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Definitely use your screen protectors!

just wanted to post to tell you guys to definitely use a screen protector!
freak accident, but yesterday, my macbook pro alcantera case (without macbook in it) fell on my gnex and the way it fell, the corner point of the zipper fell directly straight down (straight perpendicular) on to the screen and made a really loud "PING" noise!!! My heart sank when i heard the noise. all the force had come down on that small corner of the zipper!
i seriously thought my screen had been cracked/scratched. so much that i keep checking to see if there are any scratches or cracks (OCD LOL!). i've checked the screen under reflection and see that there is no damage or scratches. whew!
the screen protector i was using was a static cling protector. it definitely took the brunt of the force. there was a nice bullet hole indentation on the screen protector that fortunately did not go through to the phone's actual screen..
if i did not have this screen protector, i definitely would have had a cracked screen.
I'm waiting for my XO skin and will be putting that on immediately as i think that a wet screen protector will do a better job than the static cling protector ( eventhough the static one did its job).

the glass of the screen is much, much stronger than your thin plastic screen protector. your post should have said that the screen stopped the screen protector from getting a hole in it

AuxiliaryPie said:
the glass of the screen is much, much stronger than your thin plastic screen protector. your post should have said that the screen stopped the screen protector from getting a hole in it
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for sure. i know the glass is pretty strong, but the type of impact scared the **** outta me.
its like dropping a nail and the tail of the nail landing perpendicular on the glass and all the force being concentrated into one small point.
i seriously thought it was once of those hit-it-just-at-the-right-point-enough-to-crack-the-screen type of situations.

The content of your thread greatly disappointed me. I was expecting to see a horrifying story of the Galaxy Nexus screen being badly scratched (with pictures attached), along with an appology and regret from the OP for not using a screen protector.

phiquantu said:
The content of your thread greatly disappointed me. I was expecting to see a horrifying story of the Galaxy Nexus screen being badly scratched (with pictures attached), along with an appology and regret from the OP for not using a screen protector.
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Lol +1
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the apple product was jealous of a superior product and tried to take it out

Seems like more of a story to not use a screen protector than to use one lol...

whoster69 said:
Seems like more of a story to not use a screen protector than to use one lol...
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hahaha.

There is an external coating i believe on the glass, as mine had scratched very very easily,
its is extremely faint but they do scratch...
The glass is definitely not like gorilla glass Which is hard to scratch in general...

twizted_dreams1 said:
There is an external coating i believe on the glass, as mine had scratched very very easily,
its is extremely faint but they do scratch...
The glass is definitely not like gorilla glass Which is hard to scratch in general...
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maybe its the oleophobic coating that is scratching???

predation said:
maybe its the oleophobic coating that is scratching???
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more than likely, the nexus s had a problem with this as well.

predation said:
maybe its the oleophobic coating that is scratching???
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There was a big discussion on this over at Android Central and while it is true the G-Nex doesn't use Gorilla glass, it does use something very similar to it.

I just put my screen protector on today. I've had my gnex for a week and I noticed some fine scratches all over the screen. This is with normal use, probably got scratched by a plastic label on my wallet.

semi-misleading thread title is semi-misleading.

predation said:
just wanted to post to tell you guys to definitely use a screen protector!
freak accident, but yesterday, my macbook pro alcantera case (without macbook in it) fell on my gnex and the way it fell, the corner point of the zipper fell directly straight down (straight perpendicular) on to the screen and made a really loud "PING" noise!!! My heart sank when i heard the noise. all the force had come down on that small corner of the zipper!
i seriously thought my screen had been cracked/scratched. so much that i keep checking to see if there are any scratches or cracks (OCD LOL!). i've checked the screen under reflection and see that there is no damage or scratches. whew!
the screen protector i was using was a static cling protector. it definitely took the brunt of the force. there was a nice bullet hole indentation on the screen protector that fortunately did not go through to the phone's actual screen..
if i did not have this screen protector, i definitely would have had a cracked screen.
I'm waiting for my XO skin and will be putting that on immediately as i think that a wet screen protector will do a better job than the static cling protector ( eventhough the static one did its job).
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does your static one covers the screen completely? Just curious.

best screen protector that doesnt hurt the brightness and quality of the display?

@ nexusdro.....
Yeah my static goes from edge to edge But the edges lift..
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twizted_dreams1 said:
There is an external coating i believe on the glass, as mine had scratched very very easily,
its is extremely faint but they do scratch...
The glass is definitely not like gorilla glass Which is hard to scratch in general...
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It's actually really really easy to scratch Gorilla Glass, Gorilla Glass meet grain of sand, grain of sand will win every time. It's really good at protecting the screen from big stuff like keys but it's very susceptible to the smaller stuff.
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our galaxy nexus screen more or less same like the gorilla glass.. see the scratch test here..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyLC61JxsJQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkcYWwqO7oI

digitheatre said:
our galaxy nexus screen more or less same like the gorilla glass.. see the scratch test here..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyLC61JxsJQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkcYWwqO7oI
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Are even you paying attention to the thread at all?
It's been mentioned 1,000,000 times on this forum that keys and knives are made of softer material than the screen. However, dust/dirt/sand, salt etc can have particles that are stronger that the screen, which will scratch it.
Those scratch test videos are completely useless and misleading.

Screen protector..

should i finally get rid of mines? i love keeping my screen perfect, but working at verizon and demoing this phone so much i LOVE the feel of the regular screen. how easily scratchable is this screen?

wrong section

lol def wrong section but here.
Scratch test.

The glass won't scratch but the oleophobic coating will
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Best solution I have found here. No screen protector, no scratches.

spywhite said:
Best solution I have found here. No screen protector, no scratches.
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A 5 minute video to say "put it in a bag"...lol .

Fortified Glass man.
Its supposed to be better then gorilla glass, more in line with dragontrail glass.
I just keep my Galaxy Nexus in a fully enclosed case, pull it out to use and put it back when done, no scratches.
Metal like keys won't scratch the screen, sand will scratch ANY glass. Something to remember.

Tell that to my keys, gave my galaxy nexus a nice scratch on the screen
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rosswaa said:
Tell that to my keys, gave my galaxy nexus a nice scratch on the screen
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Impossible. Keys can't scratch any type of glass. It was something else.
For a material to scratch glass it has to be harder then glass. Sand, diamond, etc will scratch glass.
The metal in your keys can not. Period.

Adreno said:
Impossible. Keys can't scratch any type of glass. It was something else.
For a material to scratch glass it has to be harder then glass. Sand, diamond, etc will scratch glass.
The metal in your keys can not. Period.
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This is very reassuring, but maybe there's a coating on top of the glass that got scratched?

Well they deffinately scratched it, coating or glass. There is a scratch on the screen
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mengheng said:
This is very reassuring, but maybe there's a coating on top of the glass that got scratched?
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If you cannot feel it with your fingernail, it's not a real scratch.
There is quite some stuff in the wild that can scratch hardened glass, e.g.:
quartz, hardened steel, tungsten, emerald, spinel, topaz, cubic zirconia, chrysoberyl, chromium, silicon nitride, corundum, silicon carbide (carborundum), tungsten carbide, titanium carbide, stishovite, rhenium diboride, tantalum carbide, titanium diboride, boron nitride, boron, diamond.
Thankfully most of this stuff usually doesn't come close to your screen, except for sand/dust, which is basically everywhere. :-|
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohs_hardness

Adreno said:
Impossible. Keys can't scratch any type of glass. It was something else.
For a material to scratch glass it has to be harder then glass. Sand, diamond, etc will scratch glass.
The metal in your keys can not. Period.
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Just curious can fingernails scratch it? I assume not.
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Honestly not a real scratch?? Regardless if its on the glass or not its still a scratch.
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I highly recommend getting a screen protector. I had one and removed it 5 days later since I couldn't stand the horrible texture of the thing . The next day I got a scratch on the bezel right above the screen (beside the front facing camera)
EDIT: You may want to look for a case like this (which probably adds some bulk as reported by some reviews): http://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-PREMIUM-LEATHER-QUBITS-PACKAGING/dp/B0062VEF98/ref=pd_cp_cps_1

I also recommend a screen protector, always nice to have I think.

Covering up a small screen crack?

Hi Everyone,
Does anyone know of any product that will allow me to successfully cover up a small crack on the screen near the earpiece (see attachment)?
I've tried the cheap self-adhesive screen protectors from eBay and the screen protector won't adhere to the cracked portion as it is raised i.e. the cracked portion is not at the same level as the rest of the glass.
Any ideas?

the problem is that is a glass, you could use displex, but that only good to fix scratches

Could you try sanding it smooth, then using some quality compound and polish to get a good finish again?

How well does displex work?
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i wonder if you can go to a glass or windshield place to get them to fill it in for you. they can fill chips and cracks on a car windshield but not sure if they can do a job that small or if the glass is too different. even if they cant make it perfect it will save you from having to buy a new screen soon since that glass is now compromised and will start to spiderweb even if you dont drop it again.

I think a mirror screen protector will hide the crack.

I cringed a little when I saw that picture. Really sorry for you there, hopefully a wet screen protector will reduce the look. I'd suggest XOskins for any wet app ones.

Ouch. Dude I don't think I'd call it small... wet screen protector will fill in a scratch, its the only reason I have a screen protector on mine. But a) that's a big uneven crack, not a scratch. And b) I would think twice about using a wet install on that, liquid would surely make its way in(not a whole lot but still). No insurance?
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Looks like this: http://www.otterbox.com/Samsung-Gal...or=20&start=1&cgid=samsung-galaxy-nexus-cases should hide most of it

How did this happen?

That wasn't my idea of small either. Commiserations
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is the S3's glass/screen not totally flat?

not sure if it's just a bad screen protector or the screen is not entirely flat, but it seems kinda strange to me that only the edges of the phone that the screen protector won't stick. i've never seen this in any of my previous SP installations. any thoughts anyone? btw, these are the really cheap SPs from ebay, but they've always worked for me.

Correct, screen is not flat. Take a good look at the edges and you'll see they curve awat in the last few mm.
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falconator said:
Correct, screen is not flat. Take a good look at the edges and you'll see they curve awat in the last few mm.
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It looks pretty cool imo. Like when you drop water onto a penny.

That is why some screen protectors don't cover the entire front of the GS3. If it bothers you I believe this screen protector is slightly smaller than the front so it doesn't leave those lifted edges.
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Rear...41&sr=8-1&keywords=galaxy+s3+screen+protector

manchild83 said:
That is why some screen protectors don't cover the entire front of the GS3. If it bothers you I believe this screen protector is slightly smaller than the front so it doesn't leave those lifted edges.
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Rear...41&sr=8-1&keywords=galaxy+s3+screen+protector
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the SP i had on is slightly smaller than the screen already, but i don't think this is the problem here though, instead i think it's my screen's edges that is not flush. has anybody else with a S3 that has this problem? it would suck going back to costco and telling them this is the reason i wanted to exchange my phone.

its ur screen protector

MMakoto said:
the SP i had on is slightly smaller than the screen already, but i don't think this is the problem here though, instead i think it's my screen's edges that is not flush. has anybody else with a S3 that has this problem? it would suck going back to costco and telling them this is the reason i wanted to exchange my phone.
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the entire edge of the screen is beveled downward to create a curve at the edges. run your finger along the edges and you'll notice it, it's pretty substantial and was an intended design. if you want a protector that will cover all the edges you will need a flexible one. u suggest the skinomi one that's on sale on Amazon.
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dLo GSR said:
the entire edge of the screen is beveled downward to create a curve at the edges. run your finger along the edges and you'll notice it, it's pretty substantial and was an intended design. if you want a protector that will cover all the edges you will need a flexible one. u suggest the skinomi one that's on sale on Amazon.
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So does that mean all the S3s are with the same glass design and mine is not a defect?
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MMakoto said:
So does that mean all the S3s are with the same glass design and mine is not a defect?
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Did you really even have to ask that?
And this is really unfortunate. My 5 for $0.99 screen protectors from ebay have the same stupid 2mm non-sticking edge at the top/bottom. Maybe I just use a scalpel to cut the next one before I apply it? Might leave a really sharp edge though..

SGP has a Flex HD protector that is supposed to offer full screen coverage. It's $18 but I'm going to give it a shot.
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I have used belkin and incipio protectors, and both do not stick around the edges of the phone. It does detract from appearance a bit, but I am not going to worry about it anymore. I have yet to see a screen protector that is 100% flush with the screen.

A tip for those who got the same screen protector. If you have a hair blow dryer, hot blow dry the screen protector first to the point where it gets kinda soft, peel off the part 1 of the SP then apply it. blow drying the SP would soften it and would make it cooperate to stick in the screen. Now, I haven't tried this as I had just ordered the SP similar to this but I've tried the same method when I had the htc sensation(contour glass). There's a big possibilty that this would work
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Xcor3 said:
A tip for those who got the same screen protector. If you have a hair blow dryer, hot blow dry the screen protector first to the point where it gets kinda soft, peel off the part 1 of the SP then apply it. blow drying the SP would soften it and would make it cooperate to stick in the screen. Now, I haven't tried this as I had just ordered the SP similar to this but I've tried the same method when I had the htc sensation(contour glass). There's a big possibilty that this would work
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Nice suggestion, but it doesn't make the glue more gummy or anything? Would really have appreciated it if samsung took this into account before they put this odd curve on the glass. Why don't phone companies just ship screen protectors and cases with their phones? In fact the casing should be shock resistant and cheap to replace on EVERY phone. Maybe just a chassis and then you put whatever case around it even.
90% of people stick their nice phone in an ugly $2.99 case. It's a huge market that samsung and others are just giving away. The $39.99 cases don't look any better either...

[Q] Scratch on HOX screen

I have a 1.5 cm scratch in my screen, its not that deep, but it visible. Anyone already fix this, or the only solution is replace the glass?
I found some screen adhesive on Ebay, it says that "repair" but never used before. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw...w=screen+repair+htc+one+x&_osacat=0&_from=R40
Thanks

The only option is to replace the screen. You could try polishing or smth but it isn't guaranteed to work.
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Yeah, polishing it out will remove the oloephobic coating.
You might be able to find a resin fir repairing glass, but you might also end up making it worse.
A good screen protector should prevent you from seeing the scratches, but IMO they're horrible.

A screen protector could hide the scratch? Because it`s kind of superficial
Any good screen protector?

beenja said:
A screen protector could hide the scratch? Because it`s kind of superficial
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Once you have a flat reflective surface, you won't notice it. You probably will notice the crappy screen protector more

beenja said:
A screen protector could hide the scratch? Because it`s kind of superficial
Any good screen protector?
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He is right,on my 2x protector hid scratches.
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