Are there any guides on debranding the t-mobile dash? Mainly the boot and shut down screens and the background picture when your on call. And is there anyway to remove the t-mobile logo under the screen with out marring the aluminum? I have seen the sugar technique and was wondering if anyone tried it.
Indeed there are. Check out the Hardware Mods section of this FAQ:
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1029606&page=1&pp=15
Have you taken off the logo? I am wondering if it will scratch the metal if i use sugar or maybe alcohol and lots of rubbing will take it off.
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i need to take apart my ks20. want to repaint the chrome like frame that goes around the phone (lg used some cheap paint, it comes off really easy). I have looked at the service manual, but couldn't get anywhere. After taking out the battery and sim card, there are to screws on top that i removed, i tried to remove the back plastic cover (the one with the camera opening) and no luck, it doesn't budge.
does someone know how to do this? i think the service manual is somewhere on the site, but i have no idea how to proceed.
thanx a lot
Try
http://rapidshare.de/files/38526183/EN_KS20_SVC_ENG_1123_1.0_.pdf.html
thanx for the link, but i have looked at the manual and can't make up anything of it
it doesn't say how to go about taking it apart, all it shows is a diagram with all the pieces
is there anyone here who knows or at least has an idea about this, i really need to get it repainted (i hate scratched phones)
thanx a lot
Maybe some one can answer this question? I also need to disassemble my KS20 - because of dirt on camera lens...
The disassembly is fairly straightforward - remove the battery, remove the visible screws, run a special tool along the black plastic and unclip. It's not easy, but it will come off. The back cover houses thermal pad, because KS20 gets quite hot from time to time. I guess LG didn't anticipate that happening, so the pad is a bit of a last resort solution from them, quite unorthodox.
As far as middle silver strip is concerned, it houses a flex, so unless you know what you are doing - don't bother touching beyond the back cover.
hi, i dissambled my ks20 today.. and i think there's a problem...
my screen wont turn on anymore...there are still sounds and even the touch screen is working..its just that my screen is not showing anything...
i think the connection between the screen and the motherboard was loose...
but then again, i cannot find the connector... can someone help me with this...
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i just receive my digitizer today... but i have no idea to repair it myself...can u guide me?
We took my ks20 apart. The screen opened up a bit when it was removed, so perhaps it's broken. We did manage to get the digitizer off however..
Problem is the digitizer was glued with a helluva lot of glue. How will we get it to stick when we put it back? I read some use double-sided tape, but won't that be way too thick?
Glue seems to be the only solution, but what kind and how much? The screen also seemed to have been glued in place.
Will any kind of super glue work? Only a couple of drops perhaps? I'm pretty sure the phone won't be tight after this but..
Anyone who's done this procedure.. What did you use? We're gonna finish this tomorrow so I'm very grateful for any advice.
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hu. i have a problem. The only thing my htc show is a black screen. the light is on, but nothing displayed. i try to enter bootloader mode but still only the black screen. can anyoane tell me what can i do? i hope is not a hardware problem...
oh, is htc tinity...
If You`re lucky it`s just a loose contact. If You can still hear the sounds from the splash screens I`m sure its nothing worse. Had this too and the fix is really easy once You`ve done it. I had to do it numerous times until I had a good solution. Look in the general trinity subforum, there`s a post on how to disassemble the phone. You have to do steps 1-5 to get the back cover off.
Then You can do an easy test:
- Put the battery back in again. I used some paper cut to size as underlay just to be sure not to accidently short anything should the battery move from its place.
- Hold the phone in such a way that You can apply light pressure on the battery so it stays connected. Now You can power on the phone.
- Apply some light pressure on top of the lcd connection cable (marked red in the disassembly guide) and see if You have a picture again.
- If this doesn`t help try to apply light pressure with a plastic or wood piece from the side where it vanishes in the front cover. In other words play a little bit with pressure direction.
If You get Your picture when applying pressure everything is fine cause all You have to do now is to put in something to polster out the back cover (or side cover, depending on where You pushed from when the screen came back alive). There is a small soft black sticker on the back cover that applies some pressure by default, use this as guidance. First I just rolled a piece of paper and positioned it there when I closed the cover. Didn`t hold for long. Finally I applied a sticker used on furnitures to protect wood floors. Same as vibration dampener stickers for loudspeakers. Just cut to size, stick on top of the old sticker or into the side housing and You`re good to go. Never had a problem with it again.
It sounds far more complicated as it is and You should really try it. I wish You it`s just a loose contact.
I am getting a G2 from the US and was wondering if there was a way to physically remove the T-Mobile logo from the top of the display. Not too big of a deal but we don't have T-Mobile here and I don't like branding anyway.
bobbytomorow said:
I am getting a G2 from the US and was wondering if there was a way to physically remove the T-Mobile logo from the top of the display. Not too big of a deal but we don't have T-Mobile here and I don't like branding anyway.
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Wet sanding the inside of the screen should do the job, but that is a little drastic. I suggest using a case that covers that area -- like this: http://www.amazon.com/Skinomi-TechS...WY/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1291046090&sr=8-10
The logo is on the inside of the glass? That sucks I guess I will learn to live with it. I don't want to sand it and I do not want to cover the entire phone with a case like that either, I like the look of the phone.
Cheers for the response though
Black sharpy! Its a black background there anyway just dont cover the sensors to the left.
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A different kind of topic I know...
I wanted to know if there was any safe way to remove the T-mobile logo on the back side of the screen, and the "my" emblem on the front of the screen right under the head piece.
They kinda bother me, considering I'm AT&T
Wouldn't the more pressing issue be that you won't get 3G on AT&T?
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Wouldn't the more pressing issue be that you won't get 3G on AT&T?
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I don't have a data plan, so it doesn't matter to me anyway.
As a college student, 90% of the time I'm in a wifi area. So it doesn't really make sense to have data on the go. Plus I'm broke
Regarding removing the T-Mobile branding, you can get a backplate that doesn't have the myTouch logo on it--just a clean white/black/red backplate, seen them on Amazon and at T-Mobile stores, too.
The little myTouch logo on the front would be much harder, and the T-Mobile branding on the back of the screen portion could be easily blanked out with a bit of sanding and spraypainting.
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Regarding removing the T-Mobile branding, you can get a backplate that doesn't have the myTouch logo on it--just a clean white/black/red backplate, seen them on Amazon and at T-Mobile stores, too.
The little myTouch logo on the front would be much harder, and the T-Mobile branding on the back of the screen portion could be easily blanked out with a bit of sanding and spraypainting.
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i don't think it needs to be sanded off in the back...
It's only a printed logo, so it should be able to come off with minimal to no damage. Sanding and spray painting seem like much more trouble than it's worth...
i was asking about that, because i know there's a trick out there to scrape off the logo with sugar cubes. Sugar is abrasive enough to take off the logo, but not enough the scratch the phone surface. Was wondering if it would work on my slide as well...
Well, since it's not abrasive enough to scratch it, might as well give it a shot! Worst case it doesn't take the label off.
A few days ago my s4 mini fell in the toilet. I cleaned it put it in rice for 26 hours~ and also dissasembled it and blew the screen with a hair dryer. Now when I power it up it shows the logo s4 mini etc. etc. but instead of the samsung logo with the noise i get a white screen. After a while when it boots up it is still white but I can unlock it i hear the sound etc. Before that white screen i was stuck with a light blue one. Upon plugging in the charger i got solid 5 minute of "fixed" display (grayer colours, broken full brightness etc.). I ran the diagnostics test which is *#0*# I tested the colours and i found the red pixels turned to pink like red and the blue turned to purple. After a while it was quite hot and i lost that window of accessibility as the screen got stuck with a white display as mentioned above. My question is is there anyway to fix this without buying a new screen panel (which costs 85$ for my colour) or the only way is paying for the full service by Samsung?
Hi Costas,
The problem you have is called „ water damage“. All what you have done is not bad except that you shouldn't power it on. But look on the youtube how to handle phone with water damage or to bring it disassambled to some smart phone repair shop who is specialized in fixing the phones with water damege. It's not enough just to dry the components and fire it up becouse the chlor from the water make conections which you can't see by „naked eye“ and there for is washing in other chemicals neccecery to „TRY“ to save your water damaged phone. And even after this threatment there is no garantee that the phone will working as before if water have reached places which are difficult to clean. So, it's not helpful to say anything about your phone esspecially becose you have swiched it on. Succes !
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First error, put your phone in rice, really that only works for youtubers.
As boombastical said, you need to remove all remaining conductive and corrosive components that were dissolved in the water