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Has anyone tried instaling white back cover on black phone? Or putting white foil/carbon foil? Like this one:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WHITE-SAM...Accessories&hash=item1c23107201#ht_788wt_1396
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WHITE-SAM...Accessories&hash=item1c22de7f1b#ht_818wt_1396
Pictures would be perfect
Yeah, it works fantastically. The only drawback to the flip case is that when you use the camera it can be awkward. Other than that, it does a great job protecting the screen, and it looks epic. People at the gym ask me about it, and when I'm around town people comment.
I'd say go for it.
-GT
Hmm, I'm not talking about flipcover
Those are just stickers for back cover of the phone...
I've been using my black Note with a white battery door for a few weeks now. I prefer this particular combination, mostly because I don't like white bezel around black screen. The deep blacks of amoled blend really well with the black bezel, in my opinion.
I ordered the white battery door through ebay and it feels like the actual samsung battery door for the white Note. It has the same stickers and same thickness/feel of the original dark battery door. One major difference is the white one is glossy, while the old black (dark blue?) one is textured.
If I managed to attach them, there should be some photos of the black Note with white back, on white and black backgrounds.
ardabey said:
I've been using my black Note with a white battery door for a few weeks now. I prefer this particular combination, mostly because I don't like white bezel around black screen. The deep blacks of amoled blend really well with the black bezel, in my opinion.
I ordered the white battery door through ebay and it feels like the actual samsung battery door for the white Note. It has the same stickers and same thickness/feel of the original dark battery door. One major difference is the white one is glossy, while the old black (dark blue?) one is textured.
If I managed to attach them, there should be some photos of the black Note with white back, on white and black backgrounds.
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THANKS!
It looks better than I thought
Do you mind sharing the ebay link?
this is the white door you see in the photos:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170750509333
it took about a week for it to arrive from HK. Not the cheapest battery door out there, but back when I bought it, there weren't this many alternatives.
I have discovered this trick as local agent was distribute free flip cover I have selected a white one for my blue device,It's fantastic.
I ordered a white leather backing from cnn.cn, should be here in a few days!
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MicroBerry said:
I ordered a white leather backing from cnn.cn, should be here in a few days!
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I'm waiting for myne too. I'll post some pictures when I get it
Anyone have a white galaxy nexus with a white decal on the screen to make the whole device white? I wanted to see how it would look
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Don't have but think that would look slick and would spike my interest if available.
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Don't have but think that would look slick and would spike my interest if available.
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Yeah I thought it'd look pretty nice, hopefully someone's done it and can post here
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Sorry that I can't find it directly but someone has posted it before in a thread in the accessories section. I believe the thread had something to do with skins and towards the end of the thread someone posted it. Its been awhile though. I'll post it if I find it . Looked good.
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I know of a few sites that offer white decals to go on the front of the phone but unfortunately though you would have to buy the back side too. So if you got a white phone already then you would have an extra skin laying around.
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I know of a few sites that offer white decals to go on the front of the phone but unfortunately though you would have to buy the back side too. So if you got a white phone already then you would have an extra skin laying around.
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Link please? That sounds very interesting
@ malikadnanm
since you open this thread, may be you can be the first to try them.
these are also a screen protector, there is also a mercury brand which is a anti glare screen prector, the package also comes with a 2nd clear protector.
original samsung brand
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Google-Sams...245157?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item4cfdb88e25
suger brand
http://www.ebay.com/itm/32081723542...eName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Mercury brand from hk yahoo, sometime they do pop up on ebay.
http://hk.f1.page.auctions.yahoo.com/hk/auction/b21601305
I actually dig the way it is.
I had the white t989. Looked nice, but the nexus... pops more.
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@ malikadnanm
since you open this thread, may be you can be the first to try them.
these are also a screen protector, there is also a mercury brand which is a anti glare screen prector, the package also comes with a 2nd clear protector.
original samsung brand
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Google-Sams...245157?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item4cfdb88e25
suger brand
http://www.ebay.com/itm/32081723542...eName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Mercury brand from hk yahoo, sometime they do pop up on ebay.
http://hk.f1.page.auctions.yahoo.com/hk/auction/b21601305
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I would try it but I wanted to see a pic first if someone else has already done it
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Link please? That sounds very interesting
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A couple that pop into my head are:
http://www.skinit.com <~ they deal with the verizon models I found out the hard way, but I believe you have to make it as a custom skin so it may cost you some more money.
http://www.decalgirl.com/skins/95096/Samsung-Galaxy-Nexus-Skin-Solid-State-White <~ the gsm model fits here. I am not sure with them though if it has a screen protector built into the decal or not. I have never ordered from them before.
Edit: It has been confirmed in the thread that it in fact does NOT include a screen protector.
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@ malikadnanm
suger brand
http://www.ebay.com/itm/32081723542...eName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
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I purchased the white TPU bumper that was $5 for the Verizon GNEX since the white housing is not available yet... also purchased the LTE white battery cover on eBay along with the white decal that is similar to the one above but that is the only item that I am waiting for to arrive since the owner took a couple days longer to ship from south Korea but will post up pics when the decal arrives but so far I like the black and white two tone look
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nawfboy09 said:
I purchased the white TPU bumper that was $5 for the Verizon GNEX since the white housing is not available yet... also purchased the LTE white battery cover on eBay along with the white decal that is similar to the one above but that is the only item that I am waiting for to arrive since the owner took a couple days longer to ship from south Korea but will post up pics when the decal arrives but so far I like the black and white two tone look
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Cool, waiting for the pics
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nawfboy09 said:
I purchased the white TPU bumper that was $5 for the Verizon GNEX since the white housing is not available yet... also purchased the LTE white battery cover on eBay along with the white decal that is similar to the one above but that is the only item that I am waiting for to arrive since the owner took a couple days longer to ship from south Korea but will post up pics when the decal arrives but so far I like the black and white two tone look
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Btw did you get the all white bumper with the white rubber too, or black? I was wondering if that white rubber gets discolored easily.
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Btw did you get the all white bumper with the white rubber too, or black? I was wondering if that white rubber gets discolored easily.
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I have yet to see a bumper that is all white except for the one that is all plastic but has the huge whole...so pretty much its black and white where the black part is rubber sorry couldn't help
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front side decal covers led notification light?
Mwinggg said:
front side decal covers led notification light?
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to my discovery the white decal does cover the led notification light, b/c the company decided not make it an edge to edge decal, thus not leaving them with much room for a whole for the led light. I was going to post pics but the bumper had messed up an waiting on a replacement.
Decalgirl does NOT include a screen protector, but they are high quality skins I will be buying a white skin from them when my white nexus comes next week
Thanks for the idea OP haha
joshnichols189 said:
Decalgirl does NOT include a screen protector, but they are high quality skins I will be buying a white skin from them when my white nexus comes next week
Thanks for the idea OP haha
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Np. Post a pic when u get it set up
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well here are the pics, finally. the only downfall is the black rubber part which defeats the purpose of having a white phone. I saw an all white bumper but had to be bought in bulk.
nawfboy09 said:
well here are the pics, finally. the only downfall is the black rubber part which defeats the purpose of having a white phone. I saw an all white bumper but had to be bought in bulk.
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does the front piece double as a screen protector.
New Nature-Inspired Colored Samsung Galaxy SIII's
I saw this article over a week ago on their Facebook page and I completely forgot about it. Just found it again and checked XDA and saw no post about it.
Had you guys seen this?
I'm in love with that Garnet Red. Hell, even the Brown looks nice.
I wish there was a way to pull the casing off our phone and install a new one and I wish Samsung would sell the casing as well.
Well, I could buy that Garnet I wanted...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...ltDomain_0&hash=item20c9e15a2c#ht_1992wt_1139
FOR $218 DOLLARS! Holy cow, lol.
Ya I saw it couple days ago too. But I still like my white
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I kind of wish I would have bought white simply because the aluminum cases and such mingle much better with the white.
I found replacement front panels in garnet for under $30. I'm sure I could find a back case too....but I have no idea about the body itself.
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I kind of wish I would have bought white simply because the aluminum cases and such mingle much better with the white.
I found replacement front panels in garnet for under $30. I'm sure I could find a back case too....but I have no idea about the body itself.
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Isn't the whole front of the phone a single piece? Or is that just the screen and digitizer?
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joshnichols189 said:
Isn't the whole front of the phone a single piece? Or is that just the screen and digitizer?
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Screen and digitalizer. Then of course you have the back battery cover.
So, I'd have a front garnet screen and a garnet back cover with blue side housing (I don't think you can replace the housing...and if you can, it wouldn't be easy) with blue volume/power/menu buttons (those wouldn't be hard to replace though).
If I had bought white, the side housing is aluminum silver color, which the garnet one is as well. It'd be an easy transformation.
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Hi. So I just bought an SGS3 and have been loving it. I have a nexus 7 and have the poetic flip case on it. Since I liked that case a lot, I wanted something similar for my sgs3. I searched around the internet and couldn't find anything exactly like the peotic flip case for the s3. I ended up getting the elago g5 case on sale from amazon last week after thanksgiving. After using it for a week, I loved the feel and how slim it was but was disappointed that the notification light was covered by the case.
With that in mind, to help distract me while studying for finals, I decided to mod the case a little and thought I would share with everyone what I did in case anyone else wanted to do it as well! I didn't take any pictures during the making of, sorry.
Anyway, what I did was drill a hole in the case where the notification light is covered, enabling me to see the light while the case is closed. I liked this, but the light was kind of sunken in if you will, so it was hard to see it if looking at it from an angle, like if a placed it on my desk in front of me while studying.
So after thinking about it for a while, I went to radio shack and bought a 5mm rounded top led; any color will do as long as the plastic bulb is clear. Once I had the led, I cut off the top of the bulb and fit it into the hole I previously drilled for the notification light. The result was that when the notification light flashes, the whole bulb illuminates so it is really easy to tell when you have a notification!
Since the sgs3 doesn't turn off when the flip case closes, I downloaded the app Smart Cover from the android market. To make it work though, I has to place a small piece of white tape on the inside of the flip case where it covers the proximity and light sensors so that the sensors recognize when flip case closes (this is a known problem with dark colored flip cases).
The resulting product is a flip case similar to the poetic case for the nexus 7 which still allows you to see your notifications! Hope you all enjoy my it.
Wow nice! You are a genius! :good:
You are resourceful and creative.
I never understand why such great features as this are so often overlooked by the design team.
Good work.
Your mod looks really cool and I want to get this flip case and do the same mods.
How's using this case now? Is it starting to separate due to wear and tear. Is it worth $35? What size drill bit did u use to make the hole to fit a 5mm led tip?
Brillant. I just sign up to get the free flip cases samsung are giving. Once it gets here doing it this to it! Which would look better blue bulb or white bulb on orange case?
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903tex said:
Brillant. I just sign up to get the free flip cases samsung are giving. Once it gets here doing it this to it! Which would look better blue bulb or white bulb on orange case?
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Do you have a link for the free flip case signup page?
mouseglider said:
Do you have a link for the free flip case signup page?
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http://m.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://smgm.us/69V&h=FAQH3AGQ7&s=1
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If it was easy you'd of hired the guy at Home Depot to to it.
Wow, nice mod. I thin there is a market for this product..
really nice mod how can i get that?
That is awesome.
Ohh cool! It was a big down side for me that the case itself didnt have those cutouts.
Looks good!
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Hey. Sorry for the delayed response. The case is holding up great. I've compared it to my friend's sgs3 case from Samsung (which he got at roughly the same time as me) and its holding up far better; no fraying of deterioration. The case looks and feels much better in person/hand and I highly recommended it.
As far as the drilling, I actually used a dremel to do it since my tool choice was limited at college. Specifically I used a wood drill bit for the hole and then a gauze like polishing bit at a high speed to essentially burn the edges of the hole, cleaning it up, and making in look a little better. Hope that helps.
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If someone interested, check here:
http://www.dhgate.com/product/s5q-s...n-phone-case/208105969.html#s2-5-1|3082953450
Cool find
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awesome
Nice case.
Review time!!!
Just out of curiosity i bought one a couple of weeks ago, and i got it today...
From the pics, can you see where the main problem is? It isn't sandstone black, it's actually rubberized matte black...
The case fits, it has no display lip and it's minimalistic. I guess it's a nice cover, but not what is described on the site.
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Review time!!!
Just out of curiosity i bought one a couple of weeks ago, and i got it today...
From the pics, can you see where the main problem is? It isn't sandstone black, it's actually rubberized matte black...
The case fits, it has no display lip and it's minimalistic. I guess it's a nice cover, but not what is described on the site.
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Looks nice, wouldnt mind one of those, obviously its not what you had ordered but I like the smooth rubberized back. The only other thing I would like is that if it would cover the bottom of the phone. Obviously with holes for the speakers, charging port etc, though I suppose I would just be better getting one of the dzitronic tpu type cases which gives the extra lip to protect the screen also. Would you mind posting a photo of the bottom of the phone with the case on?
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Looks nice, wouldnt mind one of those, obviously its not what you had ordered but I like the smooth rubberized back. The only other thing I would like is that if it would cover the bottom of the phone. Obviously with holes for the speakers, charging port etc, though I suppose I would just be better getting one of the dzitronic tpu type cases which gives the extra lip to protect the screen also. Would you mind posting a photo of the bottom of the phone with the case on?
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Sure, here you go! If you want a nice cover, i always suggest the Cruzerlite Bugdroid. Cheap, fits perfectly and protects the screen and the silver bezel.
Its available on ebay guys.. I too bot one for me in India..its really nice. Go for it.
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I have slip on cases in red, dark gray and blue, and with the texture like the original/factory back shell..I have the picture reduced to 5mp for upload purposes..BUT..the red is very accurate to the OnePlus red..the picture isn't accurate..lol
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NWKENT said:
I have slip on cases in red, dark gray and blue, and with the texture like the original/factory back shell..I have the picture reduced to 5mp for upload purposes..BUT..the red is very accurate to the OnePlus red..the picture isn't accurate..lol
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I have the blue and black, but where do I find the red??? That is awesome!
NWKENT said:
I have slip on cases in red, dark gray and blue, and with the texture like the original/factory back shell..I have the picture reduced to 5mp for upload purposes..BUT..the red is very accurate to the OnePlus red..the picture isn't accurate..lol
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What brand are these/where did you get them?
Please share the link where did you get the Red one.....it looks cool
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From China..Here guys..the SandStone Red for the 1+1..same texture as the original back shell/cover..ALSO..the red color is very accurate to the red, OnePlus uses..
eBay >> http://m.ebay.com/itm/261756664264?&txnId=1593284384016&varId=560633289883
Here's the IMAK "clear" case with a "Sticker Boy", Tiger Stripe skin..
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