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[Nexus One Accessories] xManMythLegend:
Well I got seriously bored of the Battery cover and bottom piece. I was just never a fan of the bronze like tint to it.

I initially started with the Ol Touch Pro battery cover method using Rit Dye.

The results were great but it started running leaving my hands tinted =-(.

I placed an order for paint which arrived but was the wrong finish so Im awaiting the return shipment.

In the meantime I went ahead and started on the Battery Cover/Bottom panel with some left over paint I already had.

Im using Krylon Fusion but I may regret not switching to Duplicolor as there bonding is to plastics may be better. Im worried that the teflon coating of the pieces may mess up the finish.

Removing the bottom panel is a PAIN unless you have a pry tool. I highly suggest going to Ifixit.com and order a few of there tools if you make a habit of pryin open phones/electronics. They help out a bunch.

http://www.ifixit.com/Tools/Plastic-Opening-Tools/IF145-000

This is what I used for bottom panel.

Second problem was the little metal contacts. Fortunately I have no intention of getting a dock. They are too small to duct tape and was worried about removing them. If they are removable I may just do it after as scraping the paint off copper shouldnt be a big deal.

Masking the camera is a pain as the metal circle doesnt give one an indent to xacto blade smoothly. It was a bit of trial and error but definitely doable.

Anyways pics of coat one below. I wont continue until I get the right sandpaper and paint finish. Still tossed up between gloss and matte.

This was my original goal.

http://www.colorwarepc.com/p-216-nexus-one.aspx?2907=54726&2908=54787&2909=54877&2910=54955

I really like the black covers and the way it now matches the front paneling. I may not rip the rest apart to paint it white just yet.
[Nexus One Accessories] t0ph0id:
Much prefer stock compared to that to be honest.

I know you're not done but the finish doesn't look to great.
[Nexus One Accessories] xManMythLegend:
Yeah the finish is nowhere near done. But the contrast the black creates is just alot better.

Already had someone ask me what phone I'm using ... in 11 months that's only happened twice.

Hopefully it'll look the way I intend it to.
[Nexus One Accessories] seeking:
wet sand, wet sand, wet sand

also make sure to use super high grit paper.

dont be afraid to wet sand the clear coat either...its necessary to keep it glossy with out any orange peel
[Nexus One Accessories] S_Dot:
ewwwwwwwwww
[Nexus One Accessories] irishrally:
Here's to destroying the resale value of the your phone :) I do appreciate the idea though and DIY mentality.
[Nexus One Accessories] xManMythLegend:
lol Same thing was said about my G1.

After I changed it to all white I sold it for 50$ more than I paid.

I was REALLY bored. With Gingerbread not around yet I figured why not.
[Nexus One Accessories] xManMythLegend:
Thanks for tip about the clear coat.

Already ran into some trouble as the paint doesnt seem to adhere as good as I thought. I went at it without adhesion promoter..may have to hit the do over if it doesnt settle well.
[Nexus One Accessories] diversificationied:
Did you sand the pieces before painting?

Your paint is going to fall off if you didn't.

It's the entire idea behind teflon coatings.
[Nexus One Accessories] [IO]ERROR:
A little painters trick. Next time don't try to tape off the contacts (or any small area) just get a toothpick and some Vaseline. Put the Vaseline on the contacts then paint. After you are done just wipe clean.

Also watch your flash time between coats. Believe it to not wet paint doesn't bond to dry paint that well. You first coat should still be a little tacky when applying your second coat.
[Nexus One Accessories] xManMythLegend:
Only a light sanding. I did the same with the G1 and had zero issues (I did use adhesion promoter with that one though). Nexus one must have super super teflon.

Great tip.

I actually tried that with Elmers but vaseline would be MUCH easier for the tiny spots.

I may have let it dry too long. I normally have only painted in warm weather months so I can let it sit longer. With the cold weather it seems I have to reduce time between coats.
[Nexus One Accessories] xManMythLegend:
BTW

How many coats of clear coat is recommended ?

I only had my G1 a few months after painting when I sold it. If I plan to keep the N1 for longer ((no trackball or leds on Nexus S *sigh* Im looking for more durability.))

I recall reading on another forum where someone skipped clear coat altogether and put a zagg/BSE ever on top and it looked great after over a year of usage.
[Nexus One Accessories] charnsingh_online:
I would prefer spending $15 on full back black available on ebay rather than painting, it doesnt look smooth and highly finished.
[Nexus One Accessories] xManMythLegend:
You mean a case ?

Cant stand the extra bulk.

Anyways..

Had to go back and sand everything off to get all the teflon removed.

What a pain.

I did the bottom piece over much improved. Battery cover will have to wait till after turkey day.
[Nexus One Accessories] diversificationied:
There's a couple of people selling black battery covers/antenna bottoms on ebay. With htc/google logo and all.
[Nexus One Accessories] famandeggs:
heres some pics of my painted nexus.. decided to paint it while waiting for replacement digitizer and lcd came in.. one coat primer -> lite sanding -> 2 coats rustoleum flat white -> lite wet sand (just to knock off some of the orange peel) -> 2 coat clear matte rustoleum (not a fan of glossy finishes) -> wet sand.. was going to do the battery/bottom, but am not sold on paint holding up well to that rubber.. will probably end up buying the black ones of ebay later on..
[Nexus One Accessories] Kelvino9:
famandeggs, your Nexus looks amazing. Excellent job.

Expecting more pictures once you collected the black Nexus covers and complete your project.
[Nexus One Accessories] famandeggs:
thanks man, will do.. it was a frustrating process lol.. i first tried a gloss enamel gloss paint, but the cure times where a pain (48 hours), and im all thumbs (dropped it a couple times while it was still drying, or wet sanded it to far down exposing the aluminum, forcing me to start over).. eventually just went w/a normal paint, im hoping w/the clear it'll hold up :)
[Nexus One Accessories] Kelvino9:
I can only imagine all your efforts you put in. Judging the pictures the paint job looks amazingly smooth.
[Nexus One Accessories] xkonni:
looks very nice indeed. but you got dust on your camera lens ;)
[Nexus One Accessories] methodz:
wow, that looks amazing!
[Nexus One Accessories] xManMythLegend:
Are the battery cover and bottom antenna cover black ?

They seem much darker than stock.

Those pieces are a major pain. The portion around the camera lens I couldnt completely sand off without worrying about damaging the lenses ((no dremel tool anymore =-(...))

I was on the final stages when I realized the tiny parts that still had teflon left refused to dry properly.

Same happened on the bottom portion around the copper charge dots..didnt show up till days later.

I probably could have left well enough alone but didnt =-).

Love the white on aluminum. Thats exactly what I was originally intending to do but dont have any backup phone at the moment.

Paint me jealous as the white looks great!
[Nexus One Accessories] jamesmack:
http://i56.tinypic.com/f0dxt2.jpg

Wow... they both look pretty good! I certainly don't have the skills to do that so I pulled the trigger on Colorware.

Got a little carried away... I gave it the photoshop treatment. Check it out at the link above!

Will post pics of it in a month or so.
[Nexus One Accessories] famandeggs:
they are stock right now, might be the lighting, was at working using a friends phone to take the pictures.. I plan on just buying the black ones off ebay later (once my ebay bucks kick in :P).. I also sanded the power/volume buttons w/600 grit just to get the top layer off of them to make them black..
[Nexus One Accessories] famandeggs:
please do :) that looks really slick, I like it alot
[Nexus One Accessories] xManMythLegend:
Would love to see it.. Ive only seen consoles get the colorware treatment wondering how they do with phones. They always look so glossy a great look if scratch resistant.

Ahh ok. Its been ridiculously cold here so I cant really paint much at the moment which is killing me I wanted to be done by early Dec.

Your pic of the white frame may motivate me despite the weather :D

Let me know how the paint holds up over the next few days/weeks.
[Nexus One Accessories] wang1404:
Really really amazing!!!!!!
[Nexus One Accessories] superman63:
Mam that white looks awesome!!!
[Nexus One Accessories] chatnoir1:
Are you crazy man good modding:D
[Nexus One Accessories] subvecto:
Try softcoat paint, comes in different colors.
[Nexus One Accessories] opencube:
loving the white nexus! great job!
[Nexus One Accessories] willverduzco:
I'm a little late to the party noticing this, but wow. That's quite amazing.
[Nexus One Accessories] GchildT:
I like B & W! It's a different look. As long as you painted it properly, that would resale pretty fast!
[Nexus One Accessories] ngy:
yeah for sure. DANG now it makes me want to paint mine all black and get the black battery cover and antennas.
[Nexus One Accessories] momentarylapseofreason:
I would consider doing that but I would definitely remove the pieces needing to be painted first. 99% of a paint-job is in preparation

Also, keep in mind that a rattle can's volume is very low. For every three coats out of a can, you get the equivalent to one coat from a quality gun. You might want to do a little more clear with that in mind.
[Nexus One Accessories] galaxys:
The Black & White looks really good! :cool:
[Nexus One Accessories] arastamon:
Looks awesome famandeggs!
[Nexus One Accessories] clickwir:
WTF? A *white* Nexus One? What is this blasphemy!?!?! That's not.... bad. I kind of like it. Good job.
[Nexus One Accessories] Ertavarez:
Good job. Looks awesome
[Nexus One Accessories] Bloodflame:
I've seen paint modding threads before... but every time I see another one, it tempts me even more to paint mine! I'm just afraid I'd mess it up :P

Amazing work on both of them!!
[Nexus One Accessories] :
Agreed I know I'm not as skilled with these clumsy hands haha

-There is a 35% chance that right now I'm on the toilet-
[Nexus One Accessories] slimjimz81:
wow amazing:D
[Nexus One Accessories] SunJOE:
great jobs...like black&white model...
[Nexus One Accessories] manuel16:
uP UP UP! post some changed color nexus one
[Nexus One Accessories] Yuhfhrh:
I have a nexus one that I want to paint all black but I am a complete noob? Any pro painters out there that could give be some pointers? I have no supplies but I have money :)

Can anyone give me some specifics on what sandpaper/paint I should use? And the best method for painting it? I think this would be a very fun and rewarding experience for me to try out :) I don't want to paint the battery covers, just the actual phone and buy some black covers off eBay maybe
[Nexus One Accessories] -Phazenine-:
They actually sell official oem white battery back/cover, picked mine up on ebay for 10$ and painted the antenna cover gloss white. Result was amazing.then applied ghost armor on top. It's imperative to use a super fine grit sandpaper for best results
[Desire HD General] gillepy:
I've read around and i think i need to create a nandroid backup, however i cant see any mention of how to do this with the DHD. Is it the same or do I need to do something else?

I'm very new to android and I'm sure its not only me that would appreciate an idiots guide, if anyone would like to write one.
[Desire HD General] nteeb:
Follow the steps(especially 1. And 3.) of this guide : h t t p://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=841076[/url] to have root amd recovery and make.your backup from Rom Manager or from recovery.
[Desire HD General] gillepy:
I have root and S-off already, I followed a guide by evostance which i can no longer find.

How do i check if i really have s-off?

Ive tried getting into the boot loader. turn off phone, hold volume down and then hit power but i just boot straight into my home screen
[Desire HD General] jkoljo:
Connect phone to a computer, open a cmd in android sdk folder and write command "adb reboot bootloader". Other way is to disable fastboot, shutdown, hold volume down and tap power.
[Desire HD General] gillepy:
Thanks guys running backup inside clock work now.
[Desire HD General] pulser_g2:
Moved to General as not development. Please do not post questions in development.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wotaiele:
I just bought desire 1 weeks ago, My desire hboot is 0.93.0001, scld

I rooted my phone by unrevoked with recovery-RA-desire-v1.7.0.1-R5.1-0.93, and have flash a new rom.

But still s-on, i saw many treads about how to get s-off for 0.93 from chiese htcplayer forum, general methods are to downgrade 0.93 to 0.8x,

here i want to know if there is a simple method just like root with unrevoked, to get s off.

ps. i wanna clear that if root completely must include s -off
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794314
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparkdigimon:
Question: Why Galaxy S seem to run slower in Android 2.2 (Froyo)?

I been google-ing via the net for the answer. But I can't find any answer for it.

I saw in smartphonebenchmarks.com, the quadrant scores drop from 2220 to 980.

While other phones scores seem to improve after the update.

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Enspade:
The galaxy after froyo update is not slower compared to the eclair version but still has long way to go. Quadrant score earlier probably would have been achieved after applying third party lag fix like voodoo lagfix.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparkdigimon:
oh ok thx.. but any idea if what would the score like after lagfix is installed?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
Forget about benchmark scores, they mean very little if you don't know what they are testing.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chucklz:
Mine is lagging more after official unbranded update as well.. I read that restoring system settings from eclair may be an issue, but there are too many red herrings..

I tried to get information about backup/restore process before updating, but too many opinions and not enough facts..

We need an official guide that traverses smoothly from eclair, including b/r of apps, data and settings..

Samsung seems to forget we used these phones for months and do not want to begin again from factory settings.

XDA has too much info for the average users to make decisions from.

Maybe I will spend the weekend working it out..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TawaNicolas:
Since you are talking Quadrant-wise.

Applying LagFix on Eclair had a greater effect over the I/O than it does on Froyo.

In Eclair, the I/O with LagFix gets over 7000 score in Quadrant Advanced. Under Froyo, it gets right under 4500.

On the other hand, the CPU score has risen from 900~ to 1300~ from Elcair to Froyo.
[Galaxy Tab General] hairyman:
Has anyone come across a way to shut down the phone side without using flight mode?

I spend most of my time on wifi and I'd like to save the battery that's being used for cell standby. I know I can have flight mode on and then reactivate wifi but it seems like the long way around.
[Galaxy Tab General] hairyman:
I found a solution and thought I'd share in case anyone else wants to save the phone radio battery usage while on wifi and isn't aware of this setting;

The radio can be switched off by dialing *#*#4636#*#* and selecting 'phone info' then switching the radio off at the bottom half of the page. You can also create a shortcut to 'phone info' issuing Any Cut to simplify the process.
[Epic 4G General] asj2583:
Just saw this at engadget http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/15/the-nexus-s-a-closer-look/ wonder if it keeping the name or going to be called anything different?
[Epic 4G General] scriz:
My thoughts are it will probably be called the Nexus 2
[Epic 4G General] Kcarpenter:
Eric Schmidt said yesterday at WS2 that it is not a Nexus 2. Actually he said "I only said there wouldn't be a Nexus 2"
[Epic 4G General] wheezyfbaby:
Will Sprint ever see this phone?
[Epic 4G General] bomix:
The Other samsung Galaxy S phone looked pretty sweet also..makes me think wow.. the Epic will be off the throne soon.

This is from Everything Android site.. credits given!
[Epic 4G General] Award Tour:
That's fake. The phone on the left side is a Photoshop'd iPhone 4. The phone on the right is a phone that is already out and taken straight from it's promo shots. Didn't you notice that the two are completely different?
[Epic 4G General] Kcarpenter:
Not a chance, last night schmidts was running on T-mo, meaning its a GSM phone. Will there be a variant that is CDMA? Doubt it - mainly because of all the CDMA Nexus hype that went on while the google phone store was open.

I doubt we will ever get a true CDMA Google Phone on ANY CDMA Carrier. We might get lucky and see a world phone - but really really low chances for a CDMA only device.
[Epic 4G General] wheezyfbaby:
Yeah this is what I think as well. I'm hoping that the Nexus S would be treated like the Galaxy S line but it looks bleak..Anything coming up for Sprint besides the Knight and Win 7?
[Epic 4G General] bomix:
:eek: Owned! or is it fail.. I had no idea really.. i've been had! back to the Nexus S... when are we going to see a Droid S? lol.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Then again..if anyone can pull off a CDMA google phone..it'll probably be Samsung...I mean if they got their phone on all the US carriers and 110 carriers..maybe with some pressure samsung can get the Nexus S on there...

Also I think it'll be called Nexus S..aka Nexus S(econd) lol
[Epic 4G General] asj2583:
Anyone think it'll be sold unlocked like the nexus one where the phone can be purchased through google and be used with any carrier. Of coarse gsm on tmo and att and cdma on sprint and verizon...
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
From what was said it will be sold by Google as well as retail channels like the parent company of best buy...(forgot its name)..just not by carriers..
[Epic 4G General] schizopunk:
I'm just glad that Samsung is making this and not HTC.
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
Seriously?
[Epic 4G General] atkailash:
It's almost cool enough to make me switch. The nfc stuff seems pretty tight. But I'm not sure I want to go back to not having a physical keyboard
[Epic 4G General] schizopunk:
Actually, yes. I've really grown to hate HTC. My first phone was the HTC Hero then I went to the Evo and both sucked. I then switched to the Samsung Moment then the Epic and I love Samsung compared to HTC.

Plus HTC is a ***** when it comes to root.
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
I prefer the Epic to the Evo as well, but I wouldn't say the Evo sucks.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Well lets look at it this way..Samsung making it == more goodies for us Epic users whether we plan to get it or not we can agree thats good lol

But realistically speaking Samsung will always have the advantage since unlike HTC they actually manufacture their own stuff...aka less likely to be effected by shortages and more likely to get more expensive hardware at the same price.

A lot of people who don't like Samsung say they make good hardware but bad software..but with the Nexus S, Google is going to do the software...so best Hardware + Best Software = win..no?
[Epic 4G General] LoveisPeace2012:
+1
[Epic 4G General] 1999TL:
Then you never experienced the keyboard on the TP2. I can honestly say the KB on the epic is garbage when compared to the Touch pro 2 keyboard. I'm waiting for the HTC knight if it comes.
[Epic 4G General] asj2583:
True regarding above comment, the hero and evo suck. My wife owned the hero which I sold and passed her my evo and she never stops complaining on how much battery life sucks. 50% of the time the dam thing is about to be discharged or dead. I on the other hand have the epic and never been happier :-). Looking into trading the evo for a fasinate or mesmerize since I flashed to cricket it really doesn't matter what carrier it is as long as its cdma. Besides samsung is really hot since coming out with galaxy s and now the galaxy tablet why wouldn't google choose samsung to manufacture the next google phone?
[Epic 4G General] asj2583:
+1 I agree with google taking care of the os updates should come often which can then be ported to us galaxy s users :-).
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Except...the Nexus S doesn't have a keyboard :/..

if your talking about the kb issue it might software related..otherwise while its no TP2 kb, I wouldn't exactly call it garbage...its not that bad actually...
[Epic 4G General] asj2583:
The keyboard could be better. The only thing about he epic keyboard is that the keys are made of plastic as oppose to some kind of ruber but I wouldn't say the keyboard sucks.
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
Its the size and layout of the keys that sucks. The TP2 keyboard makes the Epic keyboard look cheap and stupid in comparison. It was a dream using the TP2's keyboard.
[Epic 4G General] J3ff:
Your sarcasm is off the charts!

I wish HTC would make it. The Epic is my last samsung anything.

The physical part of the Epic keyboard is fine. It's the fact that it misses your keystrokes that's infuriating.

I would prefer my dad's evo + the samsung screen + the Touch pro 2 keyboard (and htc software is 100 times better then samsung)..

I hate to harp on it, but Samsung released a flagship phone with a crippled gps and an upload speed that was slower then most dsl products.

And then they released an update that killed our batteries in 6 hours or less!

Samsung = garbage.
[Epic 4G General] bomix:
Waiting for the day when just like Laptops, we can piece together a nice cell phone with our own OS, processor, and screens..
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Based on that I'm guessing you've never used an HTC product?

Also..all those problems are software related..and Google is doing the software

You mean this?

http://synapse-phones.com/order.php
[Epic 4G General] J3ff:
Don't care who is doing the software, with the way samsung has treated this phone I'll never buy a samsung product again.

I have used HTC and if it wasn't for the crappy washed out evo screen, I'd own one.
[Epic 4G General] schizopunk:
I've probably only used the keyboard on the Epic like once. I'm not a slide-out qwerty keyboard kind of person, thats the one thing I hated about the Epic.
[Epic 4G General] cbpagent72:
Me too, I love my Epic, hated my Evo. HTC hardware/phones are over rated; however, HTC is a million times better at product support.
[Epic 4G General] sauron0101:
It seems that there is no perfect maker.

I wish this phone had more Rom, better keyboard (TP2 would be awesome), and no GPS issues. Maybe more metal and less plastic as well, with a bigger battery.

But I agree that support is the biggest issue with these phones.
[Epic 4G General] schizopunk:
The one thing I hated about the Epic is the keyboard, but I wasn't gonna stick with the Evo just cause of that. The Epic is a much better phone overall over the Evo for sure.
[Epic 4G General] sauron0101:
I suppose, with the screen, camera, and battery life, it is a better phone. Lets just hope that Samsung gets us Froyo and a GPS fix soon. At this rate, we'll be getting Froyo when Honeycomb comes out. HTC, whatever its flaws does roll out updates quickly by comparison.
[Epic 4G General] acegolfer:
Nexus S has been announced today.

Here are the specs:

Carrier: T-Mobile

OS: Android 2.3 Gingerbread

Screen: 4-inches @800x480

Processor 1GHz Samsung Cortex A8

512MB RAM, 16GB ROM

Wifi 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth 2.1

GPS

Near-field communications

Size: 63mm x 123.9mm x 10.8mm

Weight: 129 grams

Camera: 5MP

Hardware wise, it's pretty similar to Galaxy S. I hope that the developers can port this to Epic.
[Epic 4G General] musclehead84:
what happenedd to the dual core processor? not even worth switching.
[Epic 4G General] boomerbubba:
Ah, but is it a working GPS? So far Samsung has failed to get that part right.
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
Now you're just getting greedy.