Why do you think they made the camera off-center inside the circle? Is there a technical reason to do that? It's not a reason I would not buy a phone or anything. I'd be much more warm and fuzzy inside knowing it was for a reason though and not because they designed the glass cover and didn't get the specs right when they designed it.
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Evo_Shift said:
Why do you think they made the camera off-center inside the circle? Is there a technical reason to do that? It's not a reason I would not buy a phone or anything. I'd be much more warm and fuzzy inside knowing it was for a reason though and not because they designed the glass cover and didn't get the specs right when they designed it.
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my question to you would be why would it have to be elsewhere?
position doesnt matter, other than aesthetics
when the IC board is designed, its more likely placed to the side, so the motherboard is not cut/designed around it.
check the N7 2012 teardown for example... good proof how designing around a component didnt work out so well.
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my question to you would be why would it have to be elsewhere?
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Seems having the circle printed so it centered the camera would be more pleasing to the eye or just get rid of the circle outline thing that serves no purpose.
Evo_Shift said:
Seems having the circle printed so it centered the camera would be more pleasing to the eye or just get rid of the circle outline thing that serves no purpose.
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do you spend 100% of the time staring at the back of your phone?
the perfection is in the imperfection
FWIW note 5 tmobile is like this also.
Related
http://www.fonlogix.us/att-tilt-complete-housing.html
Looking at that one specifically. My tilt has a bunch of chip/scratch marks on the shell. It is also crooked when the slider isn't open (the face goes down more than it should, not sure why). I want to sell the phone to get a new HTC, so I'm planning on buying the kit and pretty much making it seem as new as possible. Good idea?
peytah said:
http://www.fonlogix.us/att-tilt-complete-housing.html
Looking at that one specifically. My tilt has a bunch of chip/scratch marks on the shell. It is also crooked when the slider isn't open (the face goes down more than it should, not sure why). I want to sell the phone to get a new HTC, so I'm planning on buying the kit and pretty much making it seem as new as possible. Good idea?
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They do not give enough info from the site to know if this is complete (battery cover, backing, front face, new key board, and new call/end key pad). I bought a screen from them and they customer support SUCKS!! The screen had a red dot and they basically told me to F-off. So I would stay away from that site. I did find a complete housing form e-bay for the same price, got it and now my tilt looks brand new. Look up "AT&T tilit full housing" on eBay. That way you see exactly what you are getting:
Remeber some are just front and back covers, others are the entire setup.
This is just the front and back cover
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This is a complete setup (same price)
Hi XDA!
Tell me what you think of the dark grey bezel, rather than the stock chrome.
I think I'll rock it like this for a while... then maybe try all black.
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With a custom hardware mod, I really hoped you'd replaced the cpu, gps or something like that.
But nevertheless it's quite nice!
Agreed!
Would love to see some hc mods!
Doesn't seem like I'm able to change the title to something more specific or accurate.
BBut thanks for the comments.
how did you do it
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how did you do it
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Well I did a bunch of research to see if I could completely remove the chrome bezel. Seemed like it was possible but separating it from the glass was tricky. I got the impression I would break the glass if I tried.
So what I ended up doing was taking apart everything I could, then masked off the rest, including the entire screen.
Then I went to town with a 150 grit sandpaper to take the chrome off. Then polished with a 300 grit.
Once it was all smooth, it had a very light grey, almost white look. The exposed, bare plastic was dry and almost looked like fibres. I went and rubbed a very small amount of oil into the plastic. The plastic soaked it right up and gave it a darker grey and glossy appearance. Voila!
So the next step might be to re-tape it all off, then hit it with some black enamel spray.
After looking at all the sexy phones being released, I was getting jealous and it felt like my HD2 was losing its luster (The HD2 is still a sexy phone, don't get me wrong). I actually did this mod a long time ago but I switched the cover because I purchased an extended battery (Chinese!) and recently I just really missed the sexyness. And the cover draws attention away from the phone's slight blemishes( My f*cking eX knocked my phone on the the ground. It scratched my phone, cracked the camera lens and dented the camera casing >:[ )
Don't know if something like this was posted already, but anyway, here's to the best $265 I have ever spent!
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I didn't have better camera at the time, so i had to use my sh*tty iPhone 3g. The image had so much noise, that i had to Photoshop it! So if it looks weird i apologize.
EDIT: THAT'S RIGHT! Totally forgot... I bought this carbon fiber vinyl sheet from ebay (3M makes better quality sheets but is more expensive). And basically it's a sticker and I just pasted it on to my back and cut the proper dimensions. I used a heat gun to make it stick more and it makes it easier to play with (it gets softer). I'm actually planning on dong this to all my future phones!
OK ......Ya it looks nice but what was the point of making the post if your not going to tell people what you did to make it? Is it just a carbon fiber sticker, did you actually make a true carbon fiber back cover,etc....Would be nice to know for others that might want the same look.
Why is this in themes and apps?
its moved now
Your Note as you've never seen it...
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You can see the S-pen ont he right with its spring, the wacom digitizer, antennas on the top corners, etc.
compare with the pictures in this page: http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-repair/how-to-disassembleassemble-galaxy-note-2-for-screen-repair/
Too many voids in the solderings on the left, but the BGAs look fine.
Cool
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Your Note as you've never seen it...
You can see the S-pen ont he right with its spring, the wacom digitizer, antennas on the top corners, etc.
compare with the pictures in this page: http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-repair/how-to-disassembleassemble-galaxy-note-2-for-screen-repair/
Too many voids in the solderings on the left, but the BGAs look fine.
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Gives me all sorts of geek tingles..
This should be deleted and you should be banned. This porn is filthy! I like...
Part of me feels like I should be paying you money for this...
Good thing my wife isn't looking...
So is All that little thing what costs all that big amount of money. Mmmm
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I believe that is "The Sex"
i always wished, with a phone of our size, that they could put an equally ridiculously large phone antenna.
pretty cool. my first thinking of the title actually was the x-ray photo token by N2 .......
Quite impressive to see how little technology there is in there considering how much this device can do. That's some serious engineering done by Samsung. Too bad they are not advertising this just like their worst competitor is doing when they have obviously done such an great job.
/ Magnus
This is an ultimative strip-tease
- Barney Stinson on XRay
This is what i call..Beauty & the Beast!!
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COOL
It's really cool !!!
That's a pretty high score for a smartphone folks. Good to look at how tightly everything is packed in.
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Motorola+Moto+X+Teardown/16867/1
The flexible back bodes well for durability - less likely to show small dings.
Who's the screen supplier?
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Who's the screen supplier?
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It isn't stated in the teardown, nor is it easy to find out honestly. It doesn't have a part number like the other components, nor does it have a logo. But, its Samsung. And I have this from a Motorola source. Unfortunately I don't have proof to show you by way of a part number or picture, so you'll just have to take my word for it.
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It isn't stated in the teardown, nor is it easy to find out honestly. It doesn't have a part number like the other components, nor does it have a logo. But, its Samsung. And I have this from a Motorola source. Unfortunately I don't have proof to show you by way of a part number or picture, so you'll just have to take my word for it.
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I'll take your word for it! I know AU Optronics is the only other player in AMOLED so I was curious if we got panels from them or Samsung.
That memory card looks like a standard one, will the phone take a larger capacity one?
Edit well not a slide in but available in a 32 or 64 GB?
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That memory card looks like a standard one, will the phone take a larger capacity one?
Edit well not a slide in but available in a 32 or 64 GB?
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It's the front-facing camera...
Thanks. Lol. Way off.
So where is the SD?
Could it be swapped?
NVM
There it is. In red. Very secure & not going anywhere.
http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/lhDuseq3IpXVVBV2.huge