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Anyone spotted a good screen protector for the Arc? I used a Brando in the past and was very happy with it, but I can't find the Arc on their homepage yet.
I've just ordered one from e-bay ;-)
Hey, I just read that there might be a screen protector installed out of the box!
yes that is true..
once u remove the top film..
look carefully..
factory fitted screen protector is on the screen..
also there is an extra protector amongst the warranty card and papers
Yes, mine had already a screen protector installed. An theres an extra in the box.
And there was a really leathercase.
i got mine two days ago with a screen protector in the box but i looked real carefully and didnt seem to see one pre fitted on the screen. Maybe i looked wrong
I also got an HDMI cable and leather case in the box.
can someone please tell me that maybe there are some countries where the screen protector is not pre fitted ? is that possible ? or have i not looked hard enough ?
There can be regional differences of course (some parts of Europe get a 16GB SDHC and a leather case...), but supposedly the protector is extremely hard to see. It was the same with the X10, and most people didn't even realize there was a protector installed and put another one right over it.
Just noticed it had a protector already installed. I installed the one that came in the box, so I now have to protectors on the screen lol.
Clarivue recently released protectors for the Arc. Cant post a link cuz I'm new here!
I like their anti glare protectors, because fingerprint marks are not as visible - which is very important for me for a touch screen device.
Although they are a little more expensive, you get two in a pack. You can use coupon clear630 and get 10% off. If your ordering 3 or more items you get another 10% off.
I got my Arc 3 days after it came out in Dubai, checked clarivue that day they didn't have them for the Arc, so I ordered anti-glare protectors from eBay. I checked clarivue again yesterday and they had them.
lol i also didnt notice thrs a preinstalled sp on the screen thus applied the extra sp.. now i have double protection!!! lol...
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At the factory, they pose it without any imperfection
Found one in the box but my eyes aren't good enough to see if theres one on already :-B I assume there is
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rustynuts34 said:
Found one in the box but my eyes aren't good enough to see if theres one on already :-B I assume there is
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You will see a very small line just inside the edge of the screen itself going all the way around. I can guarantee you already have one already installed
If in doubt use a magnifying glass.
anyone used a 3M Vikuiti ADQC27 for the arc? Does it fit well?
hey everyone, just so you know SGP has put out their screen shields for the arc, imo they are one of the best so, give it a look and enjoy
http://www.sgpstore.com/cell-phone/sony-ericsson/xperia-arc.html
Have anyone thought about Invisible Shield from zagg
http://www.zagg.com/invisibleshield...es-screen-protectors-covers-skins-shields.php
i just bought one a few days ago off ebay... still waiting for it to come in.
i had one on my x10 and i liked it. it is much more resistant to scratches than sony ericsson's so-called 'scratch resistant shatter proof sheet on mineral glass'. apparently zagg invisishield skins are made with the same material used to protect military helicopter blades (from what i've heard). one of the downsides to it is it makes finger swiping a bit harder because the screen is a bit more 'grippy'.
Personally, I would avoid Zaag, they are so tricky to apply. My recommendation has to be Martin Fields' or Brando.
whoah!..i just read this thread...and realised that there was a screen protector already preinstalled..unfortunately I had applied the one provided in the box a few days back (horribly i must add)...nice feature by Sony, but they shud mention it..
has anybody tried to remove the factory installed screenprotector? The reason i ask is because i removed the extra screenprotector that i installed when i got the phone since it had some inperfections, now i have a scratch in what i hope is the factory screenprotector and not the screen itself and a invisibleshield waiting to be installed but i cant remove the factory installed one
yea... screen protectors are a b*tch to install. do it once and do it right.
Hi all.
I got a Arc S a few month back and placed a screen protector and was having touch issues later I figured out there was already a screen protector pre installed so i took off the one I put. Now after a few month I have got lot of scratches on the pre installed screen protector. I find it very very hard to remove it. Any idea how I can take it off?
That's an anti-crack protector as I can remember
So it requires some effort to be torn off
Fingernails and pincer did it for me, start at whatever corner you like..
Mine's got weird fading on that pre installed screen protector. It's hard to describe what it looks like
Yup, that's a shatter-proof shield. Slowly peel it away from a corner.
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xtacy! said:
Yup, that's a shatter-proof shield. Slowly peel it away from a corner.
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That's an anti-crack protector as I can remember
So it requires some effort to be torn off
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What do you mean by anti-crack or shatter-proof?? It isn't a normal screen protector? Will removing it cause any issue?
Sony (Ericsson) Xperia phones comes with a mineral glass screen with a factory fitted shatter-proof sheet plus a screen protector in the box.
I don't think you're going to harm your phone if you remove it but be a bit more careful with your handling after that.
You really don't want to crack that screen, do you?
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im pretty sure the screen would still crack with it on anyway
mine started peeling, was full of scratches etc, was so relieved when i figured out i could pull it off
puts up a bit of a fight, think they used glue to put it on haha
The guys who had removed the factory installed protector - could you please answer this question:
Is the screen LESS sticky with the protector removed?
Cause, it might be me and my sweaty oily hands :laugh:, but I find that unless my hands are freshly washed with soap, gliding on the Xperia Arc S is very troublesome as my fingers stick to the surface. In contrast, gliding over a phone with directly exposed gorilla glass has always felt great to me (even with my sweaty oily hands :laugh
Unless you work in an office and keep your phone in a case whenever it's not being used along with not being accident prone, the advice most would give that took it off, and I'm going back to when People were taking it of the X10, LEAVE IT ON! If you remove it, have something to replace it with, as a scratch on plastic film is more bearable than a scratch on the glass.
I got my shiny new ZL C6506 on Friday morning and by Friday afternoon I already had a few pretty good scratches on the screen. This only got worse over the weekend. I assumed it was gorilla glass but sure enough I look on gsmarena.com at the specs and its scratch-resistant and shatter-proof glass. I guess I will have to start checking this before I buy phones from now on. I just assumed a $600 phone would have better glass. Otherwise, I love the phone. This is the first factory unlocked phone I have been able to find that has AT&T LTE bands.
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I got my shiny new ZL C6506 on Friday morning and by Friday afternoon I already had a few pretty good scratches on the screen. This only got worse over the weekend. I assumed it was gorilla glass but sure enough I look on gsmarena.com at the specs and its scratch-resistant and shatter-proof glass. I guess I will have to start checking this before I buy phones from now on. I just assumed a $600 phone would have better glass. Otherwise, I love the phone. This is the first factory unlocked phone I have been able to find that has AT&T LTE bands.
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why don't you put that thin layer that guards the screen. I have an xperia arc (yeah, old phone), I have it since 7 months and my screen doesn't have a single scratch, yet.
blakstar said:
why don't you put that thin layer that guards the screen. I have an xperia arc (yeah, old phone), I have it since 7 months and my screen doesn't have a single scratch, yet.
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I did think about it but I've had a Note 2 for months and it barely has a scratch on it. I haven't had a phone scratch this easily since my Galaxy Nexus, its probably a similar glass.
Why don't you remove the preinstalled "screen protector" if you got scratches on it?
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OP, are you sure the glass itself has scratched or does it have a preinstalled SP on it?
Regardless of which glass it is, it will scratch. I have had plenty of phones with GG2 and though not immediately visible, under a strong light, you can see plenty of micro scratches when looked at from a particular angle. I hate putting on SPs myself, but as of now, theres no phone with a glass that wont scratch.
They should learn to reach things before they post. What they have scratched is the screen protector on the screen that it came withpreinstalled. I'm using nothing but the preinstalled protector but I haven't scratched it yet.
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Why don't you remove the preinstalled "screen protector" if you got scratches on it?
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I second this. The 6506 comes with a pre-installed screen protector (look closely & you'll see it) -- your scratches are probably in that, rather than on the actual glass. I've had my 6506 for nearly 2 weeks now and I have no scratches on it anywhere.
The only thing that it seems the 6502/3 (?) comes with that the 6506 does not is an extra screen protector in the box. It just has the one pre-installed. If you look near the edges of the glass, you'll probably notice that you can see the edge of the screen protector. I've been tempted to remove it and replace it with something a bit nicer, but I haven't thus far, and haven't had any real problems.
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I second this. The 6506 comes with a pre-installed screen protector (look closely & you'll see it) -- your scratches are probably in that, rather than on the actual glass. I've had my 6506 for nearly 2 weeks now and I have no scratches on it anywhere.
The only thing that it seems the 6502/3 (?) comes with that the 6506 does not is an extra screen protector in the box. It just has the one pre-installed. If you look near the edges of the glass, you'll probably notice that you can see the edge of the screen protector. I've been tempted to remove it and replace it with something a bit nicer, but I haven't thus far, and haven't had any real problems.
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You are correct, I did not receive an extra screen protector with my c6503.
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Sorry I didn't realize it had a screen protector preinstalled. I didn't see anywhere that it stated it had a screen protector on it. I wonder if that is what is affecting the viewing angles. I don't want to remove it to find out. Thanks guys
colts187 said:
Sorry I didn't realize it had a screen protector preinstalled. I didn't see anywhere that it stated it had a screen protector on it. I wonder if that is what is affecting the viewing angles. I don't want to remove it to find out. Thanks guys
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What is affecting the viewing angles is the screen itself. No SP makes the screen look washed out from an angle, the privacy ones just dim it out
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You are correct, I did not receive an extra screen protector with my c6503.
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I think he meant to say that the 6503/6502 comes with an additional SP. But from your comment it seems like the 6503 does not. Mine came with one. I have a 6502 though :cyclops:
I want to remove my SP (I have an Xperia arc though). Can I use the SP as a stylus pen, because there are many tutorials on how to make a stylus pen from a screen protector
I think you'll find Sony had used dragontail glass on the ZL. If so it won't scratch easy. Sure the screen protector will though strange move from Sony even if it's shatter proof protection.
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What is affecting the viewing angles is the screen itself. No SP makes the screen look washed out from an angle, the privacy ones just dim it out
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wrong the good privacy display protection changes the viewing angle a lot!! And thats ment to be!
I checked a few! And e.g. if u r sitting in a plane with a good protection the guy beside u cannot see a **** of your display..)
The cheap only dim...)
the factory installed sheet is not a regular screen protector but a "Shatter Proof Sheet" which can be easily scratched. some users report that in XZ, the SONY logo is printed on this sheet.
below are the links for these cases.
http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/03/2...-the-xperia-z-screen-protector-sony-logo-too/
http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/450944#450944
Rob1972 said:
wrong the good privacy display protection changes the viewing angle a lot!! And thats ment to be!
I checked a few! And e.g. if u r sitting in a plane with a good protection the guy beside u cannot see a **** of your display..)
The cheap only dim...)
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I think you misunderstood, or I couldnt explain well. Privacy SP dont wash out your display when looked at from an angle. You cannot see anything because they dim it out completely. Not make it appear all white.
If you remove the shatter proof screen protector you need an oleophobic coating on it or it will be filled with fingerprint in no time. A simple method to do so is using rain repellant on car windshield, something like RainX will do just fine
The anti-shatter film on my ZL didn't last a day without scratching. The fabric of my back pocket (denim) is too stressful for it. So, is Sony going to void my warranty if I remove it and replace it with a the Skinomi I ordered on day 1?
Note: the screen on my gen 1 Galaxy S took the same treatment for 3 years without a scratch.
Can I buy another anti-shatter film from Sony?
I have got my C6502 with not installed protector and spended about 3 hours to install is myself.
I have almost damaged the protector.
Talked to Sony
Called Xperia support. and Sony Store. It took 4 calls total because they kept passing the buck to each other.
I had to get at least one rep to Google the coating before they even believed that it existed.
And, of course, from there, they assume removing it voids the warranty...
...not because they've been told by Sony ... but because they think so.
They all seem to agree, however, that carrying a phone in your back pocket for a few days without it scratching is a reasonable expectation.
I'd love to know the engineering rationale behind this stupid coating.
I CAN'T be "keeping manufacturing cost down" with a $760 retail price.
For that, it should have Gorilla or Dragontail glass.
If it does have it, then it should be fine to remove the film.
You'd think Sony would have trained their staff on this. It HAS to have come up by now.
I got 2 Xperia ZLs, C6502 black and white few days ago for me and my wife. One bought through Newegg and the other from Amazon. Neither came with extra screen protector.
Since the ZL already comes with a decent one on it, (the sony logo is actually on the screen protector.) I don't see the point in getting one. I just bought a zaggshield but didnt like how it changed the feel of my device so I trashed it. I considered this one which is a thin actual glass shield,
http://www.spigen.com/sony-xperia-z-screen-protector-glas-t-premium-tempered-glass.html but even on the review featured on the ordering page they said it did add some weight since it's glass and collect some dust around the edges which is understandable. Simply put, I dont think the ZL really needs a screen protector, obviously it will help and in the case of the glass shield above, take the brunt of impact if you drop it but otherwise I think the stock shield is decent enough, thoughts?
The ZL's anti-shatter film that you're referring to scratches really easily. I actually sent mine back because of it. Putting a Skinomi over the film from day one solved the problem on the new one.
I think you should put a second on top, because the already applied scratches easily. And the Sony logo is NOT on the screen protector.
The XZ does have the logo on the screen protector, XZL doesn't.
Get a protector that's oleophobic.
The grease marks are unbearable on the standard protector.
Actually the factory applied screen protector does not have the Sony logo, the Sony logo is in below the glass itself, I know because I removed it to apply a Krussell one, which is by the way not bad at all, it adds a softer, kind of couchy feeling to the screen. I didn't like how easily scratched the stock one could be, now this one is good but I still get the fingerprints, I am looking for a new, oleo-phobic one.
EDIT: The rumor about the logo being applied on the screen protector came from some Xperia Z (not the ZL) having it printed on the screen protector, but again they were preproduction units, I have yet to see an actual production unit with that kind of screen protector.
AlexCorex said:
Actually the factory applied screen protector does not have the Sony logo, the Sony logo is in below the glass itself, I know because I removed it to apply a Krussell one, which is by the way not bad at all, it adds a softer, kind of couchy feeling to the screen. I didn't like how easily scratched the stock one could be, now this one is good but I still get the fingerprints, I am looking for a new, oleo-phobic one.
EDIT: The rumor about the logo being applied on the screen protector came from some Xperia Z (not the ZL) having it printed on the screen protector, but again they were preproduction units, I have yet to see an actual production unit with that kind of screen protector.
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The production Z has the Sony Logo on the anti-shatter film - mine's a week old.
Can you prove that the ASF on the ZL does NOT have the Logo on it? Reason for asking is there are conflicting claims that it is and it isn't. Cheers.
Who cares about a logo really? haha
anyone have a tutorial to remove it?
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The production Z has the Sony Logo on the anti-shatter film - mine's a week old.
Can you prove that the ASF on the ZL does NOT have the Logo on it? Reason for asking is there are conflicting claims that it is and it isn't. Cheers.
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I removed the screen protector and the logo is NOT ON THE SCREEN PROTECTOR IS WRITTEN ON THE GLASS
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NumberSign said:
Who cares about a logo really? haha
anyone have a tutorial to remove it?
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Google it
LenAsh said:
The production Z has the Sony Logo on the anti-shatter film - mine's a week old.
Can you prove that the ASF on the ZL does NOT have the Logo on it? Reason for asking is there are conflicting claims that it is and it isn't. Cheers.
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I know because I just did that, I removed the original screen protector and the logo remained on the glass.
hi guys.
I have been looking around and trying different cases, however i always end up looking at the official Double Dip htc Hard case, as it looks to be the best one .
Just wondering about the case, asking the people who have used it. I always use Xtremeguard/Invisibleshield wet application screen protectors on my htc One. i wanted to know if the case is compatible with screen protectors? because i have come to experience some cases making the protector peel off.
any responses will be appreciated.
dshf231 said:
Thanks you very much news, I think the screen protector HTC phone accessories very good, very clear, and does not give Lewis a bad cell phone traces remain under the protection membrane cleaning can still continue to use the , is a very good accessories
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Thanks for the reply. But I didn't understand what you said
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Some screen protectors work, some don't.
From my experience, skinomi and just a generic matte screen protector did not work with the case, but I'm using a gadget shieldz now and it works
absolutely right
bought this cover 2 days ago, unfortunately top (red) part of cover - when applied will peel off screen cover
this because gap for front camera eye, actually bottom side of this hole.
screen protector - nothing special - something from phones4u for 8 pounds
any idea?
wojtas29 said:
absolutely right
bought this cover 2 days ago, unfortunately top (red) part of cover - when applied will peel off screen cover
this because gap for front camera eye, actually bottom side of this hole.
screen protector - nothing special - something from phones4u for 8 pounds
any idea?
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I'd say get a "wet" screen protector as they can bend into shape. That's what mine has done, instead of peeling off because of the front camera it molded itself around it. Hope that makes sense
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I'd say get a "wet" screen protector as they can bend into shape. That's what mine has done, instead of peeling off because of the front camera it molded itself around it. Hope that makes sense
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Hmm wet screen protector?
You mean apply drop of water on screen protector before ?
wojtas29 said:
Hmm wet screen protector?
You mean apply drop of water on screen protector before ?
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Yeah the screen protectors that need to be wet or have the screen wet before being applied
They're also easier to apply because you can take them off again and re-apply. The only ones I know of are gadget shieldz or skinomi
Has anyone tried putting on the HTC Double Dip case with a Ghost Armor screen protector?
kist32 said:
colors HTC Double Dip Hard Shell Case
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YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW GLAD I AM YOU POSTED THIS LINK. Literally just bought so many.
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bpcivicsi said:
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW GLAD I AM YOU POSTED THIS LINK. Literally just bought so many.
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I wouldn't trust that much third party DD cases, i mean, even the HTC ones are doing scratches.
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I wouldn't trust that much third party DD cases, i mean, even the HTC ones are doing scratches.
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I have Zagg front and back so no worries :thumbup:
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Ok
I bought protector for wet apply.
Now what i have to do just wear cover stright after protektor applied or
Wait 15 minutes for adhesive drying?
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I have Zagg front and back so no worries :thumbup:
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woah that sounds good, i ordered my double dip (dunno if its really genuine since i ordered it from ebay / Honk Kong haha) and i was kind of dissapointed because of reviews and stuff even before it arrives, now i'll try it with those.
Desiredrive said:
woah that sounds good, i ordered my double dip (dunno if its really genuine since i ordered it from ebay / Honk Kong haha) and i was kind of dissapointed because of reviews and stuff even before it arrives, now i'll try it with those.
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I just received mine that I ordered off ebay /Hong Kong as well. It's pretty nice. I've removed it a couple of times already to see if it scratches and no it hasn't. I just made sure before I first put it on to clean/scrape the inside of any excess plastic.
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wojtas29 said:
Ok
I bought protector for wet apply.
Now what i have to do just wear cover stright after protektor applied or
Wait 15 minutes for adhesive drying?
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I'd wait for about a day for it to settle and everything. Apply the screen protector before you sleep and then put the case on when you wake up.
Are wet application type screen protectors the only ones that are compatible with the Double Dip case?
I would feel more comfortable knowing that the screen is protected but I am not a fan of the grippy texture that Zagg usually has. But if it's the only one that works then beggars can't really be choosers.
Edit: Decided to go with the Zagg Invisible Shield. It actually isn't as bad as it used to be. I'm really satisfied with my purchase.
^_^