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Custom Motorola
i90c Phone Holster Mod to fit Samsung i600 Smartphoneby John Cody
November 17, 2003
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6/13/06 UPDATE: I no longer have my Samsung i600
Smartphone, so I
now have two "kits" of my cell phone holster modification for sale.
Each kit
contains:
- A brand-new un-modified genuine
Motorola i90c phone holster
- all ready to be modified using my instructions below
- A pre-molded phone holster that I actually
used, but it developed one or more cracks in it over the
years and was crazy-glued a few times to repair it. This
holster is meant to really just be a "sample" to guide
you while performing your own modification to the new
holster.
- Remember:
This modified holster allows you to use the extra-life
battery (other Samsung i600 phone holsters may only work with the standard
battery)
- UPS ground shipping included in below
price (note: I will only ship to the verified paypal
address of your paypal account)
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The plastic phone holster/case
that I used was a Radio
Shack # 170-0194 for $13.49.
UPDATE: This item has been discontinued by Radio Shack -
However, because this item was a genuine Motorola i90c Phone Holster
(not a knock-off), you can probably obtain one from Motorola directly.
What's neat about this case is that it will fit the
Samsung i600 Smartphone (offered by Verizon and Sprint) even with the extended battery installed. Also, the sides of this
phone holster aren't in the way of anything, and allow full/easy access to
the side buttons and the SD memory slot on the i600 without having to remove
the phone from the holster.
- I first cut off the right side of the top "snap" (top arrow) so
that it would fit into the top carry-strap hole on the Samsung i600 phone.
I also cut off a section of the right back-side of the holster
(right-side arrow) to accommodate the i600's antenna.

- I then used a Heat Gun to soften the plastic so I could stretch
the lower sides of the holster so it would wrap-around and fold-over
the bottom edges of the phone slightly (so it will hold the bottom of
the phone securely in place)

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Below are different angles of the completed case:




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