How to add a lanyard to your Galaxy Note and a TPU case

Hey guys! I've decided to make a picture guide on how to add a lanyard to your Samsung Galaxy Note and not have to break anything, all the while keeping it secure and safe and scratch free!!


As you know the Note is a big phone! I love it :) but sometimes I feel like I'm going to drop it while one-handing it, so I decided to make this tiny tutorial. It's REALLY easy.

All you're going to need is the following:

• A TPU case. (The two I got are located here and here off of eBay).
• A needle.
• Tweezers
• A lanyard

 Take your TPU case and your needle and find a good location to hang the lanyard off of. Take into consideration how you'll hold it, if you like to hold it more with either your left or right hand... I'm more of a righty for just holding my phone, so I picked the bottom right corner. Also you can do the bottom right side (as seen on my white TPU case).

 Proceed to stab your TPU case :) Don't worry, you won't hurt it. You can just take the need towards the middle or middle bottom of the case, and push through. I found it a little hard and the needle started to stick into my finger, so I just grabbed a towel and pushed it through that way, that worked fine. You could also just put a thimble on. I currently don't have one as I just moved! So towel it was.

 

 

 After pushing the need through some what, you can take it out. The next step is to take your tweezers and grab the lanyard loop with the tweezers, and try and keep it as close as possible to the sharp end, if you've got a sharp end.

 With the sharp end of the tweezers find the tiny hole you made with the needle and stick it through. It'll take a little force, so don't worry.

 After getting it through you're going to hold onto the end of the lanyard with your finger and then let go with the tweezers and take the tweezers out. Pull the lanyard a little and you're almost done.

 Put the other side of the lanyard into the loop to make a "knot" and you're done!

 Attach the other end of the lanyard if you've got one, in this case I do.

 And put your phone back into the case after tightening the lanyard line.

 This is how it looks with the side hole, which I personally like more. But I guess it's personal preference.

And this is how it looks when I'm holding it or using it.

The TPU case is perfect for it since it's a hard rubbery silicone and doesn't rip easily. I find it really comfortable to hold now knowing that if I do drop it, or it falls there won't be an issue. I also pull it out of my jeans this way, too. I've had it like this for a week so far and there has been no additional tearing to the TPU case so I think it's a good candidate material for it.

I am not responsible if your lanyard breaks and you end up breaking your phone. This is just something I found useful for me, and it's a lot safer for me at least.

Good luck! Take care.

Kent.

Ringke Samsung Galaxy S II Case Review

Hello everyone. Welcome to my first review of some cases I got for my Samsung Galaxy S II i9100 Android Dualcore Smartphone!

Well, I was browsing the web the other day and I found some fantastic cases on eBay. These are by a company called Rearth, and the cases are called Ringke. (Click here for the link to the seller's store). I should also tell you that no companies pay me to review, and if they ever send me cases to review, I do it under no pressure from them. Every case will get an honest review. In this case, Rearth didn't send me anything. I bought the cases because I thought they were really nice looking :).

Background information: I never let my phone fall to the floor. Never! But that has never stopped me from having a case. I am always paranoid. I haven't had a dumb phone since I was about 18, I'm now 25 years old. That's a lot of years of having a smartphone. I also have the curse of having to buy a lot of them! What can I say, I love smartphones! Anyways, I have tried lots of cases (and I'll more than likely review more and more cases as we go along, I have an exclusive one coming up soon, too!). I don't really like Silicone cases as they tend to stick to the inside of my pockets. This case does not have that problem.

The Cases Themselves: The cases are made of "high polymer coating" makes this case a fantastic case. I especially loved the colors. They're just GORGEOUS colors. They have them in black, aqua black, maroon, white, pink, red wine, violet, orange, mango, true blue, kiwi, lime, mint, blue sky and lavender.

I personally got the kiwi, true blue and mango cases, to escape from the normal colors.

Here are some pictures of the cases. Go ahead, click on them, and you'll get a larger version of the images.



As you can see from the pictures, they're very well designed and just look fantastic.

We have a lot of attention to detail. I am very VERY surprised by how much detail is actually put into the cases. Just take a look.

If you have a SGS2, then you'll know that there is a little ridge to lift off the battery cover, the case itself reflects where it should be! That's attention to detail!



There are exact cut outs for the headphone jack, secondary noise-cancellation mic, and some room for what I imagine to be the antenna.

We also have exact cut outs for the power button,


And the volume rocker. There is also a hole for the charm mount.


The cutouts for the camera and the speakers are DEAD ON! This is fantastic. :) A lot of cheapo cases off eBay don't line up EXACTLY.



The attention to detail is a big help :). It's fantastic.

Materials and how they feel in hand: This is a strange type of case. Normally I buy and test out cases that are either hard plastic, TPU (which is my favorite), some type of hybrid case (usually of two components, a soft gripy silicone and then a hard plastic shell on the outside) or some kind of invisible shield.

This case feels like it's made of silicone, but it's a hard silicone. If I had to explain it, it feels like a type of faux-leather type material. It's like touching silicone, and then removing the material that makes it stick to the inside of your pockets. That's my biggest problem with silicone cases. I hate having to pull out my phone and having 60% of my pockets be emptied out at the same time. This case doesn't give me this issue. It's smooth, and rough while being smooth at the same time. Like I said, the closest thing I can compare it to is a type of faux leather. To the touch, it feels fantastic. It slides in and out of your pocket like a dream. :)



They're very well designed, and they look great. Sometimes my phone runs hot, and it bothers my hand. This case helps dissipate the heat to the point that I can barely feel the heat, which is just FANTASTIC!

Sizes:


As we can see, it makes it a little thicker. The picture doesn't do it justice as the case started to fold upwards. It adds VERY little bulk. It's one of the most minimalistic cases I've ever used.

Protection: I'm not sure if this case is going to protect your phone from big falls. My phones hardly ever fall, so this doesn't worry me. But I'm sure that it will protect it some if it were to fall. The case offers a silicone type material which would absorb part of the shock if it were to fall. I think it's a good compromise to be honest. The skin goes a little bit over the screen, so if you were to place it face down, the screen wouldn't touch the table. The same goes for the camera lens. I am constantly worried about scratching this babe's camera lens. The case also raises it a little so it won't touch the table either :) So it's safe.

Price: The price for this case for my SGSII was $16.99 (or just under 12 euros for each one in my case)

Kent's Rating: 4.8/5. This case is fantastic. It has a GREAT selection of colors, it is VERY well made, and it covers everything it needs to cover. It's a fantastic case. Pick them up from the seller here.

Link to the picture gallery: Click here and enjoy!

Slide show of all the pictures: