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Replacement housing for Excalibur

Hello there friends!
I'm thinking on getting a replace housing for my aged Dash, so it looks decent with the wm6.5 ROM
. I think the procedure is similar to replacing a broken screen, and I only need a T6 and an opening tool...
Does anyone knows where to find one for a reasonable price, besides eBay?
Do anyone knows if a "dummy" phone would serve as a donor?
Has anyone here done this before?
i searched the forum, but couldn't find recent info on this
Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Please read the sticky as is guide linked not sure exactly what want but should give good idea

memphis060 said:
Hello there friends!
I'm thinking on getting a replace housing for my aged Dash, so it looks decent with the wm6.5 ROM
. I think the procedure is similar to replacing a broken screen, and I only need a T6 and an opening tool...
Does anyone knows where to find one for a reasonable price, besides eBay?
Do anyone knows if a "dummy" phone would serve as a donor?
Has anyone here done this before?
i searched the forum, but couldn't find recent info on this
Your help will be greatly appreciated.
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I am actually trying out the same thing. Waiting for my dummy to arrive. Sears has T6 (in Illinois) for like $3. And you need a precision Phillip's head too. I bought both today and spent right around $7. Dummy shipped from NJ on Monday. I will let you know when it gets here if it works. I read in an archive on here of another HTC model dummy having all the same outer housing and some inner parts as real phone. Keeping fingers crossed for real. Would be awesome to have a 'NEW' phone with 6.5 and in all black too.

memphis060 said:
Hello there friends!
I'm thinking on getting a replace housing for my aged Dash, so it looks decent with the wm6.5 ROM
. I think the procedure is similar to replacing a broken screen, and I only need a T6 and an opening tool...
Does anyone knows where to find one for a reasonable price, besides eBay?
Do anyone knows if a "dummy" phone would serve as a donor?
Has anyone here done this before?
i searched the forum, but couldn't find recent info on this
Your help will be greatly appreciated.
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I also had the idea to replace the housing with one from a dummy. But i read in some german forum, that at a dummy the housings are glued.

wow if that works it WILL be great!
where did you found the all-black housing?

memphis060 said:
where did you found the all-black housing?
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I am definitely interested in this too! Links and pics appreciated! Wanting to get the new Touch Pro 2, but may wait for a little better deal. All black housing w/ 3VO ROM...can tie me over for a little longer

memphis060 said:
wow if that works it WILL be great!
where did you found the all-black housing?
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Found it on eBay. Local T-Mo store was supposed to have on but girl never went to look for me after she sold my brother a phone. She said she thought they were glued. But like I said I read on here of an older HTC model having all the same outers just no inners. Tracked it this morning. Should be here tomorrow morning. As long as it has screw holes I can make it work. My old silverhousing is 3 yrs old. I take good care but 3 yrs is 3 yrs. Will let you know.

Doing a little of search found this:
http://www.cellphonepartszone.com/Productss.asp?shopxpbe_id=64&id=685
Hope tihs link helps,
And this:
http://cnn.cn/shop/dopod-c720-rubbery-black-housing-p-1331.html

Sad to report
Yeah I am sad to say that my dummy phone came in the mail today. It was an EPIC FAIL. The only possible salvageable parts may be the keyboard. And that would be with some modifications as I do not think the buttons are transparent. The back of the screen where the LCD would be is solid black with the image printed on it. And the screw holes are different. I might be able to do something with it but I doubt it. It has none of the needed posts to place wires and circuit boards as the OEM. It was worth a shot though. I want a black DASH but don't really want to pony up the $100 or more for it where mine works fine. Its just ugly in silver. Calculator like. Ah well. So there ya have it. The dummy phone is a no go. I would post pictures but why bother. Anyone know where I can find an all black housing that is NOT clip on or a case? I can find the silver crap but not the black ones. Well thanks if you can. Sorry to be the bringer of bad news.

too bad to read, friend.
i'm checking everyday @ebay and I've found an HTC branded one for $29... I'll keep looking

too bad i came to late, i would have told you dummy phones are not the same housing as regular phones, i tried it with several sprint phones when i worked at radio shack, they are made differently.

phatmanxxl said:
too bad i came to late, i would have told you dummy phones are not the same housing as regular phones, i tried it with several sprint phones when i worked at radio shack, they are made differently.
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Yeah well its ok. My kids can score a cool spy toy now. I just want a black housing. I HATE the silver crap. I would take a red one with the silver crap but all I have found is green, pink and orange. Still looking though. Was worth a shot. Lesson learned.

Well how does $25 sound, shipping included?
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15829
Lots of gadgets over there, I order random stuff all the time....

[Q] How change covers on desire?

Hi all,
Do you have someone shematic or service manual for changing covers on Desire?
And where i can buy covers, ebay? Do you know someone what is good covers?
I working in laptop service, i know all about pcb and electric componentes, is not problem disassemble phone, but i need shematic, to be less breakage.
Thx

http://tjworld.net/blog/htc-desire-tear-down
Does that help?

richardmugford said:
http://tjworld.net/blog/htc-desire-tear-down
Does that help?
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This is so pro man , but I still not rekon people do that. At least you'd better had a clean working environment. Good luck dude.

kraljek said:
Hi all,
Do you have someone shematic or service manual for changing covers on Desire?
And where i can buy covers, ebay? Do you know someone what is good covers?
I working in laptop service, i know all about pcb and electric componentes, is not problem disassemble phone, but i need shematic, to be less breakage.
Thx
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Not really possible without tearing the phone apart as posted before. But good luck anyway

Is not problem, how i can see, is very easy. But i watching on web, housing is $60-$90, for what? And dont included another touch.
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You've gotta really want to change the cover to have to go through the above method.
Good luck to you though.

Display screen digitizer + LCD repalcement. HELP!!!

Hi sorry to bother I'm looking for a replacement of the whole display screen digitizer + LCD.
Does anybody can recommend a good one.
I've been searching on amazon but mayority of people complain about that the digitizer stop working on the repalcement after a while.
Any help appreciated.

There really isn't any "good one". If you want one that works, get an OEM one made by HTC.

Hey,
I think this might help you!
http://compare.ebay.com/like/290659299424?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&_lwgsi=y&cbt=y
Of course the higher you go the quality will probably be better but for $15 with free shipping I dont think you can go wrong if the first place, if it does not last long just order a new one!
If you have TEP you are better off getting it replaced by sprint for a new phone.
Good luck!
If I helped please hit that thanks button!
Stevo

I found a used OEM front panel (LCD & digitizer) in good shape on ebay shipped for $50. The guys at my sprint store are cool and installed it for me. That's half what asurion gets and you keep your software setup
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don't different reversions use different lcd screens? i think i read that somewhere when i was looking into how much a new one was for my friend.

ou2mame said:
don't different reversions use different lcd screens? i think i read that somewhere when i was looking into how much a new one was for my friend.
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There are two different LCD connectors, a wipe one and a "normal" one. The ONLY way to see what one your phone has is to open it up.

Replacing plastic

Hey guys,
I bought a S2 damaged from several falls. I want to replace the plastic myself. The screen itself is fine and so is the battery cover but I would need to replace the plastic around the loudspeaker and the silver rim, which is badly damaged.
Is it possible to replace this yourself? If so could someone link me to a reliable site to buy the replacements. I live in Slovenia (Part of EU) so shipping shouldn't be a problem.
Also any tips wouldn't hurt!
Thanks!

You should know by now that shipping is always a problem here even if we are in the EU because some people still don't consider us as a first world country so they simply don't send stuff to us.
To answer your question... Did you check Amazon and Ebay? You can also find a service manual if you search for it. It was posted here once or twice.

Foladko said:
Hey guys,
I bought a S2 damaged from several falls. I want to replace the plastic myself. The screen itself is fine and so is the battery cover but I would need to replace the plastic around the loudspeaker and the silver rim, which is badly damaged.
Is it possible to replace this yourself? If so could someone link me to a reliable site to buy the replacements. I live in Slovenia (Part of EU) so shipping shouldn't be a problem.
Also any tips wouldn't hurt!
Thanks!
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Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Full-Ho...010?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c24be5a42
TIPS for the assembly: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1253969

ja zakaj pa nisi nepoškodovanga nabavu ? joke

where did you got it? And how much did you pay for it?
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[IMPI] said:
where did you got it? And how much did you pay for it?
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Exactly wht came to my mind

Why does that matter? It's obvious he got it at a a much more decent price than he would a new one. Be sure to check on your warranty before disassembling the device. Odds are you'd lose it. Perhaps you could try and get it repaired by an authorised person, for all we know, it could be at a modest price too.

Help finding this case

Hi!
I've been searching a case for a long time without success.
A friend of mine have one, but he bought the phone with the case allready and he doesn't know where to buy one.
Maybe someone here can help me finding the case
Thanks.

No one?
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@heldercouto
http://www.miniinthebox.com/nl/besc...laxy-s2-snoepkleur-_p303214.html?currency=USD
http://www.miniinthebox.com/nl/eenv...ung-galaxy-s2-i9100_p398768.html?currency=USD
http://www.miniinthebox.com/nl/sili...rschillende-kleuren_p361956.html?currency=USD
http://www.miniinthebox.com/nl/zwar...ung-galaxy-s2-i9100_p714981.html?currency=USD
You can change the currency and language on the top of the page
The website is trust worthy but the shipment does take awhile, but it is free ;D

Hi @KingOfDope
Thanks for your help.
None of the cases are like the one i'm searching, but look good cases at a a good price.