[Galaxy Note 3 General] chieco:
Seems like I'm not the only one who gets ideas like this! Since back in my iPhone 4 days I was obsessed with the idea of having a black frame which I think just looks super sexy and I succeeded! They sold those black metal frames and even if it meant to tear apart the whole phone, I went through with it and the end result didn't disappoint.

Anyway now with the Note 3 there are no black frames that anyone sells mainly because the Super AMOLED and the frame are one unit and can't be separated. And I honestly hated how it looked "stock" with the silver frame especially after seeing Samsung heading the right direction in my mind on the Note 4 with the painted black frame. So I went to my local hardware store i bought this adhesive film from brand called d-c-fix (nothing special) in matt black. Installing it fairly easy!

Advice I can give u is:

Don't just install a stripe around the phone u will fail!

Install a large piece completely on the front and make sure ur 3M Di-Noc material exceeds the front on every side by minimum 10cm or so basically enough to hold on to it.

Take a blow drier and start anywhere u want to heat the tape/adhesive/material (don't know how to call it right in English sorry) this will make it soft and stretchable and the installation process easier/possible. From there on just apply it on the actual frame. Before doing this take ur back cover off because it will be in the way otherwise. Just press the material on so it stays in place. Excess material on the back u just cut off with a x acto knife. Same on the front! u just press the material firmly on and cut it off and u can peel it like a screen protector.

cutting out the usb port, speaker, headphone jack are super easy with a x acto knife. the headphone jack has a ring around it is still visible.

for mics u google pictures and just feel with ur finger where it is! depending on the thickness of the material everything shines through! not like really shining trough but I hope u get what I mean. With a needle u can make holes which again is easy.

The real challenge for me was cutting the front corners between the frame "border" and display. Left, Right, Top and Bottom is again super easy but the corners are a bit hard depending on how sharp ur x acto knife is and how thick the material is. It's hard to cut it clean without fringes.

And the adhesive should be really strong otherwise because the friction that's caused by putting in and out of ur pocket it will come off! But mine basic ass material holds just fine. And I mean u got the good 3M stuff which they install on cars!

I hope I covered everything if u have questions u can ask me and i will try to help out as much as I can.

Here are some Pics of my Note 3 I'm currently rocking my Orange back cover and the contrast just looks sick! If put on my black back cover my Noe 3 looks like a stealth Note 3. The front doesn't look dirty in the gaps like it does on the picture its probably because it's already dark and I shot these with flash on and I used my tablet because I don't have no other camera. If anyone is interested I would take better pictures in daylight.

Anyway hope this helps u out.... peace out......