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[Q] Any luck finding extended batteries a white battery cover?

Has anyone purchased an extended battery that comes with a white battery cover? I have the white Evo (of course) and don't want to turn it into an Oreo haha.

The Sprint extended battery comes with both black and white covers.
Personally I don't care for the white cover, and will likely be painting it some other color.

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He is correct. However, I like the white backing. I call it the Stormtrooper Evo! >_>

I just had my phone replaced on saturday and was heavily contemplating the white evo. However after looking at one and seeing the pinkish tint it has I decided against it. I would like to get my hands on a white battery cover for mine tho.

Shushunmire said:
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He is correct. However, I like the white backing. I call it the Stormtrooper Evo! >_>
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Nice name....lol now if someone can find a clear extended battery cover I would be in business for my extended battery from Sprint...

animal7296 said:
I just had my phone replaced on saturday and was heavily contemplating the white evo. However after looking at one and seeing the pinkish tint it has I decided against it. I would like to get my hands on a white battery cover for mine tho.
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The white EVO definitely does not have a pinkish tint, not even slightly. its a high gloss white. Probably was the lighting you were looking at in under.

OneStepAhead said:
The white EVO definitely does not have a pinkish tint, not even slightly. its a high gloss white. Probably was the lighting you were looking at in under.
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Hahaha I was saying the same to myself when I read that... pinkish tint... my white EVO looks gooooooood

Where to buy full original housing?

Anyone knows where to buy the full original housing? I've tried ebay but so far there is only white, blue and red. I would like brown coloured ones actually but if there is any color available except those 3 would be worth considering too. Thanks guys

Im having the same question, I want a black housing... Anyone can help?

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Thanks for the reply, but they dont have other colors except blue and white unfortunately.

yes they do, they have the titanium grey and the sapphire black and the red as well. they have the battery covers to go along wqith it as well except for the black i think. those whole screen units you see for 269 come with basically the whole front piece of the phone which also include the bezel. you can use your existing interior black peice which houses the battery and just replace battery cover with matching screen digitizer combo

Grrr that site NEVER loads the pictures in a search and I don't have time to load EVERY SINGLE PAGE just to see what stuff looks like
Grrrr

covers said:
yes they do, they have the titanium grey and the sapphire black and the red as well. they have the battery covers to go along wqith it as well except for the black i think. those whole screen units you see for 269 come with basically the whole front piece of the phone which also include the bezel. you can use your existing interior black peice which houses the battery and just replace battery cover with matching screen digitizer combo
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do you have to replace the digitizer and screen as well? wouldn't front cover, back cover, buttons and frame be enough to change the overall look? Thanks

Turning black galaxy s2 into white

I've been a while wanting to transform my black galaxy into a white one. I've been reading a lot of posts and I can see that the main problem is that it's pretty difficult to change the frontal screen into white, cause if you change that part the screen is going to break, And of course, buying a white full screen is insane cause it's just too expensive. However, I've seen a screen for 8 dollars in ebay (apparently it's not just the frontal, it's the full screen) and I would like you guys to tell me if you would recommend this screen:
"White LCD Touch Digitizer Screen Assembly Display For Samsung Galaxy S 2 i9100" en ebay.com

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I've been a while wanting to transform my black galaxy into a white one. I've been reading a lot of posts and I can see that the main problem is that it's pretty difficult to change the frontal screen into white, cause if you change that part the screen is going to break, And of course, buying a white full screen is insane cause it's just too expensive. However, I've seen a screen for 8 dollars in ebay (apparently it's not just the frontal, it's the full screen) and I would like you guys to tell me if you would recommend this screen:
"White LCD Touch Digitizer Screen Assembly Display For Samsung Galaxy S 2 i9100" en ebay.com
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It's way too much trouble. If you want to change the phone to white, you might as well buy a white GSII. If you change screen, you'll need the chrome bezel-ed frame as well.(black screen has a black frame). Then you'll need a new white housing. I wonder how many internal hardware components will break in the process?

Or you could make it black and white. Mine was originally black. All I did was change the back housing to white, and viola. All for just 12 bucks on ebay. I want some uniqueness in the World of monotonic black and white, red and pink S2s. A certain combination. Mine is a 2000Mah setup so it'll appear thicker because of the supplied battery cover.
(Also in my sig, but I uploaded higher res pics + more of them.)
Good luck.

I opted for an all aluminium-glass-carbon fiber appearance and feel for my black GS2. It feels like a completely different phone!

That is one good looking s2 man were did you get that???
MS1 Neatrom 4.4 Jeboo 4.x +

It's a normal Galaxy S2 with a Sweet-armor and some carbon fiber 3M Di-Noc cut to size on the battery cover.

The "chrome bezel" bit is part of the metal plate that the lcd is glued to.
Take your phone to Charlie from Boyd Coddington (American Hot Rod).He could spray it any colour you want.

I think it doesn't look that great with the back covering in black and the front part in white . Anyways I think the screen was good and I've just made a mistake. I think there was an error, and the screen costs now 86$. I should have bought it U_u

Cloudsev said:
I think it doesn't look that great with the back covering in black and the front part in white . Anyways I think the screen was good and I've just made a mistake. I think there was an error, and the screen costs now 86$. I should have bought it U_u
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There was no error; $86 seems like a much more appropriate price for a GS2 AMOLED panel. You can buy the glass separately, and install it separately, although it is highly recommended that you don't. And do you mean front part in black and back part in white?
theunderling said:
The "chrome bezel" bit is part of the metal plate that the lcd is glued to.
Take your phone to Charlie from Boyd Coddington (American Hot Rod).He could spray it any colour you want.
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The chrome bezel is actually made of black plastic painted using chrome paint.

vantt1 said:
The chrome bezel is actually made of black plastic painted using chrome paint.
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Yes, but it is in fact attached (molded) to a metal frame (looks like a magnesium alloy) which is a midsection of the device...

I've an image captured when it cost 8$. They've just changed it.

kt-Froggy said:
Yes, but it is in fact attached (molded) to a metal frame (looks like a magnesium alloy) which is a midsection of the device...
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Exactly.And stuff like vibrator module, cameras etc is stuck onto that plate.

Cloudsev said:
I think it doesn't look that great with the back covering in black and the front part in white . Anyways I think the screen was good and I've just made a mistake. I think there was an error, and the screen costs now 86$. I should have bought it U_u
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So you changed the front screen to white and the back to black? Or are you saying I made my S2 uglier than usual with the black in front and the white behind? haha I thought the black will blend with the screen well enough at certain angles. I don't like white front phones either, since screens are usually bluish black. I can't imagine what it'll look like with a white front and a black back.
Anyway for those wondering whether if the camera and vibrator modules are stucked on to it permanently, no they are just held with a piece of tape to the assembly and it's easy to pry them apart with a pair of tweezers with careful handling.
This 30 minute highly detailed and carefully explained, about disassembling the S2 should do it. Good luck.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=65pvAINg2ME

When I tried to pry out my vibrator module, the screwdriver stabbed into it lol

vantt1 said:
I opted for an all aluminium-glass-carbon fiber appearance and feel for my black GS2.[/IMG]
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Looks nice indeed. Not a fan of the added bulk though.

SomeFormOFhuman said:
So you changed the front screen to white and the back to black? Or are you saying I made my S2 uglier than usual with the black in front and the white behind? haha I thought the black will blend with the screen well enough at certain angles. I don't like white front phones either, since screens are usually bluish black. I can't imagine what it'll look like with a white front and a black back.
Anyway for those wondering whether if the camera and vibrator modules are stucked on to it permanently, no they are just held with a piece of tape to the assembly and it's easy to pry them apart with a pair of tweezers with careful handling.
This 30 minute highly detailed and carefully explained, about disassembling the S2 should do it. Good luck.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=65pvAINg2ME
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hey buddy as your signature says "SanDisk 64GB
Class 10 MicroSDXC" is this true?
coz I thought that GT-I9100 only supports 32GB of expendible storage

bazzag said:
Looks nice indeed. Not a fan of the added bulk though.
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Yeah, it might be a bit bulkier, but it feels like much more of a phone, if you know what I mean. From the top of my head, the S2 weighs 116g, and my S2 with case and battery and all weighs about 158g. It is much heavier, but I like it.
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hey buddy as your signature says "SanDisk 64GB
Class 10 MicroSDXC" is this true?
coz I thought that GT-I9100 only supports 32GB of expendible storage
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It is true; officially, the Galaxy S2 only supports up to 32 GB, but that's because SDXC cards are formatted using exFAT by default. If you format it using FAT32, then you're good to go.

You can always buy those colored screen protectors.. I dont know what they're called. They're very cheap too. Just change the back to white and buy one of these for the front
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[Q] black/white Note 4 texture

With the Note 3, the black and white versions had different textures (brushed-aluminum for the black, a diamond pattern for the white).
Does the Note 4 also have different textures for the white and black versions? I've seen the black, which has a corrugated-like pattern. Is the white one the same? Is there a high-res photo somewhere that shows the pattern?

Yes, they are different. At least the black and white ones I played with at Best Buy did. They weren't AT&T versions however, so YMMV.
The black was more grippy and the white was more smooth.

Thanks, but I meant the visual texture on the front bezel, not the tactile texture on the back (sorry I was unclear).

Gary02468 said:
Thanks, but I meant the visual texture on the front bezel, not the tactile texture on the back (sorry I was unclear).
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I haven't actually held a white one.. however I did see a high(er) res pic of a white one with case on it.. and it has the same corrugated/carbon fiber texture under the glass.. the only difference: white is of course white and off white pattern.. black has black and dark grey pattern..
I will try to find the pic and edit my post..
edit: I seem to recall seeing a different pic, but was related to the same thread I was looking at... in the international galaxy note 4 forums, accessories section.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/8145SNOjmaL._SL1500_.jpg
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55978348&postcount=1
really hard to see in the spigen pic, but the ringke pic (linked above) is a bit clearer.
the thing that kind erks me, is that when the hardware buttons light up, you can see the "stripes" laying ontop of it.. minor gripe for me though.
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Nexus 5X battery back cover colour vs body differences?

Hi,
Just wondering, is there any difference between the various Nexus 5X bodies / frames and the different battery cover colours? Is it just the back cover which is different?
I only ask because the Nexus 5 before it, the white one had far more cosmetic differences compared to the black one. The red one was cosmetically completely different all round. The earpiece dot was a different colour, and the body was matt-black on black model, and gloss-black on white model. Obviously the red one was, well, red.
Is it the same / similar with Nexus 5X?
There is presently a £40 GBP difference between black and white models in the UK (so I bought the cheaper black one, instead of the white I really wanted), but a genuine replacement cover (in any colour) costs around £18.
Anyone have any experience of this?
Thanks.

I have the white one, and looking at it, the only bits that seem like they'd be different on the black model are the backplate itself and the fingerprint scanner (though perhaps that is a cover built into the backplate? I'm not sure how that works!)
Other than that... The entire front including speaker grates of the white N5X are black. The sides and buttons on the white 5x are black. The headphone cutout is half black and half white (because it cuts through the backplate that wraps around the sides). I haven't seen the black one up close though.

The only difference is the colour. All 3 are prone to discolouration, the black from hand oils the white and blue from clothing.

Hmm, that's interesting....LG saving money perhaps...the cosmetic differences for N5's were much more significant. Thanks guys!
@funmerlin, so...are the sides of the white model a matt black or gloss black? I think the fingerprint scanner is part of the back cover, is it not?

tedrogers61 said:
Hmm, that's interesting....LG saving money perhaps...the cosmetic differences for N5's were much more significant. Thanks guys!
@funmerlin, so...are the sides of the white model a matt black or gloss black? I think the fingerprint scanner is part of the back cover, is it not?
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The sides of the white model are matte black, it feels, looks, and is made of the same stuff as the rest of the phone. The scanner is not a part of the back cover. The unit itself is one of the three colors. I have the white and black ones; the black is prone to being "worn down" by finger oils that do not show on the white one.

Excellent. Thanks.
So is the fingerprint scanner connected to the mainboard in the back by the typical copper contacts type thing?
Basically, if I swapped the back cover on my black N5X, for a white cover, my FP scanner would still be black?
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tedrogers61 said:
Excellent. Thanks.
So is the fingerprint scanner connected to the mainboard in the back by the typical copper contacts type thing?
Basically, if I swapped the back cover on my black N5X, for a white cover, my FP scanner would still be black?
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If you swap the black back cover for white, you will basically get a quartz color N5X. But fingerprint scanner will stay black. I think that it will look cool. You can also swap the fingerprint scanner, depending on the cost of a replacement part. Its a module attached to the mainboard sitting on the midframe, its quite easy to replace after poping up the back plate.
https://youtu.be/lhAFtP0F2Uk
Look at arround 4:50 and you'll see how is the scanner attached. It looks like you will have to remove the plastic frame cover to detach it, but still not hard to replace.
https://www.fixez.com/store/lg/lg-google-nexus-5x/lg-nexus-5x-imprint-fingerprint-reader-quartz
12 bucks, not that expensive.
Another video on sensor replacement:
https://youtu.be/xj-dKA5I3Jc

5ageman said:
If you swap the black back cover for white, you will basically get a quartz color N5X. But fingerprint scanner will stay black. I think that it will look cool. You can also swap the fingerprint scanner, depending on the cost of a replacement part. Its a module attached to the mainboard sitting on the midframe, its quite easy to replace after poping up the back plate.
https://youtu.be/lhAFtP0F2Uk
Look at arround 4:50 and you'll see how is the scanner attached. It looks like you will have to remove the plastic frame cover to detach it, but still not hard to replace.
https://www.fixez.com/store/lg/lg-google-nexus-5x/lg-nexus-5x-imprint-fingerprint-reader-quartz
12 bucks, not that expensive.
Another video on sensor replacement:
https://youtu.be/xj-dKA5I3Jc
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Smart! Thanks. I can see it's part of the mobo cover. [emoji106]
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