After messing up the missus' initial order of this handset, they've now messed up the replacement order I placed for it.
Result? Any colour you like so long as it's frigging pink.
Anyone know if it's possible to get cheap replacement panels that replace the pink bits with black ones? Alternately another UK source of these handsets?
I've contacted Expansys UK and Italy but I have been told that there is no plan to sell again the black version which is weird because until few days ago there where thousands of i-mate and qtek available...I guess you can always buy a used black one and change the panel on the pink one...it sounds pretty easy, you can follow instructions at http://www.pdacenter.ru/razborka/razbor_htc_star_trek/
Cheers
i got bit by this
thebluenile said:
I've contacted Expansys UK and Italy but I have been told that there is no plan to sell again the black version which is weird because until few days ago there where thousands of i-mate and qtek available...I guess you can always buy a used black one and change the panel on the pink one...it sounds pretty easy, you can follow instructions at http://www.pdacenter.ru/razborka/razbor_htc_star_trek/
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I don't think that changing the top cover is a job for the faint hearted.
The missus pink one arrived yesterday - they are, well, pretty loud. they've also got a ribbed aluminium finish on the pink bits. she's happy, but if you're considering one on the grounds that no-one'll notice they're pink - trust me they will!
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Well last night was a good night. Playing pool, using msn and sending a few texts when... the shiny new HD went waltzing out of the palm of my hand and then... WHACK... right onto the edge of a table eek denting and chipping the damn front housing. Not ammused one bit
So my question for you boys and girls is... a front cover for the old Touch HD. Does anyone know where to get one from please?
Tried several chaps in Hong Kong via ebay but no joy.
Guessing the answer to this would come in pretty useful to more than just myself who has suffered this kind of cruel fate
RSVP, Steve
Housing+chasis+cover
hello
you can buy from me for completely at $150
HTC TOUCH HD T8282 BLACKSTONE HOUSING+CHASIS+COVER
regard
anyone in the UK selling these please? thanks
and that priceabove is quite high! you can get the cover and digitiser for $10 more on ebay.
Saw a complete housing @ brando for $ 79.50, so it's far cheaper than ugn53's.
Shipment seems cheap also.
BTW, never bought from brando, so I have no experience with them.
I've bought Screen protectors from Brando in the past. Their website is trustworthy.
Sorry to hear about your predicament. Hope it works out. (I'd die if the same happened to my HD !)
This is why i insure my phones... i pay nothing luckly due to my contract but 6 quid for others and it covers accidental damage and loss. I have used in on my old phones (Kaiser and Hermes ETC) i have a 15 quid excess....
Insurance???
I have Orange Care to but... how can you wangle it so i can get one on insurance for something like this? Surely you'd have to tell a porkie somewhere along the lines, wouldn't you?
Nice but not quite right...
the-equinoxe said:
Saw a complete housing @ brando for $ 79.50, so it's far cheaper than ugn53's.
Shipment seems cheap also.
BTW, never bought from brando, so I have no experience with them.
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Sadly mate, if you look at the contents of that package, it says nothing about a FRONT cover... have a look.......
Features
Replacement housing for your HTC Touch HD.
Package Contents
One middle chassis
One back cover
One battery cover
Nice effort though!
Sorry for you mishaps but at least it didn't hit your screen...
Insurance...
... so that was a decent idea. If anyone fancies doing what i did should they get into this situation, i just rang orange SIM upgrades, registered my new SIM, waited 10 mins and then rang through to Orange insurance.
Told them i simply copied my contacts over and upon switching SIM's back while i waited for my new one to be activated, the brand new HD, due to being very shiny and a little bit slippery (weell thay are a bit, aren't they!) wen right through my hand and hit my desk leaving a very nasty dent with a rough edge.
£15 quid later, a new one is out to me between 9 and 1pm tomorrow
Happy days are here again! lol
*THINK* Now, should i stick the Orange ROM back in it?! LOL
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I have Orange Care to but... how can you wangle it so i can get one on insurance for something like this? Surely you'd have to tell a porkie somewhere along the lines, wouldn't you?
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just smash the screen with a hammer and tell them your phone decided to fly out of your hands onto your very hard marble kitchen floor
mcall_r said:
just smash the screen with a hammer and tell them your phone decided to fly out of your hands onto your very hard marble kitchen floor
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No need. Told em i did the sim swap as they told me to for insurance purposes and it fell out of my hand due to being shiny and handed on the edge of my desk. That's the truth... almost! Cost me 15 quid but hey, i was in credit anyway so no biggie!!!
me sits in teh corner and cries - little un decided it would be fun to scrape my phone face down across a stone fireplace - no insurance = unhappy zoomee.
Balck Stone Service Manual
Hi
i am facing a similar problem mate , my HD slipped out of my hand and bang hit the asphalt in the street , the bottom part of the front cover got a nasty dents.
I went to HTC care center in Dubai and they confirmed i cant replace the frame alone , i have to replace the whole LCD . Check page 88 of the service manual.
The cost of replacing it would be 234.128 USD (860 AED).
i wont pay that for a dent , at least for the time being , the device is fully functional.
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Regards
Mo
Try here :http://cnn.cn/shop/htc-touch-hd-c-277_667.html
Looks like a nice price...
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...the brand new HD...
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I'm curious, was it actually a new handset?
Because Orange tend to just give out refurbs.
Custom Battery Doors?
So we can all agree that the Developer Version of the G1 has a pretty sweet custom battery cover. Anybody know of anywhere making similar products?I expected to find a whole slew of decorated covers in all sorts of colors by now, but I searched Ebay and some online shops and no dice.
Re: Custom Battery Doors/Plastics on Dummy G1s
Have you considered picking up a dummy G1 (like they use in retail displays) cheaply on eBay? They may use the same casing parts - if anyone knows, please tell me?
I'm thinking about getting one of the dummies and respraying the plastics purple, then swapping the plastics with the ones on my G1 (using the instructions in the service manual that showed up on the interwebs).
thefoss said:
So we can all agree that the Developer Version of the G1 has a pretty sweet custom battery cover. Anybody know of anywhere making similar products?I expected to find a whole slew of decorated covers in all sorts of colors by now, but I searched Ebay and some online shops and no dice.
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I stuck a decal on mine before 'skinning' it. Works
--M
demontefixo said:
I stuck a decal on mine before 'skinning' it. Works
--M
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Can we see a picture? I almost did the same. Just haven't skinned the back yet.
daveknights said:
Can we see a picture? I almost did the same. Just haven't skinned the back yet.
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Sure, I'll get around to a picture in a few days.
--M
I painted mine a while back. Sanded it down first, to get rid of the rubberized texture (for the paint to stick better).
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/95009-post58.html
and of course i cant see it without an account, lol
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and of course i cant see it without an account, lol
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Sorry man, didn't realize that. I'll repost them here in a sec.
Update: Here ya go man. While I was at it, I did the door on my burner. :-D
WHITE Back Cover?
I just found in ebay an oem white back cover for ,of course, the white g1.
Have any of you guys bought or tried this cover??
I think it would look nice having an all white g1..
Heres the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140296816157&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:US:1123
blufabric said:
I just found in ebay an oem white back cover for ,of course, the white g1.
Have any of you guys bought or tried this cover??
I think it would look nice having an all white g1..
Heres the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140296816157&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:US:1123
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That battery cover is not white lol. It more like gold/silver/copperish?
I asked the seller and he told me that indeed it was white, but you never know its ebay
I think that may be the UK one.
Apparently when the G1 Pictures first came out the UK white G1 Variety had a white back cover.
I have the white G1 in the U.S. and It has a Silver/Greyish battery cover.
I have had the problem that the "Softtouch" has started to fade and there is a visible copperish color coming through. The inside of the cover is in fact white, so I guess you could clean a grey one off and use it as white.
T-mobile paid (Through account credit) the cost of 15 dollars plus S&H to replace mine from HTC. I ordered the Black one so I would not have this problem again. Now my Phone is white in front, with a grey stripe around it and a black back. Looks Storm Trooperish.
all white (except keyboard)
http://cnn.cn/shop/tmobile-white-housing-p-4199.html
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all white (except keyboard)
http://cnn.cn/shop/tmobile-white-housing-p-4199.html
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Is it even possible to replace all of that? If I can find one without the logo in all white I would definately want one, but wouldn't it be too difficult to replace all of it?
djind said:
Is it even possible to replace all of that? If I can find one without the logo in all white I would definately want one, but wouldn't it be too difficult to replace all of it?
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yup, so possible in fact, that HTC wrote a manual on how to do it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=468673
ok, not a whole manual, but it's in there somewhere.
also it looks pretty fkin hard to do, i don't trust myself tbh =/
doesn't
it doesn't really look that difficult. just follow the directions. time consuming yes. i wouldn't do it unless i found one without the t-mobile logo, that would be a waste of time. if i could find one with no logo i'd be so happy. i hate advertising for free
i have a white UK G1 and the back is the same glossy white as the rest of the phone...
the white paint is holding up brilliantly as well and as i said is the same glossyness as the front... so white front, silver trim with a white back.
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Apparently when the G1 Pictures first came out the UK white G1 Variety had a white back cover.
I have the white G1 in the U.S. and It has a Silver/Greyish battery cover.
I have had the problem that the "Softtouch" has started to fade and there is a visible copperish color coming through. The inside of the cover is in fact white, so I guess you could clean a grey one off and use it as white.
T-mobile paid (Through account credit) the cost of 15 dollars plus S&H to replace mine from HTC. I ordered the Black one so I would not have this problem again. Now my Phone is white in front, with a grey stripe around it and a black back. Looks Storm Trooperish.
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I am having this same problem. I know a guy who has done the same as you but he didn't have to pay for the cover. He went in to T_Mobile and told them the problem and said he wanted a black back piece and they just gave him one. As for myself, I may just do the same.
I like the black back
I just paid up front for it, T-mob credited my account for it.
I like the black back, looks kind of Storm-Trooperish.
While a Glossy white one is most appealing to me, (I consider myself lucky to even have a white G1). I think it will be a while before white battery covers become available OEM, until then the grey back looks like its really dirty around the edges, so the white one gives the phone a more polished look.
External cover need
where can i buy a external cover? not comes with battery.. i ony need external cover (door) because mine broken. need a new one
Hi all, yesterday was a sad day for me as I dropped my hero and have managed to crack the back cover! it's only very slight however i would like to replace it. any know where I can get one?
ill second that because mine makes all the time cracking sounds (cuz of a small tore), anyone here from germany?
Would also like a graphite one, don't like the orange logo :/
Has anyone found one yet?
It might not be worth buying the whole housing but keep an eye on this:-
http://www.globaldirectparts.com/HTC-HERO-Housing-p/htc732830.htm
Maybe they will sell the back cover only in the near future.
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It might not be worth buying the whole housing but keep an eye on this:-
http://www.globaldirectparts.com/HTC-HERO-Housing-p/htc732830.htm
Maybe they will sell the back cover only in the near future.
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wow thats really expensive!!
I normally get OEM replacements from http://cnn.cn, but no housings listed for the Hero as yet.
old thread i know but cnn.cn do now stock back covers, expensive though!
happened to me too. =/ i got one for extreamly cheap on eBay
cover
Glance here:
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=...6.m270.l1313&_odkw=htc,+hero&_osacat=0&bkBtn=
You can buy these from the official HTC Accessory Store in the UK:
Brown (I assume this is Graphite? Or is there a Brown Hero?): http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=190181
Black: http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=188331
White: http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=188216
Anyone find a htc dream style housing not like the tmobile g1. ive searched on the forums and on ebay and nothing .
Hi, ive tried hunting as well to find the original HTC Dream housing in Black, the one without the T-Mobile branding below earpiece and has HTC written instead. Ordered one off ebay (after majority if not all were T-Mobile) but arrived today and was T-Mobile, emailed the seller and hope they can supply the HTC one I want!
Anyone know of somewhere we can get this specific housing, as pictured in my attachment?
Thanks
You have to get a rogers Dream housing. I'm using a Rogers Dream, and mine is exactly like the picture. (On the battery backing it has the rogers logo though)
I'm thinking about taking mine apart and painting it.
Good news! I found that if you get a rogers dream housing, then google "htc dream accessories" you will eventually find a website that sells a replacement backing that says "powered by google" which removes all branding! I just ordered one myself and changed my splash so now there's nothing left that says rogers on mine.
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OG said:
I'm thinking about taking mine apart and painting it.
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Before you do that, consider these? They are full G1 housings in a rainbow of colors.
Green:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-Full-Hous...70379485465?pt=PDA_Accessories#ht_1258wt_1137
Rose:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-Full-Hous...70379486021?pt=PDA_Accessories#ht_1902wt_1137
Red:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-Full-Hous...70396979261?pt=PDA_Accessories#ht_1258wt_1137
Pink:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-Full-Housing-Cover-HTC-G1-GOOGLE-Pink-/370382452482?pt=PDA_Accessories
Yellow:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-Full-Housing-Cover-HTC-G1-GOOGLE-Yellow-/370382454250?pt=PDA_Accessories
Light Blue:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-Full-Housing-Cover-HTC-G1-GOOGLE-Sky-Blue-/370382456427?pt=PDA_Accessories
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I saw these on eBay a few days ago, you should give them a try and post back about the quality/ease of installation. I myself haven't purchased or tried it before, so uh, buy at your own risk haha
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EDIT: I did a bit of research on replacing the G1 housing. It looks like that these after-market housings often aren't made as precise as they should be and therefore fitting all the tiny parts in the G1 perfectly becomes difficult and even risky. Also, the installation procedure is very time consuming and if you aren't careful, you can permanently damage your phone. Again, buy and try at your own risk.
HI, I'm looking to order a new screen online and replace it myself.
I see lots at very reasonable cost on ebay and alliexpress. I'm just wondering if some of them are not original. In fact not all the suppliers even say that the product is OEM. They say things like 'if fits your G5 perfectly' which seems an odd think to say in any respect. I'm in west europe so if anyone could point me in the right direction I'd appreciate. A supplier from UK rather than China would be great as I need it asap !
ezzony said:
HI, I'm looking to order a new screen online and replace it myself.
I see lots at very reasonable cost on ebay and alliexpress. I'm just wondering if some of them are not original. In fact not all the suppliers even say that the product is OEM. They say things like 'if fits your G5 perfectly' which seems an odd think to say in any respect. I'm in west europe so if anyone could point me in the right direction I'd appreciate. A supplier from UK rather than China would be great as I need it asap !
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Well i live in the UK and have ordered a new screen off ebay twice, neither of them claiming to be OEM and they have worked perfectly. First one experienced screen burn after a while, just like my OEM screen. Second one i currently have is perfect no screen burn and personally I can't see a difference in screen quality compaired to OEM.
One thing you absolutely MUST do is buy a screen that includes a FRAME, do not i repeat do not buy the screen without the frame pre-glued to the back. I did this with my first screen and i had to rip the frame off the old screen and glue it onto the new one. Makes like 100x more complicated.
JAYKETM said:
Well i live in the UK and have ordered a new screen off ebay twice, neither of them claiming to be OEM and they have worked perfectly. First one experienced screen burn after a while, just like my OEM screen. Second one i currently have is perfect no screen burn and personally I can't see a difference in screen quality compaired to OEM.
One thing you absolutely MUST do is buy a screen that includes a FRAME, do not i repeat do not buy the screen without the frame pre-glued to the back. I did this with my first screen and i had to rip the frame off the old screen and glue it onto the new one. Makes like 100x more complicated.
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HI, thanks for that. I'm in Ireland and intend to buy from a UK seller as no one sells them on ebay Ireland. Would you mind to tell me the ebay shop you bought the good screen from without the screen burn, I'd greatly appreciate it!
And yes you are right , buying with the included frame makes perfect sense as I've noticed they don't cost much more than the digitizer alone and would make the process so much easier!
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HI, thanks for that. I'm in Ireland and intend to buy from a UK seller as no one sells them on ebay Ireland. Would you mind to tell me the ebay shop you bought the good screen from without the screen burn, I'd greatly appreciate it!
And yes you are right , buying with the included frame makes perfect sense as I've noticed they don't cost much more than the digitizer alone and would make the process so much easier!
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No Probs the one currently have installed is below. Chose this seller as he has sold alot of them and it came quickly. ?
https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/For-LG-G5-...cement-Black-/352034270675?txnId=929978512022
I've bought h850 screen from that seller few weeks ago and can confirm that screen is exellent quality and works without any problem.
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No Probs the one currently have installed is below. Chose this seller as he has sold alot of them and it came quickly.
https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/For-LG-G5-...cement-Black-/352034270675?txnId=929978512022
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Thanks you very much. Ordered ! Looking forward to my G5 coming back to life : )