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[One (M8) General] xxquicksh0txx:
While I was cleaning the back of my phone I noticed one of the letters moving, so I went ahead and took all 3 out.

I used rubbing alcohol to get the rest of the glue out, and it's pretty clean now.

I actually prefer the feel of the back without the letters. It was weird at first, but I think it feels better.

I'd post a pic, but I don't have another camera.
[One (M8) General] HRodMusic:
aww im scared to remove the letters lol, lets hope someone posts a pic!
[One (M8) General] farru503:
RIP "C" lol ...sorry bout that bruh
[One (M8) General] cpufrost:
You know this gives me an idea...

With the filler removed from those placeholders there's enough countersink to fill with epoxy and then sand smooth.

Clear five minute epoxy resin could be used and you can make them any color you want by mixing in a bit of acrylic paint found in a craft store.

Get creative! :cowboy:

Just be sure that it's clean so the epoxy sticks well. Or it could fall out again...

I'm willing to bet that properly mixed epoxy will stay put though.
[One (M8) General] HRodMusic:
sad times right now, good thing is that its going back to att once the new phone is released =)
[One (M8) General] munchy_cool:
similar to the Nexus 5 ...all the Nexus letters on my white and red housing have been RIP'ed :(
[One (M8) General] Tewessarino:
wow, i didnt even know that they could rip off like that ?? I say you clean it up and throw some black silicone RTV in there and no one will be able to tell the difference haha
[One (M8) General] exSD:
I'll post a pic tonight
[One (M8) General] charkswitlazers:
I'm willing to give it a shot at removing the letters - i think if my case wasn't on my phone they might have fallen off already. It gets pretty hot in my pocket after streaming for a while
[One (M8) General] OsirisPrime:
I lol'ed

Sorry, but I lol'ed reading this thread. :)

Sorry for you guys who lost some letters. :)

Actually I think it really has something getting the three letters and the glue out.

Maybe I will try this on purpose.

Therefor... :good:
[One (M8) General] h.d.z:
Lol

sent from my hand using my finger
[One (M8) General] HRodMusic:
awesome thank you!
[One (M8) General] ownage96:
Damn when I switched from the Nexus 5 to the M8 I was hoping that I wouldn't have that issue since the M8 has better build quality. At least the Nexus 5 is all black so it's not that obvious but for the M8 it is very noticeable.
[One (M8) General] exSD:
Annnnd I forgot. I'll have to wait until tonight again
[One (M8) General] HRodMusic:
lol ok -)
[One (M8) General] MillyMoo106:
I had the same problem, seems to be the C that falls off first by the sounds of it.

I'm not liking the feel of it
[One (M8) General] HRodMusic:
did you find a way to fix it?
[One (M8) General] ccw1134:
My C fell off as well a couple of months ago and then the H and the T followed suit. It pissed me off for a while but I eventually got over it. I've rubbed away all of the left behind sticky material that was in there. Now it at least doesn't feel "dirty". When looking at the back of it you can't tell that there's anything wrong and I've gotten use to the feeling of the etching on the back. HTC should at least be acknowledging this fact even though I wouldn't have them swap out my phone even if they offered to do it for free.
[One (M8) General] HtcOneJon:
Well to be fair, that's like what? 5 people with the problem? Wouldn't really be a good idea for HTC to tell everyone they have a build quality problem when they don't.
[One (M8) General] Flipz77:
That's ridiculous for a 600 bucks, three months old phone. All of a sudden the build quality of my nexus 4 doesn't look that bad anymore...
[One (M8) General] eduardmc:
letter H came off on my found. i simply grabbed a needle and remove the other letter. Still look sexy and very natural look.
[One (M8) General] GTCC:
How do you know it happened to just 5 phones, I personally know more than 5 people that it has happened to. I removed mine as soon as I got the phone because of the problem and stuck them back in with glue.

I think the least that HTC could do is sell the letters as a repair kit.
[One (M8) General] mrflip69:
New HTC feature: "embossed/engraved logo".

Somebody with this feature who doesn't have a second camera, please photograph a mirror?
[One (M8) General] cardozclive:
What do u mean by embossed? Every other htc one m8 comes with embossed/engraved logo.
[One (M8) General] :
The HT One M8 is still a great device though! ?
[One (M8) General] comstar:
My H fell off also. I'm just going to remove the others. Pretty bad quality. I thought science had sticker attachment down.
[One (M8) General] voilater:
The letter C on the back of my HTC One M8 almost fell out today. It just hung on there due to some sticky rubber at the back of the letter.

My concern here is that it might just fall off anytime now and I will loose the letter all together and with that the chance of sticking it back with super glue. But what I doubt is incase I take out the letter and fix it back with super glue, will the super glue hold on at high temperatures of the phone (while charging, heavy usage, etc).

Would love to know if anybody has already tried and tested it here.

Taking it back for replacement seems like PITA as the ASS here in India sucks hairy donkey balls for HTC.

Cheers

PS : Long time follower of the forum, just thought of making an account and sharing my concerns.
[One (M8) General] jdh10475:
So has anyone contacted HTC to see if they will warranty.. Or anything?
[One (M8) General] :
If this ever happens to me.... I think I'd scrape all the glue out and paint the letters black. Rather than try to stick the letters back on.
[One (M8) General] HRodMusic:
im considering doing that in the morning, ill keep everyone posted.
[One (M8) General] flayzeraynx:
my C is just fell off 5 min ago, i saw that thread but i thought it is not a general issue

i was wrong
[One (M8) General] HRodMusic:
did you lose it?
[One (M8) General] flayzeraynx:
nope, but decided to scrap the other ones as well with a needle.. in my opinion it looks/feels better.. its like laser etching now
[One (M8) General] Sloth305:
How in the world does that happen. Lucky for me mine hasn't fell off yet.
[One (M8) General] Seraz007:
Does the glue-y part stick out or have you managed to clean it out?
[One (M8) General] voilater:
Yes, I did that. Contacted their customer support online and all they could do is ask me to visit the nearest service center. (Few things I miss about Apple, would have issued a replacement right away)

After paying a visit to the service center, the head of the service center was amazed to see such a issue with this device ( Never faced such a problem with any customer earlier).

They asked me to leave the device at their service center so they can send it back to the company and get the whole back of the phone replaced. I dont really trust HTC with their repair capabilities so decided to stick the C inside its groove for now. For now it seems fine, just need to push it in every once in a while.
[One (M8) General] flayzeraynx:
some portions were removed with the letters but i cleaned rest of all with a needle
[One (M8) General] davidquesada:
mine fell too and I didn't notice so I don't have the letter... I'm so disapointed on the quality of this phone, my screen look like is about to fall off, the bottom part is almost out of the case :S
[One (M8) General] pintabit:
A good two-part epoxy adhesive should hold the letters in place... no problems with my phone but if they came loose that's exactly what I'd do.
[One (M8) General] HRodMusic:
could you possibly post a pic bro, i might just do that!

Thanks!
[One (M8) General] JoshuaFCB:
lol what the big deal. if i could get rid of all the branding on my one i would. know you just need the ht to fall off ;)
[One (M8) General] otariq:
All 3 of mine fell off. Not worth the time to send it in imo. I might just plastidip it black
[One (M8) General] HRodMusic:
The big deal is that i paid for a premium phone... this is the Lamborghini of the phones, could you imagine you buy your car and the lambo logo falls off few months afrer... what a disappointment right :cowboy:
[One (M8) General] Acksaw:
3plust Mandrels

Those with the letters that fell out, did you have a case on?
[One (M8) General] HRodMusic:
no case, my dad has his with a case and letters are intact.

im guessing since we are in summer, the phone gets hot in the pocket and well the glue on the letter melts.
[One (M8) General] otariq:
It's definitely the heat that's causing the problem and melting the crap adhesive they used. Each time a letter fell off my phone was hot mainly from using it outside in the sun
[One (M8) General] flayzeraynx:
i'll try my best
[One (M8) General] :
Bingo! Lol

And it will probably happen on the replacement.

I'd say use some sort of paint to fix it. Reapply if ever necessary. ?
[One (M8) General] Chris_c81:
Honestly I think HTC need to look at the batch of glue they used throughout the handset. It doesn't seem to cope well in heat. The right side of my phone creaks when pressed. I feel for sure this is to do with some glue coming free under the heat during summer.
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
This is sound advice. Find a Warhammer nerd and ask nicely to get it painted. :)
[One (M8) General] FlawlesStyle:
I took mine off as soon as I figured they were just glued in. I like the feeling of the etched in letters a lot better anyways!
[One (M8) General] DeathmonkeyGTX:
A good two part epoxy will hold those little things on a lot better than the stock glue, as suggested earlier in the thread.
[One (M8) General] Chris_c81:
The variances in build quality with HTC devices seems astounding. My letters seem solid. Like nothing would budge them. I mean, I even had a wet install XtremeGuard film over the back that sticks like gaffer tape. I ripped that off to replace with another and the letters stayed firmly in place.
[One (M8) General] B.K.Q:
I also have the same issue
[One (M8) General] MillyMoo106:
Nah, I lost it. Appearance-wise is pretty similar for me but it looks a bit rough where it was and collects random bits.

Does anyone have any pictures of it cleaned out? My H and T don't look very clean anyway so I am considering getting rid of them all and cleaning it if it looks good.
[One (M8) General] gsmumbo:
The 'C' fell off of mine this past weekend. *sigh*
[One (M8) General] HRodMusic:
would also love to see some pics of a cleaned out one!
[One (M8) General] HRodMusic:
dam bro that T looks flaky, i think i might just take all of them out. YOLO right.
[One (M8) General] edbod:
I was reading this thread, all the while thinking what if HTC's name had been HTD since the beginning and the phones had the same issue. People would go to this forum and be like "my D fell off and I tried to put it back with some glue but I'm afraid it'll fall off again" and "mine fell off too but I like the look of it better now"
[One (M8) General] dvsk69:
This issue is not something new. Faced exactly this even with my HTC Desire. I tried sticking it with a glue but it never stayed. Had to finally remove all 3 letters and clean it up.

Sad to see that HTC hasn't fixed this till date.
[One (M8) General] Stephen:
Thread cleaned can we keep on topic please?

Ghost
[One (M8) General] B.K.Q:
Does it look ugly after you remove them all ..!
[One (M8) General] HRodMusic:
Thanks!
[One (M8) General] Doughnut:
Hi,

Was the pic is the first pic taken using your HTC One M8?
[One (M8) General] HRodMusic:
it was taken using my LG G2
[One (M8) General] dvsk69:
It definitely does not look as good as before. But I guess you'll get used to it.
[One (M8) General] xLoveHateLegend:
Should've bought an otterbox.
[One (M8) General] DVinti:
Mine fell off too so I just removed them and put in some melted crayon as a test, will redo with the proper paint soon.
[One (M8) General] The Fer-Shiz-Nizzle:
That looks pretty nice actually!
[One (M8) General] :
Hey!!! I've said paint twice... Way back! Lol
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
That red lettering actually does look pretty good. Nice idea

Sent from my One M8
[One (M8) General] DVinti:
Seems to be a tiny set of etched numbers inside the C, maybe that's why the adhesive doesn't grab well and eventually falls out.
[One (M8) General] gdelrosario:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008U...200_QL40&qid=1409505435&sr=8-2#ref=mp_s_a_1_2

Would be perfect for this
[One (M8) General] RiceDie:
Lost the C so took em all off, I like the extra depth feel & the look
[One (M8) General] YoungAceAtlanta:
After my H came off. I decided to remove them all
[One (M8) General] farru503:
My C just died ...oh well
[One (M8) General] Jamal Ahmed:
My "T" fell off :p brother saw an M8 for first time and said "wow, what a nice style", thinking the off "T" was a part of design :D xD
[One (M8) General] mushages:
i think my all letters fell off or they got washed out i dont remember seeing any letter off! i had slickwraps sticker and when i removed it i made sure i dont pull any letter with it but once it was fully removed all letters look like they fell a while ago.
[One (M8) General] Yohan1220:
Just noticed my "C" missing. Considering taking them all out not sure if I like the feel of it yet.
[One (M8) General] U Flippin Idiot:
I took your advise. Sugru worked perfect. I put red in mine. Very happy with it. Think it looms better than black letters
[One (M8) General] Xerro-Five:
Yeah the T on mine is starting to lift a bit, but the H and C seem solid so far. When it gets worse I'll likely take them all out before I lose one, put them aside, and go with the engraved look for a while haha. Then When I get bored I'll put them back in with some real glue instead of this crap that melts after heating up. Though I've only seen one pic in this thread with them all out and the glue was still there on that one, so it will be nice to see some more to get a sense for how it looks. As for the OP, unless you have some leads on where to get a replacement, why not just take the other 2 out and go from there? Not much to lose since at least it would be consistent then ;) Good luck which ever way you choose!
[One (M8) General] westonnate:
I took mine out here's a pic

My C began coming off a week ago and I have just been absentmindedly pushing i back into the slot for a while whenever I can, but I decided to use a pin and take them out to see if it would look better. I rubbed off all the gross glue stuff. The color of the letters is a lighter silver than the gunmetal grey of the rest of the phone, which I think actually looks pretty cool. It's true if you scrutinize the C very closely there are two numbers lightly engraved in the top. Mine are '1' and '2', and the bottom there looks to be 6 numbers, can't read them very well though. If you didn't know they were numbers though you wouldn't notice them. I didn't until someone in the thread pointed them out. If anyone comes up with cool things to do with these empty engravings, share it because I'm always down for making my badass phone more badass.
[One (M8) General] zhiarw:
just lost C

congratulations for mei hope i find it .
[One (M8) General] Xerro-Five:
Thanks for posting the pic, that looks quite nice I think! Makes it more obvious that it's metal somehow... Definitely thinking more about preemptively removing mine

Edit:

Done! I took them all off and it's not too bad. In person it doesn't look as refined as I had thought compared to with them in, and I'm not sure if I like the feeling without them so far. When/if I put them back I'll be using some more permanent glue. Here's the pictures anyway to make of it what you will :)
[One (M8) General] empol87:
Same problem here, i've lost the C (can't find anymore :( ) and T ( i still got it).

It sucks for a 600/700 Euros phone, according to you is possible to claim the warranty for this problem ?﻿
[One (M8) General] farru503:
I've been reading through posts and its funny how the letter C is the first one in falling off ...

none of my business tho ?☕
[One (M8) General] estpoc:
Mine came c, later t and at last h. From my experience the index finger stays on the c letter while I hold the phone single handedly.
[One (M8) General] farru503:
And in conclusion... Seems like sweat+ heat from our hands makes the glue under the letter wet and impossible to stay put and that's the reason why letter fall

none of my business tho ?☕
[One (M8) General] fourhundredandtwenty:
Yea guys. I would have just kept my baby ? protected with an otterbox. I know she's a beauty but I'm terrified of drops and knicks. My screen protected saved my screen from my keys... I knows it a shame to keep her covered but I feel so much better playing it safe!
[One (M8) General] BeatsByMessi:
The 'h' fell off mine. I'm quite surprised that one came off first though as the 't' had been just about holding on for a while now. I'm going to remove the rest and go with the engraved look
[One (M8) General] BeatsByMessi:
Just a little update to my previous post after I've removed the letters.

Actually don't mind it. Obviously looks better with the letters but it also looks alright without them

Took a picture of the phone without the letters (see below). Depending on which angle you look at the engraved letters they sometimes look black and sometimes grey.
[One (M8) General] 2shellbonus:
Ive lost the letter c as well. Contacted HTC and had my whole case replaced under warranty. Took them 2 days.
[One (M8) General] otariq:
Wow I told them the same thing while getting the screen fixed and they didn't do ****, same with the camera lens
[One (M8) General] 2shellbonus:
I have a feeling it depends on region and each case tbh..

Apart from the missing C I didn't have any other major damage to the case. Sure the lens was scratched a bit and the metal elsewhere did show signs of normal use.

To be fair they said that they don't know for sure if it s warranty case or not and they will let me know later.

Turns out 2 days later I got a call that said the phones ready, while I was waiting for its not a warranty case type of call. In any case its a shame this happened as it's not the first htc phone that starts shedding its logo letters...

But now I am happy. Although when they change cases they keep the sim and sd trays. And those are now a slightly different color.
[One (M8) General] gmjh:
My letter c fell off and I made the big mistake of trying to superglue it on. Basically you make one tiny error and you've got a mess of rock hard glue that won't come off. Any Tips on how to get superglue off?
[One (M8) General] ayyu3m:
Evidently water is great enemy between glue and shiny, smooth surfaces specially in the case of metals.

Don't make the additional mistake of trying to rub it off with sharp blunt objects, will make it even worse.

Just see this, and i think you will eventually get the idea.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5580440_remove-super-glue-metal.html

Just keep in mind not to rub down too deep or in excess.

But try to chip away the excess using a tooth pick. (Don't use a metal edged pick, it can drill...oh yeah)

AND YOU NEED A LOT OF PATIENCE!!! Good luck.

Also there are tons of articles on Google on how to remove super glue from metals
[One (M8) General] gmjh:
Hi there. Thanks for that. Getting superglue off the metal is quite easy. I can just use my thumbnail for that. It's getting the superglue out of the recess where the letters were that's a nightmare. I'll try using nail polish remover for that. Thanks again.
[One (M8) General] rquinn19:
Lost my C the other day. Used apaperclip to remove the rest of the letters and it doesn't look so bad
[One (M8) General] badboy47:
Where is c

Where is c

Where's this beautiful c

Who is c

Who is c

Who's gonna complete my c

La la la laa

*drops the Mic*
[One (M8) General] matmaneyre:
I just received my vivid blue back casing yesterday that came with speaker grills, sim tray and SD card tray. Took me about half hour to fit. My m8 looks like new again. My gunmetal grey had been dropped a few times and was looking a tad worse for wear. The only place I could find the whole kit together was on AliExpress which I was dubious about and it was a Chinese seller so it took about a month to come but I was prepared for that and it all arrived yesterday and I couldn't wait to get into it.

They say it's an OEM part but I suppose you never know. I doubt it to be honest, the way China can produce almost anything. I'm impressed with the quality of it though. Can't fault it at all. It's as good as the original

Cost about £36 all in which was converted from around $60

Also comes with the logo on the back :)
[One (M8) General] borda01:
Where to buy HTC Logo letters ?
[One (M8) General] leandronb:
i removed my xtremeguard back protector today and noticed that the C letter came together with the protector, almost died when i saw. i immediately put it back again put some pressured and cleaned the back with water. i'm pretty sure it will eventually fall off and i will lose it. i hope i can seen when it falls so i can glue it back on.
[One (M8) General] gamer765:
It looks and feels great with the letters removed on my M8
[One (M8) General] Ivanovic:
I lost all the letters too! I decided to replace the housing with a new one though.
[One (M8) General] boe323:
my phone still looks like out of the box, I guess theres always gonna be some defaults along the factory line, my first phone however got scratched, sent it for repair and came back worse than ever.
[One (M8) General] kartik.kayz:
Tip to buy logo letters- Go to ebay.com find a seller who has "dead" htc butterfly, one x or any other phone ask the seller to sell you the letters only, it may save you from buying the whole back case.
[One (M8) General] lofty5:
soldering iron.

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Pics?
[One (M8) General] 350Rocket:
H t and c fell off mine but its not really noticeable. Still looks fine to me.
[One (M8) General] clusterchuck:
Anybody ever tried using Plastidip to fill in the letters? Seems like it would be a tedious project though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Christopherx999:
Hello I have a galaxy s3 and I tried rooting my phone all root has failed after the kit kat update but untill I tried towel root which ended up working but right when I did it my phone is rooted but I keep getting the camera failed error so if somrone could help fix my camera it will be much appreciated

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
simplest fix without using the root that you gained would be just disable the stock samsung camera then download one from the play store....but if you wanna use the root you just gained i would say download

this

then extract the samsung camera from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2741413 then with the root browser just delete the samsung app that you have installed and put the one you extracted in its place then fix the permissions then reboot and it should work now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Christopherx999:
How do I extract the samsung camera thats the one thing I dont know how to do cause I dont wana have to wipe any data I dont wanna screw things up worse all ive done is root do custom recoveries and custom roms and thats it never knew how to extract cause where would the camera be and how would I reinstall it without losing data
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
i extracted it for you just use root browser to install it as a system app follow

this video

(same basic thing just use root browser that i provided and this apk) just instead of hitting install after you move the apk and fix the permissions

reboot the phone

and it will go in the system/app folder
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Christopherx999:
I tried doing it and the camera just disapeared I tried installing it and said error parsing package
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
well if that didn't work im sorry you'll have too Odin back to Stock ND8 or NDC depending which one you have or flash Wicked X rom or the Philz flashable rom that i provided earlier
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Christopherx999:
Ok I did all the permissions right and it still says camera failed still and wont I have to wipe my phone data if I do that and btw is there any other fixes possibly