Help with S2 Bezel DIY Idea - Galaxy S II Accessories

Hello guys
So I have been researching recently and there are a lot of people who replace their screens and I saw hints of people replacing the chrome trim/frame around the S2.
But I had the Idea of removing the original frame (the chrome thing) and painting it. Just for personal purposes.
All I want is some thoughts, advice and maybe some help.
Can the frame be removed on its own?
Will glue be needed to put it back?
What tools do I need?
I have a white international model in case that gives you an idea.
Originally thought If I could remove the frame, sand it back, and 2 light coats and a light clear.
May not be the exact place to post this but was not sure where to post it, so if I am wrong please excuse me. Any help and or thoughts is welcome.
Cheers.

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Conductive Fabric

Hi,
Not really sure where to post this, Tried in the universal forum but with no success. Please move if its in the wrong place!
Does anyone know where i can get some of the conductive fabric that is used inside most of the HTC phones. I'm trying to repair a universal but have misplaced the fabric. I made a makeshift version with electrical tape and spare bits that i butchered of another phone but it just isn't the same - Screen is pretty messed up! I'm guessing its used as some kind of screen or ground thats common to a few components.
Found a supplier in Hong Kong but they only sell it in massive sheets (50m2 or something) and i don't need nearly that much
I've attached a picture so you can all see what i'm talking about.
Any help is much appreciated.
c'mon, no one?

[Q] Replacement Screen for Moto Defy...

Hi...I'm pretty sure this MIGHT have been asked, but the follow up question wasnt answered and..i cant remember where i found it...so bear (the polar kind, not the panda - they're not techincally a bear) with me.
i managed to completely smash the screen on the defy, it still works pretty fine and dandy, but those little chips of glass are beginning to fall out now and im a little worried its not exactly water proof anymore..(understatement, i know it cant be) so i was thinking of replacing the glass...
i have a couple of questions though...
firstly - can anyone recommend where i can get genuine parts
secondly - is it literally a case of using a prying tool to pry it off then put a new bit on (if it is, i can do that 'peasy)
third - do i need to glue it (im assuming this will become obvious) and what glue?
lastly, and most importantly - i watched a guide and it implied you shouldnt re-use the front casing - any reason? is it literally because of the water resistance or is there another reason?
many many thanks in advance for any help (just dont direct me ot the videos i saw about disassembling it completely, my mac couldnt load it for some reason!)
ps - sorry for being a complete noob.
last question, i impulsively bought one of these: 'Touch Screen Glass Digitizer For Motorola Defy' now im getting scared... is this the right thing to buy? i mean, it SOUNDS like it is, but im not so sure now ive parted ways with my money.
will this replace the glass bit that i cracked? or just the bit underneath which is fine?
please help!
Hello friend,Touch Screen Glass is the right thing you need to buy!
Congratulations on your first step
URL below maybe helpful for you.
http://bbs.gfan.com/viewthread.php?tid=1682374&page=1
It's in Chinese and if you don't know what's the meaning of the words,
Just follow the video and picture.
phew - thanks for that
:O)

re-use display/screen with housing swap?

search is disabled/not working and i need an answer asap, sorry if this has been covered before!
i recently cracked the glass on my s3; it wasn't TOO bad and the display/screen itself wasn't cracked at all. the glass/digitizer has been removed but it seems as though the display is glued the EFF onto the chassis. i purchased an entirely new housing/chassis on ebay (wanted a color change ) and was wondering - how can i pull the display off the old chassis without damaging it? would using a blow dryer work well enough to pull it off, then re-adhere it to the new chassis? if so, i'm assuming it'd be safer to blow dry that area from the back/not directly onto the display itself? or is it too delicate to even attempt?
thanks for any/all responses!
rob
ce_rob said:
search is disabled/not working and i need an answer asap, sorry if this has been covered before!
i recently cracked the glass on my s3; it wasn't TOO bad and the display/screen itself wasn't cracked at all. the glass/digitizer has been removed but it seems as though the display is glued the EFF onto the chassis. i purchased an entirely new housing/chassis on ebay (wanted a color change ) and was wondering - how can i pull the display off the old chassis without damaging it? would using a blow dryer work well enough to pull it off, then re-adhere it to the new chassis? if so, i'm assuming it'd be safer to blow dry that area from the back/not directly onto the display itself? or is it too delicate to even attempt?
thanks for any/all responses!
rob
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YouTube is your friend with situations like these, you should be fine with a blow dryer and for most people its way too delicate to attempt. You just have to have a lot of patience.
Which color are you going with?
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ce_rob said:
search is disabled/not working and i need an answer asap, sorry if this has been covered before!
i recently cracked the glass on my s3; it wasn't TOO bad and the display/screen itself wasn't cracked at all. the glass/digitizer has been removed but it seems as though the display is glued the EFF onto the chassis. i purchased an entirely new housing/chassis on ebay (wanted a color change ) and was wondering - how can i pull the display off the old chassis without damaging it? would using a blow dryer work well enough to pull it off, then re-adhere it to the new chassis? if so, i'm assuming it'd be safer to blow dry that area from the back/not directly onto the display itself? or is it too delicate to even attempt?
thanks for any/all responses!
rob
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Just like the Note II and perhaps other Samsung phones...it is Painfully difficult to pull this off. Not impossible, just very difficult.
Check youtube, there's videos of people doing it there, but I warn you, it won't be easy. Blow dryer may not work, it may need a heat gun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZuiCsAtThw
707BeastMode707 said:
YouTube is your friend with situations like these, you should be fine with a blow dryer and for most people its way too delicate to attempt. You just have to have a lot of patience.
Which color are you going with?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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and, as you can imagine (or not, given your response), i've gone through every possible tear-down, glass removal, pull-this-*****-apart video on youtube. nothing speaks of removing the display itself, ONLY the glass and/or digitizer. i've replaced the glass/digitizer on other phones before, but i've yet to tackle the display. because it's (seemingly) stuck onto the chassis a lot stronger than the glass, i figured i'd ask.
so again, if anyone has actually removed the display and NOT the glass (or has a video/link/walk-through i may have overlooked), i'd greatly appreciate it.
crs77 said:
Just like the Note II and perhaps other Samsung phones...it is Painfully difficult to pull this off. Not impossible, just very difficult.
Check youtube, there's videos of people doing it there, but I warn you, it won't be easy. Blow dryer may not work, it may need a heat gun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZuiCsAtThw
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guys, i'm not talking about the glass! i'm talking about the DISPLAY - what's UNDER the glass. lol
I think this is what you're looking for:
http://videos-with-links.info/watch/_70-W9JjVjg/galaxy-s3-screen-replacement-frame-change.html
crs77 said:
I think this is what you're looking for:
http://videos-with-links.info/watch/_70-W9JjVjg/galaxy-s3-screen-replacement-frame-change.html
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thanks, but i've seen that one. the display is attached to everything (what he shows in the first few seconds, glass/digitizer/display already assembled). my glass/digitizer broke and has been removed, display still being on the housing itself and not cracked or ripped. the difference in price is $18 vs $178 for glass/digitzer and glass/digitizer/display, respectively. just wanted to see if anyone has replaced them all, but separately, saving over $150...
doesn't seem like that's been tried or done, though. i guess it wouldn't HURT to try - if successful, it'll have only cost $18. if unsuccessful, i'll have to spend the $178 anyway...can't hurt? i'll give it a try soon and report back.
thanks for the help either way, gentlemen!
btw, the reason for wanting to remove/re-adhere the display has to do with the fact that everything (sans broken glass, obv) will be swapped from one housing to another - going from white to grey, a complete color change. that's why i'm not just replacing the glass, in this case - if anyone was wondering
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[Q] Replacing the S3 housing help!

Hey guys, so rather then explain this all in detail, ill try my best to explain this in shorter words.
My metal frame going around the phone is cracked and I also have a crack on the screen. I can change the glass no problem, but here is the stipulation.
All the times I have seen the screen being seperated from the frame itself (not the glass), the digitizer has been mangled off in pieces. Along with that, I have a white GS3, but if I was going to exchange the middle plate and glass, I wanted to make it black. So here is my questions that are most likely simple but I wanted to ask.
- Can you separate the screen/ digitizer withOUT damaging the digitizer? The screen/digitizer is still perfect and would like to reuse it in another housing.
- For what im trying to do, would this work?
Code:
www . sw-box . com/Middle-Frame-Bezel-Middle-Plate-And-Back-Cover-For-Samsung-Galaxy-S3-i9300-Black.html
(im not trying to spam or advertise, sorry about this code/link)
My end goal is to use my current screen in a new housing to make my white GS3 a Black GS3 using the materials in the link.
Any point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks guys!
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[Q] Cracked screen, help needed

Hey, so as the title suggests I dropped my phone which caused a crack at the lower right corner.
Now I remember when the phone only came out everyone were saying its not possible to only change the screen and that you need to change the screen plus the amoled screen and digitizer.
Now I after searching the forums I saw this thread-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946828
It looks very promising but its also quite old.
I was wondering if anyone had any recent experience with replacing just the glass screen of the GSM Galaxy Nexus.
Also his link for the New Adhesive is dead, can anyone provide me with a link to a new adhesive? or it doesn't really matter which one I buy off ebay.
Thanks a lot! I really like this phone and hopefully I wont have to replace tons of stuff to get the screen fixed.
Yuvs12 said:
Hey, so as the title suggests I dropped my phone which caused a crack at the lower right corner.
Now I remember when the phone only came out everyone were saying its not possible to only change the screen and that you need to change the screen plus the amoled screen and digitizer.
Now I after searching the forums I saw this thread-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946828
It looks very promising but its also quite old.
I was wondering if anyone had any recent experience with replacing just the glass screen of the GSM Galaxy Nexus.
Also his link for the New Adhesive is dead, can anyone provide me with a link to a new adhesive? or it doesn't really matter which one I buy off ebay.
Thanks a lot! I really like this phone and hopefully I wont have to replace tons of stuff to get the screen fixed.
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Same thing happened to me last week. I think it is quite possible to change just the glass, but i haven't tried it yet.
Glass removal
It is possible to change just the glass :fingers-crossed:. We just did that using a string. There is a video of it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7BmmDCKBgQ :good:

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