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The Great White Hope II

As in i hope i do not screw my phone up, it all started when i first laid eyes on the white version of the gs2, i had to have it but since im in the greatest country in the world i knew i would have to shell out another 600$(out of the question). so i hit the webs amazon, ebay and finally i found a website that had the parts to buy. And 125$ later here we GO( joker voice)
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there is a first time for evrything
time to pop my cherry PAUSE
point of no return
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[/IMG]damn bootup fine but no sound had to go back under and remove speaker and put it in the new housing. that part wasnt in the youtube tutorial oh well
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if you got bad nerves don't try this at home nice huh

http://www.imgur.com/k7uQJ.jpg
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all I can say is WOW

Where did you get the parts?

I was in the same boat as OP. However, seeing the demand of the galaxy s2 is still high (especially on my local craigslist), I just decided to sell my black sgs2 and bought a white one. Sold my sgs2 for $550 (could have gone a bit more but i was in a rush to fund the white one) and got a brand new white one for $670 incl taxes. So thats a difference of $120 for getting a bnew authentic white version of the sgs2 without the hassle of ordering parts and doing a little diy.
Nevertheless, this is a great alternative for those wanting to change colours!
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Cellular nationwide network website out of hong kong,

bimmerboii said:
I was in the same boat as OP. However, seeing the demand of the galaxy s2 is still high (especially on my local craigslist), I just decided to sell my black sgs2 and bought a white one. Sold my sgs2 for $550 (could have gone a bit more but i was in a rush to fund the white one) and got a brand new white one for $670 incl taxes. So thats a difference of $120 for getting a bnew authentic white version of the sgs2 without the hassle of ordering parts and doing a little diy.
Nevertheless, this is a great alternative for those wanting to change colours!
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Your right it is a great alternative versus shelling out 600 more dollars so to everyone in the market for a color swap I say go for it it was a simple process of taking out one piece and putting it into another piece don't be scared to try it just remember to also change out the speaker lol because even by going this route it's a great way to get an authentic white galaxy s II, now next up all I need is that new 64 gb microsd card it's been tested on the gs2 and it works so my phone is about to be an authentic beast!!!!

Not a fan of the white GS2, but I do think you did a fantastic job with the port. GJ man!

could you provide links to the vids you used for helping you understand which screws to take out and what not to touch ect?
looks amazing btw, great job.

I sold my black i9100 for $629 on eBay 10 days ago and bought the white i9100 for $559 from mobilecityonline and had it the next day..... not only did I not loose money on parts, I made money! And...... my warranty is not void. Not trying to put you down, good for you OP. But there are better ways to go about this I believe.... I own a mobile device/Mac repair shop and do these conversions (or do some like these) everyday... no way I'm tearing apart my baby unless I have to! Congrats though bro, its beautiful!
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Mobilecityonline has a $20 off promo code right now by the way, Google it.
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Yeah I can respect that I also have the evo 3d gsm so I went into it knowing that if I f'd something up then that was on me. As far as warranty goes, it's not like I threw the black parts away if need be they'll go right back on in a heartbeat. I'm a phone geek any way so who knows what phone I'll own in the next couple of months got to many to choose from but that galaxy sII HD sounds very interesting

Shoutout to daddymatt repping GA

Holla!!! I'm in the Macon area... I'm seriously contemplating the Galaxy Note! It looks freakin sick!
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yeah the note is sick, since im in loving this phone i might wait to get the gs3 if the specs are right then a full hd phone would be cray.... to many phones to little time

well now i know someone local to hit up if i ever need help tearing down a phone.

aerobahn said:
Not a fan of the white GS2, but I do think you did a fantastic job with the port. GJ man!
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Ditto. white looks fugly to my eyes on any phone. But yeah, excellent job

Right on man! I own Gigahertz Computers in Warner Robins, GA and we are a full service Mac and mobile device repair shop. If you ever need anything at all let me know.
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well now i know someone local to hit up if i ever need help tearing down a phone.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKztg1ra4-0&feature=player_embedded#!

Flip Case

Is there a case like this
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-flip-case for the Nexus 4? I'd love to get one.
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Somehow I don't think the phone will sell enough to guarantee that. But we'll see. I'd love a flip case. Since forever ago.

I would also enjoy having this case.. Really hoping it comes out
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Don't know how it would work without having a removable back cover
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Well, they could always make a snap on case with a cover attached.

nice
that's really nice

Would Luv this! I have a verticle Hoco leather on my Sensation now.

PDair And Piel Frama have made flip cases (both vertical and horizontal) for Nexus devices. I assume they will for the 4 as well. I just emailed PDair so we'll see what the response is.
I have a Piel Frama for my Nexus One and love it.

Solutions Etcetera said:
I just emailed PDair so we'll see what the response is.
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PDair's response:
"Thanks for your enquiry. LG Nexus 4 E960 on planning schedule, but our Marketing Department not yet confirmed the release date."
So at least they're working on it and I will wait for one of these.

Leather cases already available in Europe
There is a European vendor (docteur-gms.com) with a number of cases for the Nexus 4, including leather wallet and leather flip cases. I cannot yet post full links so add http to the following //docteur-gsm.com/en/2573-lg-nexus-4. There are many color options and styles available. If I buy a Nexus 4 (I'm waiting to see the early real world reviews by all you first adopter buyers to make my decision), I'll probably get one of the leather cases from this site. I don't know what import duties will run, but the prices for the leather cases seems reasonable when converting from Euros to Dollars (although I didn't try to calculate shipping).

Maybe they'll make one like they do for the N7, and that one is only $20 so for a phone it should be ~$10.

Just seeing if I can post a photo of the black leather flip case for the LG Nexus 4 at the site that I referenced in my earlier post. They have a white one that opens from the side, but like a lot of their products, they've posted the Samsung Galaxy S3 product photos. Hopefully, they'll get all their product photos updated ASAP once they get their hands on an actual phone.

Solutions Etcetera said:
PDair's response:
"Thanks for your enquiry. LG Nexus 4 E960 on planning schedule, but our Marketing Department not yet confirmed the release date."
So at least they're working on it and I will wait for one of these.
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Do you (or anyone else) know of any other manufacturers of leather folio cases?
I checked out the PDair and Piel Frama flip/folio cases for the Galaxy Nexus and I wasn't that impressed. I'm looking for a SLIM and simple leather folio case.

I cant wait for a flip case either.

Sorry... Started to repeat myself.

I sent out emails to several OEM's, interestingly all replied but most with generic responses. I did get one semi specific response:
"For the Nexus 4 custom flip covers, we are currently evaluating the market. Due to lack of easy access to the battery cover, requiring users to apply manual labor, use scarce tools and remove the original battery cover might cause warranty issues. This will significantly reduce the size of the market we would cater to."

kristoff125 said:
Maybe they'll make one like they do for the N7, and that one is only $20 so for a phone it should be ~$10.
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I doubt if we'll ever get these from LG

Why can't these manufacturers make a transparent snap-on case that goes on the back and includes a flip-cover? I don't see why they'd even consider the idea of "removing the non-removable battery cover" just to apply a case onto it.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2012257

Silver to Black attempt

I bought the HTC One in silver since it was the only colour stocked by O2. But i do really prefer my phones in black so tried making a sticker for the front and back. Here's my attempt, its not perfect but what do you guys think?
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Wow!!! That looks amazing!
What did you use to do it? And how?

Really how did you do it??!!!
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Black and silver combo looks cool why don't HTC doesn't think about it? This could be a possibly a 4th colour option maybe?
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photoshop ???

ggreg said:
photoshop ???
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I don't think so. You can see some air bubbles under the sticker and the seams from the white dividers on the top and bottom

Sell This
Can you describe how you did this and or sell a kit? This would make me feel better about pre-ordering a silver One.
Surely OP will deliver!

Im a part time graphics designer and have access to a vinyl plotter and endless types of vinyl. So i got to work by creating a template of the front/back for the plotter, loaded the matt black vinyl and let the plotter do the rest.
The hard part was measuring every aspect of the fone, as you can see for the front camera n sensors I got the measurements slightly wrong.
In the future i would love to try carbon fiber vinyl on this.
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Im gonna plasti-dip mine since i got the silver. Gives you color options, adds some protection and gives it a nice grippy surface... :beer:
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i willingly could buy your silver device if you dont like it even its not announced yet offcialy in my country. just checkin' picks

I don't care about black or silver.
The main thing is, the surface is not shiny.
That's why I always liked the phones from HTC (my One is on the way )

would you be willing to start making more of these and selling them?!

I think a matte sky blue...a la Volvo's blue in their performance line...but matte or satin would look amazing on the One.
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omg i want that..........

That's seriously nice. Gives me faith that someone will make skins ala Nexus 4. Also makes me reconsider waiting for black.
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Now if only the battery didnt suck.
Have To Charge

baberswallet said:
Now if only the battery didnt suck.
Have To Charge
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At least you stayed on topic.

Napoleon_PhoneApart said:
At least you stayed on topic.
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LOL...Made me giggle!
Phone looks pretty awesome in the pics. Nice work!!
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kasa7 said:
Im a part time graphics designer and have access to a vinyl plotter and endless types of vinyl. So i got to work by creating a template of the front/back for the plotter, loaded the matt black vinyl and let the plotter do the rest.
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So. Jealous. I wish I could convince my boss that we need to get one, unfortunately we have no use for one so....:crying:

Awesome work Kasa! Any chance you'd be willing to share the plotter file so we could hit up a local shop and get our own vinyl cut?

HTC One in Glamour Red

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This thing is gorgeous! What do you think guys? Based from the tweets this will be only available in the UK

Much better than the green one that has been posted in another thread.

I want, I want, I want. It looks nice, too bad it is UK only (gotta love exclusives)
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Absolutely gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!

it looks awesome

I wonder if it's that coated paint like on the black that can chip or like the silver.

seen this in person, it looks A LOT better IRL than it does in photos... might be coming to Canada

anodized i'm sure... I wonder if we could get our aluminum anodized and make our own colors.... Of course it would have to be taken apart but hey, it could probably be done. I know a guy who anodizes, hmmm.
Red with a red bumpers would be hot!

That would have been nice to have. I wish HTC had offered the Developer Edition in special colors instead of the same silver and black. That would have been nice way to differentiate.

nugzo said:
anodized i'm sure... I wonder if we could get our aluminum anodized and make our own colors.... Of course it would have to be taken apart but hey, it could probably be done. I know a guy who anodizes, hmmm.
Red with a red bumpers would be hot!
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I'd get black on the back and red speaker grills.. that'd be sweet
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i was thrilled to read about 64gb version being offered in red by phones4u but to my great dismay, it's still a 32gb version on the pre-order.
why is it so hard to get a htc one 64gb or s4 32gb ?

MicroBerry said:
seen this in person, it looks A LOT better IRL than it does in photos... might be coming to Canada
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Coming to Canada? SOURCE!
I love the red.. it's gorgeous.

johhn said:
i was thrilled to read about 64gb version being offered in red by phones4u but to my great dismay, it's still a 32gb version on the pre-order.
why is it so hard to get a htc one 64gb or s4 32gb ?
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The demand isn't there. (At least much less than the cheaper lower memory versions)
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It's operator exclusive, not UK

Would much prefer it black, with red injection moulded sides.

dlau77 said:
Would much prefer it black, with red injection moulded sides.
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This.
Im from Canada so when a client came by my work with the Verizon HTC DNA I loved it. If the One came with that option it would have been the one I got.
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On the topic of custom colours: if the phone *could* be taken apart safely I would already have mine Tonsixers anodized, but it's a sure fail plan

spitfire2425 said:
I'd get black on the back and red speaker grills.. that'd be sweet
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Isn't there a company that sells HTC One parts including speaker grills? Maybe you can get your wish soon.
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I really like it. I hated the mock-ups from a few months ago but this thing definitely looks beautiful. Still prefer my raw aluminum look, but this is very nice.

If you add some gold trim, it might as well be called Iron Man Red lol
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Cover suggestion

Hi,
I've being browsing Amazon for the past hour looking for a good and lightweight foldable cover but couldn't find one. It's hard to choose stuff without touching it and the pictures doesn't really help.
Looking for suggestions.
Thanks.
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gorcutt said:
Hi,
I've being browsing Amazon for the past hour looking for a good and lightweight foldable cover but couldn't find one. It's hard to choose stuff without touching it and the pictures doesn't really help.
Looking for suggestions.
Thanks.
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I'd recommend looking/asking the Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories Forum since it's dedicated to accessories for the tablet (and is the appropriate place for this type of thread). There are several existing threads on covers and cases, including this one - Let's Talk Cases!
I personally use the Poetic Slimline and have been very happy with it.

Oh yes, wrong forum. Sorry.
I'll ask there. Anyway thanks a lot for your input!
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gorcutt said:
Hi,
I've being browsing Amazon for the past hour looking for a good and lightweight foldable cover but couldn't find one. It's hard to choose stuff without touching it and the pictures doesn't really help.
Looking for suggestions.
Thanks.
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bsweetness said:
I'd recommend looking/asking the Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories Forum since it's dedicated to accessories for the tablet (and is the appropriate place for this type of thread). There are several existing threads on covers and cases, including this one - Let's Talk Cases!
I personally use the Poetic Slimline and have been very happy with it.
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There are many cases in the link above posted by bsweetness
I have an official Samsung EF-BP600BBEGUJ Book Cover for Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition and it is nice.
I also have a PU Leather Rotating Case Cover for Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition SM-P600, a lot thicker with more padding but not my 1st choice for looks.

I ordered the poetic slimline as well. But it will take like a month to get it to Europe... Which sucks Here in Switzerland you can usually chose between 50 apple accessories and one or two Android options... It's the apple Kingdom and I hate it.

Take a look at the Roocase oragami case. I have it and love it!

clouds5 said:
I ordered the poetic slimline as well. But it will take like a month to get it to Europe... Which sucks Here in Switzerland you can usually chose between 50 apple accessories and one or two Android options... It's the apple Kingdom and I hate it.
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Mine will take more or less the same. I live in Brazil. Now, do you want to laugh? Take a look at the attached image and see how much I paid for the slim case. Ridiculous, but this was the only way to have this case.
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