Originally Posted by villainhalf

My battery, nor the wires, were soldered. I was/am thinking about transferring to black casing.

have u found any black casing yet bro?

I dissasembled my device, it's not hard at all. Trust me, i'm engineer

Is there an sd slot in there? I would really like to put my 32 gig sd card in this phone. Sadly 16 is not enough.

Originally Posted by musky

Is there an sd slot in there? I would really like to put my 32 gig sd card in this phone. Sadly 16 is not enough.

Nope, we're lucky enough to get flash memory.

Dr. Rick: not yet. The UK body is not compatible with the US S. It has a different bottom. I'm waiting for the black and red US S before continuing my experiment.

I am looking to see if the One J's battery is compatible with our phone. I'll Frankenstein a larger battery. As it stands I've bought a few extra one s batteries and to keep charged just in case of emergencies. The battery is really easy to replace.

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Originally Posted by villainhalf

Nope, we're lucky enough to get flash memory.

Dr. Rick: not yet. The UK body is not compatible with the US S. It has a different bottom. I'm waiting for the black and red US S before continuing my experiment.

I am looking to see if the One J's battery is compatible with our phone. I'll Frankenstein a larger battery. As it stands I've bought a few extra one s batteries and to keep charged just in case of emergencies. The battery is really easy to replace.

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I thought someone said there was a cut down sd card in there...once he takes off the back, what's the black thing in the upper right of the back of the phone?

Originally Posted by villainhalf

LOL. You're assuming that I don't have the technical skill to take apart a phone because you lack the ability. The One S isn't my first rodeo; the process is straight forward and even a halfwit monkey could do it. If you lack the technical skills of a halfwit monkey than excuse me for my disrespect and I admire your willingness to blend into a social setting with your illness.



My battery, nor the wires, were soldered. I was/am thinking about transferring to black casing.

EDIT: Z3ra7uL; You got to the video first :] Plus thanks to you.

So the battery wires were just a clip like connection then?

Sent from my HTC One S on Axiom S

Originally Posted by eminembdg

So the battery wires were just a clip like connection then?

Sent from my HTC One S on Axiom S

Yup check the video posted in this thread by z3ra7ul, post #7 its a real nice teardown vid

You guys seem to have this pretty well covered but just thought I'd include my experience as well. A few days ago I replaced the damaged housing on my International One S because somebody was interested in buying it but then wasn't interested in my asking price because the warranty was now void..
Anyway, it was super easy. Only difference is that, while the one in the video's lower cover just pops off, mine is double-sided stickied in an elaborate pattern and was rather difficult to remove. The sticky stretches out and needs to be put back into place. It was even more difficult to get it back on properly.. but I finally got it.
But yes, The battery is easy to get at, but I don't remember seeing a connector for it (but I wasn't really looking for it specifically.. just checking things out). So I wonder if the EU version is soldered and the US version is connector?

Originally Posted by mmceorange

Only difference is that, while the one in the video's lower cover just pops off, mine is double-sided stickied in an elaborate pattern and was rather difficult to remove. The sticky stretches out and needs to be put back into place. It was even more difficult to get it back on properly.. but I finally got it.

Do you mean the used some double sided tape?

Basically you just need to pop off the top cover, then the bottom with a case opener, remove a few screws, then CAREFULLY dislodge the case from the rest of the device, be very careful here because if you use too much force the metal will bend! Then you can just use tweezers to pull the battery connector off and you can remove the battery.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/21/htc-one-s-teardown/