Touch Diamond Replacement Housing!! Help!!!!

[pizzachips]

I just dropped my diamond by accident while running to my car to avoid the rain =="....

It was in a PDA case, but it still somehow popped out of the case and got scratched up...

So I am in DIRE NEED OF A REPLACEMENT HOUSING!!!

lucky for me, the only damaged parts were the metal rim around the front side of the phone and the battery cover...

I am thinking of just getting an extended battery so i can get a new battery cover with it as well.

But I can't find the Replacement part for the rim around the front of the phone...
I took a lot at the phone and it seems easy enough to replace the rim....but i need to find the part first....

Please guys, any help will be very much appreciated....
Really need this housing replacement...can't stand looking at my scratched up diamond =(

[kidd78]

phones still in its early stages so gonna be hard to get hold of housing so quick. Usually best place is here

http://cnn.cn/shop/touch-diamond-c-277_533.html

but they only have screen and back plate at the moment

just be patient a little bit longer.

[pizzachips]

does that shop deliver quickly??

would it be possible to ask for oem parts directly from htc...?

i talked it over with htc canada today and it may cost upwards 100 CDN to fix the cosmetic damage =(

[liamhere]

no insurance?

[pizzachips]

uh no...i've never insured a phone before....

never thought it would the belt clip would break and let the phone fall and get scratched =="

argh...
any ideas on what to do...
should just take out the rim and touch it up myself ^^"....

[pizzachips]

oh i've got an idea =D!!!!

I can buy a dummy phone and replace it directly that way...
right.....?

[the-equinoxe]

oh i've got an idea =D!!!!

I can buy a dummy phone and replace it directly that way...
right.....?

In a very rare occasion you can use dummy phones.
Mostly the inside is completely different, no way of using those dummies for housing parts.

Haven't seen a dummy Diamond yet, so I can't tell if it is usable, but mostly HTC dummies aren't usable.

[pizzachips]

In a very rare occasion you can use dummy phones.
Mostly the inside is completely different, no way of using those dummies for housing parts.

Haven't seen a dummy Diamond yet, so I can't tell if it is usable, but mostly HTC dummies aren't usable.

i'm just lokoing to replace the outer rim on the front side of the phone and the battery cover....?

so maybe its possible...
ill drop by a local mall and see if its possible i guess....

[kidd78]

loads of dummy diamond phones on ebay the last time i check it out.

[pizzachips]

i wouldn't say loads...
i saw a total of 4 =P lol
average 20-30 dollars CDN

which is fine for me if i can use it as housing and battery cover replacement

anyways heading out to check the dummy model =)

[pizzachips]

it doesn't work =(

its one giant piece, so i can't really take it apart to replace the piece i want...

[MrDerrickC]

How hard is it to take apart the diamond?

The invisible shield really stuffed up my screen. I can see parts flaked off the screen (looks like a thin protection layer) which is believe is the touch sensor itself. It has not affected the use of the phone but looks ugly.

EDIT: Home from work and did a search and found this: http://www.pdacenter.ru/razborka/razbor-htc-touch-diamond/
Looks like a lot of work to get to the digitizer.

[pizzachips]

wow amazing find...was looking for a page like this...

aw man...the housing is one whole piece from what i can tell from the last picture...guess a DIY housing replacement is not really gonna be easy....

i'm gonna ask HTC for an estimate....
just minor cosmetic damage on mine on the corners so nothing too huge but it pains me to see it every time =(

at least this seems a bit easier than fixing the iphone....its so much work to put in a new digitizer cause of the way the housing is built

[boe]

If anyone finds a place that is selling the black rear battery cover for the CDMA version of the phone i would be interested.

[mugglesquop]

anyone have any lucking finding a replacement housing?

[bunbunpig]

I can provide the replacement housing
It cost about 36 euro

[xxeyes]

Like this??

http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350260913226&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT