Do you like my qtek ?

[adolfotregosa]

Do you like it ?? :)

[Lana]

How you have made it? i too want...
it is pleasant to me :D

[duke911]

it is awesome :D .. how did u do it?

[adolfotregosa]

well i had to dismantle the phone :S I passed a very thin sandpaper (600k) on the covers to remove the original ink !! then with a black mate spray i painted it ,let it dry very well and then applied varnish in spray also:) and voila !! black s100 :)

[Nutdhanai]

well i had to dismantle the phone :S I passed a very thin sandpaper (600k) on the covers to remove the original ink !! then with a black mate spray i painted it ,let it dry very well and then applied varnish in spray also:) and voila !! black s100 :)

Very nice.. I was planning to do a metallic whitish colour.
Also, I think the button needs to be painted too.. do you have plans for those.. and how are you planning to do it?
Thanks

[adolfotregosa]

no, i like the bottons has they are :)

[kosmocos]

Let the buttons as they are, the contrast is very nice. I wonder how long will the paint least until scratches will appear :lol:

[adolfotregosa]

i think that they will not appear has they didn't appear on my laptop paintjob :)

[GreenGremlin]

i think that they will not appear has they didn't appear on my laptop paintjob :)And what is the name of the paint spray and varnish you've used?

[zerimar]

great job adolfotregosa! how did you remove the lcd from the front casing. i have already dismantled my unit following the pdf posted by someone, which was more intented to fix the speaker problem.

GreenGremlin. any model toy paint spray usually works. it is important to sand off the surface with a very fine sand paper like what adolfotregosa used to remove any clear coat lacquer, and then sand it off again with wet, fine sand paper.

[Mvmajorem]

Love the color and I live the job done. Hmmm... Can anyone PM me the link on removing the case, I will try this out and I plan to make a design, ofcourse a yellow looking Imate won't look that good...

[zerimar]

The PDF is quite big in size to send via email. i couldn't upload it to the ftp also thus here's the link.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=18384&highlight=disassemble

[zerimar]

btw, the pdf was originally made by someone to try to fix the speaker problem. i didn't dare to remove the LCD since i didn't want to break anything, most especially the LCD.

if someone would be kind enough to post instructions on how to remove the LCD would greatly be appreciated by the group.

[jaythemagician]

I saw some pretty cool jams on some site a while back that had been skinned,looks a pretty good alternative and you can change them all the time,don't know where to buy them from though!

[jaythemagician]

I saw some pretty cool jams on some site a while back that had been skinned,looks a pretty good alternative and you can change them all the time,don't know where to buy them from though!

[RAGOv]

good job mate....ur magicien looks elegant....waiting for other designs from everyone....r u up for the challenge guys?it will be nice to turn this thread into housing cover design expo... :wink:
btw:i don't own a magicien but am considering repainting my mda2,something red with a ferrari sign maybe.. :lol:
what do u think???? :?

[mack]

hey adolfotregosa....how did you get the perfect circles for the camera lens and the mirror? can you take them out or did you tape them?...of you taped them...how did you sand it?...i have everything i need to paint it WHITE (i wanted ferrari RED but they didnt have it in KRYLON brand paint)....so it'll look like ice cream sandwich but opposite....lol...i will post pictures when i am done.

[adolfotregosa]

can you take them out ! it's a single piece. white should be nice !! but i'm no mac fan :S lol

[rockykabir]

Very nice! I would love to add a slightly opaque white iPod effect on mine :D

[gmerin]

I saw some pretty cool jams on some site a while back that had been skinned,looks a pretty good alternative and you can change them all the time,don't know where to buy them from though!

Think you're talking about a site called skinit.com They sell vinyl skins that peel off when you want to change the look. The skins cost around $10 USD, but I don't recall seeing anything on their site for a Jam.

[mack]

thanks for the info adolfotregosa....i'm going to start soon....but i need 1000 to 2000 grain sand paper......also...i just bought a new camera so i'll take step by step pictures too....wish me luck :D...just worried about taking out the LCD from the front housing....

[Calvin337]

Do you like it ?? :)One word:
AWESOME! 8)

[Echilon]

Looks good :). I think a black case helps it to look less like a PDA and more olike a phone

[jaythemagician]

I saw some pretty cool jams on some site a while back that had been skinned,looks a pretty good alternative and you can change them all the time,don't know where to buy them from though!

Think you're talking about a site called skinit.com They sell vinyl skins that peel off when you want to change the look. The skins cost around $10 USD, but I don't recall seeing anything on their site for a Jam.


No.It was on some Asian site.Loads of different designs and skinks.Also there was a place over there in the states doing them-not skinit-it was just some small place who cut all the vinyl to size for every different device and application,they were a bit pricey from them though!!

[grumble]

Think you're talking about a site called skinit.com They sell vinyl skins that peel off when you want to change the look. The skins cost around $10 USD, but I don't recall seeing anything on their site for a Jam.

they dont appear to have anything for the jam BUT unless I am mistaken this may pass muster
http://www.skinit.com/item--Qtek-S100--pdqt0001.html

anyone tried these 'skins' ? whats the quality and fit like?

[Triband81]

Do you like it ?? :)

That's a very cool cover. I've only seen the T-Mobile MDA Compact version in silver. Black sure looks unusual.

[moshed_70]

The skin fits a treat you do not even know there's one on there if applied correctly, mine was put on with a sharp stanley knife and a hair dryer. i like it.

[gfreek]

after being inspired by this post, i decided i would spray paint my mda compact, initialy i was gonna paint it matt black but decided to go with the piano gloss black and have no regrets it does look better in gloss finish :D ..


P.S. i would advice anyone who wish to spray paint their mda compact to be very carefull when dismantleing the mda compact as it's very tricky to take the front case and lcd off :!:

[grinder]

Looks great.
I will spray mine too.
Thx for the inspiration.

[nottodaynicko2005]

Here is my New improved imate, i thought considering its running wm2005 which all later models like jam pda2k dont have yet, (which is stopping me upgrading), i thought i should make the outside look different
NiCK

[TheBrit]

Awesome. That improves the look of the Jam no end. It looks more "professional" than the original colour.

Until your paint job I preferred the look of the Orange M500 variant.

[Tomzillion]

i live in belgium some want to repaint it for me i have two left hands :roll:

[DMan]

I tried paintng mine, but presume I used wrong type of paint as it was total crap and very soft. Ended up scrapping of with blunt knife. Now it looks a sad sight.
Can you please detail the correct paint you guys have used to spray, and if protective coating used, what kind.
Would appreciate help as what used to be a godd phone is now an eyesore :cry: