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[HTC Desire S] abhishek2386:
HTC Desire S - Sanding Guide​

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DISCLAIMER / WARNING: As this goes usually with any customization / modification with your cellphone or device, It's same here too. If you can gather up the courage to try this out, make it a point that by doing this you might completely void your warranty even to the extent that HTC may deny servicing your device. There are high chances that you might end up damaging your device why disassembling or re-assembling it. Please do not blame me for any loss or whatsoever caused to you for following this mod. You must understand and agree to all of the above before attempting to perform this with your device

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The main reason of me taking such a bold step was to get off with the annoying shedding off of body paint. While HTC India service center quoted me something about $36 for changing the chassis, and eBay replacement was about $30, and none of them assured that the body paint won't shed off again. Thus finally decided to get rid of the body paint in all. :p

All that was required is listed below:

1. Prying / Opening tool

2. Phillips 00x40 Screwdriver

3. T5 Screwdriver

4. Silicon Carbide sandpaper - Grit Size - P 80

5. Silicon Carbide sandpaper - Grit Size - P 120

6. Silicon Carbide sandpaper - Grit Size - P 220

I could manage all of the above required tools and stuffs in less than $2

Next, carefully following the following video just to the extent to remove the chassis.

Note: Only chassis removal was followed from the included video, rest of the process shown is not required.

Note: Be careful the power switch has a small thin wedge between the switch on the motherboard and the silver cover which protrudes outside. Don't loose that, else your power switch will not work properly after re-assembling.

Steps to disassemble HTC Desire S:

[YOUTUBE]W7sp3gN-vc0[/YOUTUBE]

It may appear a little tough to remove the top camera cover, try prying out the cover from the top edge (3.5mm jack side), slow and steady will win the race :)

Once done start removing the body paint first using P 80 grit sand paper (coarsest one). Then give finer finish with P 120 and finally with P 200 for a polished look. It took me about 4 hours straight to finish the sanding, and the final look is presented to you below. The letters 'htc' may fall off from the back while you sand it, you can simply paint in the groove and then use thinner / paint remove any smudges / overflow.

Hope you liked it... Cheers :good:
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
looks nice

sent from the thing I stab with my finger when I get two minutes
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
I've been waiting for this!!! :D

I've seen HD2 and DHD users do it over the years, so glad its done to ours!
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
Who needs Desire X now?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
I've got it in red, won't look right.

sent from the thing I stab with my finger when I get two minutes
[HTC Desire S] remusator:
Looks nice, but personally i would like it brushed with even smaller grain sandpaper.
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
What about a brushed metal finish? Is it possible? I think it would look much nicer
[HTC Desire S] abhishek2386:
I have just sanded it down and since it's aluminium body, you will get the brushed silvery appearance.

Trying to give it some dark metal brushed look might not be a smart idea b'coz it wouldn't be wise to do a paint on it.

You can use finer sand paper for more smoother finish, but make sure you don't over do it, coz otherwise you will end up sanding out the whole of the aluminium layer :p
[HTC Desire S] eyahl:
If something is silver colored, people make it black. If it's black, they make it silver... :rolleyes:

But nevertheless, looks pretty cool :thumbup::D
[HTC Desire S] abhishek2386:
Well said, but for me the problem was chipping off body paint, and a patch work probably would have looked uglier.

Now with all of your views I'm sure it's good :)
[HTC Desire S] leking19:
Anybody tried it with colours?
[HTC Desire S] simeonoff:
I will be doing the same this week, but I will be using a machine (a dremel tool) for the grinding process. Did you think of oxidation, and how will you handle that?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Could always take for a dip and strip. Won't be doing this for a while I quite like my pristine red colour.lol

sent from the thing I stab with my finger when I get two minutes
[HTC Desire S] DoM!niC:
Awesome Guide!!!!
[HTC Desire S] bayusuputra:
don't sand the red, that's rare! haha! :laugh:
[HTC Desire S] xollen:
awesome work thnx!
[HTC Desire S] dejan16v:
You should use sandblaster with finer sand. like Ø200μm
[LG Nitro HD] rani9990:
To enable softkeys, simply add the following line into your build.prop

qemu.hw.mainkeys=0

And reboot.

VOILA!

Oh, and BTW, is there away to get rid of the hardware key light in cm10? That would add to the soft key effect and save battery.
[LG Nitro HD] cakemanofdoom:
Go to /sys/devices/platform/msm_ssbi.0/pm8xxx-core/pm8xxx-led/leds/button-backlight/

Open brightness and max brightness, and set the number to 0.

Basic method from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1694375

It didn't stick the first time I tried it, but it seems to work now.

Edit: Never mind, reboot made it revert. Sorry.
[LG Nitro HD] rani9990:
Yup, tried it and reverted on reboot.
[LG Nitro HD] david.degraw54:
Remove .txt from the name of this file and then place it in /system/etc/init.d/
[LG Nitro HD] bobdallama:
if only there were a way to do this but still be able to use lg notification app. that would be awesome. i absolutely love having the on screen buttons, it just seems easier, maybe it's just me, but having them serve as notifications is extremely useful...
[LG Nitro HD] david.degraw54:
What lg notification app are you talking about? What ROM are you using?
[LG Nitro HD] mattman86:
Screenshot?
[LG Nitro HD] rani9990:
I would..but I switched to the S3 a while ago. Maybe tomorrow..if I can find it.
[LG Nitro HD] bobdallama:
Using ParanoidAndroid cm10 based. The app is actually in the market, called "LG Touch Notifications". i think it is here
[LG Nitro HD] X0dus:
Answered my own question.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rasmusj78:
Hi,

Is it possible to flash CM9 onto a Tab 2 10.1 3G (5100) with the use of Heimdall Suite 1.3.2 for Mac?

/RasmusJ
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohamedselim:
The same device i have just copy to internal sd card root and flash via cwm 5

I recommend cm10 work beautiful in this tab flash with cwm 6.0.1.0 or 6.0.1.2 not cwm5
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rasmusj78:
Hi,

Or could I use this: Mobile ODIN Pro (cannot post links yet)

and if so.. anyone who know how to proceed?

/RasmusJ
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rasmusj78:
Sorry. I can see that there are known issues like no rotating screen (home screen) and no responce at lock screen. How do you see this?

Sorry, I don't know exactly what you mean by CWM 6.0.1.0 and so on. I have a Mac, can I use it to flash the ROM and Recovery?

/RasmusJ
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohamedselim:
No mobile odin pro is used to flash stock firmwares not custom ones as i know

If you read how to install in www.tramhacksung.org for your device it only mentions cwm not mobile odin or anything else stick with instructions you may brick tab if you do not follow instructions in this site you will find cm9 and cm10 with instructions follow closely i tried all of them
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supercluver:
Okay, so SOMEHOW I downloaded the crespo factory images and flashed the bootloader and then the radio. The system update wouldn't flash and this is when I realized my horrible mistake. So I downloaded the correct factory images. But now, I have no USB access on the thing. Can't fastboot. Can't adb. Phone boots and charges over usb. I can reboot into the bootloader, but my computer doesn't recognize the phone is even attached. I can reboot into recovery (I still have CWM on there) but what can I do from there? Am I TOTALLY ****ed? Please please please help!.....
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supercluver:
I think what I need is a CWM flashable bootloader zip file. Or a complete OTA ROM Update zip file that flashes ROM, radio, and bootloader. Since I have CWM I think either of these will work for me, but I can 't find anything like this for the Nexus S 4G. Can anyone help?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JOEOZUNA4U:
have you checked if your computer recognizes your phone on odin mode? if it does you can prob try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1575502
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supercluver:
Unfortunately it doesn't. My computer doesn't recognize this phone at all anymore, not in fastboot or download mode, or even just booted into Android. If someone could PLEASE show me where a CWM flashable file that will flash the bootloader is, or make me one, I'd pay some good $$$ for it. Please help?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polobunny:
You flashed the bootloader & radio with ODIN?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rasengan82:
Give me a sec I will try to make a flashable CWM with just the bootloader. No need for donations ;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supercluver:
I flashed the CRESPO bootloader and radio via fastboot. Then when I tried to flash the ROM update via fastboot it gave me an error. This is when I noticed I was using the CRESPO files instead of the CRESPO 4G files.... Now, after rebooting, my computer WILL NOT recognize the phone at all via usb, in any way, fastboot, ODIN, nothing. But otherwise the phone seems fine. It charges over USB. It boots and I can get into recovery (and I still have CWM) so if I could download a file over wifi (which I can, already tried) and then flash said file via CWM that would flash the new bootloader, I'd be good to go.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supercluver:
Dude THANK YOU.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polobunny:
I don't think that's possible though, to make a CWM flashable bootloader. :|
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rasengan82:
Here ya go man. Hope this helps.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0yemj2aybmdda4f/crespo4g_bootloader_rasengan82.zip
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supercluver:
I'm pretty sure it is, as a complete OTA zip will flash the radio, bootload, and ROM, at least I think it will....
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rasengan82:
Here. Just in case you missed from previous page.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supercluver:
THANK YOU! Worked perfectly. Flashed, rebooted to bootloader, and computer recognized the device again. You are a life saver! You sure no donations are necessary???
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rasengan82:
Nah it's alright man. Glad it worked!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cteneyck:
NVM RAS is da man!

Can you put the phone into download mode?

1. Unplug USB and pull the battery. then replace the battery.

2. with the volume up and vol down buttons held down. Press and release the power button for about a sec.

If you get the same as the picture below follow the procedure found here
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalico17:
i flashed a CM nightly build.. which is out nof the norm for me kuz i usually stick with #euroskank and i lost all USB capabilities too. everything else works perfectly, charges fine and all..

i flashed the above zip and it gives me temp access via USB but if my phone goes to sleep or if i reboot im back to square 1 and have to re flash... dunno wtf i did but damn this sucks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wickid_d:
Did you ever get this resolved? I did something VERY similar when I first started modding on this phone, and experienced VERY similar issues. I have an AWESOME fix, even though it leaves the download screen looking like the oem unlock screen if you put oem lock back on (otherwise it looks normal, and who the heck would do that is beyond me - I only found it when I originally took it back to COMPLETE stock), but it functions fine, and this will take you back to gb, but it seems like the 'fixall' for this phone, and you can always reroot, reflash cwm via fastboot, etc, after using it.

Let me know.

Peace..

~WickiD~
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evol4g:
DONT POST IN THE DEVELOPMENT THREAD UNLESS YOU'RE RELEASING A ROM KERNEL OR RECOVERYY!!!

this needs to be moved to Q&A or General...

BIGGEST PET PEEVE!!!!!!!!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] casrocks:
I just got my sgs3 from Tmo and want to make the most of the hardware! Now I have a friend who wants to get an iPhone, and me being the good fandroid that I am want to after him to the light side! What is the smoothest/fastest ROM out there to impress?

Also I am curious to see what you guys are running?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Laggedoutal:
whildchild rom

Whildchild rom its really good fast stable
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dkmdlb:
Show him pop up video play and then hand him his jaw from off the floor.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Cobra281:
bone stock, the sgs 3 blows the 4s away in everything. the "advantage"(for less tech-savvy folk, like your typical iphone user) for iphones, is that they're easy to use. they have an easier, simpler interface- which is better for people who are not into running customized ROMs or anything.

if your friend doesn't care about modding or playing games, he would not be utilizing the better hardware and software on the SGS 3. he'd be drawn into the excellent marketing of apple, and stay content with the iphone, no matter how much they charge for minor updates.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Android_Monsters:
Cyanogen mod 10
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mykenyc:
That seriously made me lol.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RushAOZ:
You can't impress an Isheep. Their heads are so far up their own asses I doubt they can tell you the difference between the i4 and i4s. I'm just going to pretend these people don't exist. I get too worked up over this debate. Especially with the BS court rulings that just happened against samsung.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Cobra281:
exactly. your average iphone user has no idea what they're missing out on, they just know apples marketing. you'd be wasting time, unless they actually utilize the plethora of features and hardware superiority of android.

i converted 4 of my friends from the iphone(3gs) to android(amaze 4g, sensation, sgs 3, etc) so far, and that was only because they realized how superior even my old htc g2 was.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aznmode:
Freegs3 R6 rom and Wildchlds Xquizit rom
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
if you want a stock based ics rom go with wildchilds xquizit v37..

if u want a jb based rom.. i am running cm 10 nightly 8 28 2012 and seems stable for now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kdskamal:
Stock ROM.

Just root it and remove all the bloat with Titanium backup. Features to show off:

1) Its big super AMOLED screen. Tell him it has higher resolution too.

2) Floating video thingy.

3) Put stress on how thin your phone is.

Sent from Samsung Galaxy S3 T999
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Cobra281:
let's not forget it's dual core 1.5ghz, i wonder what it can be oc'ed to when they do it. can iphones be overclocked? not even sure

oh, and 2gb of ram, vs. the 512mb of ram in the 4s. though, you don't need much RAM when you don't have true multi-tasking :laugh:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Joe-Tech:
I'm using Wrecked V2 its really stable and fast.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jellydroid13:
I think you mean wicked.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bryanbingham9:
The most effective demonstration I have ever done for why I prefer android to iphone was probably also the simplest. I was in a location with no cell phone service, but that did have WiFi. Simple demonstration, my phone rang theirs didn't. My phone was able to make phone calls, theirs couldn't. That forced 5 iphone users to use my galaxy S3 to make phone calls, and they all decided to play with the phone after their calls were through. That led to many questions of "what else can android do that iphone can't" and statements of "I just assumed iphone was better, but I have never really looked at android phones". They are all looking now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
max i had mine oc to was 1.8... i thinkkkk i saw someone at 2.1

and i do not think you can oc i phones..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] EvilBoz:
Is there any way to force reset the battery usage stats? I'd like to run some battery drain tests on my device and don't want to have to charge it back up between every test. I'm running a rooted stock UVLH2 rom.
[Epic 4G General] Grompy:
Well after probably 3 years of getting a 23% discount from my previous employer sprint is now asking for employment verification. So the one thing that was keeping on sprint will now be lost on Sept 26th. Looks like it's time to make the switch to Verizon. Anyone else get the message asking for verification or is it just something they do after x amount of time?
[Epic 4G General] orlzzt:
Not yet. Been on employment discount for about 1.5 years...
[Epic 4G General] vwags:
I have been getting it for about 3 years and no questions yet
[Epic 4G General] jasonsf:
I got a message on the website that I assume is about that but it was very cryptic.

I assume it is talking about the employee discount. Where did you see a date mentioned?
[Epic 4G General] Grompy:
I got a text message telling me to go to www.sprint.com/verify. On that site lists the date.
[Epic 4G General] amateurhack:
This is something that they do randomly. They have always done it in one fashion or other. I had to do it a couple years ago, and they just called me.
[Epic 4G General] Milkman00:
I got the text yesterday, and gave them my e-mail, but I still have yet to receive that e-mail on my work address.
[Epic 4G General] pvtjoker42:
Yeah, for the first 10yrs i had sprint, I was on a retail employee plan ($15 a month) even though i hadn't always worked in retail. they called me twice in that 10yrs asking about if i was still working for xxxx and that there were "better" plan options now etc. With t-mobile going back to truly unlimited data, i may be switching....
[Epic 4G General] rando991:
I got it too yesterday and have had the discount 2 years (didn't know about it earlier as I had a military discount until then).
[Epic 4G General] signal34:
On another forum, a Sprint CSR is advising you only need to re-verify when you *upgrade your phone.*

Sprint inadvertently sent out the text to everyone. I just got another text today:

"We unintentionally sent you an SMS message yesterday regarding your Sprint discount. Please disregard. No action is needed."
[Epic 4G General] adamdelozier:
Got another text today indicating yesterday's text was an error and no further action was needed.
[Epic 4G General] stinger4321:
I received the same message .....
[Epic 4G General] Grompy:
I didn't get the second text. I'm glad to hear that though. I was worried I'd actually have to verify it! :(
[Epic 4G General] h4kudoshi:
I got one as well. A message when I login to Sprint and then I got a text a few days ago. However I am legit so I can verify my discount :laugh:
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
So like... you're complaining and want to switch carriers because for three years you've been getting a discount for a company you haven't even still been employed with, and Sprint wants verification rather than just letting you continue to get a discount that hasn't applied in years for you?

Go to Verizon. You deserve to pay more.

Sent from my Stock AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus.
[Epic 4G General] Grompy:
That's the thing if I wasn't getting this discount by the time I applied my current employers discount for Verizon I'd be paying less just not unlimited data, which is fine for me because I'm on wifi 70% of the time anyway.
[Epic 4G General] styles420:
Regardless, you are essentially stealing from Sprint... and whether they know that or not, their profits are hurt by it. I can guarantee that you're not the only one, so while your impact alone may not be much, every thief adds up. Losses like that are always passed on to the customer, so you are slowly but surely hurting the rest of us. Thanks, buddy
[Epic 4G General] Grompy:
Xda has a button for that.
[Epic 4G General] amateurhack:
There are discounts that everyone can get legitimately. No stealing required. I have had a 25% discount, and it's available to anyone willing to go through a few hoops.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Perhaps you would like to describe these hoops and discounts.
[LG Optimus Black] henjue:
jellybean code has been compiled.Boot time Huaping flash and then automatically into recovery, I am aware should is the init.rc or init.p970.rc of the problem.Who can provide help.Thank you very much.My mailbox henjue@gmail.com.
[LG Optimus Black] Nikitozin:
I think that this topic doesn't belong in here, but no one gives a sh*t in another category ...
[LG Optimus Black] gabwerkz:
Contact BPaul. He's compiling JB. AFAIK, it booted already. But needs to update ramdisk.
[LG Optimus Black] BPaul:
I fix ramdisk soon.

But we no have new OpenGL drivers and new gralloc

I just busy with ICS camera.

Small offtop

gabwerkz

I almost fixed camera for ICS.

But when shot on back camera. App force close.

Video recording no work

Screens..

EXIF Data

Back camera - Need fix converter.cpp and converter.h.

Front camera - Need fix converter.cpp and converter.h too.

And a lot other changes :) in good side. + correct camera ID's
[LG Optimus Black] gabwerkz:
Goodness gracious balls of fire! :D Thumps up! :good:

I believe it's a kernel panic. If you're using CM's ramdisk, there's a code where it will enter recovery in case of a kernel panic as a failsafe. Otherwise it won't boot, or just bootloop if it was the system. CMIW.

PS. If you want this topic remain on Development, modify your title with something like [BRAINSTORMING][DEVS] init build P970 JB
[LG Optimus Black] henjue:
Thank you, I have to contact him tomorrow,
[LG Optimus Black] henjue:
Hello, I'm a beginner, like tossing the android rom.First add a friend, go to sleep until 3:00 last night, too tired to sleep first, and ask you tomorrow.
[LG Optimus Black] Okizhaa:
Bpaul Mod&co ?

Envoyé depuis mon P-970 avec Tapatalk
[LG Optimus Black] henjue:
I do not what you mean.
[LG Optimus Black] reinbeau:
Thread moved

This discussion belongs in General.