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I really can't decide wich to get.
I like Boxwaves but they don't have for Trinity, will others fit?
And second wich is better anti-glare or crystal. I think I want anti-glare but is it clear enough?
Anyway hope someone has some brilliant advice
http://overlayplus.com/BE/dis_product.asp?model=d_d810&modeln=P3600&prod_type=screen
i got this one and i can higly recommend it.
you just cant tell its there
For me there are no better ones than from MartinFields
http://www.martinfields.co.uk/productdec.asp?pid=2683&modeln=P3600&model=d_d810
I agree! Martin Fields Overlay is the way forward
(I do wish it was anti-glare though, the sunlight can make it quite difficult to see things sometimes and its not even summer yet)
So what about boxwaves anti-glare? Wouldn't they be better then?
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So what about boxwaves anti-glare? Wouldn't they be better then?
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I ordered one of the boxwave ones, we shall see how they are
Are there any protectors which help with veiwing the screen outside in sunlight? I thought 'anti-glare' was just anti-reflective, and nothing to improve contrast or brightness?
I have found that the screen is really hard to see, even on the brightest setting.
My previous SE p910 did not have this problem, and was great in sunlight. I'm using a Martin Fields protector, but I don't think that the problem - I had one on my P910 too
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Are there any protectors which help with veiwing the screen outside in sunlight? I thought 'anti-glare' was just anti-reflective, and nothing to improve contrast or brightness?
I have found that the screen is really hard to see, even on the brightest setting.
My previous SE p910 did not have this problem, and was great in sunlight. I'm using a Martin Fields protector, but I don't think that the problem - I had one on my P910 too
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Yeah, if anyone does find something which makes sunlight viewing better than please share, because I too am having huge difficulties making anything out in daytime outside.
No trouble in night/daylight/sunlight/w.e. I'm using a Brando Ultra Clear screen protector.
You can only see the protector on the screen when you look very very closely.
You can take the protector off and wash it, but I don't advise you to do that because it's difficult to get your screen dustfree again..
The support of Brando is also super-great!
I second the Brando recommendations.
It is the best one I have used. Uses no glue, so can be repositioned. But it holds very fast using vacuum principles and static. No, it doesnt shift around on its own. In fact can only be removed with a loop of sticky tape.
Secondly, it is perfectly visible in sunlight. I have SPB mobile shell and have the screen brightness adjustment on my today screen. In sunlight the lowest setting is almost invisible, but even the second lowest setting is visible in sun with this protector. The brightest settings are more than enough for even very bright sunlight.
UK link: http://www.pdahut.com/store/product.php?productid=18521
So, I swear I remember reading a thread saying that there are very thin and hard to remove factory screen protectors on the G-Tablet. Now, I don't remember removing any screen protector from my Tab when I bought it about a week ago, but it also doesn't look like there is a screen protector on it as is. Admittedly, my search-fu may be subpar, but I've tried searching and couldn't find the thread I thought I remembered seeing, so can anyone clarify this for me? I ask because I'm about to try the "Rain-X" fingerprint solution, and I don't want to unknowingly be cleaning off/spraying the factory screen protectors instead of the actual screen.
Thanks in advance.
Search there are threads on this already
Like I said in my OP, I searched to no avail. I admit my searching abilities may be subpar, but i really tried a variety of terms, and only ended up with threads talking about 3rd party/ADDITIONAL screen protectors - not the factory ones.
Oh well, I did the Rain-X method and it appears to have taken just fine.
I can't tell if there is one on mine or not.
On paper insert in box "The device may come equipped with two anti glare screen protectors over the screen; which should be removed."
I sure doesn't look like it though. I found maybe two threads about a factory protector, but not much info.
I can't find the answer either and
I cannot tell if my G tab has a screen protector installed or not!! My paperwork says 2 screen protectors are applied at the factory.
Did anyone get theirs from the factory with a screen protector on it? Was it obvious?
The reason you can't find much is that most of the "protector" business was happening back last July/August/September. Mine came with one that was bubbled and came off real easy -- and the second I like to have never got a corner loose (though somebody later use something to lift it loose.)
So far as I know, since about September I have not heard much about protectors. If it's there and it's not interfering with anything, I'd leave it alone.
If it's there and you have to get it off, maybe somebody else will remember the "easy" was to lift it loose that I read about.
I think there are a couple of companies selling aftermarket protectors for the G-Tab.
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Have you tried microfiber cloth to see if it will come off?
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I don't own a Nexus S (I'm here doing research ) but that seems like something normal?
If you have a protected surface next to unprotected ones on the same area, it'll get less UV exposure and there will be some very light wear on the unprotected areas that might look perfect to your eye but because of these micro abrasions they're more likely to retain oil/dust/etc.
One of the very main reasons why I don't like screen protectors is that the phone doesn't "age" uniformly .
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1st you bought the device used for a YEAR .. what do you expect ?
2nd As long as you can make calls from it , why do you care ? some people bought used Nexuses and they can't even call lol
3rd Do you have an IMEI ? that's good
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So if you are such a passionate phone owner , why didn't you buy a new device so you can enjoy the screen ? You bought it used man ! Then you come here to complain ? See the recent posts of second hand buyers and thank god you have a working second hand nexus s.
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How is this complaining? I am simply asking if anyone else has experience with the issue and maybe found a solution. That is all. If no one knows, I might find something out myself. And if I don't, maybe it will fade over time, and otherwise I'll just have to ignore it.
And by the way, I would have bought a new one if they were still for sale here, but they weren't. I had to choose between importing for €600 or this second-hand for €140. I don't think it was such a bad choice in the end, but that's no reason to not try and make the best of it.
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I see the point here ....
It seems that buying a new Nexus S online was not an option available for you ....
However , I would not spend more time trying to clean the screen with different things , those screen are fragile and I'm sure you don't wanna mess it up more than it is ...
Goodluck.
Honestly, who protects just the "touchscreen" part of the screen?
I mean as much as I can gather from the pictures, the screen protector only covered the 4 inch screen not the whole front of the phone. Was it cheaper or something?
It's normal for the oleophobic coating to fade. Not using any screen protector from now on will probably result in it evening out in time.
If it's that distracting, just buy a full size screen protector, clean the screen really well and apply it. Wet application screen protectors are best on the nexus because they stick to the curved screen better.
Cheers
What Flukzr said, the screen would have been fine if it was a full size screen protector. I've never actually seen a protector that is JUST for the 4-inch screen and not the whole glass front.
Sadly there is not much you can do aside from replacing the glass, the oleophobic coating at the top and bottom has worn out (i believe this requires the lcd/amoled back too). However, you can use a full size screen protector and you shouldn't notice it.
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I'm guessing the only way to naturally remove the coating, would be to use it without a pouch, and keep it in you pants' (jeans) pocket.
Not that I'm recommending this, but you could try solvents, nail polish thinner (acetone), lighter fluid, alcohol etc. and see which one works. Since the screen is glass, it should be ok, unless you use acid or really strong solvents.
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Just a thought...
If this discoloration is driving you ape s#!t, consider purchasing a new digitizer... Once again this is just a thought, as I do not own a Nexus. I was just surfing and thought I'd add my 2 cents...
Hope I helped
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LOL, I've never seen anything like this. who protects only those 4 inches of the screen? when i read the title of this thread i got a little worried since i use a screen protector on my nexus s but mine covers the whole thing so i think I'm in the clear.
Honestly i think your best option here is to just use a screen protector on the whole screen. Or just leaving it alone and hopefully let time do its thing. I guess you have to choose which one bothers you less, the annoying rectangle or a screen protector.
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I 've been using my new phone for a couple of days, when i suddenly noticed a scratch on my screen while i was watching a video and the light wasn't reflecting normally at one specific spot.
I have no idea how that scratch got there, as i have been VERY careful with it. It is not a very big scratch, but i am very upset after having an expensive item damaged in its first days of use.
While searching the internet for ways to fix it, i came across "screen protectors", which i had never heard of before. I also read some tips about having the scratch "removed" with toothpaste or baking soda. However, i do not want to make things worse by applying this homemade material on my screen.
As i was examining the screen, i noticed something that looks like a membrane on my phone's screen. I can't give you a direct link to a photo/video because of this forum rules (not allowing users with less than 10 posts to post external links), but you can see a photo of my screen at imgur . com / 64SXzhB and a video at streamable . com / zk6zw.
Is that a pre-installed screen protector or am i effed? If it is in fact a screen protector, can i remove it and replace it? What should i replace it with and how can i do that?
If need be, would the toothpaste, baking soda tips have any chance of working on my screen?
Thank you very much!
It should be a pre-applied screen protector. Normally, the screen don't have the little "holes" on the internal camera&speaker. I can't tell you if it's a normal screen protector or a glass one, try to apply pressure on the border of the screen with nail and you should see air come under the protector.
The phone come with one on it I dropped my phone when carrying shopping (it fell out my pocket) straight on to a road face down and there was a car coming so I had to slowly slide it on the tarmac it was full of scratches but I took the screen protector off and it was find underneath I suggest you invest for a mid range screen protector it can really save your phone's screen
Radiphus said:
I 've been using my new phone for a couple of days, when i suddenly noticed a scratch on my screen while i was watching a video and the light wasn't reflecting normally at one specific spot.
I have no idea how that scratch got there, as i have been VERY careful with it. It is not a very big scratch, but i am very upset after having an expensive item damaged in its first days of use.
While searching the internet for ways to fix it, i came across "screen protectors", which i had never heard of before. I also read some tips about having the scratch "removed" with toothpaste or baking soda. However, i do not want to make things worse by applying this homemade material on my screen.
As i was examining the screen, i noticed something that looks like a membrane on my phone's screen. I can't give you a direct link to a photo/video because of this forum rules (not allowing users with less than 10 posts to post external links), but you can see a photo of my screen at imgur . com / 64SXzhB and a video at streamable . com / zk6zw.
Is that a pre-installed screen protector or am i effed? If it is in fact a screen protector, can i remove it and replace it? What should i replace it with and how can i do that?
If need be, would the toothpaste, baking soda tips have any chance of working on my screen?
Thank you very much!
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It is a factory fixed plastic screen protector ,you can remove it.
I got same protector in my box
I was worried about possible dust inside top corner left main camera sensor (as you can see here https://youtu.be/2KfBsb_qEeE)
Seems to be fixed by nice redpoint73 answer, and after checking again, this isn't a piece of dust (maybe part of OIS mecanism).
Thanks again.
I'm a photography enthusiast (DSLRs, and now moved to a full frame mirrorless camera), and what I can tell you is NOT to be concerned about a single speck (or even several) of dust, if that is even what it is. A single speck of dust (or a few) will never show up on photos or video.
Here are a couple interesting articles from a popular website for renting camera lenses (Lensrentals.com):
First article is about the effect of dusk or scratches on a lens. When you look at the example photos taken with a "fairly bad" lens, they do seem pretty soft/blurry. Then you scroll down to see a picture of what the lens actually looks like, and it's pretty funny. I won't give it a away, it's better viewed yourself. But the point is that a lens can be in really rough shape, and still take decent photos. And even the lens in question, they had to try very hard (very specific circumstances) to get the "scratches" to show up in the photos:
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2008/10/front-element-scratches/
Another article, they found an entire house fly inside a lens, and it didn't even affect the photos except when stopped down to f13 (which isn't common to stop down that far) and even then, it was just a shadow, barely visible.
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2019/04/removing-fly-from-weather-sealed-canon-70-200mm/
Now, this is a big DSLR lens. And something as big as a house fly would have a much larger effect on a tiny phone lens. But the point being, a speck of dust is not even going to be visible under any conditions on your phone's camera.
Another good example, you can actually take photos through a chain link fence; or fabric mesh such as at a baseball field or other sports. If you get the lens up close to the fence or mesh, and take a photo of a subject far away, you will see that the mesh practically disappears. This also works taking photographs through some very dirty or scratched glass, such as exhibits at a zoo. If you can get the lens close up to the glass, even really dirty/scratched glass becomes nearly invisible. Same exact principle for dust on the lens. Since it is so "close" to the lens, it is not going to be visible. And anything on the lens has to get pretty bad, before it has any effect on the pictures. Really dirty/greasy glass on the camera phone's lens does make a difference - but you practically have to have a layer of dirt or grease.
I do have an old HTC One (M8) that has quite a few specks of dust on the inside of the back camera lens. Don't know if dust was getting inside somehow (that seemed to be the case). It looked pretty bad (looking at the lens) after using the phone a couple years - usually carrying it in my pocket. Maybe dozens of specks of dust on the inside of the lens - not just one or a few. But I can still not see any affect on the pictures.
Thanks for your long answer.
I'm not worried about it anymore, thanks to your thoughts, but also after that I'm pratically sure that it's not a small piece of dust.
Thanks again
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Thanks for your long answer.
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You're welcome. Although there is a button for that (thanks).
Also, please don't change the thread title like you did to "Solved" and delete the original content. This is really bad forum etiquette. It may be "solved" for you. But others may have a similar question or issue. A thread is never truly "solved" or "closed" (for everyone) in my opinion, as others may have additional information, questions, opinions, etc. And having a descriptive title (and keeping the original post) helps others find the info, know what the thread is about, etc.
If everyone did this, the forum would be full of empty threads, and the whole forum would be useless.
Please change the thread title and top post back to what you originally posted (as best you can remember, doesn't need to be perfect).
^agree, keep original title intact! Cheers
@basongwe I hope you don't mind as suggested by @redpoint73 and @galaxys but I've re-established the title of this thread as it was provided by you the last time.
I've done it too but thanks
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I'm a photography enthusiast (DSLRs, and now moved to a full frame mirrorless camera), and what I can tell you is NOT to be concerned about a single speck (or even several) of dust, if that is even what it is. A single speck of dust (or a few) will never show up on photos or video.
Here are a couple interesting articles from a popular website for renting camera lenses (Lensrentals.com):
First article is about the effect of dusk or scratches on a lens. When you look at the example photos taken with a "fairly bad" lens, they do seem pretty soft/blurry. Then you scroll down to see a picture of what the lens actually looks like, and it's pretty funny. I won't give it a away, it's better viewed yourself. But the point is that a lens can be in really rough shape, and still take decent photos. And even the lens in question, they had to try very hard (very specific circumstances) to get the "scratches" to show up in the photos:
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2008/10/front-element-scratches/
Another article, they found an entire house fly inside a lens, and it didn't even affect the photos except when stopped down to f13 (which isn't common to stop down that far) and even then, it was just a shadow, barely visible.
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2019/04/removing-fly-from-weather-sealed-canon-70-200mm/
Now, this is a big DSLR lens. And something as big as a house fly would have a much larger effect on a tiny phone lens. But the point being, a speck of dust is not even going to be visible under any conditions on your phone's camera.
Another good example, you can actually take photos through a chain link fence; or fabric mesh such as at a baseball field or other sports. If you get the lens up close to the fence or mesh, and take a photo of a subject far away, you will see that the mesh practically disappears. This also works taking photographs through some very dirty or scratched glass, such as exhibits at a zoo. If you can get the lens close up to the glass, even really dirty/scratched glass becomes nearly invisible. Same exact principle for dust on the lens. Since it is so "close" to the lens, it is not going to be visible. And anything on the lens has to get pretty bad, before it has any effect on the pictures. Really dirty/greasy glass on the camera phone's lens does make a difference - but you practically have to have a layer of dirt or grease.
I do have an old HTC One (M8) that has quite a few specks of dust on the inside of the back camera lens. Don't know if dust was getting inside somehow (that seemed to be the case). It looked pretty bad (looking at the lens) after using the phone a couple years - usually carrying it in my pocket. Maybe dozens of specks of dust on the inside of the lens - not just one or a few. But I can still not see any affect on the pictures.
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Interesting but I clearly had a speck of dirt that showed up in photos on my OP6. I could see it in the lens and was very visible in photos.