November 19, 2022
Description
The Samsung XCover 4s is marketed and sold an a rugged “outdoor” mobile phone. In spite of this claim, the case of my own phone (and, for the record, several others at a client's site) quickly showed signs of deterioration. Fissures appeared around openings such as the USB charging port, headphone plug, power and volume buttons and the loudspeaker grid:
When the fissures became so frequent that parts started to break off the case, I initially could repair this by gluing parts back in place:
However, the “break-up” of the phone case continued and I finally lost the power button (yet could recover the broken parts of the frame).
This part is a straightforward replacement for the power button.
Designed in FreeCAD. Since I had lost the original button, it took me a few prints to get the "rim" shape and size right.
Due to the small size, PrusaSlicer makes this a solid part which came out beautifully in the clear PETG. Printing even at 0.1 mm layer height barely takes 3 min :-)
The button was then inserted back in the phone and the surrounding plastic parts are glued in place with epoxy resin. Here is the fully functional result:
Enjoy!
License:
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