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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonnyg1097:
So last night I decided to put my white housing on my phone. The removal of the old housing was kinda difficult mostly because I didn't want to warp the old housing so its not usable so I was being gentle with it. Although once the top half got out the rest was pretty easy to remove. Unfortunately though the tools that I was given were terrible and I didn't end up using them. Luckily I had another set of tiny screwdrivers that did fit and a tiny flathead screwdriver that was able to get in between the phone and housing to pry the two apart.

I still dont have a white battery cover yet so I am using my old one that has a vinyl on it. I must say that even without the white battery cover on it, it still looks MUCH better with white.

Also I dont know if anybody else noticed this but with my desktop dock the phone fits in it so much better. Before with the gray housing it would rub up against the edges of the dock and when I tried to pull it out it would stick to the dock. But with the white housing it slips in and out with no issues.

And as for the guy asking about the jeans; my phone was in my sweaty jeans pocket all day today and when I took it out, the housing looked perfect still. I cant tell you about the battery door yet though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
The battery door is a different texture but it won't stain. And I agree, the phone looks so much better in white :)

"Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light."
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
I can't believe the white battery cover costs as much or more than the white housing itself :/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] atlman28:
The one I linked to a couple posts back has it for $12.99 plus about $3-4 shipping. I bought it because it was cheaper than Ebay.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gideonMorrison:
Is it the original battery cover made by Sammy or is it a replica? (exactly the same as the original?)

Cheers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] atlman28:
Well, I have no way to really know as I did not originally have a white Nexus. I will say that it seems to be original. Google and Samsung are raised lettering and the fit is perfect. Also the color completely matches the white housing that I purchased that was listed on Ebay as original.

I also used this thread to determine which one to by.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1423785

I know that they are talking about the grey housing, but I figured that if they are saying that the fit was perfect chances are it might be. So, I thought what the hell... it's only $15-16 and I am completely happy with it. Let me know if you would like some photos of it to compare. I would like to know myself.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] androidtoy09:
So are there any links to buy the complete White housing WITH the all the buttons in the US?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TEK112:
I thought if you asked the seller, they would include the buttons?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] atlman28:
Yea, I sent him a message asking that. He said that He didn't have any, but If I happen to order one when he does he would include it for free. I would message him first before purchasing. If anyone comes across the white volume rocker please post it here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gideonMorrison:
If it looks like this one (textured plastic) then it's either original or a (good) replica.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] atlman28:
That is exactly what mine looks like. the texture and raised lettering.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] farfromovin:
Hmm, any white extended battery GSM covers in existence? I wouldn't mind switching to white for fun, but love my extended battery.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] atlman28:
Not that I have seen. I look everyday. I should be receiving my white decal today for my extended battery cover. I hope someone posts it here. I will try sending a message to the guy on ebay that I bought my white housing from to see if they are available where he is. I think he is located in Hong Kong. If the decal doesn't work out for me I might try the plasti-dip route. Cause if I don't like it I can peel that stuff off.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] atlman28:
OK so I got my decal today to put on my extended battery door. I took a few pics. It seems cool for a temp fix, but it's just not what I am looking for. It didn't go all the way to the edge, so you can see a little bit of the grey.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] atlman28:
Ok, Here is a new interesting question. Would the housing of a dummy Nexus work? Has someone played with a dummy display model of this phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] androidtoy09:
I'm pretty sure it won't work. The dummy doesn't have electronic contact points for the innards to work properly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TEK112:
Couldn't those be swapped out from the original housing?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] atlman28:
The sellers on ebay with the dummy phones told me that the buttons and dummy screen is glued to the housing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cowmoos:
I see that there are 2 sellers on ebay selling them right now that ship to the US.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] atlman28:
I see this one. You will have to bid for this one. Can you post the link for the other please?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Origina...ltDomain_0&hash=item3f18c50f67#ht_6126wt_1378
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonnyg1097:
I am going to assume that if you are one of the first to put an order for it you will probably get it since not many people are going to want to pay a ton for it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TEK112:
Nothing a little acetone or lighter fluid couldn't solve.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kameleongt:
I got tired of waiting for a white i515 body to come out so I ordered an OEM off eBay and came up with this in my spare time.

Sent from my Gnex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
You painted that or ordered it in red?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daewond3r:
Nice paint job!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sway40:
That's bad ass, what did you use to paint it, and what steps?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kameleongt:
I ordered it prepped it and painted it flat red. I originally did it about a month ago but had a soccer ball take my phone out of my hand and send it 6 feet away from me luckily no screen damage so I had to redo it and I've only had it for 4 days in red. Haven't had to long in red to check durability but prior to it getting thrown out of my hand it had no scratches.

I used single stage automotive paint. Similar to what you say many painted in flat black.

Sent from my Gnex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ethernetic:
I guess the two metal tabs are on the inside :( True?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xl DIGITAL lx:
Did you have the housing sanded and primed or was there no need with that type of paint? I'm really interested in doing this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kameleongt:
First on the battery door extended I did sand then primer sand and prime. In order to get rid of the texture. The body I sanded with 800 grit sandpaper cleaned all dust off with wax and.grease remover then applied an adhesion promoter after applying that on the frame I applied the single stage flat red finish. The paint is a 3 part system paint,activator,reducer. I will try to get my phone apart and show how I masked it and try to get a better write up. I work in a paint store and had some free time and decided to chance it. I baby my.phone and that could be the reason why it has held up but I can't be sure. I usually keep it covered weekdays at work then take cover off for the weekends.

Sent from my Gnex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
Anybody know of a full take apart guide or youtube vid?

My White housing came today.

n/m found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP4YhZ4U1zM
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kameleongt:
Where did you find a white case for Verizon or gsm

Sent from my Gnex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
I got the GSM one... and that youtube vid is for verizon. ugh.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daewond3r:
I don't think the method to taking them apart is any different.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonnyg1097:
Its no different there are still 6 screws on the GSM one. I removed my GSM housing the same way. The hard part is getting the phone away from the housing though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
Just did mine.

Mine came with a white power button (eBay description said no Volume or Power).

I swapped mine, so I'm using black volume and black power and also black camera cover.

I thought it was going to be harder, for some reason I thought we had to take apart the pcb board and remount it on the internal mid housing lol.

Was easy, 6 screws, pop it out, pop it back in.

Prying the screen out messed up my screen protector though, but I got tons of spares from eBay.

White battery cover hasn't arrived yet, so currently using the black battery cover.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hemlocke:
Pretty sharp. Nice work.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kameleongt:
Thanks, it worked perfect and its custom I'm not sure how long it will last but haven't had any scratches yet. Its only been a week on the second job. First time it went 2 weeks before it was dropped out of my hand.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hemlocke:
I wonder if the housing would stand up to a low-cure powdercoating (200-220)?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daewond3r:
So I received my housing from ebay seller forceviewer_uk today. Installation was easy. However, after close inspection, I'm not sold that this is an OEM case. The edges are slightly sharper and there are clearly seams where it looks like 2 pieces of plastic were fused together. My OEM case does not have this. It's still better than my cracked OEM housing, but I'm a little bitter. I'm glad my work is reimbursing me for it.

Maybe I'll try a white housing in the near future.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonnyg1097:
I never did mention that I got finally my white battery door for my housing and I cant believe how much of a difference the door makes on this. It feels so different and much better than the grey one.

I dont think I will be ever changing from the white one unless I need to send my phone in for repairs to Samsung (unless they cant tell from whatever records that the phone used to be grey) or if someone stars selling painted doors and I buy one of those...or perhaps I paint my own.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kameleongt:
Is the door and frame two different whites? It looks like a white pearl. For the housing and solid on door.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonnyg1097:
You think so? It is very possible, but I have trouble of telling the difference between shades of white sometimes so it looks the same to me: Here is another pic with the two side by side. I apologize about the quality, im taking it with my sgs tab 10.1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sarni84:
I see the camera cover is silver on the white housing. And our stock has a black camera cover. Now does the white housing come with the silver camera cover???? Cuz the guy a few posts up said he had to switch his out. I was going to buy from the same dealer he got it through on ebay but if it does not come with a camera case then screw that

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Did u purposely switch the camera cover or did the white one not come with it? Because I was going to buy from the same dealer
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonnyg1097:
I think that he did the switch purely for esthetic reasons. I think that white ones come with grey cameras and the grey housing come with the black cameras
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
I purposefully switched the camera cover, and volume and power buttons.

I'm waiting for my White Battery Cover from parts4repair.com to arrive.

Just becareful when switching the camera cover, the tabs on it are very delicate. I had to take mine on/off twice because the flash plastic lens didn't come off when I first took it off and didn't realize it until i put the camera cover on, then had to take it off again and I broke one of the tabs. No biggie, still stays on perfectly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonnyg1097:
To take off the camera cover is it just a matter of getting something underneath it and prying it off? Or does the housing need to be fully off to do it? I was considering trying to take the camera off too on mine but I couldnt figure out the proper way of getting it done and i didnt want to break it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
Look at the empty housing.

There are 3 greens tickers at the camera area covering the tabs and 1 metal 'sticker' covering the top tab.

Take the green stickers off, and peel aside the metal sticker on top.

Pry up the tabs, and push inn the camera from the lens/flash area to pop it out.

There is glue on the camera cover so it will be hard to push.

To install do the reverse. Again, the tabs are pretty fragile, doing it once or twice is ok, but it's easy to break if you mis-align the tab while pushing in the camera cover.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonnyg1097:
Hmm... I see, good to know but its not something I think I want to tackle myself, as it sounds like a much too delicate job for my liking.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jellydroid13:
Could you link me to the paint you used?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kameleongt:
I mixed up the paint myself I work at a paint store. The brand I used is Northstar paint. Www.lusid.biz if you were or are local I could mix u some up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phositadc:
I received my white housing today. Quick questions:

It has a bunch of tiny green stickers on the inside of the housing (see pic). They appear to be covering up metal contact points or something like that.

Do I need to remove these stickers before I put my phone into this housing? Or are they supposed to stay?

Anything else need to be removed (like any of those black pieces of plastic)?

Finally, I saw that some of you took the black camera lense cover off of the gray housing and used it on the white housing instead of the silver camera lense cover that came with it. How exactly did you remove that camera lens cover?

Many thanks for the help.

Edit: for some reason the upload isn't working for my pic, but here's an example of the green stickers: http://i.imgur.com/Mf7RRl.jpg
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
The green stickers STAY!!!!!! when you take apart your current phone, it has green stickers at the same spots.

As for the camera cover, scroll up I posted about it. But here it is anyways:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sarni84:
How long did the white housing take to ship
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonnyg1097:
Yea when you look at the grey housing compare where there are no green spots. Those are the only ones that I ended up removing. I think it was just the pogo pins and camera that ended up removing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
White Housing from HK eBay guy, took about 8 days. (no tracking number)

White battery cover from parts4repair from Singapore took 12 days (tracking number)

Anyways here's my end result:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sarni84:
I am buying both from same guys tonight:) and looks awesome
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
Anyone with white battery cover can you verify this.

I got my white battery cover from Parts4Repair.com

On the original grey one the writing on the cover Google and Samsung is soft like, but on the white battery cover its hard and plastic like.

Hard to explain the grey one, but I'm positive it's rubberized lettering.

Galaxy Nexus GSM
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nastrodamous:
Anybody got any links to a white housing + battery cover for lte nexus?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BlackHoleSlam:
None exist bro since the white parts for our nexus seemed to have been made with 10 copies in world

by me, for me and I love you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sarni84:
Well does it look good? Or cheap? Cuz i ordered mine from the same place
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
Nah, looks and feels (except the words) the same.

EDIT: oh you know what, the texture of the battery cover IS different. The grey has a bunch of squares. The white one the squares are much much smaller than the grey squares.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] atlman28:
This is the one I ordered.

http://www.parts4repair.com/samsung-galaxy-nexus-back-cover-white/

It doesn't feel cheap and it fits perfectly. The color matches perfect to my housing that I bought from this ebay seller.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-OEM-B...ultDomain_0&hash=item20c77ea47f#ht_601wt_1144
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sarni84:
Wow I got mine from the same guys! Housing and battery cover. So how long did it take to get to u? My battery cover says 15 to 20 days! ;(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] flupkear:
I would be ok with just a good quality white silicone case, but I couldn't find one that seems slim enough.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joquio:
Has anyone ordered white housing from Parts4repair?

Not sure if they just added this to their site since most of you ordered from eBay?

Here is the link: http://www.parts4repair.com/samsung-galaxy-nexus-i9250-middle-cover-white/

I wonder if these come with white power and volume buttons.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] atlman28:
They Both took about 2 weeks for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
Several of us here have ordered from them. And no it does not come with the buttons just the back cover.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joquio:
I thought you ordered from eBay guy?

I'm talking about the housing not the battery cover BTW.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
Oh sorry, I got mixed up thought you were talking about the battery cover from parts4repair.

From the picture at parts4repair i see the power button.

the volume button is a bit harder to tell from the internal picture.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] quahog_convo:
Just placed an order with them now and sent a message to ask about buttons. I'm leaning towards them not having any, but it didn't hurt to ask. I'll let you know what they say, if anything.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] redthunda69:
I ordered one as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] garets10:
Honestly i think it looks better with the grey volume n power buttons just need the white battry cover for 12 bucks pretty cheap
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phositadc:
Finally got around to installing mine. Looks good :good: Took a bit longer to get the old housing off than I thought it would b/c it was stuck on there pretty tight and I didn't want to be too rough, but overall pretty easy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SladeNoctis:
Nice stuff, just wondering how did you get the silver earpiece?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phositadc:
Oh the ear piece is stock. Not sure why it looks silver in the pic.

-Sent from my GSM Galaxy Nexus (RAScream+Trinity).-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xuanbao:
What's the price for the housing at Parts4repair? I can't see the price, since it's out of stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
White cover may not be original?

Those with a white battery cover, PLEASE CHECK YOUR COVERS.

I'm comparing mine with the original grey one.

I bought my white from parts4repair.com

Here are the things I've noticed that are different from the grey:

1. On the grey, at the top around the camera hole (on the inside part of the cover) there is black tape in a U shape around the camera hole, you can actually peel it off.

On the white cover, there is no tape, it's just a different textured plastic. Not sure what this tape does if it blocks radio interference or something or what.

Looking at the tape area on the grey, there's something underneath it, again maybe this is for shielding purposes that the white doesn't have! Extended grey cover also has this tape in the same area.

2. Looking at the inside again, the bottom left side Tab sticks out a little bit more, so when I put it on the phone i have to stick this part in first, then snap the rest of the edges.

3. Inside, bottom right etched some numbers, mine says: "GI9250 2ND, >PC-GF-10<, #1-1"

4. The texture of the battery cover is different. On the grey, it's a bunch of squares, on the white, the squares are half to maybe a quarter the size, so it's a ton of very tiny squares.

5. The lettering on the case "Google" and "Samsung". On the grey, it's rubbery material, I can feel it when rubbing it with my fingernail. On the white cover, it's plastic itself.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BTslo:
Looks like the middle housings are sold out everywhere.:(

I hope the ebay sellers get more stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
Why do u need the middle housing? Middle housing is inside, you can't see it when the phone is assembled.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] manningfan10:
Im getting rid of my white verizon extended battery cover because I got an otterbox. Email me at nyfan3@gmail.com if interested
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BTslo:
Well, you know what I mean.

I found some on german ebay but they are too expensive for me. (60€)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gideonMorrison:
Can you post a picture of what you mean with 'middle housing', as I have no clue. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jleech330:
Has anyone Found the white house for verizon nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] manningfan10:
I have a battery door that I am looking to sel
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BTslo:
The other white part besides the battery cover.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] X9_Phantom:
Just wondering, has anyone tried just buying normal grey housing and tried using some Krylon Fusion Spray Paint (or any other plastic spray paints) to paint their housing white?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SocialReject:
+100

Sent from the future.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheMilkManz:
Has anyone ordered from here?

http://www.chinagadgetland.com/middle-cover-for-samsung-galaxy-nexus-i9250-white-p-10006362.html
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BTslo:
Thanks for the link, I ordered one. The SKU number and pic is the same as at parts4repair.com. When you order you get an email and then you send a payment via paypal to their email address. (you are not redirected to paypal automatically)

When I sent the payment I received a second email confirming my payment.

Registered mail was 2.5$.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sarni84:
Anyone who has gotten there white housing from the HK guy and battery cover from parts4repair did the products come in regular mail or USPS hand delivered to door/mailbox I checked tracking and the one package from HK guy says dispatched for overseas. And battery cover from parts4repair says "acceptance" idk whatever that means?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
I bought from same people, and BOTH tracking info was completely off.

They were both delivered to my mailbox.

Galaxy Nexus GSM
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Clyzm:
It seems that everywhere I look this is sold out. Anyone find a location that still has stock and ships to Canada?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] atlman28:
I purchased mine from the same sellers as you and they both came usps. Took about 2 weeks for them to arrive. When mine arrived it showed as still in transit for 2 days after it arrived. They both seem to be reputable sellers, so They should show up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheMilkManz:
Just ordered my housing...and getting my nexus this thursday :) did you guys just use guitar picks to pry the phone from the casing?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xuanbao:
Which shop did you bought from?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
The guy that sold it from HK on eBay includes that blue prying tool.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BTslo:
Mine shipped today with a tracking number.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheMilkManz:
I bought the one from chinagadgetland

When did you order it? I know its gonna take a while just wondering how fast these guys are with processing and shipping.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xuanbao:
Just placed an order for the housing, hope it arrives within 2 weeks. Also bought a back cover on ebay, for $13,95.

PS: Anyone here from Vietnam, HCMC, who tried to buy the housing directly from the samsung service centers? Cause im going on vacation to vietnam soon :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BTslo:
Yesterday, and they said they would ship the next day which they infact did.:laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NYConex:
do you guys know if the white middle covers on china gadget land will work with the hspa+ ones? i ordered a nexus on tuesday right before the ban and got the tracking number today. want to change it over to white!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheMilkManz:
yes it is for the gsm one
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NYConex:
do you know if it comes with the volume and power button?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jprocha101:
Dang I just bought one on eBay for 56 euros (about 70 bucks). Didn't know about this china gagdet land. Mine came with the middle, battery cover and buttons.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheMilkManz:
Wow 70 bucks!? Better hope you get the buttons with that lol...hows the fit?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheMilkManz:
Im not sure if they do but i emailed them asking about it.