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Real Fisheye, Macro & Wide Angle Lens for phones!

I'm so tempted on jumping on these for our phones, but I'm a little concerned with the size of the ring inside if it'll clear our squared glass lens cover.
http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/cell-phone-lenses/
From what I see I guess the ring on one side has a double sided tape? And the other side is magnetic.
Is there anyone out there that can measure in mm's and see if it'll clear our squared glass lens protector cover?
The diameters of the ring are 13.06mm (outer) and 9.38mm (inner)
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i think our camera is way off to the edge... where the magnetic ring might not be able to fit properly....
but i could be wrong... since i'm just judging by the pics alone....not too sure.... has anyone tried this?

someone please test this out
i want that!!

If anything we benefit from the semi-flatter corner than the iPhone 3G. Look at these pics on this auction.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Fish-Eye-Lens-H...Hero-HD-mini-/280518921489?pt=PDA_Accessories

i might just have to get the wide angle/macro one!

Doing a quick measurement, I'm getting 12.5mm diagnal measurement on the lens opening on teh case. It is also 10.5mm x 10.5mm.
So, this will fit on just fine, but you won't be able to remove the battery cover (due to the ring sticking to the corners of the lens housing).

Damn that stinks, but I'm sure a little sandpaper can remove the adhesive around those corners so
i'm still willing to try it out.

orells said:
Damn that stinks, but I'm sure a little sandpaper can remove the adhesive around those corners so
i'm still willing to try it out.
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I'm sure it can be done fairly easily. I just don't want to be the guinea pig for it, so please post results if you go through it.

creator2456 said:
Doing a quick measurement, I'm getting 12.5mm diagnal measurement on the lens opening on teh case. It is also 10.5mm x 10.5mm.
So, this will fit on just fine, but you won't be able to remove the battery cover (due to the ring sticking to the corners of the lens housing).
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Yep, some minor adjustments to the adhesive on the ring and it would work. Just get an Xacto knife and cut the corners.
I'd get a piece of thick paper...make an identical lens cover with it...then mock it up to the lens ring..and I'll then know where to cut.

orells said:
Damn that stinks, but I'm sure a little sandpaper can remove the adhesive around those corners so
i'm still willing to try it out.
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Xacto knife, sandpaper will be too messy of a job and you'll have the possibility of messing it up.

Now I'm wondering if its going to be an issue to keep the T-Mobile black rubber phone case on with the ring installed.

There is a deal extreme 15mm lens which has really good corner quality. There is even a comparison video on youtube for it. It is a couple of bucks cheaper than the one you linked to.
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Link please.

flexnix said:
Link please.
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Here you go. Comparison videos in the customer video section: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.39814

Just ordered the fisheye from the link above. The 15mm ring will surpass the cam lens. What I'll probably do is use the extra back cover purple case and paste on the ring. So when I dont want to use it I can leave it home and use my standard blue battery case with my Tmobile rubber case. I'll post updates soon!

Would this work for a MyTouch 4G? If you've looked at it, you;ll see around the lens its kind of beveled, and the battery door would probably get stuck with the magnet they want you to put on it... also another thing to think about, magnets do damage hard drives, would it damage sd cards?

flexnix said:
Just ordered the fisheye from the link above. The 15mm ring will surpass the cam lens. What I'll probably do is use the extra back cover purple case and paste on the ring. So when I dont want to use it I can leave it home and use my standard blue battery case with my Tmobile rubber case. I'll post updates soon!
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any updates from anyone who has ordered one or used one?

kboater said:
any updates from anyone who has ordered one or used one?
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There's 5 videos by users here: http://www.dealextreme.com/feedbacks/browseVideos.dx/sku.39814

Just curious. Has anyone bought these yet to try them out?
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Anyone here buy these and if so how was your experience with them.
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Slider scratching the pad?

Hello,
I've had my xperia play for a few weeks now and today I was bored and I looked at the pad in plain sunlight and noticed there are 2 "skidmarks" on the pad. They are barely noticeable though... However, since they are pararell to each other im guessing that the sliding action from the screen is the cause of the marks.
Anybody else have these? Will they get worse with time/use?
It would be nice to have a gamepad scratch protector but I couldn't find any
Here's a pic so you can see what I mean, it was hard to photograph tho.
i.imgur.com/TgKlO.jpg
Cheers

Me too. After a few weeks/months I noticed 1/2 of these. Right now after 4 or so months of use I have like 4-5 of those marks.
It's like it scratches the finger-print-proof finish/protection and shows the glossy plastic behind it. It's the same color but since it reflects light it's noticeable on most angles.

Well that sucks... I wonder why nobody has made a skin for it yet, it would give the pad a different look and protect it from this issue

andrewe1 said:
Well that sucks... I wonder why nobody has made a skin for it yet, it would give the pad a different look and protect it from this issue
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I suppose you could get a big sheet of Screen protector stuff and cut it out to fit the game pad, I may try that as I have a lot of the stuff...

TheCraig said:
I suppose you could get a big sheet of Screen protector stuff and cut it out to fit the game pad, I may try that as I have a lot of the stuff...
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True, but im not good with cutting stuff lol... I don't want it to look ugly
I might print a stencil using the front high res official renders and then cut it from there...

One of the clips on my Otterbox Commuter case made a mark right through the middle of the touch areas in only a couple days. It would've gotten nasty really quick if I didn't do something about it. I filed them off, which I had already planned to do anyway because they did not offset the clips from the top and bottom protector pieces and they would touch when fully closed preventing a smooth closing action and also forcing the two halves apart slightly when pushed fully closed. I also noticed marks forming on the long, silver, sticker that is visible from the bottom when slid open but I would recommend leaving those clips after filing them off and noticing how much more difficult it can be to manipulate the volume buttons some times. My theory was that they could have just made the whole thing a replacement battery cover but they would have to come up with an alternate way to protect this side if they did that (formed TPU material like used in a fitted keyboard skin may have done the trick).

Actually screen protector on the game pad is a pretty bad idea... when you slide it, it will start to peel off, and it may damage some components like the flex cable.

TheCraig said:
Actually screen protector on the game pad is a pretty bad idea... when you slide it, it will start to peel off, and it may damage some components like the flex cable.
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So no solution then?
actually, I was thiking of using invisible shield pieces, since its thinner and adheres to devices reaaally well...

These scratches are "normal". When I bought the phone I got 1 scratch form the previous user. Now I have 4 scratches and 2 small holes under both sides of sticks.

romcio47 said:
These scratches are "normal". When I bought the phone I got 1 scratch form the previous user. Now I have 4 scratches and 2 small holes under both sides of sticks.
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what the? 2 small hole? Do you mind taking a pic so we see what we can expect in the long run lol
thanks

No problem bro. I will post it in a minute.
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you can't feel these holes with the finger, they are just visible, on the pic they are brighter but really a little bit darker

romcio47 said:
No problem bro. I will post it in a minute.
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you can't feel these holes with the finger, they are just visible, on the pic they are brighter but really a little bit darker
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Yeah i think i know what the cause is. On the back of the screen, there are 2 little plastic? pads that probably help the screen slide with a smooth motion and probably to avoid the rest of the back of the screen scratching the entire gamepad. Problem is that constant friction between the little pads and the surface of the gamepad is whats causing the wear and making it look like that...
The scratching in the middle is probably cause of the ribbon cable.
Oh well... looks like theres not much to do except to cut a screen protector or something and place it there.
Thanks for the photo though!

If it's already in friction, I don't think adding a film on top of it will help at all. If anything it'll damage it too and probably make it look messy.
I guess pressing down while sliding makes this happen quicker, but that's just the natural way to do it and pretty much can't be avoided.

netorino said:
If it's already in friction, I don't think adding a film on top of it will help at all. If anything it'll damage it too and probably make it look messy.
I guess pressing down while sliding makes this happen quicker, but that's just the natural way to do it and pretty much can't be avoided.
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Hey, just because your xperia play is now so ugly you don't even want to use it in public, it does not mean we want it to go down the same path
lol, just kidding... however I don't think adding a film such as an invisible shield which is really really thin and adheres itself to the surface would do any harm... it's military grade...I've had it on a lot of devices and it never gets scratched or torn...
We'll see... hope they fix it for the next revision or something

I just swapped out my phone at the AT&T store and I think I can feel some sliding contact on this phone that I did not feel on my last one so the usage wear and tear may vary per unit.
andrewe1 said:
Hey, just because your xperia play is now so ugly you don't even want to use it in public, it does not mean we want it to go down the same path
lol, just kidding... however I don't think adding a film such as an invisible shield which is really really thin and adheres itself to the surface would do any harm... it's military grade...I've had it on a lot of devices and it never gets scratched or torn...
We'll see... hope they fix it for the next revision or something
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"Military grade" doesn't change the fact that it would obviously reduce clearance in an area that is already known to contact (no clearance) which will cause more friction. If anything, it would need to be a super-thin low-friction material to help at all. Invisible Shield is specifically marketed for it's high-friction "sticky" surface texture.

Plastic around PS buttons is very tough and hard to scratch, designed especially to be able to handle frictions with back of the part with screen. But everything has its own durability so sooner or later scratches will occur. So it's normal.
Flex cable DOES NOT scratch the plastic - I'm 100% sure, I have disassembled it so many times (see signature) that I think I know good how it's built.
The scratches are caused by the several protruding areas on the back of the screen part. It can be barely seen when brining the edge of the back close and horizontally to our eye and looking straight on the triggers, some areas are a little but rounded down to the screen, especially between both tracks and the center concave part and it's surrounded by these protruding areas.
Oh, almost forgot:
andrewe1 said:
On the back of the screen, there are 2 little plastic?
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The screws are hidden under these two plastic, they aren't cause of the scratches, because they're a little bit under the main layer of the back
Sorry if anything is hard to understand, I tried to describe it as best as I could.
Peace.

thanks for your insight, however I still believe the little plastic pads I was referring to are the cause of some of the scratching, at least on my xperia play, they line up perfectly with the scratch marks.

So, my play started scratching today ; has anybody applied and confirmed the screen protector fix or has any other suggestions?

I exchanged one after a week and a half and it was not showing any of these scratches yet. The new unit showed the mark under the right analog area the next day and a long scratch beneath the screen days later. I think some have better tolerances than others.

I just swapped out my phone at the AT&T store and I think I can feel some sliding contact on this phone that I did not feel on my last one so the usage wear and tear may vary per unit.
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Be wary of putting too much pressure on the flex ribbon when using the slider. Mine has become irreversibly damaged from too much friction, and now causes the back light to flicker on and off randomly. Disassembly and cleaning the cable (the black coating has begun to flake off) has helped but the backlight still acts up randomly. There is literally next to no clearance between the game pad and the screen...

was clearing dust on top... glass between bezel and speaker broke.

I am so angry at me right now... There is plenty of dust collecting between top bezel and glass, so I sticked a fingernail in there in order to clean the dust and as I was making my way through the bezel, the screen broke on the way from bezel to speaker, so now I have 2mm long crack on top of the phone....
I guess I can't do anything with this now. Are there any cases that can hide this part ? I mean - cases that reach or cover the top speaker
Shame... its a fantastic device but build quality is rather delicate especially compared to htc one or nexus4

Wow that is the first time I heard of anyone with this kind of an issue. Best you can do is either try to use a Anti glare screen protector or use a vinyl sticker that changed covers everything else besides the display, that would help cover up the cracks. You should post a picture of the affected area to get better opinions.
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Thanks for answer. What type of sticker do You mean ?
The full version of accident was like that:
in the morning I dropped my n2 from hands height (I am a tall 1,86m person) directly SCREEN onto tiles in my flat. I had pc+. Case and back cover FLIED away. I reinstalled everythig and noticed plenty of dust collecting on top - between bezel and screen in that little gap. So I started cleaning it and the area above speaker just cracked. I guess it must have been structurally damaged from the fall and I finished the job. I have n2 for 4 months and did that cleaning couple of times without problems.
Anyway. it looks like this
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The crack is a little more visible in real and really annoys me. Thankfully it appeared above the speaker so there is now way that crack can continue further.
So, what are means of hiding it? Can You link the screen protector and tape You recommend ?
Also - I want to get new case. that pc+ maybe did the job but now I want a case that will have higher bumpers from the screen side. And I want those bumpers to reach further into the device if You know what I mean. At least so they will hide the mentioned gap, so dust wouldnt colelct in there. maybe uag ?

For future referance I never use nails instead use a business card as it is thin enough and rigid enough to het the dust out. And I have no idea why I thanked to previous post 2wice.
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HiCZoK said:
Thanks for answer. What type of sticker do You mean ?
The full version of accident was like that:
in the morning I dropped my n2 from hands height (I am a tall 1,86m person) directly SCREEN onto tiles in my flat. I had pc+. Case and back cover FLIED away. I reinstalled everythig and noticed plenty of dust collecting on top - between bezel and screen in that little gap. So I started cleaning it and the area above speaker just cracked. I guess it must have been structurally damaged from the fall and I finished the job. I have n2 for 4 months and did that cleaning couple of times without problems.
Anyway. it looks like this
The crack is a little more visible in real and really annoys me. Thankfully it appeared above the speaker so there is now way that crack can continue further.
So, what are means of hiding it? Can You link the screen protector and tape You recommend ?
Also - I want to get new case. that pc+ maybe did the job but now I want a case that will have higher bumpers from the screen side. And I want those bumpers to reach further into the device if You know what I mean. At least so they will hide the mentioned gap, so dust wouldnt colelct in there. maybe uag ?
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Have you seen those stands at the mall where they wrap your gadgets up with some type of vinyl sticker? It wraps around like Zagg invisible shield but you can choose different designs or texture and it actually holds on well. Well you can choose to only have it on the front screen and in white. I'm not much into all the various gimmicky covers available in the market but I'm using the Samsung Protective Cover+ which has protected my note2 pretty well and barely adds thickness. You should check that out.
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I know what You mean now. I don't want that tho. It's a ****ty country modding for my taste :lol:

HiCZoK said:
I know what You mean now. I don't want that tho. It's a ****ty country modding for my taste :lol:
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I'd say just ignore it. And if it really really really bugs you then you may as well just replace the glass panel, which is a bit difficult, but still doable. Just check the link in my signature.
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[Q] Location of Flip Cover Hall Sensor Magnet?

I bought a flip cover off Ali Express. It's obviously not original but I really like the leather PU material.
The cover doesn't trigger Asus Cover properly in the circle window. The magnet on my cover is located in the cover and floats over the "back" button when closed. I'd like to try to fix the issue by moving the magnet. I've tried using another magnet to trigger the screen but cannot find the correct location.
Can someone with either the original case or the Nillikin Sparkle case that works tell me where the magnet location is please?

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I bought a flip cover off Ali Express. It's obviously not original but I really like the leather PU material.
The cover doesn't trigger Asus Cover properly in the circle window. The magnet on my cover is located in the cover and floats over the "back" button when closed. I'd like to try to fix the issue by moving the magnet. I've tried using another magnet to trigger the screen but cannot find the correct location.
Can someone with either the original case or the Nillikin Sparkle case that works tell me where the magnet location is please?
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I have Nillikin Sparkle case but Im not sure where magnet is or how to locate it.

mrchet said:
I bought a flip cover off Ali Express. It's obviously not original but I really like the leather PU material.
The cover doesn't trigger Asus Cover properly in the circle window. The magnet on my cover is located in the cover and floats over the "back" button when closed. I'd like to try to fix the issue by moving the magnet. I've tried using another magnet to trigger the screen but cannot find the correct location.
Can someone with either the original case or the Nillikin Sparkle case that works tell me where the magnet location is please?
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Use the app CPU-Z to read the values of the magnetic sensor. Then you could experiment to locate where the sensor is by placing a magnet around the phone.
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Thanks. Discovered that the existing magnet is in the right place but just not strong enough. Tried to align it with a stronger magnet but still didn't work so ultimately cut it out and taped in a tiny rare earth magnet. Flip cover works fine now.
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Hi,
I have similar problem (I guess).
I bought the original flip cover from ASUS, but it doesn't lock and unlock the phone properly.
I have to shift the cover far to the left, for it to be registered.
Now I am wondering whether there is something wrong with the phone,
or with the cover...
It looks like the magnet sensor in my phone is in the very left, bottom
corner of the phone. To the left and bottom of the back button.
I also checked where the magnet in the cover is.
The spot closest to that corner is almost an inch away from it.
I am attaching a photo with a little screw that was "picked up"
by the magnet in that spot. Could someone confirm where that
magnet is in the cover that does work properly?
Thanks a lot!
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sjakub said:
Hi,
I have similar problem (I guess).
I bought the original flip cover from ASUS, but it doesn't lock and unlock the phone properly.
I have to shift the cover far to the left, for it to be registered.
Now I am wondering whether there is something wrong with the phone,
or with the cover...
It looks like the magnet sensor in my phone is in the very left, bottom
corner of the phone. To the left and bottom of the back button.
I also checked where the magnet in the cover is.
The spot closest to that corner is almost an inch away from it.
I am attaching a photo with a little screw that was "picked up"
by the magnet in that spot. Could someone confirm where that
magnet is in the cover that does work properly?
Thanks a lot!
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Have 2 covers like that and they both work fine.
Same placing of magnet. The only thing I find a problem is that it doesn't hold the cover closed so in the pocket my phone can get really hot due to the turning on and off of the screen. Now THAT'S a battery drain for you...

Thanks for the response!
So if the magnet is in the same spot, what else could be wrong?
Wrong placement of the sensor in the phone?
Also, that screw is at the edge of the magnet, not in the middle of it - which means that most of the magnet is on the left side of the screw,
closer to the middle of the cover (and the phone once the cover is closed)...

I want this flip cover for my mobile. From where i will get this flip cover?

Arshad chocksy said:
I want this flip cover for my mobile. From where i will get this flip cover?
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http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875001002

Hi. I have just inherited a zenfone 2, and as it was not working properly, i have had to do some repairs. I have changed:
- LCD screen and digitizer
- Screen frame
- Sim card and SD card board
- USB charger board
- loud speaker
- ear speaker
It all seems to be working great, except for the Flip cover, which now no longer works (it was working before I changed all the above parts)
Can anyone advise exactly where the flipcover sensor is located. I know it supposed to be near the back button, but is it located on the digitizer? or the screen? or on the USB board?
I can see the magnetic sensor is working on CPU-Z, however according to the readings, it seems to be located up near the top of the screen. I believe the Flip cover sensor isnt the magnetic sensor, but a hall-effect sensor down the bottom of the screen
Also, is there any app that can test if the Flip-cover sensor is working?

Improving visibility of the notification led

Hi guys, I know could be a weird post but, did someone know if there's any way to improve the notification led, via hardware?
Because it's placed inside the upper audio speaker, I was wondering if a very small cilinder of palexiglass, or fiber or something similar could be inserted inside the corrispondent hole, perpendicular to the led axis. I would also be willing to make a very small hole in the audio speaker just to provide a better way to insert this hypothetical optical stuff (see screenshots). This shuold bring up the led-light on the external surface of the phone, allowing you to see it even at short distance from the phone.
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Please don't reply "change you're phone", thanks :laugh:

It is possible, but unlike on the M8, where you can just pry open the speaker grills, on the M9 you have to disasemble the whole phone to get to them.
Just get a new phone. ??
Or take a small drill screwdriver and make the hole larger. (Just kidding. Don't do this.)
Yeah... There is no practical way of making the led bigger or brighter

Myrmeko said:
It is possible, but unlike on the M8, where you can just pry open the speaker grills, on the M9 you have to disasemble the whole phone to get to them.
Just get a new phone. ??
Or take a small drill screwdriver and make the hole larger. (Just kidding. Don't do this.)
Yeah... There is no practical way of making the led bigger or brighter
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But I wasn't kiddin :laugh: I mean, using something like this
and then fits a very small lens upon

Marko Indaco said:
But I wasn't kiddin :laugh: I mean, using something like this
and then fits a very small lens upon
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If you have one of those go for it.
Try to make the hole a little bit wider, but not too much that it looks bad. If a lens would be there, it would kinda make it look like it came like that from factory.
Or i dunno. Just put the itty bitty tiny lens in the already existing hole without making it larger.
The front plastic plate is really hard to replace.
You decide. Make it subtle or make it obvious.

Myrmeko said:
If you have one of those go for it.
Try to make the hole a little bit wider, but not too much that it looks bad. If a lens would be there, it would kinda make it look like it came like that from factory.
Or i dunno. Just but the itty bitty tiny lens in the already existing hole without making it larger.
The front plastic plate is really hard to replace.
You decide. Make it subtle or make it obvious.
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The factory holes for the audio speakers are too small imo (seems half a millimeter, or something like that). It's almost impossibile to find a lens with that measures, but... making a larger hole which also includes the other closer holes could be an option. This also shuold increase the visibility of the notification led, bringing on the surface the light.
In the screenshot I supposed 1 mm, but I think they would be better 2, also to have ease in finding the lens.

Marko Indaco said:
The factory holes for the audio speakers are too small imo (seems half a millimeter, or something like that). It's almost impossibile to find a lens with that measures, but... making a larger hole which also includes the other closer holes could be an option. This also shuold increase the visibility of the notification led, bringing on the surface the light.
In the screenshot I supposed 1 mm, but I think they would be better 2, also to have ease in finding the lens.
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I've just measured it and the space between 4 holes is 1mm^2.
But i think you could break a 2x4 grid to still keep the symmetry.
And above the 2 lenses you could fit inside the 2mm^2 hole, you could superglue put a small piece of glass to make it look "official".
I've attached 2 photos. One with possible scenarios.
And the other one with my already broken holes from another phone, which i edited poorly to look like there are only 2 rows broken (the actual phone has a 4x4 hole there, which im gonna attach anyway, because why not.).

Myrmeko said:
I've just measured it and the space between 4 holes is 1mm^2.
But i think you could break a 2x4 grid to still keep the symmetry.
And above the 2 lenses you could fit inside the 2mm^2 hole, you could superglue put a small piece of glass to make it look "official".
I've attached 2 photos. One with possible scenarios.
And the other one with my already broken holes from another phone, which i edited poorly to look like there are only 2 rows broken (the actual phone has a 4x4 hole there, which im gonna attach anyway, because why not.).
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Yes, thank you for the screenshots. I was thinking about somenthing like in the second screenshot. Preferibly the 2x4 holes, but that it's way more difficult to do bore because it's not a rounded hole, and also i guess it's difficult to find a square lens instead of a rounded one. Anyway that's it, you got it :laugh: Of course must be very careful not to broke the upper audio speaker, which is one of the best features of this phone.

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Yes, thank you for the screenshots. I was thinking about somenthing like in the second screenshot. Preferibly the 2x4 holes, but that it's way more difficult to do bore because it's not a rounded hole, and also i guess it's difficult to find a square lens instead of a rounded one. Anyway that's it, you got it :laugh: Of course must be very careful not to broke the upper audio speaker, which is one of the best features of this phone.
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Now you should just find a good way to do this.
I think there are cheap M9 front plates on Aliexpress for you to test on them.
Here is my inexperienced sollution.
Try filing down the connection points, until the middle part breaks off, then file the plastic excess. (Like with an electrical file with one of those precision heads. I dunno how they are called)
And about the lens, why not use 3 of them?
Put one right above the led. One next to it and one above both. Then seal them with a drop of clear epoxy. (Gray = front plate plastic, blue = epoxy, white = lens, orange = how the light might disperse)
Because i dont think people can (or want) make only one custom recangular lens.
But the most useful thing would be a tiny fresnel lens. But i think it might be impossible to make such a small one.

Hey all. So long time i come back to post here for a small update. Well, after scrubbing (manually, with a hand-cutter) a bit around the hole where is situated the led, I can confirm that the overall size of the led it's much bigger than it looks at the fist sight. Also, by doing this the led angle view is more wide, you can cleary see it also if you spin the phone by is vertical axis (the diameter of the hole it's around 3mm now).
Now I have to plug the hole by putting a very small lens, but I'm not finding yet for the moment.
I made a short video. I know, it's dark because the need to focus on led, of course, anyway, look at the angle of the phone when it's spinning around You can cleary see the led. Once the lens where puttin over should be further visible because shuold bring the brighness on the surface level :good:
https://streamable.com/3p0go