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Would anyone buy a ceramic back cover?

I have been thinking way too much about the finger print catcher battery cover on this phone and started to think...how hard would it be for a company to produce a ceramic battery door for this phone? Would anyone even buy one?
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Due to the way that my ceramic coated wedding band will not scratch this would be awesome. I have a feeling though that the ceramic would block signals.
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I was just on ebay searching for a different battery cover and I found a carbon fiber and a leather cover I liked. I almost bought it until I looked at the pictures really close and noticed that non of'm had the 2 LTE antenna prongs on them like the US versions. Man that sucks, the leather cover is really nice
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Those two prongs are for NFC not LTE
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Jcossack88 said:
Those two prongs are for NFC not LTE
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Oh mybad im thinking about my old thunderbolt
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Ghost armor?

Is the ghost armor gonna affect the performance of the stylus? Anyone that has had there phone covered experiencing any issues? Thanks
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bmr169 said:
Is the ghost armor gonna affect the performance of the stylus? Anyone that has had there phone covered experiencing any issues? Thanks
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Some folks stated that some screen protectors were showing imprints from the stylus....YMMV.

Generally the wet style application for screen protectors will be prone to being easily marked.
They typically have some degree of self recovery but I doubt they'll prevent a visible amount of marks from the SPen showing up.
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bmr169 said:
Is the ghost armor gonna affect the performance of the stylus? Anyone that has had there phone covered experiencing any issues? Thanks
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I had ghost armor on my note 1 and pre purchased one for my note 2. The pen works fine and is just as accurate (note 1 experience). It does leave a imprint on the skin just as the spen would leave steaks on the glass that were noticeable at different angles, but don't worry, just like the glass, it wipes away the streaks on the ghost armor.
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This is kinda off topic but, do you have to tap hard sometimes? I feel like im going to break the screen
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tacotino said:
This is kinda off topic but, do you have to tap hard sometimes? I feel like im going to break the screen
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Tap hard for what? I never tap hard
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bmr169 said:
Is the ghost armor gonna affect the performance of the stylus? Anyone that has had there phone covered experiencing any issues? Thanks
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Just had a full body gun metal applied, ill report my findings back over the next couple of days.
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New battery cover

go this off ebay for 7.00

How's the effect on signal and NFC?
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trillonometry said:
How's the effect on signal and NFC?
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no effect on signal and I do not use NFC, so I can not comment. It is made of all plastic, so it should not have any negative effects.

Look nice

Looks good, any other styles available?
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ChrisM0678 said:
Looks good, any other styles available?
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couple of different styles/colors. just search ebay for galaxy s3 battery cover. they most, all, come from china, so it takes a while to get them. they are listed for the international version, but they fit just fine.

Does changing back cover break NFC?

Anybody knows? On the original back door cover there's these two lil metal dots that look like they connect to the phone when you snap it on. I want to get one of those flip cases but not through Samsung since they charge so much. The third party covers are built the same but are missing the two metal dots.
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RayTrue04 said:
Anybody knows? On the original back door cover there's these two lil metal dots that look like they connect to the phone when you snap it on. I want to get one of those flip cases but not through Samsung since they charge so much. The third party covers are built the same but are missing the two metal dots.
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Yes, the NFC chip is in the back cover, so you would need to buy a cover that has NFC.

m3meems said:
Yes, the NFC chip is in the back cover, so you would need to buy a cover that has NFC.
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Good to know. I guess that's why Samsung want so much. Thank you!
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Or just peel it of and put it on your new case since it is a sticker and will peel right off and sick to the new case.
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ac16313 said:
Or just peel it of and put it on your new case since it is a sticker and will peel right off and sick to the new case.
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This is true but aluminum covers will not work even if you do this.
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You can also buy the nfc chip on ebay for about $4. It will stick right in the stock location.
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Thanks guys!
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neudof said:
This is true but aluminum covers will not work even if you do this.
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This is correct
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Metal case

Is there any metal cases for the s4? Not aluminum but real metal
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well...
first off aluminum is a real metal, so not sure what you mean by that. what metal would you like to see? I haven't seen one that is solid metal. http://www.droid-life.com/2013/04/29/buy-this-metal-back-cover-for-your-galaxy-s4-if-youre-tired-of-the-plastic/
there is one back cover.
the other one I know of is the spigen slim armor, But it is not all metal either. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BW6GIP2

If you have great signal where you're at... awesome, but if you struggle with signal, getting a metal case isn't a good idea from my experience. You may lose a bar or two. I have had more cases than I can count, ordering them like a kid in a candy store, except this time around with the S4. Having had issues before, if you do get one, I'd be interested in how it works for you because I wouldn't mind having a metal case myself.
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Is there any metal cases for the s4? Not aluminum but real metal
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The spigen has no metal whatsoever. It's polycarbonate and tpu.
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wavrunrx said:
The spigen has no metal whatsoever. It's polycarbonate and tpu.
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My mistake then, I know previous spigen cases have had metal versions in the past. with a quick amazon search I saw it and just assumed.

Hey I actually found one.. It took me a while but they do have a metal case here's the link... http://www.casefanatic.com/samsung-...kommandant-samsung-galaxy-s4-metal-case-case/
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I bet that would do wonders for signal strength.
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lagunas11 said:
Hey I actually found one.. It took me a while but they do have a metal case here's the link... http://www.casefanatic.com/samsung-...kommandant-samsung-galaxy-s4-metal-case-case/
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That looks amazing
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luckyduck69 said:
I bet that would do wonders for signal strength.
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I'm buying it, I like style and protection and that case has both so I'll let you know how it works with the signal
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