Cingular 8525 housing availablity?

[spanky310]

Hi I have a Cingular 8525 and as usual due to my clumsiness I have drop it twice on the cement. Everything's working fine but being a person with a mild case of obsessive compulsive behavior I am buggin......

Also if you guys are looking for a case for your Hermes you should try to avoid this style (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=007&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=170050019896&rd=1&rd=1). My 8525 was securely in this case and the phone 'flew' out of it when it was knocked on the front side of the case. The phone flew out knocking the battery boor, battery, and the sim right out of the phone. Not good! Also, the case uses a magnet for the flap closure so it goes without saying it is sending my phone into periodic landscape mode whenever I remove the phone from the case.

I have tried ebay for a replacement case and unlike all my other phone nothing is available and I mean nothing. Not even one cheesy knock off is on there for this phone.

Has anyone here looked into getting an OEM housing for the 8525?

Personally I would prefer to keep the phone in a 8525 case versus changing it out for other verients.

Sorry for the long post.....I'm sick in bed with a 103 fever so I figure that I would bug u guys :P




Thanks.

Derek

[armedmetallica]

I need a tytn oem case as well. I dropped and scratched mine. Irony of it is, I've had it for two months, purchased invisible skin two days before I dropped it - idn't get a chance to put it on before i dropped it!

Oh and mine was in a metal case. It rell out of that! So nothing's safe. Gotta put on invi skin!

[akosko01]

checkout this site. it has pretty much everything that is available.
you might want to invest in the hard metal case : )

http://www.thepocketsolution.com/cingular_8525_accessories.html

[balld]

I need a tytn oem case as well. I dropped and scratched mine. Irony of it is, I've had it for two months, purchased invisible skin two days before I dropped it - idn't get a chance to put it on before i dropped it!

Oh and mine was in a metal case. It rell out of that! So nothing's safe. Gotta put on invi skin!

Did you happen to adjust the hinge(simply by bending it inward slightly) before placing your Hermes inside. I have an aluminum case, and I've test dropped it, and nothing happened.
***Please not from the factory, the hinge merely "clips" over/on the other side of the aluminum housing. If you want to make it more stable you have to slightly bend the "lip" that connects to the lower portion of the housing. YMMV. I had to readjust mine once as the first time I had it way too tight, and it was very hard to get my Hermes out of the case. Now it simply closes with an authoritative click, and I know my Hermes is secure. :)

[cjchriscj]

Anybody find a place to get the housing for an 8525 yet? There is a large (its not that large, but its visible enough to be annoying) gash on the metal bezel running along 3 of the 4 sides of the display of my 8525

[itlynstalyn]

im new to the forums, but my 8525 got knocked out of my hand and got pretty messed up. my "t" key has also started to lift off of the pad. i wanted to know if this has happened to anybody and if there is any replacement keyboards for sale also. can i swithc over to the tytn with the proper front keyboard? any help would be amazing.

[cjchriscj]

i just bought a dummy 8525 off of ebay, Im not sure how they are made, but I am going to see if I can switch the housing

[itlynstalyn]

please let me know how it works, i was thinking of doing the same thing...

[cjchriscj]

please let me know how it works, i was thinking of doing the same thing...

The dummy thing did not work, it isnt an actual housing, only the front buttons work, the rest are fake and do not move, there isnt even a real battery cover, its one piece. That was a waste of $10.99

[itlynstalyn]

still really desperate to get a new housing, anyone know where one is available?

[srk]

http://cgi.ebay.ie/OEM-Housing-for-838pro-O2-Trion-SPV-M3100-Qtek-9600-K5_W0QQitemZ260100290172QQcategoryZ3728QQcmdZViewI tem



Well let me add that I am not the seller. so don't ask me any questions, but this is a seller I have bought housing for my imate jam before...

[BSoD_leet]

hrm, sorry about bring up an old thread, but I thought it would be easier than starting a whole new one.

I'm purchasing a used dopod 838 pro sometime this week, and was looking to get a replacement housing for it as it is fairly abused. Would something like the above posted (HTC 8525 case) work well? I notice that, that case doesnt have a powerbutton on the front of the case, will this cause a problem when I go to replace the housing?
Ta.

[mien916]

hrm, sorry about bring up an old thread, but I thought it would be easier than starting a whole new one.

I'm purchasing a used dopod 838 pro sometime this week, and was looking to get a replacement housing for it as it is fairly abused. Would something like the above posted (HTC 8525 case) work well? I notice that, that case doesnt have a powerbutton on the front of the case, will this cause a problem when I go to replace the housing?
Ta.

If should be ok, but you wont have the power button on the right side... ahahhahah it would jzu be a 8525 hahah

Why dont you juz get this one instead... tho

http://cgi.ebay.ie/For-O2-Trion-iMate-Jasjam-Dopod-838-Pro-Housing-Cover_W0QQitemZ300144284541QQihZ020QQcategoryZ1503 9QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem

[Bbasso]

purchased invisible skin

armedmetallica, where did you purchase the skin from? could you please PM me, thanks!

[cubangt]

I know this is an old thread, but i found this place and its pretty pricey...

http://www.cellphone-repair-shop.com/products.php?cat=156

Has anyone found any other place... to get OEM replacment parts..

[cubangt]

I know this is an old thread, but i found this place and its pretty pricey...

http://www.cellphone-repair-shop.com/products.php?cat=156

Has anyone found any other place... to get OEM replacment parts..

[cirial]

http://cnn.cn/shop/tytn-grey-housing-p-1295.html

There you go guys.. I dropped my phone before christmas, and broke the latch that holds the battery door on, and I had to use some tape for awhile. I must have ordered one of the last Cingular 8525 cases, since all they have is the HTC Hermes black cases with the front camera hole.

That shouldnt be too big of deal to you guys though looking for new cases. It took about a week and a half to get here (FL, USA) from Hong Kong at Christmas time. Very good site..

[chipsxj]

Also, the case uses a magnet for the flap closure so it goes without saying it is sending my phone into periodic landscape mode whenever I remove the phone from the case.



I use a case with magnetic closure..............I put the device into the case with the screen facing away from the magnet and I have never had any issue with it.

[C Brown]

http://www.gsm4world.us/shop/cingular-8525-8525-c-210_276.html


55 bucks and your back in business

[csd1_uk]

I am having the same problem sourcing the correct housing for my phone. I am from the UK and have searched high and low to find a housing for the UK equivalent the SPV M3100 (HERM100 - so the label says).

I have checked all the sites mentioned above, at cnn.cn they dont have the correct housing as the front buttons are different? and the cingular housing is 1: not a nice colour! and 2:L i dont know if this includes the mid plate as well.

Does anyone know where i can get hold of the correct housing(not silver) i dont mind the branding.

[ph03n1x]

btw u can always spray paint the housing if necessary which i may do after getting a new housing if all i can find is a branded cingular housing

[Nomgle]

I am having the same problem sourcing the correct housing for my phone. I am from the UK and have searched high and low to find a housing for the UK equivalent the SPV M3100 (HERM100 - so the label says).
There are plenty on eBay, http://stores.ebay.co.uk/ukhitechstore for example :
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330220334737