So thought I'd share this as I think I have figured out the best way to stick one on without bubbles!
Before anyone states that a screen protector is pointless because there already is one on blah blah, I disagree because I just like the reassurance that if the screen gets scratched it doesn't matter. Plus that preapplied screen protector is very good and well applied (obviously) so its a waste just to use that as a protector alone.
On my older phones I have always ended up scraping the screen protector because the bubbles annoy me so much, and they're a pain to apply. But with the XS I tried and got it perfect, thought it was just luck, but did it again and achieved a good result again.
First turn of the phone for 10 minutes (apparently the heat can cause bubbles) Wash your hands, clean a desk area and take your top of (wear a tshirt)
then clean the screen, its obviously but really clean it (I use a wet wipe and then dry it off with a clean cotton top) if you have the special cloth use this too.
Get a lamp and shine it on the screen check for any streak marks and polish these away until the screen is perfect. Blow gentle to remove any dust particles small hairs etc. I have found in the past that bubbles often have a hair in the middle of them which prevents the protector from not properly sticking.
Now the tricky bit, pull at the '1' tab to remove the protector sheet, but do this with that side facing downwards (so that any dirt in the air wont land on the sticky side) and lower it towards the screen.
Align the corners with THE TOP of the phone next to the sony logo and curve the protector so that the top of the protector touches the screen (the area around the speaker grill and logo. Double check that everything is aligned so it will fit perfectly when you lay down the rest of it. Don't worry about any bubbles here as they can be squeezed out easily (due to the speaker grill).
Now grab a card of some sort, my driving licence seems to work best and place it where the top of the screen protector has been applied. With the right hand keep holding the protector at the edge of it, and with your left hand firmly press down the card and slide towards the bottom of the phone. (be firm at this point don't worry the screen will be fine it can take this pressure!)
Slide all the way down and look at your job. hopefully there should be only a few bubbles around the edge, if there are ones in the centre then carefully peel it up and try again. (don't touch the sticky side obviously and make sure you don't touch the screen.
The bubbles around the edges and around the speaker grill can be squeezed out using the card. Go over it a few times and then pull the protector sheet '2' tab off. And there ya go a nicely applied screen protector!
I tried to be as detailed as possible but may post pictures later if people require them.
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Is flippin impossible! After peeling it off the backing it promptly got a load of finger prints on which are impossible to get it out.
It says to fit using soapy water then to push it out with a credit very nervous about doing that as i don't want to get water down the speaker hole, or down the lip on the edge of the screen.
Anybody got any suggestions?
Ryanmt said:
Is flippin impossible! After peeling it off the backing it promptly got a load of finger prints on which are impossible to get it out.
It says to fit using soapy water then to push it out with a credit very nervous about doing that as i don't want to get water down the speaker hole, or down the lip on the edge of the screen.
Anybody got any suggestions?
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These are a real pain, i will tell you what i did.
1) Place a damp tissue firmly around a credit card
2) Peel a bit of the backing of the screen protector, near the speaker and camera side.
3) Line the exposed screen protector up with the phone, (this is tricky, as if it does not line exactly you will end up with air pockets)
4) Using the credit card with the tissue paper, slide it firmly from the top down to the bottom, ensuring that you pull the backing out as you go along.
If all goes well, then hopefully no air pockets.
They certainly are tricky but not impossible as my mate did a superb job on his - you can barely tell it's there!
I tried doing what he described but still it isn't perfect.
He said to use a spray bottle with soapy water (not too much soap)
Remove the backing & spray the underneath of the protector & let any excessive water drip off.
Then use a credit card to 'squeegee' the water out after you position the protector in place against the screen.
It looks bad for a day or two even once the bubbles are out but it improves.
It's true though, they should have made it about 0.3 mm less wide so it fits better on the screen.
dam.. those things are always triky!!
The fingerprints on the screen are driving me nuts, and I'm thinking of trying the RainX solution floated on the forum.
BUT, I want to be sure I put it on the glass...and I'm not sure. I read around that the new ones come with 2 screen protectors. I never pulled any protectors off my screen, just took it out of the antistatic bag. I can't tell for sure if there are any on it...I seem to feel a ridge when I put a fingernail in the corner of the screen, but didn't know if the factory ones were more obvious than that.
I am a wooter...could it be that those didn't have the factory protectors? Or are they really this well installed that it's hard to know they're on?
The Gtablets haven't come with screen protectors out-of-box for awhile. Since at least late Nov 2010, I think.
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Well that would explain it, thanks.
I got mine two weeks ago and it had a screen cover on it. I put a business card on the side between the screen and body and was able to lift it up
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I got mine two weeks ago and it had a screen cover on it. I put a business card on the side between the screen and body and was able to lift it up
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Hrm...tried that, but no go. There's a ridge there, but I guess it's part of the screen...
Maybe you got an oddball?
Get a micro fiber cloth ( in the cleaning supply section most food stores) a few quick swipes and no finger prints. If you get the smaller ones, they fit nicely in most cases.
I just bought a Xoom screen protector. Its not a 100% fit, but it protects the actual screen and has a notch cut out for the webcam in the perfect spot.
The screen protector just doesn't reach all the way to the edges of the tablet, so in landscape mode there is a 1/2" gap on the left and right sides and 1/4" gap on the top and bottom.
I'd post a pic, but i dont have enough posts yet, lol.
I've got a Galaxy S III (i9300) with a very shattered front glass. The display and digitizer works just fine though. Menu, back and home buttons too. Everything is working, i just need to replace the front glass. I've once replaced the whole front package (LCD, Glass, Digitizer) on a Galaxy S2 very successfully so i have some form of experience.
Will be my first time replacing only the front glass. Unfortunately i wont be able to put any LOCA there as i dont have any UV light. I do however some regular adhesive 2mm tape that i will put around the screen to prevent dust and stuff from coming in. Also i dont have a IR thermometer and i will be using a hair dryer. I know how hot it has to be by feeling it. I should almost not be able to hold my hands on the glass. It might take a very long time but if its possible to do it, im willing to try.
What i'm worried about is the glass shards that are in the middle of the screen. Most shards end at the edge of the screen so i can apply pressure there when im removing the shards. But the shards in the middle have all edges on the digitizer. I cannot apply any form of pressure towards the digitizer so im worried of how ill remove them. Also the left lower corner around the menu button is full with tiny shards. like 0.5mm-3mm shards. Im wondering what is the best way of removing them? BTW i still got the touch screen protection plastic on. It got bubbles now cuz of the cracks.
Here is a picture of how cracked it is. Its not exact but close enough. Paint is OP.
The black spot in bottom is where the glass is simply gone. It fell of after time. I put some tape over it to cover it up so nothing can fall in.
Any advice on how to remove these shards?
Very appreciated
I dropped my S7 the other day and I now have a small crack that goes from around the headphone jack and curves around to the left side of the screen to the edge about an inch up. There may even be a tiny nick down in the black section, I'm not certain. It's in a place where the crack doesn't bother me very much at all (especially since 1/2 of it is in the black section at the bottom off the screen), so I don't mind working with the crack, I just don't want things to get worse.
What's the best way to protect my phone from here on out to give me the best chance of things not getting worse?
I got a tempered glass screen protector (one with the top and bottom black part), but sensitivity is terrible. I have to push harder around the edges and I find swipe typing to be more difficult as well. Also, either I got a piece of dust under that's annoying or the top already got a nick. On the other hand, it seems as if this does provide some very good protection for the crack as as well as visually hiding much of it.
What about getting a dbrand skin for the front only? Since much of the crack is in the black section, the dbrand skin would cover that part. Is that of any help at all?
Any other suggestions?
Anyone have any thoughts on if I put a front dbrand skin, if that will both hide the crack in the black section of the phone and provide some support to prevent things from getting worse. With the skin and no screen protector though, then the part of the crack that's over the screen has nothing over it.
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I just installed a screen protector (tempered glass) that i bought on ebay a few weeks ago because the plastic screen protector that came with my OnePlus started coming off so I put the glass one instead. After installing the SP I couldn't remove an air bubble all around the side of the SP(*first picture). On the second picture you can see that the bubble is a bit visible on both sides of the screen(when on), I was trying to show that the whole screen looks "dirty", just as if you just ate chips and touched the screen (i guess you know what that looks like) but my old Nexus 5X is bad af so it couldn't capture it. Do you guys think that this will eventually disappear or the bubble will just stay like that forever and should just get a new and better SP (recommendations btw)?
Looks to me like its struggling to adhere where the screen starts to curve. You will have to replace.
I don't think any of the manufacturers got the screen protector right, even OnePlus themselves had to discontinue their tgsp because it was getting shredded in the reviews. Out of the ones that I tried the best of a bad bunch was Orzly. Just had some dust issues but at least it can flex to the curve of screen.
Easy but efficient tip:
Wet a cotton but with olive oil, not much. Then with the cotton bud, rub it gently against the corners of the Screen protector, it will be filled with oil, give it some seconds and don't press that area, do it for the whole thing and profit. I your screen protector isn't too big it should last for a while before you have to do it again. Hope this is OK English.