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[Xperia Play General] axiomjunglist:
Yeah the Arc has it too, it's driving people crazy. Officially it's listed as "Shatter proof sheet on scratch-resistant mineral glass".

People have reported success removing it carefully with an x-acto blade as well.

I left mine on and put another thin protector on top immediately after buying it, but I am a total klutz with my phones sometimes so I probably need the extra shatter-proof power :P
[Xperia Play General] AriStar:
I need more people to confirm it is removable, maybe a video.?
[Xperia Play General] gunstar3035:
What, you don't take my word for it? Kidding but seriously...

I would have to be a pretty twisted horrible human being to WANT people to wreck their phones, I can promise that its A) Removable and B) Its better to do so.

I bet the light sensor would work better too!

I have been here for awhile, I'm no troll man. I will tell you what, when I get my Play I will record the whole process and throw it up on my youtube "gunstar1981" search me, I have a bunch of PS3 and 360 repair videos and stuff if you want, along with a Captivate review.

I removed it on my x10, and I will be damn sure to remove it on my Play or Arc (still STILL deciding : / )

*** EDIT: I seen it on both the Play and Arc in Rogers ***
[Xperia Play General] AriStar:
I know, im just paranoid. that would be GREAT if you could post a video, specially with the play :)
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
Same here. I thought I scratched my screen. I'm so glad I found this thread.

I ordered some screen protectors from eBay. I put a cut up iPhone sp on it in the mean time. Lol so I guess I put a screen protector on a screen protector.

I thought it scratched too easy.
[Xperia Play General] gunstar3035:
No problem man.

Atleast with it off you have hardened Mineral Glass. I know other harder minerals like sand and such can scratch the screen but at that point keys should not. It has to be a mineral harder than the Glass to scratch it. With that stupid layer, anything seems to scratch it, even your finger nail could : /

I think I am going with the play though, I love the old school games. I just hope that the Rogers one comes with the pouch because I want to remove the film and NOT use a screen protector.
[Xperia Play General] AriStar:
it does not come with a pouch. all it has is 8GB class2 card, earphones with so-so quality, and charger/battery. literally the bare minimum. no extra screen protector either not that i would want one of these crappy ones.
[Xperia Play General] gunstar3035:
That kinda sucks. I remember when the x10 launched, every video unboxing showed a leather case so when I bought mine (rogers, Cobourg Ontario Canada) it came with next to nothing as well...I wonder why they do that here : /
[Xperia Play General] AriStar:
i know. but what can we do, im stuck with them for the next 3 years lmfao.
[Xperia Play General] emann56:
I just took it off. So much better! Feels better, looks better, and my scratches went away :p Lousy film got scratched up:mad: I couldn't take it anymore that I just took it off.

Here a pic of the film and the phone without the film. It's a rogers xperia play with a windows phone launcher :P
[Xperia Play General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
i need to know how did you remove it :/

because when i go to the store today i will try to remove it. if i was able to, i will buy the phone. otherwise i wont come close to it.

also, can you take a closer pic to your phone " close to where the buttons are " because thats where it shows the screen protector edges the most.

thanks mate
[Xperia Play General] AriStar:
haha nice! how did you do it? my hands arent steady enough to use a pin!
[Xperia Play General] recce5:
Per what most of you have concluded here, it is some kind of pre-applied plastic sheet that supposedly prevent the screen from shattering when the glass is being impacted.

And it serves a double function by protecting the screen surface as well for those of you who do not want to spend on the screen protector. However, it seems the sheet is quite prone to scratches as there are already a few on mine.

For those more adventurous, you can remove the sheet and use it as it is as the actual LCD surface is supposedly more scratch resistent than the plastic sheet. For those prefer to be on the safe side and can't stand to see scratches on the screen, you should get another protector and apply it on top of this plastic sheet so that you can easily change the 2nd protector when there are scratches on it.
[Xperia Play General] emann56:
I just kept picking at the botton corner where the back button is.
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
Thanks guys youve been dead usefull, in the end i decided to attack my screen with a steak knife lol took me about 5 mins to get the protector off, but the glass screen underneath is perfect :D no scratches like b4 haha
[Xperia Play General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
you are brave....
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
I used the tip, with the edge pointing away from the screen, anyway the screen protector is that thick it would be hard to damage the screen :)
[Xperia Play General] Nhialor:
I'm interested in doing this, care to share how?
[Xperia Play General] AriStar:
i will do it as soon as i get my xtreme guard in.
[Xperia Play General] thatsupnow:
does it make the screen any brighter? or is it just the same? if it does ill just rip that thing off but if not the thing has no scratches and ive got another protector on top of it :)
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
how does it affect the glare from things like the sun or light bulbs?

I don’t have any problems with brightness.
[Xperia Play General] gunstar3035:
It doesn't affect glare, SHATTER PROOF FILM...not "Anti glare from Sun and Light bulbs film".

Its good that you have no issue with the screen brightness, but for others that absolutely HATE that they can't contol the brightness themselves, the shatter proof film removed from over the sensor may help them a bit.
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
You seem angry or something. It was honest question. If you go into settings under display there is a brightness setting. It does not go very bright for sure but it is there.
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
Also my question wasn't for you so if you don't like the question then simply don't answer it.
[Xperia Play General] gunstar3035:
No man not angry in the slightest. I was just kidding around. Its hard to get a feel for what people are saying when typing without inflection. I am sorry if I offended you.
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
It's cool.
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
So have you ever been in the Cobourg bucket?

lol 2 of my brothers have.
[Xperia Play General] gunstar3035:
I have no clue what that is lol. I grew up in Port Hope so I don't know a lot of the Cobourg stuff : )
[Xperia Play General] DeadlyDazza:
Decided to remove mine this morning after reading this topic.

Well thanks a lot guys my phone screen is now ruined.

Only joking!

I should've removed that pos a month ago when I got my Play.

The screen looks so much more vibrant now.

A little sticky but only to the touch, can't see anything but a mint, scratchless screen.

I'm sure the stickyness will wear off in a couple of days once any risidual dicipates.
[Xperia Play General] WelshPaul:
The trouble is by removing the shatter proof film should you drop your phone and break the screen the glass is going to fall to bit's. You will have an unusable phone, by having the shatter proof film on the handset the screen may be damaged/cracked but the film holds it in place and it's still possible to use the phone.

I have a couple of hair line scratches on my screen but i am not removing my shatter proof film, well just yet anyway lol
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
It is the jail. Lol anyone gets busted west of brighten they get put their.

I grew up in Trenton.
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
If my screen broke I wouldn't use it either way. I would get it repaired or replaced. I'm thinking of removing mine also.
[Xperia Play General] WelshPaul:
Well so would i but at least i would be able to use my phone while i wait for the replacement parts, the amount of people i have seen using phones that have a cracked screen is shocking. but in all fairness to the manufacturers those handsets still worked!

And at present there are no replacement screens or digitizers for sale regarding the play.
[Xperia Play General] AriStar:
holy crap you scared me.
[Xperia Play General] svenk919:
Victory, got it safely removed, easiest way to start peeling for me was at the side of the buttons (return or search). Just poked it a bit with a fine screwdriver until I could get a tweezer underneath.
[Xperia Play General] AriStar:
ill remove mine soon as i get my REAL scratch resistant screen protector in the mail.
[Xperia Play General] axiomjunglist:
You guys are making me want to try it, lol. I've never cracked any of my phone screens over the years, despite the occasional small drops. Even if it did crack I would probably just replace the whole phone anyway (or repair if I could).

One of my friends still has the original 1st gen iPhone and never had a screen protector on it the entire time, and barely any blemishes on the glass. If the Play's glass is anything like that it probably would be fine without a protector unless you drop it hard enough to crack it.

edit: Going around looking at people's phones in my office, lol. Half of them don't have protectors and the screens look fine. The other half have crappy protectors like mine with bubbles and/or scratches. Hmm...

edit2: Think I'm going to remove the sh*tty 2nd protector and leave the original factory one on for a bit. I surf a lot during the summer and I'm afraid of getting sand on my screen. Maybe I should just leave it in the car instead of my beach bag :P
[Xperia Play General] alreadyused:
That was enough for me; after a few seconds picking at the same corner with my finger nail I managed to get it lifted. The shatter proofing sheet is quite stiff and rigid, much more so than any screen protector I've used before.

Once I'd lifted enough to get a finger and thumb to it I gently peeled across the bottom until I had the whole edge lifted and then changed my grip on the phone and sheet to peel it off evenly all the way down (up?) the screen.

Here is some pics of the shatter proofing sheet as I'd got the corner started.

Now that was done with I fitted my own screen protector. It was the third time I've fitted one (2x HTC Desire + this one) and I'm quite pleased with the job. There is a couple of bobbles at the top corner as I had to lift it and start again when I got the alignment wrong. Also the manufacturing wasn't great as the left edge has a slight curve in it and the cut-out at top centre wasn't laser cut cleanly.

Here's some pics with the new protector on.

Hope this helps/encourages some of you to do this. The shatter proof sheet does scratch easily and if all it does is hold the shards of glass together if it breaks then the new protector should do that anyway.

D.

p.s Sorry about the image sizes. I did try to get thumbs working but to no avail.
[Xperia Play General] axiomjunglist:
Good pics! Can you share any of the phone with no shatter guard/protector on?

I just took my 3rd party protector off and have to say already I see a huge improvement in screen clarity and responsiveness just by going down to the factory shatter guard. Two layers on top of the glass is kind of silly. We'll see how long it takes before I get the nerve to go down to bare glass :P
[Xperia Play General] alreadyused:
Sorry dude. Didn't take any pics at that point.
[Xperia Play General] AriStar:
thanks for the pics!
[Xperia Play General] Nhialor:
Got mine off last night. Was too happy. Looks so much better
[Xperia Play General] T3mpr1x:
Wow, reading all of this has gotten me interested in removing it as well. Gonna replace it with a Zagg Invisible Shield - those things are the best screen protectors I've ever used. It's mostly so that if I were to bump into anything while the phone is in my pocket and a scratch results it'd be done to the protector and not the regular glass - you can replace the screen protector, but not the glass, at least not for cheap...Besides, I bought this thing to play games with, so if the screen loses any sensitivity I doubt I'll notice, and it'll be minimal at worst.
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
Got what off? LOL Jk
[Xperia Play General] AriStar:
just got mine off and put on a different one. man that thing was thick. the pre applied screen protector i mean.
[Xperia Play General] 4LC4PON3:
I took mine off as well. I was having dimming issues & once I took it off wow. No more dimming issues. The screen has a better feel & is more vibrant. The touch screen now is easily more responsive.
[Xperia Play General] hytin:
I removed mine to on the arc feels nice to use it but a little worried for marks on it no insteed

// Hytin
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
Has anyone scratched their glass after removing it?
[Xperia Play General] tr00st:
I've still got mine on... and have got a huge scratch on my protector...

With my track record for scratching screens, the thing's staying on until I find somewhere to get replacements...
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
Ebay. You can get 5 for $3-$4 easy. I ordered some.
[Xperia Play General] tr00st:
Sweet - hadn't seen any when I last searched... Though that was a while back, I guess... Thanks!
[Xperia Play General] koitsu1010:
Just peeled mine off with a sueing needle screen is brighter auto dim isn't causing anyproblems any more and the responsiveness is 10x better thanks for the tips
[Galaxy S II General] David Horn:
I've never been able to open the Games Hub app on my SGS2 - it simply fails with the error "Application requires working data connection."

It's done it from new, with every firmware update, and occurs whether rooted or not. Wifi/3G connection makes no difference. Is it just me?
[Galaxy S II General] nobnut:
Yes, it is just you...

I connected via Wifi.
[Galaxy S II General] aamirsabahat:
same prob plzz help
[Galaxy S II General] gchildz:
mine is i cant connect to music hub...said not supported
[Galaxy S II General] nic007rvs:
same problem

same problem with me even i updated yesterday but this problem still causing problem, any senior member here to help us
[Galaxy S II General] rudolf895:
I had the same problem..I did not find any particular solution but this is what i did..

Install a cwm recovery supported kernel.

Get into recovery and wiped data n cache..Though i'm not sure if this will work for you'll as well. Still worth a try..

Also gaming hub isnt that good it has most of the market stuff.
[Galaxy S II General] haim1960:
I have also the same problem.

Who know how to fix it?
[Galaxy S II General] nic007rvs:
finally fixed

OK finally i fixed try these step might help you guys as well

1. wipe data and reset phone or either factory restore.

2. when you adding you google account with phone do not synchronize with old data and do not restore previously saved data with google account such as wifi, application setting.

3. once your phone is ready add your wife or be sure you are in network 3g or edge signal range.

4. now open game hub and enjoy.

if this not work let me know
[myTouch 4G General] jester450:
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/05/t-mobile-announces-launch-of-hspa-42mbps-in-50-markets-rocket-3-0-available-may-25th/

With the recent news of TMO launching HSPA+ 42Mbps, wondering if anyone has noticed any sort of speed increase? Where I normally get about 1-2Mbps (at work), I'm hitting 4 1/2Mbps.

I did modify my build.prop to

ro.ril.hsdpa.category = 24

ro.ril.hsxpa = 2

Dont know if changing this made any difference
[myTouch 4G General] epsix:
What the crap no Philadelphia? Philly was the first to have hspa+. This sux
[myTouch 4G General] sunsean:
I don't know what some people do to get these crazy mbps speeds I sometimes see posted...I live in NYC, one of the first markets to get the 42mb bump - but I've never seen my data go above the 3 mbps range...fast enough to be functional, but I'd love to know what setup people are on to get these crazy speeds.
[myTouch 4G General] PermROOT:
They already been testing HSPA+ Rv2 (42mbps link) in few areas but since we have 14.4mb cap on our device and IRL half of that speed you will see if your lucky in a good day.

Far as your setting goes in build.prop:

ro.ril.hsdpa.category = 24 <<< 42.2 Mbit/s

ro.ril.hsxpa=2 <<< HSDPA/HSUPA

Make sure you test it using all the radio as its area dependent. So based on your location you may see better signal (dBm+asu) than other locations and other users. But if you got around 4mbps its normal HSPA+ post speed on Rv1 (21mbps link). Even with Rv2 link you won't get speed increase as it can be just background overhaul. What you can however do is connect via WCDMA which would give you 0.3+% faster upload.

PS: Sup epsix.
[myTouch 4G General] TopazUser1:
Can the cap on our phones be removed or is our hardware incompatible?
[myTouch 4G General] kimbernator:
I've hit more than 10mbps multiple times. That's in Vancouver Washington too.
[myTouch 4G General] kimbernator:
I would also like to know this.
[myTouch 4G General] neidlinger:
with in the build.prop lies a coding that will allow us to increase our data speeds but it will not do much. maybe .03% - .06% growth in speeds. It's hardware restricted. also it has alot to do with Bandwidth being using at the time, and that location. If i'm out at the Hofbrauhaus i can get wicked fast download speed from about 1am - 2am, but during the day it's easily a 1/3 of what i see at night.
[myTouch 4G General] PermROOT:
Hardware standard. Hence the POS SamSUX Vibrant 4G? aka same Vibrant sold as "21mbps" but you will see no diff this is due to the current traffic and provision rate which is placed on each acc. Normally this is done though RAN, RADIUS, ect based profile.

Correct. RadioROM, location, time, network load all plays in to it.
[myTouch 4G General] michael2041:
Its a good upgrade. With hspa+ 21 you can see 10mbps peak on a mt4g, averaging about 5-6. With 42, you can get 10 on average, peaking at 12.
[myTouch 4G General] sunsean:
I'm in midtown Manhattan at work, have 4 bars on H, and have gotten less than 1 mbps 3 speedtests in a row...a couple hours ago I got in the 2mbps range. It is the middle of the day, so I'm sure the network is clogged, but that is nowhere near 21 mbps, let alone 4-5.

As was said, I guess it really varies a lot throughout the day based on time, location, other factors etc.
[myTouch 4G General] brianaz25:
I am in the middle of Chandler AZ with about 4-5 bars of H and I barely get over 2.5M down & 0.5M up... Running Virtuous Fusion ROM 1.0.5 and Radio 26.09.04.26... not seeing a great improvement yet...
[myTouch 4G General] PermROOT:
Let me be clear so people can understand. Our MT4G has 14.4mbps hardware limit which you can't change by editing or even updating the radio framework. Now they can drop 100mbps links as it won't still matter. When they talk about revision link speed they mean for the towers as for overall thus network capacity is increased and more user is supported without crawling bandwidth bottleneck.

Now they have QoS based policies setup on the network to handle it along with standard user radius/ran profile which will simple if they wanted you would be set to 16kbps(2kB[8kbps=1kB]) since we using SI prefix. On top of that time/location/interference also plays factor.

Think of the pipe as the road. The car as the device and the jam is network overhaul capacity. Now it don't matter if you have the fastest car in the world if the road is small thus closing and slowing down the traffic to halt and causing jam. In sense you have to understand the network topology to move it accordingly. So making the road bigger (pipe revision layout exp: 42mbps) they can flow more but does not mean your car can go faster than the original engine.
[myTouch 4G General] Nicgraner:
Oh man up another 3 MBs now I'm up to 8 down 4 up :D
[myTouch 4G General] valve timing:
Here is my recent test running stock rooted rom .30 radio build prop edit.
[myTouch 4G General] GazaIan:
But, the myTouch 4G has a hardware limit of 14.4 mb/s. The best thing we could get from this is that we hit peak speeds, but nothing more.
[myTouch 4G General] dementor123:
Just checked the article, but didnt even find new york city there. Its only launched in long island in ny. Speedtest.net results also confirm there is no improvement.
[myTouch 4G General] 2leaponover1:
Ok, so i'm in Houston which is one of the cities and only see the normal 2-5 depending on the time of day. What do I need to do to see if i can get the faster download speeds? I saw the modification of the prop bld but than someone rambled on about how it may or may not help depending on "stuff that is way over my head". A clarification in laymen terms would be nice.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jonbrookings@gmail.com:
Doe anyone have the default email app I replaced mine and forgot to back it up.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jonbrookings@gmail.com:
Hey guys. 80 some people have checked this thread out. Does anyone have a moment to extract their current email.APk with root explorer? I would really appreciate it I did not realize that captivates email was so different.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jetski:
Here you go, Hope this helps
[Samsung Infuse 4G] rblankman:
you can also use SGS tools samsung galaxy Tab email.apk replacement. it works too.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] SSJ_Gomike:
For those of you who want to change your email app or have already done so and are getting force closes. You need to go into TiBu and wipe data for email and email account info, then uninstall whatever email you have or is not working, reboot phone (this will essentially erase any evidence of an email app) then install the email you want to use whether it be the Infuse stock email, G Tab email or a captivate email per say.....i myself am using the email app from Mikeymike01's Serendipty rom, which is the best in my opinion...

Sent from my Samsung Infuse 4G
[Samsung Infuse 4G] P-tek:
I also had deleted mine. Thanks for posting the apk!

But, for some reason my install of it fails... Anyone get it to work?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Jahallah:
I hated this email app, it's the reason i rooted in the firstplace. normally i wouldn't comment but i'm building my 10, sorry. :o
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jvanlew:
LOL, well this is a first.

What do you mean by "install"? I don't think you can sideload install this app. It would have to be a push to /system/app or a manual copy/paste to /system/app using a root file explorer.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Shawn2shine:
Does anyone have the white letters on black background email.apk for gb? My stock froyo had it but every gb rom I've flashed or checked system apps has a white background for the email apk. Was it only for froyo?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] KingKongApeBoy:
http://db.tt/A87HaW5B

Sent from my Samsung Infuse 4G-CM7-3/1
[Samsung Infuse 4G] penpen72:
I can't get this to work to save myself! I downloaded the apk...went to root explorer and moved to system/app and went to open and install and it won't go...fails every time! Suggestions?
[Streak 5 General] dellstreakguy:
Has anyone read on this new 5 in screen phone thats about to drop. Specs sound pretty good. I might make the jump if it comes to the states. Here's the engadget link.

http://tinyurl.com/3oy4l4t
[Streak 5 General] Deleted member 3105162:
I must have that.
[Streak 5 General] hpacura:
Let's see if Dell will surprise us all with similar spec on the new streak .. LOL
[Streak 5 General] ameiurus:
Two words: Battery Life

The deal-maker for me will be battery life. Some guy on the ATT forums says he's getting about 5-6 hours of battery life from his Samsung Infuse and that's a deal-breaker for me. Hopefully the Pantech engineers will surprise us with something that can last the day w/o plugging it in....
[Streak 5 General] Kumouri:
Hopefully it'll be available outside of Korea, as well, otherwise a lot of us are gonna have to get down there somehow. And with unsubsidized pricing it'll probably cost a pretty little penny.