Change hard casing...

[ptitrusse]

Hi all

my elfin fell from quite a high place, and the four casings into which the small screws visible when you take off the back cover are broken...meaning the front casing is loose too.

do you know where I can find a front cover (I don't really need the back but I'm okay with buying both)... but before that I was thinking maybe someone could have bricked their elf or had an unusable device but with a front cover that's ok...

thanks in advance for your help !

[enigma1nz]

Plenty of covers in a selection of colors on eBay, I suggest you try to find one there. Not that expensive and you can buy a digitizer to match the color.

[ptitrusse]

hi
thnx for your answer . what's a digitizer?

[enigma1nz]

hi
thnx for your answer . what's a digitizer?

Digitizer is the outer screen cover attached to the faceplate that is responsible for touch function, the one you use your finger or stylus on. It's sold separately and is fairly easy to replace in cases when the touch function is lost or the digitizer is broken. You can get one to match the color of the housing for a complete look. Just look on eBay and you'll see what I mean.

[ptitrusse]

oh... does that mean that the part responsible for touch function is actually stuck to the front casing and not to the screen itself? I hadn't thought about that... meaning I cannot jut change the front cover, I would have to replace this as well...

[edit] is it possible to use the one from my phone? cause it's working fine after all... I'm looking at it and I don't really know how to take it off...

[enigma1nz]

oh... does that mean that the part responsible for touch function is actually stuck to the front casing and not to the screen itself? I hadn't thought about that... meaning I cannot jut change the front cover, I would have to replace this as well...

[edit] is it possible to use the one from my phone? cause it's working fine after all... I'm looking at it and I don't really know how to take it off...

The digitizer is attached to the housing and in your case needs to be pried off before being used again and re-attached to the new housing. The digitizers are fairly cheap (the reason I don't bother with screen protector), so you will get unscratched and new one that you will have to attach to the new housing. My recommendation would be to buy a new housing and a matching digitizer.

[ptitrusse]

Hi

thnx again for your help. I have one more question. Is the digitizer stuck to the screen or is it the actual hard plastic screen?

I find it's actually fairly expensive. When you add up the housing + the digitizer + the shipping costs it adds up to quite a lot..

[edit] Ok I think I finally got it now.

what do you think of this product ?
HERE (http://cgi.ebay.fr/Touch-LCD-Housing-Case-Carcasa-HTC-Touch-P3450-S1-OEM-B_W0QQitemZ290328675233QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_Defau ltDomain_186?hash=item4398f003a1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A2|66%3A3|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0| 293%3A1|294%3A100)