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I changed my cover from black to white, heres some info.

Hello im quite new to this site, and have been looking around for the root to come. but in the mean time i have ordered a new cover and it came today. i have now disassembly'ed my phone and changed the cover, this turned up to be a little difficult. 8 scrues at start and then its just clicking off with some gentle force the rest of the way.
but then i bumped into a little problem.
The touch module itself is actually glued to the front cover and is very difficult to take of.
I did manage to get it of, by using a hairdryer and blowing hot air into the frontcover with the glass touch module. by varming it up the glue got soft and i used a hobby knife to like cut under the glass where the glue is.
u have to be very VERY carefull coz i manage to get a little crack in the glass, coz i didnt heat it enough, i would recommend being 2 person for this, 1 to hold and cut the screen off and 1 to heat the glass at same time. i did it one person and got a little crack innit.
but got it off and mountet it into my new white cover, but the screen still being the black color around, wich actually looks really sleek so its not entirely white in front.
I was really scared that i might had broken the Touch module coz of blowing such heat onto it. and was nervous when turning my phone back up. but it seems that it works perfectly wich was a relief :'D
but i just wanted to post this to people if they were interrested and maybe have thought about changeing cover them selfs..
i my self am not used to disassembly phones this was a first and i think i did pretty good aside from a little crack in the screen glass. ^^
just be carefull and gentle and you can suceed without a screen crack like me its not a big one just a little one u barely notice but still
thanks for reading this and sorry for my english i have pictures that is in the link below just copy and paste in adress
Link to more photo's: s179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/trustycpl/Phone%20disassembly/ <---- just copy and put the https:/ in front
Here is a pretty good disassembly guide u might wanna use if u choose to take apart ur x10 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6368979&postcount=82
i bought my cover here mytrendyphone.com/shop/sony-ericsson-xperia-29113p.html <--- Copy, paste and write www in start
EDIT: Changing the Touch module is very difficult i wont recommend it since i made a little crack in the module, the crack has now become quite big and my touch module dont work any more :'( gonna talk to my phone service since i only had the mobile for 2 months, or els i will have to buy a new and that is about 90-100 Euro

hey, thanks for that
you can post the links to the pictures without the www/http, you the other part, or give it some characters like wxwxwx. site.cxoxm i'd appreciate the photos

EDIT: link to more photo's : s179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/trustycpl/Phone%20disassembly/ <--- just put in adress and push enter should work

cool, thanks, can you get a better pic of when it's done in white/black combination?
from back and front, thanks

how much the operation cost u?

Looks nice
Can you tell us where did you buy the white cover from? and is it original?

fast rock said:
Looks nice
Can you tell us where did you buy the white cover from? and is it original?
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So the fourth image is the final product???

how about pictures of the completed white x10?

I made a link in first post to a photobucket album with more pictures of finished product.
I bought it from a danish site called " mytrendyphone.dk " if im not mistaking since im from denmark.
EDIT: seems like its not only denmark they shipout to check this out mytrendyphone.com/shop/sony-ericsson-xperia-29113p.html <--- copy, past and write www in start
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Couldn't get into the photobucket album !
Do you feel that the white case is an original one ?

should have fixed the album since it was set to private but now its public.
i havent really seen the original white cover but the back cover on original black cover you know its kinda rough black. while the white one i got is smooth and blank, it does have the xperia text and sony ericsson logo. but try checkout the pictures they should work.
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Couldn't get into the photobucket album !
Do you feel that the white case is an original one ?
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i have posted a link to the cover i bought. but i payed 32,70 EUR for the cover and i already had the tools, so costed me 32,70 EUR.
lqbweb said:
how much the operation cost u?
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****nab said:
i havent really seen the original white cover but the back cover on original black cover you know its kinda rough black. while the white one i got is smooth and blank, it does have the xperia text and sony ericsson logo. but try checkout the pictures they should work.
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I mean does the back cover fits perfectly like an original one?

hey bro can ya tell if the white body is original???????
also can the guys at se service centers can get it done for me???
but hey i can still see the black body part in the white one.....was that intentional???

does the phone feel the same as before....i mean b4 changing the the body.......n plz get sum info on the cover??????

which one do you feel is better white or black???

Hi ****nap,
thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Do you allow me to add your pictures to first post in my "Upskirts" & "Disassembly" Thread?
(You find a post in my Signature from where you can jump into)
I'd be happy if you read my guide and add some suggestions.

still dont really know if its original, havent seen the original white and dont know how the original feels. dont think the service center will do it for you, but you check into it. yea the front still has the black part, it was not intentional, but thats how it came out coz of the touch module being black. if u want complete white u will have to buy a touch module that is already white. and it aint cheap
ankur7753 said:
hey bro can ya tell if the white body is original???????
also can the guys at se service centers can get it done for me???
but hey i can still see the black body part in the white one.....was that intentional???
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The white back cover doesnt feel the same as the black back cover. the black cover got that rough soft feeling. and the white that i got is smooth. doesnt feel the same, but thats only the back cover.
ankur7753 said:
does the phone feel the same as before....i mean b4 changing the the body.......n plz get sum info on the cover??????
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hi McKebapp
yea sure, u can use the pictures im just happy to help.
and sure ill take a look and read ur guide
actually have already read a little and saw u had another way to get the touch module off which might be better than the way i did it xD
if u dont mind i will make a link to you disassembly guide in my first post, since many people might need it
kind regards ****nab
McKebapp said:
Hi ****nap,
thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Do you allow me to add your pictures to first post in my "Upskirts" & "Disassembly" Thread?
(You find a post in my Signature from where you can jump into)
I'd be happy if you read my guide and add some suggestions.
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Sim Cover Gap: Fixed!

seems DerBub and me found the solution to his sim cover problem:
it's definitely a mounting issue!
look at the photos showing the missalignment of his cover:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8833885&postcount=3
this is the result of mounting it like picture one (wrong pressure on the outside of the cover)!
try to mount it as shown on picture two! you need to apply nearly equal pressure to the back side of the cover (where the gap was) and mount it gently!
it IS possible to mount it with OR without gap, that means even if you tried it ten times before and it wont fit, try it again with the method shown in picture 2!!!
even DerBub tried it a couple of times before the cover fitted again (fine) as in delivery condition!
we hope that this information would be usefull for others to fix their gap!
best wishes,
DerBub & tml1504
update:
good to see that this actually really helps some people!

TML1504 said:
seems kid_loco and me found the solution to his sim cover problem:
it's definitely a mounting issue!
look at the photos showing the missalignment of his cover:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8833885&postcount=3
this is the result of mounting it like picture one (wrong pressure on the outside of the cover)!
try to mount it as shown on picture two! you need to apply nearly equal pressure to the back side of the cover (where the gap was) and mount it gently!
it IS possible to mount it with OR without gap, that means even if you tried it ten times before and it wont fit, try it again with the method shown in picture 2!!!
even kid_loco tried it a couple of times before the cover fitted again (fine) as in delivery condition!
we hope that this information would be usefull for others to fix their gap!
best wishes,
kid_loco & tml1504
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Lulz and to think this made so many people panic and go beserke, good finding man thanks for the fix

That always got me when people say it doesn't fit. When you take it out of the box it is a perfect fit, so it has to be the way it is being put back on. It can't magically shrink to now have a gap. Thanks for the tip.

I'm very glad to have this "problem" fixed
As tml1504 wrote I also had this gap problem, even though I've tried to fit the sim cover several times (obviously in a wrong manner).
After fitting the cover in the manner described in pic 2, the cover fits in the way it should fit: even perfectly
regarding tml1504's posting:
pic 1: putting the pressure at the outside (left and right side of the sim cover) causes the ominous gap.
pic 2: just take your phone backwards and push the cover with a smooth equal pressure (3-4 fingers). it is useful to have the thumb at the frontside to stabilise the other 3-4 fingers
best wishes,
DerBub

TML1504 said:
seems kid_loco and me found the solution to his sim cover problem:
it's definitely a mounting issue!
look at the photos showing the missalignment of his cover:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8833885&postcount=3
this is the result of mounting it like picture one (wrong pressure on the outside of the cover)!
try to mount it as shown on picture two! you need to apply nearly equal pressure to the back side of the cover (where the gap was) and mount it gently!
it IS possible to mount it with OR without gap, that means even if you tried it ten times before and it wont fit, try it again with the method shown in picture 2!!!
even kid_loco tried it a couple of times before the cover fitted again (fine) as in delivery condition!
we hope that this information would be usefull for others to fix their gap!
best wishes,
kid_loco & tml1504
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Great info! Thanks very much!
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We hope we were able to be of assistance to you
cheers

I love you guys for this. Just tried it, and it works wonders! Much appreciated.
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You're welcome
Hopefully this hint will help many users!

Excellent tip there, many thanks!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819191&page=2
said here you need to apply pressure to back as well as sides as it get the little plastic mounting guides in line, they come as new fine its only when you remove it for the first time and try to get it back on it has a gap

why cant i see picture two?!

This is weird to me because I can't actually put mine on wrong. Even if I squeeze the back cover by the sides as I slide it on, the cover just will not fit at all, it just slides off...
Once the cover is in it's "guide rails" I can push it on with one finger from the very bottom of the phone and it fits right. I still wonder if some phones out there have a dodgy cover or something...

reelist said:
why cant i see picture two?!
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sorry, don't know! i've used standard encoding in photoshop and i think everybody else doesn't have a problem with my pictures...
dazultra2000 said:
I still wonder if some phones out there have a dodgy cover or something...
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perhaps this can be the case, but i think none of them is so "dodged up" that a correct mounting wouldn't be possible. just out of curiosity i tried it with mine (although i don't have any gap so far) and i had been able to mount it in a wise that a gap was the result...
so i would still recommend everybody who has the gap to retry the mounting procedure until it fits!
and for the plastics engineers out there:
with plastic tools for molding machines and a considerably high number of parts it would be more than likely that the tool has more than one cavity, which implies that there are more than one possible "version" of the cover on the market. although they should only differ in the micrometer scale, it WOULD be possible that parts from cavity 1 would fit perfect, but parts from cavity 2 have the mounting issue. i will look again on the inside of my cover and try to find some markers, then we should be ably to identify the different cavity's (if they exist)!
regards,
markus

TML1504 said:
sorry, don't know! i've used standard encoding in photoshop and i think everybody else doesn't have a problem with my pictures...
perhaps this can be the case, but i think none of them is so "dodged up" that a correct mounting wouldn't be possible. just out of curiosity i tried it with mine (although i don't have any gap so far) and i had been able to mount it in a wise that a gap was the result...
so i would still recommend everybody who has the gap to retry the mounting procedure until it fits!
and for the plastics engineers out there:
with plastic tools for molding machines and a considerably high number of parts it would be more than likely that the tool has more than one cavity, which implies that there are more than one possible "version" of the cover on the market. although they should only differ in the micrometer scale, it WOULD be possible that parts from cavity 1 would fit perfect, but parts from cavity 2 have the mounting issue. i will look again on the inside of my cover and try to find some markers, then we should be ably to identify the different cavity's (if they exist)!
regards,
markus
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You are talking about there maybe being different moulds for the covers, yet you have also said that you can put it on a different way and replicate the gap problem, surely that would mean that the chances are there aren't more than 1 cover and it is just down to user error, as I have always thought. There are many people saying that it is bent, kinked, or just doesn't fit, yet if you take it off and put it on the correct way, none of this happens, strange that.

after reading this post I checked the back of my DHD and noticed I had the gap issue - then applied the pic2 method and no gap!
thanks op

LOLOL, is was this that some people were talking about?!!?
I figure at 1st that had to make a little pressure in the center of the cover so that the cover fitted right into the body...

Nice one... worked perfectly ;-)

onesolo said:
LOLOL, is was this that some people were talking about?!!?
I figure at 1st that had to make a little pressure in the center of the cover so that the cover fitted right into the body...
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No this is not what those who were first to recieve the DHD (including me) are talking about. What is being shown here is just plain stupidity. Anybody with half a wit would know how to fit the cover on without a 'bump'. This is not the incorrect fit / gap issue.
Pointless thread, please close

but, I have to say, I still have gap between cover and body, about half milimeter,
and cover is creaky little bit...
:-(
Old HD2 was much hardware better than desire hd

My sim cover is getting loose, when I hold it in landscape mode with the usual 2 finger using the camera posistion i can twist my fingers slightly with barely any force making the cover gap ...anyone else?
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Re-House Your Xperia Play : Things to Know

This is going to be basically a review, not a tutorial, of what I experienced after I re housed my R800x in white and the steps I went through to get it done, I have no prior knowledge on the process, I simple "went for it" and had success.
~~ Please Note: Performing this can seriously damage your phone and if done wrong will possibly permanently destroy your device, please read everything and do everything slowly, Please understand you may attempt this at your own risk, you have been warned! ~~
For a good understanding on how to tear your Play apart and not break anything check this video out, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3n5ZfkqhzE
You can find the White Housing I purchased in these 2 links
The outside of the screen (digitizer) as seen in First photo
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Touch-Scree...&otn=2&po=LVI&ps=63&clkid=7007674525043897251
The White Housing Top , Middle plate, Control pad plate and Back as seen in the Second and Third photos
(I have seen a cheaper one since I bought mine, but this is the one I bought)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FULL-Housin...500747?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item27bf9d978b
This link is another R800x thats branded Verizon but I doubt it having the service ribbon sticker (for lack of better words which comes into play later) because they dont show a back view of the Middle plate
http://cnn.cn/shop/sony-ericsson-xperia-play-cdma-black-housing-verizon-branded-p-12588.html
After getting your parts and watching the video you should be where I was at in Photo Four, my phone torn down and the new pieces ready to make this r800x look great.
Photos Five and Six -are close ups reviewing it all.
Photo Seven - is where I started, the touch joy stick pcb ribbon. It was kinda scary thinking if i rip this thing or pull to much that the touch pads wouldnt work anymore, and thanks to ShadowGun I was able to verify they still did. I used the blue tool for prying the phone , to help peal back the ribbon as you see it, you can give it a decent pull with your fingers as you get enough pealed up, try to pull as close to the glued end as possible so you dont risk tearing or something.
Photos Eight and Nine - I had finished moving the touch pad ribbon to the new white control pad plate and started removing the Menu, Start and Select buttons and transferring them to the white plate. Using the blue tool again sorta scrap up the backing to each of the; Menu and Start and Select buttons, it helps to push from the other side on the button a little. You need to try and not to deform the sticker/glue piece that holds the buttons in place or it might Not stick to good on the new plate, a sweat gripping moment that I first thought would just never work but patience does pay off in this step.
Photo Ten - it was all done, that piece at least.
From there I moved onto the the Middle Plate, which required a few steps if you decide you want to swap these out. One in particular that left me clueless for a few days without service, bare with me on this part..
There is a black Antenna sticker on the Bottom half of the Middle plate on your R800X, which has a gold ribbon on its opposite side that finishes a circuit, without this circuit completed your phone will Not have service and dialing *228 will not work your phone will tell you, in a mans voice "The code you have entered is in-correct please check you code and try again" - The first time I heard that I was thinking hmm thats probably not good and Verizon told me "thats not programmed in our system, you should Never get a msg like that or a mans voice" So I had them send me a replacement ( Of course I didnt mention this was all my fault and I re housed it, and thats the real reason I wouldnt go to the store to have it checked out, but that shouldnt matter right )
Upon getting the replacement phone I, for somehow the first time, Noticed the black sticker antenna on the back of the Middle plate. I grabbed my original housing and noticed the sticker antenna on it as well, so I pealed that off and revealed, to me which was previously unseen, this gold ribbon connects a circuit with two terminals on the phones mother board. The gold ribbons two ends slide into a slot on the Middle plate, underneath it to make the connection. I replaced this black sticker onto the new White Middle plate because the back of the L1 and R1 triggers are White and they are Black on the original Vz housing.
Photo Eleven-Shows the back of the New white trigger Middle plate, no black sticker antenna
Photo Twelve-The Middle plate from the Verizon replacement
Photos Antenna 2 and Antenna 3-These are the other 2 antennas also needed for service, be sure to pull those off and place them onto the new middle housing of your new phone.
For the r800i and r800a they have another antenna on the middle plate (I just dont have a photo :crying: I have an r800x) I can tell you at least that if your holding the middle housing and the Antenna 2 is on your right, the r800i/r800a other antenna will be on the left side of the housing.
Photo Thirteen- I wanted the White triggers so I super glued the black sticker antenna back on, worked out pretty good if you ask me, minus my thumb print of course. .
Photo Fourteen- I circled the inside area of the Middle plate where the you can see the opposite side of the gold ribbon that makes the connection with the mother board of the phone in the top half and you can see its not on the New Middle plate in the bottom half of the photo.
If you decide to go ahead and swap the Middle plate, you will need to remove the speakers as well and I cracked my original plate removing the left speaker, they are in there pretty tight, I basically pryed up on them in anyway that I wasn't destroying any part of them. As seen in Photo Fourteen
In Photo Fifteen I was now ready to replace the Top half of the phone and put the new Digitizer on. You wont need any extra glue here, the New White Half of the housing comes with a clear plastic film on it (sorry I had already removed before I took the photo) that was protecting some glue, thats seems to be holding up pretty good a week later and I dont think it will ever come off. Once you have replace you new Digitizer on the new Top half of the White housing, you are ready to reverse the steps seen in the Video linked at the beginning , once you have completed that you will be enjoying your newly housed in luxurious White and Silver Xperia Play as I am in the Final Photos.
I hope this helps, this was the first time I tore a phone apart physically and might have my "names of pieces" wrong but I tried to explain it in a way that makes sense and simple to look at. I do wanna make a video or something because I think anyone looking to do this would benefit more from a better "visual tutorial" but I dont have much time as id like to and this should serve good.
I hope in anyone who decides to go through with this, and enjoys having a white Xperia Play like I have

That looks awesome!!! Mind taking a couple photos of the screen and with it powered on to see how good this after market screen is? Awesome job and the white looks nice and clean.

I bought my Xperia Play in white so this doesn't apply to me. But you did a great job there ! looks brand new !

jgregoryj1 said:
That looks awesome!!! Mind taking a couple photos of the screen and with it powered on to see how good this after market screen is? Awesome job and the white looks nice and clean.
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I can definitelty take a few photos, I only replaced the outside of the screen, the actual lcd is the same from when I got the phone, the after market digitizer is just as clear an still allows the screen to keep its nice crisp image, Ill take a few photos later on though and update OP.
sufy1000 said:
I bought my Xperia Play in white so this doesn't apply to me. But you did a great job there ! looks brand new !
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Thank you! I wish Verizon had offered it in white but figures they didn't, I makes it all that much more mine now though.. custom rom , kernel, and now housing I like it so much more.

Thats sweet nice write up. I'll probably do mine later this year or next year after the case and screen gets worn down and scratched up a bit more.

Thanks for this,
Would you reccomend cheap cases as I have seen diffrent colours (blue,orange) which I wouldn't mind trying.
Thanks

AloushA said:
Thanks for this,
Would you reccomend cheap cases as I have seen diffrent colours (blue,orange) which I wouldn't mind trying.
Thanks
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Your welcome, Do you mean an actual case for the phone or a new housing?
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Thank you, good sir!
I really appreciate your work here and I'll use this guide as soon as my housing arrives.

I will be doing this very same project in a few days. What is the use of the black sticker? If i break it will my Play still work? Please reply

androidtechdaily said:
I will be doing this very same project in a few days. What is the use of the black sticker? If i break it will my Play still work? Please reply
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The black sticker completes a circuit that is needed for service. Idk exactly what circuit it completes but the sticker has a gold pcb type ribbon on it that makes contact with two pins on the motherboard. Without the black sticker in place your phone will boot with no service. I didn't find out until after the fact and if you look in my photo where I glued the sticker back on you can see its a little mangled but glued it down flat and my service is just as good as it always was . Well as good as 3g can be lol .. But to answer your last question as long as you pull the sticker off slowly and don't rip it you should be fine. The gold ribbon on the bottom half just can't be torn in half or the circuit won't complete. But it peeled off without tearing for me, just take your time and you should be good to go.
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Great job mate!
How would You describe the operation difficulty from 1/10?
Ps. I have experience with w995 full rehousing and some others mobiles.

Hi, i wish to know what is beneath this 2 black square stickers marked in red circles, and what is their function.
Thanks

Great job, will keep this in mind, white looks so good, version didn't have that option
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I have the black one Xperia Play but i bought me the White Cover by amazon for 34,99€ (Complete and Original) But i dont think that i can do this without brick my phone ((

0mega007 said:
Hi, i wish to know what is beneath this 2 black square stickers marked in red circles, and what is their function.
Thanks
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Is there a screw begind the stikers, holdding the l and r buttons hardware?

us there only black / white available?
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Ill reply to everyone this evening!
Sent from my R800x using xda premium

shakalek said:
Great job mate!
How would You describe the operation difficulty from 1/10?
Ps. I have experience with w995 full rehousing and some others mobiles.
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I dont think Im best to give you a good 1/10 rating, this is the only re-house Ive done, it wasn't to bad I suppose though. I think if you have some experience with the process then you shouldn't have to much trouble
ioo7 said:
Great job, will keep this in mind, white looks so good, version didn't have that option
Sent from my little GIZMO ``\[©_o],,
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I agree, Verizon should've offered the option, but their to busy releasing phones that they dont plan to update...
evo_racer said:
I have the black one Xperia Play but i bought me the White Cover by amazon for 34,99€ (Complete and Original) But i dont think that i can do this without brick my phone ((
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If you want to add me on gtalk I can help you if you decide to go through with it, I dont think you will brick it though
0mega007 said:
Is there a screw begind the stikers, holdding the l and r buttons hardware?
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The sticker is covering up the actual buttons on the phones mother board that are L1 and R1 triggers. The L and R triggers are connected with metal rod, wound up with a small spring.
Nhialor said:
us there only black / white available?
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Ive seen orange XPlays but I didnt see any housing's in other colors then white and black, but I only did a search for White specifically though.

216Monster said:
The sticker is covering up the actual buttons on the phones mother board that are L1 and R1 triggers. The L and R triggers are connected with metal rod, wound up with a small spring.
But if this stickers are removed, would the buttons fall off or stop working?
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veeery nice man
i've changed my digitizer 2 times , on first time , i've broke my digitizer and on second time i succeed

Can't remove rear cover. It's really secure!

I am having a very hard time removing the rear cover. I've removed the two screws but I still can't seem to get any of my plastic case opening tool in. What gives? I'm almost questioning the importance of those two screws...

Hi,
Maybe this can help you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZDAIgwbXk4 ? Unless you have already seen it...

viking37 said:
Hi,
Maybe this can help you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZDAIgwbXk4 ? Unless you have already seen it...
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I've been watching it. I would love to see anybody take the rear off of my phone... It seriously is stuck.

vbman213 said:
I've been watching it. I would love to see anybody take the rear off of my phone... It seriously is stuck.
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Mine was stuck too... Gave up and did rma
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[Q] What is covering my front camera lens?

Hi everyone. Today, I noticed that something is covering my front camera lens.
Do you know what is that piece covering the camera? Anyone encounter this situation?
I didn't drop my phone not even once and I tried to smack the top of the phone to see if it moves, but no luck.
P.S. The camera is able to take pictures normally.
I have a SM-N9005.
Thanks

Go exchange it... Looks like a faulty device. It could be a piece of electrical tape in the wrong position.
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bogdan2603 said:
Hi everyone. Today, I noticed that something is covering my front camera lens.
Do you know what is that piece covering the camera? Anyone encounter this situation?
I didn't drop my phone not even once and I tried to smack the top of the phone to see if it moves, but no luck.
P.S. The camera is able to take pictures normally.
I have a SM-N9005.
Thanks
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I have the exact same problem. Although mine is worse and i cant take pictures normally. Did you managed to solve this

bogdan2603 said:
Hi everyone. Today, I noticed that something is covering my front camera lens.
Do you know what is that piece covering the camera? Anyone encounter this situation?
I didn't drop my phone not even once and I tried to smack the top of the phone to see if it moves, but no luck.
P.S. The camera is able to take pictures normally.
I have a SM-N9005.
Thanks
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*boy*racer* said:
I have the exact same problem. Although mine is worse and i cant take pictures normally. Did you managed to solve this
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Looks like some sort of cover for the camera.
Maybe this site can help understand: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+Note+3+Teardown/19209
But i think @nicholaschum 's solution will work best.

HanZie82 said:
Looks like some sort of cover for the camera.
Maybe this site can help understand: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+Note+3+Teardown/19209
But i think @nicholaschum 's solution will work best.
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Hey you were right. Soon as i posted my issue, i thought i would watch a dismantle video and presto! It was a round rubber like washer that has slipped from around the camera.
All sorted now

Hi....Can you let me know how did you get this fixed as I am also having the same issue....

nelven said:
Hi....Can you let me know how did you get this fixed as I am also having the same issue....
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Hi,
I didn't
Now, that rubber is covering a lot more and I'm unable to take pictures.

nicholaschum said:
Go exchange it... Looks like a faulty device. It could be a piece of electrical tape in the wrong position.
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i think its a faulty device or a piece of electrical tape too

3azmeo said:
i think its a faulty device or a piece of electrical tape too
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I don't think they will consider to be a faulty device and change it, although I would like a new Note 3 :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
To me, it seems to be a soft plastic that keeps the front-camera in position and not to touch directly the front-panel (display assembly).
So, probably they will change/remove the soft plastic

GO to your provider an request a NEW device
Do this : Contact 1st Samsung Service in your country and tell to them the problem becouse this a factory fault phone .
After you make some papers and a proove that you contacted already the samsung Service from your country , contact your seller and show him the problem
YOU MUST proove that : you did NOT DROPED your PHONE , DID NOT SHOCKED YOUR PHONE with some other things , like drop with speed in bed trow in the pillow etc etc , proove that you did not used any screwdriver , to have ORANGE WATER SENSOR in the back under the battery STILL ORANGE and NO ROOTED PHONE .
THEY WILL CHANGE YOUR DEVICE , BECOUSE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIX THAT IS A PART OF A PLASTIC THAT WAS SLIPPERED FROM HIS PLACE .