear on screen after the tv had warmed up.
I've just noticed a very similar stain in the same position in my LG G6. Lucky enough the two years warranty ends in two weeks haha, so it's already at the store and I hope they get it fixed soon.

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