What's the best way to clean the NT screen? I keep getting fingerprints/smudges, but I'm not sure what's safe to use... Any experiences would be awesome.
Also, I just read that putting rain-x on the screen makes it keep fingerprints off? Seems kind of weird, but anyone try this?
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What's the best way to clean the NT screen? I keep getting fingerprints/smudges, but I'm not sure what's safe to use... Any experiences would be awesome.
Also, I just read that putting rain-x on the screen makes it keep fingerprints off? Seems kind of weird, but anyone try this?
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Some sort of cloth based material, not paper, preferably micro-fiber.
If that isn't enough on its own, use a small amount of a 50/50 mix of water and vinegar put on the cloth and wipe the screen.
I personally use a 50/50 mix of di water and methanol. Spray a slight amount onto a clean micro-fiber towel and wipe. I use this method on all my lcd screens. Di water is better than tap due to low mineral content. I work in the semicondutor industry so I have all the di that I need.
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I personally use a 50/50 mix of di water and methanol. Spray a slight amount onto a clean micro-fiber towel and wipe. I use this method on all my lcd screens. Di water is better than tap due to low mineral content. I work in the semicondutor industry so I have all the di that I need.
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Yea, sorry, I should have specified di (distilled) water when mentioning it.
I have some laptop screen cleaner that's like a blue spray gel...will that work?
Fyi, DI water != distilled water. DI = deionized, whereas distilled is just condensed steam.
For this purpose, distilled ought to be expensive enough.
DI water, on the other hand, was upwards of $50/gallon last time I was lucky enough to need to flush my laser's cooling system.
HTH.
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I bought a 50 Pack of lens cleaners (the ones in individual packets) from WalMart for less than $3.00.
Rain-X huh? might try it.
Nice thing about working in a clean room I have a endless supply of DI (yes di-ionized) water. I didn't realize that it was so expensive to buy. Maybe I need to start smuggling some out and selling it on ebay. lol
T-shirt and some spit.
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T-shirt and some spit.
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This works for me every time.
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I prefer to use a damp tissue, but B&N says not to use moisture when cleaning the screen.
I purchased the official B&N anti-glare screen protector for $20 (eek!). I got it mainly because my daughter somehow manages to get food and who-knows-what-else on the screen. B&N says not to use moisture when cleaning the screen, but that's the only way to get the crud off. So, I got the B&N protector.
Anyway, despite comments online about people destroying both sheets in the process of installing them, I installed mine without any problems. First I made sure the screen was completely clean with absolutely no dust on it. Then I peeled back just an inch or so of the removable film, pushed the top edge of the sheet to where the case meets the screen, then slowly peeled back more as I pushed the sheet onto the screen, by bending the sheet as I worked my way down the screen. No air bubbles. No dust. No dirt. It's perfect and it looks like it will last forever.
I use Monster ScreenClean and a microfiber cloth to clean all my electronics. A big bottle is about $12 at Walmart. It's the only Monster product I'm willing to buy.
if you have young ones. explore the power of baby wipes. strong enough to clean a baby ass yet gentle enough to wipe a NT clean
i wipe it till its clean of all debris/smudges then dry with with a soft tissue
m0000 said:
if you have young ones. explore the power of baby wipes. strong enough to clean a baby ass yet gentle enough to wipe a NT clean
i wipe it till its clean of all debris/smudges then dry with with a soft tissue
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+1 on the baby wipes. Especially the costco ones. Make sure they're not the adult all purpose wipes that are kinda soapy. Works wonders with all marks and grease and no damage to the screen/tv/monitor etc.
I used a cleaning cloth that is made for cleaning eyeglasses. Worked wonderful!
I also used a cleaning cloth (microfiber) designed for eyeglasses. Then I immediately installed an anti glare, anti smudge screen protector I bought from Amazon for $9. Haven't had any glare or smudge problems since then.
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T-shirt and some spit.
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Yeah, I just usually use my shirt. Without the spit though. Cotton T-shirt works best.
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I use Monster ScreenClean and a microfiber cloth to clean all my electronics. A big bottle is about $12 at Walmart. It's the only Monster product I'm willing to buy.
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I too use the Monster Screen Clean with the microfiber cloth that came with it. Just one squirt on the cloth (it's barely damp) and the smudges wipe away very easily. I keep another, thinner, microfiber cloth behind the NT (sandwiched with the case), and use it for cleaning on the go.
As long as there is only general finger marks (ie oil), then I found breathing heavily to fog up the screen then wiping over with a soft tissue or micro fibre cloth or clean t-shirt does wonders.
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make sure you use a clean cloth (nothing that will cause scratches), do NOT wet or use windex, and rub gently in a circular motion.
I have an invisiShield on my screen, had one on my first Evo4G, but after the 5th replacement I stopped buying them. I got the fingerprint resistant and smudge proof one, and it is probably the best screen protector I've had.
I use electro-static wipes to clean the screen. Works great, leaves it free of dust and water spots/smudges from chemicals. Without a screen protector, I used the same electro-static wipes with a gentle rubbing motion and it worked great. Hope this helps.
-Slevin
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Wire Scrubbing Brush!
Whaaaat? You never said GOOD suggestions...
I use my shirt and my breath. I wear glasses, so it's a perfected technique. I don't really own any clothes that are rough and would scratch the screen, so it works for me!
If you don't want to do that, buy a microfiber cloth rag, cut it down to about credit card size, and throw it in your wallet in between 2 cards you never use. Voila!
microfiber cloth works great
microfiber cloths work great...no scratches on any of my phones
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Wire Scrubbing Brush!
Whaaaat? You never said GOOD suggestions...
I use my shirt and my breath. I wear glasses, so it's a perfected technique. I don't really own any clothes that are rough and would scratch the screen, so it works for me!
If you don't want to do that, buy a microfiber cloth rag, cut it down to about credit card size, and throw it in your wallet in between 2 cards you never use. Voila!
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As I post this, I'm looking down at my device noticing the smudges from this afternoons use. I simply breath on it, rub it on my pants or shirt in circular motion too. Viola, it's clean.
When I got my EVO 4G, Radio Shack had a $20 gift card to use with the EVO, I opted for the HTC screen protectors. The first day I had the device, I watched a YouTube video of a user who received his EVO 4G DOA. He demonstrated an attempt to scratch the screen with a key before he returned it. Lo and behold, nothing happened. Now, I never attempted that exercise but I never used the screen protectors and never had the first scratch on the screen in the year I had it.
T-Shirt & pants, never got a scratch.
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pant leg, or shirt
I always used a damp bathroom towel.
I use my sons cleaning kit that he uses for his glasses, comes with spray and a fine micro fiber towel
zagg wipes work well. little pricey though.
With ur tongue
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I've used those small squares that have alcohol on them, normally for medical use. The alcohol evaporates, leaves a clean screen, and is nit "wet" so you don't worry about water damage.
Pants pocket keeps mine clean.
Beware of alcohol wipes as they can discolor some plastics over time.
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I usually clean my phone after I take a shower using my damp bathroom towel. It works awesome for cleaning not just the screen but the entire phone.
The first thing I did was buy a zagg screen protector and it also comes with a micro fiber cloth .it works fine and if I somehow leave the cloth at home I sometimes use my clean white t-shirt it gets the job done
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I use micro-fiber. However once a week I take a little bit of alcohol (very little) on a cotton ball and quickly clean and dry. I am a bit of a germophobe sometimes. And before you flame I have been doing this for years and alcohol evaporates almost instantly. I use it to clean water damaged iPhone logic boards. The key is use a barely damp cotton ball and dry instantly with micro fiber.
I still haven't managed to get the LCD screen protector, and was wondering how everyone is cleaning the screen of their sony tablets. Fingerprints seem to leave more marks than I had expected.
I tried using the cloth I use to clean my sunglasses, that doesn't help much. Any recommended methods?
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I still haven't managed to get the LCD screen protector, and was wondering how everyone is cleaning the screen of their sony tablets. Fingerprints seem to leave more marks than I had expected.
I tried using the cloth I use to clean my sunglasses, that doesn't help much. Any recommended methods?
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Using cloth that came with screen protector on my old tablet, works fine and removes fingerprints quite well. I too also need to buy a protector for my S tablet just havent gotten around to it. It might be me but S tab seems easier to get finger prints off then other tablets. Obvious thing too is to make sure your fingers are clean before using it ie not greasy or anything.
Yeah, I agree on the clean hands part.. I need to get one of those microfiber cloths..
what about those LCD cleaning sprays that they sell at computer stores? I used them once on my laptop, logically, should work for tablet.
How good is the official screen protector at keeping fingerprints under control?
Does anybody know if there is anything nasty in the hand sanitiser found in hospitals. I have tried it on a laptop screen to get permanent metallic marker off as it was the only thing that would touch it and it worked great with a little effort. I then proceeded to clean various other products with the same excellent results, fingerprints, grease and dust removed without so much as a streak. I think that it's alcohol based so presume that's why it cleans so well. As for using it on my pride and joy........ I might just persist with the old cleaning cloth that came with a gigabyte pc case.
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Buy an ZAGG screenprotector. It should get rid of your fingerprints. With its amasing cloth
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Hmm.... not sure about the hand sanitizer thing.... i'm guessing the LCD sprays used for laptop screens should work well here...anyone disagree?
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Hmm.... not sure about the hand sanitizer thing.... i'm guessing the LCD sprays used for laptop screens should work well here...anyone disagree?
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Havent tried it but I imagine any cleaner meant for lcd screens, camera lenses etc would be fine on the tablet but yeah wouldnt use hand sanitizers....
I actually used that lcd screen cleaner from Monoprice on the Tablet S screen before applying the screen protector. Worked very well. The Zagg cleaner does a very good job as well.
I dont. Its going to have fingerprints on it 100% of the time anyways. I do however brush off dust with a fluffy microfiber towel meant for drying cars.
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I dont. Its going to have fingerprints on it 100% of the time anyways. I do however brush off dust with a fluffy microfiber towel meant for drying cars.
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that's a good point...
oh btw: forza rossoneri! ;-)
I use the Steinheil SGP lcd cleaner spray and wipe dry with a microfibre cloth, it works wonders and really cleans the screen to like new condition.
wet cloth do the job for me.
I know the subject sounds a little childish, trust me, it's not. First on my list after I removed OtterBox, I felt really bad. Photon is one sexy a** piece of equipment. Remember how Mavodo was the museum timepiece, this deserves it's place in the museum too!
Now, when I got the OtterBox, someone told me they quit using it because they found themself constantly taking it apart and cleaning. I do clean it always anyway right? Wrong. You have to take it apart, clean the phone itself including the "ring" around the top front (sensor, earpiece, lens). I also noticed the camera lens had a smuge (not sure cause I cleaned it before i put on case in the first place?)
Next you need q-tip, take the back of otterbox and clean both sides of lens cover (DO NOT POKE IT!) let it dry then take dry end of q-tip and wipe it clean. You should also clean both sides of the top cover. I held it up to light for smears before I put it back together BUT...........I noticed when I had bare Photon the screen was WAY better (Brighter and clearer) then when in the case.
I like to get nasty with my photon. I lick the screen and then wipe with my zagg cloth that came with my screen protector!
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I like to get nasty with my photon. I lick the screen and then wipe with my zagg cloth that came with my screen protector!
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I believe you!
kennypow3rs said:
I like to get nasty with my photon. I lick the screen and then wipe with my zagg cloth that came with my screen protector!
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LOL...
I clean mine at least once a week and I take some time to admire the beauty of it without the otterbox while I'm at it..
mine gets dirty as well ( no protection on it what so ever ) i use a qtip with rubbing alcohol ( with the battery removed ) just a heads up careful when using solvents around cell phones since many solvents will actually break the bonds of the plastic and you will have a crumbly mess in your hands.
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mine gets dirty as well .... and you will have a crumbly mess in your hands.
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pics or it didn't happen ROFLcopters
@kbrm, I will have to step up!
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pics or it didn't happen ROFLcopters
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i should have but i didn't have a working camera on me... took me about a week to stop laughing at my dad.
Hand sanitizer makes a good cleaner. I usually hit my mopho up once a week with some purell and some canned air.
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I'll use my shirt to clean off the screen. Gets it nice and clean. Sometimes, I'll spray a wash cloth with a little bit of window cleaner and wipe the screen that way, then dry it off.
Glass plus with a micro fibre cloth for the protector of the otterbox. I do it every day.
Probably once a week i give the phone a proper douching by taking it out of the box.
I don't know about you guys, but I like to get all freaking fancy and just wipe smudges with the shirt I would be equipped with at the time.
Most of the time my phone's screen gets cleaned as I put it in or take it out of my pocket.
Lol, I use the Otterbox Defender, and find myself cleaning it a lot, but no biggie!!!
To be honest, I'm sorry I asked and feel like kicking myself. For as mush as I play with it and as mush as I claim I love it, wiping the screen every other day is not it. I think I will follow ScottieRotton lead and do the complete cleaning once a week.
As for Alcohol and the others, I would not suggest that route. LCD Cleaner (which is in the manual) is only a few $$$.
I buy the high count boxes of lens grade cleaning wipes. They are not very expensive and work well for everyday cleaning of the screen and body. Individually packaged so can be carried around about anywhere. Also use them to clean my tablet, camera, and other devices that I want to stay scratch free.
The wipes are convient and we have a million @ the office, I perfer the small spray bottles because they come with soft cotton cloth. I wash the cloths and reuse them so I have some at home, work, car, glasses case, ect. Come to think of it, its only like $5.00 with cloth, wonder if I can just find cleaner? Nah....
Barnes & Noble says not to use any moisture: "You should clean the VividView™ color touchscreen using a lint-free, micro-fiber cleaning cloth. Do not use any cleaning chemicals, abrasive materials or any moisture to clean the color touchscreen, since this may damage your device."
Cleaning cloths don't get ride of oils, grease, etc. I'd like to use a damp tissue, but I don't know if it's safe. Anyone know what's best?
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Barnes & Noble says not to use any moisture: "You should clean the VividView™ color touchscreen using a lint-free, micro-fiber cleaning cloth. Do not use any cleaning chemicals, abrasive materials or any moisture to clean the color touchscreen, since this may damage your device."
Cleaning cloths don't get ride of oils, grease, etc. I'd like to use a damp tissue, but I don't know if it's safe. Anyone know what's best?
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I would say avoid using water if you can, but what you decide to put on your device is up to you. If you do decide to use water I would say don't use an excessive amount.
Also you could try a coffee filter to wipe your screen {NO GROUNDS} I know it sounds weird but I use it on my tv and monitor and it works well.
I use a lens cleaning cloth on mine, it takes a few tries but it comes clean until I touch it again
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Barnes & Noble says not to use any moisture: "You should clean the VividView™ color touchscreen using a lint-free, micro-fiber cleaning cloth. Do not use any cleaning chemicals, abrasive materials or any moisture to clean the color touchscreen, since this may damage your device."
Cleaning cloths don't get ride of oils, grease, etc. I'd like to use a damp tissue, but I don't know if it's safe. Anyone know what's best?
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I use a microfiber cloth and do the warm breath on the screen.
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I used a semi damp alcohol patch just before I put the screen protector on. I don't think it caused any issues. Screen came out looking like it just came out of the box and now I don't have to worry about it.
Now, I don't think I would recommend doing that a lot, or often, but I don't think it will hurt once or twice.
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Warm breath and sweater sleeve, usually. I'll break out the microfiber cloth if i need to really work some smudge or lines off it.
Used Bounce Dryer Pad. Anti-static also.
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Microfiber cloth has always worked for me!
I put mine in the dishwasher over night. Comes out sparkling clean....
at work we have these lens/screen wipes which say they are 'anti-static/anti-fog lens/screen/lcd cleaner'. it's basically an alcohol wipe that has been designed 'specifically for use on plastic, polycarbonate, glass lenses and computer crt/lcd' screens. I've used those a few times and they work really well.
otherwise i just use my shirt or pants leg.
I use Monster brand screen cleaner and microfiber cloth. I spray the cloth not the screen. Any paper product may scratch the screen, since it is wood based.
However, after I am done cleaning, I find the screen to have a weird textured feel to it. Not sure what it is or how to describe it.
Micro fiber cloth and a little contact lens solution works fantastic.
apparently i own the DIRTIEST house in the world. ran the shower on hot for 15 minutes, and used 4, count em, FOUR microfiber "lint free" cloths directly from the package to my primes screen and wasted THREE screen protectors because there was more dirt, dust, and lint on my screen than a dryer sheet. soooooo, eff it. ill just pray the gorilla glass holds up. my phone didnt. but whatever. lol youve been warned, dont put on your screen protectors at my house...
You know those micro fiber cloths that are included are pretty crappy. Nine times out of ten they are your problem. I've noticed that some of then leave behind small micro particles.
I've found compressed air works really well to clear dust and diet when trying to put on a protector
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stretchwookie said:
apparently i own the DIRTIEST house in the world. ran the shower on hot for 15 minutes, and used 4, count em, FOUR microfiber "lint free" cloths directly from the package to my primes screen and wasted THREE screen protectors because there was more dirt, dust, and lint on my screen than a dryer sheet. soooooo, eff it. ill just pray the gorilla glass holds up. my phone didnt. but whatever. lol youve been warned, dont put on your screen protectors at my house...
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You should have washed those Microfiber cloths a couple of times before you tried to get your screen perfectly lint-free. A lot of times there are lose fibers from the manufacturing process caught in the surface of those "lint-free" microfiber cloths, but they usually disappear after the cloths have been laundered.
Also, if you really want to get your screen perfectly clean you would be better off using a pre-moistened eye-glass cleaning cloth. They come in little foil packets like wet-naps and are 100% lint free and contain a mild solvent that will help remove any surface contaminant or dust. This kind of treatment might be overkill, (usually a damp microfiber works just as well) but it is almost guaranteed to get your screen clean enough to put a skin on with no trouble
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You should have washed those Microfiber cloths a couple of times before you tried to get your screen perfectly lint-free. A lot of times there are lose fibers from the manufacturing process caught in the surface of those "lint-free" microfiber cloths, but they usually disappear after the cloths have been laundered.
Also, if you really want to get your screen perfectly clean you would be better off using a pre-moistened eye-glass cleaning cloth. They come in little foil packets like wet-naps and are 100% lint free and contain a mild solvent that will help remove any surface contaminant or dust. This kind of treatment might be overkill, (usually a damp microfiber works just as well) but it is almost guaranteed to get your screen clean enough to put a skin on with no trouble
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at this point, there is no such thing as over kill lol i want it done right dammit!
i actually have those eye glass cloths... and i ordered more screen protectors. thank you for the idea! also, ill be buying compressed air too lol...
I would recommend a screen protector. I believed the hype about gorilla glass and have lots of surface scratches in my screen now. I am now convinced that they never put gorilla glass on my prime. All the scratches I have gotten are from cleaning finger prints off my screen with a microfibre cloth I bought at Best Buy. I went to Best Buy yesterday to complain to them. They of course told me that my screen was scratched because of customer abuse. So I put some more fingerprints on my screen and told them to show me how to use the cloth on clean my screen. The guy took to cloth and wiped off my screen and bam, brand new scratches right along the side and bottom of the screen. The rep told me that wasnt right. He tried on screens of the display model and it never scratched. He took his keys and rubbed them on the screen and no scratches. I took my fingernail and rubbed in on the bezel of my prime and it scratched easily. Its like my screen is made from plexiglass or something. They contacted Asus Support for me and they want me to rma my tablet. Now I am scared that they are going to charge me to replace the screen claiming it is customer abuse.
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Vaanhoot said:
I would recommend a screen protector. I believed the hype about gorilla glass and have lots of surface scratches in my screen now. I am now convinced that they never put gorilla glass on my prime. All the scratches I have gotten are from cleaning finger prints off my screen with a microfibre cloth I bought at Best Buy. I went to Best Buy yesterday to complain to them. They of course told me that my screen was scratched because of customer abuse. So I put some more fingerprints on my screen and told them to show me how to use the cloth on clean my screen. The guy took to cloth and wiped off my screen and bam, brand new scratches right along the side and bottom of the screen. The rep told me that wasnt right. He tried on screens of the display model and it never scratched. He took his keys and rubbed them on the screen and no scratches. I took my fingernail and rubbed in on the bezel of my prime and it scratched easily. Its like my screen is made from plexiglass or something. They contacted Asus Support for me and they want me to rma my tablet. Now I am scared that they are going to charge me to replace the screen claiming it is customer abuse.
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Doesn't sound right. I've been very impressed by the Gorrila glass protection and I'm very surprised I do not have any scratches. I clean mine with a lint-free cloth also micro fiber all the time and there are no scratches. My screen almost looks wet when I finish cleaning it. I do love the screen.
Its funny you did that. I did that to a set of 3. Each one, I tried and had dust under the film screen protector. $12.00 down the toilet.
I did succeed after going to the dining room table, wiping it down with a damp cloth, used a short sleeve t-shirt, and a can of canned air.
So out of 6 screen protectors, I finally got one on perfect......
spend the money for a quality protector, Zagg, Ishield, etc. any of those "military grade" type protectors, usually are applied with a spray that activates the glue... After using one of these i will never go back to the cheap ones, they pretty much never wear out, are a hell of a lot easier to apply, and look better in the end because no air bubbles!
Also, Gorilla Glass can suck my left testicle, my SGS2 has a couple scratches because of the cleaning cloth i used (mocrofiber my ass), when i worked SELLING cell phones the demo phones (atrix, SGS1, iphone, etc) that we always carried in our pockets had the screens covered in scratches. Scratch resistant maybe, but definately not scratch proof.
A screen protector was the first thing i put on my prime. After what i have seen its worth the $20 investment.
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Its funny you did that. I did that to a set of 3. Each one, I tried and had dust under the film screen protector. $12.00 down the toilet.
I did succeed after going to the dining room table, wiping it down with a damp cloth, used a short sleeve t-shirt, and a can of canned air.
So out of 6 screen protectors, I finally got one on perfect......
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this is exactly my situation... bought 3 more... theyll be here tuesday...
so far, my shopping list consists of a new microfiber cloth, a can of air (or 5), and some wet eye glass cloths
im really even willing to pay some kid to do this for me, thats how frustrated i am lol...
pileot said:
spend the money for a quality protector, Zagg, Ishield, etc. any of those "military grade" type protectors, usually are applied with a spray that activates the glue... After using one of these i will never go back to the cheap ones, they pretty much never wear out, are a hell of a lot easier to apply, and look better in the end because no air bubbles!
Also, Gorilla Glass can suck my left testicle, my SGS2 has a couple scratches because of the cleaning cloth i used (mocrofiber my ass), when i worked SELLING cell phones the demo phones (atrix, SGS1, iphone, etc) that we always carried in our pockets had the screens covered in scratches. Scratch resistant maybe, but definately not scratch proof.
A screen protector was the first thing i put on my prime. After what i have seen its worth the $20 investment.
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exactly. my eoic 4g touch has ''gorilla glass'' and more scratches on it that my samsung moment did... im not chancing it any more. and i REALLY need to get good at this before sgp comes out with one, since i dont want $30 for ONE protector down the drain...
Wow, what do you people do to your devices to scratch them so much? I have had my Droid charge for over six months and had my Samsung fascinate for near a full year before that and neither have a single scratch on them. In and out of my pockets all day every day, even dropped both of them on concrete more than once. I also clean my screen with my shirt and my jeans and have no issues at all. Even my prime I rub on my tshirt to wipe off the finger prints and screen is still flawless.
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Wow, what do you people do to your devices to scratch them so much? I have had my Droid charge for over six months and had my Samsung fascinate for near a full year before that and neither have a single scratch on them. In and out of my pockets all day every day, even dropped both of them on concrete more than once. I also clean my screen with my shirt and my jeans and have no issues at all. Even my prime I rub on my tshirt to wipe off the finger prints and screen is still flawless.
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It's simple, just because you haven't gotten scratches doesn't mean you won't necessarily get them. You can close your eyes and walk across the street and not get hit by a car, that doesn't mean you're immune to car accidents.
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Wow, what do you people do to your devices to scratch them so much? I have had my Droid charge for over six months and had my Samsung fascinate for near a full year before that and neither have a single scratch on them. In and out of my pockets all day every day, even dropped both of them on concrete more than once. I also clean my screen with my shirt and my jeans and have no issues at all. Even my prime I rub on my tshirt to wipe off the finger prints and screen is still flawless.
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My prime came with plexiglass like screen not gorilla glass. I've had my Samsung Captivate for a year and a half and screen still looks flawless. I treat my prime with much more care and I have hundreds of scratches from using a microfiber cloth to clean off my fingerprints. Evertime I clean my screen I get new scratches. I wiped a pop bottle with my cloth and it didn't scratch. The plastic of a pop bottle is more scratch resistent than my prime. Sending it in to Asus to fix. Bad batch of gorilla glass or something.
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After hearing the stories here I'm glad the first thing I did was slap a screen protector on. I found a dual pack on ebay for $9 called S-Shieldz. They were wet applied. I grabbed my glasses cleaning kit, sprayed some of the solution on, lined up the screen protector quite easily, squeegied out the excess liquid and waited 24-48 hours for the haze to go away and now its fully protected. There are 1 or 2 minor flaws in the screen protector that look like dust under but they're actually just knicks in the plastic. I only ended up with 1 particle underneath and its not on the visible part of the screen so I don't really care.
For being $9 with free shipping the quality is quite nice. Its glossy without the orange peel texture. I have no issues with touch sensativity.
Glad to know that I'm not the only one... I only ruined two screen protectors. Haha. I got really close to getting the second one perfect, but ended up with a bunch of particles under it as well. Guess I wouldn't recommend trying to put one on at my place either. I'll look into the other screen protectors that are wet applied mentioned in this thread.
I got a skanomi protector. Got it on perfect.
I cleaned the screen really good with 5 microfiber cloths. Then put the screen protector on top of it still stuck to the paper it came on and pt a piece of plastic I wiped off with a microfiber cloth.
I took a nice hot steamy shower. Bout 20 mins.
Took the protector of its sheet and sprayed on all of the solution and lined it up. I used a single fly cardboard credit card (like the examples they send you in the mail) to squeegee the excess fluid out starting from the middle going out.
After about an hour, I noticed a particle in the middle of the screen. So I took it off, used a very fine pair of tweezers to get the particle off. The second time, I dunked the protector in a sink full of water with a couple drops of soap in it (thats all the 'solution' really is).
Perfect.
I guess I should mention that I had my TFP OFF during the process and 24 hours after.
Vaanhoot said:
My prime came with plexiglass like screen not gorilla glass. I've had my Samsung Captivate for a year and a half and screen still looks flawless. I treat my prime with much more care and I have hundreds of scratches from using a microfiber cloth to clean off my fingerprints. Evertime I clean my screen I get new scratches. I wiped a pop bottle with my cloth and it didn't scratch. The plastic of a pop bottle is more scratch resistent than my prime. Sending it in to Asus to fix. Bad batch of gorilla glass or something.
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Yeah something is definitely up with your glass, that is just not right.
pyro6128 said:
It's simple, just because you haven't gotten scratches doesn't mean you won't necessarily get them. You can close your eyes and walk across the street and not get hit by a car, that doesn't mean you're immune to car accidents.
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State the obvious with sarcasm much? Thanks for this utter flash of brilliance, never would have come to that conclusion on my own... may want to give it another read and try actual comprehension of it this time.
rand4ll said:
State the obvious with sarcasm much? Thanks for this utter flash of brilliance, never would have come to that conclusion on my own... may want to give it another read and try actual comprehension of it this time.
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Haha I got it, you've been lucky your devices haven't gotten scratched. Were all very happy for you haha
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bought a cheap pack of 3 for like 2.99 took 3 attempts but the 3rd worked perfect, used the screen cleaner that came with my prime