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XDA 2i cleaning kit???

I am looking to clean my xda 2i under the edges of the screen as this affects the tap accuracy.
Does anyone know of any kits, even ones involving funky screwdrivers so I can dismantle and clean (hopefully without pinging springs all over the place)
Rob

you dont need a kit just a bit of paper or thin card and run it around the edge of the screen under the facia, other than that just a standard small watch posi screw driver and a star screw driver driver, you can pick these up very cheaply, sry for got the size, if you buy a set of small ones you can strip it down in under 2 mins. there are no springs that will go ping btw

skeeve666 said:
you dont need a kit just a bit of paper or thin card and run it around the edge of the screen under the facia, other than that just a standard small watch posi screw driver and a star screw driver driver, you can pick these up very cheaply, sry for got the size, if you buy a set of small ones you can strip it down in under 2 mins. there are no springs that will go ping btw
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I have been doing that but unfortunately it does something but not the trick though!!! small watch posi and star screwdriver eh? I'll need to look out for those!
ps glad about the springs, thx!

hmm
well managed to take it all apart and put it all back together again.
Still same issue though, the top part of the screen is not very sensitive
in fact it looks like there is a semi circle of inactivity there!! I may need a new screen or digitizer! Is the digitizer easy to remove from the lcd screen? anyone got any ideas? also do I need to solder on the new connections?

also I am sure I saw someone talking about a new lcd screen for 10 quid or something here somewhere, it was a link to an external website...

it was just for the digitizer (the touch panel not the full tft), i picked one up on ebay, its hard to fit ;[

Hi thanks for responding....
Theres one on ebay that comes with a soldering kit and instructions.... was that like the one you got...?
plus being hard to fit, did you managed to fit it in the end, and if so what did you find that helped...
alternatively where can you get it fitted by a professional?

not seen that one, mine was just the digitizer, and i am no stranger to the use of a soldering iron, you could get a local single trader shop, the sort that sell second hand mobiles and does mobile repairs, to do it for you, for a price

relbourn said:
Hi thanks for responding....
Theres one on ebay that comes with a soldering kit and instructions.... was that like the one you got...?
plus being hard to fit, did you managed to fit it in the end, and if so what did you find that helped...
alternatively where can you get it fitted by a professional?
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Hi relbourn,
where can I find that all in one digitizer package from ebay ?
My O2 XDA IIi experienceing the same problem as you now :-(
I live in Australia, but still can't find any store which can do O2 digitiser repairs for me.
Cheers

I have had a look at it, and also took apart my xda 2i twice now for a check and decided that its a bit risky to do, re-soldering,
the kit model is here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=260199263230&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=016
however I managed to find this screen (complete) from ebay too which includes the lcd screen, you may notice when you take yours apart it fits together with no soldering, kinda clips on, this looks far easier and for a slightly less than expected increment in price.....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=250203637454&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=015

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I have had a look at it, and also took apart my xda 2i twice now for a check and decided that its a bit risky to do, re-soldering,
the kit model is here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=260199263230&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=016
however I managed to find this screen (complete) from ebay too which includes the lcd screen, you may notice when you take yours apart it fits together with no soldering, kinda clips on, this looks far easier and for a slightly less than expected increment in price.....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=250203637454&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=015
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on the second link to the full lcd screen it says tha it is for O2 xda2 or Qtek 2020, not O2 xda2i or Qtek 2020i... i-ve found on these forums that the lcds from the two models are different and you cant use from one model on the other... it doesn't fit... so search for a lcd for QTEK 2020i or O2 XDA2i

Take Apart

Anyone know how to get the front bezel off this thing?
It's begging for a paint job.
Thx!

and perhaps a generous application of rubber cement. I had ONE creek point when i bought it - annoying but livable enough (plus the fact all the bad hours of xmas I was working I never had time to return it in the 30 day period to best buy). now almost 2 months latter theres three...
theres a teardown thread or two on here somewhere but the search button seems to be failing (or my browser....)
- Will.

It must pop off, but I don't want to be the guy to try it...

In the tear down I remember seeing roughly 10 small philips screws holding it from the inside to the metal sub structure. To tighten it you need to remove the back of the device then you will see the screws running around the perimeter. I also remember the screen is held to the bezel with a form of double faced tape.

waremaster said:
In the tear down I remember seeing roughly 10 small philips screws holding it from the inside to the metal sub structure. To tighten it you need to remove the back of the device then you will see the screws running around the perimeter. I also remember the screen is held to the bezel with a form of double faced tape.
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Its funny because the guy at Best Buy was trying to pull the back off of the one I returned... No idea why he was trying to yank the back off of it...
I guess if he had succeeded I would have seen the screws..

Funny enough the display model NookColor at my local best buy was practically falling off. When I first looked at the device I nearly did not buy one because of that but then getting one in my hands at B&N changed my mind.

The front bezel is a "tape and cover" paint job. The screen is glued to the frame pretty solid. I had mine apart to fiddle around and to get the back off for a mold. Most of the screws are Torx #5 or #6. Tape it off good and you should be ok as far as the front bezel. The rear and metal frame you can easily get to by proper disassembly.

Here's the zdnet guide,
http://www.zdnet.com/photos/nookcolor-teardown/487636?seq=21
Here's what I did.
You'll need a torx 5. After you unscrews the 2 screws by the sd slot, use your nail along the chamfer corner to lift the back siding up. Then use a credit card to lift the back up and run along the edge to unhinged the back.

techboydino, are you going to make a new front bezel? might be a small after market for such things. I'd pick up a more solid one if the price was right.
actually metal front and back pieces would rock...
- Will.

I would like to see a silicon back cover case that has a kickstand..

WillCameron said:
techboydino, are you going to make a new front bezel? might be a small after market for such things. I'd pick up a more solid one if the price was right.
actually metal front and back pieces would rock...
- Will.
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I was really considering metal but the fact that most would have to really take special care to actually seperate the bezel from the screen really kind of set me off that. making a case for this is rediculously hard. (compared to my attempts at other devices. if you ever seperated a screen for a cell phone from the glass then you know what I mean. I am trying to replace the back with aluminum and wanted to do a carbon fiber front. so far everything is too thick or just plain looks bad.

Ever heard of masking tape?
3M BLUE painters tape FTW

Glad to find this post!!!
This maybe a little off the subject but does any know where I can purchase a replacement faceplate frame cover.
I accidentally drop my nook color and now it has a nasty crack...
Thank you all in advance!

i took the kickstand off a picture frame...white glued it and had one. Then took it off to fit my new cover...replacement kickstand not put on yet..

nookme said:
This maybe a little off the subject but does any know where I can purchase a replacement faceplate frame cover.
I accidentally drop my nook color and now it has a nasty crack...
Thank you all in advance!
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Your best bet is probably to pick up a smoked one off EBay or one with a cracked screen and a good bezel.
Actually post up WTB (want to buy) dead Nook Color in the XDA market and link to it in this thread. I seem to recall a couple readers here who have more than "gently used" Nooks....

[Q] Housing

So ive previously spoke of doing some customization to the housing of the phone itself, but i have a few questions. First, what all materials are used in the phone? Second, what type of paint/dye should i use on the platic-esque part and metal part? Third, should i proboably put on clear coats and polish after painting? Finally, does anyone know how i could touch up scratches on my silver hardware buttons on the front of the phone. Its pretty much just paint chipping i just dont know how to go about repainting that so that i can see the led's shine through? Thanks for any help possible

Back Cover scratch

Hello everyone,
Today after droping my HTC Incredible S one more time I ve discovered strange metal shining under plastic in the right-down corner (Sorry for Eng)... The color of the metal is the same as the antena connectors on the other side of the cover.
So I want to ask: Could someone confirm the presence of metal in your back covers? If so, it seems like the antena is more than just 2 little metal plates inside...

Lol! Indirectly you want me to crack my back cover to see whats inside?
Wouldn't do that, but am guessing its just some random coloring you seeing and nothing to do with the antenna.
the antenna is the same '2 little metal pieces' you noticed

The slot on my cover where I remove it has had some of the paint chipped away and it looks like its metal underneath. By no means should this be considered the confirmation you were looking for. but I think you may be into something.
Might also explain why the old "foil mod" never worked for me

So. Now I got some pics. Check this out:
(Sorry for quality... poor camera)
As I said its deffinetly a metal!

yes, I got another scratch like you had.
But I think it was a metal cover with paint. It is not an antena

It is the antenna, in the back cover:
HTC Incredible S Wiki page notes:
In a move seen as a new trend for HTC, the antenna for the phone is built into the back cover of the case (this is also true of the HTC Sensation).
Also another thread about it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=977429

eBay replacement battery cover

I dropped my phone the first week I owned it and scratched up the battery cover. I was really annoyed by the scratches so I decided to try a replacement battery cover from eBay. I also bought replacement speaker grills just in case I messed up the old ones.
This is the cover I bought http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=201096888026&alt=web
And these are the speaker grills http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=151359726117&alt=web
UPDATE: Thanks to @xHighAlert for pointing out that new cover was missing the NFC antenna. The old antenna may be able to be removed with a heat gun and a lot of patience I went ahead and ordered a new one.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-AT-T-HT...NFC-ANTENNA-FLEX-CABLE-ORIGINAL-/161394718926
The new Gunmetal Gray cover was just a hint lighter than the OEM one but not enough to notice unless they were sitting right next to each other. It comes with new camera lenses. Taking the M8 apart wasn't all that hard and ifixit has a good tutorial here http://youtu.be/YP0glVbQfWQ .
The top speaker grill left some adhesive behind when unpeeled it up so that needed removed before applying the new one. Also after the phone was apart the old camera lens was still attached to the camera so you could probably pop the new one out of the new cover and not worry about that, but I went ahead and removed the old lens and cleaned off the adhesive left behind. On reassembly everything went together perfectly and the whole operation only took about 20 mins including putting away the tools and cleaning up.
Update: Even though I ordered an NFC antenna from eBay I got bored and figured I'd see how hard it is to remove the one from my old battery cover. With a little love from a heat gun(hair dryer would work) the antenna peeled up very easily with absolutely no damage. I then opened my phone back up, installed the antenna, and buttoned it back up with no issues at all. NFC works once again.
The bonus is no more VZW branding!

neilrl79 said:
I dropped my phone the first week I owned it and scratched up the battery cover. I was really annoyed by the scratches so I decided to try a replacement battery cover from eBay. I also bought replacement speaker grills just in case I messed up the old ones.
This is the cover I bought http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=201096888026&alt=web
And these are the speaker grills http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=151359726117&alt=web
The new Gunmetal Gray cover was just a hint lighter than the OEM one but not enough to notice unless they were sitting right next to each other. It comes with new camera lenses. Taking the M8 apart wasn't all that hard and ifixit has a good tutorial here http://youtu.be/YP0glVbQfWQ .
The top speaker grill left some adhesive behind when unpeeled it up so that needed removed before applying the new one. Also after the phone was apart the old camera lens was still attached to the camera so you could probably pop the new one out of the new cover and not worry about that, but I went ahead and removed the old lens and cleaned off the adhesive left behind. On reassembly everything went together perfectly and the whole operation only took about 20 mins including putting away the tools and cleaning up.
The bonus is no more VZW branding!
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Good job! I did this on the m7, and it was an absolute ***** to repair! No adhesive on the back? What new adhesive did you apply? Are your speaker grilles a tad bent?

n1234d said:
Good job! I did this on the m7, and it was an absolute ***** to repair! No adhesive on the back? What new adhesive did you apply? Are your speaker grilles a tad bent?
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The only adhesive I had to deal with was on the speaker grills and the new grills came with the adhesive already on them. Grills are perfectly smooth and straight.

After messing with the phone for a little bit I realized that the power and volume buttons feel better than they did when the phone was brand new!

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The only adhesive I had to deal with was on the speaker grills and the new grills came with the adhesive already on them. Grills are perfectly smooth and straight.
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Nice, nice! But do you see any bending when you reflect light off them, because my m8,and most of the others I've seen do.. It's like it's slightly more depressed in some places than others.. Also, are they completely flush with your screen?
neilrl79 said:
After messing with the phone for a little bit I realized that the power and volume buttons feel better than they did when the phone was brand new!
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Amazing! I noticed that on my m7 too! Does the ir blaster still work well? And are the volume and power buttons loose and wobbly or nice and tight? Is the front camera glass a part of the grille or stuck on?
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n1234d said:
Nice, nice! But do you see any bending when you reflect light off them, because my m8,and most of the others I've seen do.. It's like it's slightly more depressed in some places than others.. Also, are they completely flush with your screen?
Amazing! I noticed that on my m7 too! Does the ir blaster still work well? And are the volume and power buttons loose and wobbly or nice and tight? Is the front camera glass a part of the grille or stuck on?
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Also, post some more pictures please! of your phone as well as the old housing, inside and outside, I wanna see the dents and how far inside did they push

I thought that the M8 was a ***** to replace parts on. Good to know that if it gets damaged I can replace it, thanks.

n1234d said:
Nice, nice! But do you see any bending when you reflect light off them, because my m8,and most of the others I've seen do.. It's like it's slightly more depressed in some places than others.. Also, are they completely flush with your screen?
Amazing! I noticed that on my m7 too! Does the ir blaster still work well? And are the volume and power buttons loose and wobbly or nice and tight? Is the front camera glass a part of the grille or stuck on?
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Also, post some more pictures please! of your phone as well as the old housing, inside and outside, I wanna see the dents and how far inside did they push
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Looking a little closer the bottom grill seems like it may be depressed in one spot more than the rest of it. It looks like they are flush with the screen but I have a .33mm tempered glass screen protector on it so it would be hard to be 100% positive.
IR Blaster works perfectly. Power and volume buttons are nice and tight and they stick out just a bit more than OEM which makes it a little easier to feel them when not looking directly at the phone. When I bought my M8 the buttons were almost too flush with the body. The front camera glass is adhered to the camera with some adhesive tape but the new grill came with a new lens already loaded with the adhesive tape so I replaced it. I'm assuming you could leave the old one on if you wanted to.
I didn't really have any dents in my old cover, it was just scratched up. But I'll post some pics anyway.
Scratches
Inside old cover
New Grills and Cover

neilrl79 said:
Looking a little closer the bottom grill seems like it may be depressed in one spot more than the rest of it. It looks like they are flush with the screen but I have a .33mm tempered glass screen protector on it so it would be hard to be 100% positive.
IR Blaster works perfectly. Power and volume buttons are nice and tight and they stick out just a bit more than OEM which makes it a little easier to feel them when not looking directly at the phone. When I bought my M8 the buttons were almost too flush with the body. The front camera glass is adhered to the camera with some adhesive tape but the new grill came with a new lens already loaded with the adhesive tape so I replaced it. I'm assuming you could leave the old one on if you wanted to.
I didn't really have any dents in my old cover, it was just scratched up. But I'll post some pics anyway.
Scratches
Inside old cover
New Grills and Cover
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/ne...oads/IMG_20140816_142014_zpsuyt2zu10.jpg.html
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Well, congrats! That is one of the neatest repair jobs I've ever seen!

Awesome replacement! Doesn't look too hard to do if I ever need to do it and the quality looks great

The black band you see in the old cover, with gold contact pads, is the NFC antenna (Surrounding the camera ring). The older HTC Sensation had a similar setup with the shell for practically all of it's antennas.
Shouldn't you transplant that? Is that even a possibility?
Try using NFC with this replacement cover. Unfortunately, I'd bet you any money you no longer have NFC capabilities.

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The black band you see in the old cover, with gold contact pads, is the NFC antenna (Surrounding the camera ring). The older HTC Sensation had a similar setup with the shell for practically all of it's antennas.
Shouldn't you transplant that? Is that even a possibility?
Try using NFC with this replacement cover. Unfortunately, I'd bet you any money you no longer have NFC capabilities.
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LoL. Good catch! Never even noticed it. It looks like it may be removable with a heat gun and some patience but I went ahead and ordered a new NFC antenna. I can't remember the last time I used NFC.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-AT-T-HT...NFC-ANTENNA-FLEX-CABLE-ORIGINAL-/161394718926
I'll update the OP to give anyone that might want to try it a heads up.

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Are there any companies out there that do this for you? I have a Harmon/Kardon edition and I'd like to have the gunmetal gray back/speaker grills instead of the gold/black combo. I'd do it myself but I feel that I'd do something wrong with it.

RiotShielder said:
Are there any companies out there that do this for you? I have a Harmon/Kardon edition and I'd like to have the gunmetal gray back/speaker grills instead of the gold/black combo. I'd do it myself but I feel that I'd do something wrong with it.
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Agreed, though id do it in reverse, the black amd gold look cool to me.

RiotShielder said:
Are there any companies out there that do this for you? I have a Harmon/Kardon edition and I'd like to have the gunmetal gray back/speaker grills instead of the gold/black combo. I'd do it myself but I feel that I'd do something wrong with it.
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Are you serious? I love that color
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using XDA Free mobile app

Update: even though I ordered an NFC antenna from eBay I got bored and figured I'd see how hard it is to remove the one from my old battery cover. With a little love from a heat gun(hair dryer would work) the antenna peeled up very easily with absolutely no damage. I then opened my phone back up, installed the antenna, and buttoned it back up with no issues at all. NFC works once again.

@neilrl79 How hard was it to detach the rear housing? Is it held in with clips. I also managed to scratch mine up and am planning on doing the same thing.

bpdev said:
@neilrl79 How hard was it to detach the rear housing? Is it held in with clips. I also managed to scratch mine up and am planning on doing the same thing.
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ifixit has a nice guide. You have to remove the two grills which are glued on. Then there's a number of screws you need to remove. Once you do that I think all you have to do is use a guitar pick or something similar and stick it between the black plastic border around the screen and metal housing and basically pry it open.
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I'll do this as soon as I find a red housing without Verizon branding

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I'll do this as soon as I find a red housing without Verizon branding
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If you find one, let us know where, that sounds awesome

I wonder if it is strong enough to be chromed? Think I might ask around a bit...