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Screen hardness test guy here again.
I'm thinking about trying out that old trick for the Touch Pro 2 using RIT dye to color my Eris.
It's the same stuff, so I figure it'll work in terms of dying, but....
The Eris is black as all hell.
Does anyone think the RIT dye remover will work to lighten the Eris so I can experiment with other colors?
In return for any help, I'll post a well illustrated guide for you guys so that you might follow in my footsteps and customize your color.
Zilliano said:
Screen hardness test guy here again.
I'm thinking about trying out that old trick for the Touch Pro 2 using RIT dye to color my Eris.
It's the same stuff, so I figure it'll work in terms of dying, but....
The Eris is black as all hell.
Does anyone think the RIT dye remover will work to lighten the Eris so I can experiment with other colors?
In return for any help, I'll post a well illustrated guide for you guys so that you might follow in my footsteps and customize your color.
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I don't know, but at a few bucks a shot, it couldn't hurt, right?
RIT dye is just.. you will have a TOUGH time dying something as dark as the eris.
actually... now that I look at it, the eris is pretty light, it's actually more of a gray... out of the box you should be able to tint it pretty well, give it a nice sheen of color, but i mean... your not going to make the thing bright green or anything like that, without doing something drastic you'd be able to tint pretty well.
as far as lightening something goes... I have never done it. I do a lot of professional modding for gadgets and game consoles and pc's, if I ever do a costume color I buy a white case first and die that to replace the stock black case on whatever it is (I did this for some original x-box and the PS3's). the only time I've died something black was the plastic shell of a guitar amp, and it was a pretty light gray. t came out nice looking, but a little darker then what the costumer wanted.
oh and "RIT dye remover"... it wont work on plastic. the dye in plastic is bonded to it on a molecular level, you would have to find something a LOT more powerful.
Royal Blue RIT dye basically just removed the sparkles, MAYBE added a slight blue tint, but not really.
Also, my cover warped and I can't get it to go on correctly. :V
Don't try this at home, kids. Ever.
Guess I've got even more reason to save up for another phone now.
Too bad I have no money.
Hopefully we can disable the red key backlighting with the kernel source. As of right now, I am not too keen on it.
I don't think we can. The keys are red even when the phone is turned off.
I mean the backlighting. The red isn't as bad until they were lit up. I wish they could make a phone with blue stuff instead of red.
I like the red. And it wont mess with night vision as bad as the white ones on my incredible do.
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teookie said:
I like the red. And it wont mess with night vision as bad as the white ones on my incredible do.
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That's what I'm thinking, and liking. The white ones on my Incredible are too bright sometimes, especially at night and/or when watching videos. The red ones seem to be less bright, which would be nicer
username235 said:
That's what I'm thinking, and liking. The white ones on my Incredible are too bright sometimes, especially at night and/or when watching videos. The red ones seem to be less bright, which would be nicer
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agreed, the red ones are going to be great. At night it won't blind me so that I can actually see my autobrightly dimmed screen, not to mention it looks sweeeet.
White ones could be argued you could see better in daylight.. but then you don't need backlights in daylight?
but with all that said, I'm sure after development ramps up it'll be able to be turned off.
POQbum said:
agreed, the red ones are going to be great. At night it won't blind me so that I can actually see my autobrightly dimmed screen, not to mention it looks sweeeet.
White ones could be argued you could see better in daylight.. but then you don't need backlights in daylight?
but with all that said, I'm sure after development ramps up it'll be able to be turned off.
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I'm kinda confused on that though, like if you see it while it's turned off, the buttons are still painted on as red.. err not painted, but you know what I mean. You can see it in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rtCXb9Qays&feature=player_embedded
Anyone had to deal with the pink softkey issue? And how u went about getting a replacement?
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lol
#1: awesome name
#2: yeah a LOT of people on this forum had the pink softkey problem....and they all just returned the device for another until they were red....or, they opened it and painted their led's red
You could open it up, like he said, and just use a red sharpie to color them, if you don't have the right paint. It fades after a few weeks, but I used to do that. Or you could use one of the Sense 3.6 custom roms, and use the leedroid tweak to dim the lights down. They look much better dimmed, to me at least
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Or ... you could let it be.
I have seen some fairly bad Refurbs in my day. If your only problem with your phone is that you do not appreciate the general shade of red present on your buttons, I say hold onto it tight with both hands and never let it go.
At least the soft keys match up with the ROMs that have unicorn porn in the Dev section.
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You could open it up, like he said, and just use a red sharpie to color them, if you don't have the right paint. It fades after a few weeks, but I used to do that. Or you could use one of the Sense 3.6 custom roms, and use the leedroid tweak to dim the lights down. They look much better dimmed, to me at least
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+1 this one!
jdmba said:
Or ... you could let it be.
I have seen some fairly bad Refurbs in my day. If your only problem with your phone is that you do not appreciate the general shade of red present on your buttons, I say hold onto it tight with both hands and never let it go.
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I agree 1000%......
Fixed mine with Sharpie trick.
Is this the Samsung galaxy s3 in black ?? Or is it just poor lightning condition ??
Does look cool though
SOurce: http://www.sammobile.com/2012/06/04/did-samsung-change-the-galaxy-siii-pebble-blue/
The above site quotes that everyone is changing the name to metallic blue !!
Wouldnt be surprised if they launched one
What do you guys think ??
Made it to engadget :
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/04/galaxy-s-iii-new-color/
PhoneArena :
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Blue...appears-on-video-in-a-different-shade_id30876
These people are Reporting a GUN METAL SHADE
That looks more like a gunmetal color. But, since I don't speak that language, hard to say what color he said it was. LOL.
Looks better than any pebble blue GS3 that I have seen.
If that is the pebble blue in natural light. I'm so glad I waited!
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Looks like the Blue version to me tbh.
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What do you guys think ??
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It's the blue one (which is i think nearly black really and what I am hoping when mine turns up! ) Lighting makes a huge difference as well as correct white balance and the screen you're using to look at things (unless properly calibrated). You can bet the advertising shots were lit in a way that really emphasised the blue. In the video you can clearly see a blue tint when he moves the phone around and it catches the light
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Still not sold. Even the closeups show no fine lines or blue tint like EVERY other review in any other type of light has shown.
My local carphone warehouse have blue demo units and they look nothing like that in the flesh it looks proper light blue in hand
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That is the comercial blue color.
Metallic Blue says on the video
And confirmed by SamMobile: Pebble Blue = Metallic Blue
http://www.sammobile.com/2012/06/04/did-samsung-change-the-galaxy-siii-pebble-blue/
I wish it actually looked like it did in that video.
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I wish it actually looked like it did in that video.
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Yup it looks really slick
Baldilocks said:
Still not sold. Even the closeups show no fine lines or blue tint like EVERY other review in any other type of light has shown.
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Thats the thing !! The normal Pebble blue Version shows off its blue hue even in minimal lighting !!! But this is totally different !!! Its more on the Grayish Base !!! couldnt find a little bit of the blue tinge normally available !! ANd mind you its quite a well LIT ROOM !!! I have seen the Pebble blue in a far more darker room and could easily make out the Color
Isadora said:
It's the blue one (which is i think nearly black really and what I am hoping when mine turns up! ) Lighting makes a huge difference as well as correct white balance and the screen you're using to look at things (unless properly calibrated). You can bet the advertising shots were lit in a way that really emphasised the blue. In the video you can clearly see a blue tint when he moves the phone around and it catches the light
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I hope this is TRUE !!!
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Still not sold. Even the closeups show no fine lines or blue tint like EVERY other review in any other type of light has shown.
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Look again at around 2min30... You clearly see the "fine lines" they are, just like the blue hue, more or less visible depending on how the light falls. Would be great if one of the German speakers on the forum could translate the gist of it
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Made it to engadget :
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/04/galaxy-s-iii-new-color/
PhoneArena :
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Blue...appears-on-video-in-a-different-shade_id30876
Well if it would have been the same shade, these guys wouldnt have bothered to make a post out of it
They are reporting it as gun metal shade
Well a guy can surely dream right
Do you believe everything you read on the net
I'll see what my blue one actually looks like when I get it...
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Isadora said:
Do you believe everything you read on the net
I'll see what my blue one actually looks like when I get it...
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No but a part of me wants to believe this
Fingers Crossed
Hey guya
Im getting this beast in few days for my birthday
I cannot decide if it will be black which is abit navy blue like the doctor tardis
Or going for this awosome uniqe green
Has any 1 saw the green for real and can give me hes impression of it
Thanks
any 1?
i cant decide which one to get...black/blue or that green...
just want to hear your opnions
I haven't seen it, but the green looks really nice imho.
According to local Samsung here, it'll be released sometime this quarter. That could be a whole 2 months for now.
Prolly go with the next closest thing, black
MasK said:
I haven't seen it, but the green looks really nice imho.
According to local Samsung here, it'll be released sometime this quarter. That could be a whole 2 months for now.
Prolly go with the next closest thing, black
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Hey just wanted to let all of you know
today i went to sammy local store in my city
and i had alot of time with the S6 Edge all colors!
i must say i was one of the guys who realy liked the green but after seeing the green in real life i must say and aware other ppl that the green is very uglly :\\\\ i rly hated it and was disapointed with it
the white is very simple...you barely see fingerprints on it but white is white...that simple.
the black/blue was realy cool and good looking i rly liked it
but the one that was the best looking is the GOLD!!! that damm gold was amazing...
nircc said:
Hey just wanted to let all of you know
today i went to sammy local store in my city
and i had alot of time with the S6 Edge all colors!
i must say i was one of the guys who realy liked the green but after seeing the green in real life i must say and aware other ppl that the green is very uglly :\\\\ i rly hated it and was disapointed with it
the white is very simple...you barely see fingerprints on it but white is white...that simple.
the black/blue was realy cool and good looking i rly liked it
but the one that was the best looking is the GOLD!!! that damm gold was amazing...
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Thanks for your feedback.
I felt that the gold reflects too much light. It's like holding a mirror and that's distracting. If you're in a dimly lit environment, it seems alright.
MasK said:
Thanks for your feedback.
I felt that the gold reflects too much light. It's like holding a mirror and that's distracting. If you're in a dimly lit environment, it seems alright.
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Hey which color u liked the most?
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Hey which color u liked the most?
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Well, I'd go for the black. I have not seen the green one yet though.
If I had a choice, I'd actually got for front black and back white