hi there, i got my desire 3 days ago so happy wouldn't change to anything .. but yesterday it fell from my pocket on some screws and now i have screens frame scratched (some paint came off) now its metal visible and its poking my eyes is there any shop so i can buy paint to fix it or some scratch repair that u tried thanks for help !
Is it definately metal that is exposed and not plastic?
I havent tried it on my phone, but Duraglit (Brasso) removes scratches from plastic quite well apparently.
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I would avoid using brasso as is an abrasive that will basically sand away the top surface of your screen surround making the problem worse. It works with scratches on screens by sanding them down very gradually. Not good for paint work!
If you are not insured against handset damage, I'd recommend getting a gel or rubber case. I have a cheap one off ebay that covers all round the edges. There are plenty out there. They look quite good IMO too. It'll cover over your unsightly marks. You are lucky the screen is unscathed.
Search for 'Case mate torque htc desire'. This is a funky rubber case that comes with a screen protector too. It's £20 but you can get plain ones for £2.50 from ebay too.
This will mean the next time you are pogo-sticking across a field of screws (nice work btw) when your phone falls out, it'll be protected.
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When I press gently on the plastic cover around the flashlight, I can feel that it fits a bit loose. Am I the only one experiencing this at Desire HD, or is this normal for this model?
Its the same on my device
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Having got my device this morning, mine seems perfectly sturdy.
Mine is sturdy also, but I can wiggle it a bit if I press on it.
Just out of curiousity of course. But where do you see the oh so painful marks of daily use on your phone? I've only dropped my phone one time, in a case, and it survived without a mark actually. But I do have a slight chip in the rubberized matte coating on the edge of the phone, simply from taking off and on the case. And also on my battery door, the metal finish on the actual metal door is chipping slighty too. also on the keyboard part, where it is solid black on the ends of the kb, small scratches are showing up. :/. Sort of off topic, but how could I just completely wipe clean my battery door and "unfinish" it?
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I too have the tiny chips/scuffs from where the clips on my hybrid solid case fitted, I also thought it was from removing it too much but infact it was just wear from when I shut my keyboard and the clips scrapped the edge slightly,.... hence, my phone is now naked.
.... also have two tiny scuffs on the battery door cover where the plastic is peeling,... have you seen the "polished G 2 door ",... I might do that myself.
That's it,.... need to get around to trying one of the gel two piece cases ASAP to prevent further damage.
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I got a dent on my battery door that happened when I was frantically grasping at my phone trying to turn off the alarm in the morning...
it fell onto a chair leg or something like that lol
I got a gnarly scratch on the right side about an inch above the camera button. I don't know where it came from either =( there's also a small scratch on the left top that really only made the metal shiny. Do I even have to mention the battery door? I have a new one lined up for when I sell my DZ...the Atrix will be my next phone =)
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I haver none after three months of working at a restarunt, with a case I bout at the mall for ten dollars
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My battery door has a few lite scracths but other then that I'm good.
I don't use a case (G1 pouch FTW) & I have a screen protector on since day 1
Delivered by Western Union in the rain after 70 Years
2 really minuscule pieces of dust under the screen. Doesn't bother me at all, can't even notice them unless your looking for them.
The body of the phone is in pristine condition, thanks to the Otterbox case. Screen is scratch free even without a screen protector.
Its funny how much I baby this phone. It only goes in my jacket pockets. If I put it in a coat pocket that has a zipper I wrap it in a microfiber cloth for LCD TV's so the screen doesnt get scratched placing it in or removing it from the pocket. All the other coat pockets are "safe," where I dont need to use the microfiber cloth.
Ive had my phone since the beginning of October and not one scratch , blemish ,
discoloration , etc . I baby my phones as much as possible though , Probably a
little excessively haha
AZ2ENVY said:
Ive had my phone since the beginning of October and not one scratch , blemish ,
discoloration , etc . I baby my phones as much as possible though , Probably a
little excessively haha
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Same here! Haha
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Battery door, metal surrounding the screen, some bumps here and there, discoloration around the keyboard, some gray rubber parts are already black (seems there's black plastic underneath). But that's not the worse part: screen is cracked like Pangaea is now the modern Earth. Yeah, I've misused (and abused of) the phone. Still the best phone I've ever had.
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I have a dent on the metal ring, on the upper right corner (charge light side) from when my g2 was dropped on the tile floor at jc penney.
Mainly on the back
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Yea my scratches are mainly with the battery cover.
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I managed to chip the metal around the screen on my G2... never dropped it, so not sure how the heck this happened lol.
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That's what happened to mine! I don't even know how the scratch got there...but there it is, taunting me...
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Well my phone has seen some abuse. I try to baby it, but I work on a dairy farm.lol. been dropped a half a dozen times. Mostly on concrete. But it's looking good still. Two big dings on each top corner. A few small ones on the right beside the screen. My battery cover has some slight scratches. It's a dusty machine tho, I really aught to get some compressed air on it. Oh yeah, and my gf threw it on a hair dressers floor... screen down... no screen protector, only a tiny half millimeter scratch on the screen.
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Hi guys I bought a screen protector for my DHD but i severly messed up the installation and i now have quite a lot of small dust in between the protector and the phone screen.
i plan on just leaving the protector on this way as I seriously cannot be bothered to go out and buy another one and get a professional to do it for me. I may end up changing it after a few monthes time
however could the pieces of dirt/dust between the protector end up scratching the screen? I think im being a bit paranoid. Many thanks
Theoretically possible but unlikely as the way scratches happen is caused by the movement of these particles along the surface of the screen. If the screen protector doesn't move around the phone, and it really shouldn't even with not being completely clean to start with, then pressing normally on a screen to type etc should have no effect.
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Unless you've got the dust particles trapped in an air pocket. Then movement / scratching is a possibility.
Search for the one link/post with tips on installing a screenprotector - especially the section about using a piece of adhesive tape to remove dust under the screen protectors.
It was posted to front page of xda about 2 weeks ago if i remember right.
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buy a few more!!
when i install mine, i bought 3pcs, just to be sure.
they did it wrong. screen has a tiny frame around and thus can not simply impose a film on top.
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Unless you've got the dust particles trapped in an air pocket. Then movement / scratching is a possibility.
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That's true, also depends on what is actually the contaminant?
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My HTC G2's old. Way old. I've been using it since at least 2011.
So I decided to clean it today.
I took the case off and cleaned the phone with rubbing alcohol pads.
When I finished up, all the grey plastics of the phone felt slightly rubberized. It doesn't affect the black parts nor the aluminum parts, just the gray ones.
I honestly can't remember if the material was this way before. I always had the case on. Can someone tell me the texture of the gray plastic in their phone? I faintly remembered the phone being smooth all the way through.
I think you're OK, its smooth but for sure has a rubbery feeling to it
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Youre fine