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has anyone bought that ebay black housing if so lets see pics
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Posted: 2005-10-26 14:20:42
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it looks gooooood.....:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FREE-X-[....]goryZ68021QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
but no flip included, so us flip users would hav a very odd looking phone
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Posted: 2005-10-27 02:03:22
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i wish someone who has any info on this will come out i dont want to buy one and its horrid
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Posted: 2005-10-28 15:05:48
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I got one for the P900 when I had one. The battery cover didn't fit on properly, also the text on it is not very clear. It is also very plasticy.
Please not that that was a P900 one, the P910 one may be better.
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Posted: 2005-10-28 15:41:32
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DO NOT BUY! The person who sells the case is most likely awakingdragon (something like that)...the cases are very cheap! I bought a P900 and a K700 case, both were returned! The stylus doesn't even fit in the slot! lol
Peter
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Posted: 2005-11-02 01:10:00
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I bought one for my P910 (as in the ebay link above). The main reason being I dropped my P910 and scuffed up the old case and didn't want to pay for the genuine cover which is much more.
You need to have a lot of patience. If you've never replaced a housing on a P910 it takes a while to work out how to strip it down. You have to remove virtually every small part and camera mounting and replace them into the new housing. I found some instructions on the net, but it still took me a good hour, and even then I broke the original housing by forcing it open (which I wasn't too worried about as it was scratched anyhow).
There is more CONs than PROs. The led lights at the top are left as holes (look closely at the ebay pic) - I didn't like this so I took the small clear plastic pieces out the old case, which then wouldn't fit and had to take a stanley knife to them - though I suceeded eventually. Also the stylus didn't fit in properly. I had to use a thin screwdriver to shove down the stylus holder to push out the excess plastic, and then stanley knife around the edge so the top of the stylus sits flush with the phone body.
The ports (earphone, memory card) seem to be much looser and my earphone rubber gromit doesn't stay firmly in the phone and flaps out now a bit too easily.
It looks average to ok - it makes people look twice, because there are no official black P910 handsets, but to the feel it is very plasticy.
As said above, the flip has to be the original which spoils it totally if you keep the flip on.
After, the whole thing feels like a "home job" and the case creaks, and it shows signs of having been a replacement.
For me, its better than having a scratched up original case, but for anyone who wants to customize, STAY AWAY, you will not be happy with the end product.
[ This Message was edited by: Enigma-UK on 2005-11-02 10:48 ]
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Posted: 2005-11-02 11:47:14
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Contd. from my post above - Some pictures of my P910 with black housing.
Front
Front (Flip Open)
Back
Left Side
Right Side
[ This Message was edited by: Enigma-UK on 2005-11-02 11:06 ]
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Posted: 2005-11-02 12:05:27
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I looked into getting one of these - IMHO they do look crap and cheaply manufactured - not to mention really overpriced!
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Posted: 2005-11-02 12:06:44
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Definitely overpriced for something which probably cost 50p to make! If I had the time and patience (and skill!) I'd get an original housing and spray that. I believe that has been done, possibly by someone on this forum?
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Posted: 2005-11-02 12:09:00
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that sounds like the best thing to do - its just all that time and effort!
Silly question - could you take an original housing to a car bodywork specialist and get them to spray it - they prob wouldnt charge much!
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Posted: 2005-11-02 12:24:45
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