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Evo Screen Outer Layer, Glass or Plastic?

I just got a brand new evo.
Took it to the beach once and now I have a very very shallow scratch on the surface due to sand.
It is totally unnoticeable unless I spend a few minutes moving it so the light hits it perfectly.
Then I see it, and once I see it theres no going back.
I am considering replacing it since it hasn't been 30 days, would I get a new or refurb?
(P.S. i wouldnt replace it just cause of that, also have screen separation issues and a stuck pixel)
My main question is, can I use Displex? They say that it shouldn't be used on touchscreen devices unless they have a "plastic lens"?
However the product is available here http://www.thinkevo4g.com/displex-1039.html
So i'm assuming it IS plastic then.
Can anyone verify before I worsen the situation.

Its made out of glass, FOR SURE. I shattered the crap out of one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6755678#post6755678

Damn, serial?
I suppose that means no on the displex.
It works only with plastic I guess.
Why would thinkevo4g have it then? Am I missing something?
Maybe you broke the second layer and there was a very thin plastic layer on top.
Do you remember anything like that?
*hoping*

No, he's right, it's DEFINATELY glass.
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WHOA WHOA! Warn someone when you're going to show something that graphic and gross. NSFW! NSFW!!

SteelH said:
No, he's right, it's DEFINATELY glass.
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I just threw up. Uncool dude, uncool.
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Pours some out for fallen evo...Damn that's brutal.

Wow and I thought iPhone glass cracked! WTF happened to that poor EVO?!

I think steel asked himself Will it blend?
I msged thinkevo to see what they have to say. Ill update you guys when i know

topdnbass said:
I just got a brand new evo.
Took it to the beach once and now I have a very very shallow scratch on the surface due to sand.
It is totally unnoticeable unless I spend a few minutes moving it so the light hits it perfectly.
Then I see it, and once I see it theres no going back.
I am considering replacing it since it hasn't been 30 days, would I get a new or refurb?
(P.S. i wouldnt replace it just cause of that, also have screen separation issues and a stuck pixel)
My main question is, can I use Displex? They say that it shouldn't be used on touchscreen devices unless they have a "plastic lens"?
However the product is available here http://www.thinkevo4g.com/displex-1039.html
So i'm assuming it IS plastic then.
Can anyone verify before I worsen the situation.
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So sand scratching the screen made you think that it was plastic? White sand is quartz which is a 7 on the Mohs scale of hardness. Glass is generally around 6-7 so sand is a clear winner here. The problem is, the harder you make the screen, the more likely it is to shatter when you drop it. You can make it pretty much scratch proof by installing a sapphire lens such as is used on higher end watches and has a Mohs hardness of 9. Then all you have to do is keep your diamond ring away from it. But how would something like that handle drops? Probably not as well. Until nano materials get cheaper, it's all a compromise.

EtherealRemnant said:
Wow and I thought iPhone glass cracked! WTF happened to that poor EVO?!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712580
Read that link to find your answer...

ThinkEvo4G had a very lame response, they said that the displex isn't meant for the DISPLay but for the plastic parts around it.
If only they mentioned that before people bought it for their screen..
It's definitely glass.

[Q] Scratched Camera EVO

Curious to know what solutions if any there are for this issue.
The lense cover on my EVO is pretty scratched up, any solutions to get it clear again? I already tried a little of the compound from my headlight lens restore kit, and that helped some, but its still pretty blurry.
Can the Sprint stores replace it? I also saw some posts in the HTC Desire forum where they used Sapphire glass to replace it, but theirs is built into the cover, ours isn't

I used to be a tech for Sprint and yes they can replace it, in fact its extremely easy to fix. The lens isnt even a lens, its just part of the back housing. If you have insurance it should be free (if the charge you, tell them you know better.) If you dont have insurance you can pay them $35 and they can replace it or you can buy a back housing from ebay for about $10. Its very easy to do but you will need a T4 screwdriver which can be purchased for a couple bucks at any hardware store.

Hmm, eBay solution sounds much better, already have the T4. Any disassembly how-to's anywhere that I should know about?

http://www.ifixit.com/blog/blog/2010/06/01/htc-evo-4g-teardown/
He says he used a T5, but I double checked and my takes a T4. Its super easy but the screws can strip easy so take your time on them.
Hope this helps. Feel free to PM if you have questions and thanks are appreciated!

You can purchase the lense cover on eBay for about $7. It's only held on by a small ring of adhesive. I had to replace mine a few months ago.
Simply remove the battery cover and use a small precision flat head screw driver or razor blade to pry off the scratched lense cover.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ORIGINAL-OEM-HT...051?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb8590f03

bsims85 said:
You can purchase the lense cover on eBay for about $7. It's only held on by a small ring of adhesive. I had to replace mine a few months ago.
Simply remove the battery cover and use a small precision flat head screw driver or razor blade to pry off the scratched lense cover.
Not trying to bash just making an observation...that seems like a lot of work to save $3, totally just my opinion.
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does your scratched cover actually cause issues with picture taking? I've got 1 really easy to see scratch on mine when looking at it but none of my pictures ever appear to be affected.

deathsled said:
does your scratched cover actually cause issues with picture taking? I've got 1 really easy to see scratch on mine when looking at it but none of my pictures ever appear to be affected.
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Oh yea. The pictures look fuzzy and just terrible, but its pretty significantly roughed up.

akilestar said:
Not trying to bash just making an observation...that seems like a lot of work to save $3, totally just my opinion.
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I'd agree, watching that teardown video your solution seems much simpler. Just bought a new back housing for $9 on eBay.

Well that was easy. $9 solution for the win! Pictures are nice and clear now...sample.
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Well that was easy. $9 solution for the win! Pictures are nice and clear now...sample.
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My pics look exactly like your first pic and my lens is all scratched up, thanks for photos now i know that is def my camera problem.

How good is our screen?

The reason I ask this is because tap tap doesnt seem to work very well for me,
Its usually when im holding down on the one spot and i try to tap other ones at the same time.
It just doesnt recognise that im tapping the screen.
Is this a problem for anyone else?
Also is it down to how the phone screen works, or the app?
Just wondered as i loved tap tap on my ipod touch but its no where near as useable on my phone.
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It's MEH!
Plastic and it's not OLED/AMOLED. Toooooo dim.
Only time I get wow'd at the screen is when it's dark xD

GetPatriotized said:
It's MEH!
Plastic and it's not OLED/AMOLED. Toooooo dim.
Only time I get wow'd at the screen is when it's dark xD
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Pretty sure our screen is glass.
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It's a 4" 854x480 transflective tft-lcd panel covered with fortified mineral glass which has a shatter protective lamanant screen cover that's factory fitted. The lamanant covering is prone to scratching, and is whatever the oposite of oleophobic is (it loves oil from your skin). There have been some who reported that after removing the covering to expose bare the mineral glass, the brightness and responsiveness are better. I've also noticed in my own testing that this panel is capable of registering only 4 points of multi touch contact, but that could just be in the driver.
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The screen is **** with the ff sheet.
Most of us on here removed it and it's very resilient.
Also looks a heap better.

DeadlyDazza said:
The screen is **** with the ff sheet.
Most of us on here removed it and it's very resilient.
Also looks a heap better.
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if you removed the anti-shatter film will it leave any marks or adhesive? Im not so sure of this film
I regret the day Ive put it, shouldve waited for screen protectors..
the film is a fingerprint party right now, i wipe it often.. its also annoying outdoors, the reflection is getting in the way..

noojster said:
I regret the day Ive put it, shouldve waited for screen protectors..
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Are you saying you've put the spare on top of the factory fitted one?

I regret I ever removed the original screen protector. Yeah, the screen does get marginally brighter but not very much, and it gets more sensitive. But the downside is it gets speckled a lot. The original screen protector is very resistant to speckles and that alone far outweighs the somewhat brighter screen.
I was never happy with the screen when I had peeled of the original protector not even after a month.
Hence I bought some new original protectors and put it on as late as today. God I love the screen now again. It doesn't get speckled all of the time with fingerprints that shows on brighter backgrounds. I will never take it off again. The difference is HUGE when it comes to speckles.

Speckles??
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There's no speckles sitting on my screen!

Maybe I have "specklier" fingers =)

I dropped my phone last night *tear* some advice would be nice...

But luckily it isnt a lot worse than it could of actually been, as you can see from the pics, the damage is done in the bottom left of the pic (or bottom right of the physical phone if that is how you want to consider it). Apologies on the quality of pictures as all I had to take the picture was my galaxy tab 10.1.
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So what I would like to know is, this is the digitizer that is damaged right? and if so it is easy to replace? Also where would be a good site to get my replacement part from?

I heard in xda that ebay is good for spare parts like digitizer

Screen still works?
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I broke the screen on mine. It still worked just fine but had spidered all over and pieces of glass were starting to come out. I simply bought just the glass for it off eBay and replaced just the glass. Works perfect like it is new. Was under $20.

Alton (Halo 2) said:
Screen still works?
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Yes it still works perfectly it is mostly cracked on the bezel.
M3drvr said:
I broke the screen on mine. It still worked just fine but had spidered all over and pieces of glass were starting to come out. I simply bought just the glass for it off eBay and replaced just the glass. Works perfect like it is new. Was under $20.
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I thought about doing that too, was it hard to take the glass and the glue off?

M3drvr said:
I broke the screen on mine. It still worked just fine but had spidered all over and pieces of glass were starting to come out. I simply bought just the glass for it off eBay and replaced just the glass. Works perfect like it is new. Was under $20.
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I, too, have slightly broken glass on my phone and have been considering replacing just the glass, but the display, digitizer and glass seem to be glued together on these AMOLED screens and I heard separating them isn't easy.
I might just play the 180€ and get it repaired at there official service center :/

It's much like the S3. I used the screen replacement videos from them as a guide. The key is to use lots of heat and work slowly. It comes off just fine from the digitizer. Getting it started can be a bit difficult to get under the glass, but once it's started just gently progress along and use a blow dryer on low heat. They are glued together, but can be separated with heat and slowly prying them off. Watch the S3 videos and you'll get the idea. I couldn't find and galaxy nexus videos but the S3 ones worked fine. At one point everyone said the same thing about them that you can't replace just the glass too can they are glued together. But they're quite separable.

M3drvr said:
It's much like the S3. I used the screen replacement videos from them as a guide. The key is to use lots of heat and work slowly. It comes off just fine from the digitizer. Getting it started can be a bit difficult to get under the glass, but once it's started just gently progress along and use a blow dryer on low heat. They are glued together, but can be separated with heat and slowly prying them off. Watch the S3 videos and you'll get the idea. I couldn't find and galaxy nexus videos but the S3 ones worked fine. At one point everyone said the same thing about them that you can't replace just the glass too can they are glued together. But they're quite separable.
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Thanks, I will look into it some more. I just can't really justify spending the 180 I was quoted for to get the work done by some repair centre or spend 120 on the actual screen and digitizer and then doing it myself when this phone is hardly worth that price.

jonnyg1097 said:
Thanks, I will look into it some more. I just can't really justify spending the 180 I was quoted for to get the work done by some repair centre or spend 120 on the actual screen and digitizer and then doing it myself when this phone is hardly worth that price.
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Exactly what i thought.

Zagg Curve S8+ install/ first Impressions.

Picked up the last Zagg glass Curve and installed it today. Its great so far and the cut definitely supports most cases. I sampled a few cases that Best Buy carry and they fit to include the commuter Otterbox case. didn't have anothe phone to take fitment unfortunately. The included RED mounting guide allows for a perfectly centered installation
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I went to Tmobile store today, had not 1, but 2 attempts by the store. Didn't see what he messed up on the first, seemed easy enough with the kit provided. Second one was a good install, visually, but the center became immediately unresponsive. The clickity issue came about. Hope you have better luck.

I used to install them when i work at Best Buy so it was easy for me. He may have bowed it which cause the loss of contact. I've been using for about 5 hrs with no issues. I will update if it does change tho.

How much ? are these going for this year?
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lordandroid said:
How much are these going for this year?
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50$ plus taxes

Is the adhesive all around

Yes its around the entire glass yes
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Waiting for my sapphire order and lets see.. Assuming its less glass and more of a flexible plastic, and that should be more than enough for me.. If it worked..

NO ...THE ADHESIVE is around the edges only
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Is the adhesive all around
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All of the tempered glass screen protectors have the either adhesive on the top and bottom or all around the edges. But not on the entire surface... The good brands will use true silicon adhesive. While the cheaper ebay brands will use ****ty adhesive cutouts..

Does it have the little white dots all over it?

Natureboy72 said:
Does it have the little white dots all over it?
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Are you referring to the adhesive area? If so no, the rest of the screen protector is completely unnoticable.
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How does this hold up when the phone is wet? I'm worried about switching to tempered glass, since the adhesive is just on the edges, not sure if that would be sufficient enough to seal off water?
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Well it went in the pool today so I'll let you know in a few days.
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So, i got mine today and installed it on a phone fresh out of the box. I used the guide they send and it went smoothly. However, ive noticed a couple of things that i dont know if i can live with. First, the sensitivity in the middle of the screen especially the home button and middle keys on the keyboard seems to be slightly affected. I have to push just a little harder for things to be recognized which i find obnoxious. Im a fast typer and find that i am constantly going back and correcting almost any word that contains keys in the center 1/3 of the keyboard. Secondly, and this one about drove me batty, is that the corners seem to not adhere completely. This causes an audible click kind of noise but not all of the time. It took me most of the day to figure out that it was the screen protector and not some sort of weird keypress or something. I may have fixed that issue though but running the blow drier on high around the screen for about 15 seconds and then pressing firmly all the way around. So far it hasnt came back.
Anyone else experiencing any of these issues?

I'd stay away from Zagg there screen protectors arent as perfect as there retail price point would suggest.
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My screen is still adhering to the sides but it has bonded lots more since the initial install. I have no issues with sensitivity, sorry you are having bad luck
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