Replace Vario Housing

[marcparker]

Ok, so as the title suggests, i'm looking at replacing the housing of my vario (cause its scratched to hell - keys in pockets, and the odd drop :()

After looking at http://cnn.cn/shop/8525-blacksilver-full-housing-p-198.html was wondering whether these were suitable for straight swap? as obviously the keypads are different between the herm100/200/300 but i'd keep the original in as its in good condition, and wouldnt mean i'd need to swap the pcb underneath either?

Or am I barking up the completely wrong tree so to speak?
Any help appreciated...especially for you Vario owners who have changed their housings...any problems you came across etc.

Cheers!

[marcparker]

bump surely someone must have done this already?? all these reads, and no replies :(

[dannzz]

SEARCH THE FORUMS BEFORE POSTING THREADS

kthxbye =p

[marcparker]

i've already searched....n yeh it mentions swapping with an orange 3100 housing...but thats something i'd haveto find on ebay etc...doesnt mention the 8525 housing on cnn..... so was wondering if the keypad fits or not, as the front faceplate is scratched to hell so would need to swap the whole casing...not just the middle/rear panels.

[TheBrit]

Try this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OEM-Housing-for-838pro-O2-Trion-SPV-M3100-Qtek-9600-K5_W0QQitemZ260130934548QQihZ016QQcategoryZ3728QQr dZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

[marcparker]

Cheers for the link Paul. That listing seems to claim that you can replace a vario with that housing, so might aswell just bite the bullet and go for it :) I'll probably look at getting it from CNN still, as they will work out slightly cheaper (~£32 compared to ~£45)

[TheBrit]

replace a vario with that housing
Vario II to be more precise. The Vario is a HTC Wizard.

[kakemann]

Any success with replacing? Is it hard to do? I have some scratches myself, and would like to change the housing. Have a TYTN

[marcparker]

I havnt had chance to order the new housing yet, as i was skint until payday :( I'm going to hopefully get it ordered within the next couple of days.... I'll keep you posted on how it goes!

[kakemann]

Still no one with experiences?

[Churchill]

On this site there is a GPS antena available for TyTn... can we then enable GPS on the TyTn??

http://cnn.cn/shop/8525tytnhermes-antenna-p-1615.html

[Redemptor]

I've seen an HTC Hermes Case on this site:
http://www.cellphonepartszone.com/Products.asp?shopxpbe_id=64&id=281
but it's not completely clear to me on how to order and pay... (i'm Italian)
Hope this will be useful and you'll understand how to order the case...

[kakemann]

Still no one with experiences on changing the housing?

[cabi.costa]

Sei semplicemente un grande..la cover originale è impossibile da trovare!!
However no succesfully experience to swap the housing because in order to be able to change them (Cingular/HTC 8525 and also from Orange but i can't remember the name) with a TyTN, because the internal keypad membrane of the buttons at the top of the phone are (hope for now) impossible to find anywhere. I'm still looking for..

[philg2000]

On this site there is a GPS antena available for TyTn... can we then enable GPS on the TyTn??

http://cnn.cn/shop/8525tytnhermes-antenna-p-1615.html

I think enabling GPS is a little more complex than that - there were some required connections on the chipset that are not connected - try searching this forum... :-)

[cabi.costa]

Before post remember the topic of the thread: HOUSING
not gps

[ecor]

Hi!
After I had changed the housing the landscape mode isn´t activate itself while openning the keyboard. It did only once. It seems like the problem is of physical matter but I checket out all again and it seems to be all as it was. I don´t have another complains about functionality.

For those who wants to change the housing I have to say that that takes alot of time. And before you will waist money for a new housing make the following steps:
1. Look a this one verry carefully and be sure you have all tools you need.
ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Wizard/Docs_Tutorials/Wizard_Service_Manual.pdf

2. Think that you will need some stuff that you will put between new housing and touchscreen. (I took the old one but it isn´t a good idea).

3. You will need some glue to glue the old parts to the new housing (obviously the housing is more than just this plastic case).

If somone could give me an good advice related to the screenmode while opening I will aprecciate that.

[MikeChannon]

Hi!
After I had changed the housing the landscape mode isn´t activate itself while openning the keyboard. It did only once. It seems like the problem is of physical matter but I checket out all again and it seems to be all as it was. I don´t have another complains about functionality.

For those who wants to change the housing I have to say that that takes alot of time. And before you will waist money for a new housing make the following steps:
1. Look a this one verry carefully and be sure you have all tools you need.
ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Wizard/Docs_Tutorials/Wizard_Service_Manual.pdf

2. Think that you will need some stuff that you will put between new housing and touchscreen. (I took the old one but it isn´t a good idea).

3. You will need some glue to glue the old parts to the new housing (obviously the housing is more than just this plastic case).

If somone could give me an good advice related to the screenmode while opening I will aprecciate that.

Your device does not rotate anymore because you have not moved the magnet from the old casing to the new one. The magnet operates the rotate switch. See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2686388

Mike
Oh and you gave a link to the Wizard Manual, but you can get one for the Hermes here www.mikechannon.net (http://www.mikechannon.net)