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[HD2 General] kushXmaster:
I think I'll have to give this a try sometime.
[HD2 General] QuRa:
Extremely amazing
[HD2 General] dyval:
Would there be a cab file for this.. hehe.. good job!

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[HD2 General] iceman1980:
g8 work man,fantastic job!!!
[HD2 General] codecxbox:
Great Job

so how much will you charge me for my G2 cover?
[HD2 General] CedricAnne97:
Would this work just the same on the G2/ Desire Z cover? That would be reaaaaaallly cool!!! +eh... how hard would it to make a laser-etch machine :P

Really cool man, keep up the good work!
[HD2 General] darkpunk1:
Respect bro

very amazingly explained and very good !!!!!!

A true fan
[HD2 General] lokalboy808:
That looks amazing to the eye. Going to have to take a stab at it
[HD2 General] Gltokensp06:
Amazing Job

Not really compelled very often to post, but this is brilliant dude! HTC should really take a note from you and start a trend like this.

Anywho, you really inspired me to make a Windows Phone one. That's what I have on my HD2 at the moment. I'm probably gonna do the same thing that you did except I may leave the silver grain after sanding. Dunno yet.
[HD2 General] booze_pistol:
You never cease to impress my friend. Great Job!!
[HD2 General] htcfreak:
Awesome :D

I wanna have it
[HD2 General] t00c00l4m3:
Amazing, looking good.
[HD2 General] faron.hadfield-jones:
Awesome Dude. I want one :)
[HD2 General] expertzone.ro:
Art and precision ;) ...

(arta si precizie /RO)

Impressive, you should sell your work to those who want it on their phones. Seem to be some enthusiastics :)

I can HELP YOU if you need a blog, built on Wordpress!
[HD2 General] dcheng11:
You, my friend, have earned all of my respect. If I had the ability to do something that beautiful, I'd personally brand all my devices. But alas, I can't lol. Great, great work!
[HD2 General] Johev:
As the rest of the people, I am impressed by your skills. I have to say that at the stage of the iron trick and the effect after you've peeled the paper, I thought that it was the end and I have said to myself that in 1 week of using the phone the new design will get damaged (the ink would get off easily).

But the last part with the acid was pretty insane (in a good way). Congratulations for finding a durable way of personalizing your cover without the need of a laser engraver.

I would maybe try it if my cover wasn't in the perfect state it is :)
[HD2 General] motoi_bogdan:
well thank you guys. I didn't thought the tread will be met with such enthusiasm and i thank you again for this. :D

Since some of you may want to try this and i really had some fun making the first battery cover, i'll be making another one. A more complex one and a little better i hope.

I have one request from you guys.

Please provide me with a more complex logo in black&white format (without shades of gray or color gradients) for me to try to etch on the aluminum back cover and i'll be making it in about one day. :p
[HD2 General] angel182:
Amazing!!!!!!!!!

Nice work, cool idea!!
[HD2 General] martijn5380:
Hello everyone,

Mine failed miserably, see the screenshot below. I also noticed something strange. When I removed the paper the remaining ink was black. But after a few minutes it turned blue-ish. Anyone know what this is, and anyone know what I did wrong?

Thanx! :)
[HD2 General] motoi_bogdan:
i guess it failed because you didn't pressed the sheet of paper enough with the hot iron, therefore not all of the toner transfered to the metal.

Don't begin etching the metal plate in the ferric chloride if you don't get good results at this stage. Instead, remove the remaining toner by rubbing it with some abrasive sponge and try to redo the process.

one thing is clear. you need to use a laser printer (or you can go to a xerox center and have them print your image). You can also get better results if you set the printer to max contrast and disable any economic running mode to make sure enough toner is deposited on the paper surface.

Also you must really insist with the hot iron.

Hope for better results and good luck.
[HD2 General] PrometheusUnbound:
Wow!!! You have done it again!! Thanks man!!! I'm definitely gonna use this technique to make my HTC WP7 look as the real HD7 as possible. LOVE MY WP7 :D. Also got any ideas on how I can go about branding the buttons with different images, or logos? I want to brand all 5 buttons on mt HTC HD2 to look like HTC HD7 buttons as close as possible. If anything comes up, please let me know. Thanks in advance, and keep up the good work!!
[HD2 General] djslawslaw:
Wow, very nice job man it looks fantastic!
[HD2 General] moav:
Great job facdemol !

It does look amazing, I might try it someday. Though my current project I 'm to thinking to start with is brushing the metal to a smooth surface, then glue my Fiio E5 at the back for better sound. I was wondering, since the surface isn't straight at all, which way would you recommend (glue type) in order to keep the bondage ?
[HD2 General] martijn5380:
Hello facdemol,

Thanks for your support. I tried it again this day and it went excellent! I experienced some things actually so maybe you could add that to your first post:

- Don't use a steam iron. When I used a steam iron, the paper kept sticking at my iron so I couldn't iron well. That resulted also in the post I did before. Just use a normal simple iron.

- I ran in to the problem that when i removed the paper after ironing it, a lot of the paper kept stuck on the print. I could remove some of it but not all. That results in a kinda grey print, not very beautiful :) What you can do is paint the logo with a permanent marker, if you go outside the logo, just remove the paint quickly with a tissue with benzene (wash benzine in my language :p)

For everything else: thank you very much!
[HD2 General] martijn5380:
So here's my version...
[HD2 General] motoi_bogdan:
well.. when i first thought of this i considered the toner on metallic case a temporary step. That's why i didn't insisted on how to perfectly remove the paper. Here are some other facts:

1. of course don't use any water/steam with your iron. Dry ironing only! water and paper don't mix up well in this stage.

2. The paper will not come off easily after you're done with heating and keeping the metallic cover under cold water. It will tend to stick to the areas with the toner and your logo. After you peel the surface layer, you must rub the remaining paper with your finger then let it dry. If it still turns gray when dried up, then you should wash it again and carefully rub it with a mildly abrasive solution or a kitchen sponge untill it turns pure black. YOU ONLY NEED TO DO THIS IF YOU WANT THE TONER FINISH AND YOU WILL LEAVE IT LIKE THIS. IF YOU GO FOR MY KIND OF FINISH YOU CAN SKIP THE LAST PART, A LITTLE BIT OF PAPER WON'T HARM.

3. The toner finish is more sensible, it MUST be protected with something otherwise can easily scratch or peel off over time. The engraved version doesn't have these problems but the metal itself should be protected also.

I used my battery cover for about 2 weeks, so far no scratches, but i'm thinking of spraying some protective coating over it just to be sure. Like i've said, i'm willing to make another one to show you guys what can be make using this "technology" but i'm still searching for a cool logo (btw.. if you have one, please post).
[HD2 General] corruptjelly:
Haha, that's cool! :D
[HD2 General] oTToToTenTanz:
First of all: great idea and nice outcome my friend. I really appreciated it!

I have read through the whole thread and some of my questions are answered while I still have some:

1. So in fact, when keeping the toner finish it will easily peel off, you say. What kind of protection are you proposing?

2. What is a laser engraver - will it be possible to have an color engraving as well?

3. I'm thinking of buying the new nexus 3 once it will be released...on the battery cover (hopefully metal) I want to have this nexus logo (see attachment). Any tips how to have it really beautiful?
[HD2 General] motoi_bogdan:
1. some lacquer can be used to protect the logo. Color logo's can be printed if you have access to a color laser printer. Then you can apply some spray lacquer and after it's dried out, you can polish it with some really delicate steel wool. In fact, the "with htc sense" logo on the back of the original design is made using a similar process - of course, at an industrial level

2. a laser engraver uses a 808Nm high power laser diode that will emit an enough powerful beam to actually oxidize the surface layer of the metallic case. If we're talking of aluminum, the surface layer will become aluminum oxide, it has a different color also. Left for a while, the laser can also engrave the surface.

The problem with these is that you cannot engrave in a particular color, you're only "burning" the surface. Also, it tends to work better on some materials and worse on others (some kinds of plastics, some metals etc).

What i was doing in the first post is kind of different actually. The ferric chloride will actually corrode all the metal part except the one protected by the toner. So you can also have a sweet 3d feel when the toner is removed.
[HD2 General] GuimbardePower:
This is awesome!
[HD2 General] vijaykanth:
Dude, I saw this on the xda portal and was like whaaaat?! I don't own an HD2 (or any phone with a metallic finish), but would really like it, just to be able to do that! :O

Really awesome stuff man... You know your chemistry! :)
[HD2 General] Eraser85:
It would be a real challenge to make a carbon fiber pattern with the ferric chloride... but it will kick ass, considering the slight 3D effect.. ;)

What grain of sandpaper did you use? I was thinking of using 80-120-200-400.. but would the last step be too fine?

Thanks and congrats for your very professional work!
[HD2 General] Mafioso:
That's an awesome mod bro :D Hats off to you :) and ofcourse HTC for making such a terrific phone :cool:
[HD2 General] PanzerVolr:
Need help!

Hello there, I tried to do it but I don't know why I can't get it right? Is it because of that the water I use wasn't cold or what? Please help me. I tried it two times and failed. I have summers so I don't know where to get cold water? Can I put some ice in some vessel and put the cover in it? By the way, my smoothing iron turns off in 5 mins... so I can't do it 15 mins!
[HD2 General] HellRa1SeR:
Hi. This stuff is amazing. Blew my mind.. Awesome work mate. :D

I would really like to do this. I have the HTC Desire HD. Can you suggest how I may proceed.?
[HD2 General] -Torres-:
this is an awesome project! you could incorporate this into other things as well, at least that i can think of. very very nice of you to share, and so detailed! this is getting bookmarked for sure
[HD2 General] cristian3433:
Nice work, i would not mind paying for one of this....:D
[HD2 General] ViousAD:
That's really really nice!

Seriously though, are you a Chemical Engineering Major?
[HD2 General] i1011:
Amazing and looks cool !!!!
[HD2 General] motoi_bogdan:
lol :p no. i only do this in my spare time, but i'm into electronics and pcb making for some 15 years and working with these chemicals and a few more other is kind of like part of everyday life.

i'm still looking to make a better cover but i can't find a good logo to etch, if you have any idea of some black&white stuff that would look cool on the hd2's back, please do post it.
[HD2 General] ebaak:
Yo man that is amazing stuff!!

I recently broke the screen of my HTC Legend and I will have to take it apart this weekend to replace the screen. I want to do this to the aluminum body!

Are there any extra precautions I should take when dealing with aluminum instead of steel? Should I worry about corroding the aluminum since the Legend has a unibody instead of a battery cover (ie there are screws and buttons through the aluminum chassis)?
[HD2 General] Ouzo:
That's so funny... +1 for the cab file...don't forget to soft reset to apply the changes ; )

Awesome mod by the way. Looks very professional.

I suspect if I tried this I'd end up in hospital with burns.......
[HD2 General] lyvyux:
wow :) chiar nu m-am gandit ca poti coroda si aluminiu :) cool :P
[HD2 General] kabuk1:
This is so incredibly cool!!! I'd be willing to pay to have a custom design done like this :D
[HD2 General] kenshironanto:
Amazing stuff! Really great job, if i got time i will make it on mine
[HD2 General] motoi_bogdan:
well, i got a htc sensation, but sold it some days ago and got another hd2.

i don't know, it had that dual core cpu, more ram, better camera and stuff, but the design and narrower screen were just too much for me and since the galaxy s2 looks like a shinny plastic toy, i returned to the good old hd2.

but i still want to design another battery cover, using basically the same method but by a more advanced design/pattern.

Any ideea of black and white text/logo/stuff that would look good on the hd2 ??? :D
[HD2 General] realwest:
First of all, what a great job you did on the battery cover! Looks awesome!

Good choice to got another hd2 instead of all the new crap! ;) I still love the hd2 with android. The way it still beats many phones on performance. :D

I polished my battery cover a few months ago, but now it's already a bit scratched. Maybe I will try out your fantastic mod!

About the new logo you search for. Maybe just "HD2 LEO" or something?!
[HD2 General] Mgog718:
Amazing! I chromed mine and had it engraved but the process was WAY less intricate than this! EXCELLENT job man! Looks truly awesome!

I would have loved to have known about coating it with that method I considered using Sharkhide but thought that would be a bit excessive lol.

Anyway here's mine.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=17555951
[HD2 General] ekvirus:
1) which are the dimensions of the logo?

2) How centered is the logo?
[HD2 General] extreme70:
Can I use sodium persulfate instead of ferric chloride?
[HD2 General] salisbury_steak:
I got linked here because of the portal.

And I must say, this HD2 back plate looks waaaay better than the picture in my link.

Respect to the OP. :D
[HD2 General] phoenixdown331:
+1 to the OP. This is why I love this community, people go out of their way to do awesome things, then go a step further by sharing it. Great post.
[HD2 General] keller112:
Perhaps a lion face taken from a stencil, Give me a few and i'll post a PSD. I'm making mine tommorow, but i think i'll stop at step 12, great stuff otherwise, just a question, would a color laser printer work?

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Here's something: http://imgur.com/yXb8u,ZyUlO#1

I'm uploading a PSD aswell so you can play around with logos and colors.

Here you go : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/74723561/Stencils2.psd

Reasoning : HTC HD2 is actually HTC Leo, a leo makes people think of a lion, which is much easier to put in a picture.

Another great idea would be fire on the bottom and/or top.

OH YEAH! Dimensions ; This is 7 x 7 centimeters at 300 PPI, so no matter how flawed it looks on a PC screen, it should be great on a phone's back.
[HD2 General] BPaul:
wow. amazing)
[HD2 General] motoi_bogdan:
wow, that logo looks cool. I had some troubles with my day job so i haven't had time to look around this topic, but i finally got an occasion and found the logo. I'm thinking about giving it a try. However, there are some things i should modify to make it more easier to transfer from paper to a metal surface. The "powered by" text will be too small when printed on a standard mainstream laser printer and could give some problems when trying to transfer it. I guess i'll need to make it larger. Also, the small droid inside the leter "O" is a similar example.

The logo seems to have some blur effect applied to it, for this method to work, it would need to be as sharp as possible and also, rendered in only 2 colors. When trying to render it in 2 colors, the black contour looks kind of pixelated, that must be fixed first.

Anyway, i'll be searching in my spare parts box and look for another battery cover to "print" this logo on :D
[HD2 General] Snowstorm2:
Respect :)

I never think i could do this myself! Think my HD2 will soon be different ,)
[HD2 General] PollPixx:
Great work mate, looks stunning.

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[HD2 General] anisjolly:
Looks epic! Gonna have to pluck up the courage to do something similar! :laugh:
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[Verizon Droid Charge] gunnermike:
This a pink theme. I got some of the images from the ping GenerationX theme by D3StRoY found here. However most of the images and apps are my work.

1.6 Change log.

updated to gummy gbe.

1.1 Change log.

Whats themed

framework

twframework

systemui

mms

contacts

dialer

phone

media provider

settings

google search

I am not done, and am open to sugestions. As usual, post pics!!

Pinkie Version 1.6

i will have some wall papers up tomorrow.
[Verizon Droid Charge] dabomb420:
Pics

As Usual some pics for another great theme
[Verizon Droid Charge] dabomb420:
Pics

New pics of Pinkie Genx 1.1
[Verizon Droid Charge] zeuswsu:
My wife is really loving this theme! She does have 4 suggestions:

1. Make the locked screen button pink instead of the redish color.

2. In the Call log of the dialer, the phone numbers for each contact show up as orange. She would like them changed to pink.

3. Make the clock pink in the status/notification bar instead of the current grey.

4. In the default browser when you load up a webpage, she was wondering if the bar that shows the webpage loading progress could be Pink instead of orange? I told her this probably isn't possible, but then again it might be. I have no clue :)

The locked screen button color changed is the main thing she wanted, let me know if you need screenies for any of these. Your theme let me convince my wife that she should root her phone to customize it further, so thanks again!!
[Verizon Droid Charge] SiL3nTKiLL:
looks good! gonna get this for the gf :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] gunnermike:
whats my first rule???? screen shots!!!! i dont have a charge. i need pictures with arrows. and everything is possible. but not unless i get picture. :D
[Verizon Droid Charge] zeuswsu:
Haha, I figured you would need them. I was trying to take the lazy way out. Sorry I got a little scribble happy on the call log page, let me know if you need me to do it again. What phone do you have? A fascinate? Pretty nice of you to do this without owning the phone.
[Verizon Droid Charge] zeuswsu:
I just forgot a couple other things she told me. And one thing I think would be cool...

1. Change the 4g logo in the status bar to pink

2. When you select an icon, it has a orange border. Would be nice if it were pink

3. I was wondering how hard it is to remove the location icon. If all the other things are pink, it would be nice if that just went away. If that's hard to do, maybe make the pink so it fits in with everything else?

edit. Donation sent, really appreciate what you do! Trying to make my wife like android as much as I do.
[Verizon Droid Charge] gunnermike:
thank you sir.

i have a fascinate. i hope to get a charge soon. i can only use donation money to buy it or my wife will devorce me, lol. im almost there.

ok, i will try and make everything you asked for happen.

i undersatnd wanting to make your wife like android. i made mine a theme special for her fascinate.
[Verizon Droid Charge] soltech:
Any new progress... My wife loves this so far... Any possibility of a GB ported version?
[Verizon Droid Charge] gunnermike:
i may have something in the works ;)
[Verizon Droid Charge] soltech:
Glad to hear it. Keep up the good work.

bolted thru space with one BAMF'ng Bolt!!
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shinebox:
Any way to get this working on MIUIWiz or Community ROM?
[Droid Pro General] sojcar:
Hello,

yesterday i've got Motorola Droid Pro, but because I'm from Czech Republic I can't use it. Phone is locked for Verizon and i guess for USA. I you know somebody who may want in or if you want it, please contact me on email : krwell@gmail.com

It's just mobile phone without any accessories, but it's without any scratches. I've check official motorola sides and there is 490$, and i guess that 370$ will be good price. Thank for answers.
[Droid Pro General] discomm:
Actually, You can unlock droid pro by unlock code boughtable on ebay with like 30$.
[Droid Pro General] sojcar:
i tried to find unlock code or buy it but didn't found option for czech republic :(
[Droid Pro General] cloneman1:
send an email to swiftunlocks@gmail.com

he unlocks them for 8$. It's not guaranteed, but it worked for me. If it fails, he'll refund 6$
[Droid Pro General] BiFi2000:
same to me. Worked perfect.
[Droid Pro General] Khachikyan:
check also this http://sim-unlock.net/sim-lock/6/Unlock_for_any_Motorola/

Polish company, costs 5 euro and worked for me. No option per countries - it's global unlock.
[HTC EVO 3D] phyba:
Pretty much what the title says lol

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ndup-one-mans-trash-is-another-mans-treasure/
[HTC EVO 3D] jshields1986:
good find bgr did a honest reivew i suggest you check it out
[HTC EVO 3D] phyba:
Man to be honest...I'm burned out on all these reviews....lol. too inconsistent. I'm getting it regardless just for the simple fact that its a EVO on steroids lol
[HTC EVO 3D] rockky:
Does balance the critical feedback. I think the issues are bonafide....I dont chalk it up to Iphone loving android hater silliness.

Gotta love human nature. Our beloved devices' offspring has been hyped to the gills. You knew there'd be issues. Fun seeing the Evo fanboys (making the IPhone fanboys look timid right now!) foam at the mouth when its flaw's (in relation to the hype anyway), are pointed out.

Looking forward to getting it.

As long as the camera and camcorder are significantly better than my 4G's , I'm hanging on to it. If not it'll be SGS2...(which I've been playing with for a while).
[HTC EVO 3D] Whosdaman:
I'm pretty sure a lot of these reviews are so bias and not tested correctly that none can be trusted. I have an EVO 3D and View 4G heading my way right now and I will be doing a full unbiased review of it with accurate battery testings and data speeds.

You have to test the device more than once to get an accurate opinion on it. Not use the phone non-stop one time then rate it. That's completely unfair. In a normal situation I bet the EVO 3D can out last the SGS II.
[HTC EVO 3D] Semantics:
All of these reviews clobbering the phone are making me second guess my pre order.
[HTC EVO 3D] freeza:
Android Central did a fantastic initial review
[HTC EVO 3D] ausch30:
I just watched the youtube video for it. He said it was the first time he had fired it up, I'm sure they'll have a in-depth review in a day or 2. Looked good from what I saw, still really looking forward to getting it. All these conflicting reviews, the only one that really matters is your own.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] svntsvn:
Anyone think battery life will be tolerable when the official gingerbread is out?

(I havent been actively seeking a gingerbread rom for a while)

tmobile is offering to trade for an htc sensation and I want to pull the trigger today.

Overall, I love the aesthetics of the device, I just need your opinions. I'm getting a bit impatient and might consider the sensation which I hear has decent battery life.

your thoughts on the switch/htc sensation? thanks everyone.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dligon:
do it wisest choice you will make all year. unfortunately for the believers GB will probably not be released anytime soon especially not this famous june 21 the start of summer and if it is just to make more g2x owners angry tmobile or lg will probably only fix a few of the complaints about the phone.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] GideonX:
Yes, please swap for the Sensation.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hiko36:
How'd you get them to do that?