I don't know if this fits in the general thread here, if so mods can move or delete it.
A while ago my GSII felt on the floor and the chrome trim was a bit damaged. Nothing serious, just in one corner the chrome layer chipped off.
Because i'm planning to buy a new phone soon i thought like: nothing to loose lets try to remove the chrome trimming.
So what i did was sanding the chrome off and that went easely and smooth. But dismantle the glass from the frame is almost a no go, and so it was not easy to remove the chrome between screen and the border around the screen.
I used more rough sand paper and removed the the whole border that was sticking out above the screen.
Used 3 types of sandpaper from rough to end with sandpaper 400 to give it a matt finished look.
Here are some pics where you can see that the border is more flush with the screen and not rounded anymore like original.
I actually like that
And wow, you must have some bal, erm, i mean patience
That's cool. It's like having a new phone
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You would be surprised how easely the chrome comes off. from the damaged corner you can easely chip it of with your nail. Only because the chrome is smooth and slick you think its hard to get it removed.
Getting the chrome of is just a matter of minutes, then you stick some tape on the glass and start sanding with the rough sand paper. Its reallly soft plastic and with the sandpaper 400 it gets smooth in no time.
@ ephraim033, yes it looks like an other phone, the dark border blends with the dark screen and the rounded edge makes the screen more borderless.
I was surprised too with this small mod that phone looked different.
Maybe you can reconsider selling it. After all, it looks nice. Anyway, I'm not worried with mine since the boarder or my phone is black and not silver. I was jealous of the silver part last year but got used to the black one since when it gets damage, no paint will fall off (even if it will, it might not be that noticeable compared to the silver one) .
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looks kind of iPhoney.... in a good way
Nicely done.
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Wow that's look nice.
I'm planning to do that too; since my chrome scratch by a key but I'm paranoid that I might damage my phone. (I'm really bad at handicraft lol)
After look at this I might doing this too.
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Its really not difficult. Or you tape the bottom part or you remove your top part(screen and bezel). Of course you tape your screen too. I made first a plastic template of the rounded corners and each time I did put a tape on that template to get a perfect matching tape to stick in the corners.
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Just don't mine... I sanded all my phone with some fine sand paper.. no more chrome just a smooth matt black finish.. love it
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Thank you for posting this idea. 3 of my corners were banged up and I always hated the fake chrome look. I've been sanding a bit here and there and almost have it looking perfect, so much better. I love the more "rubbery" feeling I get when I hold it.
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Thank you for posting this idea. 3 of my corners were banged up and I always hated the fake chrome look. I've been sanding a bit here and there and almost have it looking perfect, so much better. I love the more "rubbery" feeling I get when I hold it.
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Your welcome, As long the chrome trim is in mint condition then the phone looks ok, but like you said the chrome trim is actually looking very cheap.
When you keep your phone in bright light you could even see that the chrome wasn't even smooth.
I didn't drop my phone on purpose but i'm happy the way it looks now.
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My mom dropped my vibrant from like 5ft from the ground, and apperantly I made a mistake of giving it to her withought by handy 2 doller rubber case, wich I always drop my phone with and does a pretty damn good job of not damaging it. So the damage that happened was that the blue chrome side of the phone got dented, what I'm trying to do is try to rwmove those dents. Is there a way, like the way wich u remove scratches on the screen maybe?
No sir.
I suggest you just put the rubber case and you wont notice the dent in the chrome and the screen....well you'll have to ignore that. I have a crack right in the middle.
You can buy the chrome piece....I think.
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Nahhh, my screen is perfect.. and I'm 100% sure there is a way to remove atleast some of those dents... maybe I should just sand the whole thing??
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Nahhh, my screen is perfect.. and I'm 100% sure there is a way to remove atleast some of those dents... maybe I should just sand the whole thing??
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Don't bother with the chrome. It isn't real chrome and is just a dark gray, dull plastic piece painted with chrome colored paint. You can sand the whole thing down but the bezel would just become a very dull gray color.
Damn!!! God y is sammy so cheap??!?!?
What do you think everyone, Give us a rating from 1 to 5
5 that is pretty damn sweet. How did you do it
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i rate it a 5 cuz its AWSOME!!! btw i have a few scratches on the battery door cover. can i polish it too to hide the scratches?
What i done was use sand paper designed for metal Or wet and dry sandpaper would also do just fine. then just use a cloth and apply metal polish to it along with the grain of the metal. took me 30 minutes and the metal polish was under £5. And it got rid of all the scratches that were on it so its a good scratch remover too
It looks good. I did this on my HD2. The only problem is it becomes tarnished, scratched and rather unsightly in no time. I often wondered if some sort of lacquer may have been the answer.
i might think of doing this later. is the door more prone to scratches after the polish?
polish it thenput on a full body protector imo
I should probably consider doing this, it looks pretty sweet, and my battery door is currently covered in scratches, and the whatever the coating that goes over the aluminum is, is starting to peel off.
Although I'm likely going to get an extended battery from Seidio, so I'll probably hold off until then, since I'll be getting a new battery door with it.
Might try something like this too. My G2's battery door has the stock clear coat plastic flaking off. I've started to just peel all of it off so I can do something else to it.
i done it a week ago and its just fine no scratches at all, if im not sure the coating they put on the battery door is what scratches because once i had taken it off the scratches disappeared. its like a mirror if you put enough metal polish on it i notice people admiring themselves in the back of my phone when im texting
Should try clear plastidip to coat the polished door.
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Ya thats my biggest complaint. That film is peeling off my back cover also. If i could get that off i would be a happy camper! Not really looking to go to the hardware store to buy **** though. Would rather use some type of household product if that is even possible
I like it. You can use it to signal planes with if you are lost on a island.
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I like it. You can use it to signal planes with if you are lost on a island.
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+1 lolzz
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I remember when this was done a while back, it's still pretty cool. I scraped off my coating when it started peeling. Just use something like copper or a hard plastic so it doesn't scratch the metal. Not sure, but something like acetone should be able to soften the coating and remove it.
By the way - how in the hell did you remove the 'G2' on there? It's recessed just as much as the 'HTC' and I wouln't grind the plate down that much personally. So how did you do it?
EDIT: Took a second look and saw the 'with htc sense'. No wonder it doesn't say G2 lol.
GREAT i rate u 10 i love it
All together this cost less than £5 and a little elbow grease. I would of made a step by step guide or video if I knew anyone else wanted to do it. Because it's very simple to do.
Looks nice!
I customized mine using the laser cutter at my university. I lasered part of a maze that I generated using some algorithm we had to code as an assignment in the protective film (sadly, the laser isn't strong enough to really engrave the cover). It does have quite a few scratches after six months sadly. Maybe I'll buy a new one on ebay and make something else
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Looks nice!
I customized mine using the laser cutter at my university. I lasered part of a maze that I generated using some algorithm we had to code as an assignment in the protective film (sadly, the laser isn't strong enough to really engrave the cover). It does have quite a few scratches after six months sadly. Maybe I'll buy a new one on ebay and make something else
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Wow that's cool. How long did it.take to laser in the marks?
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I thought mine looked good but thats just gone and taken it to another level 10/10
Spent some time on adding the white carbon fiber vinyl to my battery cover and scratching the black rubber paint from the trim. Enjoy.
I still have to sand down the trim, I might paint it a bit darker red to match the color under the kick stand then add a layer of clear coat on it.
Looks good, though not a fan of a completely white back. but it does look good nonetheless.
love the trim
Looks pink.
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Looks pink.
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which is part of the reason I might re-paint it darker to match the color that is beneath the kickstand. In person tho it doesn't look pink.
dang mite have to swipe ur idea. looks pretty darn good. since mine has a few chips on the corners.
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Takes a while to do this so i know the pain it is. Not a fan of the white though, this does add a lot of character to the phone. I have done this with the black phone. The white makes the red look much lighter where the black appears to be darker and it looks much better to me, personally.
Wow, that looks really cool. I've always wanted to do something cool like that to my phone, I've never felt confident enough though.
Edit: meant to quote. That's directed at both the OP and the poster above me.
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what grit sand paper did you use? i was thinking something like 220 or higher so not to leave sanding marks. again i must say those phones look pretty dang fresh
delman420 said:
what grit sand paper did you use? i was thinking something like 220 or higher so not to leave sanding marks. again i must say those phones look pretty dang fresh
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When I sanded mine I used 400 to strip off the rubber, and then used 1000 followed by 1500 to get it nice smooth and shiny.
what type of overlays are people using? I was loooking at DiNoc from 3M, but also am tossing around the idea of using real CF fabric and resin... then after it cures i could just use a drill to drill out the stock holes and such...
I'll probably order a pre-made black one (you get another battery cover with it) from this guy here
http://evo.carbonfibermagic.com/Home.html
He's where I got the idea from. I still have yet to sand my trim down but i'll update the pics when I do.
I dropped my tabby lightly today (something that Doesn't happen). despite it being in a case, I managed to scratch the corner up pretty nasty and unclip the clips holding the back plate in the corner. Wow.
A few minutes later totally unrelated (I hope), I felt that the center of my screen very warm. I took off the case to check the temperature in the back, behind the case where it cant ventilate and Wow! it's running hot! mostly Under the ffc and close to the left side of the tablet holding it landscape. I wasn't even doing anything heavy.
So yeah. I love this thing but I gotta say. I hate the choice of materials here Samsung, Plastic just isn't right for a 500 $ flagship. I gotta say, I'm pretty amazed with the gps on this thing though. .. I know it wouldn't be possible without the plastic construction. I gotta wonder why the compass is so bad though.
Anyway, thats my rant for the day. enjoy.
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What kind of case was it so we can prevent this from happening to anyone else?
Also which part of your tab hit the ground. Though i feel for you and your tab, a lesson can be learned from this on how (if ever) in an event you drop your device, how to drop it "the right way" to avoid damage such as this.
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I dropped my tabby lightly today (something that Doesn't happen). despite it being in a case, I managed to scratch the corner up pretty nasty and unclip the clips holding the back plate in the corner. Wow.
A few minutes later totally unrelated (I hope), I felt that the center of my screen very warm. I took off the case to check the temperature in the back, behind the case where it cant ventilate and Wow! it's running hot! mostly Under the ffc and close to the left side of the tablet holding it landscape. I wasn't even doing anything heavy.
So yeah. I love this thing but I gotta say. I hate the choice of materials here Samsung, Plastic just isn't right for a 500 $ flagship. I gotta say, I'm pretty amazed with the gps on this thing though. .. I know it wouldn't be possible without the plastic construction. I gotta wonder why the compass is so bad though.
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If it were a metal back that's tightly bonded to the frame your post would be about how easily the screen cracks. My OG G-Tab 10.1 got run over by an "excuse the cart" after it fell out of my briefcase at DFW airport. It survived unscathed. You spin the wheel and take your chances.
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I dropped my tabby lightly today (something that Doesn't happen). despite it being in a case, I managed to scratch the corner up pretty nasty and unclip the clips holding the back plate in the corner. Wow.
A few minutes later totally unrelated (I hope), I felt that the center of my screen very warm. I took off the case to check the temperature in the back, behind the case where it cant ventilate and Wow! it's running hot! mostly Under the ffc and close to the left side of the tablet holding it landscape. I wasn't even doing anything heavy.
So yeah. I love this thing but I gotta say. I hate the choice of materials here Samsung, Plastic just isn't right for a 500 $ flagship. I gotta say, I'm pretty amazed with the gps on this thing though. .. I know it wouldn't be possible without the plastic construction. I gotta wonder why the compass is so bad though.
Anyway, thats my rant for the day. enjoy.
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I wouldn't have another metal one. They don't give for the screen and moreover, just check how poor wifi and gps signals are on tablets that are made of all metal... such as the TF201... or even more famous tablets...
Well how about wood? Jk idk.. maybe thicker plastic, or a metal structure/bezel with plastic for the back. The iPad feels pretty solid though so idk if metal is always bad.
My case is a poetic faux leather case.. I think it had 'slim' in the name.
It slipped off my car's seat thanks to my dumb disobedient cat and landed right on that corner
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Well how about wood?
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That's one of the funniest things I've seen posted in a long time. Touche.
Lol I could throw my Note across the room and it would be fine. My case is excellent.
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Love the materials rants. First week I dropped my n7k from about 5 ft with only a thin elago case and a screen protector of course and it lands face Down on rough gravel and only a tiny Nick on the very outer bezel between screen protector and case . Nice job Sammy . Last week a co worker drops her iPhone 4 like 3 ft on flat asphalt and crack screen . Hahaha get what you pay for I guess . ....
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So this thread is about you dropping your Note and blaming Samsung for the damage. Seems legit.
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So this thread is about you dropping your Note and blaming Samsung for the damage. Seems legit.
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Why not? We don't want to be the only XDA forum not griping about devices being damaged when we drop them.
SGS3 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716425
One X - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1606088
TF700 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1803345
younix258 said:
I dropped my tabby lightly today (something that Doesn't happen). despite it being in a case, I managed to scratch the corner up pretty nasty and unclip the clips holding the back plate in the corner. Wow.
A few minutes later totally unrelated (I hope), I felt that the center of my screen very warm. I took off the case to check the temperature in the back, behind the case where it cant ventilate and Wow! it's running hot! mostly Under the ffc and close to the left side of the tablet holding it landscape. I wasn't even doing anything heavy.
So yeah. I love this thing but I gotta say. I hate the choice of materials here Samsung, Plastic just isn't right for a 500 $ flagship. I gotta say, I'm pretty amazed with the gps on this thing though. .. I know it wouldn't be possible without the plastic construction. I gotta wonder why the compass is so bad though.
Anyway, thats my rant for the day. enjoy.
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Sorry to hear. My luck, thankfully, has been different. Dropped mine twice now and nothing wrong. Both times were without a case. Finally got a case and no drops since.
You should know for the asus transformer prime that metal backs are more pretty than functional.
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Well from what I understand though I am not an expert on this the plastic material is better then metals on Ipad as it can absorb most of the shock bot none the less because of the weight of the tablet you will damage it no matter how lightly it is dropped but that said I have a micromax tablet which has been droped kicked around by my sisters kids to an extent where the casing has cracked but tablet is still running
I sugguest you look at rubber casing because they have the tendency to absorb shock more then anything else only draw back they do not look fancy
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Well from what I understand though I am not an expert on this the plastic material is better then metals on Ipad as it can absorb most of the shock bot none the less because of the weight of the tablet you will damage it no matter how lightly it is dropped but that said I have a micromax tablet which has been droped kicked around by my sisters kids to an extent where the casing has cracked but tablet is still running
I sugguest you look at rubber casing because they have the tendency to absorb shock more then anything else only draw back they do not look fancy
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I guess the . and , keys fell off during the impact. :laugh:
once and forever: Samsung devices are cased in polycarbonate and not plastic !!!!!! And this material is used in aircraft and space engineering, it is light and robust and exceeds cheap aluminum in most parameters !!!!!!
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycarbonate
I do not know how you define plastic, but that sounds like plastic. It is the other way around. We are flying in plastic planes . And I do not think that planes are built out of the same polycarbonates than this tablet. That is far too simplistic.
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once and forever
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That's what you said last time.
Ok This is getting personal lets stick to the issue and irrespective of what material a tablet is made of it will sustain damage if it is dropped its not drop proof so handle with care
samir_a said:
Ok This is getting personal lets stick to the issue and irrespective of what material a tablet is made of it will sustain damage if it is dropped its not drop proof so handle with care
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Sorry, you're wrong. This is a long standing quote that I was kidding the OP about. Also, this is the one forum that I have rarely seen it get personal. Nothing to be concerned about here. :good:
For sure the note 10.1 feels like the cheapest device I have ever got , (in materials and build quality) specially the back blue plastic cover, but if it wasn't made like this it would have been allot heavier and very expensive so get a silicon case or something for it, forget about its build quality and enjoy the real power underhood
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Hey all!
So I received my new black S4 a couple of days ago and had been enjoying it a lot. That is, until I tried to clean the gap between the bezel and the glass that is accumulating dust over time. As I searched the internet on how to do that, I found out that the corner of a piece of paper would do the trick since a lot of people do this.
So one evening I did as I read on the internet and indeed, a lot of dust came out and I was happy. However, the next morning when daylight shone on my precious S4 I realised that the piece of paper I had slid through the gap also caused it to scratch the very side of the glass!
I was quite surprised that a piece of paper was able to do such a thing but the thought of a papercut made it somewhat obvious.
Now, the whole left side of the glass has an extra white line (aka the scratch) running along the side of the glass (it looks as if it's just beneath the glass). It is only visible when light is shining in particular directions on the phone. Still, I'm quite pissed at myself right now for doing such a thing.
So does anyone else clean the gap with a piece of paper? Did you guys notice any scratch/line along the side of the glass afterwards?
(Sorry if I'm being too OCD about this, I guess I have to find a way to get over it )
well, you've got every right to be oc coz our s4 is a premium phone haha
I never did try using paper.. What i use is a scotch tape and push it carefully with something thin like a needle but thanks for the info my friend.. This has given me a heads up
And sorry bout the scratches tsk
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saywhatt said:
well, you've got every right to be oc coz our s4 is a premium phone haha
I never did try using paper.. What i use is a scotch tape and push it carefully with something thin like a needle but thanks for the info my friend.. This has given me a heads up
And sorry bout the scratches tsk
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Hmm, that could have been a better option now to think of it. The thing is I didn't feel any friction at all while I was sliding the paper through it so I thought no harm would be done.
Anyway below is shown what I ended up with.
It does look like dirt between the glass and the bezel. However, I just can't remove it so I automatically assumed it must be some damage to the side of the screen beneath. I wonder what's actually at the bottom of the gap.
Still not able to digest this ;P