Hello, I have a Qtek 9100 and unfortunately I dropped it and scratched the front of the casing up pretty bad. The phone is still in perfect condition and not even a scratch on the back or the screen. I am looking for the front housing. I do not have any scratches on the rear housing, keyboard, or even the battery cover. I have looked on Ebay and the only thing that I have found is for around $100 (US). I do not want to pay that much for something that I can conceivably drop again. So my question is; is there anyone out there that knows where I can get a front housing? I would even buy the total housing to use as a backup but I do not want to spend an arm and a leg for it. I would greatly appreciate any feedback anyone has.
First of all: PLEASE do NOT cross post your question in all (Wizard) forums. One should be enough.
The best way to get spare parts is HTC itself. I bought a battery-cover from htc-europe at a reasonable GBP 10 (or was it $ 10?). Just send them a message via the contact optio n on their website
Get a dummy device
Hi,
Purchase a dummy device from ebay. All the external parts are identical to the ones originally installed.
Regards.
Íñigo
Have you replaced the housing of an actual phone with the housing of a dummy phone. I would just like to be clear before i go out and buy one.
I suggested the same thing over at HoFo and someone replied that they are different. If it were me I'd drop in to a Tmo store to verify though.
Edsub: That's a good response and info. Thanks for the post.
found this site when i was looking for the entire facia for the 8125... they do have alot of other phone types listed too. the 8125 facia runs about $79.
Actually the dummy phones are all one solid piece of plastic, so unless you're going to try to cut the front piece off and superglue it, that won't work at all.
edsub said:
First of all: PLEASE do NOT cross post your question in all (Wizard) forums. One should be enough.
The best way to get spare parts is HTC itself. I bought a battery-cover from htc-europe at a reasonable GBP 10 (or was it $ 10?). Just send them a message via the contact optio n on their website
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I called brightpoint in Germany for two battery covers.
They did send it by UPS without charging me anything.
If someone is interested in the phone number or email, just pm me
go to the htc web site. They have a phone number for ordering parts. I needed a batter door, and they sold me one for 12.00 plus 7.95 shipping. I had it in 4 days.
Eric
Hello All,
I have seen lately a 'new' type of case from Rock Smart UI flip cover case for our Note 3.
The case features a transparent front cover with some kind of s-view, judging from the photos.
I made a search and did not see anyone talk about this case specifically for Note 3.
Has anyone purchased this case ? I wanted to have an idea whether the smart UI it is advertising is true or not, and the overall user experience.
Look no further, here follows the link to the product: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rock-Smart-...Cell_Phone_PDA_Cases&var=&hash=item418571721b
Thank you guys for your input.
Nitish
PS: Please read ROCK Smart UI in thread title
I'm extremely interested in this case and will patiently await first-hand accounts and reviews!
Jubmasterflex said:
I'm extremely interested in this case and will patiently await first-hand accounts and reviews!
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I have purchased the case a couple of days back, and I am waiting delivery. Will take some time (normally at least 2-3 weeks) to be delivered from where I host (Mauritius).
Thought maybe someone else may have been through it and willing to share the experience.
I'm also intrigued and will be purchasing it, since it's pretty inexpensive. This reminds me of a classier HTC M8 Flip cover case.
Ed Murray said:
I'm also intrigued and will be purchasing it, since it's pretty inexpensive. This reminds me of a classier HTC M8 Flip cover case.
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How is the Rock Smart UI case implementation on HTC M8 ? Does it work as they claim it does for note 3 ?
Not sure Its made for the M8, it simply reminds me of the flip case that you get with it.
I have yet to receive this case as its shipped from China. I will let you know when I get it though
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Not sure Its made for the M8, it simply reminds me of the flip case that you get with it.
I have yet to receive this case as its shipped from China. I will let you know when I get it though
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I dunno, looks pretty gimmicky to me.
I gotta say if there's anyone interested in this but has never used the S-View case.... its more of a burden.
I like my setup of a tempered glass protector with case more than S-View, since S-View makes the experience a whole lot slower and the extra flaps gets in the way and add extra unnecessary bulk to the unit.
But if S-View is a must, check out this guy:
http://store.androidandme.com/seidio-ledger-view-extended-with-metal-kickstand/4A22A17430.htm
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Not sure Its made for the M8, it simply reminds me of the flip case that you get with it.
I have yet to receive this case as its shipped from China. I will let you know when I get it though
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Actually Rock does manufacture a "similar" pixelized notification case:
http://www.rockphone.cn/pdetail.aspx?ID=201408051350465
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Those look... potentially sweet! I followed a few links from the one posted, and came across this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/301288759905 which I ordered. I decided to go for that one mainly because in the pics in the actual ad (although not in the ones at the top), it appears to have built-in port covers (micro usb 3 & headphone), which is huge and should be included in many more cases. I'm currently using a super cheap, clear TPU case from ebay that I picked up due to it having that same feature. I know from experience how easily the micro usb ports can get f-ed up (not to mention the cables, my entire fairly large collection of genuine OEM cables is completely useless; I had never seen the correct voltage on my Note 8 until a started using one of the two "premium" cables that I ordered from monoprice for less than $10).
Anyways, I primarily use wireless charging with my N3, but sometimes juice up very quickly via (non OEM) micro usb 3 cable during the day. In my situation, using a case with built in port covers (vs. highly lose-able unattached micro usb 2 port covers, which are pretty much the only alternative available and inferior across the board) works extremely well for my use-case. I like to keep the port covered / protected since I don't need it for wifi charging and I don't want to end up with some problem with the port so that I can't mount it in ODIN for ex., but it's not at all inconvenient for charging via cable. Just flip the cover back (which involves sort of detaching it, because the cover part of the small flap that covers the port does insert into the port which means that it is actually a legit protective port cover, and actually superior to the built-in cover on the S5 which afaik just covers the port rather than inserting into the port at all, and breaks of pretty easily rendering to completely useless. Before finding this particular tpu skin, which I sometimes attach into a wallet case via velcro (usually whenever I go out so that I have my essential cards and phone without making sure that I had put multiple different items in my pocket... I'd order 25 packs of the micro usb 2 covers, eventually lose every one of them and order a new pack. Using this case instead has been infinitely more convenient.
Back to your regularly-scheduled topic following that advertisement from the "Cases with attached port covers are crazy useful, and it seems weird that none of the bigger case companies include that super cheap / easy mod as pretty much standard", which exists for real, but consists of only one vocal member... Has anyone who ordered one of these received it yet? If so. thoughts? Also, all cases like this need an app to work, yes? Has anyone checked that out? Any negative impact (re: battery, etc.)? Oh yeah, regarding my assumption that this one does have port covers, which, ya know, I think has some sort of value, possibly is really only based on the pics inside the sellers ad. They also list it being "dustproof" but don't specifically mention the port covers and also they don't appear to be in the picture gallery at the top of the page, but it looks like those are the same pictures that a number of different similar cases from different sellers for the ones that have a option to choose the color (black, blue, gold), so really I'm just hoping that this case is what I expect, though it was cheap enough and otherwise interesting enough to potentially just check it out, but not really end up using it. Hopefully it'll turn out that my assumptions are correct, but currently ???. Actually, I probably should have asked the seller, and suppose I will now, but I still don't regret just throwing down the order so it'll come sooner rather than waiting /increasing the delay by waiting for them respond.
The deliver range is 9/19 - 10/10, so I post some feedback when it arrives.
i love this one
I purchased the case too, from ebay ... sadly I see the item has not been shipped upto now ...
sent the seller a message, haven't had any reply since a couple of days.
hope this is not a bump ! coz I really want to have the case ...
Anyone else has received his case for a review ?
They have a video here also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUe4rbJ4iIg
Forgot to update re: the one I ordered... it doesn't have port covers, but as it turns out (because the checkout pages and PayPal linkage are not friends with some of my browser extensions) so first time I tried to check out it didn't work. I went back to a different page and signed into my eBay account and turned off a couple extensions. I saw that there was one item in my cart, so I figured that it was the case so just went and checked out, paying much more attention to whether it was working or not than what I was buying, which actually turned out to be a TPU case exactly like the one I have / explained with the port covers, except it's translucent grey as opposed to the transparent one that I ended up getting. So I "blew" a total of three American dollar bills (except not really, because now I can just cut the port covers off of the one I like less and possibly attach it to another case somehow) so then I went back and ordered the case that I meant to. I will say about that seller though, that he both shipped and answered my question super quickly after I messaged it.
N1T15H said:
I purchased the case too, from ebay ... sadly I see the item has not been shipped upto now ...
sent the seller a message, haven't had any reply since a couple of days.
hope this is not a bump ! coz I really want to have the case ...
Anyone else has received his case for a review ?
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My seller shipped the item two days back :laugh:
jazzmachine said:
Those look... potentially sweet! I followed a few links from the one posted, and came across this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/301288759905 which I ordered. I decided to go for that one mainly because in the pics in the actual ad (although not in the ones at the top), it appears to have built-in port covers (micro usb 3 & headphone), which is huge and should be included in many more cases. I'm currently using a super cheap, clear TPU case from ebay that I picked up due to it having that same feature. I know from experience how easily the micro usb ports can get f-ed up (not to mention the cables, my entire fairly large collection of genuine OEM cables is completely useless; I had never seen the correct voltage on my Note 8 until a started using one of the two "premium" cables that I ordered from monoprice for less than $10).
Anyways, I primarily use wireless charging with my N3, but sometimes juice up very quickly via (non OEM) micro usb 3 cable during the day. In my situation, using a case with built in port covers (vs. highly lose-able unattached micro usb 2 port covers, which are pretty much the only alternative available and inferior across the board) works extremely well for my use-case. I like to keep the port covered / protected since I don't need it for wifi charging and I don't want to end up with some problem with the port so that I can't mount it in ODIN for ex., but it's not at all inconvenient for charging via cable. Just flip the cover back (which involves sort of detaching it, because the cover part of the small flap that covers the port does insert into the port which means that it is actually a legit protective port cover, and actually superior to the built-in cover on the S5 which afaik just covers the port rather than inserting into the port at all, and breaks of pretty easily rendering to completely useless. Before finding this particular tpu skin, which I sometimes attach into a wallet case via velcro (usually whenever I go out so that I have my essential cards and phone without making sure that I had put multiple different items in my pocket... I'd order 25 packs of the micro usb 2 covers, eventually lose every one of them and order a new pack. Using this case instead has been infinitely more convenient.
Back to your regularly-scheduled topic following that advertisement from the "Cases with attached port covers are crazy useful, and it seems weird that none of the bigger case companies include that super cheap / easy mod as pretty much standard", which exists for real, but consists of only one vocal member... Has anyone who ordered one of these received it yet? If so. thoughts? Also, all cases like this need an app to work, yes? Has anyone checked that out? Any negative impact (re: battery, etc.)? Oh yeah, regarding my assumption that this one does have port covers, which, ya know, I think has some sort of value, possibly is really only based on the pics inside the sellers ad. They also list it being "dustproof" but don't specifically mention the port covers and also they don't appear to be in the picture gallery at the top of the page, but it looks like those are the same pictures that a number of different similar cases from different sellers for the ones that have a option to choose the color (black, blue, gold), so really I'm just hoping that this case is what I expect, though it was cheap enough and otherwise interesting enough to potentially just check it out, but not really end up using it. Hopefully it'll turn out that my assumptions are correct, but currently ???. Actually, I probably should have asked the seller, and suppose I will now, but I still don't regret just throwing down the order so it'll come sooner rather than waiting /increasing the delay by waiting for them respond.
The deliver range is 9/19 - 10/10, so I post some feedback when it arrives.
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Did you have another source for this case? Looks like the item has been removed and the link no longer works.
Thanks
which one has port covers? I am interested in ordering one but none of the ones I see have port covers.
Ed Murray said:
Did you have another source for this case? Looks like the item has been removed and the link no longer works.
Thanks
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Here's one that I actually just ordered http://www.ebay.com/itm/251471912476?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT (by accident, heh... I was try to order a different cheap case via "Buy it Now" but one of my Firefox extensions was preventing the whole PayPal linkage popup thing, so I just opened the eBay app on my tablet, saw that there was 1 item in my cart, so I assumed it was the case I was just trying to buy, and didn't notice until I had already checked out that the cost was only $3... guess I had put this case in my cart but decided to get the clear one that I have now instead, but this one was and is still active, looks reasonably solid and it cost freakin 3 bucks! It hasn't arrived yet, nor has the $10 "Rick Smart" case that I intended to order, but I'm actually glad that I accidentally ordered this one too... if I don't like it more than my current clear one, I can just snip the port covers off and glue them to my Seidio wallet case, which was my former favorite, but I just didn't like the fact that it provided no protection for the bottom or top side beyond the corners).
Anyway, I think I initially ordered the clear one over this one because it was shipped from the U.S. and I'd get it sooner vs this one from China. More good news: It's currently 5% off, lowering the price from $1.95 to $1.85!! If you don't mind waiting, I really doubt you could do better for less than $4! As far as shipping is concerned, it's a flat $1.99, I ordered it on 9/5, the seller shipper right away, and the estimated delivery is between 9/17 and 10/1 (I'm predicting closer to the former, since the seller seemed totally on top of it).
If you want one sooner though, there are several on eBay if you search for something like "Galaxy Note 3 case with port covers" or variation of that. You can also put "dustproof" or "waterproof" into your searches, but that increases the likelihood that a higher percentage of your results will be cases that FULLY cover the phone via mutli-layered cases with a cover for the top that usually has a built in termpered glass screen cover. Actually many of those look really nice, and I'd likely order one if I didn't already have a tempered glass screen protector attached. There are TONS of widely varying cases on eBay, if you just search for EXACTLY what you're looking for, there's a pretty good chance that your results will contain several options of exactly what you're looking for to choose from. If the pictures leave some doubt re: whether the case is exactly what you want, just msg the seller. If they don't answer by like, the next day, just cross that option off your list and pick a different one.
BTW, you bastard! Looking through ebay's selection of cases to write this post, It's pretty much a certainty that I'll come across one that I definitely don't need, but "is super pimped and clearly much better than ALL the other ones I already have... for only x $'s? Buy it NOW button!" Already have a few contenders...
jazzmachine said:
Here's one that I actually just ordered http://www.ebay.com/itm/251471912476?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT (by accident, heh... I was try to order a different cheap case via "Buy it Now" but one of my Firefox extensions was preventing the whole PayPal linkage popup thing, so I just opened the eBay app on my tablet, saw that there was 1 item in my cart, so I assumed it was the case I was just trying to buy, and didn't notice until I had already checked out that the cost was only $3... guess I had put this case in my cart but decided to get the clear one that I have now instead, but this one was and is still active, looks reasonably solid and it cost freakin 3 bucks! It hasn't arrived yet, nor has the $10 "Rick Smart" case that I intended to order, but I'm actually glad that I accidentally ordered this one too... if I don't like it more than my current clear one, I can just snip the port covers off and glue them to my Seidio wallet case, which was my former favorite, but I just didn't like the fact that it provided no protection for the bottom or top side beyond the corners).
Anyway, I think I initially ordered the clear one over this one because it was shipped from the U.S. and I'd get it sooner vs this one from China. More good news: It's currently 5% off, lowering the price from $1.95 to $1.85!! If you don't mind waiting, I really doubt you could do better for less than $4! As far as shipping is concerned, it's a flat $1.99, I ordered it on 9/5, the seller shipper right away, and the estimated delivery is between 9/17 and 10/1 (I'm predicting closer to the former, since the seller seemed totally on top of it).
If you want one sooner though, there are several on eBay if you search for something like "Galaxy Note 3 case with port covers" or variation of that. You can also put "dustproof" or "waterproof" into your searches, but that increases the likelihood that a higher percentage of your results will be cases that FULLY cover the phone via mutli-layered cases with a cover for the top that usually has a built in termpered glass screen cover. Actually many of those look really nice, and I'd likely order one if I didn't already have a tempered glass screen protector attached. There are TONS of widely varying cases on eBay, if you just search for EXACTLY what you're looking for, there's a pretty good chance that your results will contain several options of exactly what you're looking for to choose from. If the pictures leave some doubt re: whether the case is exactly what you want, just msg the seller. If they don't answer by like, the next day, just cross that option off your list and pick a different one.
BTW, you bastard! Looking through ebay's selection of cases to write this post, It's pretty much a certainty that I'll come across one that I definitely don't need, but "is super pimped and clearly much better than ALL the other ones I already have... for only x $'s? Buy it NOW button!" Already have a few contenders...
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Haha I can no longer trust myself to look through pages of cases. I have 7 cases now. Damn prime membership and free two day shipping gets me every time. Thank you very much
Has anyone gotten this case yet?
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Has anyone gotten this case yet?
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Not yet for me ... I think mine will be delivered last ...