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HTC Desire - Where do I get this phone case?

Hi All,
I was just wondering where I can find the silver HTC Desire case. Since I can't post links until my account is verified by a moderator, just follow these short instructions to find the awesome case I'm talking about!
Step 1. Click on the Mobile Tech World link in shure2's thread titled "HD video recording? ".
Step 2. Look at the second picture. The HTC Desire case I want is in the middle.
So if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. Alternatively if anyone knows where I can get official HTC accesories like cases etc. that would a great help.
Thanks in advance!

That picture doesn't look like the Desire is encased. It looks...naked
Are talking about the same picture? Maybe you think it's in a silver case because the photo is overexposed from the flash?
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Btw, as far as I know, HTC doesn't make cases for their phones. I could be wrong since I've only seen 3rd party case makers...

The only place I know they are selling this one is from coolblue in belgium and netherlands they claim to be an exclusive seller of this one.
silver desire at coolblue

@ohyeahar - That's what I thought originally, that it might be overexposed, but then I thought that couldn't be the explanation.
@Staticsoul - Thanks heaps for this, it looks great imo. However it doesn't have the red trimming around the camera, hmm... But's it a step in the right direction, thanks guys!

This IMO is how HTC have managed to cash in while NOT having this phone exclusive to a network.
They will offer the Silver Colour exclusive to one network in each region, similar to how Nokia do it. So for Example, in the UK all networks may get the normal Desire but T-Mobile could get the normal and exclusively get the silver desire.

I have read that the red trim on the camera will not be on the desire when it releases the picture you're showing is a prototype model.

Hmm, that's a bit disappointing...
I'm inclined to purchase the phone from smartphone shop, however I can't read Dutch!
Also the phone will work on my current network's (Vodafone) frequencies but Three Mobile (which I'm going to get) only supports UMTS 2100 in Australia. This phone (if purchased from Belgium) doesn't seem to support 2100, according to the web site anyhow...
I could flash to a UK ROM soon after release but I'm not sure how long an upload of different ROM's to the internet typically takes soon after release... Depending on how long it takes I might be chewing up a lot of credit with Vodafone due to the data-intensive apps that I plan to run.

I don't think they ship anywhere else than belgium or the netherlands. but maybe there are other retailers that sell it exclusively in the UK?

Does anyone know about the black one? I've seen the black several places, and I think it looks much sexier than the brown one. So the question is where to get it

AudunXetrov said:
Does anyone know about the black one? I've seen the black several places, and I think it looks much sexier than the brown one. So the question is where to get it
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I heard that the black one is exclusive for france...
just search for htc desire on amazon.fr and you will find the desire in black
greetz

DeKey said:
I heard that the black one is exclusive for france...
just search for htc desire on amazon.fr and you will find the desire in black
greetz
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Yeah, I saw it there after making my post. Exclusive for France, though? That would suck
I also read a few places (after posting) that the black one might be promo-model only, which could be true, considering that the pictures I've seen are all the same (iirc), and that those obviously aren't of the retail version, because there is a few differences from the other versions we've seen. However, I saw a black one in a video, that looked just like the final versions, so I'm still confused.

Housing Replacement Desire HD

My question is a relatively simple one... I sent away my desire hd to this company
http://www.htcphonerepairs.co.uk/HTC-Desire-HD/Housing-Replacement-Desire-HD.html
... to have the housing replaced, to make it look like new again. It arrived back in the post today, however there were several what looked like screwdriver scoring marks around the flash cover (see pics below) - that as well as the lense was loose and caused the phone to rattle!
Obviously I sent it back to the company under warranty immediately and they agreed to resolve.
My question is this... is it difficult to fit a new housing to the DHD without leaving marks? Also should a replacement housing cause the lense to be loose or was it just bad fitting by the repair company? Has anyone else had their housing replaced mark free?
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not sure if it is that easy to do it yourself but hey, someone is selling it on eBay
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ORIGINAL...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item3cc296c7de

2 things...they were not careful putting on that cover...or worse...used the old one again, maybe by mistake. the reason I say that is it looks like pry marks from trying to get it off. not that hard to put on all new case etc. that particular cover is tricky but with care should go on no problem.

I spoke to the company earlier this morning and they were very apologetic... should have the phone back again hopefully tomorrow morning... will update then.

gcarter said:
I spoke to the company earlier this morning and they were very apologetic... should have the phone back again hopefully tomorrow morning... will update then.
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There is plenty of youtube videos that explain how to do it. I don't like their work, if you watch the videos you can see that flash housing can be removed pushing from the inside and not externally with screwdriver.
My english is terrible...just watch this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfatoeWbMRk&feature=related

I've done this myself and it's very easy to do without leaving a mark.
Sent from my Motorola Startac running ICS.

pwraggcan said:
I've done this myself and it's very easy to do without leaving a mark.
Sent from my Motorola Startac running ICS.
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Good to hear, thanks for that... will see what happens when my phone gets back for the second time.

The plot thickens - received an email from the company earlier this morning, asking me to call them re the work on my phone.
They informed me that most if not all "replacement housings" from the manufacturer, come with some minor blemishes and or marks (this was after a 10 min rant on my behalf about this being bulls*it)
Can anyone confirm this to be the case? They even said that replacement housings for sale on ebay are probably gonna have some minor marks on them already...

This is mostly true at least the part aboot ebay but if they're coming from the manufacturer they should be in new condition.
When I bought one on ebay it was described as having minor marks but it arrived to me in new condition.
Sent from my Motorola Startac running ICS.

gcarter said:
The plot thickens - received an email from the company earlier this morning, asking me to call them re the work on my phone.
They informed me that most if not all "replacement housings" from the manufacturer, come with some minor blemishes and or marks (this was after a 10 min rant on my behalf about this being bulls*it)
Can anyone confirm this to be the case? They even said that replacement housings for sale on ebay are probably gonna have some minor marks on them already...
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This is BS, blemishes from the manufacturer? Are you serious? When you first bought your phone did they have any blemishes? OEM parts from the manufacturer are spotless or they never get used by HTC manufacturing! I'd ask for your money back, buy your own housing from Ebay and do it yourself.

Found this on ebay
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/vi...6235e2fff17910?itemId=180810313533&cmd=VIDESC
Sent from my Motorola Startac running ICS.

Ooops forgot to update this thread! My phone arrived back for the second time, and although much better than the first attempt, the housing still had minor marks both front and back... NEVER using this company again OR recommending them either... they never even apologised the 1st time around, and never got a refund for my duplicated posting costs!
Im a perfectionist when it comes to my phones, and decided to flog it on ebay... have now purchased a brand new one... should be here in a couple of days

Where to get one!

I thought it might be a good idea to show where they are available, since we're all checking - even though it may not be close enough for you to get.
The Best Buy search seems to cover areas that you could never make it to in time...
I found one in Pacoima, so for those in the Valley or LA it may be an option:
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I'm in Pittsburgh, PA. Sadly I was too slow and no stores anywhere near me have one.
However, 3 hours out I found a bunch of stores. If you're in MD or VA, it looks like you should be able to get one pretty easily. Sadly both are 3+ hours away from me. I can't justify driving that far.

I'm here in LA and nothing even comes up when I search for pickup. :crying:

Holy shikies!
Thousand Oaks and Northridge!

here about an hour north of la, nothing comes up when i search for the black model, however, the silver model shows up like the OP posted...

bigjew92 said:
here about an hour north of la, nothing comes up when i search for the black model, however, the silver model shows up like the OP posted...
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Oh, I figured it was for the black one... silver one...no thanks

Darkne0 said:
Oh, I figured it was for the black one... silver one...no thanks
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Shoot. Didn't realize it was only showing the silver model, but you're right - nothing in black

DFW?

Now the silver ones are showing available for pickup in ALL areas near me

Looks like all the stores in my area have them in stock for pickup today. I think BB was slow to get their stock in and updated. I had to tell them to search the back yesterday because they kept trying to say they didn't have them.

2 of the stores in my state have them for "Pick up Today" but when you click add to cart it just gives you an error. Hopefully it's just the online system not working, and they have them in stock! Will update later

play2lose said:
2 of the stores in my state have them for "Pick up Today" but when you click add to cart it just gives you an error. Hopefully it's just the online system not working, and they have them in stock! Will update later
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You have to go to the store to get them, can't pay online

Just chiming in again. If you're in MD it seems almost all stores have them. C'mon Pittsburgh! Get some inventory.

If you live on the Eastern part of Pennsylvania, I was told the Best Buy in Bethlehem was gonna have a shipment delivered today at either 5 or 6pm. If it's not delivered today it should definitely be delivered tomorrow

xXJay_RXx said:
If you live on the Eastern part of Pennsylvania, I was told the Best Buy in Bethlehem was gonna have a shipment delivered today at either 5 or 6pm. If it's not delivered today it should definitely be delivered tomorrow
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As luck would have it, I found one in Pittsburgh!
Monroeville Mall just bought grey, they have more. Anyone in Western PA get there before they're all gone.

alexhendershott said:
As luck would have it, I found one in Pittsburgh!
Monroeville Mall just bought grey, they have more. Anyone in Western PA get there before they're all gone.
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I drove an hour to Pottstown because supposedly that had about 5 of them left about half an hour before I left my house. I get there n I get the last one. I got the silver one when I wanted the black but hey, I got one so who am I to complain lol

My store locally keeps randomly showing the black one in stock, every time I call and ask they say they haven't received any. I've more or less just given up at this point

Only 2 locations in Vegas said they had it ready for pickup today, I called both, they both said they've never had any.
That was a few hours ago, now those locations aren't on there and 2 NEW locations are showing up with it available, gonna call them but I'm not expecting anything!

Going to get mine now!
They're supposed to hold it for me - we'll see...

slaydog said:
Going to get mine now!
They're supposed to hold it for me - we'll see...
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Got it! They only got 2, and the guy that works there got the other one, lol

M9 Phones have more than one type/brand of screen?

Hello everyone,
I've just jumped to M9 from my old, but still as hard as stone Sennie not even two weeks ago. And today I got another M9 for my gf. My phone is a Taiwan M9U model, and hers, which I got today is M9 shipped to Germany. And here the story began, I turned on the new phone -note that mine was new too- and realized that colors on the displays look different. There cannot such big difference of course as they have the same screen technology with same resolution and size. However, still, on the German one, whites are whiter, on the Taiwan model whites are a bit yellowish -not as much as amoleds- but still yellowish compared to the new one.. Overally, German M9 screen looks better than the Taiwan M9U.
Note: Both phones are stock, not touched, updated to the latest version, display temperature vs. everything default.
Here are some possible reasons for that problem:
1. I remember Sensation screens were produced by two different manufacturers, and they had slight color balance differences of course. So this is one of the possible reasons for this difference (could not check the Panel id, getting permission denied when I put dmesg command. Dont know if this way I can get the screen brand on these phones, this was how we did to get Sensation display model/brand).
2. Taiwan phone was manufactured within one of the first sets of M9 models, so it is one of the earliest M9 phones, while the German one is 5 months old HTC live support agent says. So the changes in the display colors may be due to changing materials or whatever in time.
3. Probably the worst one here: Screen gets yellowish in time as the phone gets a bit hot, though it has been only 12 days since I started using my M9.
I will try to provide photos later, as I need another camera to show that clearly.
I am sorry if this is mentioned in the forum before.

I don't have a direct link but this topic has already been discussed several times. Boot to download mode and enter the system info menu. The line with TP at the beginning tells you which touch panel is built into your phones. There are M9 with a synaptics touch panel and others with a maxim (or something like that) touch panel.
Sent from my HTC One M9 using XDA Labs

Flippy498 said:
I don't have a direct link but this topic has already been discussed several times. Boot to download mode and enter the system info menu. The line with TP at the beginning tells you which touch panel is built into your phones. There are M9 with a synaptics touch panel and others with a maxim (or something like that) touch panel.
Sent from my HTC One M9 using XDA Labs
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Thanks for the information. M9 has Synaptics touch controller, dont have any idea about the other brand you have. And synaptics manufactures LCD displays in this case?

Ah, my bad. I was in a hurry when I wrote my last post and mixed two things together. There are two touch panel versions and if I remember correctly the maxim one (or however it is called) had/has problems with some custom roms. Regarding the colours you might want to take a look at the following threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/development/mod-color-control-t3104598
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/htc-one-m9-colour-control-screen-t3104046
Sent from my HTC One M9 using XDA Labs

Guys, I got my M9 Silver today, and the antenna lines on back are black. Someone knows anything about that? Because the photos shows white antenna lines in the Silver.

eduardopfreire said:
Guys, I got my M9 Silver today, and the antenna lines on back are black. Someone knows anything about that? Because the photos shows white antenna lines in the Silver.
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The silver / gold and gold have white lines.
The gunmetal had black lines.
There were early testing units with black lines that never reached production.
You may have a fake, where did you purchase it from?
Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk

I bought from Aliexpress. The phone is working perfect. Only the problem is these lines. How can I know if is fake?
Here the link:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/HTC-...-core-RAM-3GB-Mobile-Phone-5/32555580492.html
It's a trusted seller. He said some units comes with black lines, that is normal. What do you think? He accept returns if I want.
jmitr said:
The silver / gold and gold have white lines.
The gunmetal had black lines.
There were early testing units with black lines that never reached production.
You may have a fake, where did you purchase it from?
Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk
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Just got an answer from the HTC Support, he said this is a Limited Edition.
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Ice View Case Review

Hey guys, I finally got my Ice View case in this week and I thought I’d share some pictures. I’m quite excited about having it as it kind of exceeded my expectations. The design of the dot view case never really appealed to me and it always felt a bit gimmicky? I don’t know, I mostly got the Ice View because this is my first HTC and I wanted an official case to go with it but I think it might actually be so much more practical than I would have thought.
Anyway, here’s some shots of my new case:
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I’ve got some notifications open here at the bottom, which you can scroll through and then select which one you want to open which is pretty cool. If you tap the clockface it will also show you how much battery you have left.
Another thing I really like is that you can use the camera with the case closed! It’s just a little thing but it is so surprisingly handy haha. You can also control your musicplayer through the frontcover.
The case itself is very simple, just the HTC logo on the back and matt black all over. It is quite a slim case, so not highly protective, but I prefer it that way. I’m sure for my day to day use of the phone it will be well protected. You can see the rubber construction in the picture below, it looks (and feels) sturdy enough for me. Before this case came in I was walking around with my HTC 10 unprotected for a week or two and it’s been fine so I’m not that worried about anything happening to it now
I hope you guys like these pictures or find them helpful! Have you guys got yours yet? How’re you finding it?

Quite nice but HTC is terrible in releasing. The site says available but won't add to cart and then email says not available. It's weird. I'm buying mine from a China wholesale site. They have it for 10$ and has a see-through back.

Ndaoud360 said:
Quite nice but HTC is terrible in releasing. The site says available but won't add to cart and then email says not available. It's weird. I'm buying mine from a China wholesale site. They have it for 10$ and has a see-through back.
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Can you share the URL?

I have had the DotView for M8 and M9 and now the Ice view....
If the M8 had the M9 ones brightness and front flap material/build it would have been perfect
If the M9 had the M8 or Ice View (so far) hinge build quality it would have been perfect
If the Ice View had games (I miss brick breaker lol) and the ability to change the theme/colors it would be perfect...
Have liked them all (before them all my phones were naked)...hopefully IceView evolves over time!

ademmer said:
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Got mine from this link http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Orig...11&btsid=f65946b4-1fa5-4994-a9a8-3dfd3383d536
Listing pic of grey version I purchased, and waiting to arrive:
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this one i bought from mobilefun... its $38.99 which is a lot cheaper than what i paid for it..

FYI that aliexpress one is most definitely a fake ...

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FYI that aliexpress one is most definitely a fake ...
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Yes, I know it's not official, I just wanted one with a clear back lol.
My official one arrived today from Amazon UK. Paid £30 for it, glad I had it pre-ordered now [emoji6]
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And the Ali express one may fix the case not closing all the way issue that the actual one has.

Is anyone here with T-mobile? I am waiting for mine. I submitted the promotion and still waiting.

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Is anyone here with T-mobile? I am waiting for mine. I submitted the promotion and still waiting.
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Nope, haven't received mine either. They have about 2 weeks left before the 8 weeks is up though so they should be arriving soon.

Lancerz said:
Nope, haven't received mine either. They have about 2 weeks left before the 8 weeks is up though so they should be arriving soon.
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I got mine through the promo about two weeks ago.

Verizon Ice View Case Sale
A year later, and Verizon has it on sale for $19.99. Likely can get it elsewhere that cheaply also.
Mine arrives in a few days.
Terry