[Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact Accessories] ghos_:
Hi all, joined just to post this in hopes that this helps all XZ2C owners trying to get a proper tempered glass for our phones

As you know, due to the curved screens of the XZ2C (and most modern phones), theres not really any tempered glass that allows both full coverage and full adhesive

[IMG="xz2"]https://imgur.com/a/IsoBpX6[/IMG]

Tempered glass options available are either:

1. Full "coverage", they are either transparent or with black borders, but they only have adhesives on the sides of the glass, meaning while they do cover most of the screen, there is an air gap in the middle which results in a visible reduction of screen quality and there are visible "dots"

2. Full adhesive, glass that have full adhesive on its entire surface, but do not extend all the way out to the edges due to the curved edges, those that do extend out more end up with visible "gaps" at the edges

I've not found any vendors selling UV+Full tempered glass (eg whitestone style) sets for the XZ2 Compact, so I decided to attempt to make one myself, by doing so, I have finally found a way to achieve a true, full adhesive and full coverage tempered glass for our XZ2 compacts, no air gap, no side edges and no dots

However, as I currently do not have enough posts, I am unable to post images of what i have done (but will probably do it once my post count is high enough or if someone is kind enough to post them for me!)

Things needed

1. You will need to order those "full coverage" style tempered glass for the xz2 compact, the ones with only the side adhesive. The one I used is black bordered with a cut out for the "sony" logo at the bottom, when placed on the phone (with protective cover still on) it should cover most of the screen

2. LOCA UV glue tube (the same type that comes with a typical UV glass set, can be bought from aliexpress for around $4 per tube, get at least 2 or 3 in case you make a mistake)

3. UV nail lamp

4. Knife (I used xacto)

We need to remove all the "layers" from the tempered glass in order to make it suitable for application, first, remove all the side adhesive from the tempered glass using a knife, start from the corner, once enough of it comes off you can pinch it and peel all of it off.

Once all the adhesive is removed, you may want to remove the second film layer, this film contains the dot matrix pattern and covers the entire glass and offers some protection if the glass is ever shattered, but will also result in ugly dots being visible, in my case I just removed it as I did not like the dots. Same method, starting at the corner with your knife, remove enough of it until you can "pinch" the film off (in my case the film also contains the black border) until you are left with a clean empty glass.

Clean the glass and make sure there are no residue or dust on the back side of it. Clean the phone's glass as well, you are ready to start UV application. There are many youtube videos teaching how to apply uv glass (eg, whitestone) and the steps are the same here.

*For those who have not tried UV glass application before, a helpful tip is to practice by pouring a coin sized "drop" of water on the phone's glass (our XZ2s is ip68) and then slow laying the tempered glass on top of it and letting the water spread out until it covers the whole screen, the consistency of the glue is very similar to water.

Ensure the speaker grills are covered (top and bottom of the XZ2 compact) so the glue does not get in and clog them and that you are on a level surface (so that the glue does not spill to the side), begin application.

Once the glass is placed properly and the glue has spread and excess glue cleaned up, set the glue by exposing it to the UV lamp (again, see youtube)

Thats it, you now have a full coverage, full adhesive tempered glass for your XZ2 Compact, enjoy!