I'm not an expert modder or anything but I had a Pt case sitting around so I decided to use a new box cutting blade to cut out a section and allow the case to fit with the 2600 mah battery.
The battery will sticks out a bit but i wanted protection for the edges and the screen when i lay it flat.
The way I did it was by cutting around the felt. I'll take more pics.
Only problem is securing the case which I have yet to figure out.
Here are some pics. Let me know what you think. Thanks for looking.
I did the same thing, my phone had ghost armor on the sides so case fit nice and snug. Maybe just try lining the inside of the case with some tape on the inside edges?? Nice job.
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I need some help finding the perfect case.
I want a case that is tight fitting not loose. I'm looking for a case that comes off easily so I can swap batteries and charge with my dock. I want it to be a full case not just the snap on ones that just cover the back. I dont want a strictly silicone case since they dont slide out of a leather holster easily and they are loose.
What I have tried.
1) Seidio Active- It was easy to take off but it discolors way to easily and doesnt slide out of the pocket well.
2) Body glove case- I like this case but it doesnt come apart easily.
3) Cheap ebay case- Discolored easily and doesnt come apart easily.
What im considering.
1) Seidio Innocase II- Im not sure how slick this case is and how easily it will slide out of a leather holster. I like that it will come apart easily so I can swap my battery and charge in my dock
2) Otterbox Commuter- Does this come off easily? Will this slide out of a holster easily?
3) Case Mate tough case- Does this come off easily? Will this slide out of a holster easily?
Im looking for suggestions so PLEASE help me out.
Try reading some reviews at www.goodandevo.net ... Jenn over there (same person who runs Pocketables) has reviewed quite a few of those items.
Novarider said:
I need some help finding the perfect case.
I want a case that is tight fitting not loose. I'm looking for a case that comes off easily so I can swap batteries and charge with my dock. I want it to be a full case not just the snap on ones that just cover the back. I dont want a strictly silicone case since they dont slide out of a leather holster easily and they are loose.
What I have tried.
1) Seidio Active- It was easy to take off but it discolors way to easily and doesnt slide out of the pocket well.
2) Body glove case- I like this case but it doesnt come apart easily.
3) Cheap ebay case- Discolored easily and doesnt come apart easily.
What im considering.
1) Seidio Innocase II- Im not sure how slick this case is and how easily it will slide out of a leather holster. I like that it will come apart easily so I can swap my battery and charge in my dock
2) Otterbox Commuter- Does this come off easily? Will this slide out of a holster easily?
3) Case Mate tough case- Does this come off easily? Will this slide out of a holster easily?
Im looking for suggestions so PLEASE help me out.
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Have you tried the one made by HTC yet? It is a rubber case which comes off easily and it DOES fit with a holster, it is much easier to take out of the pocket since it is not that sticky rubber that pulls your pockets inside out when you pull it out. It's got a really smooth feel to it, quite nice , I got it like a month ago and it is working beautifully for me
Which case is the htc case? Can you post a link please?
What about the 'Barely There' cases by Case Mate? Anyone have experience with one of these?
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I do not want a clip on case like that. I want one that wraps around the front edge of the phone all around the screen
I have both a red and a black innocase II and i think that it does indeed seem to fit your requirements for a case. The reason why i mentioned that i have two different colors is that i did manage to break the black one, but that was because i crushed it while the case was off of the device, when its on the phone everything is solid.
The black one is about the same slickness as the stock back battery cover, while the red one for whatever reason is a bit grippier than the black one. I don't have a holster to test but it seems like it wouldn't be too much trouble to slide it in and out of one, i can pull it out of my jeans pocket without difficulty for sure though.
I know many of us want to know, so to all the Defender owners out there (I'm still waiting for mine from Amazon) can it be modded to work with the 2600mAh battery or one of the 3500mAh eBay batteries? The commuter is just a tad to small for it to work, I'm hoping the answer is yes for the Defender.
I've ordered a 2nd battery door that I'm planning on cutting out a hole in so the battery pokes out. I suppose you could roll without a battery door at all as well. The next step would be to cut out the inside silicone membrane of the Defender to make room for the battery. At least that's my plan anyway.
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I know many of us want to know, so to all the Defender owners out there (I'm still waiting for mine from Amazon) can it be modded to work with the 2600mAh battery or one of the 3500mAh eBay batteries? The commuter is just a tad to small for it to work, I'm hoping the answer is yes for the Defender.
I've ordered a 2nd battery door that I'm planning on cutting out a hole in so the battery pokes out. I suppose you could roll without a battery door at all as well. The next step would be to cut out the inside silicone membrane of the Defender to make room for the battery. At least that's my plan anyway.
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Sounds exciting my man. Waiting to see the final product
I too am wanting to know the answers to this question...
after looking at a defender case on a friend's Iphone I was thinking it may be possible... but you would prolly have to cut some of the Defender's hard casing up to make it all fit
we really just need someone who has one and an extended battery to "eyeball" it for us
bump...
I really wish a Defender owner could chip in here
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I know many of us want to know, so to all the Defender owners out there (I'm still waiting for mine from Amazon) can it be modded to work with the 2600mAh battery or one of the 3500mAh eBay batteries? The commuter is just a tad to small for it to work, I'm hoping the answer is yes for the Defender.
I've ordered a 2nd battery door that I'm planning on cutting out a hole in so the battery pokes out. I suppose you could roll without a battery door at all as well. The next step would be to cut out the inside silicone membrane of the Defender to make room for the battery. At least that's my plan anyway.
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I wouldn't see why not, but you'll be cutting through the hard plastic, not the silicone, the defender has the plastic on the inside and rubber on the out,so it will allow a bit of leeway depending on the elasticity of the silicone wrap. But without first seeing how far the 2600mAh battery sticks out, or knowing the thickness of the Otterbox's plastic, it's kind of a measure it and find out or just do it and find out.
Judging from pictures the 3500 battery looks to be about 2 times thick as stock. Which should put you about flush with the camera lens without the stock battery door. Everything looks like it should work hollowing out the inside of the defender exept they moved the kickstand up a little higher so you probably wont have enough meat there to support it.
i think the kickstand would be in the way... unless you want to cut that out completely and have no kick stand.
Im looking at my commuter and see the possibility of cutting out the battery back along with modifying the seidio battery cover to remove the rails... it should work better than on the defender.
dont know whether or not i want to commit to sticking a dremel tool in my case and doing some surgery.... i miss my extended battery though.
I have a defender case that I was willing to cut out but after studying it I realize its not worth even trying. The kickstand area would have to be completely cut out, the protector for the camera lens and led would also have to be cut out because the bottom edge would have to be cut for the battery to go through. The only hope is one of the seidio extended cases, the rugged in particular.
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I currently am using the rugged but dont have the extended but my sister in law does so ill do some investigating and ill post back the results. I think it should be ok but itll lose the silicone camera lense cover. Theres no kickstand so thats good. Only prob i think is the plastic outer might be too narrow.
Keep us posted, if it works I will buy one in a heartbeat. I can't stand having my EVO naked any longer but don't want to lose the extended battery either.
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For the amount of cutting that would need to be done, it probably would not be worth it. There is a lot of plastic to knife through. The silicone isn't terribly flexible either.
The case would be butchered due to fitment. Not worth spending $30 to essentially destroy a decent case.
I did it!
I have a big fat 3500 mah battery.
I also own a Defender. I put my EVO in the plastic Defender case WITHOUT the battery back on. I did not try to close the plastic case (it won't close), I just carefully stretched the rubber exterior over my ghetto rig and voila, IT FITS!
The answer is:
1) Leave the battery back off.
2) Don't try to clip the plastic case closed.
3) Carefully stretch the rubber exterior over.
Take pics I wanna seeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!
No need, just looks like a slightly fat defender.
Mitchell's EVO
mitchellvii said:
I have a big fat 3500 mah battery.
I also own a Defender. I put my EVO in the plastic Defender case WITHOUT the battery back on. I did not try to close the plastic case (it won't close), I just carefully stretched the rubber exterior over my ghetto rig and voila, IT FITS!
The answer is:
1) Leave the battery back off.
2) Don't try to clip the plastic case closed.
3) Carefully stretch the rubber exterior over.
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So what about the 2600mAh one from Sprint. If I leave the back door off do you think the case would go together?
ClevelandWheeler said:
So what about the 2600mAh one from Sprint. If I leave the back door off do you think the case would go together?
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I tried it and the hard case won't go together.
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jeriel05 said:
I tried it and the hard case won't go together.
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The plastic case wont snap shut but if you stretch the rubber over it it works fine.
jeriel05 said:
I tried it and the hard case won't go together.
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The plastic case wont snap shut but if you stretch the rubber over it it works fine.
** However, with an extended battery and the Defender Case, you have transformed your sleek EVO into a big ass heavy brick.
Are there any known cases that fit with this battery in place?
Scott
Where did you find a battery that big for the X because that is awesome. Getting back to your question I think you might have to custom make one.
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Even though this is dated( ), I thought I'd throw this out there for anyone else interested, the Trident Electra will fit an extended battery (and most kits will actually come with an included battery.) I've got one for my droid x2 and while the case is quite thick (about 2x thickness of a normal Dx/dx2) it is a BEAST. I really like the combination of the hard shell interior and silicone exterior, and I've even accidentally tested the durability by leaving my phone on top of my car after getting gas. Phone fell off as I was driving down the street and all it did was scuff the silicone a bit on one corner. Definitely worth the investment IMO, but I would try to get a case on Amazon or equivalent as Trident wants 80 bucks new! You can find it for half that elsewhere!
This is sort of reaching, but I wonder if I could apply heat to the back of a generic TPU case so that it would stretch enough to fit over the phone with the extended battery cover installed . I would leave the battery out when doing this to protect it from the heat .
buy a silicone one and cut the backing out and glue it on the back of the battery holder. Simple
Just thought I would throw this out there for the people that are asking
http://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-Incr...5C/ref=sr_1_95?ie=UTF8&qid=1328665651&sr=8-95
If any one actually buys these remember to throw out a friendly review.
I tried that one out... it's okay. Currently rocking the one made by MoreTalkTime... which is not bad either.
Anyone try to do a cutout? I bought a tpu case and failed big time at cutting out the back. Arts and crafts are not for me I guess.
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I'm trying this at the moment. Though, currently attempting to cut through the last layer of my ballistic case. Call me crazy, I was bored. It doesn't seem to be turning out too bad. The last picture shows the cut out square blocks which give an idea of what I will glue together and try to attach onto the hard piece of ballistic case using strong rubbery glue over super glued plastic side walls. Who knows, if it fails I will just buy a replacement case and cover.
I have done a cut out on a silacone case before with...well lack luster results. It basically looked like extra padded bumper.
After a few days, i am pretty happy with this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00669H7Z0/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details
not a perfect fit if you use the HTC extended battery... but it fits well enough.
I'm not 100% satisfied, but only because I wanted a case that was extremely snug. This is not that case... but it fits w/ extended battery. Hard to really argue against it for 8 bucks too.
I'm tempted to just get this: http://shop.htcpedia.com/incredible-2-extended-battery-cases.html
but I dunno... i'm sure those are just TPU cases that someone else cut out by hand... more or less doing what I wish i could do with an xacto knife.
Making the Moretalktime case snug...
I have the HTC extended battery/back and purchased the moretalktime case.
Also was a little loose and just didn't feel as snug as I'd hoped, especially for a tpu case.
Simple solution though. Find a piece of material that's about 1mm thick and cut out a rectangle to insert inside the moretalktime case before sliding the phone in.
For me I used an old leather wallet I had laying around and cut out a rectangle to fit so it's not visible from any of the moretalktime case cutouts.
This gives a perfect snug fit all the way around and makes the case perfect for use with the HTC extended battery/back.
Just thought I'd share.....haven't found any other combo out there like this.
That's an interesting idea... a piece of leather just to pad it a bit.
It figures that we would have to add something in order to make the case feel sung.
Just wondering if there's any cases that fit this phone when it has an extended battery on.
If not, is ghost-armor coating really worth it? I need to protect the corners of my phone, since I've dropped it once without a case, and the corners are already all scratched.
just in case
I've put a extended battery and back on mine using the same silicone case. the 2 piece hard case is modified to work by cutting a square on the back of case to fit over new back. takes a little time with sharp knife but works well. hope this helps.
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I've put a extended battery and back on mine using the same silicone case. the 2 piece hard case is modified to work by cutting a square on the back of case to fit over new back. takes a little time with sharp knife but works well. hope this helps.
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What case exactly?
I just received this silicone case (a steal at $1.56 + less than a dollar shipping) and like it very much.
It does not, however, fit over the extended battery. I haven't tried altering it, but I may buy another for experimentation.
Black Protective Dual Texture Fusion Rubberized Silicone Skin Cover Case for HTC T Mobile MyTouch 4G
I too am curious which silicone case fits over the extended battery. But for now, I'm enjoying the new, grippy case along with a new, standard-sized Anker 1550 mah battery.
WHAT FITS
ant hard case will fit when the back part has square cut out with sharp knife, I just use regular silicone case and stretch it over extended battery. works well for me
I have that case, its an extremely snug fit, it wouldnt look very good...
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I have that case, its an extremely snug fit, it wouldnt look very good...
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looks good is in the eye of the beholder[sic] ina holster doesnt matter and out of it looks good to me. tried to find a different case for extended batt but none available,so used a knife and satisfied.
Silicone or tpu case without the new back piece works great. Using the battery bare saved me space.
I tried looking for a case myself. Seems like I've tested them all lol. But I have yet to find one that actually fits.
The silicone looks horrendous with it and that's the one I happen to like the most