Results of my "Custom G1 Housing Change"

[JohnnyLicious]

Lets begin with FML.

lol, i basically screwed up my phone by opening it first of all, and now im left with a decent phone that i can still call / text / internet / camera etc but the most important feature i wanted was the touchscreen, yeah my touchscreen is DEAD.

it does not work after me and my dad spent 4 hours taking it apart to "try" to replace the housing that i bought off ebay which was the G1 White version.

Link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=260343304180

1) Don't buy the housing kit on ebay if the seller is located in china / japan because the parts does not match the American G1, the white case around the main part of the G1 screen doesnt have proper screw opening to secure the screen etc, The 4 piece navigation part is a bit too big and doesnt fit properly with the other parts

2) Opening that G1 is a pain in the *%FDJFDK trust me have a professional do it, and even so they could messed up, after opening it up i can see why people say the G1 was "poorly" design, you have to open up everything to change every piece of the g1 (FML)

3) This just wasn't worth it, but im still greatful for having a fully functional phone aside from the touchscreen which im still mouring over but i gotta deal with my risk take

4) The good part was that i was able to replace the keyboard keys with the white keys and the power / home / back / end key with the white ones

So finally here are the final photos, these photos were taken off my macbook ahah dont have my Canon camera on me friend has it so i cant take any professional camera shots.









Enjoy and my suggestion is that don't do it its NOT WORTH IT.

PS. What im doing now is i can only use the trackball and keyboard to navigate around my G1 im still gonna use it as my everyday phone since i dont feel like paying $140 for a deductable thru asurion insurance so ima wait it out and wait for a new android phone to come out :]]

wish me luck guys, or maybe one day my touchscreen will work again ahah.

[DrVeronica]

all that work and now no touchscreen

I'm sorry johnny!

[Andrea]

OH NO! I'm so sorry! But yeah, don't let screwdrivers near your phone. Especially THIS phone. I hope your touchscreen magically works again. :|

[Fare]

it looks awesome with the white keys at least =p

sorry to hear that, why doesn't the touch screen work?

[JohnnyLicious]

Originally Posted by Fare

it looks awesome with the white keys at least =p

sorry to hear that, why doesn't the touch screen work?

yeah it does look good so its was semi half it aha.

and i have no clue me and my dad were sittin down last night lookin thru the phone and the manual i followed to figure out why the touchscreen didnt work we checked all the wires and open and put back each connection still nada, but be some wire got damage some how and some where =(

and thanks again andrea and mz veronica, hope it does work and i wont let any thing metal come near it again aha.

Originally Posted by kitsunisan

Wire get damaged on it? Maybe you could just get a new screen, that'll be cheaper than the insurance.

yeah my dad was telling me if i could buy a replacement screen then he should be able to fix it so ima look into it.

[kitsunisan]

Wire get damaged on it? Maybe you could just get a new screen, that'll be cheaper than the insurance.

[texas_born]

U just crushed all my dreams I wanted to do this same thing. I'm hard headed so I might just do it anyway

[JohnnyLicious]

Originally Posted by texas_born

U just crushed all my dreams I wanted to do this same thing. I'm hard headed so I might just do it anyway

ahah sorry but seriously it was hard for me and my dad and were pretty knowledgeable around phones and electronics

[kitsunisan]

If it is one of the wires, you might also be able to bridge the break if you're any good at soldering. Of course, the trick would be to find exactly where the issue is.

[JohnnyLicious]

Originally Posted by kitsunisan

If it is one of the wires, you might also be able to bridge the break if you're any good at soldering. Of course, the trick would be to find exactly where the issue is.

yeah i know but thats the hard part of finding which wire is damaged =(

Originally Posted by texas_born

what if i was trying to replace the keypad only i wouldnt mess with the screen much right?

if you just replace the keyboard then its fine hella easy but just the touchscreen cover is the issue =(

so stay away from that and youll be fine =D