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Removing Cincinnati Bell logo

Has anyone managed to remove the ugly Cincinnati Bell decal logo off their vibrants? If so, how did you go about doing this?

LOL, I've seen that logo and its substantially more obnoxious than any other logo I've seen. I can't remember exactly but I think its up at the top alot like the T-Mobile logo is just ALOT BIGGER(a pic might help maybe?). If it is then I know the Otter Box case covers up that whole section. It will still be there but at least you won't have to look at it anymore. Good luck!

Hi very likely I will be getting Samsung vibrant what do you think of it
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what are your choices? i like it but it could be better

Here you go
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Ouch. That was one rough design.
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Here you go
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lol, Yup thats what I was thinking. I saw one in person once and that was the first thing I noticed, the gawd awful logo!
- have your tried some sort of paint thinner? maybe goo-gone? be careful tho
- seriously google "samsung vibrant otterbox" images, its a great case and it will cover that area completely.

I removed my CB logo with a razor blade and bit of patience.
John

Meh. It's harmless, and I've barely noticed it was there since I got my phone a couple months ago.
Why risk possibly damaging the phone or the gorilla glass?

kaintfm said:
Meh. It's harmless, and I've barely noticed it was there since I got my phone a couple months ago.
Why risk possibly damaging the phone or the gorilla glass?
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Two reasons - the screen protector bubbles around it and two; everyone and their cousin asks you why there's a sticker on the front of your phone.
A co-worker removed his with his fingernail and a CreditCard.
John

Comes right off
... if you just use a little bit of isopropanol and a kimwipe (or if you don't have that, try using a non-scratch dish sponge)
Guess what it says underneath?!? T-mobile LOL

If it's just a decal, heat it up a little (leave it on your dash) and see if you can't get it off then. Several years ago I owned a small graphics company and we used this stuff called "Vinyl Up" to remove anything with an adhesive. It's very gentle and doesn't eat paint. That said, it's a little expensive in this context.
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Issue with the bumper case from Poetic

Let me start of by saying I personally like the bumper. Not as good looking as the official bumper, but it does the job and looks fairly nice. The only issue I am having is the fact that the rubber in the bumper tends to separate after a while. Seems like a classic you get what you pay for situation, being that its only 10 USD. Just letting everyone know before you decide to get it.
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Manevolence said:
Let me start of by saying I personally like the bumper. Not as good looking as the official bumper, but it does the job and looks fairly nice. The only issue I am having is the fact that the rubber in the bumper tends to separate after a while. Seems like a classic you get what you pay for situation, being that its only 10 USD. Just letting everyone know before you decide to get it.
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There are already multiple inquiries of this. Contact Poetic so they can issue you another bumper. Their first batch was apparently defective.

Manevolence said:
Let me start of by saying I personally like the bumper. Not as good looking as the official bumper, but it does the job and looks fairly nice. The only issue I am having is the fact that the rubber in the bumper tends to separate after a while. Seems like a classic you get what you pay for situation, being that its only 10 USD. Just letting everyone know before you decide to get it.
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contact amazon and yourpoetic.com. they will ship you out a new one for freee. in my case i got two cases for free.

ManOnTheMoon said:
contact amazon and yourpoetic.com. they will ship you out a new one for freee. in my case i got two cases for free.
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in my situation, i got 6 free, 3 original broke, 3 first replacements broke, have 3 more on the way! lol

While its great that they replace them, it does show a lack of quality in the product. Im surprised there isnt more people selling their own bumpers on ebay etc

6 bumpers.!

Cool story bro
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Why couldn't you just post this in the existing thread? No reason to start a new thread. They'll send you a new one.
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Yeah, they have a new revision and if you contact support, they'll send you one of the newer ones
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Cool story bro
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Did you make that up?? That is hilarious! Or did you just take it from one of the other 50,000 threads it is in?

Thats good to hear but im quite curious why would you ever buy the same continually defective case six times?
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lowandbehold said:
Did you make that up?? That is hilarious! Or did you just take it from one of the other 50,000 threads it is in?
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Is that Bill Belichick?!? Must have been a rough night....
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Poetic gives you a 3 year warranty. Just use it and you're fine.
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mine came apart as well. Contacted yourpoetic.com several days ago and haven't heard a peep.

Liquipel for Nexus 4?

When you go to the site : https://www.liquipel.com/shop/
on the slideshow it shows nexus 4 image with liquid as an image for pretreated devices.. so is this real?

Yes it's a special coating not looked at your link but seen it before
Int
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i know what liquipel is but is there available for our nexus 4? the picture on the site hints that there will be one i think cause right now you cant buy one for the nexus 4

Does this stuff make the phone waterproof or just splash proof? Looks cool nonetheless!

Makes it water resistant, a bit more than splash proof.
Should be resistant to accidentally falling in a pool etc too. Just don't expect to be swimming with your phone

"Disclaimer: Liquipel applies a preventative coating designed to aid in the event of accidental liquid exposure, and assumes no responsibility for water damaged devices. Liquipel does not recommend your device ever come in contact with liquid."
Waste of money. Unless they plug the headphone port and speakers and all other little gaps.
Save your money and buy a Sony if its important to you.

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"Disclaimer: Liquipel applies a preventative coating designed to aid in the event of accidental liquid exposure, and assumes no responsibility for water damaged devices. Liquipel does not recommend your device ever come in contact with liquid."
Waste of money. Unless they plug the headphone port and speakers and all other little gaps.
Save your money and buy a Sony if its important to you.
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That disclaimer doesn't mean it's a waste of money. If they said "go drop your phone in water now that it's waterproof" is like a car company telling you to crash your car because it has airbags.
You obviously didnt read the info on the website, because it would explain why the headphone and speakers don't need to be blocked

bump waiting to find out if its true or not that they offer nexus 4 a liquipel treatment not if its waterproof or not

I emailed them to ask and they said that is not available for the n4. I'll put up a screen shot of the email in a bit
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they have it for the gnex. maybe their graphics dude thought the n4 was the same thing? just a theory

Just went to the official store kiosk at West Edmonton Mall, they said it is a JUST updated to be approved. Got it done for $60+ tax. Does work! Just washed my phone in the sink, still working!

I glanced at the link as I've seen a video before but why does it matter what phone you they use it on? I don't understand how its phone specific.
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illgodson said:
I glanced at the link as I've seen a video before but why does it matter what phone you they use it on? I don't understand how its phone specific.
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Indirectly it is device specific. They have to get the manufacture to "approve" the method they use does not damage the device and it may still consider to be under warranty after treatment. That is why not every device are listed. I believe you can get any of them done but you would have to take the liabilities instead in the warranty i think.

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Indirectly it is device specific. They have to get the manufacture to "approve" the method they use does not damage the device and it may still consider to be under warranty after treatment. That is why not every device are listed. I believe you can get any of them done but you would have to take the liabilities instead in the warranty i think.
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Good stuff thank you never thought of that.
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illgodson said:
Good stuff thank you never thought of that.
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Lol, no no, i didnt think of it either. I asked the rep hahahaha. Nice that they have the rep there and they do it there under an hour. No need to ship the device in!

morrislee said:
Lol, no no, i didnt think of it either. I asked the rep hahahaha. Nice that they have the rep there and they do it there under an hour. No need to ship the device in!
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About to search and see if their is one nearby me now.
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illgodson said:
About to search and see if their is one nearby me now.
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I could be wrong but i think this one i was at is the only one opened in Canada. I am not sure if any other country has it

morrislee said:
I could be wrong but i think this one i was at is the only one opened in Canada. I am not sure if any other country has it
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Yeah seems to be the case.
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After I took off my case I found a mysterious dent...

I have the otterbox commuter, it's always on. Tonight I took it off to clean it and found this. Is anyone else getting this, I was thinking maybe a random heat spike. I honestly don't recall any blunt force throuought the day. I have NO idea how this could have happened
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Thats pretty nasty
Bottom line: do not use cases for beautiful HTC one
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InobleI said:
I have the otterbox commuter, it's always on. Tonight I took it off to clean it and found this. Is anyone else getting this, I was thinking maybe a random heat spike. I honestly don't recall any blunt force throuought the day. I have NO idea how this could have happened
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ouch man, that super strange.

You would think a dent that severe would have some mark on the case.

The metal is pretty strong. Definitely had to be some pretty significant force to cause that.

InobleI said:
I have the otterbox commuter, it's always on. Tonight I took it off to clean it and found this. Is anyone else getting this, I was thinking maybe a random heat spike. I honestly don't recall any blunt force throuought the day. I have NO idea how this could have happened
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I think you had a visit from the dent fairy, she seems to be busy these days, visited a few people around here.
"It wasn't me".

Ive felt this device in my hand. No way that would happen without some force.
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Ouch! Looks like lots of pressure was applied...possibly during a fit of rage....
Have you pi$$3d off anyone at work recently after showing off your phone? Or have u been regularly using your phone in bed with your partner present?
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Your lucky it didnt hit your camera lens like a dozen other people on here.... lol @ all this talk of damage and nobody did it themselves... heat caused all of them... heat caused the aluminum to warp.
Dude engines are made out of aluminum.. I doubt your phone got hotter than a car engine and warped.
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Looks like you hit it with a hammer

Haven't been pissed or pissed anyone off. Just had it in my pocket all day, no marks on the case. Heat was just an idea because nothing else made sense
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TPU and double flip case FTW

You May have hit an edge of an table with Your leg with the Phone between
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Wow I really can't believe this. Even the video where the guy shot the HTC One with a rifle split it in half but didn't even dent.
Seriously I know metals expand in heat but up to that point? Never and I am good with physics and chemistry I know that an aluminum 1 meter width at max could only expand by 2mm if heated @100 degrees celsius but this?

Post a picture of the otter box case.

nookcoloruser said:
Post a picture of the otter box case.
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What he said..
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I find that rally strange. I put my phone in an otterbox commuter and I dropped it a few times on concrete(I work in a wireles kiosk at Costco)
The phone itself is really hard especially the back. I don't get how that could magically appear.
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Sashtheflash said:
You May have hit an edge of an table with Your leg with the Phone between
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^^^this.
vegetaleb said:
Looks like you hit it with a hammer
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^^^or this
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I think this is another case of samsung employees **** posting on the internet
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c900712 said:
I think this is another case of samsung employees **** posting on the internet
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Get over it!!! Really yeah I'm sure this guy is a Samsung employee sent here and paid to RUIN HTC!!! HAHAHA Really how stupid do you think Samsung is??? You act as if they were some small time stupid company which they are not.

[Q] Smashed my Nexus 4

Hey there, long time lurker here but now I really need your help. I managed to drop my Nexus 4 this morning from about 3 foot onto lino flooring in my bathroom. It landed smack bang on it's back and the back glass is shattered.
Are there any cheap solutions to repairing this? I saw some glass on the bay for about £20, I don't know how easy it will be to repair though. Also thought about getting a skin from dbrands and just sticking it over it, hoping it holds.
Thanks, Ben.

I guess there aren't any alternatives.
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I hope u fix it :s

xbenjiiman said:
Hey there, long time lurker here but now I really need your help. I managed to drop my Nexus 4 this morning from about 3 foot onto lino flooring in my bathroom. It landed smack bang on it's back and the back glass is shattered.
Are there any cheap solutions to repairing this? I saw some glass on the bay for about £20, I don't know how easy it will be to repair though. Also thought about getting a skin from dbrands and just sticking it over it, hoping it holds.
Thanks, Ben.
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You might wanna take a look at this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSe1I0MlpLI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
The link to purchase the back cover is in the description. Good luck!
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You might wanna take a look at this video:
The link to purchase the back cover is in the description. Good luck!
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It's not the screen, it's the glass on the back.
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their are 2 options you will find the one with NFC with be more expensive if you dont use NFC get the one without it and i got one for a friend off of ebay just search" nexus 4 back housing".

As far as buying a new back, I've heard a lot of people going on eBay, but where you get it is up to you.
As far as how to replace it once you obtain a replacement back, check out this thread. It has pictures and a nice step-by-step guide on how to do it. Scroll down a few posts and the OP also tells you where he got his replacement from.

Call LG
LG charged me $69.00 to replace the back glass.

Personally I'd save myself some money and time and go with a dbrand skin. The carbon one actually looks very nice on the N4 IMO (look at Taylor Martin's posts on www.pocketnow.com if you want to see it).

Nigeldg said:
Personally I'd save myself some money and time and go with a dbrand skin. The carbon one actually looks very nice on the N4 IMO (look at Taylor Martin's posts on if you want to see it).
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It's whether it will stay on though, with the glass being shattered and all I thought it might peel off with the shattered glass.
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rpaloalto said:
Call LG
LG charged me $69.00 to replace the back glass.
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I rang them in the UK and they said they don't do repairs.
The people they referred me to (Carphone Warehouse) quoted me £79.99.
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Decided to get a dbrands skin and a ringke fusion case. Maybe some superglue to hold that glass together.
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xbenjiiman said:
It's not the screen, it's the glass on the back.
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Sorry, that was the wrong link. This is the correct one, if you're still interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZDAIgwbXk4 (the first 2:30) and the oem back: http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-lg-nexus-4-e960-battery-door-nfc-version.html