Good afternoon.
Finding accessories for this phone is really a PITA. However I 've found a trick for the car holder.
Before this phone I had a samsung galaxy note 2 with a car holder designed for it.
I've discovered that the axon 7 with the original case fits in in this car holder. It's somewhat smaller, but the phone is firmly held, and has never fallen since 3 months.
bonus: the side buttons are free, and accessible.
Put your phone in a sandwich bag and surround the edges with tape. Cut a piece of soft copper sheet metal so that it exactly covers the face of the phone and slightly wraps over the top. Tape it down tightly. Draw big arrows on the copper pointing to the buttons or mark their location on a template. Put that in another sandwich bag. Mix up some epoxy and get fiberglass tape ready. Fold 2-4 layers of fiberglass over the bottom of the phone so it goes half way up the back and about 1 inch up the front (this is the mount reinforcement). Wrap 4-5 fiberglass layers horizontally around the phone and stay below the buttons. Wrap 2-3 layers of fiberglass vertically. Let it cure somewhere warm. Vacuum seal it if it's getting loose. Get a bright light and a small motorized grinding wheel. Roughly cut the fiberglass off the front of the phone, leaving some wrapping around. The copper should be easy to spot when the grinder has passed through the fiberglass. Pull that patch off and discard it. Trim the top band until you can bend it down enough to clear the phone. Pull the outer sandwich bag off. Pull the copper plate off. Pull the phone out. Finish trimming the fiberglass until it looks good. Cut a hole for the USB port. Glue your creation to a base with epoxy putty. Cover it with epoxy paint. Add felt pads or slippery tape to tighten the fit and protect your screen. Tada! Custom holder that will never drop your phone.
Earlier model that I made for an X Pure (another phone with no mounts):
http://pixelmemory.us/Photos/Nerd/2015-01-31 Phone mount/
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http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showpost.php?p=1192307&postcount=6
I made a reinforcement on the middle of the headband
use a little piece of plastic (the one used on memory card case should be OK)
cut a little piece 8x50mm
scotch tape
nylon reinforced mailing tape (19mm or 3/4")
yellow glue, or Krazy glue if you don't have
if you have yellow glue, apply a bit evenly on both, wait till the glue almost dry, then put them together, use a clip to hold for overnight
if you use Krazy glue, use scotch tape to hold the plastic piece, apply the glue slowly along the edge till you see the gap is filled, use a clip to hold them for overnight
once the glue got dried, use nylon tape to wrap the headband (from 5mm or 2" from the center), wrap it nice and neat, and tight
hope this reinforcement can slow down the crack development
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Ordered a new digitizer for my Samsung Epix and it is the correct part and the digitizer just sits in the bezel, I assume its glued on but cant figure out how it comes off. Anyone done this before on this phone or have a tutorial or how-to?
Thanks
Mike
Just did it today. Wish I'd taken pics. You have to take it completely apart in order to connect the new ribbon cable as it attaches to the underside (bottom) of the circuit board. There's 6 screws that need to come out, the bottom 4 being obvious and the top two hidden, one under the stylus, the other under a rubber plug at the top rt corner, which you just pry out to reveal the screw head.
Once the screws are out, use something plastic to separate the case halves, I used an old credit card and started prying beneath the memory card slot. Then you can see the little ribbon cable on the bottom right side of the circuit board, folding around from the front. Be VERY careful when removing the ribbon cable from the board. You have to lift a small latch upwards and to the left , ending up with the little flap like lever standing straight up , to release the cable. The cable goes back in by inserting it and closing that lever to sandwich the cable in place.
The digitizer is held in by two sided tape that you may or may not be able to reuse. You will have to carefully pry it loose from the front bezel. I suggest you warm it with a hair dryer.
I had to use silicone gasket sealer on mine to hold it oin place as the sticky stuff came off with the digitizer.
Good luck !
So I'm a cheap guy and decided to make my own tablet sleeve. I forgot to take photos while I was making it but here are some photos of the aftermath.
WHAT YOU NEED:
Get 2: Craft Foam Sheets, about 1/8in thick (8.5in x 11in)
2 Fabric Squares, Walmart has $1 fabric squares that are just the right size
Some thread
Pencil
Ruler
Sewing Machine
STEPS:
1. Cut both the craft foam sheets to the size of your tablet (the glass side)
1.1 Iron the fabric if you want
2. Fold the fabric in half nice sides together
3. The foam is going to be placed on the folded fabric
Place the long side of the foam next to the crease in the fabric
At this point, use the ruler to trace around the 3 sides of the foam at a distance of about 1/2 inch. So that you have an outline of the foam that is larger on 3 sides by 1/2 inch.
4. Do the same to the other fabric
5. Keep the fabric folded and cut out the outline (when done you should have a piece of fabric that is like 2 tablets next to each other.
6. Do this to the other piece of fabric
7. Now fold one of the fabric pieces in half so that the not nice side is together
8. Put one of the foam pieces in-between the fabric and in the middle
9. Do this to the other one too
10. Sew REALLY close to the foam but not on the foam for both pieces
11. Sew both parts together on the three sides with the extra fabric about 1/8in away from the foam
12. Cut any excess fabric off
13. fold inside-out
14. If you understood my really awful directions you should have a decent tablet sleeve!
Here's some pics
https://picasaweb.google.com/MatthewRice345/CUSTOMTABLETSLEEVE?authkey=Gv1sRgCOfA28KY48HnSw
Just wanna share my homemade case
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So I just got an Xway and I'm trying to mount it to my vents...
I slid it on there and rotate the magnet part to pinch it on there... But no matter how tight I rotate it the thing slides off the vent way too easily!
Even sliding my phone sideways will sometimes pull the mount off the vents!
Anyone have experience with it?
Is there a trick to make the rubber all sticky so it holds strong so I can just pull the phone off?
Maybe I need to sand paper my vents? (I'd rather not do that...)
maybe the plastic on your vents are too slippery?
you could put some grippy vinyl or tape on your vents so it has better grip?
How do I take my 7b apart?
I'm guessing I just shove a knife into the crack between the textured plastic and smooth plastic near the glass? I'm a bit nervous with how close it is to the glass.
(Why? Because I have to move those buttons/usb/mics onto the dashboard for my car install)
zedri said:
How do I take my 7b apart?
I'm guessing I just shove a knife into the crack between the textured plastic and smooth plastic near the glass? I'm a bit nervous with how close it is to the glass.
(Why? Because I have to move those buttons/usb/mics onto the dashboard for my car install)
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A better option for opening the device would be to use a case opener tool such as this one, it would be safer and more precise then using a knife.
Ifixit -now- has a teardown online.
The back has pegs, so you have to pry outward for the pegs to clear. You can't simply slide it off. Using a razor blade worked very well. I was able to pry the back over the pegs using the knife. Do the top first, and then the side opposite of the buttons. The rest is done by hand.
Now the real work begins!
One of the cool 'features' of the N7v1 was that the back removed just as easily as a cell phone. While the battery wasn't plug and play, it could be replaced easily enough. I guess they decided to make them more locked down this time.