Battercover looks terrible - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Does anybody have a clue what could have caused this or have the same issue?
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More pictures:
http://imgur.com/a/rEQXg

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Weird. What colour is that? Doesn't look like the normal blue.
Anyway, I have seen that alot but on the white S2, which had a similar type cover as the S3. Like the paint and / or clear coating had cracked.
Fyi, I have seen the original battery covers / doors on eBay for around $15.
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Definitely looks like the paint/glaze is cracking, not surprising considering the flexibility of it....what I can't understand is why they color it after rather than incorporating the color in the moulding process?

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sxi200 said:
Weird. What colour is that? Doesn't look like the normal blue.
Anyway, I have seen that alot but on the white S2, which had a similar type cover as the S3. Like the paint and / or clear coating had cracked.
Fyi, I have seen the original battery covers / doors on eBay for around $15.
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It's not my phone, but the owner who took the pictures edited them so the "cracks"(?) would show more easily. It is only possible to picture it with blitz in a specific angle.
Tried bending my cover but I can't get the same "cracks".
Some more pictures:
http://imgur.com/a/6oXNm

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Mkvarner said:
It's not my phone, but the owner who took the pictures edited them so the "cracks"(?) would show more easily. It is only possible to picture it with blitz in a specific angle.
Tried bending my cover but I can't get the same "cracks".
Some more pictures:
http://imgur.com/a/6oXNm
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The thing I really loved about the S2 was the textured back cover on the black model. Practically impossible to scratch, as opposed to the white which scratched easily and also had cracking on the paintwork as shown in your pics.
Seems like the S3's are going to suffer the same fate. Like I mentioned earlier, I saw this quite alot on the white S2. Good thing replacements are cheap.
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sxi200 said:
Weird. What colour is that? Doesn't look like the normal blue.
Anyway, I have seen that alot but on the white S2, which had a similar type cover as the S3. Like the paint and / or clear coating had cracked.
Fyi, I have seen the original battery covers / doors on eBay for around $15.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
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Blue? It's white cover, see pics on 2nd post link.

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looks like the phone was fell on the floor or something ?

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Aimara said:
looks like the phone was fell on the floor or something ?
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Nope.

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Curious to know how he uses his phone:
-the "A" in SAMSUNG is almost dead
-the metallic shape of the camera lens is scratched

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Awesome mod! Can you do this on mine also?
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Looks like chemical cracking
"Tried bending my cover but I can't get the same "cracks"."
If you want to have the same cracks in the cover bending won't help. There is no varnish on the backcover of the Polycarmonate backcover.
I I yould see those cracks unter the microskope I would be sure, but on the first view it looks like chemical induced stress cracking.
It would be interesting what type of cleaners have been used on that back cover. Or did he try to clean the backcover in the dishwascher?
Some alcohols (like isopropanol as used in glass cleaners) and perfume oils even some spices damage polycarbonate.
You can google that (Polycarbonate and stress cracking). That is fairly common with that material.
If you want to be sure not to get such cracks keep to a moist microfiber cloth for cleaning

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Looks like someone stepped on the back cover or whole phone, what gave it away is the A in Samsung almost completely missing, so the owner did something to it

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I have the same straches like that on new out of the box white one model. If someone want i will putt pictures to see
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norpan111 said:
Awesome mod! Can you do this on mine also?
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This isn't a mod, its a defect on the phone lol
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iFreestyle oG said:
This isn't a mod, its a defect on the phone lol
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Whole story is not in the OP zzz.

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cmk1701 said:
"Tried bending my cover but I can't get the same "cracks"."
If you want to have the same cracks in the cover bending won't help. There is no varnish on the backcover of the Polycarmonate backcover.
I I yould see those cracks unter the microskope I would be sure, but on the first view it looks like chemical induced stress cracking.
It would be interesting what type of cleaners have been used on that back cover. Or did he try to clean the backcover in the dishwascher?
Some alcohols (like isopropanol as used in glass cleaners) and perfume oils even some spices damage polycarbonate.
You can google that (Polycarbonate and stress cracking). That is fairly common with that material.
If you want to be sure not to get such cracks keep to a moist microfiber cloth for cleaning
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I would like to say that there is a varnish coating on the back of my S3 (white) but it still could be due to a cleaning agent
Regards
Jack