Hey all
So I followed this guide here on a heavily discounted LG V30:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821129
First I started with a phone that had WAY deeper scratches than I wanted.
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https://imgur.com/1jE8isc
I swore expletives because the eBay auction didn't show any scratches, but I figured I could probably fix this myself. I first started with 600 grit sandpaper.
https://imgur.com/ZiVgatj
Got it to a nice matte finish. Then I did 800, and finally 1500.
https://imgur.com/LaTPHpC
It actually didn't look too bad. So finally I took the polishing wheel to it and some cerium oxide, just like that guide mentioned.
https://imgur.com/gMKE58M
Now this takes a really long time. And actually, I'm not thrilled with how it came out. There's some VERY FINE scratches that interfere with the picture. So I'm really looking for a way to buff out very fine scratches on gorilla glass.
I tested all of this earlier on a nexus 5x because it was dead, and I couldn't even cut the screen with a razor. I have no idea how this phone had scratches, but I had to take a dremel to the thing to even emulate a scratch.
Edit: I'm not sure why my images aren't showing up
TPMJB said:
Hey all
So I followed this guide here on a heavily discounted LG V30:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821129
First I started with a phone that had WAY deeper scratches than I wanted.
https://imgur.com/1jE8isc
I swore expletives because the eBay auction didn't show any scratches, but I figured I could probably fix this myself. I first started with 600 grit sandpaper.
https://imgur.com/ZiVgatj
Got it to a nice matte finish. Then I did 800, and finally 1500.
https://imgur.com/LaTPHpC
It actually didn't look too bad. So finally I took the polishing wheel to it and some cerium oxide, just like that guide mentioned.
https://imgur.com/gMKE58M
Now this takes a really long time. And actually, I'm not thrilled with how it came out. There's some VERY FINE scratches that interfere with the picture. So I'm really looking for a way to buff out very fine scratches on gorilla glass.
I tested all of this earlier on a nexus 5x because it was dead, and I couldn't even cut the screen with a razor. I have no idea how this phone had scratches, but I had to take a dremel to the thing to even emulate a scratch.
Edit: I'm not sure why my images aren't showing up
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I see the images when I click on the links.
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I see the images when I click on the links.
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Oh, weird. I can't see them.
Either way, I figured out the issue and why this should never be attempted. We have an oleophobic coating on our screens that repel grease from your fingerprints. In buffing out scratches, you wipe away this coating.
Also, I need something more fine than Cerium Oxide to buff out scratches like this. There's a reason all the scratch guides are from 2010 and earlier. It doesn't work well on newer phones.
Oh well, back on eBay
Edit: I guess all the money I waste on eBay is not a waste because I'm learning things. Yeah! That's what I'm going to tell myself
TPMJB said:
Oh well, back on eBay
Edit: I guess all the money I waste on eBay is not a waste because I'm learning things. Yeah! That's what I'm going to tell myself
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Expensive lesson! Thanks for sharing that.
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Expensive lesson! Thanks for sharing that.
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I've...had two with this phone. First, while I was still on the Axon7, I bought a phone for 120 with a crack in it. "I'll just replace the lens over the screen" I thought. I demolished the damned phone trying to get the back off it.
My hands were only meant for destruction, it seems.
To be fair, the Axon7 was great replacing the screen. Two grills needed to come off with a heat gun and I was inside the phone. This phone is a goddamned nightmare to get apart.
Anyway, people more skilled than I generally buy the phones off me, so I lose ~$30-50. Nothing I'm gonna lose sleep over.
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I have had the prime since last Tuesday and really like using it. The one thing I wish I would've known is that the metal backing definitely gets scratched. I haven't done anything outlandish with it, other than carry it in my bag (which I still can't find exactly what scratched it). When the light hits the back a certain way, it almost looks like a car that's been keyed. So my advice to everyone would be invest in some kind of pouch to travel with, or just have a towel to wrap it in if carrying it in a bag with other things.
The screen doesn't have any scratches just as an aside.
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This is why I told everyone to get a protector for the rear panel. The Skinomi will do the job. Also, to be on the safe side even with the Gorilla Glass, I'll be protecting the front. Then I can throw it in my laptop bag with no worries.
Lol. Aluminum backing is destroying GPS & WiFi performance.. AND it gets scratched easily. ASUS is not faring to well with this design decision. Someone head is getting lopped off for this. Whoever made the final decisions on this tablet is allowing this thing to tarnish their overall reputation.
Y’all are going to think I am crazy, but I have left the plastic sleeve it came in on my Prime until I can get a proper cover. It makes a perfectly suitable cover – it is clear, it adds grip, and it doesn’t get scratched.
SO – if you’ve not thrown your boxing away, using that as a cover is an option, it may be crazy but it works
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Lol. Aluminum backing is destroying GPS & WiFi performance.. AND it gets scratched easily. ASUS is not faring to well with this design decision. Someone head is getting lopped off for this. Whoever made the final decisions on this tablet is allowing this thing to tarnish their overall reputation.
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I saw their CEO speak at a conference. He's an ego maniac. I'd guess he said "and it should be metal to be more stylish" and the rest as we say is history. But since it can't possibly be his fault there will be human sacrifices from further down the food chain. But hey, people told the Wright brother's they'd never be able to fly.
Meanwhile I don't have even one scratch on my plastic back of TF101 (but some scratches on the Gorilla Glass). The alluminium back was a really bad decision by Asus.
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Meanwhile I don't have even one scratch on my plastic back of TF101 (but some scratches on the Gorilla Glass). The alluminium back was a really bad decision by Asus.
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mine isn't scratched at although i clean it about every 2 seconds a little OCD over here, mine still shines like from the day i bought it
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.
Sharing what a fellow Singaporean reported when he dropped his phone:
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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
Thought I would post this as I just brought one..
My Screen died yet again. after only having it in for service about March. Mind you it was here in Asus China.. so...
Anyway, It was giving me the dreaded black screen no turn on type thing, Plus a few of the other characteristics that have been documented in the Katkiss thread of late- Corrupted partition.
After the last battle with it, I ended up with a full strip on the left hand side about 50mm that is unresponsive.. nothing that you can do on the touch side of things, but mouse still works. Anyway.. wasn't going to send it back. as its not worth the aggravation of dealing with the idiots at the Asus aftersales service. So went and brought the Nexus 10.. Loving it..
but for project decided to look for another LCD screen and came across this seller with the full frame for sale.. so its about $US65.. so its my weekend project.. as Dam.. with Katkiss JB4.3 around.. I just want to play with it on the TF101.. Just not ready to let this thing die as yet.
I will update the post once i get it up and running.
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.288.E5qF2L&id=20842680877&_u=6n4kj1c3dd2
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Good luck, looking forward to seeing how you get on
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Good luck, looking forward to seeing how you get on
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Well, its back up and running..not with out a few tense moments..
The picture you see is NOT what you get..as no frame..they **** you on that..
Which I found out to my detriment.. As I order the full set thinking that I wasn't going to have screw around with the glue thing..
it turned out it turned up and I was...what the...
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As I had ready been watching videos so kinda knew what to do..
Anyway as it comes glued already..how the .... Are you suppose to screw the LCD panel in..
Derrrrrrr...can't unless you do some strange but thing..and or bend the brackets around..
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Anyway..
Not to be deterred.. I got out the trusted plastic tools and went about separation of the screen from the LCD panel...new one...as I already had got the old one off with no drama..and cleanly.
Note..make sure you know which you are separating..as I found out the hard way that I was actually separating the gorilla glass from the touch screen...were wondering why it was so dam hard...plus one hell of a mess..
Lucky the original was still in good order so I finally was able to separate the new LCD panel and clean it up..
I almost gave up..but pushed through..it wasn't going to beat me.. plenty of man handling going on..I put it all back together...yeha..
Mind you I wasn't thinking that it was going to crank up as I was man handling the LCD panel pretty heavily ...but up popped Tims little mascot and 4.2.2 fired right up...sign of relief..
So straight to 4.3 I have came and its powering along...too good to be true..
Thanks Tim...and others that have ported the 4.3..
Of course I have a few more creaks from around the edges And a little light bleed on the left hand side but as I was lucky that the double sided tap from the original glass was still sticky and usable..
Will let it settle in and put it thru its passes and see how it goes before I pull it apart and pop some silicon in there..
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Will edit post later with the YouTube links used.
If you do it, the Russian video is the best to use to strip it down but there are a few little steps it miss's
Thus the other two come in handy.
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Where did you find the full frame with the LCD for $65? I currently have the same problem with my tf101. And would love to replace it. Right now its just a paper weight.
Disregard, I got all excited a quick Google search lead me to one on amazon. Thank you for the tutorial I will follow once mine gets in and I'll report back!
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I dont know how but i never dropped my phone. Butthe lens on my camera cracked. How the hell? They marketed it as sapphire. Why?
yonba said:
I dont know how but i never dropped my phone. Butthe lens on my camera cracked. How the hell? They marketed it as sapphire. Why?
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Its a glass, not bullet proof glass.. Thank god you didn't crack the front glass..
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Its a glass, not bullet proof glass.. Thank god you didn't crack the front glass..
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But im careful with my things. I never dropped this. Hell my nokia phone c2-00 dual sim fell 6ft to the hard marble floor but it is still fine...
look what I found:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46252774
so sapphire isnt that good at all, yes?
one possible reason probably is that i am always fingering the volume up button. im using the international version btw where the lens an dthe button is flat and too close to each other. this is a flaw to the design. but it's sapphire it shouldnt crack like that.
It magically cracked :-\ that's what they all say.
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It magically cracked :-\ that's what they all say.
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the point is, for a high end phone with camera lens that cracks on a normal day to day use is not good LG should look into this. If it is heat related, then definitely they should all recall the unit and replace the international version with the Verizon's version. My nokia is still alive after 10+ landings on hard floor.
Well of course it can brake. Everything brakes. The main point of sapphire on lens glass as I believe is that it is very scratch resistant.
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the point is, for a high end phone with camera lens that cracks on a normal day to day use is not good LG should look into this. If it is heat related, then definitely they should all recall the unit and replace the international version with the Verizon's version. My nokia is still alive after 10+ landings on hard floor.
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One case out of thousands and thousands will not cause a company to look into anything. It might have just had a defect.
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Impact break. Left side.
And this crack is from a normal day to day use?...
Not in my opinion. That is definitely not a flaw or internal pressure break. Something hit it, pressed very hard on that one area, or focused pressure on that area.
Its always in my pocket. Probably twisted because sometime when i talk the nillkin case off it sounded like its gonna snap. Lg support in ph wont cover it though. I guess im gonna pay to have the glass replaced. But i can live with this becausd image wuality is not aggected. It just looks ugly.
They are right for not covering it. It is visually end user fault. Can't be to expensive to get it replaced.
After the bend test failure with the OnePlus 10, Zack was hoping OnePlus had fixed those failings with the 10T.....
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...sadly not.
OnePlus 10 on the left, OnePlus 10T in the hands.
DO NOT put this phone in your front OR back pocket.
Of course it will break because frame is made from plastic.
10 Pro also breaks even with metal frame because of poor design.
Zack is a monster of a human being lol. I have seen other people try to replicate his so easily snapping the 10 Pro, something he did effortlessly, and nobody else had such an easy time with it.
Tricks of the trade!
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After the bend test failure with the OnePlus 10, Zack was hoping OnePlus had fixed those failings with the 10T.....
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...sadly not.
OnePlus 10 on the left, OnePlus 10T in the hands.
DO NOT put this phone in your front OR back pocket.
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I bought this phone 2 days ago and saw this video now! So painful!!!
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Zack is a monster of a human being lol. I have seen other people try to replicate his so easily snapping the 10 Pro, something he did effortlessly, and nobody else had such an easy time with it.
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Yes, zack applies so much pressure which looks effortless!
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I bought this phone 2 days ago and saw this video now! So painful!!!
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Should be fine, just don't wear tight denims/trousers and have the phone in those pockets.
Get a decent case and tempered glass screen protector, can't really do much more than that.
It's still pretty bad that they've apparently learned nothing from the 10 Pro result. OnePlus usually has excellent device stability. Another sign they're definitely slipping with Pete at the helm.
It is so stupid to complain about the build quality. When in the world are you going to crack your phone like that and for what purpose? Phones are not made to be cracked, it is not their purpose. Phones are to be taken care of with, that's right, care. To brake it and then to complain about it? Stop the nonsense.
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It is so stupid to complain about the build quality. When in the world are you going to crack your phone like that and for what purpose? Phones are not made to be cracked, it is not their purpose. Phones are to be taken care of with, that's right, care. To brake it and then to complain about it? Stop the nonsense.
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Unfortunately the world is full of people that don't have nothing better to do and give hate on one brand or another just for fun. I'm sure that nobody will seat down with his phone into his pocket and for sure if someone make it will break his display.
Actually, the build quality is pretty okay, and much better than 10 pro. The only problem is, Zach is a gym freak, and is fun at bending stuff to the breaking point. Here, this guy tried to bend the oneplus 10T with tremendous force, and failed. He isn't as ripped as Zach, so if you dunk a shockproof case and slap a tempered screen guard, you're good to go. It has Gorilla glass 5 on the front and back, and they offer a pretty good protection. Plus you don't go every other day trying to bend a phone so ignore Zach's video and buy it. Here's the video from the Indian guy trying to bend it.
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I bought this phone 2 days ago and saw this video now! So painful!!!
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Do read my post above!
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Actually, the build quality is pretty okay, and much better than 10 pro. The only problem is, Zach is a gym freak, and is fun at bending stuff to the breaking point. Here, this guy tried to bend the oneplus 10T with tremendous force, and failed. He isn't as ripped as Zach, so if you dunk a shockproof case and slap a tempered screen guard, you're good to go. It has Gorilla glass 5 on the front and back, and they offer a pretty good protection. Plus you don't go every other day trying to bend a phone so ignore Zach's video and buy it. Here's the video from the Indian guy trying to bend it.
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Yeah, Zach is built different and a normal person can't bend the phone that easily!