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My battery cover is peeling off...

Just so you know... I don't know why or how... but it is happening... it has a thin layer on top that is peeling off...

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ccezar2004 said:
Just so you know... I don't know why or how... but it is happening... it has a thin layer on top that is peeling off...
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mine too:S after one month of usage:S
i'm thinking of peeling off whole cover with credit card so it will atleast look better... i don't think warranty will cover it:S

ccezar2004 said:
Just so you know... I don't know why or how... but it is happening... it has a thin layer on top that is peeling off...
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It has only recently started peeling but have had it since November.
The cover can be replaced but it is not that cheap from what I can find.

Same here, mine is half peeled now.. like paint flakes.. =/

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HTC-HD-2-HD2-...asesPouches&hash=item35aa016725#ht_2725wt_911
I need one too

Yep, everyone's is.

not everyone's, my back cover still looks brand new nothing peeling off, and i've had my hd2 for about 8 months. Though i do keep mine in the pouch which is probably why

Pictures please!!!

Mine's fine... But covers can be had very cheap on eBay... $12 US
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No peeling on my 6mo old T9193. No pouch or any cover, either.

No problems with my battery cover. I did order a new one though, because I want to try to drill a small hole and slot in it to be able to soft reset my HD2 when necessary and take out the SD card without having to remove the battery cover

lemonspeakers said:
Pictures please!!!
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Isolated to one spot on mine as shown.

I have zagg full body protection on mine and it protect the cover to get scratched

Mine is well and truly in the transformation process...

LongZheng said:
Mine is well and truly in the transformation process...
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holy crap! that is hideous! good thing is that after it all wears down, you still have a brushed metal surface underneath.... now unless that begins to shed after the next few months....

here's mine. pictured with phone itself under terrible light.. but you can see..
damn how can i get one of these in Slovenia we don't have our ebay and shipment from US or UK costs more than actual price of cover :S
i'm even thinking of doing the chrome look on it but with real chrome, i know some people who can do that. But i'm not shure about aluminium..
any suggestions?

Christ!!!!
That's looks like someone rubbed their behind with it, then rubbed it in sand, dropped it in acid and is now well on it's way to be driven over by a truck!
Damn Son... that is bad. You really shoud give HTC a piece of your mind. That obviously looks like it might have been defective, unless you really took it to town.
Anyways here are a few links for you
Original Extended Battery Cover with Kickstand (No Battery!)
http://www.expansys-usa.com/d.aspx?i=195803
Standard Replacement Battery Cover
http://www.expansys-usa.com/d.aspx?i=195872
These are quite expensive. I'm sure you can find much cheaper alternatives on eBay. Better yet, take it down to a car garage that does repainting. I'm sure they'll be willing to give you a show quality finish.

While I am installing IPG to my phone, side of my battery is peeling off Because I think the guard did not stick very well and I tear wear too many times.

You could always try and have a silver finish to your cover like ive done
I followed this tutorial:
http://blog.whitesites.com/Chrome-HTC-HD2-Battery-Cover-Tutorial__634103488469591250_blog.htm

[VIDEO REVIEW] Sikai Cases off eBay

Hey I made these videos so you can all laugh at me ok? You can probably guess I'm not the next Youtube sensation... The videos were done by the X5. The pics by a Galaxy 5 (What a crap camera...)
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A few notes:
Purchased from this link: TPU Case
Would I recommend this case? Hell Yes.
Would I recommend this eBay seller? Probably. Postage was pretty slow, but I had no problems at all. (I ordered on the 26th of May today is the 14th of June)
Also included with the screen protector is some kind of scratch repair stuff. I don't know how to use it though, luckily my screen is scratch free.

I got the first generation of the sikai cases. The fat, ugly, matte ones. Still they fit perfectly, and can really absorb shocks. The included screen protector was of above average quality.
They are a bit pricey though, I got an amazing TPU case for my Desire Z for 5$ or something wichi is actually 2 cases due to the weird design of the device. Anyway, I dont see any other option right now, so I recomment the sikai cases too.

I bought a black Sikai case off of Taobao. But it is different from yours. Mine covers more of the front on the phone. Awesome case, it will protect the screen should you drop it face down. Screen protector, not so awesome. Caused the screen to have a grainy image by distorting the pixels. Went and paid 40 RMB for a heavy duty screen protector custom cut for the screen and camera lens. What is the blue film thing that came with it?

Hey Poulsen8r
Can you give any feedback on a couple of things...
I have a Nillkin case i bought off e-bay. It fits nice but I found that when sticking the USB in the case got in the way and stopped it from going in all the way.
Same with the headphone jack.
The holes were too small on mine...I noticed your USB hole was much bigger and wondered how you are finding plugging in.
Cheers

Ordered one and it arrived yesterday...it took almost 30 days.
The case is excellent especially around the the USB port. The headphone space is still a little narrow for some of my headphone jacks but better than before.
It feels sticky to the grip which is nice as the phone is less likely to slip out of my hand.
I got the blacj shiny one and it looks great. The fit, especially around the front face lips perfectly.
The sent me the wrong LCD screen protectors but that's OK. I didn,t get any of the extras like cute badges or anything like that.
I recommend this brand

i have one and is near perfection

yeah i have one too, and its great!

Poulsen8r, what is color of the cover you have bought: Light Blue or Dark Blue? I'm guessing its Dark Blue, am I correct?

that's a light blue case

Are you sure? It seems more darker than the light blue.
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yes, i'm sure. i have the same one.

Thanks! Now buying it!

it's a great case though the screen protector that comes with it sucks

Thanks for the review! It made me buy the sikai case

[I9000][I9000B][MOD] Camera Glass (replace scratched one)

[IM NOT RESPONSABLE BOUT PROBLEMS OR DAMAGES IN YOUR DEVICE USING THIS PROCEDURES!]
Im a photo enthusiast and i take a lot of care about my Nikon camera and its lenses to ensure its exelent quality and functionality. With my SGS I9000B isn't different!
I saw some dust inside my lenses and decided to clean it up because it interfere directly on the image quality.
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In the cleaning process i scratched my SGS lenses from inside! (yes, using twizzers+loose cotton). Was a bad idea.
Thinking bout a replacement of entire housing, didnt find it at eBay because I9000B has a Digital TV antenna and a hole for it. Its a special housing.
Decided then to buy another international housing to take only the lenses, but no money at my paypal account :-(.
Without money, finally decided to take apart my dead Nokia N95-1 and use its CarlZeiss Vario Tessar lenses!!!!!
After opening the SGS again, take that steel frame that protects and decorates the camera lens was a boring process. Three bent fins through the housing, which are hidden by a plastic cover:
After removing this frame, I saw the lens is very well glued to the plastic. Which requires some work with tweezers to avoid damaging the substrate that has outline (it was used as a guide to the size of the new lens).
After that, I put a lens on the other (the N95 but is wider, same thickness) and made the cuts using a sharp scissors.
So now just put everything in place, clean the lens again, polishing and close the device.
Not intend to leave this lens for a long time. Only until i can buy the official Samsung (taken from a new housing).
This Nokia does not have enough glue to adhere to the plastic housing. This little space between the lens and the plastic inferfere directly in autofocus and the inhibition of reflexes = photo as ****!
The results:
Photo taken with SGS I9000B with my new lenses:
Hope this helps people that as me didnt found anything bout Samsung Galaxy I9000/I9000B camera glasses/lenses replace.
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Very nice guide

this is nice very very nice hardware mod =)
i was wondering myself how to 'refresh' that lens

Awesome but I dont think its simple to play with hardware, I think ill do it when my sgs is very old. Its just 6 months old right now.
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BHuvan goyal said:
Awesome but I dont think its simple to play with hardware, I think ill do it when my sgs is very old. Its just 6 months old right now.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium
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Yes. Like all hardware mods in PCs, Game consoles, notebook systems or IT generally, some electronic/engineer knowledge and creativity are very appreciated.
Or, assume all the risks trying "blindly" the procedures(for me, the best way to learn something by yourself).

Great info, thanks!

Does anybody have any idea weather there is a way of polishing that lens? My phone is already a year and a half old and the picture quality is really really bad, since I was not taking care and had my phone in pocket with keys and everything all the time
I was thinking of some method like used for polishing front lights on cars. Do you think it would work?

Never never try the polishing! I've tried today but i fu**ed the lens and the photos was blurred. But i had an "old" nokia 5610, changed the lens and now the photos are too much better, almost like new!

where to buy a camera glass.
i have been using this phone for a long time and now a few days back during a trip i got some scratched on the camera glass at the back and now i am unable to have any good picture.
so can someone tell me how can i replace this one with a newer or where i can buy this size camera glass.

Thanks man cool experience!!!

Wow I just found some use for my dead N95 Now I just need to decide if I dare to take apart my beloved phone... The lense is in a REALLY bad shape tho

hasanalikhattak said:
i have been using this phone for a long time and now a few days back during a trip i got some scratched on the camera glass at the back and now i am unable to have any good picture.
so can someone tell me how can i replace this one with a newer or where i can buy this size camera glass.
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You can buy @ ebay a full housing kit (which comes with brand new OEM samsung lenses) or just a back plate.
The tutorial to change is found at the first post.

Potential camera lens cover crack

So I, like many others, am looking to buy a nexus 4 for Christmas. The lack of LTE means nothing to me as I'm in the UK and can't afford it anyway, so it seems like a pretty sweet deal, however one thing is bothering me...
Many reviews have shown that the back glass can crack relatively easily, and while usually I wouldn't call this a deal breaker, I had a horrible realisation. The nexus 4 is designed in such a way that the back glass acts seamlessly as the cameras lens cover, so if the back cracks, there is a fair chance that the crack could go right down the middle of the camera. Furthermore, like the nexus 7, the back cover actually has components on it, so it may not be a cheap or easy replacement.
I would hate to have my camera ruined because of a poor design choice. So has anyone seen anything around that may reassure me? Is the lens cover a separate piece of glass and it just looks continuous? Or does this seem like a real issue?
The strange seamless camera cover looks cool but may turn out to be a problem.

Good point here.. I really hate putting covers on my phones but in this case... I think I should..

The phone is fairly large as it is, a case just to avoid the camera cracking because of poor design is really disheartening for me

I see what you mean. They should've put a rim around the camera lens separating the two, as they did for the flash...
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I wouldn't worry - that glass isnt the camera lens, its a bit of glass *above* the lens. The lens is the little round thing you see underneath.
It a crack goes straight through the middle of it, it would make minimal, if any, difference to photos, except maybe some loss of light gathering.

Wouldn't be the lens that cracks, only the lens front element. In photography in general, front elements can be quite beat up without producing any visible clues what so ever on the resulting images. Check out this web page: kurtmunger.com/dirty_lens_articleid35.html

spoonboy said:
I wouldn't worry - that glass isnt the camera lens, its a of glass *above* the lens. The lens is the little round thing you see underneath.
It a crack goes straight through the middle of it, it would make minimal, if any, difference to photos, except maybe some loss of light gathering.
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Apologies I should have made the thread title clearer, I meant the lens cover.
Nice to know it shouldn't make too much difference. I guess if the crack is thick enough to make a difference then I'd probably get a replacement under insurance anyway.

mahwaha said:
Wouldn't be the lens that cracks, only the lens front element. In photography in general, front elements can be quite beat up without producing any visible clues what so ever on the resulting images. Check out this web page: kurtmunger.com/dirty_lens_articleid35.html
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Thanks for the link! Again as with above I should change the title, I didn't mean the lens I meant the cover. I didn't realise it makes such little difference though. Thanks

I was thinking of a similar issue for the screen. I read somewhere that the glass and the digitizer in this phone aren't two different layer on the actual pixels, but one. Thats make the screen more vivid as the pixels are closer to the glass.
So if we crack the gorilla glass, automatically the touch screen will be unusable. Am I right?
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that's exactly what happened with the verge's review nexus - in the video they say the back cracked after a fall, and the crack is very close to the camera, pic here: linky
in this case the camera was not affected but the rim of the flash probably makes that area of the glass weaker.
Just don't drop it, I guess

Galactic2 said:
I see what you mean. They should've put a rim around the camera lens separating the two, as they did for the flash...
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good point, didnt think about that
im sure it wont be a big problem though. if it is, theyll probably sell alternate back plates... if...

DonDizzurp said:
good point, didnt think about that
im sure it wont be a big problem though. if it is, theyll probably sell alternate back plates... if...
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I'd have thought they would for the Nexus 7 to be honest but that hasn't happened yet. At least not easily. But yeah, if it does become a problem hopefully there will be enough pressure for them to start manufacturing and selling replacements.

Didn't even notice that. Reinforces my thoughts of getting a good case.

Any phone can be smashed, that's what's insurance is for.

FYI, the reason they have the rim around the flash is so that it doesn't cause the "flashback" problem and interfere with your pictures. If you've had an iPhone and didn't have a case with the larger camera/flash cutout or the black ring around the inside of the cutout, you know what I'm talking about. The flash can actually wash out pictures. The rim around the flash on the Nexus 4 solves this problem by isolating the flash from the camera lens.

My Z5c has a Non-Frosted but Glossy back

I'm just curious. How come my Z5C has a glossy back, as far as I have researched on the internet, it only has 1 version with a frosted glass back.
Anyone has any idea? :s
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yea i have it also its called a screen protector on the back.

RiTCHiE007 said:
yea i have it also its called a screen protector on the back.
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Thanks for the reply, but mine I dont think it's a screen protector, I cant find the egdes.
For yours, was it placed there by sony or you put it there?

Its frosted, like everyone's are, period. Admins, this one deserves a lock because there's not point in have these kind of conversations again...

bubimir13 said:
Its frosted, like everyone's are, period. Admins, this one deserves a lock because there's not point in have these kind of conversations again...
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Sorry, But I dont think this looks like frosted glass at all.

That backside doesn't look like mine for sure.

If this is an issue to you, return it to Sony or call customer service........very simple

Did you buy a secondhand phone? Seems like it was replaced

Looks like a screen protector. Can you feel the raised edges of the plastic sides or camera lens? If not it's most definitely a protector. All the replacement backs I've found have been frosted.

I admire the skill of the guy that put that screen protector (if is one).

I believe the back cover has been replaced since there is no sign of a screen protector. But what kind of manufacturer manufacts fake cover that looks nothing like the real one...

I replaced my back cover due to a scratched lens cover, which is glossy as opposed to frosted, so agree with suggestions that it could have been replaced at some point.

wazmeister05 said:
I replaced my back cover due to a scratched lens cover, which is glossy as opposed to frosted, so agree with suggestions that it could have been replaced at some point.
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Do you have a link to one? I would love a glossy back.

civicsr2cool said:
Do you have a link to one? I would love a glossy back.
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Sure thing! I'll PM you the link and you can post it if anyone else asks? Having been on XDA for 5 years, I've never actually posted anything so the 10 comment limit still applies

wazmeister05 said:
Sure thing! I'll PM you the link and you can post it if anyone else asks? Having been on XDA for 5 years, I've never actually posted anything so the 10 comment limit still applies
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https://www.replacebase.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?cat=0&q=Z5+compact
I tried to order one but they don't ship outside the UK. Maybe I was wrong in assuming they were all frosted simply because they look like it in the stock photos they use to sell it! Are these glass or plastic?

civicsr2cool said:
I tried to order one but they don't ship outside the UK. Maybe I was wrong in assuming they were all frosted simply because they look like it in the stock photos they use to sell it! Are these glass or plastic?
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Ah, sorry didn't realise they were mainland UK only.
I actually had no idea it would be glossy until it arrived - it was a quick purchase so I could replace the plastic camera cover and get back to taking pictures without lens flare. To be fair though, all reviews etc. I've read all talk about the frosted glass back so I'm pretty certain on closer inspection that it is plastic.
Not a deal breaker personally, I imagine it won't shatter as easily and I have put a vinyl cover on it anyway. Came with adhesive already on it too which seems to be a bonus looking elsewhere, though I'm not convinced the waterproofing will be guaranteed with it any more. But Im not in a hurry to test that...

Finally got my glossy back in the mail and figured I'd follow up with y'all. Someone may gain knowledge from it.
Purchased from here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281997857206?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
It is a bit of a weird white compared to the frosted back but similar to the front.
It's glass, and extremely fragile. I cracked it taking it out of the packaging. It's probably as fragile as an egg shell. I'm still on the hunt for another to strip to clear and expose the electronics. If y'all know of any plastic ones let me know.