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Orange OEM housing..

So i was browsing cnn.cn and found this :
http://cnn.cn/shop/tytn-iitilt-full-housing-orange-p-2243.html
Thought it was kinda cool but do u guys think it is truly OEM? I haven't seen or heard of a kaiser variant being released in this color.
If i didn't have my rubberized siedo case i think i would definitely do this.

I don't know if it is oem but I don't really care, I love it. My only issue with it is the price. Just too much money for me.
Jeff

Its not a full OEM thats the reason when you look at the back screen shot you see where the spraypaint job finished. I still think its sexxxy I just wish it had HTC branding on it

Enigma_cpl03 said:
Its not a full OEM thats the reason when you look at the back screen shot you see where the spraypaint job finished. I still think its sexxxy I just wish it had HTC branding on it
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I just ordered this baby last week after a crash to concrete mishap with my Kaiser...my kit kit will include a new slide and a new display as well and a lot of courage from me...
Has anyone else here done this before? Would like to see pics of orange Kaiser (can't wait for the package to arrive)....

Post pics, before and after your done if you can and also if you get the tools with it and how long delivery takes, Im intrested in changing mine after a few accidents

AdamG said:
Post pics, before and after your done if you can and also if you get the tools with it and how long delivery takes, Im intrested in changing mine after a few accidents
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I'll try to get some pics of the process, as long as i doesn't break my concentration in the disassembling/assembling proces...
Have you read the service-manual? There's a lot of screws i gotta keep track of...
Actually, the screen is the only part that's really broken, and needs replacing. But i figured that while i'm at opening up this sucker, i might as well get the other housing in the same go to get myself a really unique phone . I also ordered the sliding mechanism, because after a few drops before the fatal one, the mechanism has become a bit too loose; it doesn't seem to hold the screen-half and keyboard-half together that tight anymore...
The package should arrive by the end of this week....and i'll be sooooooo happy if i can ditch that Trinity backup once again... (after i verify that all hardware works ok again, i'll flash it with WM6.1 too)

I liked the look of the silver version .. HERE
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It doesn't say what the material is i.e. Steel / Plastic ?
I like the idea of a 'brushed stainless steel' look, but only if it's really brushed stainless steel
Perhaps the steel would impair the GPS and GSM performance though
The service manual for the Kaiser is Link removed - no longer valid
There's a particularly good breakdown photo-story of the Kaiser HERE
Let me know how you got on.

If I was to get the silver one, Id rather it have HTC on it like it used to, Im proud the fact that I own a HTC lol, also it doesnt even have GPS embedded into the rubber, kinda lame.

Package arrived today!!! Wooot!
But alas; the slide-mechanism wan't included (or robbed from the non-sealed box)...
Gotta wait some more....
(But the orange housing looks coooooooooool!! and the good news is that the keyboard is included in the housing!!)

Ooooh what does the keyboard look like. We need pictures I really want that orange case.

it would be nice to have some pics to see the completed transformation... have anyone finished it yet?

i happen to have the orange housing on my tilt. ill post up pictures when im back home. the quality is cmparible to oem but its not oem. ill get into details later

precisem0nk said:
i happen to have the orange housing on my tilt. ill post up pictures when im back home. the quality is cmparible to oem but its not oem. ill get into details later
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According to the website it IS OEM... Although there ain't no branding from HTC... They claim that needs a sticker or something.
You can read all that here ...see specifically points 4 and 7.
And i can't wait for that sliding mechanism (i'll keep it as a spare part for when it's more urgent), so i'll get unscrewing in a few moments

I was just looking at that the other day. The orange case is definitely cool and different looking. I am a silver freak so Id definitely go with the silver, I just pray I dont have to.
Good luck and post some pics.

Any pics yet?

anything yet lol?

Sorry I like the sleek design of the OEM covers, black and silver. Those were my alma mater's [high school] colors so I learned to love them!
I personally think the orange is cool looking but it would draw unecessary attention to my phone, i.e [theft]. The silver is okay! But with silver buttons, that's just t0o much silver for me!
Has anyone found anything through skinit.com?

I sooooooo totally forgot about this thread while 'enjoying' my 'new-look' Kaiser... and ofcourse i'm too busy with @&%# WM6.1 hickups...
But finaly here they are; the pics from my shiny orange TyTN II
Btw; the doctor's gotta operate again, cause the slider needs replacing (they forgot to pack it in the first shipment)...

it looks damn nice! love it

I love it

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 ...

Possible to paint the battery cover like the touch pro?

Is it possible to paint the battery cover using the method described here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=46487
I want to change the battery cover from the gold, on my white G1, to white.

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Pretty sweet if ya ask me, I think Ill be doing the orange/yellow this sunday. My back case is messed up anyways so Ill scrub it down and give it a shot.

that picture is the reason I wanted to try it. Let me know how it goes when you do it. I would do it to my G1, but I'm trying to sell this one in order to get a new one

any updates?

Seriously I want to see what the g1 looks like painted. Back in my Nextel hacking days, I use to paint my devices, I always did a pearl with a few clear coats. I have never tried a "flat" color, it looks good though. Someone paint your phone.

Taping off the cam window woulnd't be too hard, but i'd want to keep the "with google" and keeping the speaker holes open would be a pain.. Maybe stick 9 toothpicks through from the inside?... Someone try it damnit. Haha

According to the thread at ppcgeeks, they didn't even need to take off the camera window.

ill be doing this today most likely...if not, tomorrow for sure . ..
im trying to find my extra backing...

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ill be doing this today most likely...if not, tomorrow for sure . ..
im trying to find my extra backing...
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keep us updated!

Man I want that blue soo bad, but I don't want to take apart the front casing of my phone.

still trying to find the extra backing i have...if i cant find it ill just do the one I have and hope if i screw it up tmobile gives me another...lol...running to walmart right now!

harpreet1988 said:
According to the thread at ppcgeeks, they didn't even need to take off the camera window.
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Dude TAPE not "take". There is no possible way to not tape off the camera window and not paint over it rendering it un-usable...

mr2man07 said:
Man I want that blue soo bad, but I don't want to take apart the front casing of my phone.
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I don't think you can paint the front casing, since it's not as rough/grippy as the back cover.

CBowley said:
Dude TAPE not "take". There is no possible way to not tape off the camera window and not paint over it rendering it un-usable...
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....If you read the thread, the person didn't do anything to the camera window. They neither taped it off, nor took it off. Since it's really smooth, the dye has nothing to stick on.

harpreet1988 said:
I don't think you can paint the front casing, since it's not as rough/grippy as the back cover.
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True. I want to do this but i think it would look kind of weird to have a two tone like that..

I wanted to paint my battery cover white, but I'm not sure if walmart has white dye.

im still trying to find the white back i have...got a blue dye.....
i dont think you can do dye black backs...its already the darkest color possible..unless im wrong..but thats why i realized i cant use the black back i have now.

Oooops didn't read it, assumed it was paint. I apologize.

No updates?

Anybody attempt this? Or going to soon?

SEX1 Back/battery cover solution

Hi everybody,
I´m still a student here in this uge high school of tecnology, i learned a lot and know for the firts time i think that i can contribute with something form my one, straight form Portugal.
Well as all the SEX1 (black) user´s I encounterd the back/battery cover problem! It´s scratch very easy... on the second day of use only by putting it in my jeans pocket it was already showing bit´s of aluminium... I had a lot os phones till now and with none something like that happend but also... and i never had one with a aluminium back (chique) ... and front cover so the 600€ maybe not all lost in the process...
Well i found on google a mate that polished his one almost to bronze... but i tougt to myself that it had exist a solution more simpler and i found one... simple and great...
Simply wipe the paint of with a normal soft steel woll swab, those that mom´s use to clean the grease from the pan´s, it doesn´t ruin the aluminium, it doesn´t scratch it, and the aluminium stays with that awsome shape... Really nice! Think almost better that the original black. Heard people saying that the will buy new ones form ebay... the problem will remain the same... they will scratch sone or later...
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Looks nice man! I have the silver one, and man.. it looks awul..

I'm not understanding..
So you used the pads to basically sand down the aluminum, and then paint it over or something?

Sfkn2 said:
I'm not understanding..
So you used the pads to basically sand down the aluminum, and then paint it over or something?
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The pads take out the paint, without scratching the surface, and leave de foil naked, witout the black ou grey paint... for me it´s better than as in original

So basically, the entire cover is actually made with black aluminum, and that it's not silver with black painted over?
Edit: What I mean is, how is it that you're taking off the paint, but it's still black in those pictures?
Sorry, I'm just a bit confused.

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So basically, the entire cover is actually made with black aluminum, and that it's not silver with black painted over?
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Lol it´s silver as seen in the pic´s...
But it´s a dark silver...

I think the color on my monitor is off, but I see it clearly as a dark dark dark black
Anyway, it looks real good after what you did with it.

Sfkn2 said:
I think the color on my monitor is off, but I see it clearly as a dark dark dark black
Anyway, it looks real good after what you did with it.
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Well in this pic you can see it better lol

Nice one man!! i did the same and ppl were surprised by the results

I was really scared to this, but it really worked! Thanks man!

its not
its not aluminium its titanium. i think this is your answer

looks great! I think I will try it myself. I never thougt it was that easy!! Thanks for the idea

Anyone else tested this? Thought I might try this with my silver cover, but don't know if the result will be as good as this?

Hi, good to know that people from where I live do think of some good things, after all... hehe.
I have a balck one too, bought it on ebay about 9 months ago, and it already came with some scratches on the battery cover.
I thought of buying a new one, but after seeing your post I'll try that instead.
Thanks again.
"Obrigado"

Johev said:
Hi, good to know that people from where I live do think of some good things, after all... hehe.
I have a balck one too, bought it on ebay about 9 months ago, and it already came with some scratches on the battery cover.
I thought of buying a new one, but after seeing your post I'll try that instead.
Thanks again.
"Obrigado"
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Please come back with info on how it turned out

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Please come back with info on how it turned out
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If someone has done it now, please report back. Still wishing to hear from someone else before doing it

steel wool works too
I did not have brillo, so used a soft steelwool obtainable from any builders merchant/paint shop/hardware store and it works a charm.
Nice uniform dark metal finish, only a couple of shades lighter than the original (unscratched) black - imagine the surrounding metal of the front cover being a shade or two lighter - same finish, sheen and proffessional look!
Shows finger prints, but not scratches!
thanks very much for this!!

I just painted mine candy apple red (inspired from the Satio). The black-red combo looks really, really great.

harveydent said:
I just painted mine candy apple red (inspired from the Satio). The black-red combo looks really, really great.
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Sounds awesome dude. Wanna upload a pic?

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Sounds awesome dude. Wanna upload a pic?
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As soon as I can get a hold of another camera (the X1 is my only cam, sad, I know) I'll post pics.

Dirrty Hero needs cleaning

I'm going to sell my white Hero soon, as I have preordered a Desire.
Problem is, the white color on the front has a hint of discoloration.
How should I go about to get it white again? I thought about using cotton and acetone, but maybe it's too strong?
I have attached a pic to illustrate. You can see the darker color against the white "search & back" button.
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Don't pay any attention to gabrieltit. He's been banned at least six times, and wears shirts with no sleeves.

craig0r said:
Don't pay any attention to gabrieltit. He's been banned at least six times, and wears shirts with no sleeves.
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hehe, thanks. just by reading the first sentence I could see the where it was going.

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hehe, thanks. just by reading the first sentence I could see the where it was going.
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have a look on google for restoring old monitors and pc's im sure lifehacker has somegood guides, might help you a bit! I would use normal kichen multi purpose cleaner with a cotton swab...

zaphyr said:
I'm going to sell my white Hero soon, as I have preordered a Desire.
Problem is, the white color on the front has a hint of discoloration.
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Is the following of any use? From the htc hero spec page:
Keep your phone dry to reduce the chances of dirt adhering to the finish. If the back of your phone gets dirty, remove the back cover in accordance with the instructions in the user manual and use a lightly dampened melamine foam eraser (aka. magic eraser) to remove any marks. After thoroughly drying the back cover, replace it on the phone.

I tried with the melamine foam eraser, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to do much... I have exactly the same issue with discolored plastic on my white Hero - it only affects the front of the phone, and not the teflon covered back cover.
If you look at the top of the phone, the contrast between the discolored front and the (still) white back cover is very visible.
What to do next (except for buying a Desire or N1)? Acetone might be too strong, but I'm just speculating on that. Maybe vinegar or a combination of vinegar and baking soda could do the trick?

I haven't tried yet. All I found in the house was my wife's nail polish remover, and that did nothing....but it smells nicer now

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Why did you 'shop a stock image of a phone rather than just take a picture of your actual phone. Surely this would have been easier

Ive used one of these fabrics you use for clean your glasses. It removed all marks.

Change the full back and front cover? It really is easy.

One of them is a white hero and ones a grey one

andrewb84uk said:
Change the full back and front cover? It really is easy.
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Any idea where I might get a front cover? I did a quick search for it on ebay when I bought a new back cover, but couldn't find any
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I found whole housings on ebay, they go for £30-35
But one month delivery time from Hong Kong is a long time to wait...

Just to finish this, I never managed to get the white color back. I have used fairly strong stuff, but nothing happens. Kudos to HTC for using a strong plastic material though! I think many other phones would get disfigured if I gave them the same treatment.
So, I'll just try to sell it as is, when I get the Desire in a few days.
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