I agree, while it's frustrating that a screen may get scuffed up it would be more frustrating if one drop killed my phone and made it unusable.
That video is for more scientific than the scratch test, and I hope to see another more scientific scratch test in the near future now that Corning is saying the metal actually transferred to the glass and not the other way around.
Definitely impressive for the note 7. However I feEl like scratch resistance is just as important as drop resilience. Especially on a phone with a curved screen where good screen protectors are hard to come across. I know the scratches are generally hard to see but for me I'm OCD and will see the micro scratches when the screen is black and it bothers the hell out of me. I've had quite a few accidents with my note 5 and it has held up just fine. Hell i even ran over half the phone with my truck lol. All it did was cracked my car and screen protector.
It shattered on the first drop, impressive
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It shattered on the first drop, impressive
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try watching to the end.
although it did shatter immediately...50 falls later the screen still functions and a large portion of the glass is only scratched
I dropped mine on day 1.shattwred screen from a one to two foot drop on concrete
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I dropped mine on day 1.shattwred screen from a one to two foot drop on concrete
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That's very unfortunate. The edges of the screen are much more vulnerable. A case with good side protection is a must for me with a glass phone even if it covers up the beauty of it
I don't see any links here...
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Actually, that the entire display didn't spider web is pretty amazing so GG5 does work. The Achilles heal on curved glass phones is that the glass rather than a metal frame can actually take an impact. I dropped my Note5 the same distance as yours but half on grass and half on concrete and it landed on the back right corner. It spider webbed from the impact past the camera lens. We wanted pretty phones and we got them.
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I don't see any links here...
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I don't know how I ended up being the author of the post, there was a video here but the original post has been removed.
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try watching to the end.
although it did shatter immediately...50 falls later the screen still functions and a large portion of the glass is only scratched
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That's great... so it can take a further 50 drops... the damage was already done on the first drop so this argument is pointless!
Phone is essentially ruined on first drop so what good is GG5 there? GG4 would have probably had a similar result, the upshot being if you don't drop your phone you don't have to worry about scratches with GG4.
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That's great... so it can take a further 50 drops... the damage was already done on the first drop so this argument is pointless!
Phone is essentially ruined on first drop so what good is GG5 there? GG4 would have probably had a similar result, the upshot being if you don't drop your phone you don't have to worry about scratches with GG4.
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that was somewhat poor wording on my part
my "shatter" referred to the cracking that appeared on the edges even though the entire screen fell face first onto the concrete. On previous GG3-GG4 devices the screen would crack all the way throughout the screen rendering it useless (actually shattering the entire glass display).
Im not saying GG5 is superior to GG4, all im saying is that each of them appear to have their benefits
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That's great... so it can take a further 50 drops... the damage was already done on the first drop so this argument is pointless!
Phone is essentially ruined on first drop so what good is GG5 there? GG4 would have probably had a similar result, the upshot being if you don't drop your phone you don't have to worry about scratches with GG4.
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The argument certainly isn't pointless if you're someone who doesn't have insurance and therefore would need to use a cracked screen for as long as possible after the damage has been done. I read it will cost $270 to replace the screen if you go through Samsung directly. Here's an example of when it would come in very handy. If I dropped my phone and the screen was cracked but totally visible and usable as the video showed, I may be inclined to use it in it's current state until the price to replace the screen goes down, or until I want to sell the phone so I'll replace the screen to re-sell to hopefully make some money or break even.
Compared to an event that would render the phone useless therefore requiring me to immediately pay the $270 immediately after the drop, or if I can't afford that swallow the $900 I just sank into the phone itself.
Just my .02 to play devils advocate.
Is it not so much easier to protect against fall damage though and less intrusive to the user experience to run a case and no screen protector?
Let's be honest, most note 7 users will be using a case anyway due to the expanse of exposed glass on this device so GG4 or GG5 shock resistance is less relevant.
What we note users do have as a common interest is the Spen and running with a screen protector degrades the experience.
So a note device should lean towards a harder glass choice.
Just my 2 penny's worth
I've withdrawn my pre order for now until real world reviews come in of the screens durability. At least I can play with my IR blaster on the note 4 a little longer
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Hi,
Just making a random thread, when I get a phone I always get a case because I'm afraid the drop proofibility(I know its not a word) is not up to scratch(pun unintended).However I'm waiting on sony's official white case. Just wondering, how drop resistant is the Xperia S. Not telling anyone to drop their Xperia S to find out.
Please share your experiences
I'll put it this way, I dropped it by accident and I've a big scuff and dent on the top right at the back of the phone.
I keep looking at it, with sadness.
I havnt dropped mine but if I did and it smashed it would not suprise me, feels very heavy/fragile!
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I havnt dropped mine but if I did and it smashed it would not suprise me, feels very heavy/fragile!
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Heavy? Really? IMO its a really light phone. Feels the same weight as my x10 but its way bigger. It surprised me when I opened the box and took it out.
Having dropped my x10 upwards of 4 times, never having a case I'm kinda confident in Sony's manufacturing. Thing is nicked slightly, few marks on the screen protector but if I replaced that you'd take a second to realise it wasnt new out of the box.
That said, I have a nilkin on the way and I'm going to be Uber cautious until it arrives.
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I'll put it this way, I dropped it by accident and I've a big scuff and dent on the top right at the back of the phone.
I keep looking at it, with sadness.
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Same I have a few scuffs and bruises on mine, I can see my £50 phone excess being used and it taking an irrepairable drop some time soon. My white case is on it's way.
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Two days ago I dropped mine from about 1,5 meters onto asphalt (display down) causing only two tiny scratches on the screen! The phone still works as before. Incredible!
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It really depends on how it drops. Though being a phone with sharp corners definitely has the downside of being less drop resistant, as seen that poor phone above that looks like it had it's skull cracked open
It's partly why a lot of phones you see have rounded corners, as they are more adept at distributing impact forces to the sides.
Too bad I'm in love with the rectangular design, so I'll have to be more careful!
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No phone is drop resistant unless you have one of the old nokia phones. Those are wall resistant as well.
I thought they would make phones a little more drop resistant by now. On my old Samsung galaxy s, the gorilla glass does shatter, but I swear they could they could fix that by having very ever so small protruding edges to stop the glass contacting the ground, that way i don't need a case, that was with the old galaxy s but i guess this xperia s, the plastic and the glass are both vunerable
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Heavy? Really? IMO its a really light phone. Feels the same weight as my x10 but its way bigger. It surprised me when I opened the box and took it out.
Having dropped my x10 upwards of 4 times, never having a case I'm kinda confident in Sony's manufacturing. Thing is nicked slightly, few marks on the screen protector but if I replaced that you'd take a second to realise it wasnt new out of the box.
That said, I have a nilkin on the way and I'm going to be Uber cautious until it arrives.
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Its certainly heavy enough to hurt itself when dropped.
i dropped mine on the toilet floor in an airport and the top right hand corner got grazed and had a small hair line crack
...i ordered a case before this incident and the case came the day after the phone got damaged
oh well now im trying to get it replaced under warranty
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sams...ss-2-display-suffers-the-consequences_id30627
"That Gorilla Glass is pretty tough is something we are well aware of. Smartphone manufacturers know that too, which is why they use it to protect their devices' displays against every day wear and tear. This year, the latest evolution of this scratch-resistant material, called Gorilla Glass 2, made it into consumer devices offering the same great level of protection despite being 20% thinner.
Yet Gorilla Glass 2 is not indestructible, as a Samsung Galaxy S III owner found out just recently. And he found it out the hard way, unfortunately, after his smartphone fell out of his pocket face-down. The result is well visible at the photo to the right – a photo, which nerds that are weak at heart might find quite disturbing.
So, even if your smartphone has a scratch-resistant display, you still need to handle it with care. Otherwise, you might end up being in the shoes of this unlucky Galaxy S III owner, who now has to spend $350 on repair fees in order to get the broken display fixed."
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it's a picture with no clear facts. who knows what really happened to this?
but I feel for the owner!
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it's a picture with no clear facts. who knows what really happened to this?
but I feel for the owner!
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Yes, I never used any screenguard or case on my S2, but I think I will have to on S3.. Atleast for first couple of months..
There's a difference between scratch resistant and shatter proof that people don't seem to get
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Its pure luck. Ive seem gorilla glass phone slammed down hard onto gravel with no damage, others are dropped lightly and they shatter, it just depends on how it lands really. I scratched my Dell Streak dropping it onto a wood floor!
Guys please, glass is still glass, even if it is made from Gorilla or something.
My S2 dropped many times with screen facing ground and nothing happened.. It's pure look i assume..
Yeah me to, my S2 has been dropped on a hard tiled floor, no marks at all.
it depends on how it dropped..just dropping face down wont break easily [forget gorilla even reguler phones wont break]..
my guess is Impact is on edge
Not cheap either, screen & digitizer are $259.00 on the bay.
You can notice the impact on the bottom right but I think it may have bounced somewhere and fell even further. Anyway I really doubt this was a normal drop at all, I've seen a Nokia lumia 900 using a gorilla corning glass being used as a hammer and tortured with a nail and I just don't believe this story.
The S2 has a tiny lip around the screen which absorbs shock into the casing, the S3 lacks this and the edges smooth outwards with the glass making any fall damage face front direct contact with the glass. Trading functionality for ergonomics.
LMFAO! Yes of course it is! I thought the word "GLASS" gave it away. It's not a shock absorbing plastic...
Please people. This topic adds nothing new or isn't any kind of discovery.
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this sounds very much like the thread about the pictures of GS3 vs. One X when nobody had the GS3 to play with and the alleged GS3 pictures all looked bad.
obviously there are people trying to deceive customers into not buying the galaxy s3, but it really only takes a quick look into the HTC one x forums here and the mass of threads with users complaining about s-off, performance, screen problems and many more
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this sounds very much like the thread about the pictures of GS3 vs. One X when nobody had the GS3 to play with and the alleged GS3 pictures all looked bad.
obviously there are people trying to deceive customers into not buying the galaxy s3, but it really only takes a quick look into the HTC one x forums here and the mass of threads with users complaining about s-off, performance, screen problems and many more
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It has nothing to do with HOX.. I am buying the S3 on the very first day..
But I just found this somewhere and wanted to share, that's it..
The screen breaks quite bad. I don't think is a normal fall from waist level.
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Not surprising at all. At the end of the day, its just glass, and all glass has a breaking point.
Depends how you really landed it at the end. Thats why you should always buy a cheap case and it'll be safe
Btw, Gorilla Glass 2 is the same as Gorilla Glass '1' in strength, just thinner.
What does this discovery tell us about? Be careful, it's not indestructible
Sad for the owner, he got it that early and breaks it immediately. It's like buying a supercar and bangs it through the next concrete after three curves...
resistant doesn't mean tank-proof. Strange it has broken only fallen from the pocket.
Hello all,
I've done a search in this forum and only found one thread, but it wasn't clear to me how difficult it would be to replace the glass on my Note 2. There's a couple of YouTube videos that make it look somewhat easy... I dropped it today, and the glass is shattered all around. All the phone functions, including touch sensitivity, still work just fine.
I have absolutely no experience in replacing screens; do you guys recommend I go through insurance ($99), or try and replace it myself ($17 for a screen on ebay)? Also, how do I know if the digitizer is also broken?
Thanks!
Wow we both don't have good luck!
I just dropped my phone today as well, it fell out of my hand as I was getting out of the car but I thought it would be fine since it actually landed down my leg and onto my shoe, then onto the ground. I thought to myself "I hope I didn't scratch the glass!", but when I flipped it over the screen was completely shattered, no idea how.
I went through insurance last time I dropped my phone for $99, but that's because the display itself and not the glass was cracked, so if I go through insurance this time it will be cancelled after because I've files a claim twice. I did buy an Urban Armor Gear case for it right now so hopefully it won't break again.
Same issue for me though, just the glass is cracked, the touch screen still works perfectly. If I can replace the glass myself for $17 I'll go that route, but I'd like to hear from people who have done it or tried to do it.
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Check out this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qhd5KwgopZo
I actually wussed out and ended up paying $99 for a replacement. Though the online videos make the screen replacement look somewhat easy, I was reading reviews of screen replacements for the Note 2 on Amazon, and a couple people damaged their digitizers trying to pry the screen off.. and ended up not getting insurance or a new screen . I don't have that kind of money to gamble with at this point.
Let me know if you are able to do it and how difficult it is. Just in case this sad situation occurs again.
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I actually wussed out and ended up paying $99 for a replacement. Though the online videos make the screen replacement look somewhat easy, I was reading reviews of screen replacements for the Note 2 on Amazon, and a couple people damaged their digitizers trying to pry the screen off.. and ended up not getting insurance or a new screen . I don't have that kind of money to gamble with at this point.
Let me know if you are able to do it and how difficult it is. Just in case this sad situation occurs again.
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I'll probably do the same thing. I'm waiting for my case to come in so when I get my second and last refurb through Asurion I can put it right in.
I read that when the screen is cracked it makes it really difficult to remove it as it will be in lots of pieces. This is what mine looks like after a small drop to pavement.
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This is a good Video by le55ons on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxgZeb5QytM
I had an epic failure when I tried to replace glass on gs3. I used a heat gun. And ended up burning the LCD trying to heat the glue.
You have to be really patient and skilled. So worst case.... You waste 17 dollars
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I had an epic failure when I tried to replace glass on gs3. I used a heat gun. And ended up burning the LCD trying to heat the glue.
You have to be really patient and skilled. So worst case.... You waste 17 dollars
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I thought about that, but decided that since I didn't have a heat gun I'd either try it in the oven heating it to around 180, or just give in and go through insurance.
In in the same situation. Contemplating paying a repair shop to do it as it would be my second insurance claim.
Don't have experience on my note 2 but just replaced my wife's s3 glass. It shattered when she threw it at me and missed... Enough on that. Anyways watched a couple YouTube and did it myself. Turned out pretty good for never doing it before. Her screen was shattered. Here is what I did.
Things needed: hairdryer, utility knife, tweezers, small flathead screwdriver like the ones you use to fix eyeglasses, wd40, wipe cloth, 2mm double sided tape, about 2-3 house depending on how bad your screen is.
1. Order glass from amazon... Approx 12 bucks
2. Removed battery and backing
3. Used hair dryer on low to melt glue. I propped the hairdryer so it would blow on the screen constantly and still have both my hands free to work on glass.
4. Started in the spot where it was most shattered and used a utility knife to get out one of the small pieces along the side as my starting point.
5. Once I got the first piece out, I used the small screwdriver to go along and pry up the other pieces, using tweezers as needed for the small pieces.
Slowly work your way around phone. The small pieces were actually easier to take off than the bigger ones. Actually broke some of the big pieces trying to get them off. Need to be very patient here and make sure glue is melted while prying up. Also be careful to not dig to hard with screwdriver to get under glass or you may scratch, mark the lcd screen itself.
6. Once you get most if not all glass off, use WD40 and a cloth to wipe off left over glue. This really helps get glue residue off phone.
7. Wipe clean and tape along side and place on new glass.
Tip: before taping and placing new screen, put battery back in and start up phone. Line up and tape back/menu buttons. Did not do this the first time and they did not light up properly... Got cut off because was not aligned properly.
Total cost was around 15 for new glass and tape online. Noticed some minor nick marks from my screwdriver but cannot tell when screen is on. 98% happy with it and saved alot of money.
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yeah fixing the screen is not for the faint of heart..they have some powerful adhesive thats connected to ribbon cables on the bottom around the capacitive buttons and if not done correctly youll tear those off or damage them. youll need proper tools and such to do it. A friend of mine felt very confident about it and tried fixing my screen and destroyed it. I got lucky and my sister let me use her eligibility to get a new one and now I have a (very expensive) external battery charger =)
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Have you had any sensitivity issues?
Nope... Wife has been using with no issues. One tip... Make sure you tape/glue all around. If it is not securely down, you may have sensor issues. First time didn't tape properly and a corner of the glass was slightly up. This caused the touch screen to be unresponsive in that corner.
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Is there anyone here besides me having these tiny scratches on camera lens? i really doubt that claim of LG that the camera lens is protected with sapphire glass. my phone is totally scratchless even after 2 months of use without any protector, but only the camera lens has got the scratches which is funny as well as annoying or me. though it doesnt make any affect on the camera quality after all but still its so confusing for me that why is it having scratches.
Please see the picture and suggest the way out to remove these scratches or what would be the reason behind them, i have used my set with utmost care.
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Not only that but after time it will get worst eventually all pictures seem to have a nice blur glowing affect
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Oooh, those are serious scratches. Did you run an angle grinder on that? I have one thin scratch with normal use after 6 months
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Oooh, those are serious scratches. Did you run an angle grinder on that? I have one thin scratch with normal use after 6 months
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i have done nothing wrong, i wear comfort fit jeans mostly which are very loose, nothing in my pocket it is really annoying that on one hand LG claims that its a sapphire glass and on the other hand i have these scratches.
Boy those are some scratches indeed. Can it be it's due to sand or something?
For 6 months i have spotless glass on the camera.
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THAT is not normal, go RMA your G2
i have found a better way, the picture quality of my phone was not runied till now, i have applied a transparent sticker on the camera lens and the quality is more or less the same. xD its protected now means the scratches wont increase in number, but still...LG whats this :S
It's a little late for this advice now, but a case would have prevented those. The camera is not quite flush with the back, but pretty close. Setting the phone down on the back or having it slide up against anything abrasive could account for scratches like that. Even being in your pocket can cause that kind of stuff. The lens on my last phone rendered the whole camera useless because of the scratches and that lens never saw anything but the inside of my pocket or open air. Unless you have microfiber lined pockets then you can't really say they aren't scratching your lens. Those don't look like normal pocket scratches though. They almost look like someone tried wiping fingerprints off the lens with something that was too coarse. Maybe a zipper hit it or something like that. Anyway, a case would set the lens a little deeper and away from things that could hurt it. I'm thinking that going forward if you want to prevent more damage then you should look into something like that.
This is the only thing preventing me from buying this phone : (
Same issue here, mine scratches are even worse. Photo quality is still good but when there is a lot of light coming through a window or something, the light gets very fuzzy and intense.
No scratches after couple of months.
My phone is flawless and always been in a case but I too have camera lens scratches, never had a scratched lens before even on my Evo... Something is not right with this supposed Sapphire glass.
Could it be that it is just oleophobic layer that is worn off? Very common with all the phones generating these types of threads.
I know for a fact that oleophobic coat on the front screen, indeed does not last very long, resulting in uneven look, where you are touching mostly.
Once all the coating is gone, with time, all is fine again.
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Could it be that it is just oleophobic layer that is worn off? Very common with all the phones generating these types of threads.
I know for a fact that oleophobic coat on the front screen, indeed does not last very long, resulting in uneven look, where you are touching mostly.
Once all the coating is gone, with time, all is fine again.
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How do you remove the remaining oleophobic coat?
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This is the only thing preventing me from buying this phone : (
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Yeah, sure.....you are buying phone not a wife.
MADNJPN said:
This is the only thing preventing me from buying this phone : (
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Men, you all so pathetic. Seems as you all wear halo or nimbus above your saint brow. Meh.
this man said it right "you are buying phone not a wife" :good:
Billy Madison
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Well you see this phone costs alot here even 16GB version so this kind of thing makes me think many times before doing something. But I don't see any other phone to be better alternative to my Z1 so I will buy it probably ...
LG G2
here's what happened on my LG G2
phone did not come into contact with anything sharp
whether there is a guarantee for this
or how much it costs replacement
images are now pale and lack sharpness as previously
just removed a layer of paint is not scratched glass
sorry for my bad english
LG G2 D802 flying to KitKat
rajko34 said:
here's what happened on my LG G2
phone did not come into contact with anything sharp
whether there is a guarantee for this
or how much it costs replacement
images are now pale and lack sharpness as previously
just removed a layer of paint is not scratched glass
sorry for my bad english
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Wow! Just.....wow! What happend?
Was there a paint smudge on the glass and you removed it?
Hi guys!
Decided to take the plunge yet again and purchase a WhiteStone S9 screen protector seeing how I loved the S8 one so much (and because I seem to have no sense with my money).
So I went and preordered it from mobile fun and followed this YouTube video to install it and I think it came out great!
https://youtu.be/glOPokc6PeY
Just wanted to share this with you guys and see how you're finding yours. Are you guys getting WhiteStone Dome or have you found something better for the S9?
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I'm getting this sent. (hopefully soon). looking forward to my experiences.
expensive, I'm going to get a clear glass protector and use the same loca glue.
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expensive, I'm going to look top get clear glass protector and use the same loca glue.
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Sounds like a mucher cheaper way of doing virtually the same thing. Will the loca glue need curing in the same way as the Whitestone do you reckon?
Love to hear how you get on anyway :good:
Already installed my Whitestone as well. Had it for the S8+, Note 8, and now S9+. It seems every version, they improve the process. The Note 8 and S9+ both utilize the tipping over method. However, my Note 8 did not have a sticker to cover the speaker, or the pads on the side to clean up excess glue. The sticker for the speaker was nice, but I didn't bother with the liner pads on the side. As before, great product from Whitestone.
Hello,
I just installed the Whitestone Dome Glass on my S9 + and I’m happy.
Since the S7 edge I had to stop its protection in tempered glass because it did not stick and luck luck I broke my phone screen, I look everywhere on the internet and I saw the one that is expensive its real … 45 € (for me: France) except that 45 € on a phone has 959 € … I think it can do it, all his past and it fits perfectly sends really heavy!
To see in the long term ..
Thank you!
Just put it on last night, and your video install helped a ton! So far I am loving it, perfect install, perfect glass
wow, i must be getting old and out of the loop for many years, has been many years since i used a screen protector.
watching that video, the process is cool for sure, wow. never seen such a thing. lol
thanks for sharing, might have to put it on my want list.
I don't know how true my reservations are, but I do have some regarding screen protectors using LOCA. When you remove the screen protector, the glass will come off easily (in most cases anyways) but the adhesive stays behind. The adhesive isn't something you can easily remove without some sort of solvent or manually scraping it. That's my only reservation on these kinds of screen protectors -- should I mess up the installation, or the glass cracks and requires removal -- the adhesive isn't going to come off easily.
HighMans said:
I don't know how true my reservations are, but I do have some regarding screen protectors using LOCA. When you remove the screen protector, the glass will come off easily (in most cases anyways) but the adhesive stays behind. The adhesive isn't something you can easily remove without some sort of solvent or manually scraping it. That's my only reservation on these kinds of screen protectors -- should I mess up the installation, or the glass cracks and requires removal -- the adhesive isn't going to come off easily.
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mine came off perfectly clean on my S9 plus, i broke the whitestone and had to replace it. literally no residue left on phone, all loca stayed on tempered glass. big problem i see with whitestone is the warranty replacement process, they require old to be sent back before a replacement under warranty. for the price they need to allow you to request warranty and get new one on the way asap. the loca tempered glass seems to be the best option imho
I love how it looks like you don't even have a protector on until you look at the top by the earpiece! Super clean.
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I love how it looks like you don't even have a protector on until you look at the top by the earpiece! Super clean.
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Yes it's very clean on the install and yeah you only really see it on the top. Looking right at it you don't notice it but if you tilt the phone a little you'll notice it on the top.
My install went great on two phones. Even screwed up the second one doing it and cleaned it all up and did it again... flawless.
My only concern is the bottom of the protector seems to sit a little low on the phone could of moved up slightly or shortened the glass just by a fraction to give a little more space between the glass and cases.
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Hi Anyone,
Installation is both time consuming, easy, and difficult. Approx. time 15 minutes. It's easy to install. The challenge was getting the table balance & removing every piece dust possible. Other then that, it's worth the $45. The price is the thing I hate about it.
How does the phone feel with the protector on? Does it become noticeable thicker?
hi.
any problems with dust in the corners over time??
It feels slightly thicker. Nothing bad. Could be slightly wider and taller, bezel gap bothers me. But that allows different case styles. I use Clear View case, so it makes the whole package pretty fat already.
Little glue marks at the edges with dust. But nothing bothering. Also, after installing the glass, there seems to be a crack from bottom center, towards on/off button. Don't know if i screwed something up or it is production failure.
mine cracked somehow, never dropped it. waiting to hear from their support, having to mail them the broken one before they send me a replacement is really ****ty service imo
Haohmaru said:
mine cracked somehow, never dropped it. waiting to hear from their support, having to mail them the broken one before they send me a replacement is really ****ty service imo
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yes...for this price range you are right...
people keeps buying...
Haohmaru said:
mine cracked somehow, never dropped it. waiting to hear from their support, having to mail them the broken one before they send me a replacement is really ****ty service imo
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Yeah that does suck. Though it's a good fit and stays put on the screen which is the main reason I went with them. Maybe I'm due time the will be more competitors that work with these types of screens with proper adhesion.
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Haohmaru said:
mine cracked somehow, never dropped it. waiting to hear from their support, having to mail them the broken one before they send me a replacement is really ****ty service imo
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yes terrible, im going to make sure people know that. i have had 20+ people asking about mine and only one actually bought due to the price and warranty ordeal. hopefully the rep posting here sees this