Not many of us have the white SGS2, whilst not absolutely fond of it when I got my SGS2, the white is growing on me...
I saw the Mercury Screen Protector which would change the front face of the phone to white, I just had to get it...
I got it locally for about 10NZD (about $7USD), quite surprised for the price it also came with an extra all clear screen protector and cleaning cloth. On the package, it did not mention it was matte finish except it mentions being "fingerprint prevention"...
Overall, the quality is actually very good, the cut is very precise and accurate the front camera, ear piece and home buttons are cut correctly...
Things that I dont like is a small Mercury logo on the top right of the screen protector...It is not as thick as the similar SGP protector but doesnt have the touch sensitivity issue...as it is basically a coloured screen protector and that it does not come with white sticker to go over the home button, hence still black where as the SGP one does come with a sticker to go over the home...
Highly recommended to all looking to do some colour changing...I belive they also come in different colours...Some photos below...with the white Mercury Screen Protector and silver SGP Neo Hybrid...
Care to share where exactly you got this beauty from? I know naming the links would be an offence but "clues" ?
rajuki said:
Care to share where exactly you got this beauty from? I know naming the links would be an offence but "clues" ?
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http://www.trademe.co.nz/Mobile-phones/Accessories/Cases-protectors/Samsung/auction-409681909.htm
this is the link which I purchased mine off but I dont think the seller does international postage. Have a search for it on Ebay...lol
just a heads up, when applying these the backlights from the back and menu button become invisible/blocked - unlike the sgp glas which is clear over the buttons (and light is visible).
and yeah get em off ebay, search mercury galaxy i9100 and should find...usually you can win one with a bid of around $7aud
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In my quest to turn my pebble blue phone black without adding any bulk I ordered a black colored screen protector from Mercury. I don't have any complaints about the coverage or quality of the protector, but the black isn't truly black. It has little white sparkles all over it that makes it look glittery. Does anyone know where I can get a truly black colored screen protector ?
shaneledford said:
In my quest to turn my pebble blue phone black without adding any bulk I ordered a black colored screen protector from Mercury. I don't have any complaints about the coverage or quality of the protector, but the black isn't truly black. It has little white sparkles all over it that makes it look glittery. Does anyone know where I can get a truly black colored screen protector ?
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http://item.gmarket.co.kr/detailvie...%bd%c3S3+%be%cb%b7%e7%b8%d3%b3%aa%c0%cc%c1%ee
Its a aluminium frame cover. not a screen protector but it does come with a screen protector. Just ordered a red one. ill post pics when i receive it. probably around sunday or monday.
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In my quest to turn my pebble blue phone black without adding any bulk I ordered a black colored screen protector from Mercury. I don't have any complaints about the coverage or quality of the protector, but the black isn't truly black. It has little white sparkles all over it that makes it look glittery. Does anyone know where I can get a truly black colored screen protector ?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1855485&highlight=carbon
the companies from that thread have some nice options.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1855485&highlight=carbon
the companies from that thread have some nice options.
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Oh that's nice. I already have a carbon fiber skin on the back so that front and button sticker would be nice to match it.
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In my quest to turn my pebble blue phone black without adding any bulk I ordered a black colored screen protector from Mercury. I don't have any complaints about the coverage or quality of the protector, but the black isn't truly black. It has little white sparkles all over it that makes it look glittery. Does anyone know where I can get a truly black colored screen protector ?
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yes, but the quality isn't as good as the mercury, it doesn't cover the edge, and the top and bottm of the home key and speaker are not covered.
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Oh that's nice. I already have a carbon fiber skin on the back so that front and button sticker would be nice to match it.
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sounds like a common plan. the advantage of the CF vinyl is that it doesn't have to EXACTLY match anything, due to the texture. now that i have a red draco bumper, i am considering going that route too.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1855485&highlight=carbon
the companies from that thread have some nice options.
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They are nice, but they dont cover the entire screen. They just cover the bezel around the visible screen realestate.
If your fine with that, you might want to check out decalgirl aswell. Many different styles aswell as plain color options available in a gloss or matte finish. You can also contact to design your own custom print.
Hi, I teared by ebay bought $0.99 anti-glare matte.
I don't know if it's really called rainbow, when I look at it, the screen is pixelated, just like any matte, but there are many red blue dots throughout the screen and very noticeable when on white.
Then I went to the shop here and all they have is Focus (Japanese made, very popular screen protector brand and the ONLY one brand around here in Thailand). My Galaxy tab 7+ is wearing this Focus matte and it looks awesome (it's not AMOLED screen, btw). But when this same brand on the S3 it still looked like that one from ebay, so I refund, the focus costed $5 , now the screen is naked. I can't find any better, so I went back to ebay.
Can you recommend anything on ebay that's matte and not give this weird blue red dots?
note: both Focus and ebay films that I bought not only rainbows on S3 but also with my old Nokia N8, reacts differently with AMOLED? However, my friends with the S2 use this same brand and unbelievable no rainbows on hers...
Thanks for the help!
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I'm in the UK and couldn't get a Panda coloured Pixel 2 anywhere, so i got a black one...
What i would like to source now is a white skin that only covers the back panel not the glass (if that makes sense) so i can get that black and white contrast...
I can see loads of skins available but can't find one that only covers the aluminium back panel not the glass...
Anyone aware of one ?
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I'm in the UK and couldn't get a Panda coloured Pixel 2 anywhere, so i got a black one...
What i would like to source now is a white skin that only covers the back panel not the glass (if that makes sense) so i can get that black and white contrast...
I can see loads of skins available but can't find one that only covers the aluminium back panel not the glass...
Anyone aware of one ?
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I have been looking to the same solution to get the panda look on my pixel 2. Search for Slickwraps on Google.
There is also an installation video on Youtube where they say it comes with 2 versions of the skin. One that fully covers the back, and one that only covers the lower part and not the glass.
wakers said:
I'm in the UK and couldn't get a Panda coloured Pixel 2 anywhere, so i got a black one...
What i would like to source now is a white skin that only covers the back panel not the glass (if that makes sense) so i can get that black and white contrast...
I can see loads of skins available but can't find one that only covers the aluminium back panel not the glass...
Anyone aware of one ?
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I've got a small Pixel 2 and ordered a set from Dbrand with a matt white back skin and a matt black glass skin. The white skin covers the whole device and the glass skin only the glass section. You install the glass skin on top of the back skin. I've not found one that covers only the bottom section.
Example (not my image):
The slickwraps one sounds like it covers just the bottom and a separate piece for the glass, just ordered one see in a few days thanks for the replies
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So I did the search for screen protectors. Pthink has hands down been the best screen protector for the v20. I had a 2 pack and just dropped the phone and cracked the scecond on. I went to amazon to order my replacements. Found out the item is no longer stocked. I contacted pthink directly. They have discontinued the product. I have been searching other retailers. No luck. The screen protector thread everyone is recommeneding p think still. Please if you know another retailer that sells them let me know. If there is another brand out there as good please let me know.
Wow. I was just searching this also!
Mine got a chip in it and my wife's has a crack. I have one left and was searching for more with the same result.
I did see these https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/183759922468
...but I don't trust that they are genuine . 4th pic shows "pthink" in the top left corner.
No idea what other brand I would buy at this point.
I've never ordered from AliExpress, but these show promise as being full coverage and full adhesion:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/-/32813226666.html
That ebay price seems really cheap. I am so iffy on ebay anymore. I have order some parts from aliexpress in the past. I didnt even think to check there for the screen protectors. I am going to give it a shot. They look like the pthink one's did.
Unfortunately, I have yet to find a comparable replacement for these PThink screen protectors.
As far as I can tell from Amazon reviews, all other "full coverage" tempered glass screen protectors for the V20 only seem to have the adhesive along the border, so you'll likely get the halo/rainbow effect in the center of the screen. All the ones you see on eBay are probably the same, so I wouldn't trust a listing unless it actually mentions PThink in the description or shows a picture of the original white and green package of the PThink. Note that all of those protectors have a black border while the PThink is transparent throughout.
If you have to get another screen protector soon, then you might have to settle for one that doesn't cover the whole front (they usually stop right above the LG logo).
The AliExpress one looks promising; that might be the only similar one out there.
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Unfortunately, I have yet to find a comparable replacement for these PThink screen protectors.
As far as I can tell from Amazon reviews, all other "full coverage" tempered glass screen protectors for the V20 only seem to have the adhesive along the border, so you'll likely get the halo/rainbow effect in the center of the screen. All the ones you see on eBay are probably the same, so I wouldn't trust a listing unless it actually mentions PThink in the description or shows a picture of the original white and green package of the PThink. Note that all of those protectors have a black border while the PThink is transparent throughout.
If you have to get another screen protector soon, then you might have to settle for one that doesn't cover the whole front (they usually stop right above the LG logo).
The AliExpress one looks promising; that might be the only similar one out there.
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The pthink protector actually does have a black border, but is definitely full adhesion as we all know. I only had issues during installation, have to make sure to really work out all the air bubbles near the black border. I have ZERO dust where the LG logo is.
I've had mine on since December 2017, no ill touch issues or rainbow effects ever.
I'll probably go in for 3 of the AliExpress protectors. They are sold in single quantities (not a 2 pack as the Pthinks were sold).
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The pthink protector actually does have a black border, but is definitely full adhesion as we all know. I only had issues during installation, have to make sure to really work out all the air bubbles near the black border. I have ZERO dust where the LG logo is.
I've had mine on since December 2017, no ill touch issues or rainbow effects ever.
I'll probably go in for 3 of the AliExpress protectors. They are sold in single quantities (not a 2 pack as the Pthinks were sold).
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Ah yes, I forgot that there is a smaller black bar at the top and around the LG logo (2 of my V20s have PThinks on them) while the front camera area is mainly clear, unlike all the other protectors. I only had permanent bubbles at the very tip of some of the corners and a larger bubble around the front camera, probably because I squeezed the protector into an Otterbox Defender case (with its crappy plastic screen protector removed).
Looks like the AliExpress protector is currently on sale, and you get $3 off as a first-time buyer, so that'd be a decent price.
I just placed the order for the aliexpress one. I'll post a review when it comes. Down side is shipping could be up to 25 days. If they are as good as the pthink version it is worth the wait
Just ordered 3 of them also.
Total was 23.42 using PayPal and the coupon. Not sure how that total amounted.
7.19 x3
+1.05 shipping
-3.00 coupon
+.80 PayPal fee
Should have equaled 20.42
Oh well.
Edit: PayPal amount was 20.42, which is correct.
AliExpress refund
I ordered the AliExpress screen protector and recieved a refund form Paypal today. So apparently the protectors sold out.
I ordered 3 from Amazon (PC-Mall brand). I will try to report back, but the protectors on my phones are still good, so it may be a while.
Just received the shipped notification. So now I wait for the slow boat...
I find it strange they are sold out. 2 days ago it showed 986 were available.
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Just received the shipped notification. So now I wait for the slow boat...
I find it strange they are sold out. 2 days ago it showed 986 were available.
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? Lmao. That's hilarious. Pthink are epic. I had trouble finding myself. Ordered some supposed ones a few months ago. They weren't sadly.
I had my payment returned also on aliexpress still says they are in stock. Not sure what the deal is.
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I ordered the AliExpress screen protector and recieved a refund form Paypal today. So apparently the protectors sold out.
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Just received the shipped notification. So now I wait for the slow boat...
I find it strange they are sold out. 2 days ago it showed 986 were available.
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I had my payment returned also on aliexpress still says they are in stock. Not sure what the deal is.
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Yeah, that is pretty strange. You can see all the recent orders in the transaction history around the bottom half of the page, and people are still ordering it as of today.
I'm in the same situation as OP. Seems that all of the full coverage v20 screen protectors on Amazon only have adhesive along the edges of the screen. There are a couple that have it across the screen, but it's only partial coverage. I was thinking of going with the Supershieldz and adding some LOCA adhesive to the rest of the screen as a substitute.
Since I'm the only one who is having any success with AliExpress, I'll post my experience once they get here.
So I went with the random screen protector + LOCA adhesive combo. It gets the same clarity as a full adhesive screen protector, great touch response, and overall I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
The cons:
I wasn't sure how much LOCA to use, so I ended up using a little too much.
I have a few small bubbles (not really noticable with the screen on unless I'm on a white background). When I replace this protector, I'll be sure to take my time.
The screen protector I used did not have the front camera cut out, so it glares a bit. (Stay away from the Mr. Shield brand). The Galaxy S8 forums have a ton of tutorials on using LOCA. There was also a video on YouTube of a guy doing it. I used the "double y" technique.
I received the AliExpress order on Monday the 13th (just about 2 weeks to the east coast US). I haven't had a chance to install yet. They do look just like the Pthink protectors.
I'll try to get one installed on my wife's V20 soon and post my thoughts.
Ok all. I had a friend order from aliexpress who already had an established account. He saud sometimes the coupons cause issues. With that aside I was able to order two of the before mention screen protectors from aliexpress. They are in fact similar if not identical to the Pthink ones.
Full screen adhesive. No halo