Having recently bought my son a Nintendo DS, I noted that in the accessory pack I got with it, it came with 2 screen protectors that are semi-rigid. They're quite a bit thicker than one that shipped with my phone, and don't flex and bend like thin paper. They also don't seem to affect sensitivity of the touch screen in any way, as well as being perfectly sized to the screens and were invisible once fitted.
Are there similar protectors for the TyTn 2? I'd love such a protector as it'd be FAR easier to fit, and provide much better protection to the screen.
Rigid Screen Protectors
I have come across these. The ones I tried were made by "Martin Fields" product number MFOP-HTCTyTN-T
A right bloody bastard to fit as they are very slighty oversized. Perhaps this is done purposly so the protector fits into the gap around the edges of the screen?
Very clear and reasonably priced compared to the OEM product. They do work extremely well (once fitted).
Rgs,
J
Thanks. I'll check em out.
invisibleSHIELD.. That's all I have to say.
oH, view the demo also.. its well worth it.
I just checked my little brother's DS box, hoping to find the screen protector but nothing there but manuals =(
Any reference on how firm and rigid the MField or InvS are?
Well, from the video, the invisibleShield isn't the slightest bit rigid, though if it lives up to its claims, that wouldn't matter. I ordered a Martin Fields one earlier so I'll see how good that is.
It's not just the rigidity for protection though. A rigid protector will be a LOT easier to fit...
Beleave me, MF is rigid. And yes, it is easy to install but remember to clean the surface of the screen. This part is very important. If you do it right, it will install in less than 30 seconds and you will struggle to see the difference between no protector and MF.
Oh I know that. I'll be cleaning it very carefully and making sure there's no dust about when I fit it! Don't want dust under the thing!
Just wish it'd hurry up and arrive!
boxwave
The boxwave protectors are much thicker than average ones, are washable, and work great. They are about as thick as the psp protectors, e.g. more like a hard plastic sheet, I'm not sure what the ds ones are like.
http://www.boxwave.com/products/cle...crystal-screen-protector-htc-tytn-ii_2905.htm
tke371 said:
invisibleSHIELD.. That's all I have to say.
oH, view the demo also.. its well worth it.
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FYI, a warning this could break your Tilt!!!!
This shield rocks. However it's a risk for the Tilt. You have to apply water to the back of the protector to get the bubbles out. I applied water, shook the excess water off before applying.... and stuck it on.
I used the included squeegee to get the excess water out of the shield along with the bubles. I wiped extra water away. Next day, my screen was dead (colors were washed out and glitches). Apparently during the squeegee process water slipped between the screen surface and the edge of the bezel around the screen, and in to the phone, and got under the LCD plastic into the LCD itself.
I do use this product on my $2700 SLR camera. There's no bezel on the LCD so the squeegee'd water comes right off, and won't get in the camera.
Beware. I had to get a new Tilt because of this, and it'll be a cold day in hell I use this product on any item with a bezel where water can seep in.
Semi- related: how are you guys cleaning your phone screens?
Oh, and +1 for Martin Fields.
My phone broke, but I had insurance on it (not from phone company but through homeowner's via a personal property rider), and mycellularrepair.com was able to replace the LCD for $200. Also, never buy that phone company insurance. Personal property rider is the way to go. It was just pennies a year for ~$500 of coverage for the phone. NO DEDUCTIBLE! So I paid nothing to have my phone fixed.
Get a NEW ONE - They're Cheap
jon_k said:
FYI, a warning this could break your Tilt!!!!
This shield rocks. However it's a risk for the Tilt. You have to apply water to the back of the protector to get the bubbles out. I applied water, shook the excess water off before applying.... and stuck it on.
I used the included squeegee to get the excess water out of the shield along with the bubles. I wiped extra water away. Next day, my screen was dead (colors were washed out and glitches). Apparently during the squeegee process water slipped between the screen surface and the edge of the bezel around the screen, and in to the phone, and got under the LCD plastic into the LCD itself.
I do use this product on my $2700 SLR camera. There's no bezel on the LCD so the squeegee'd water comes right off, and won't get in the camera.
Beware. I had to get a new Tilt because of this, and it'll be a cold day in hell I use this product on any item with a bezel where water can seep in.
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Interesting - Are you really that concerned about a product which is relatively cheap compared to the amount of time use you get out of it? Forget washing it off. Just put another one on - a CLEAN NEW one. If they last a long time (like in most cases a year or more), who cares that you have to spend around $20 to get a replacement. If they stopped making them altogether or they cost a ridiculous amount of money (for plastic, ridiculous. For peace of mind, priceless), then yeah, I would wash and rewash the screen to save money.
And the idea is NOT to squeegee the WATER bubbles out to the sides. They will evaporate on their own given some time. The idea IS to squeegee the AIR bubbles out to the sides and also to take extra great care when doing this procedure. You wash it off so that it restores some of the tackiness on the film. You can get most of the water off by blowing or using a can of compressed air, THEN put it on. You shouldn't have that much water under your film if you take care when doing it.
I am sorry about your tilt. That really sucks. If I were you, I would just put a BRAND NEW one on next time and forget about washing it off.
~Gwen
I need one of these too, recently the digitizer for the touch screen on my phone cracked. They are charging me 50$ for the screen and 40$ for labor. My question would be, would this rigid screen have prevented my digitizer from breaking? If it would then id buy it in a second.
I'm giving a +1 to the Martin Fields as well.
I just got a couple of them for my phone. They're definitely more rigid than some of the others, but I put it on a clean screen & can barely tell I have one on.
Stylus slides smoothly across it, no visible scratching at all (unlike the OEM one that marked easily), & it's also pretty smooth for finger usage too.
Had to wait a week for them to ship via expansys-usa, but worth the wait.
Took a bad spill as I was walking and looking down at my phone for google maps instead of noticing the jagged piece of concrete sticking up. Tripped and fell face first with the phone absorbing most of the shock still in my palm.
I fully expected after letting off a string of curse words that the screen would be shattered on my 2 week old G2, however all the damage is on the brushed metal bezel itself. I do have some deep chips and dents in my otherwise new phone, and they look awful.
What are my options for restoring or at least cleaning up these scratches and dents? I am not opposed to a few hours of elbow grease nor am I opposed to a 400-800-1200-2000-4000 grit sanding down and polishing. Has anyone successfully done this? Also I am worried about the digitizer getting scratched during my sanding.
I need options, I typically swap phones about once a year and I always keep every phone I have in pristine condition. Funny part is my phone's body kit / armor was in the mail and arrived the next day.
I also have experience with repairing cell phones, can I buy the metal bezel and replace it that way?
daganb said:
Took a bad spill as I was walking and looking down at my phone for google maps instead of noticing the jagged piece of concrete sticking up. Tripped and fell face first with the phone absorbing most of the shock still in my palm.
I fully expected after letting off a string of curse words that the screen would be shattered on my 2 week old G2, however all the damage is on the brushed metal bezel itself. I do have some deep chips and dents in my otherwise new phone, and they look awful.
What are my options for restoring or at least cleaning up these scratches and dents? I am not opposed to a few hours of elbow grease nor am I opposed to a 400-800-1200-2000-4000 grit sanding down and polishing. Has anyone successfully done this? Also I am worried about the digitizer getting scratched during my sanding.
I need options, I typically swap phones about once a year and I always keep every phone I have in pristine condition. Funny part is my phone's body kit / armor was in the mail and arrived the next day.
I also have experience with repairing cell phones, can I buy the metal bezel and replace it that way?
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Take it apart, sand with progressively finer sand paper, polish, reassemble.
EDIT:- Forgot to mention the case used was otterbox symmetry "Still on in pics" and the screen guard was on a soft plastic kind and not a tempered one.
This phone is a fragile phone for sure even a case with a lip did not help I have dropped a Note5 before in a similar way without any damage. It fell out from my trouser pocket to the bathroom floor while getting up from the pot so it was not very far away from the ground in the first place but the crack is massive and I have been quoted INR 18-20k by Samsung I have just given the phone to the service center and I have searched around for a cheap Chinese screen replacement but it seems they have not yet cloned the edge display .
Other than the crack everything else is working properly there is no touch gaps or anything. I have made up my mind to sell it and get a Note8/iphone8 later but a uncracked S8 will get me lots more than a cracked one so since finding a Chinese cheap replacement is hard what should I do?
Unfortunately my G5 Plus had a little accident this weekend and now the front glass is cracked. As far as I can tell the phone is still fully functional and screen touch responsiveness seems good despite the cracks.
I see replacement LCD screen plus digitizer units available on ebay and other sources online, I was wondering if anyone had any good recommendations and any replacement tips after having gone through the process themselves. Thanks.
I would suggest do it from an authorised service centre even if you have to pay twice the price. I've had experience where I tried to search a replacement for cheap (which it was) and was disappointed with the quality, the screen wasn't as sturdy as the original one and cracked within a week. So it makes sense of your phone is new and. Want to make it work for atleast a year more.
Apply some pieces of single side tape on the crack screen, to prevent shatter glass injury, and heat up the new screen for a while after you finish the replacement, that could help to make the screen adhere to the frame tightly. I will recommend witrigs, they sell original screen and also adhesive and tools.
Good luck.
These are very hard for the average person to do themselves. Everything is glued together, and just a hair dryer or heat gun doesn't do it, without great care. I'm 50/50 on droid turbos, and after searching on line, these are slightly harder to do than that series.
So recently I cracked the rear glass on my Pixel 2 XL. After searching around, I found the "official"repair places wanted around $80 to replace this. Then I found eBay had replacement glass for $13 (in the US, cheaper from China), and decided to give it a try. Figured worse case scenario I end up at the repair place getting the glass replaced anyway, and I'm out $13 extra.
This was not a difficult process necessarily, what I will say is that the glass used is extremely thin (stock and aftermarket), and the process of removing the old glass is likely to produce many tiny glass fragments.
Here's how I did it, if anyone is interested in giving this a try:
1. Mis en place. I used a couple plastic and nylon spudgers, guitar picks, one metal spudger, a hair dryer, and packing tape. I did this repair in the bathroom near the sink so I could easily brush small glass pieces into the sink and wash them down the drain.
2. Start off by heating up the rear glass with the hair dryer, but not too hot. You need to be able to hold the phone afterall. Take a piece of packing tape and place it over the rear glass to somewhat keep it together.
3. I used the thin metal spudger to get started on one side of the glass. I started on the broken side as I already had a gap there to work with. Slowly go around and remove the glass and double sided tape from the rear frame.
3. Remove the camera lens cover from the glass. It's attached to the glass with double sided tape. Most likely going to be small chunks of glass stuck to the front of the lens assembly.
4. Clean up any leftover glue/double sided tape and chunks of glass, so you have a nice clean surface to stick the new glass to.
5. Install the lens cover on the replacement glass, and clean the inside and outside of the lens cover and inspect the camera assembly itself for chunks of glass/dust/etc.
6. Install the new glass (with lens cover now attached) to the back of your Pixel 2 XL. Be very careful to line it up exactly where you want it to sit before dropping it onto the frame of the phone (you likely will not be able to peel it off and reapply it if you mess up, as the glass is very thin and would probably shatter if you try to remove it).
7. Profit.
That's about it. All in all this took me about 30 minutes from start to finish, and saved me just over $60. Worth it for a cheapskate like me ?
Hope this helps someone.
Excellent write up, and the great photos!
Thanks for posting
Superusefull!! Thank so much!
do you feel like this compromised the water resistance part of the phone?
im pretty sure the waterproof feature is gone
jyn1989 said:
im pretty sure the waterproof feature is gone
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It has never been waterproof.
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Hello everyone,
I've broken lil bit the glass and considering replacement. But don't want to lose waterprofness. What do you think about this statement:
"The glass back of the Pixel 2 is purely decorative, and the Pixel 2 will still be waterproof with a broken glass back.
Why? As can be seen in the teardown video at https://youtu.be/Zq7nyzldgr4 at 4:14, the back cover of the Pixel 2 goes underneath the glass. Also, it looks like replacing the glass back would not require a teardown, since there seem to be no screws holding the glass in place from the inside. I suspect the glass back is merely glued on or clipped in."
For me it sounds reasonable that waterprofness might still be there after replacement. Attaching screenshot of mentioned back cover which is going under the glass.
Thanks for your opinion!
Pixel 2 is waterproof
Pixel 2 is IP67 rated meaning it's good for up to a metre depth of water, hence it being waterproof but if anyone was wondering even if you do break the back glass as I have it's purely cosmetic as there is some pretty strong plastic and glue behind it keeping the waterproof feature in place
How do you fix it to be waterproof like factory?
|Use waterproof glue around camera lens and LED lens or is there a adhesive to buy?