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iFixit Offers Transparent Replacement Glass Back for iPhone 4S


iFixit has introduced a transparent glass replacement back for the iPhone 4S. The glass, which retails for $29.95, completely replaces the rear glass on the iPhone -- making it useful for replacing a broken rear back or simply for a unique look.

Depending on the age of the iPhone 4, it may need iFixit's "liberation kit" to remove the newer "pentalobe screws" from the iPhone.

The instructions for installing the rear glass are simple and straightforward for the mechanically inclined. The transparent rear panel is available for the iPhone 4 (GSM) and 4S from iFixit.

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Posted: 25 weeks ago

It's too bad the battery is on the backside...everything cool to look at is underneath it :(


I have a solution for that.... ;)
Rating: 23 Positives / 4 Negatives
Posted: 25 weeks ago
Actually, they should offer custom backs with a photo printed on back (inside reversed) like http://www.fractureme.com/ but even-out the black on top and bottom so it's straight across.

For fun, print a iPhone screen on back so it looks like you're holding it backwards.... just to freak people out like it's a double-sided iPhone.
Rating: 12 Positives / 3 Negatives
Posted: 25 weeks ago



There are lots of people from the middle-east who are good people, same goes for orientals, africans, etc.


Nothing like sticking up for the good people, then calling them oriental like they are some type of rug.
Rating: 8 Positives / 3 Negatives
Posted: 25 weeks ago

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Warning!! You really shouldn't use this on the NYC subways system. Everyone will think that it's a hidden bomb!! :):)
That Li-ion battery looks a lot like some C4 explosives, and it only takes one old lady screaming "BOMB" to bring a whole train to a halt.
Then the NYPD will pull a "grab n' smash" on your 4S and arrest you.:mad:
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2 things.
The Li-ion made me think of OS X Lion. I dunno why, just did.

And that pic with the person is it is extremely racist. If the police put out something like that in Australia so many would protest in the streets it would not be funny. I'm glad that kind of thing is not present in Australia.


The poster is a satire of such racist attitudes.
Rating: 4 Positives / 0 Negatives
Posted: 25 weeks ago
The "If you see something, say something" campaign is real.

But that picture and the Paki line are a photoshop.

Usually it's pictures of boxes under subway seats with nobody nearby. The posters are targeted at increasing bomb awareness.
Rating: 4 Positives / 1 Negatives
Posted: 25 weeks ago

Warning!! You really shouldn't use this on the NYC subways system. Everyone will think that it's a hidden bomb!! :):)
That Li-ion battery looks a lot like some C4 explosives, and it only takes one old lady screaming "BOMB" to bring a whole train to a halt.
Then the NYPD will pull a "grab n' smash" on your 4S and arrest you.:mad:
Rating: 10 Positives / 7 Negatives
Posted: 25 weeks ago
My god..now I'm sorry that I even posted the post up.

The "See something, say something" pic is a satirical take on a real campaign. It's just to show that while most NYers assume that the south Asian guy is probably just going to work, some "perpetually frightened racist old lady" will always see him as a terrorist.
This is the same old lady that will scream "BOMB!!!" on a rush hour train when she sees your 4S with the clear glass on it.

Now, If she saw that Pakistani guy using the "clear glass" 4S, she would absolutely shoot him.
And since the NYPD has deemed it OK to shoot an unarmed, innocent man 25 times....if you were scared. The old lady would get away with it.

(Can you tell that I'm black....?)
Rating: 2 Positives / 0 Negatives
Posted: 25 weeks ago

Nothing like sticking up for the good people, then calling them oriental like they are some type of rug.


Orient vs Occident is just an older differentiation. I don't read anything negative in Amazing Iceman's post. PS: By your logic, you forgot to mention the Africans :rolleyes:

PPS: if you know German, watch THIS YouTube video.
Rating: 2 Positives / 0 Negatives
Posted: 25 weeks ago

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Warning!! You really shouldn't use this on the NYC subways system. Everyone will think that it's a hidden bomb!! :):)
That Li-ion battery looks a lot like some C4 explosives, and it only takes one old lady screaming "BOMB" to bring a whole train to a halt.
Then the NYPD will pull a "grab n' smash" on your 4S and arrest you.:mad:
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Is that something official?

You guys are really crazy over there :eek:
Rating: 3 Positives / 1 Negatives
Posted: 25 weeks ago

Fugly


And someone does not exactly understand the target market the clear back is aimed at.

Seeing threw backs or windows into the mechanical or electronic parts inside is not about looking pretty but cool looking to the tech geeks who just like to see that stuff.
Rating: 5 Positives / 3 Negatives

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