Accessory list - Elfin - Indian Members only!!!

[dre@ms]

Hi all,

I have been quite impressed and jealous too to know what all accessories ppl use for Elfin. But one bad thing is, in india we do not know where to get those or whether it is available. So, I have started this thread.

All indian members, owning a Elfin, flow ur accessory list and also the price and from whr u hv bought it. This will enable our fellow indian members and me who doesnt know what and where accessories are avail.

Let me start my accessory list(nothing much, only one i own)
1. Sony BT Handsfree - Bought from eBay.in for 3200/-

Flow ur list.

[dre@ms]

38 views and in tht no indian members????

Strange!!!!!!

[prats]

i need original elf casing with digitizer in india any one plz help

[sajokj]

Where can I get it? in Mumbai

[dre@ms]

i need original elf casing with digitizer in india any one plz help
no idea m8..
Where can I get it? in Mumbai
I have also tried to get this..but no where it is available.

[salilshukla]

I have an HTC Touch P3450 Elfin for the past 14 months and recently I purchased some accessories from ebay.in . All you need to do is search for HTC on ebay and you'll get mamny products. I bought the following

(a) My hands free kit had become unresponsive, so I bought a HTC HS U110 -3.5mm AUDIO ADAPTER CABLE WITH EARPHONE for Rs 475.00. Its cool.... its actually a micro USB to 3.5mm Adaptor, so you can use ANY headphone available in the market. You can also attend calls while listening to your music!! (Seller - trendy_bazer)

(b) I got a nice leather case with racheted holster for Rs 790.00. Search for Case Mate Case Holster Combo - Black for HTC Touch on ebay. Its nice. The seeler also sent a Protective Screen Guard with it (which itself costs about Rs 130 on ebay). How nice of him.:D (Seller - pareshwins)

(c) CAR CHARGER FOR HTC TOUCH for Rs 199.00. Normally you get this kind of stuff for 800 - 1000 in Mumbai. (Seller - trendy_bazer)

(d) Universal Car Mount Holder with photo frame for Rs 190.00. This gets fixed on my car windshiled and can hold the phone (with or without the Case Mate Case) securely. (Seller - trendy_bazer)

But GUYS.... I have badly scratched my screen and I desperately need a new one.:( Is that thing called a digitizer? Where can I get one? I saw the price of a digitizer somewhere as $10.70.... which means it should be available for about Rs 500? Can it be changed by a non geek like me? Someone was asking for a white casing. Say what.... I think a while casing will also look good. Anyone any idea where to knock doors?

By the way, thnks to this forum, I have Onyx WM6.5 ROM loaded on my (originally WM6.0) phone and lots of cool apps. Thanks xda-developers.

[dre@ms]

^^gr8 accessory list m8..I am yet to get all these..will be needing a pouch, car charger and mount holder..will right away move to ebay and look for it.
Congrats on ur WM6.5..can u also list the cool apps u hv installed in ur elfin?

[salilshukla]

^^ Well I have the Onyx 5 Final WM6.5 ROM like you and other apps like Email Scheduler, WorldMate Live, WMM Notes, Auto Call Record, CHome Editor, OneNote Mobile and Powerpoint Mobile, Kevtris2 (Game), S2P MediaPlayer, Bing Search, Currency Convertor, Skype, Facebook, Windows Live and Messenger..... And ah yes, I recently installed the Titanium Shadow Neo skin and added Taskanium, CComm and CMultiClock to it.

One accessory I forgot earlier. I use a Jabra BT125 which I bought for some Rs 1400 from The Mobile Store. Works like a song with my Elfin. :D

[dre@ms]

^^most of the appz u hv seems to be utilities..anyways..gud coll.

One more accessory in my list..

Kingston 8GB MicroSDHC Class 4 from eBay

[computernerd]

I buy most of my accessories from ebay.com. There are many chinese sellers who sell stuff for cheap. Many ship to india too
I got a Motorala S9 Bluetooth Headset for $30. 8Gb SDHC card for $35, 10 Protective Screen Guard for $1. Bluetooth GPS receiver for $40

[dre@ms]

is the chinese sellers selling the original goods or fake ones???

[computernerd]

Most chinese sell OEM stuff. Also look for their rating and uy from trusted sellers. I have not had a problem with any of my accessories i have brought till now. I have been using it for past 6 months

[dre@ms]

m8..can u share the stuffs u hv bought frm them and also the sellers name..so we can trust them since u r satisfied..

[salilshukla]

I buy most of my accessories from ebay.com. There are many chinese sellers who sell stuff for cheap. Many ship to india too. -- computernerd


I have some questions about buying from foreign sellers on ebay. How do you pay them? Is payment directly through credit card or only after transfering funds to your PayPal account? How do you find out the shipping cost to India? Will it not be the case that the shipping cost is sometimes more than the value of the item itself? What about govt imposed import duties, VAT etc? All sellers say on their pages that payment of these taxes is the responsibility of the buyer. So do we pay this or just keep quiet?:D

I desperately need a digitizer for my Elf. I have royally scratched the original one. And Hong Kong sellers on ebay seem to be the only answer. Local HTC service stations quote a price of Rs 5000 for just changing the digitizer.:eek:

[dre@ms]

whoa..whoa..hw many queries...computernerd come to our rescue!!!

[computernerd]

Mostly I search for sellers who have a good rating. Also While bidding i always keep in mind shipping costs and approx rate in india. I have mostly found shipping costs to be geniune, not very high


Some items I have brought the are
Item :Scratch Gaurd
Qty : 10 Pieces
Rate : $0.99
Seller : imode_technology_hit


Item : Motorola S9 Bluetooth Stereo Headset Headphone Earphone
Rate : $31
Seller : king-shiny
Shipping : Free


Item : Bluetooth GPS Receiver For Laptop PDA Mobile Phone
Rate : $41
Seller : king-shiny
Shipping : Free

Item : #S8T1 8GB SANDISK MICRO SD HC 8G FIT NOKIA N95 N76 E90
Rate : $ 22
Seller : Donot Remember
Shipping $ 12


There have been instances about 10% when I have not received items from the sellers, but i have been fortunate that the ebay dispute has been resolved in my favor and the money has been refunded to my account


Regarding the payment, I use PayPal. I have added my Indian credit card into PayPal.


Till now i have not paid any Indian taxes. MOst of my purchases have been lesser that $100

[salilshukla]

Thanks, computernerd. That answers most of my queries. I think I will get that digitizer soon. Reason why I was asking about taxes is that I am eyeing a camera lens which is cheaper by Rs 12,000 on ebay at singapore than on ebay.in

[dre@ms]

gr8 goin..gr8 xplanation..keep it flowin

[eldrid]

the digitiser can be changed urself if ur game for taking apart ur phone. I just got my digitiser changed last week i bought it from hira panna in mumbai and fit it myself, lots of instructions available on the net. Shopping from ebay us or uk is very easy all you need is a pay pal account. most accessories from china are indeed knock offs, but they work well for the prices they charge.

[salilshukla]

How much did the Digitizer cost at Heera Panna? Does it come with tools required to change it? Are Front and Back Covers etc (in different colours)also available there?

[mango1122]

Finally i bought this: http://cgi.ebay.com/GlobalSat-BT-368-SiRF-III-Bluetooth-GPS-Receiver-20chan_W0QQitemZ220463711007QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGPS _Devices?hash=item3354a9431f&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

[dre@ms]

Finally i bought this: http://cgi.ebay.com/GlobalSat-BT-368-SiRF-III-Bluetooth-GPS-Receiver-20chan_W0QQitemZ220463711007QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGPS _Devices?hash=item3354a9431f&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Luks gud m8..hv u received it? wat abt the SD card u ordered?

[mango1122]

Ordered it today.Will take at least a fortnight for them to deliver. I got the SD card. Mine was a sandisk.:p

[dre@ms]

Ordered it today.Will take at least a fortnight for them to deliver. I got the SD card. Mine was a sandisk.:p
lucky!! I hv half filled my sd..til nw so gud.

[hardikrajgor123]

I have a s9 motorokr bt headset....awesome...got it a yr back for 4500

[mango1122]

I have an Elfin and i have a bluetooth GPS reciever [Globsat BT-368] . I seem to have run into some problems. I have managed to get the reciever connected to the Elfin . It seems to work fine with google maps.

The real issue is - i am not able to get it to work with the MapmyIndia software.

If anyone has any idea on this , they can probably help me.

My Ordnale.ini looks like this. I have edited the GPS port to com6 [My GPS reciver is on com6] however i still cannot get it to work.Sometimes the GPS will attach but it would work.It would say waiting for GPS.


[Main]
Brand=MapmyIndia
SaveTimeZone=1
Captionless=0
Screen=QVGA
ShowPOIShortcuts=1

;Portrait=1
;buildings=1

disable_ticks=1
ShowMinimizeBtn=1

Map=india_mi_200901.cpf

OldStyleSearch=1


[Advisor]
language=1033
gender=0

voice=

[GPS]
Found=com6:,9600,8N1,none
[List]
buttons=0

I have tried different Baud rates and still the same result.


I was running Onyx ultimate 4.5 and now reverted to stock Rom. Still the issue persists.


EDIT:Solved

[dre@ms]

^^gr8..but can u post the solution too? this will help other fellow members who have the same issue.

[guccikathir]

Hi all,

I have been quite impressed and jealous too to know what all accessories ppl use for Elfin. But one bad thing is, in india we do not know where to get those or whether it is available. So, I have started this thread.

All indian members, owning a Elfin, flow ur accessory list and also the price and from whr u hv bought it. This will enable our fellow indian members and me who doesnt know what and where accessories are avail.

Let me start my accessory list(nothing much, only one i own)
1. Sony BT Handsfree - Bought from eBay.in for 3200/-

Flow ur list.
Hi guys,

Could you please help me for upgrading the my HTC P3450. Elf0100. Is it possible or not.

What are the steps i have to follow.

Please help me.

Regards
Gucci

[dre@ms]

^^i believe u want ur elf to be made to elfin..am i right? if yes, impossible.

[saurabh88]

Where can I get it? in Mumbai
check out this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4851895#post4851895

[saurabh88]

plz if u feel that this is a stupid question coz i m new here...is this HTC P3450 called elfin?where can i get new screen coz it has worstly scratched..plz.li m from india.gujrat,surat

[ivanmatz]

plz if u feel that this is a stupid question coz i m new here...is this HTC P3450 called elfin?where can i get new screen coz it has worstly scratched..plz.li m from india.gujrat,surat


Elf - p3450 and Elfin - p3452
use ebay for the screen protector
note : look for eBay Top-rated sellers first.

[saurabh88]

as u said that mine is elf..but i have had 128mb of ram and in the thread it has written tgat it has only 64mb only...how can be this possible?

[ivanmatz]

as u said that mine is elf..but i have had 128mb of ram and in the thread it has written tgat it has only 64mb only...how can be this possible?

I never concluded you are having ELF. What I posted is that if your model no. is p3450 then its ELF and if yours is p3452 then its elfin.

The RAM/ROM in ELF is 64/128 whereas in ELFin is 128/256.

Since you said you are having 128MB of RAM then yours is ELFin.

[dre@ms]

plz if u feel that this is a stupid question coz i m new here...is this HTC P3450 called elfin?where can i get new screen coz it has worstly scratched..plz.li m from india.gujrat,surat
eBay is our only option..and like ivan said, get the protector from genuine sellers. Before ordering from them, check their feedbacks. Then order, eBay is full of duplicates.

Note: Good to see indian members are taking this thread as expected.

[salilshukla]

I recently purchased a touch screen (digitizer) for my HTC Touch through Global Buy facility of ebay. It cost me Rs. 914.00 and I recieved the merchandise within 2 weeks from New York. They supplied the necessary tools and I changed the screen myself. (Shops in Delhi and auth service centre were asking for Rs. 2200 to Rs. 2500 for the screen, extra for the replacement).

I also bought an S9 Motorola Bluetooth Stereo headset for Rs. 2098 from an Indian seller on ebay. :D:D

[saurabh88]

eBay is our only option..and like ivan said, get the protector from genuine sellers. Before ordering from them, check their feedbacks. Then order, eBay is full of duplicates.
Note: Good to see indian members are taking this thread as expected.
all the items on ebay r original or duplicate?how can we know that?