No more gap on top after addition of some white silicone!

[cmilviper]

My HTC One had not gap on the bottom, and a small gap on the top.

It did not really bother me that much like a stuck pixel ect. would have.....but I figured I would apply a little white silicone to the gap for the hell of it.

My One no longer has any gaps.

Now it's about 2:20AM, and I am going to start a movie....

 

[DioramaMaker]

Pics?

 

[Tower72]

Yap pics please!

 

[karmamule]

I am so uncoordinated if I tried to do anything like that it would end up looking like a can of silly string exploded all over my phone.

Glad to hear you did well with that!

 

[cmilviper]

Sorry for the bad quality...but below you will see pictures of the bottom & top of my phone. The area of discussion actually looks better than it does in the below pictures.

 

[Tower72]

those 2 pictures are of the fixed up job correct...wheres the before ones

 

[cmilviper]

Sorry, no before pics...It looked like some of the other gap pictures on this forum. It was worse from the middle towards the power button.

Karmamule, silicone is very easy to work with. What is not used in the gap fill can just be wiped off with a paper towel. (Nothing like glue ect.)

 

[DioramaMaker]

Dudewhat. Nice! I love it! So you just smeared the silicon in, clamped it, and wiped away the excess/cleaned up the edges before it dried, I assume?

 

[cmilviper]

Dudewhat. Nice! I love it! So you just smeared the silicon in, clamped it, and wiped away the excess/cleaned up the edges before it dried, I assume?

That is correct, but I did no clamping....Just smeared it in smoothly, wiped the excess, and let it dry.....The white silicone matches the polycarbonate filler perfectly.

 

[DioramaMaker]

Awesome! If I end up going with a one instead of the s4, and land in this issue, I'll definitely be doing this. What brand silicone? I know it sounds silly but the match is perfect.

 

[The Real X Dawg]

That is correct, but I did no clamping....Just smeared it in smoothly, wiped the excess, and let it dry.....The white silicone matches the polycarbonate filler perfectly.

What brand silicone did you use?


My phone is a good One!

 

[cmilviper]

The brand I used is GE waterproof white silicone...Unless the gap is huge, any white silicone should work as a filler. At least it will no longer be an open crack that an index card could slide into...Good luck.

It's not that big of a deal, but if it helps you forget about the small gap and enjoy the phone, then go for it.

 

[Squeeze Play]

I might give this a shot later today.

 

[newtotheone]

Im tempted to do this but I have a little bit of a gap by the volume rocker. Not sure if that would effect the volume control. It's kind of bugging me as I can get a piece of paper in it. What do you guys think? Hate to take it back cause it's been flawless and the black ones seem limited...

 

[Wen Pai]

can you make a step by step with picture and teach us? i luv how it looks!!!

 

[mistyisland]

Im tempted to do this but I have a little bit of a gap by the volume rocker. Not sure if that would effect the volume control. It's kind of bugging me as I can get a piece of paper in it. What do you guys think? Hate to take it back cause it's been flawless and the black ones seem limited...

I can also get a piece of paper in a tiny space between the volume rocker and the rest of the frame. The paper will only go in about an eighth of an inch. For heavens sake, that rocker needs some space to move or it will get stuck. That space is hardly visible to the naked eye. Perhaps yours is larger, I don't know, but you can get a paper in my gap and it seems normal, and I wouldn't want that gap any smaller. it seems to be wider at the top of the rocker. I don't think this is a defect.

 

[newtotheone]

The little gap went from about half way on the rocker to the top. I could get my finger nail in the gap above the rocker.

 

[mistyisland]

The little gap went from about half way on the rocker to the top. I could get my finger nail in the gap above the rocker.

Sounds like it is larger than mine, I can't get my fingernail in there. Why don't you post a picture?