Hi all, this is my first post so please show some leniency please
I have recently been given a Samsung S9+-256GB from my company in Korea and I went on a case hunt at the myeongdong area.
Found the classic transparent gel ones but they usually stick in the entrance of the pocket and usually will not slide all the way in unless you try.
So started looking for hard cases one of which (except the classic thin ones) had a secret "pocket" for cards and bus tickets.
Since in Korea moving with buses and trains is something I must do as I have not purchased a car yet and TMoney card (bus card) is swiped several times within a day it seemed only fair to go for that one.
Nice colors and easy to use but to be honest it looks a bit bulky after I requested the same guy to install a tempered glass as well.
In any case I am happy for now and will be definitely buying another one shortly, maybe with a cover.
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I recently lost my stylus, at a park I think. I put the pen in my pocket instead of putting it back in my phone. That was a dumb mistake
Does anyone have a suggestion on where to buy a replacement stylus from?
Seems the price can range from 5 for $8($1.60 per Stylus) to 3 for $20($6.70 per Stylus). Is there any advantage to buying the more expensive ones or are the cheap ones just as good?
I couldn't find a thread that addressed this issue, if I missed it a re-direct would be appreciated
I've bought my replacements for my tilt at eforcity
http://www.eforcity.com/metal-stylu...-ii-chtc4550st02.html?int=efsechtxtrigos-item
they do a lot of business on ebay and carry a whole range of other stuff too. They also give you a $5 coupon for your next purchase for giving a review on reseller ratings
but there are many other sellers out there, i've seen no difference in the quality of the stylus, though I did have problems with a Nintendo DS stylus I bought from a Chinese vendor once. but then again 90% of this kind of stuff comes from china.
I am also in need of a replacement stylus, i lost my original one, the replacement i purchased seems to have a rougher tip than the original, i'm afraid it will scratch the screen.
I've seen them before in a Best Buy store, look around the phone accessories, or, if all else fails, ask someone.
Thanks for the replies.
I ordered some off ebay. 3 for $7. Seem decent enough. Weight a little more than the originals, which I think is a good thing.
All I have to do is hope the pens don't explode now
Looks Like a Good Buy, the only thing you might have to worry about is 1) the ink leaks out into the phone( i don't think the kaiser battery would generate enough heat), 2) losing the cap for the pen since it is the snap of type, can remember where i got mine from , it actually screws off first time i ever tried to use the pen side(lol). just mentioned eforcity since i bought all my cases and stuff from them, guess i didn't buy my stylus from them since they have the same type with the snap off. they sell some strange stuff at notebook.egde, i might pick up the 15 pc screwdriver set for 4.99, gotta replace the buttons on my tilt.
Me too. lost 2 stylus and now after using new finger friendly ROM since few months I dont feel need of stylus.
Unlosable stylus
Instead of getting a "stick" stylus, why not get a object that acts like a stylus? sounds like a funny riddle, but when you own one, the stick styluses do seem funny.
look at the link provided
http://triforce.se/
Have a look on marketplace
some users are selling parts
zyphuris55 said:
Instead of getting a "stick" stylus, why not get a object that acts like a stylus? sounds like a funny riddle, but when you own one, the stick styluses do seem funny.
look at the link provided
http://triforce.se/
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Cool, thanks for the link!
So, if your 2 year old is like mine, he's quite efficient at shattering your phone's screen. SO, I went online and found a replacement screen and set sbout installing it myself. I make no claim at any sort of electrical know-how... Damn it Jim, I'm a med student not an electrician. But I do enjoy my gadgets. Anyway, I went online and found some you-tube videos and successfully changed out the screen! Woo-Hoo! I used a hybrid of the two videos as one of them seemed a little too, much but it had a good rebuild sequence.
The first video has a good description of how to remove the screen (I didn't use the hair dryier and it worked just fine), and the second shows how to put it back. The second video should also be good to show how to replace other thinsg (camera, etc.).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUTPf8QyAVs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKhdz_Xa-Co
I hope this helps people out there make their own replacements a success!
May I ask how much did it cost you and how long did it took? Did you have to buy any special tools?
It required a small electronics set of screw drivers (phillips) and it came with a plastic pry tool that I used for everytyhing except taking the screws out. It also comes with a tiny star drive screwdriver that I held onto but didn't use. I purchased it onlie from someone that I thought was based in Cali, but it turns out that he's in China. So it took 2 to 3 weeks to get it to me. I paid 115 for it, but if this happens again (dear lord please no) I'll pay a little more for someone that I know is in the states. There's a discussion in the accessories forum that lists some sites that have replacement screens.
I'm using the standard Acer case but I like to use it in my hand, upsidedown, but due to the one end of the case being open the A500 slides out.
What I'm hoping you people can help me with is, I`m after a case that allows for it to be folded flat when open (for use being held - I don't use it on a table) and doesn't slip out (so held secure all around); and preferably doesn't cover the bezel around the screen.
I know I'm asking a lot here, and I've looked at loads of cases, but the pictures don't show the detail needed to see if this fits the bill.
Thanks in advance.
coercri said:
I'm using the standard Acer case but I like to use it in my hand, upsidedown, but due to the one end of the case being open the A500 slides out.
What I'm hoping you people can help me with is, I`m after a case that allows for it to be folded flat when open (for use being held - I don't use it on a table) and doesn't slip out (so held secure all around); and preferably doesn't cover the bezel around the screen.
I know I'm asking a lot here, and I've looked at loads of cases, but the pictures don't show the detail needed to see if this fits the bill.
Thanks in advance.
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Im not exactly sure what u mean by holding it upside down and stuff but i think the case i use would work. The tablet doesnt slide out at all (unless you force it) and the bezel isnt covered.
Here it is: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005AZ7B4S/ref=oh_o03_s01_i00_details
I`d had a look at that, and read good things about it, but didn`t know the specifics; thanks for the headsup.
@coercri.....Some time ago I bought the "Vipertek" case which appears identical to the one jon described only different name. I published my comments and pictures on another thread in this forum. I think the same design case has popped up on Amazon over last months all about the same price with different names. It's still working well for me and holds the tab really well no matter which orientation you use. I have copied my original post including photos and attach it for your information.
The link posted by azoller1 in reply to my original post is the correct link to Amaz. Ordered it on 11/12/11 and it arrived by USPS on 11/16/11. It looks, it feels and it smells like leather on the outside whilst the inner lining is micro-fill. It has 6 "clips", (looking at it in landscape view) 2 are at the top L & R corners, 2 are at the bottom L & R corners and the final 2 are on the L & R sides about one third of the way down from the top. When it is closed up the A500 engages in all 6 clips. When it is fully closed every "input" (power,hdmi,usb full, usb "B", on/off button, volume up/down, rotation lock and even the sd card cover) are all accessible. To operate the A500 you have to "unhook" the bottom 2 clips and slide the bottom edge of the A500 into one of the "ridges" where it rests at the required angle. Although I am not an acomplished photographer I hope the attached photos will show that.
Having used it for a couple of days I am growing to like it especially at the price I paid.......THERE LIES THE RUB!......... When I bought it on 11/12/11 it was quoted on Amaz's site as $9.93 plus $4.99 shipping and even without seeing it I thought I couldn't go wrong at that price. On Tuesday 11/15/11 I went to Amaz's to check on delivery date and ........SHOCK HORROR........ found that the price was now shown as $19.98 plus shipping. Long story short I checked my bank account and found that the original price quoted me of $9.93 plus shipping was what had been charged to my debit card. There was no notice on the web site when I bought it that it was a special offer or some such so I can only conclude that for a short time a mistake had been made by the selling company.
At the price I paid I would heartily recommend this case BUT I am not certain I would at twice the price. But if you like the look of it, look around and see if you can find a reduced price.
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Many thanks for the information.
Also many thanks from me as well, had the Acer brand case and got soooo annoyed by it slipping out, and not this one looks promising.
Hello all,
I wonder if I may ask your collective opinion. I've been an HTC user since the Desire and have had a One X for the last 2 years. I'm due to upgrade in a month on EE 4G in the UK and have decided to go down the Note 3 route.
I have a varied lifestyle which means I can be in a variety of quite different environments with different use profiles for my devices (how's that for jargon?).
I'm looking for some advice around the best options to protect and power my phone.
I run an industrial and agricultural engineering business, as such my working environment can change from extreme to office boardroom on a daily basis. Extreme can involve outside in the Scottish winter so cold and wet. Industrial means drop risk and impact and screen protection, scratch protection, solvent and oil protection. We also restore old land rovers so mineral oil on hands is a frequent risk as is scrabbling around on dirty garage floors. I need to protect the phone from this environment but also retain full functionality.
However, I also find myself in the corporate boardroom where I need smart and sleek and unobtrusive and don't really want an oil stained lump of rubber in the table or desk.
In addition, at home I have two young children who have sticky fingers, accident prone (I've replaced my wife's iPhone screen and case 3 times now, who help themselves to phones and tablets to play games etc. I don't mind thus too much as it keeps the little buggers off my alienware M18.
At work we frequently find ourselves in remote locations where signal can be patchy and offer away from power sources for a while so I'm also looking to iccassionally beef up the battery. The remote locations can gobble up battery with roaming increased and whilst I know you can adjust settings, it can be a pain in the butt to remember to do this.
Strikes me I need a rugged, oil proof case and screen protector with the option of an extended battery capacity both of which can be removed to return to stick when in the office/socialising etc. Something with a holster would be good as well so I can pick up without rummaging in pockets which all too often contain knives, screw drivers etc.
What would you recommend? I've seen a few different options but am getting to the confused stage!
Secondly, I've recently developed osteoarthritis in my left hand, this makes using a phone the size of a One X with one hand tricky so the Note 3 will be even more of a challenge. So annoying and painful is this I very nearly opted for an iPhone 5s and breaking my vow never to own an apple product as Jobs was the antichrst and I can't stand Apples hypocritical, smug, controlling, 'aren't we just so wacky and cool', twat, Bollox corporate image- just because it is skinny enough to be easier to hold in my left hand when used as a phone or thumb texting.
I then recalled...just a minute, these days there are a plethora of solutions for this problem, there is no need to sacrifice my deepest principles!
Now I'm not a huge fan of Bluetooth ear sets they don't sit well with helmets, goggles, spectacles etc. So I have been interested to see the Galaxy Gear watch which looks like it might be an option despite the fact that I don't necessarily want to be bothered by phone and text all the time...sales calls, the bank, irate customers etc....
Question is...is the current GG watch worth getting or am I better waiting six months for the new one? I'm not sure if the latest one is waterproof and shockproof as most reviews tend to be about its gadgetry rather than its construction as a watch.
Lastly, I do a lot of miles behind the wheel in different vehicles, from family and work cars to vans and classic cars. Is there a decent generic vehicle dock avaliable for this phone, one which can be moved between vehicles easily and which allows me to easily access the phone as well as spotify and audible. I've gone back to my Garmin sat nav as in the uk anyway, Google maps app went from brilliant to utter push about six months ago. I've list count of the cash I have wasted on various phone mounts for cars and given the huge size of the Note 3 am thinking about somthing specific.
Thanks in advance for wasting valuable time pondering the best way forward for my hectic lif. I'm determined not to trash thus phone and secondly, to actually get the best out of its productivity as I'm getting busier and busier and need to use the devices smarter, one if the reasons I don't is the environment challenges.
Cheers
Rich
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Let me make a quick note, that if you're either A) a genius or B) at work and are just skimming through posts, feel free to skip to paragraph 5 (or maybe its 6? ) to skip the fat and jump straight to meat of my querry.
Okay, so I wish my post was actually as interesting as my title (im sensing potential as a news website author). But anyways, so I got a really sweet deal on a refurbished Gold 32 gig 6p through best buy about 2 months ago. Ive been out of the tinkering scene for a couple years, and decided to get a 6p once I started to realize that the legend that is nexus was more than likely coming to an end, courtesy of the Pixel line. I bought the Gold one bc they ran a sale at Best buy for a 32 gig refurbished 6p for $313 for the gold specifically. Apparently they made a mistake in advertising but due to their price match guarantee I was able to capitalize on it. There was only one problem: I hated the gold one. And I dont' mean I liked it the least of the 4 colors offered-- it literally was the only color of the four that I didn't like. I figured I would be able to cover it with a case temporarily and eventually do a housing swap to change the color.
Well, within 2 days of owning the phone, my neighbor slid it into her back pocket for a moment while talking to my girlfriend, and lets just say... how do i put this gently...think Chris Farley, but female, and, "fat girl in a little pants". I winced as inconspicuously as I could, as I watched her hips swaying to a rendition of American woman playing in the background on youtube. Before things got too serious, I came up with an excuse as to why I needed to skedaddle, she handed me my phone, and i slunked out of their apartment carrying my 6p like smeagol getting out of there with his precious. Everything seemed alright upon first inspection, but as I got home and put it in the light I realized-- *Duh Duh Duuuuunnnnn*-- before i even realized what had happened, I had found myself on the wrong side of the "tight jeans bent my made-in-china volume rocker" statistic. At first it gave me problems with hard resets, but eventually I was able to use a razor blade to dislodge the jammed button, which allowed me to push the stock image back onto the device so I could attempt to RMA it.
But then it hit me-- whats the point of messing around with it, if I'm going to replace the housing anyways? Well, at some point along this excruciatingly long version of my story (which probably took less time to actually play out in reality), iFixit delivered quite a slap in the face to me with their "2 out of 10" repairability score. But, my girlfriend gave me just enough confidence to carry on with the project after declaring that my fingers are frickin magic, and that the difficult housing transplant shouldn't be too hard for someone with my level of natural talent.
Moving on to chapter 64: So all I have to do now, is choose which color housing I want to replace the gold with, and order the parts-- this is where I decide to go franken nexus. Since the housing, fingerprint scanner, sim card tray, etc, all have to be bought seperately in order to have a uniform color change, I figured I would mix things up and go with either a white or silver (I'll probably go ahead and get both) main housing, and order the sim tray, volume rockers, fingerprint scanner, and probably even the back bottom piece in black to have a unique loo courtesy of an accent color. And alas; even though I didn't produce the background here quite as quick as Bob Ross with a paint scraper, we have invariably arrived at question number 1:
if you order a replacement housing, do they come with the volume rocker and power button included?
I can't find a definitive answer in any of the pictures for the ones Ive looked at, but since the closest thing I can find to the buttons are the ribbon/cable for them, I'm assuming this is the case. I'm also assuming if I want a white housing with black buttons, that I will have to simply buy a black housing as well? I've found the glass camera cover seperate, the sim trays, the fingerprint scanners-- heck, even the little strip on the bottom-- being sold seperately, but I cannot for the life of me find any volume rocker/power button combos sold individually.
And To conclude The longest, most obvious waste of time that a post could ever hope to achieve..my second question: Say a man were inclined, during his construction of a Franken Nexus, to attempt to swap out the 32 GB ssd memory chip on his mother board with a 128 GB one-- I'm not asking about the level of technical difficulty that presents-- we are, of course, working under the assumption that not only would the technician be in possession of magic frickin fingers, but he also happens to be good buddies with Johnny 5. The guy loves input, he already read up on whats required and he swears that his little third arm could sodder and switch out those memory chips just as good as it can break into any circa 1987 gm vehicle. BUT-- assuming johnny 5 was there to help with the physical removal of the old chip, and the installation of the new one-- would transplant on the motherboard be possible, to turn a 32 GB nexus 6p into a 128? Is there anything that changes with the source code anywhere? In the kernel source code or anything? what would such a job entail, if someone (other than number 5) were to explain it? How feasible would this project be? I used to know some code, but the only thing it was ever good for was getting me into the cool kids treehouse and getting slapped by mindy crane in the seventh grade so I'm not sure how much help it would be for me here.
Thank you for your time, and your INPUT!!! IIIIINNNNPUUUUUTTTTT!!!! who-- easy number 5.
Man, I mean I wasn't expecting to win any comedy awards but sheesh. Tough crowd.
For real, noone knows if the volume rocker and power button cones with the replacement housing?
When I got my case it had all the buttons, glass and trim. I had the black one but the color chips off so I went with the silver body and kept the black fingerprint.
Along the lines of swapping the storage, that would be near impossible since it is micro soldered to the board, likelyhood of ruining the phone is 99.9999999999999%. Maybe finding a pulled 128gb board would be better and swapping that. Asking the seller of the case would be best to know what you're getting.
What the hell just happened here?
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