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Transparent Phone Back	nowhere to hide!	2026-04-11 – 2026-04-12	scratching halfway clear final	The back of a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE lying face-down on a deskmat. Toothpicks, cotton pads, and a metal spudger are lying nearby. A white phone back that's half-scratched off to reveal the clear plastic. An entirely clear phone back. A Samsung Galaxy S20 FE with a clear back inside a clear phone case. The phone has a sticker in the middle of the back that shows a lantern with leaves around it.

Inspired by Nothing phones and cool dbrand skins from way back, I gave my phone a clear back mod! I've grown a bit tired of the white back and wanted to do something cool and unique instead of just buying a new back and sticking that on there. I've been using this phone for 5 years and the glue has been struggling hard to hold onto the back, so I didn't feel bad doing this.

This was arduous and took a lot of time too (5 hours). I used a metal spudger, bamboo toothpicks, and cottons swabs and pads soaked in acetone-free nail polish remover to remove the two paint layers slowly but surely, being careful not to scratch the back too much. It revealed a slightly cloudly but actually decently transparent back that still preserved its slightly pearlescent purple glow!

Only contra is that the back can't hold on anymore because I removed all the glue, but since I'm keeping the phone in a case at all times, this isn't really an issue. Oh and, the exposure to alcohol made the back develop plenty of hairline cracks around the top and bottom, but it's still in one piece!