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Gorilla Glass My Arse

Dropped my phone about 3 ft face first onto the floor and screen is cracked from the bottom right corner to about half way.
Anyone know where I can get a really good TPU case that is pretty thin?

Amazon always seems to have the best prices for cases. And has a lot to choose from.
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i'm from canada

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1. It's a scratch resistant, not drop proof.
2. Laws of physics. The center of gravity is focused on the front for these phones since they're so light and thin. Yes it's more likely to fall on it's front like a bowling ball on a stick thrown up.
3. Counter balance this with a case in the back.
4. Sucks to be you.
5. Use the search button next time.
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Harsh
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tehsprayer said:
Dropped my phone about 3 ft face first onto the floor and screen is cracked from the bottom right corner to about half way.
Anyone know where I can get a really good TPU case that is pretty thin?
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How you drop your phone?
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SlimJ87D said:
Topic on this already...
1. It's a scratch resistant, not drop proof.
2. Laws of physics. The center of gravity is focused on the front for these phones since they're so light and thin. Yes it's more likely to fall on it's front like a bowling ball on a stick thrown up.
3. Counter balance this with a case in the back.
4. Sucks to be you.
5. Use the search button next time.
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No need to be so rude dude...

apisfires said:
How you drop your phone?
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How is this a relevant question?

Chaos Residue said:
How is this a relevant question?
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During get out the car, on table, so what wrong I ask here? Maybe can learn from his mistake.
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Just need to take care of the phone better. I always make sure I have it secure in a zipped pocket, bag or in my hand.
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Sango2 said:
Just need to take care of the phone better. I always make sure I have it secure in a zipped pocket, bag or in my hand.
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Bad ass case, where did you get it from?

NotUrAvrg said:
Bad ass case, where did you get it from?
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I got mine from Ebay. It's actually two separate pieces as they are aluminum. These are the search results form the sellers I got them from. Choose your style.
http://stores.ebay.com/RPAS-Telecom...rame+Bumper+Case&submit=Search&_sid=197806965
http://stores.ebay.com/UU-store4wor...ung+Galaxy+SIII&submit=Search&_sid=1071233911

tehsprayer said:
Dropped my phone about 3 ft face first onto the floor and screen is cracked from the bottom right corner to about half way.
Anyone know where I can get a really good TPU case that is pretty thin?
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Phones aren't meant to be dropped. It's your own fault. Deal with it.

fenjen said:
Phones aren't meant to be dropped. It's your own fault. Deal with it.
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While these guys are being harsh, there is some truth.
gorilla glass is meant to be excellent against scratches, not breaking. That it cracked is not one of its features.
It sucks, but hopefully you can find a place to repair it. Would be interesting to know what a new screen would cost.

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i'm from canada
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Look on eBay then

If you want something that is fall resistant buy a Nokia Lumia when having one of those things you should worry about your feet that your phone. Of course Samsung S3 is a delicate creature that has to be tendered with great care. There many fall resistant cases but to be honest the best protection is safety. I don't see how anyone would like to have a bulk that is twice the normal phone. A normal barely there casemate and a screen protector would do well for everyday usage. Thought there was another from case mate again that included a hell lot of protection. It had two parts, one rubber and the other a normal tough case but really that made the phone look like a satellite phone.

Alright sorry I thought it was break proof according to the video it looked like it. Also, it's not a big deal I still have 14 days to get warranty it was my fault and I can admit it, no need to be so rude about how it's my fault.

As for videos, I don't read much into them because those are mostly staged and does not reflect what really happens.
I remember watching a Gorilla Glass 2 video on youtube showing no scratches on one of the new Sony phones; I just laughed because they person was scratching with razor blades and hitting with a hammer; showing no damage. The only problem with that is the camera does not pick up the micro scratches which one can see with the eye (which the user shows it with no scratches in the video). Eventually the video poster did crack the glass after repeatedly hitting with a hammer.
There was also another video of the same phone being dropped in a big puddle of water and also it being ran over with a jeep...! Perfectly intact ha ha!

I have the flip cover and I drop my phone about 4 feet got a little scratch on the back 'maybe I'm lucky? but I think it was my case?
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i dont really trust those online videos , you see them poking the phones with knifes , looking at the way/angle they hold it , its just minimal force

If people hate the back cover, why not just buy a new one?

I mean seriously a plastic back cover is stopping some people from buying the phone? You know what you can do is buy a metal replacement back cover or what ever one you want and just take the existing one off and put the new one on in 5 seconds.
I don't understand the complaining here, if you don't like that glossy back... buy one you do like!

Metal affects the antenna signals and the GPS.
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Metal affects the antenna signals and the GPS.
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Yep.
I myself don't mind the plastic as much as most people.. I'll probably have to otterbox it anyways because of my job which has already destroyed a rezound
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slannmage said:
I mean seriously a plastic back cover is stopping some people from buying the phone? You know what you can do is buy a metal replacement back cover or what ever one you want and just take the existing one off and put the new one on in 5 seconds.
I don't understand the complaining here, if you don't like that glossy back... buy one you do like!
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It's pretty sad, because the same thing happened last year with the S3. How about this: put a case on. That way, you won't notice that "flimsy" back cover ever again.

Saturny said:
It's pretty sad, because the same thing happened last year with the S3. How about this: put a case on. That way, you won't notice that "flimsy" back cover ever again.
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You can probably even replace the back cover with an aluminium one, so no need for a case.

The criticism on back cover is just ridiculous. I mean most of us put the back cover all the time, so why bothering for it. The thing that matter most is the screen and software
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Toss3 said:
You can probably even replace the back cover with an aluminium one, so no need for a case.
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Exacty.
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The criticism on back cover is just ridiculous. I mean most of us put the back cover all the time, so why bothering for it. The thing that matter most is the screen and software
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Don't forget battery life & processor

What I hate about a metal or glass phone is you have to be careful with it and suddenly the phone becomes horrible to use because you're always scared of scratching. So you get a case and it makes the phone twice as big and way uglier than the GS4 is by default.
With the plastic back cover, it covers the whole rear of the phone that it sits on, so it does it's job properly. Unlike the GS2 which has that big bump at the bottom which is the bit that gets scratches and you cannot replace easily. So you can scratch the **** out of the back of the GS4 and it doesn't matter cause you just buy a new one for a fiver off ebay. The other thing I love is I bent my GS2 back cover in half and it just sprung back and was fine, I'm guessing the GS4 is the same material.

Almost every smartphone owner I know has a case on their phone. Metal body of phones never see the light of the day.
Nerd 1: "S4 is plastic and ugly."
Nerd 2: "what phone do you have?"
Nerd 1: "iPhone 5. It's made of aluminum. You know, metal used for soda cans. Let me show it to you after I take off the Otterbox case. Just give me a minute."
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I want a carbon fiber back
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expertzero1 said:
I want a carbon fiber back
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+1 I would buy one!!

Thing is... I scratch my SG4's back cover I can easily replace it, try that with the One!

stanfna said:
+1 I would buy one!!
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Look at my gorgeous metal phone.. and the butt ugly Otterbox that I put it in
Seriously though, I'm sure there will be better non metal back covers. One disadvantage of metal back covers is the loss of signal and NFC.
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Almost every smartphone owner I know has a case on their phone. Metal body of phones never see the light of the day.
Nerd 1: "S4 is plastic and ugly."
Nerd 2: "what phone do you have?"
Nerd 1: "iPhone 5. It's made of aluminum. You know, metal used for soda cans. Let me show it to you after I take off the Otterbox case. Just give me a minute."
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Made my day, btw :laugh:

carbon fiber skin, looks good
http://www.bodyguardz.com/armor-carbon-fiber-skin-samsung-galaxy-s-4-iv.html

Just put ur phone in the silicon case and trust me ur plastic will be durable and unscratched for years. This is what i did with my note for a year and a half and everytime i take it out its like new.
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Squirrel1620 said:
Yep.
I myself don't mind the plastic as much as most people.. I'll probably have to otterbox it anyways because of my job which has already destroyed a rezound
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It's not most people it's just loud people, most people don't see a phone as symbol of their status and thus just want their phone made of an efficient material, you can get a Ho in the UK for around £26 pm roughly £2.50 a week more than you can get a Samsung Ace on contract, where's the perceived status in a phone an unemployed person could easily afford.

@ KillaHurtz
Sweet! That with a built-in wireless charger will do it for me!

I have this baus on my note 2.
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Considering this for my gs4...liking the nexus 7 esque vibe.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Lux...t=US_Cell_Phone_PDA_Cases&hash=item19db90af10

[Q] How do you keep your Nexus 4 protected?

What do you use?
Just a screen protector, bumper case, a full case, or do you go commando?

I went to ninja school.
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I'm using a ringke slim case (highly recommend it if you want a case that absorbs shock and doesn't add too much thickness to your phone) and a screen protector, seems to do the job well so far.

Poetic Bumper case, I feel bumper cases in general are working as well, or maybe better than the other cases. I mostly went with the bumper case because I wanted to be able to see the back of the phone shine.

just my hand embracing its nakedness

yahoowizard said:
Poetic Bumper case, I feel bumper cases in general are working as well, or maybe better than the other cases. I mostly went with the bumper case because I wanted to be able to see the back of the phone shine.
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Same. I've had the bumper since December last year.
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yahoowizard said:
Poetic Bumper case, I feel bumper cases in general are working as well, or maybe better than the other cases. I mostly went with the bumper case because I wanted to be able to see the back of the phone shine.
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In order to achieve rear sexiness of my Nexus 4 I have the ringke fusion hybrid case with a white dbrand carbon fiber skin showing through. It's oh so sexy with no fingerprints showing and better protection than a bumper
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Acase with dual screen protectors. Phone is extremely well protected.
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I stuffed it in a condom, 100% safe now,

Ringke fusion + spigen sgp.
I switch phone every year and i want to sell the old one in optimal condition so i can get some extra euros for the new one. Aaaand 'cause i'm a maniac of perfectness

We. Me and my nexus like living dangerously.
I'll take her to shark feeding this December.
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no case. they spent millions on R&D to get a phone as small and thin as possible, I'm not gonna cover it in cheap plastic or w/e and bulk it back up
always same soft lined pocket, either zippered or tight opening like on jeans. nothing else in same pocket. screen side always towards body.
if in environment with decent chance of water being spilled on pocketed area (beach), phone put in small ziploc baggie
if in environment with decent chance of getting smacked on pocketed area (hiking), phone put in thick sock
never have damaged a phone to date

Official bumper.
It isn't too ugly or bulky, so it's bearable.

I intended to use Skinomi screen protector and TPU case like I have done with my previous phones.

I like my n4 just the way I like my woman, naked.
N4, Cataclysm+Franco

Warbuff said:
Acase with dual screen protectors. Phone is extremely well protected.
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+1 Acase is awesome! + Spigen dual protector! = Pure Awesomeness
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I have a Poetic Atmosphere and a front screen protector (the back has the stock one with the IMEI). The Poetic Atmosphere is not high quality because the rubber part in the volume rocker is now loose.

All around Wallet case...

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Plus a Spigen SP.
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just a case... glass and fingers = <3

How easily does Nexus 4 back glass break?

I'm thinking about buying a Nexus 4, but the only thing that's stopping me is that people say how easily the back glass breaks.
If you could provide any real life experiences, on how easily the back glass broke or it didn't, perhaps with or without the protection case.
I would really appreciate it!
Cheers!

Mine broke after two weeks, but if you get a crack it doesn't spread easily. Have some more cracks now after 4 months use, it's not the best design choice. Still, it's a ridiculously good buy and you can always change the back plate easily!
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Incep said:
Mine broke after two weeks, but if you get a crack it doesn't spread easily. Have some more cracks now after 4 months use, it's not the best design choice. Still, it's a ridiculously good buy and you can always change the back plate easily!
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Did you use protection case? From what height did it fell?

I don't really think it fell, it just broke from pressure in my pocket. Probably had it mixed together with keys etc.
The important thing is, the screen doesn't get scratched at all, no matter how much abuse it gets. I bought an original bumper for it, but I found it to be unwieldy because it's already a big phone, so I don't really use it.
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Serris said:
I'm thinking about buying a Nexus 4, but the only thing that's stopping me is that people say how easily the back glass breaks.
If you could provide any real life experiences, on how easily the back glass broke or it didn't, perhaps with or without the protection case.
I would really appreciate it!
Cheers!
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With cheap tpu case no problem here
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My nexus 4 don´t have any scratch, i used this for 2 months naked and the back only protected for the plastic coming from the box.
Don't sit in your phone, don't drop your phone and all be fine.
The back is normal glass, you need protect this.

If the back does start to crack, this skin might help out.

This is a phone you can't really carry naked unless u are extra careful. I wouldn't recommend it. At least get a bumper.
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I use it naked, carry it in a pouch though, still looks brand new.

No cracks been using it since late last year.

got mine in January, i dont use any protection, no case or sheild, and my back glass is fine. a few scratches but no complaints. the front glass is in perfect condition, no protection. it has fallen many times, which has scared me, but its still in one piece

Serris said:
I'm thinking about buying a Nexus 4, but the only thing that's stopping me is that people say how easily the back glass breaks.
If you could provide any real life experiences, on how easily the back glass broke or it didn't, perhaps with or without the protection case.
I would really appreciate it!
Cheers!
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I seriously recommend buying an N4 right now. Lowest price it's ever been at.

You guys made me want N4 even more, and of course its out of stock.
They have no idea when they might get new units. Ah well...

I have the N4 for a couple of months now and the first 2 weeks i carried it naked, but i,ve been extra carefull with it...
After the 2 weeks i got 2 cases and 1 puch(i am currently using the pouch) and since last month i noticed a couple of tiny scratches on the back near the camera(u cand only see them in a certain angle) and 2 scratches on the front(same here, u can see them if u look carefull...)
But i have no ideea how i've managed to scratched it since i have had verry good care of the phone even with the cases....

Serris said:
I'm thinking about buying a Nexus 4, but the only thing that's stopping me is that people say how easily the back glass breaks.
If you could provide any real life experiences, on how easily the back glass broke or it didn't, perhaps with or without the protection case.
I would really appreciate it!
Cheers!
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Put a dbrand sticker on it, it won't break that easily, or at least it won't show it.

Haven't broken the glass yet, the First 2 months I had the phone it was unprotected. In that time I had 1 scratch under the nexus logo and a few on the Gorilla Glass 2 front panel. After putting a case and a screen protector on it, I dropped the phone (accidently) around 4 times in the last few months
1st time was around the end of June.
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I dropped it from my hand around 3 feet above the surface.
It landed straight on the front. It had a Ringke Fusion Case and a screen protector installed.
There was no damage at all.
2nd Time I clearly remember I was shining in someones eye with the flash light (most of you probably know how bright it is),
her natural reaction was to hit the phone and it slid around 10 feet away, it still had the same case on.
The phone tossed a few times on the surface back and forth
No Damage.
I was really impressed.
I luckily never dropped it without a case.
I have no idea how the phone holds without a case.
I suggets putting at least a screen protector on it, because you will get scratches.
Not from keys or metal, but from sand. Also the back will get scratches as well if you don't protect it (Even faster as it isn't gorilla glass).

[Mod] Made speaker grills black

So................
Here is the story:
I dented the back of my HTC One and literally could not believe it. I had only had it for a week and im so careful with my phones.
So I tired a few ways to remove the dent without taking the phone apart. Like heating the dent up and then putting something cold on it. This helped a little bit however I could still see this dent starring at me. So I took drastic measures.
I tried to take the phone apart. This didn't work to well and I ended up scratching up the speaker grills in the process.
So now my beautiful new One has a dent in the back and scratches on the grills on the front. I felt like crying.
I decided to take the hard decision to try and cover these scratches up and decided to spray paint the grills matte black.
This is how it turned out:
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Looks quite stealthy however I feel it could be better so I'm going to try and see if I can get some dark glass cut in the same shape and replace the grills.
Still have my dent, but I guess I'll have to live with it.

Hi reeco, plz have a look at slickwraps. They got good skins for speakers also

I do like the black give a very different look
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You should put a case on the phone now, I think it would look sick with the black grills, and it would cover up your dent
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You covered the sensor with the paint

Hot heat and dry ice may pull the dent back out.

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Yea I tried that as mentioned above it worked a little, but it's still visible unfortunately.
I have a slickwrap front and back skin coming so hopefully this will help.
Yea I also did cover up the sensor, but I always use my phone at a constant brightness so no biggie.
I'm hoping some 3rd party grills will show up on ebay soon. Hopefully in black. Because it looks awesome.
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Is the proximity/light sensor working properly? It seems to have been covered by the paint!
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No it doesn't work
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reeco said:
No it doesn't work
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Paint stripper and a Q-tip?

You can also just buy this http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Replacement-for-HTC-One-M8-Rear-Housing-Gray/1783176525.html
Or here http://www.etradesupply.com/htc/android-models/htc-one-m8-replacement-parts.html
Its sooooo easy to replace it on the M8. And this girl can help you --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxpZmBOLeoo

What's the material type you used? Black faux leather?

no offense. but the phone is beautiful already. that's pretty ugly :crying: and you painted over the sensor? I would have left the scratches lol. or buffed them out

alwin006 said:
You can also just buy this http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Replacement-for-HTC-One-M8-Rear-Housing-Gray/1783176525.html
Or here http://www.etradesupply.com/htc/android-models/htc-one-m8-replacement-parts.html
Its sooooo easy to replace it on the M8. And this girl can help you --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxpZmBOLeoo
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Peace of mind knowing its that easy to swap grills and housings.
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dvsk69 said:
Is the proximity/light sensor working properly? It seems to have been covered by the paint!
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lolololol

I agree, the black makes it look really good in you pictures.

You might want to try this icarbon skins
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Does anyone make clear protectors for that area?
It looks like that area is soft and is prone to scratches so a clear protector on that area sounds like a good idea
Especially if you are like me and have a a screen protector and also in a case it leaves those areas exposed
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You might want to try this icarbon skins
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That doesn't look too bad aye

This is the way to go http://www.slickwraps.com/HTC-One-M8-Wraps-Skins-s/766.htm
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Thanks for posting the pics! I also did this last night - partially because I messed up one of the grille holes while trying to clear them out, and partially because I thought it looked interesting. I went with a matte paint too from Tamiya (model paint). I like the matte texture to prevent smudges and it's working great for that (especially the top one when I put it up to my ear!). Cut a couple of pieces of masking tape to cover the sensor window and camera lens so everything works fine. I only put a couple of coats on so that the grilles still look flat. Turned out pretty decent I think