The nexus 10 has a plastic piece along the top on the back that seems to be able to be removed.
The cover for the nexus 10, is that attached after the aforementioned cover on the back is removed and the smart cover takes its place?
Or is it magnetically attached on top of the pre-existing cover on the back.
If you need to take off the existing cover it seems to make attaching the screen cover much more cumbersome.
IIRC, you take off the plastic cover on the back to attach the new cover. It makes it a bit more secure and 'streamlined' I guess.
I think it's designed so you put it on there and never really take it off.
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It is bothering me that I can't attach a strap to my HD2 which would help getting it out of pockets with cold hands, golves etc. and stop it being dropped. However HTC in their wisdom, or lack of, have not included a hand-strap hole.
So it occurred to me, if some kind souls would make an after-market battery cover with a small hole for a strap on the side (not back it'd be ugly), that would be perfect!
Hopefully will see one on ebay in the coming months!
Sounds dangerous to me, I can see problems with supporting the entire weight of the device by the battery cover while it's pulled out of pockets.
This way of preventing it being dropped would probably result in it being dropped more.
I agree that doing it on the side would be a bad idea, since pulling the sides of the battery cover is how it unlatches.
However, by reasoning along the same lines, it ought to work if done on the back of the phone, where by pulling you would cause the back cover to come together, thus tightening its grip on the sides of the phone.
In fact, I suppose that if you have a Dremel-like tool, you could get a thin drill bit and just drill two small holes in the cover and do it yourself.
The cover is really tight and I don't think it would come off easily with the strap attached.
Drilling is unfortunately not an option, as even if you drill holes, there'd be no space for a thread to go through, so it needs something that stands out a little too.
I found that the plastic back cover (glossy) is really easy to produce scartch mark
Maybe one day need to re-order a new back cover from samsung
lucky its only the back not the screen, look at the bright side
Actually I think this phone probably qualifies for 3rd party back-covers. How awesome would an aluminium or chrome back-cover look on our already shiny phone ;-)
I actually was thinking of how hard it would be making an aluminium back cover. would make it really cool
Aluminum would not be great for the antenna. I wouldn't mind fabric back though.
I know this is a silly question. But I cracked the back of my nexus 4 from a 1 foot drop, (out of my pocket while I was crouched down spray painting in the garage). Just before I did this I was starting to have battery issues, basically under 20% the phone doesn't charge unless its off. Even on the stock charger, it just loses power and then dies and turns off again. Its frustrating now because I lost my warranty due to cracking it.
So My question is, if I go on (Ebay) and buy that glass, will I be able to do a clean enough install that they will take it as warranty and not notice? I don't want to buy the whole back assembly because its rather expensive with all the antennas to keep everything working.
I'd like to hear your opinions, or from people who have replaced just the glass before. Thanks.
AlwaysDroid said:
I know this is a silly question. But I cracked the back of my nexus 4 from a 1 foot drop, (out of my pocket while I was crouched down spray painting in the garage). Just before I did this I was starting to have battery issues, basically under 20% the phone doesn't charge unless its off. Even on the stock charger, it just loses power and then dies and turns off again. Its frustrating now because I lost my warranty due to cracking it.
So My question is, if I go on (Ebay) and buy that glass, will I be able to do a clean enough install that they will take it as warranty and not notice? I don't want to buy the whole back assembly because its rather expensive with all the antennas to keep everything working.
I'd like to hear your opinions, or from people who have replaced just the glass before. Thanks.
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You can do it, you just have to take off the entire back cover, peel off the NFC and charging coils, and gently pry out the glass. Look up the thread where someone put in a second battery (total of 4200 mah) in his Nexus. He has removed the (shattered) back glass off of his phone, and replaced it with a plastic housing for the 2nd battery. You could see how he got the glass off without damaging the cover. The hardest part I would think would be getting the glass to stick on while keeping the stock look. I don't know what kind of adhesive LG uses to glue on the glass, but ideally you would want to use the same kind.
lopezk38 said:
You can do it, you just have to take off the entire back cover, peel off the NFC and charging coils, and gently pry out the glass. Look up the thread where someone put in a second battery (total of 4200 mah) in his Nexus. He has removed the (shattered) back glass off of his phone, and replaced it with a plastic housing for the 2nd battery. You could see how he got the glass off without damaging the cover. The hardest part I would think would be getting the glass to stick on while keeping the stock look. I don't know what kind of adhesive LG uses to glue on the glass, but ideally you would want to use the same kind.
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Sweet man thanks for the input I'll go take a look at the thread.
So I've bought a Nillkin "luxury flip leather case cover" on ebay. Overall, it's a nice case, I'll keep it and can recommend it.
Good things about it:
precisely made, all cutouts at right places, everything just works
front cover has a built-in magnet or something, in other words turns phone on when cover opened, turns phone off when closed
differing from what images of Asus' official cover suggest, this one doesn't need glue or sticky tapes to hold the phone
Neutral things:
is actually made of plain plastic, not luxury leather, but anyway, it looks nice and elegant; is actually gray, not black
appears too thin to me, but it would certainly protect the phone from small bumps, which I guess is best that can be expected from a normal, not "armor"-style case
Bad things:
front cover not held in place/shape by anything, just flaps freely... it doesn't look like a mechanically good and long-lasting design, but I could be wrong here
front and back part of the case seem to be just glued together at the place with most mechanical stress, but maybe I'm just too paranoid
there is no cutout for front LED, so you can't know if phone is charged or if you have new notifications unless you constantly peek under the cover
front cover has opening for phone speaker, so one can talk on the phone with cover being closed - but I have to test whether that really works, or the phone would just switch off when cover is closed - tested, closing the cover shuts down the phone, therefore this opening is totally useless; it's reasonable to assume that whoever constructed this case, never tested it... why make a useless opening for speaker, and not make a useful one for LED?!
I thought I would share my experiences / lessons learned while I tried to replace my Z2's (D6503) back panel and battery.
Recently, the back panel started coming off on its own. I thought it was because of weakened adhesive. So, I ordered a back panel from Witrigs along with the adhesive (part 1 & 2, links below). I also got a guitar pick (part 3), suction mount (part 4) and a spudger (part 5) from Witrigs. It took about 3 weeks to get the parts.
Before removing the panel, I watched these videos: video 1, video 2.
I used a heat gun that I borrowed from work. Looks like a hair drier will also work. In video 2, you can see that the panel breaks when he was removing it. I think he didn't heat it enough. I used the heat gun for around 1 minute. The phone became really (almost unbearably) hot to touch. Then I slid in the pick and the panel came out easily in probably 2 minutes. The difficult part was in removing the glue residue. I spent almost 30 minutes doing that. I also used a alcohol hand sanitizer and cotton swabs for cleaning the glue residue. I am not exactly sure if the hand sanitizer helped or not.
Then I applied the panel and adhesive. Unfortunately, the adhesive didn't stick. I realized its because the battery was pushing the panel. The battery had expanded on both sides (the outer cover was bloated). So, I ordered a battery from Amazon (part 6). Since Witrigs was taking time to deliver, I also ordered the adhesive from Amazon (part 7). Both arrived in less than 5 days. I cleaned the original cover, put the new adhesive and battery and it fitted properly. But now there was a new problem. Camera became very blurred. Before putting in the panel this time, I had run the cotton swab on the camera glass on the panel (inside and outside). I didn't touch the actual camera lens. I don't know if that caused the blurriness or if it was the heat from the gun, the blurriness is not going away. I tried rubbing toothpaste (someone recommended it in XDA), that didn't help either. The panel I got from Witrigs didn't have any blurriness. Unfortunately, while trying to remove the adhesive residue from it, I scratched the black paint on the inside. Now if you place it in front of light, you can see the other side (its a very small scratch, but I also messed up another part mentioned later). This made me think if the Witrigs one was fake, but same thing happened to the original one a few minutes later. So, while cleaning the residue, don't put too much pressure and don't use anything sharp.
Another thing I learned was not to direct the heat gun on the inside of the panel. I did that with the Witrigs one while trying to remove the adhesive residue. There is a plastic part that sits in front of the flash LED. The heat caused part of it to melt.
So, now I have ordered a new set of panels, NFC and adhesive from EPartsSupply (parts 8, 9 & 10) since Witrigs is out of stock. Waiting for them to be delivered.
Also, before putting the panel in, make sure that the phone turns on (to ensure that the battery connector is properly in place). Also make sure that plastic part in front of the flash LED is in there. Its glued to the panel, but not that hard to remove. So it may accidentally come off.
Parts Used
Note: Please don't blindly buy these just because I listed them here. Chances are they may turn bad after a few weeks. I am particularly concerned about the battery and whether the adhesive will hold.
Part 1: Back panel from Witrigs
See attachments Back Panel - Inside/Outside.jpg. The one on the left is original.
I couldn't feel any physical difference between the original and the Witrigs one. I am not sure if the glass has the same property as the original.
It also comes with NFC and the adhesive. You just need to peel of the cover and place it on the phone.
Part 2: Adhesive from Witrigs
Part 3: Guitar pick
Part 4: Suction mount
Part 5: Spudger
Part 6: Z2 replacement battery
See attachments Battery Front/Back.jpg. The one on the bottom is the original.
The new one looked identical. I couldn't say for sure if it was fake. I will use it for a few days and see if I notice any difference and update here.
Part 7: Adhesive from Amazon
I am not sure how long these will hold. I recommend getting at least 2 adhesives because you may not be able to align it properly the first time. The method I have adopted is this:
Remove the protective covering meant for the panel side.
Align the tape on the phone carefully (note that the phone side cover is still present)
Place the panel on the tape and push it in.
Lift the panel. Remove the phone side protective covering.
Push the panel in.
Apply heat for a few seconds on all sides. (Note: I am not sure if this will strengthen the bond). Push firmly.
Part 8: EPartsSupply back panel
This doesn't have NFC.
Part 9: EPartsSupply NFC antenna
Based on video 1, it looks like its possible to remove the NFC antenna from original panel. When I tried to remove it from the Witrigs one, I ended up tearing it. So, I don't want to take a chance.
Part 10: EPartsSupply adhesive
What about waterproof ?
Can you test pressure sensor ?
How much did everything cost you?
And is the phone fixed?
Can you post some shots?
aotaotaot99 said:
What about waterproof ?
Can you test pressure sensor ?
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Its extremely unlikely it will be water proof. The Witrigs guy himself said "its very difficult to make it waterproof again" here.
I assume you are talking about the barometer. I just tried with with two baarometer apps from Play Store. Both were showing 992.85/993 hPa.
MJ999 said:
And is the phone fixed?
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As of now, everything looks good.
But I wouldn't consider it as fixed since the camera is blurry now. I have ordered a back panel from ePartsSupply. Once I get it, I will try to replace it again. Also, I am not 100% confident about the battery.
AccuBattery app shows 2441 mAh capacity instead of 3200 mAh. Its been just 2 days. I remember somebody mentioning in the Amazon comments that it doesn't hold charge like the original. I will see for 1 more week. The concern I have is if this is fake, I don't want it to end up exploding. The battery in Witrigs website is $43.58 where as the one I bought from Amazon was $6.98 plus shipping. Also, I don't know for how long the adhesive will hold.
Honestly, after seeing the battery level today, I am leaning heavily towards buying a new phone. I keep the phone next to me while sleeping. I don't want it to catch fire.
http://imgur.com/r6dp3i9
MJ999 said:
How much did everything cost you?
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Witrigs Purchases
OEM Back Cover Sticker for Sony Xperia Z2 (2) : $5.98
OEM Back Cover for Sony Xperia Z2 Black: $13.99
Plastic Guitar Pick 0.6mm Dark Blue: $1.59
3.5cm Suction Cup Transparent: $0.80
Best Opening Tools Spudger For Cell Phone: $1.56
Amazon Purchases
Battery: $10.98
Back & front adhesives (3): $23.66 (they come in pair)
ePartSupply Purchases
Back panel (3): $10.92
Adhesive (3): $5.70
NFC antenna (3): $8.88
Shipping: $16.70 (they didn't have any other shipping options)
I decided to buy 3 of each in case I have to change the battery again or if the adhesive becomes loose again. Also, the shipping cost is high.
MJ999 said:
Can you post some shots?
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Damaged NFC antenna in the Witrigs panel when I tried to remove it:
http://imgur.com/r6dp3i9
Scratch on the Witrigs panel (bottom right corner):
http://imgur.com/svYuDuM
Phone after repair:
http://imgur.com/a6dXvOC
http://imgur.com/98YaW7W
Not sure why I can't post pictures in post. I have also attached them here.