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Cool Dude 101
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5 hours ago, Cool Dude 101 said:

Is it possible to make the back of my Samsung galaxy s22 transparent?

Do you own a milling machine and/or a vacuum forming machine?

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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30 minutes ago, Cool Dude 101 said:

I do have a milling machine. 

You might be able to mill something out of acrylic then.  The vacuum former just makes curves easier and quicker.  @Imbadatnames makes a fair point though. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.  Be kind of a pita to do as well.  Would be a bit simpler with something like solid works and a cnc, but old school could probably get the job done.  Would just take longer.  Even just getting the old one off is likely a bad idea.

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Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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1 hour ago, Bombastinator said:

You might be able to mill something out of acrylic then.  The vacuum former just makes curves easier and quicker.  @Imbadatnames makes a fair point though. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.  Be kind of a pita to do as well.  Would be a bit simpler with something like solid works and a cnc, but old school could probably get the job done.  Would just take longer.  Even just getting the old one off is likely a bad idea.

You also have issues with things like the flash bouncing everywhere when taking photos and potentially thermal issues replacing glass with plastic and actually getting a watertight seal

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On 9/24/2022 at 11:31 PM, Cool Dude 101 said:

Is it possible to make the back of my Samsung galaxy s22 transparent?

The best thing to do would be to buy a skin, like Dbrand's "Teardown." Not the real deal, of course, but it's much easier and won't void your warranty.

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I've been wanting to do this for so long, but I'm too scared.
Might be worth a yolo if you can find an example of someone that's already done it for S22.

 

Dream-phone: USB type-c (3.1), 1440p, 5-inch, removable battery, 32gb RAMdrive, sd card slot, stock Android, transparent atomic purple build, 9050 mah battery, waterproof AF, nuclear powered, ac wifi is fine.
                           OR a one-of-a-kind iphone that runs Android.

 

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