Will pretty much any soft cloth do? What about some rubbing alcohol too?
The lens has a protective piece of glass over it, so do your worst!
Well obviously that's what I meant. The lens glass lol
lens cloth should do the trick you could pop into your local opticians and ask them for one..
I just use the microfiber cloth that came with my Oakley sunglasses. If I need to do some deep cleaning, then I bust out my lens tissue and lens cleaner solution that I use on my SLR. The lens cleaner solution is alcohol I'm presuming.
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The see-through (plastic?) lens cover appears to have a thin layer on it, a layer that comes off easily? i can remove it with my finger nail with repeated rubbing so it can't be an anti scratch layer
It's not really like scratches it looks more like it's just being rubbed off and the surface below looks not as shiny.
Do others have this or have had this?
Anyway on mine this layer is mostly off in the middle, bit of a pisser it probably effects the photo quality..
yes, this happened to me. I got a scratch on the lens cover and the "coating" started to rub off around the scratch then. Once it's broken it will all eventually chip or rub off. I was left with a dull not so transparent lens cover. crap photos.
I got a new back cover for 30euro! (argh!!). Now I do not rub my lens and am very careful. The initial scratch was caused by a tiny piece of salt or sand on the lens when I rubbed it clean with a microfibre cloth. Once it was scratched the protective film just flaked off really easy when I rubbed it even lightly.
Get a new back cover and be very careful when rubbing the lens cover in future. In fact DON'T rub it is best. If you do get a finger print on it very very lightly use a microfibre cloth to remove it. no hard rubbing.
bummer.. i'll just leave mine i think, maybe some one will bring out a better version, or i could maybe maybe stick a plane glass disc in.
yeah, it sucks doesn't it! I would not mind paying an extra 20euro for a desire if HTC would coat the lens cover with mineral glass or something so its much less likely to scuff. plastic with a coating is useless.
anyway, good luck if you replace it with a glass disc, that would be cool too. I splashed out for the battery cover, but it was expensive and wouldn't do it again if it happens.
Thats why I loved my Nokia N82. It had an actual lens cover that kept out dust, fingerprints, grit etc.
well, HTCs next big handset release will only be improved I imagine.
Same here
I've had the same problem, bad engineering on HTC's part in my opinion as the lens(cover) is a very much exposed part of this particular phone because of its 'bulgy' design. Never had this kind of problem on my Cybershotphones.
Too bad though as I'm otherwise very happy with my Desire (although it would have been nice if the screen were a bit less prone to scratching, gief Gorillaglass).
I ended up rubbing the lenscover until the entire coating was actually rubbed off in the hope pictures would be less blurry because of the partly chipped off coating.
Anyone know what the coating is for in the first place?
if this happens to mine I will drill the clear lens out
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if this happens to mine I will drill the clear lens out
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I think you can just bash it out - there's a post on the forum somewhere about it
Hi what can I use to clean the phone touch screen (SE x8)? It's always oily. My phone have screen protector, it's a plastic sticker on the touch screen.
simply clean Fingers
I use a small microfibre cleaning rag without any liquids
I use a damp tissue or cloth followed by a dry one. Works as well if not better than the fancy stuffs.
I have a microfiber cloth also but after a cple days wet paper towel then dry it with the cloth
Any glass cleaner, applied to tissue/cloth and wiped over screen will do the trick.
glass cleaner will leave a residue behind because of the ammonia. after you take a shower just wipe it with your damp towel. Does the trick perfectly
Brasso gadget cleaner i use it for my streak its sh?t hot
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Seanzle said:
glass cleaner will leave a residue behind because of the ammonia. after you take a shower just wipe it with your damp towel. Does the trick perfectly
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I think that could get moisture inside the device, which is probably not a good thing :S
you can use white vinegar small amount 1/2 and 1/2 water on the damp cloth and then dry it will remove the grease and slime your fingers put on the screen/protector
Micro fiber cloths for the win... or your T-shirt.
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I use rubbing alcohol and wipe it with microfiber. So far it works okay on my HTC HD2, but cannot be sure if the alcohol will do any damage to the screen.
Try windows/white board cleaner WITHOUT amonia.
I also use microfibre rag without any liquids.
Damp cloth , dry with microfibre cloth
Mouth vapor and t-shirt!
Microfiber will do!
Try Zagg wipes. You can get them off zagg's website (cant post links sorry)
First thins first that I have learned, before touching any tech nology, wash your hands! Use antibacterial soap and hand sanitizer to remove the grease, next, take a nice microfiber cloth and gently rub the phone in circles, wax on, wax off motion. Once you have complted this step and the creen is completely clean, gently glide your clean finger across the screen in a swiping motion... see how xlean it feels
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nandroide said:
First thins first that I have learned, before touching any tech nology, wash your hands! Use antibacterial soap and hand sanitizer to remove the grease, next, take a nice microfiber cloth and gently rub the phone in circles, wax on, wax off motion. Once you have complted this step and the creen is completely clean, gently glide your clean finger across the screen in a swiping motion... see how xlean it feels
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Thanks Howie Mandel.
icebuck said:
Mouth vapor and t-shirt!
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Seems so simple doesn't it. Unless you are playing beach volleyball just prior to cleaning your phone you'll never scratch the glass with a t-shirt.
Microfiber and cleaning solution, LOL.
So I had to resolder my micro usb port, and hot glue it, I did it successfully
However, I touched the lense, and there is this rubber thing on it, and when I clean it, that rubber thing kind of smudges onto the lense.
It's kind of clean atm, but not perfect. Also my outer glass cover lense(the outermost glass) is scratched up.
Anyone know what would happen if I removed that rubber piece covering the the lense?
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So I had to resolder my micro usb port, and hot glue it, I did it successfully
However, I touched the lense, and there is this rubber thing on it, and when I clean it, that rubber thing kind of smudges onto the lense.
It's kind of clean atm, but not perfect. Also my outer glass cover lense(the outermost glass) is scratched up.
Anyone know what would happen if I removed that rubber piece covering the the lense?
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Might get crude or dust in it. You could use rubbing alcohol on a rag and wipe lens. Or paint thinner lol just don't get it on the plastic.
My front facing camera is FILTHY. I can't clean it with a cloth because it's tiny and the plastic kind of blocks the lens. How do you guys clean it? I tried a cue-tip and it didn't really do it.
Hi, try putting a few drops of water to a cotton bud and clean it. That works for me.
used a paper clip with a tiny bit of a wet tissue on the end. just jam it in and move it around a bit
I was afraid of scratching it. What I ended up doing was wrapping a regular cleaning cloth (like the ones you get with screen protectors) around an old plastic stylus I had lying around (which has a really soft edge, so it wouldn't have scratched it too much) and it worked relatively well. Thanks for the tips
It's been a month since I bought the LG G3, and I have been using it with the LG quick circle case. While cleaning my phone today I noticed some micro scratches on the laser auto focus which are visible at a certain an angle. Although this has no effect on the auto-focusing speed, but I am worried that this might cause a problem later on, as those scratches might cause laser distortion.
Are there any ways to remove those scratches( I have tried cleaning it alcohol, but they are still there)?
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It's been a month since I bought the LG G3, and I have been using it with the LG quick circle case. While cleaning my phone today I noticed some micro scratches on the laser auto focus which are visible at a certain an angle. Although this has no effect on the auto-focusing speed, but I am worried that this might cause a problem later on, as those scratches might cause laser distortion.
Are there any ways to remove those scratches( I have tried cleaning it alcohol, but they are still there)?
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You can use plastic polish to remove fine scratches. Take the back cover off. Use blue painters tape to tape around the laser lens. Apply plastic polish with cloth. Let it haze over. Buff lens with clean cloth or micro fiber cloth.
Same principle as restoring plastic automotive headlights or acrylic fish tanks.
Isn't there some kind of a protective coating over the lens?
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Isn't there some kind of a protective coating over the lens?
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The camera lens might have a protective coating, but I don't think that the laser auto-focus has the same coating, If there were a protective coating it would've been gone by rubbing alcohol.
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The camera lens might have a protective coating, but I don't think that the laser auto-focus has the same coating, If there were a protective coating it would've been gone by rubbing alcohol.
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Actually, the camera lens is made of glass ( not gorilla glass). It can crack, as some users have experienced already. If the laser lens has any protective coating at all, it would not have scuffed so easily. I use a Spigen Slim Armor case on my G3 which protects the camera, laser and flash lenses from scratches when putting the phone on its back. I use a Tech Armor ballistic glass screen protector but that may be OT since the screen is gorilla glass.