Guest wugger Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 (edited) For all those who got fed up with Orange/HTC and opened their C500 (or are planning to do so), this thread will be of great interest: MobileJoe.de Granted, its in German so either learn the language or use babelfish but the pictures speak for themselves! There is also a detailed guide to the dis- and reassembly process here (in English). Have fun messing up your C500, wugger [update]: Similar MoDaCo posting here Looks like you're gonna need a whole lot of sugar cubes to do this ;) Edited April 27, 2005 by wugger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AngelOfRage Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 that looks interesting, although i bet greasy fingerprints are even more of a nightmare than on the standard cover (yes i know, wash your hands after a mcdonalds...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest beersoft Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 ok, its a wetndry + polish to get the "Oh shiney" and its more fingerprint resistant than the mpx200 ;) later Owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest furby Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Maybe when i get few more scracthes i'll give this a go. off topic, what homescreen is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gavin Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 (edited) ... what homescreen is this? Was wondering the same thing :?: Edited April 27, 2005 by Gavin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest renzo4000 Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Was wondering the same thing :?: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> For me as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fozzie Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 The calendar part of the homescreen is from >>here<<. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest morpheus2702 Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 I misread that as 'SPV C500 Polish edition'. Would have been great for msmobiles... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest furby Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 The calendar part of the homescreen is from >>here<<. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Maybe it's a customised version? Time to put GCSE German to the test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gh0stw4lk3r Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Maybe it's a customised version? Time to put GCSE German to the test <{POST_SNAPBACK}> tadaaaaaaaaa!!!! http://www.mobilejoe.de/joeforums/showthre...76137#post76137 The homescreen with calendar plugin ;) you're welcome ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tsutton Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Cheers for posting it. Looks good! The only changes you need to make is the day i.e. Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fri Sa and Su as they are in German language. But apart from it, easy to install and works well. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gavin Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 tadaaaaaaaaa!!!! The homescreen with calendar plugin ;) you're welcome ;) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well played :exclaim: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Newchurch Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Hi folks, as you can see in the mobilejoe.de thread the C500 looks very bad with many scratches and a lo of dust under display cover. When the C500 came out last year there was a nice discussion at mobilejoe chat if the front cover was made of plastic or aluminium. One of the users did his legendary "bite test" and noticed that it was aluminium (greetings to plant ;) ). Why not polish the front cover ? The result you can see, I think it looks good and was the best solution for the scratched c500. The homescreen you see at my black c500 was a "compilation" of several homescreens for my personal use. The calendar plugin was shown at modaco.com first (in english), but it seems as nobody has noticed it ? Gretings from Germany, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alex_le_brit Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 (edited) One downer on polishing aluminium, it'll look all nice and shiney for a few weeks, but unless it's laquered or anodised, it'll slowly oxidise to a dull matt grey. Mind you if you go HERE you can read all about anodising at home, which could of course result in a rash of brightly coloured C500's ;) Edited April 27, 2005 by Alex_le_brit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nedge2k Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 I misread that as 'SPV C500 Polish edition'. Would have been great for msmobiles... ;) ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kallisti Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Am I being stupid, or does it not say how to get through to the aluminium anywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lutzh Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Am I being stupid, or does it not say how to get through to the aluminium anywhere? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hi folks the guy who did it restaurates oldtimer cars too so he know very well how to keep the shiny finish for the future - a special politure seals the surface. its pretty well known that the c500 and its derivates have a metallic front cover and i am just about doing the same to my mda compact (colour is already removed i only need to do the fine sanding or decide to spray it in a cool dark colour - don't know yet how i gonna finish it). if someone needs details on how to take c500 or magician into parts just post here... this thingy does the colour removal and the fine sanding perfectly: another fine idea to do the finish is using chocolate :-) - check HERE! :-) cheerio! lutz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tronicx Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 This may sound funny - but you do know there's a silver version of the C500 don't you? I've got it; has a nice feel to it, but you do get the finger-print marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest extravagant Posted May 9, 2005 Report Share Posted May 9, 2005 This may sound funny - but you do know there's a silver version of the C500 don't you? I've got it; has a nice feel to it, but you do get the finger-print marks. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> u get those on the black version also, but not very noticable.. I use the leather case, if u drop the C500 it will likely break? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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