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Faceplate on the MPX220
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Posted by: nicki
I bought this crappy faceplate off of Ebay for my phone. I just wanted to get that reflective chroming off the front that is just asking to get scratched. It said that it needed a T6, but it actually needed a T4. ( I am only adding that because I read in a few different places that it needed a T6. ) Well after getting the front off and pulling those lil sticky screw covers out of my cat's mouth a few times, I finally took a close look at the faceplate to see that the lens cover for the camera actually looks like a fisheye lens. It was blurry and distorted just looking through it. The camera sucks with the basically clear moto faceplate, so you can just imagine what happened with this one. Well, I definitely learned my lesson and just wanted to pass this on to anyone else who was considering it. If anyone has any experience with a better quality faceplate, I'd like to hear about it 
Posted by: spikyazn
How does the battery cover fit?
Posted by: nicki
It seems to fit the same as the OEM. 
Posted by: hunmin
Have any seen the black OEM case for MPx220?
Posted by: jedimyndtryx
Yeah I bought a clear one on ebay and the darn screws didn't even fit right!!! I also noticed the camera after installing it and missed some great photo ops in Vegas with my kids because of it. I took it off and tossed it. I'll just try and protect my OEM faceplate as good as I can. Unless of course I can find the black OEM one. =D
Posted by: spikyazn
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Originally posted by nicki
It seems to fit the same as the OEM.
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That's good, because the OEM one seems quite flimsy...so it's nice to know I have a backup!
Posted by: roel127
i bought a complete oem case at cnn, it is factory made , it is all the plastic pieces exept the front lcd cover, well anyway im in the prosses of painting it with an apoxy black paint that is for apliences . i must say so far it is looking awsome. ill post pics when im done. but the paint takes 72 hours to cure so it might be awile.
Posted by: spikyazn
sounds cool, how much did it cost you?
Posted by: roel127
29 us dollars but shiping took 10 days, couse its from japan
Posted by: stuffedtiger79
does the oem case include the black number buttons too? or will those still remain silver?
cant wait to see what the pictures looks like after u have painted and put it on..
Posted by: roel127
it doesnt come with bottons yet , but when i emailed them about that he said they would get more stuff in latter to check back. here is the web site check them out
http://cnn.cn/shop/index.php?osCsid...dd5d29766e34fa2
Posted by: stuffedtiger79
i hope they get the keypad also. they seem to have the full keypads for other phones. but its nice to know that if scruff up my housing too bad i can always get a new one.
Posted by: roel127
not complete but look so far
Posted by: roel127
again
Posted by: roel127
3rd
Posted by: roel127
last let me know what you guys think so far
Posted by: stuffedtiger79
it looks really nice... i cant tell the texture, finish etc cause the pics are really small. can you post some hi-res pics?
Posted by: roel127
cant put to big on here it wont let me
Posted by: roel127
i still need to sand and polish but its coming out ok, its very smooth and shiny so far
Posted by: stuffedtiger79
what kind of paint did you use? can you give details? does it have a metallic finish? what about the moto logo... how does that look... the cover of the mpx had a couple of different finishes... like shiny, and also matte. does that show after you paint?
Posted by: roel127
i used an epoxy paint just for plastic (krylon fusion ) the texture is prety much the same exept its all shiney i didnt paint over the logo and boy does it stand out against the black
Posted by: roel127
last one
Posted by: stuffedtiger79
i think it looks really s e x y
Posted by: roel127
yeah i realy like the look of it now ,just wish i had the key pad to go whith it
Posted by: stuffedtiger79
does changing the faceplate yourself void the warrenty?
Posted by: roel127
yes i think it does
Posted by: spikyazn
Wow that looks really nice...try www.imageshack.us to host the pictures...
I hope you can eventually get OEM black faceplate for mpx220...
Posted by: roel127
these are hosted and much larger
alote of the stuff that looks silver on the black is the flash from the camera pictures just dont do it justice
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