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you lost the metal stripe on the side of the phone?
this part is as far as i know connected to the screen...
my phones current and past:
Brand phones:- Samsung Galaxy Apollo/Leo/3 - retired, 2x Samsung Galaxy S - gone, Samsung Galaxy Note - stolen , Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos - retired
- Samsung Galaxy S3
- Samsung Galaxy S4 black edition (work issue)
China phones:- Pinphone 3 (never received), Smarty A8 (MTK6515 HTC Chacha clone), iNew V3 - sold
- Xiaomi Redmi 1s - Wife's daily driver
- Xiaomi MI3 64GB with MagicSim on dual bootMIUI v5 (4.8.22) /CM11
Others:
- ZTE Open (FirefoxOS) - now running ICS! -retired from duty.
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The metal side stripes are removable, easily. They are softly glued to the main body. I've also been looking to buy them, but no luck. It would be nice to see these parts go on sale...If you drop the phone, chances are they will get scratched and/or get dents.