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Hi all, pretty new to all this myself, I havent gotten a TyTN yet, but I was wondering if the actual housing on the TyTN can be swapped for a housing like off the O2 or Dopod 838 pro, I like the looks of the other phones better, but would rather avoid qwertz keyboards etc. and get an unbranded phone, I would think the housings interchange, but I am not sure, also even if you happen to have just torn one apart could you tell me if it is too difficult..as in likely to break something, I am fairly good at small electronics repair and such, so I feel pretty competent in tha matter, just thought I would try and check into a few things first.
Thanks
If you're talking specifically to change the button layouts, no. Because the TyTN is based on HERM200, aka HTC Mercury. The O2 trion, 838 Pro and all that other ones with the rounded button pad is based on HERM100, aka HTC Hermes.
Thank you very much for the info, I hadnt realized there was a 100 and 200 yet, I havent been into cell phones long so I'm tryin to learn as much as I can in a very short period, and sorting through all these models can be somewhat crazy at times,
Well you could just get a Dopop 838 pro. The housing is the same as the Trion and it has a QWERTY keyboard. Or you could get a Trion, remap the keys and switch the Y and the Z key.
where can I get a replacement housing??
silly quesiton..
Im not a fan of leather pouches etc, and in the past with my nokias I've simply used the phone for a while and then replaced the housing with a new one.. i realise this doesnt protect the screen/etc . but it works for me.. Where could I get a new housing from??
Angelo
Hi, like I said above, I havent been into this stuff for long, but unless you get a housing from HTC directly, or one of the other maunfacturers, being so early I doubt you would find any on ebay, I'm still on the lookout for just an aluminum case myself, http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=58505 I hate leather cases, and my luck, I would lean against something and jab the screen through my jeans, if I dont have it protected.
If you do find any housing would you please post back, I'm seriously thinkin of tearing mine apart, and possibly modding the housing, and also I'm thinkin the button arrangement is on a different PCB that just connects to the main board with a socket or cable, that way they arent having to produce two different lines of main/motherboards, I could be wrong about the board arrangement, but if its seperate, then the 100 and 200 housings should swap, this is all just me thinkin and guessin, I have only been into moddin pc's.
Phame: I have been goin back anf forth between the ecact same thought, I do like the looks of the Dopod and Trion better, but I notice the buttons on the front call/end etc are slightly raised which could cause me to hit them accidentally a bit more, and in one review I read that the TyTN were some what more user friendly, I just finally told myself to snag the TyTN, once it get scratched or something, I'll just take it apart, and have one of my friends with an airbrush make it look good,
Ok, so as the title suggests, i'm looking at replacing the housing of my vario (cause its scratched to hell - keys in pockets, and the odd drop )
After looking at http://cnn.cn/shop/8525-blacksilver-full-housing-p-198.html was wondering whether these were suitable for straight swap? as obviously the keypads are different between the herm100/200/300 but i'd keep the original in as its in good condition, and wouldnt mean i'd need to swap the pcb underneath either?
Or am I barking up the completely wrong tree so to speak?
Any help appreciated...especially for you Vario owners who have changed their housings...any problems you came across etc.
Cheers!
bump surely someone must have done this already?? all these reads, and no replies
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kthxbye =p
i've already searched....n yeh it mentions swapping with an orange 3100 housing...but thats something i'd haveto find on ebay etc...doesnt mention the 8525 housing on cnn..... so was wondering if the keypad fits or not, as the front faceplate is scratched to hell so would need to swap the whole casing...not just the middle/rear panels.
Try this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OEM-Housing-f...oryZ3728QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
Cheers for the link Paul. That listing seems to claim that you can replace a vario with that housing, so might aswell just bite the bullet and go for it I'll probably look at getting it from CNN still, as they will work out slightly cheaper (~£32 compared to ~£45)
marcparker said:
replace a vario with that housing
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Vario II to be more precise. The Vario is a HTC Wizard.
Any success with replacing? Is it hard to do? I have some scratches myself, and would like to change the housing. Have a TYTN
I havnt had chance to order the new housing yet, as i was skint until payday I'm going to hopefully get it ordered within the next couple of days.... I'll keep you posted on how it goes!
Still no one with experiences?
On this site there is a GPS antena available for TyTn... can we then enable GPS on the TyTn??
http://cnn.cn/shop/8525tytnhermes-antenna-p-1615.html
I've seen an HTC Hermes Case on this site:
http://www.cellphonepartszone.com/Products.asp?shopxpbe_id=64&id=281
but it's not completely clear to me on how to order and pay... (i'm Italian)
Hope this will be useful and you'll understand how to order the case...
Still no one with experiences on changing the housing?
Sei semplicemente un grande..la cover originale è impossibile da trovare!!
However no succesfully experience to swap the housing because in order to be able to change them (Cingular/HTC 8525 and also from Orange but i can't remember the name) with a TyTN, because the internal keypad membrane of the buttons at the top of the phone are (hope for now) impossible to find anywhere. I'm still looking for..
Churchill said:
On this site there is a GPS antena available for TyTn... can we then enable GPS on the TyTn??
http://cnn.cn/shop/8525tytnhermes-antenna-p-1615.html
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I think enabling GPS is a little more complex than that - there were some required connections on the chipset that are not connected - try searching this forum...
Before post remember the topic of the thread: HOUSING
not gps
After I had changed the housing the screen doesn´t change into landscape mode
Hi!
After I had changed the housing the landscape mode isn´t activate itself while openning the keyboard. It did only once. It seems like the problem is of physical matter but I checket out all again and it seems to be all as it was. I don´t have another complains about functionality.
For those who wants to change the housing I have to say that that takes alot of time. And before you will waist money for a new housing make the following steps:
1. Look a this one verry carefully and be sure you have all tools you need.
ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Wizard/Docs_Tutorials/Wizard_Service_Manual.pdf
2. Think that you will need some stuff that you will put between new housing and touchscreen. (I took the old one but it isn´t a good idea).
3. You will need some glue to glue the old parts to the new housing (obviously the housing is more than just this plastic case).
If somone could give me an good advice related to the screenmode while opening I will aprecciate that.
ecor said:
Hi!
After I had changed the housing the landscape mode isn´t activate itself while openning the keyboard. It did only once. It seems like the problem is of physical matter but I checket out all again and it seems to be all as it was. I don´t have another complains about functionality.
For those who wants to change the housing I have to say that that takes alot of time. And before you will waist money for a new housing make the following steps:
1. Look a this one verry carefully and be sure you have all tools you need.
ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Wizard/Docs_Tutorials/Wizard_Service_Manual.pdf
2. Think that you will need some stuff that you will put between new housing and touchscreen. (I took the old one but it isn´t a good idea).
3. You will need some glue to glue the old parts to the new housing (obviously the housing is more than just this plastic case).
If somone could give me an good advice related to the screenmode while opening I will aprecciate that.
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Your device does not rotate anymore because you have not moved the magnet from the old casing to the new one. The magnet operates the rotate switch. See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2686388
Mike
Oh and you gave a link to the Wizard Manual, but you can get one for the Hermes here www.mikechannon.net
Hello , I have a p4350 wing.
My problem is i broke up the one of the thin plastic piece that holds the back cover.(just near the stylus)
So the cover gets out very very easily..
My only chance is to change the inside housing i think.. which the part seen on the attachment picture upper right.
I couldnt find any seller on the net that sells this part seperately.. So.. if somebody on this forum has a broken 4350 or bought such kit and doesnt need that part..
I will be glad to buy it..
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Hi, xda... I am a quiet user here, but i love your forum... it's like godlike for me, but now to the point!
So i got a HTC TyTn HERM200 and i used it for one year, so i figured that i cud buy it a new housing because its old housing looks simply used out! So i downloaded the HTC TyTn service manual to see how to change the housing perfectly right! So i did! I changed the housing perfectly i didn't miss a thing!
BUT... obviously i did...
Now wen i slide the keyboard open, the screen wont rotate anymore! I am desperate, cuz i tried everything.
Maybe some of you who changed the housing before me can help me out, give me a hint or something...
I DID READ the WIKI... there was nothing about my problem, please, please... HELP ME...
you will have to take it apart again to check but I think your new cover may be missing the magnet (lets hope anyways) The magnet is in the bottom half of the case that houses the screen, on the right side of the edge that is closest to the key board when slid open. It looks like a little piece of metal, if its there, touch something metal to it to make sure its magnetized
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Hello
Hope everybody's fine.
I bought Htc Touch 3g housing set from ebay and I want to change the old one.
I found a very good dismantling guide here:
http://translate.google.co.uk/trans...orka/htc_touch_3g/&sl=ru&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
I haven't tried it yet. But I opened my Phone and I think I am going to have trouble at step 5 6 12
specially step 6 { I don't know how much pressure to apply to unplug it?! does it have any lock above the wire or not }
and what about stick in step 12? it is ok to dismantle it ...but what about assembling it again!?
Any help is regarded
Thank you in advance!!
hrkh83 said:
Hello
Hope everybody's fine.
I bought Htc Touch 3g housing set from ebay and I want to change the old one.
I found a very good dismantling guide here:
http://translate.google.co.uk/trans...orka/htc_touch_3g/&sl=ru&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
I haven't tried it yet. But I opened my Phone and I think I am going to have trouble at step 5 6 12
specially step 6 { I don't know how much pressure to apply to unplug it?! does it have any lock above the wire or not }
and what about stick in step 12? it is ok to dismantle it ...but what about assembling it again!?
Any help is regarded
Thank you in advance!!
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il be doing this in the next week or so , when the digitiser i have ordered today from ebay arrvies. dont think you will have too much trouble, normally them cables just slide in and out or have a latch you slide back or lift to release cable, cant tell from the pics, but it shoud be easy. the stickytape you shoud be able to put back after, if not use some double sided underneath it to fix it back lol .
il post back when iv done if you havnt attempted it by than, and let you know how it went. am not looking foward to seperating the digitiser and casing oh no
Hey dear...
thx
So please come here and update us...
I had several rainbow in my digitizer...I fixed it very very easily by this method....:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682676
my jade lives again, so am happy
i was right , the ribbons for the lcd are the plug type, you cant rally mess this up unless you push too hard at a funny angle, just lift from underneath like in the guide. the digitiser has a black clip that you lift to release the ribbon than slide it out.
i never removed the tape from the lcd, but did from the ribbons and re used it after, if all your doing is changing housing, just remove the button pcb and lcd as one like i did , its eaiser
i was right , removing the old digitiser was a right pain, but i got there in the end lol.
i totally agree with the whole moisture thing, cut my old one up into layers and moisture in the wrong place will sure mess it up. il try it if it ever happens again so thanks for the info
hope this was helpfull
Hey
Thank you for reporting back
I want to change my housing....I ordered it and received it...
But I want to change it several months later
What was the hardest part? In which step damage to phone is possible?
Please tell me...
Thank you in advance
in all steps damage is possible, just have to use common sense. your most likely to do damage to the lcd if your too rough removing it from its clips. if theres nothing wrong with your original housing and your not confident enough to do this its prob better you dont. if it aint broke, dont fix it. or if your me, modify it lol.
so, how did do go about it then?
any feedback highly appreciated, since i need to swap the digitzer on my jade!?
my special interest lies within step 12 of the guide from pdacenter:
is it necessary to unstick from the screen plume front buttons? if i only need to change the digitzer?
looks like i can extract the whole section by just jumping to step 13 and loosen the screws and then extracting the whole lcd, in order to get to the digitizer...right?
greetz