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[Essential Phone Accessories] bendieckman:
As there are only limited cases available for the Essential Phone, we could investigate if it is feasible to have our own cases made.

For example the firm: Shenzhen Mertouch Technology Co., Limited makes mobile phone cases with D3O., which has very good impact protection properties and can be found in military grade phone cases and/or bullet proof vests.

They can make a mold for the Essential Phone U$ 1385 after which each cover will cost only U$ 0.10 each.

If we can find 100 Essential Phone owners to participate in this, each cover would cost only U$ 13,95 each.

The more Essential phone owners participate the cheaper the cover gets.

With 150 participants the cover is only U$ 9.33 each.

[IMG="Shockproof D3O Military Material Soft TPU Clear Phone Case"]http://www.mertouch.com/productshowimg/60698008981-805061453/2017_Amazon_Hot_Selling_Shockproof_D3O_Military_Material_Soft_TPU_Clear_Cover_for_iPhone_X_Phone_Case.html?spm=a2700.8304367.prge37c812.2.3722795c8pGljA[/IMG]

Just an idea and could be an option?
[Essential Phone Accessories] bill3508:
Surely we will get some cases eventually, but Id be in regardless.
[Essential Phone Accessories] xela19115:
It is certainly an option. But I doubt that they would be interested in making only 100-150 cases. It might not be worth their while from a business perspective. And even if 100-150 people here did pitch in $10 or so, what is the lead time for getting these cases made and shipped to the US and Canada? If it's like 5-6 weeks, then but that time there will be other vendors selling cases for PH-1.
[Essential Phone Accessories] NeptunusRex:
I'm in! Just send me an email. If they are only a dime per unit after the initial mold is created, sounds like a great business opportunity as well!!!
[Essential Phone Accessories] maximus4:
I'm in too, I'll take 2 even
[Essential Phone Accessories] RoccoN4:
Yes please
[Essential Phone Accessories] theandroidbot:
Yah I would be in too. What do we need to do to get the ball rolling?
[Essential Phone Accessories] CRasH180:
Agreed. I would be in for one maybe two cases.
[Essential Phone Accessories] manderson8898:
Looks like a good case. I am in if the cost stays within reason. ($20)
[Essential Phone Accessories] bendieckman:
Haha, yes. But my mean concern is the phone.

It is so sleak and slippery it keeps dropping from almost any non stick service.

For me a sturdy case is essential before taking it outside, just don't want to damage the phone.

Doubt very much if we're going to make the 100 interested members.

It is more like a power-buy kind of opportunity, rather than business.
[Essential Phone Accessories] rootdude:
I'm in for one so long as it's not huge.
[Essential Phone Accessories] xela19115:
Can you create some kind of crowdfunding page, like gofundme?
[Essential Phone Accessories] gqukyo:
Not to hijack this thread or anything but this is exactly why I said that nasty Viva Madrid tpu case was not worth $20+. If OP claim is true and each additional case is only .10 cents after the initial mold, you can see why I refuse to pay that company's asking price... lol
[Essential Phone Accessories] xela19115:
Not to be offensive but it's a silly comment and to play a bit of the devil's advocate here but the Viva Madrid PH-1 case is so far the only case available right now. Not one that is coming in 2 months if ever. Now!

I paid $22 for really a so-so case precisely because I wanted to have a bare minimum protection for my $700 phone. Viva Madrid is taking a full advantage of the situation and charging a premium. Though if you look at the prices of their other cases, they cost about the same.

Brand name accessories vendors like Spiegen, Otterbox, Casemate, etc. usually charge quite a high premium for their accessories, even though you probably can buy a cheap Chinese knock-off off eBay, AliExpress or Amazon for $1.00 including S/H.
[Essential Phone Accessories] gqukyo:
Yeah that's exactly what some other person said and I knew someone's gonna bite and say the same thing. It all depends on the person obviously. Element, Tech21 and the like selling their TPU cases at $20+, yeah ripoff. The others selling it for a few dollars up to $10? Sure why not. Some of us can and are willing to risk it while others are not. Nothing wrong w/ that. Same as my opinion/reasoning seems silly to you, the same applies to yours from my perspective. And I've tried multiple knockoffs and they are not at the same or remotely the same quality as the others offered by Spigen and the others so no, you cannot compare those. In any case, let's move along and not disturb the thread any more than we did already. Sorry about that all. :)
[Essential Phone Accessories] Pat_RedHawk:
Yes

Im absolutely down for this. Need some good protection for my PH-1
[Essential Phone Accessories] Cellendril:
I'm in - looks like the folks that make the Tech21 cases.
[Essential Phone Accessories] foremi:
I'm in
[Essential Phone Accessories] dee dub:
I'm in
[Essential Phone Accessories] pvlietst:
I'm out.....

It's to late...

Glass broke...

Drop from 30 cm....

:crying:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZo6FOiFRrM/
[Essential Phone Accessories] bill3508:
Nasty hit on that corner.
[Essential Phone Accessories] Playlandwizard:
I'd be game.
[Essential Phone Accessories] tech_head:
Ouch!
[Essential Phone Accessories] xela19115:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0762J5SRW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A1RTEWDLSWDFRY&psc=1
[Essential Phone Accessories] CRasH180:
Thank you very much for sharing! I would still like the military grade case.
[Essential Phone Accessories] allsports:
I'd be in for a case.
[Essential Phone Accessories] itzjustrick:
If the price is right (20 dollars with shipping to nl) count me in.
[Essential Phone Accessories] benlee337:
What kind of case are we talking. Like a flip case? If so I'm in
[Essential Phone Accessories] xela19115:
There's a new Incipio dual pro case.

https://www.incipio.com/cases/smartphone-cases/essential-cases-covers/dualpro-essential-case.html
[Essential Phone Accessories] xela19115:
Heavy Duty Military Grade Protection for the Essential PH-1: https://smile.amazon.com/Essential-...81&sr=1-18&keywords=essential+phone+case&th=1
[Essential Phone Accessories] allsports:
Did you pick it up yet?
[Essential Phone Accessories] xela19115:
No. It'll be available on January 1, 2018.
[Essential Phone Accessories] Bigdny:
Count me in as well.
[Essential Phone Accessories] CRasH180:
Agreed. Will purchase one as well
[Essential Phone Accessories] mixxy:
Im in. Will definitely invest.
[Essential Phone Accessories] derausgewanderte:
now, that's military protection....
[Essential Phone Accessories] Bigdny:
.....Heavy Duty Military Grade Protection for the Essential PH-1:

Just canceled my screen protector order for this case. Hopefully Amazon ships this pretty soon. My Essential has been in the box since Black Friday until I get a strong case. I am horrible with phones!
[Essential Phone Accessories] ams1576:
Count me in, will take 2 probably
[Essential Phone Accessories] freshlysqueezed:
Looks like a tank in a good way. Just wonder how easy the glass front cover cracks and is it replaceable?
[Essential Phone Accessories] xela19115:
Another rigid case with a holster: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Essential-...d=401469646598&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982
[Essential Phone Accessories] gqukyo:
I've several of the same type of case for my previous phones and they are very tight fits and for squarish phones like ours, it doesn't protect the top and bottom. Still, they do work great and comes with holster if you use them. Adds quite a bit of girth to the phones though.
[Essential Phone Accessories] wraith2626:
Anyone received one of these yet and able to provide an update or review?
[Essential Phone Accessories] Bigdny:
There is one review on Amazon.
[Essential Phone Accessories] ams1576:
I Pre-Ordered this one yesterday

https://www.poeticcases.com/products/guardian-2017-essential-ph-1
[Essential Phone Accessories] bpcooper14:
Good Find. I like the looks of that one. The only question I have for some of these full enclosure cases is how is sound affected
[Essential Phone Accessories] tech_head:
Poetic makes great products.

I really want them to make the Affinity case for the PH-1.

I have had Poetic Affinity cases on my Nexus 6P, LG G6 and my iPhone 6s.

The Poetic Affinity adds grip, protection very little bulk. I just wish they made it.
[Essential Phone Accessories] Bigdny:
I agree. I have used Poetic on many of our phones. I wish this was announced before purchasing Feitenn case. It was delivered today and waiting for me in my mailbox. Going to install it tonight.
[Essential Phone Accessories] Bigdny:
Buyer beware.

Solid case with padded inside. Perfect fit but because of metal has weight to it. It's heavy!!!

Screen is very responsive and hard to clean.

The Bad.. Reception dropped the second I put the cover on it. I'm in a strong Verizon zone. Sensor is also blocked so you get a black screen on phone calls. I could not have hang up the phone call.

Already started the return request and only had the it an hour.
[Essential Phone Accessories] wraith2626:
Thanks for the review. I feared the negatives you found. Glad I held off on ordering.
[Essential Phone Accessories] gqukyo:
I hate dust flaps. After awhile they usually get too loose and at worst they may even rip off. That being said, it's a nice looking case. Might get it and cut off the flap right at the start. Lol
[Essential Phone Accessories] Procrustinator:
I agree with your assessment.

The reception drop wasn't as bad as I feared it might be, but it's there. I had about a 1 or 2 dBm drop in signal according to the LTE Discovery app. I had my first phone call this morning, and also got the black screen and couldn't hang up the call.

I could live with the signal drop, but the sensor being blocked is a definite problem. I'm going to see if I can get a hold of the manufacturer and let them know about this issue. Maybe they'll fix it and send me a new front piece that corrects the problem.
[Essential Phone Accessories] Bigdny:
I have been emailing them all day yesterday. I need to send them a video of the sensor issue. He stated is wasn't happening on his phone. I meant to do it last night but will get it out to them tonight.

I NEED a solid case like this because i drop everything all the time. I refuse to mess up this screen like I did on my Nexus 6 phone..
[Essential Phone Accessories] Procrustinator:
I just received a reply from them, and they mentioned that they had one person who had this problem because he had another screen protector on his phone. I actually have a skinomi screen protector on mine, but I'm at work and don't have the small hex wrench with me to remove the case and take off the skinomi protector to see if that fixes the issue. I left the skinomi on to add a little shock protection in case I do drop it. I'll do it when I get home and report back.
[Essential Phone Accessories] Procrustinator:
Update: I did find a small hex wrench and removed my Skinomi screen protector. Placed a call to see if it worked. On that one attempt, it worked as it should. I'm not saying that this will work for everyone, but I'd suggest taking off any screen protectors and making sure that you clean off all remaining adhesive/junk that they leave on. I also noticed that it is possible to put the cover on upside down. It has a black bar at the bottom that would cover up the sensor.

So (as for now) the only bad point of this case is the signal loss (and possibly the added weight for some people).

If I have any other issues with this case, or the black screen during calls happens again, I'll report back,
[Essential Phone Accessories] Bigdny:
Let me try again tonight. My phone is bare! No screen protector.. Thanks for the update
[Essential Phone Accessories] gqukyo:
Look on the bright side, can be used as an impromptu weapon when needed since it's so heavy... Lol. That's how i felt when I had the Lunatik/Taktik case on my iPhone.
[Essential Phone Accessories] rignfool:
Also...

It DESTROYS GPS reception... Which is a big problem for me... Since I use it all the time...

Too much metal to get signal out...

It's too bad... Because it made the device speaker louder... And stopped me from muting the game I was playing with my palm...

And it's 7 year old proof
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] unem:
I bought an O2 XDA Zinc just yesterday and successfully updated to WM6 (downloaded via official site: http://www.seeo2.com/user/XdaZinc/template/XdaZinc_WM6_Aug2007_WWE.vm)

My problem started when i was not able to make/receive any calls so i tried soft resetting the device. This did not solve my problem so i proceeded to hard resetting but still the problem persisted. To make matters worse i left the phone to charge for about 10mins and now the phone refuses to boot. It's completely dead. I've tried soft resetting and also removing the battery but still no luck...

Guy's if anyone has come across this problem then do help me out here...i'll wait for your replies before taking it to the customer care centre
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] unem:
breathe....breathe...phew!!...

i am patient...i hope that someone will give a reply with the solution soon
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MyLittleCat:
so,did u fully charge ur Battery before starting ur Zinc...?if ur phone cannot make/receive any calls,i think it's caused by ur ROM...u should flash ur ROM again...now u can find a nice battery for Zinc,try to starting ur phone after fully charged...i will post ur problem to some other PDA bbs later...u know,in China,we have a lot of Gosu~Good Luck
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] unem:
thanks for d reply man...didn't fully charge it but battery was about 50% when this happened...m gonna charge the phone for a few hours now and hope for the best
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] unem:
i forgot to mention that before the crash the imei showed some weird symbols like ";!?92:04..."
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MyLittleCat:
...so...how about now?it works...?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MyLittleCat:
btw,do not use USB cable to charge ur Phone at the first time...in fact, can use AC as prossible as u can~
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] unem:
yeah i did charge with d provided AC charger for about 2-3 hrs...it did start once, passed d boot screen n froze at a white screen, so i restarted again and now it's as dead as can be...guess i have to visit the customer care...vil keep u updated...thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MyLittleCat:
well,if u think it will take u a lot of time to solve ur promble through the official customer,i have some other advise for u~u can contact me with MSN.(otwotree@hotmail.com)...i can tell u the details~
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cruzzmz:
MyLittleCat ... do any bbs in china show how to make or cook the zinc rom? i hv been searching high & low with no luck ...

regards
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] coolestzero:
I've been searching as well and haven't found any solution yet.

I have Zinc WM6 and looking for a better ROM then the one O2 supply.

Joining cruzzmz cry for help :) :confused:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cruzzmz:
it is really hard to even extract the rom .... been searching for a loooong time :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] unem:
Solution to make .abi file on http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=368401&highlight=zinc

Finally got the .abi file (thanks to cruzzmz) and have kind of got my zinc brought back to life and got wm5 installed now but system is very very slow n bootup takes forever...

jeez!!! this is becoming to be a real nightmare...thank god my Wizard does not give me such problems. anyway i'll try loading wm6 n report back
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cruzzmz:
good 4 u ... i think WM6 is much better
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] unem:
well it is...infact all my problem started when i updated my wm5 to wm6...ended up not getting calls though network was detected...now after restoring wm5 phone is terribly slow and imei number doesn't show up at Settings page or either shows some weird symbols... *#06# fails too...waiting for activesync to detect phone (it takes 10-15 mins to boot phone) so that i can try wm6 upgrade again...i'll report later
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] unem:
well finally submitted the O2 Zinc at the customer care n it seems they'll report back only on wednesday...they said it might be mainboard problem...really??? let's see
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] unem:
Thanks guys for all the help...finally got my O2 Zinc back and they said that all the problem was caused by faulty PCB so they changed it as it was under warranty and now it's back to WM5 again....hmmm...wondering whether i should try upgrading to WM6 again...what say you?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cruzzmz:
no harm if u want to try
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] unem:
hey guys m back again with a different problem....now i got people complaining to me about radio like static noise while talking to me whereas i can hear them crystal clear.....anybody experienced this????
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cruzzmz:
nope ...

maybe now ur mic got problem? maybe u should send it back to o2 since it is still under warranty right?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] shuren:
is there any ROM modificators out there that can customize our lovely zinc ?, alot of ASUS PDA ROM out there but is there any for our zinc, hence since it is oso an ASUS MADE PDA ma ??
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cruzzmz:
Check my Thread ....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=368401

maybe ill throw in a Kitchen also .... soon
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] unem:
aah just came to know about the cooked rom...cheers!!!

anyway as for the mic problem...i finally mustered up enough courage to try n upgrade to WM6 and it has kinda solved the static problem...let's hope it stays that way...sorry that i can't test your rom right away as right now i am just too pleased that my zinc is working properly...all the best though.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] harry_01:
O2 Xda Zinc IMEI upgrade 18:<516>;6>4;14

any solution
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KitsukiKitsune:
i got this tab from my girlfriend, it worked fine, but now it doesn;t even boot.

Crombi KK *KitKat* rom.

Maybe nice to add, if i want to go deeper into it, (power on and volume down pressed) i get a screen with something from TeamWin
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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ad44891:
my point exexactly!
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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] doubleluckstur:
Unfortunately in the UK, the only way to get the Deep Sea Blue variant would be to buy the N9500. I understand that this was built specifically for China markets, but it should have the right network frequencies for the UK. I was just wondering if anyone has bought one of these before, and whether there's any quirks in the device compared to the UK model? Cheers