How are folks handling cleaning the screen? Every time I start to wipe the device with a microfiber cloth the screen comes awake. Obviously I didnt have this issue with the M7 since there wasn't touch to wake feature.
I wipe it on my sleeve
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howie411 said:
How are folks handling cleaning the screen? Every time I start to wipe the device with a microfiber cloth the screen comes awake. Obviously I didnt have this issue with the M7 since there wasn't touch to wake feature.
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Miyagi's Windshield technic.... nah I do small circles and then its not "waking" up.
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Does anyone know what the material is which is used on the back of the desire. Mine's quite anti-slip so there's lots of grip, however, it seems that looking at it at different angles reveals 'patches' of different shades. Is this normal?
Prob just residue from your hands...mine's the same
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Prob just residue from your hands...mine's the same
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Any ideas as to how to remove the aforementioned residue?
I use a substance called dihydrogen monoxide.
Quite effective when applied in small quantities.
Don't drop your whole phone into it!
Careful - hundreds of people die in dihydrymonoxide each year
I clean mine with slightly damp microfiber cloth.
You'd be surprised at how well plain old water and a micrfiber cloth can clean things.
Rub it on your tshirt.
Before you start messing around with Dihydrogen Monoxide its worth reading the following warnings http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html
Wipe it with the same thing you use to wipe your screen.
windowlene window wipes. good for cleaning all areas of the desire.
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Would ArmorAll be safe? (Not screen)
al89nut said:
Would ArmorAll be safe? (Not screen)
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jeeezus no!
It will leave an even worse film
just use a damp cloth and wipe it. use another to dry it off.
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Would ArmorAll be safe? (Not screen)
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Only if you combine it with bleach, then it will protect your device from kryptonite!
Today my screen started feeling very rough. I tryed putting lotion on my hands, washing it, and any thing I could think to make it smooth but nothing seems to be working. I also cleaned the screen with the little black fiber cloth thing that my sister has. Does anyone know of a substance or something I can put to make it smooth. I should point out that I dont have a screen protector.
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pictures might help in this case. are there surface imperfections on the screen? scratches, nicks, etc? perhaps you have haptic feedback enabled for all gestures?
No scratches or anything, the phones screen looks fine but my finger bounces across it. My finger doesn't glide it like lags and "bounces". Its quite hard to explain what I mean by bouncing.
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Mylenthes said:
...My finger doesn't glide it like lags and "bounces". ...
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I can't quite imagine that.. unless the screen was warped or had some sort of imperfection. load up a picture of your screen when you can.
I dont have a camera other than my phone so yeah. But, the screen randomnly just started being smooth again. I think i should buy a screen protector.
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Sounds like maybe your fingers are the problem. I would file your skin down a little
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Freakytah said:
Sounds like maybe your fingers are the problem. I would file your skin down a little
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Yea I think its your fingers... if your phone has no scratches on the screen than it shouldn't feel rough. I leave my hands a little oily since if it has no oil it would not slide
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Maybe there are tiny dried particles of lotion or something else got on the lotion and was 'glued' to the screen. Get some 70% or 90% isopropyl alcohol. Use a microfiber towel to clean your screen with the alcohol. I'm surprised you haven't clean it yet...
Does anyone else have a problem with fingerprints on their dhd screen?
When cleaning the screen the prints just smudge rather than wipe off.
I dont want to use any screen protectors due to air bubbles in them and reducing touchscreen sensitivity.
Does anyone have any tried and tested methods to reduce marks or at least an easy way of cleaning.
Thanks
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I've had a screen protector on my DHD for 9 months and it doesn't cause any issues and there are no bubbles. I went to an HTC store and let the "professional" install it. I'm sure the service will vary, but the guy that did mine really knew what he was doing. In fact he had trouble with the 1st film and threw it away and started over with a 2nd film, no extra charge.
I clean my screen almost daily using a cleaner made for glasses (the kind you wear) and wipe it with a cloth also for glasses. That doesn't appear to have had any adverse affect after 9 months.
Not sure if that helps...
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Does anyone else have a problem with fingerprints on their dhd screen?
When cleaning the screen the prints just smudge rather than wipe off.
I dont want to use any screen protectors due to air bubbles in them and reducing touchscreen sensitivity.
Does anyone have any tried and tested methods to reduce marks or at least an easy way of cleaning.
Thanks
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I am using screen protector from day 1 on my Desire HD. Never had any issues.
I install it myself (this is like installing protectors for almost 5 years, and I change them in every 6 months)...
Use that, good for screen protection.
Thanks for the advice. Due to the cost I will buy some. If I don't like them I can throw them away without losing anything.
Are the screen protectors you use finger print resistant. And if so, are they actually resistant? Thanks
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Thanks for the advice. Due to the cost I will buy some. If I don't like them I can throw them away without losing anything.
Are the screen protectors you use finger print resistant. And if so, are they actually resistant? Thanks
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I Usually take them from ebay, they are cheap and work good for at-least few month.
Currently I am using screen protector which comes with case-mate barely there case, it is good one...
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Thanks for the advice. Due to the cost I will buy some. If I don't like them I can throw them away without losing anything.
Are the screen protectors you use finger print resistant. And if so, are they actually resistant? Thanks
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Invisible shield is really good. Plus lifetime replacements and you can get professional installs
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I use Copter screen protectors. I think its far superior to anything else. Invisible shield is too thick and provides too much friction.
My experience is that screenprotecter is no need for, because when u treat your phone good and have a case and not keys in same pocket as your dhd then it will almost not get any scratches and the ones it get are not really visible to the eye.
Oh yeah I use the cleaning for glasses to clean the dhd, it works great but the screen will have fast finger prints again anyway.
Just to update.
i bought some screen protectors off ebay. £1.65. for10. So really cheap. Very slight reduction to sensitivity to touch screen. No problem though.
best of all no fingerprints (so far anyway )
thanks for the advice guys.
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Use a micro fibre cloth.
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Use a micro fibre cloth.
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micro fibre cloths proved no better than any other. a standard duster seemed best.
Have a little trick if you are applying the screen protector yourself.
Damp a clth and wipe the screen. After that there most probably wouldn't be any bubbles
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The guys at the HTC store use clear tape to hold one end of the film to allow lifting it easily if it's not quite right on the first try.
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Regardless of how much I clean the screen I always seem to end up with a few specks of dust underneath. Any tips?
Here is what you do. Have humidity in the air to keep the dust at bay. So go into the bathroom and turn the shower on where it's hot and steamy. Let the room get humid, but not where you can't see what your doing. I usually use a alcohol wipe first to remove oils. Then polish with a microfiber cloth and apply the protector. Works every time for me.
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Regardless of how much I clean the screen I always seem to end up with a few specks of dust underneath. Any tips?
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Depends.. I have improvised a makeshift clean room before.. if you clean the bathroom thoroughly and close the door and allow the shower to run on HOT to steam up the room... once the steam settles the dust should settle with it..
this is kinda extreme.. but have done this in the past when working on a hard drive and had to take the top off of the unit to free a stuck head..
That is overkill for this.. Just find an area with little or no airflow.. clean the area thoroughly.. and set everything there that you need and try to not stir up dust by moving around too much.... clean the device.. and apply the film....
Lol we were typing almost the same reply at the same time.
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Lol we were typing almost the same reply at the same time.
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Yeah.. and I get a 5 minute delay before I could post it.. Still a noob here.
Steam room is a great idea. Thanks.
Steam room is the best bet, but if you can't do that, I always have a micro-fiber cleaning cloth on hand and some canned air duster. I wipe the screen down real good, give it a few blasts of air, double check for anything and go from there.
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Regardless of how much I clean the screen I always seem to end up with a few specks of dust underneath. Any tips?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1745305
try that, nothing as complicated as a steamy room, but with easily great results
I always had issues to like the OP. I found that using my downstairs bathroom which is hardly used helped a lot. All I did was wash my hands throughly without drying them. Then polished my screen with a microfiber cloth before putting on my DRY screen protector. It went on flawlessly and I have perfect optics. Couldn't be happier.
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I usually go to the kitchen and just turn the fan on, works like a charm for me.
I am having this weird square mark on my back button that can easily track fingerprint. Let just say my screen is now totally clean without any fingerprints. With the phone turned off, if I started tabbing my thumb on the back button my finger print will be noticeably shown as a square. The size of the square fingerprint mark will be just big enough to cover the light of the button when you turn your phone on. It seems like there is a square portion on top of the back button that are easily tracked with fingerprints. I tried to wipe this particular part with hot moisturized cloth and alcohol but it doesn't seem to work.I do not notice this on the other side, and I am just wandering if any of you having this same problem. If you do, are there any ways to fix this? Thanks Alot!
me too man (but I got on back button, under home button, and next to "back" button !! LOL)...we can't clean. I try everything.
maybe we can remove only by glass polished (but we got gorilla glass so I think it will not work). Also you can put ultra crystal screen protector.
I will try tonight clean with gasoline...if that will not work also....than we can do nothing about it.
I often use my glass cleaning cloth to clean the entire front including the back button and it seems to work great on its own
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I often use my glass cleaning cloth to clean the entire front including the back button and it seems to work great on its own
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No its still there.
I have been using alchol to keep wiping it everyday and it seems to lighten it a bit. I also tried blowdrying that particular part and wipe it with alcohol right after. It seems to lighten it a bit but it is still there. I guess we just very lucky -_-
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