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(WARNING) Mirror/Reflective Screen Covers

Hello all,
Just wanted to post up a warning about purchasing mirror/protective screen covers for your TP/Fuze/Diamond!
I purchased these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=250365082878
the overall quality of them seems great, they have a protective covering on both sides for the application process (similar to "Screen Guards" brand covers).
but..... upon installation this is the result:
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As you can see, it makes the phone almost unusable due to the rainbow effect... what is odd is it doesn't have that effect if I look at the phone from an extreme angle, so if I look at it with the phone laying flat and my eyes right near the hardware keys, it doesn't look rainbowy.... bleh
Just an FYI! has anyone had similar experiences?
Thx
JFlitt

That seems to just be the way those mirror finish screen protectors are. I bought a cut to size proporta echo one for my samsung p2 mp3 player and its like a truck full of carebears exploded on my screen. My buddy also got one for his sprint touch pro, same result.

I don't have a white background screen, it's entirely black. Everything on my phone is black-themed so I don't have the distortion of colors as much. That may solve the problem. Either that, or get another screen protector.

for years now I have been using the Brando Screen protectors.
I've used them on all my pdas, media players and cell phones. The quality and clarity are unbeatable if you ask me.
I just cleaned my old SE W850 which my son now uses. the screen protector has been on the phone for 2 years now and it is still sitting fine! (no corner lift). Sure, the protector is a little scratched after 2 years of service but the phone underneath is as good as new!

lacrossev said:
That seems to just be the way those mirror finish screen protectors are. I bought a cut to size proporta echo one for my samsung p2 mp3 player and its like a truck full of carebears exploded on my screen. My buddy also got one for his sprint touch pro, same result.
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Greatest quote ever.

Hahah agreed on the carebears statement, pretty damn funny!
Anywho, I will say this much though, that seller who I bought these from on ebay has been really great as far as customer service is concerned. I emailed him letting him know about this issue and sent these pictures along. He couldn't believe that is what they looked like and was very angry at the factory for providing a product like this. He is sending me 3 clear and 3 anti-glare protectors to make up for this (which I think is very commendable). It would seem that the problem with these is related to the polarization used to cause the mirror effect and then let the light through when the light is on behind the cover.... what is odd is it clears up if I look down the phone holding it flat..... very intesting and annoying!
Just thought I would let everyone know!
I can't wait either.... I feel like I'm tripping on something every time I use my phone as it is now haha!!
Thanks
JFlitt

Not sure exactly what seems to be causing this. As I did have similar mirror screen protectors on my Kaiser and never experienced this.
Perhaps these are simply a bad batch / brand.
I am still running on the stock smooth screen protector (using the tape cleaning method) however, once that peels off I will begin my search for either a mirror, privacy or anti-glare. I haven't found one that I really liked of any so far.

Looks a little like a moiré pattern. See what happens if you put the screen protector on at a 90 degree angle (yes, it will be only partially protected, but this is just a test). If it is less notable, it appears the LCD elements on the screen are lining up with the way the screen protector is cut. Same thing will happen on a digital photo copier. The way the CCD "sees" line art can sometimes do that if the original is a "screen" print (very very small tiny dots as opposed to a solid image). You can "simulate" the effect by taking a good quality pair of sunglasses, and hold it over something like a digital wristwatch with LCD screen, and rotate the sunglasses clock-counter clockwise until the image on the watch disappears.
Not much you can do but get a different brand of screen protector.

Seems to be polarized by the way I see my mirror screen protector. Mine does it too. I have polarized sunglasses and when I turn the phone 90' it goes black (almost, but close enough) so that's why I think it might be polarized.
Also, they scratch to easy for me.

I bought one along with 3 regular screen protectors...honestly the only complaint I have is fingerprints are much more apparent. The rainbow effect is very rare for me...only at a certain angle with enough light...just my 2 cents...

jasezero said:
I bought one along with 3 regular screen protectors...honestly the only complaint I have is fingerprints are much more apparent. The rainbow effect is very rare for me...only at a certain angle with enough light...just my 2 cents...
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Yea I dunno if this is just a bad batch or what... but there are definatelly some issues, this isn't rare or at certain angles... this is all over!
Thx
JFlitt

What to look for to make sure my Nexus 7 is perfectly ok?

So I bought the Nexus 7 the other day. I've briefly read about some of the issues affecting the Nexus 7. I don't have the time to go through every single posts in this forum so I'm hoping someone can summarize the issues for me. How can I check to make sure that my N7 doesn't have the screen lift issue? If it's flush with the case then everything is ok right?
Are there any other issues to worry about?
Also, I can't seem to tell whether I have the C60 or the C80 batch. The 6 and the 8 look so similar. Is there any other way to confirm this?

lsquare said:
Also, I can't seem to tell whether I have the C60 or the C80 batch. The 6 and the 8 look so similar. Is there any other way to confirm this?
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Check the sticker on the box

I wouldn't get too paranoid with potential problems, just look for screen lift, dead pixels and screen responsiveness.
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Screen lift is the most common flaw. It occurs predominately on the left side.
The easiest way to inspect the left side is to look from the right. Hold the device with the right side facing you and look across the glass so the left bezel becomes a silver horizon. If the black display is higher than the bezel at any point, it will interrupt that silver line.
Here is an example of a flush screen, looking across the device from the right side.
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I've attached some photos of units failing this test for comparison.
P.S. Also check the speakers for distortion/crackling at higher volumes. Test the headphone jack as well.

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Screen lift is the most common flaw. It occurs predominately on the left side.
The easiest way to inspect the left side is to look from the right. Hold the device with the right side facing you and look across the glass so the left bezel becomes a silver horizon. If the black display is higher than the bezel at any point, it will interrupt that silver line.
Here is an example of a flush screen, looking across the device from the right side.
I've attached some photos of units failing this test for comparison.
P.S. Also check the speakers for distortion/crackling at higher volumes. Test the headphone jack as well.
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Darn, just got my Nexus 7 and mine suffers from screen lift. I assume Google will replace it if I contact them?

Google will replace it but your probably not going to have any more luck. I think most have this issue. In my experience, I popped off the back (it just pops off) and made 3 tiny "washers" out of the plastic from a medicine foil pack. Super easy to do and it is able to pull the screen down nicely. There is a great thread for this with step by steps. Use a plastic spoon or a guitar pick to help pop off a corner get started with taking the back cover off. Once you get a corner up, you can use your fingers to rip it off.
There is 1 screw that is problematic but the other left-middle screw also used a washer on mine (2 on the top and 1 on the lower). Where the screen lifts = screw.
Asus/Google fixes this by simply exluding the screw all-together. So essentially you could remove the screw(s) yourself for a 3-minute fix. I recommend the washer fix first because the screws were there for a reason.

They all have or will have screen lift at some point or another. Could we just give the OP other problems the N7 might have instead of making this thread into another one of the countless screen lift thread already in existences.
I'm still waiting for a screen to fall off the bezel.
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shook187 said:
They all have or will have screen lift at some point or another.
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Mine doesn't have this screen lift issue (so far), I don't see how this issue can appear over time if it's related to the screws.

Yer I got this I just saw it today. 3 Mins vs how many weeks to get it back with a bodge fix I think I'll go ahead and fix it myself.
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Amon_Re said:
Mine doesn't have this screen lift issue (so far), I don't see how this issue can appear over time if it's related to the screws.
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Its not related to the screws. Its related to the adhesive that holds the screen down.
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Also i would challenge you and say your screen is not perfectly flat to the bezel.
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shook187 said:
Also i would challenge you and say your screen is not perfectly flat to the bezel.
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I can't see anything wrong with it, the edge of the frame is visible under all angles on all sides. If might not be "perfectly flat", but if it isn't, then the deviations are too small for me to pick up with my naked eyes (which are pretty crappy, I admit).

Ah ok so mines a c80 and it has the issue. So should I take some pictures, back open too and then recheck the one they send back to me?
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katamine said:
Ah ok so mines a c80 and it has the issue. So should I take some pictures, back open too and then recheck the one they send back to me?
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Seeing that some people had their display crack without dropping them whom also had the screen lift issue (there are several threads up here about it) I would probably send it back, but in the end it's your call.

Ok thanks
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Yellow screen ?

Hi, i have one question for n4 owners.
When you look at your phone like this :
Is the screen look a little bit yellow ?
I hope is not a problem, juste ips technology :fingers-crossed:

410 err on the photo but it's probably uncured glue
if so, it'll fix itself unless you constantly overheat your phone (benchmarks and games)
>90% of the time it'll fix itself in a week or two,
it happens with the first batch or two of every phone launch because they didn't have enough time from screen production to sale for all of the units to fully cure.

When I look at it in line of the bottom left corner the screen looks a bit yellow. Every other corner is fine. Its not a problem it will work itself out in a few days.

I don't know if it's a glue problem.
It's look like screen problem :/ but i want to know if others users have same thing.

raze599 said:
When I look at it in line of the bottom left corner the screen looks a bit yellow. Every other corner is fine. Its not a problem it will work itself out in a few days.
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Yes bottom left and upper right you too ?

I am having the same issue, but i do not need to look from that angle. I see the yellow tone in the options menu just looking directly in front of the phone during normal use. Mainly in the left bottom corner but most of the bottom part I would say.

I'm assuming this is the nature of the screen technology. Mine does this looking at it from the bottom left or top right corner.

Y es i have this problem, and the colors where off, i think the gamma value is high. I hope an update because all have the yellowish screen, i dont think is glue for all at the bottom on the screen.

Mine is like that too
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could you upload a bigger pic, or someone else? my htc one s looked super cold when viewing from the sides lol. that's do to amoled though.

Mine is like that too same angle, every other angle is perfect. i think its on all of them.

I didnt have this issue and i ran couple benchmarks. I did heat up slightly and the scores sucked

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I didnt have this issue and i ran couple benchmarks. I did heat up slightly and the scores sucked
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So you think is gone because of heat ?

I order mine, but im waiting for shipping, when I get it, i will turn on and then I'll check the angle and I let you know if this is natural.

D3m0x said:
I order mine, but im waiting for shipping, when I get it, i will turn on and then I'll check the angle and I let you know if this is natural.
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Thank for your futur review.
Anyone have yellow tint too ? Maybe gone with benchmark overheat ?

Hydro8 said:
Thank for your futur review.
Anyone have yellow tint too ? Maybe gone with benchmark overheat ?
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I have the yellow tint too if I hold the phone diagonal en look at the surface.

Bleu tint web you look opposite no?
Someone know where contact Google ?

Mine is yellow tinted regardless of angle. I'm hoping this is incurred glue, obviously.
I compared against my Atrix last night & it's very obvious.
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If I was to buy the phone in a couple of days would the yellow tint issue be solved as the phone would have been unused stock for a good week allowing enough time for glue to settle?

I'm having problems with my screen as well. Black levels are off and everything has a yellowish grey tint. I have an Optimus G next to it on the left so you can compare, as both of these phones use the same panel. Both phones are on max brightness.
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[Q] Dropped Nexus 4 - What's wrong with my screen?

So I was unlucky enough to drop my N4 before I was able to get a case for it. I dropped it from my lap while getting out of a taxi so it wasn't a full on drop. At first I thought the only damage was cosmetic - a nick on the chrome trim on the top right corner of the phone.
However afterwards I noticed a small white/bright spot on the screen near that corner where it looks like the backlight is bleeding through. It's most notice-able when the screen is showing something white, less notice-able with colors (red, green, blue etc), and completely fine when showing black.
I've checked some info and it doesn't seem like it's a dead pixel, and just seems overall larger than a dead pixel. At the same time it doesn't seem like a lit pixel either since it's not visible on black. At the moment I'm very thankful that the phone is still very much use-able, but would like to find out what the problem is, and perhaps how intensive a repair this would involve since it is a bit annoying sometimes.
Anyone have had a similar problem or have any ideas?

Is normal. Stop obsessing about it. No phone is perfect. Even my wife's iPhone 4s has defects. If you are looking for flaws, you will find them, guaranteed. Just use your phone like you used to.
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jamesc760 said:
Is normal. Stop obsessing about it. No phone is perfect. Even my wife's iPhone 4s has defects. If you are looking for flaws, you will find them, guaranteed. Just use your phone like you used to.
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Yeah I'm definitely learning to live with it. It may also not look so bad in a photo but it's still pretty noticeable when you're holding the phone in your hand - especially when I'm scrolling around and you can see this static white spot that doesn't move.
Just overall interested in what the problem is as well. I've seen dead pixels and also phones that were dropped where the screen looks completely fubar'd... but haven't been able to find any examples where the screen is like this.

RMA if it's that annoying. Assuming ur phone doesn't look too damaged that they'll say it was your fault.

I do see a few scratches on the screen. Google may not RMA for that reason. If there is another reason like a defect, use that to RMA. IML no Nexus 4 is perfect. I have RMA'd about 4 times till now with a new reason every time. Now after completely blocking my credit card, I have learned to live with an imperfect Nexus 4
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ak700 said:
I do see a few scratches on the screen. Google may not RMA for that reason. If there is another reason like a defect, use that to RMA. IML no Nexus 4 is perfect. I have RMA'd about 4 times till now with a new reason every time. Now after completely blocking my credit card, I have learned to live with an imperfect Nexus 4
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Where do you see the scratches? I haven't even noticed them!
I guess from the replies I should learn to live with it then. Thing is I really thought this was due to the drop, but it's also possible it was a defect that I didn't notice... I saw some N4s with the light bleed problem, but were from the edges of the screen, that's why I really thought this was due to damage.

Send it back in, duh. It's still under warranty. :crying:

Robogar said:
Where do you see the scratches? I haven't even noticed them!
I guess from the replies I should learn to live with it then. Thing is I really thought this was due to the drop, but it's also possible it was a defect that I didn't notice... I saw some N4s with the light bleed problem, but were from the edges of the screen, that's why I really thought this was due to damage.
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I don't know whether these are scratches or camera problems.

Edge Viewing angle issues?

So after a few days of use, I started noticing that I was unable to see the "People Edge" tab on the right side and while reading pages that were not exactly black in color, it looked like the 'edge' part of the phone looked as if I was looking at a TN panel sideways... So I compared this to my wife's phone and sure enough, it's a problem. On max brightness, I definitely don't get the same colors or anything of that nature, and it's significantly "bluer". Here are a few images for your viewing pleasure. I contacted the local VZW store and they said they'd exchange it once it comes back in stock (within my 14 day period).
** Note ** I did mess with all display settings and the color issue is not correctable.
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You'll see the greyish look to it on the edges.. it's driving me freaking crazy. I paid $800 for a ****ing phone so I'm being picky.
If any of you guys are having this issue and within your 14 day grace period, return it and get another.

You're wasting your time if you return it, because the new one will have the same thing. It's a limitation of the design. The only difference is that on some phones the edge "shadow" appears more green, more blue, or more pink.
My S6 Edge had it and so does my S7 Edge. You'll stop noticing it after a few weeks.

My wife's does not have this issue at all, so I don't think that's true... if the one they exchange it for has the same issue, I guess I'll eat the $35 restocking fee and never own an 'Edge' phone again :|

rahb0sse said:
My wife's does not have this issue at all, so I don't think that's true... if the one they exchange it for has the same issue, I guess I'll eat the $35 restocking fee and never own an 'Edge' phone again :|
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I have never seen an "Edge" phone without this to some degree, but chances are you'll end up with it on the exchange device. Just go look at the demos in the stores
After a few minutes of Googling I again found the official Samsung article explaining this. Took me weeks to find last year when this issue was driving me nuts..
http://www.samsung.com/za/support/skp/faq/1076253
Your device is not faulty. The colors on the curved screen may look different depending on your viewing position.
The slight green tint in colour at the edges of the Galaxy S6 Edge display that you may observe on occasion is due to a phenomenon called WAD (White Angular Dependency) which is due to the inclined curved surface of the S6 Edge screen.
For an AMOLED display, the WAD phenomenon results in the colour white sometimes appearing to have a Green tint, or on occasion a Blue or Yellow tint when viewing the AMOLED at an angle. But when viewing directly from the front or side the colour will be as expected.
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Same applies to S7 Edge.

Interesting, thank you very much. Yeah, guess it'll just be a return.
I'm very peculiar with my eyes. I can't wear glasses with my astigmatism because of the odd shapes I see so I doubt it'll just go away.

rahb0sse said:
Interesting, thank you very much. Yeah, guess it'll just be a return.
I'm very peculiar with my eyes. I can't wear glasses with my astigmatism because of the odd shapes I see so I doubt it'll just go away.
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Glad to help. I was going through exactly what you were last year. Hopefully someone will be searching for this issue and find this thread down the road.
I have astigmatism, too, if it helps. I wear toric contact lenses. Eventually I just somehow learned to ignore the edges. I had forgotten about it until you brought it up.
I found the S7 Edge page as well. Same response...
http://www.samsung.com/au/support/skp/faq/1102512

tom289 said:
Glad to help. I was going through exactly what you were last year. Hopefully someone will be searching for this issue and find this thread down the road.
I have astigmatism, too, if it helps. I wear toric contact lenses. Eventually I just somehow learned to ignore the edges. I had forgotten about it until you brought it up.
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Well, in that case, I'm glad I was able to help you remember while I try to forget Yeah, only way I can see properly is with contacts as well. I might try to get over this until next Wednesday and if it doesn't happen, it'll be a return.

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Well, in that case, I'm glad I was able to help you remember while I try to forget Yeah, only way I can see properly is with contacts as well. I might try to get over this until next Wednesday and if it doesn't happen, it'll be a return.
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I would encourage you to do the exchange and see if the new one is slightly better (the tints are all a bit different). Maybe it'll be less noticeable? But then again, the new one might be worse to your eyes. It's a lottery