Hello MacRumors w/ Teaser Shots

Shenaniganz08 · Mar 15, 2011

Long time hiatus, back with new mods and a slightly better camera, hope to post to post most some good threads in the Accessories forum

But For now some Teaser shots of my polished iPhone 4

Cheers

Mess · Mar 15, 2011

How did you polish that? Looks really nice!

vincenz · Mar 15, 2011

Very interesting... Any details on how it was done?

Small White Car · Mar 15, 2011

vincenz said:
Very interesting... Any details on how it was done?

Probably a lot of very fine sandpaper. I bet it works the same as this, just much, much less time.

saberahul · Mar 15, 2011

Small White Car said:
Probably a lot of very fine sandpaper. I bet it works the same as this, just much, much less time.

I'm sure that driver gets pulled over a lot.

Small White Car · Mar 15, 2011

saberahul said:
I'm sure that driver gets pulled over a lot.

That article has always made me wonder if I could do something like that to my phone. The OP has given me hope, but yes, I'd love to hear how he did it before I experiment myself!

Next Tuesday · Mar 15, 2011

That looks pretty awesome. I would also like to know how it is done.

vincenz · Mar 15, 2011

Small White Car said:
Probably a lot of very fine sandpaper. I bet it works the same as this, just much, much less time.

Wow

If the OP did it by hand, congrats to him. It looks like he got almost every square mm of it polished. Really high quality work.

kingdLo · Mar 15, 2011

I thought about doing this back when I got mine and I'm glad to see this.

I bet it wasn't hard to do especially with it disassembled down to the main frame. Lightly sand and metal polish.

Shenaniganz08 · Mar 15, 2011

thanks guys, the hardest parts was that I didn't take it apart ( so warranty completely intact)

careful masking around glass frame+ fine sandpaper + polish by hand

it actually took a lot longer than I thought for three reasons

1) sanding around the volume buttons was murder
2) very slow wetsanding to avoid any excess water
3) polishing by hand tore avoid getting polishing compound in creases, buttons, 30 pin port

will post more pics this weekend, bug just be warned having a fully reflective phone makes it a fingerprint magnet

rwd hero · Mar 15, 2011

Beautiful

eternlgladiator · Mar 15, 2011

that looks really awesome. great work OP.

iDutchman · Mar 16, 2011

Aboslutely amazing. Very tempted to perform something like this as well. Especially because it's got quite some marks on it.

Maybe in the mood for a how-to guide?

Shenaniganz08 · Mar 16, 2011

sure hopefully this weekend, not too many pictures but can list steps, products used

Orion126 · Mar 16, 2011

I know you said warranty was intact because you didn't take it apart but are you sure about that?

Wicked1 · Mar 16, 2011

All Nice and Fancy Shmancy until you have to bring it in to Apple for a swap under warranty and they decide to void your warranty or give you a new Refurb and you have to start all over again.

This is one particular reason I went back to stock from a JB and why I do not buy colored panels to convert my iP4 to White, just not worth it or the risk of losing the warranty.

Shenaniganz08 · Mar 16, 2011

Wicked1 said:
All Nice and Fancy Shmancy until you have to bring it in to Apple for a swap under warranty and they decide to void your warranty or give you a new Refurb and you have to start all over again.

This is one particular reason I went back to stock from a JB and why I do not buy colored panels to convert my iP4 to White, just not worth it or the risk of losing the warranty.

No need to be negative.
Your incorrect in thinking this voids the warranty, as opposed to doing a white conversion

Phone has never been dropped
Phone is in perfect condition
All moisture sensors 100% white
All parts 100% OEM in working condition
Phillips Screws show no signs of use
Phone has never been taken apart

The warranty is completely intact.

iDutchman · Mar 16, 2011

Shenaniganz08 said:
sure hopefully this weekend, not too many pictures but can list steps, products used

That would be nice!

sportster · Mar 16, 2011

Nice work! Did you take any mid progress pictures? I would be interested in seeing pictures of the progress of sanding it.

Bawstun · Mar 17, 2011

Really interested on how you did this. I took my bumper off today to clean mine, and every side is just completely scratched. You see parts of the shine peeking through all of the brushed metal appearance. Doesn't bother me much since all cases pretty much cover that, but it effects the resale when I upgrade to ip5. Plus it looks better than what I have left at this point.

deanfx4u · Mar 17, 2011

Good job OP. Also looks like you have a nice lens setup as well. Congrats :apple:

milani · Mar 17, 2011

Nice work, OP!

Have you noticed any changes in 3G/wifi signal strength?

QuarterSwede · Mar 17, 2011

Bawstun said:
Really interested on how you did this. I took my bumper off today to clean mine, and every side is just completely scratched. You see parts of the shine peeking through all of the brushed metal appearance. Doesn't bother me much since all cases pretty much cover that, but it effects the resale when I upgrade to ip5. Plus it looks better than what I have left at this point.

Same here. Thank you Apple bumper.

themadrussian · Mar 17, 2011

Looks interesting - I wouldn't do this to my own phone but I am interested to see more photos.

Sedrick · Mar 17, 2011

Very nice! Shame you couldn't take it apart. It would take about 5 minutes on a buffer wheel...

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