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[G1 Accessories] cthuga:
smartphone experts screen protectors

I made the unfortunate purchase of te smartphone experts screen protectors from the store.androidcommunity.com site. I put one on my g1 and my wifes g1 and we were both displeased by how warped to colors especially with a light/white background. There are thousands of tiny color blemishes that show up with these, beware. In addition they feel like rubber and yopu finger doesn't glide, it mmostly skipps acroess the screen. Definitely noticably crappy all arounf. Just wanted to post sine I am shopping for 2 replacements and didn't want other ppl making the same mistake.

Ciao
[G1 Accessories] Tawm:
Using the screen protector that came with the G1, applied it first time no bubbles :D (UK G1 came with a screen protector, stickers and 8GB memory card)
[G1 Accessories] nickmgray:
I'm not a huge fan on screen protectors. I purchased the invisible shield one when I first got the G1, but removed it after a few weeks. I've had my G1 since launch, using it every day. It's in my pocket most the time (sometime with my keys and other crap I carry around). I've droppen my phone a few times, but the screen is still completely scratch free.

In my opinion, a screen protector is not needed for the G1, but if what you need is peace of mind, I'd suggest going the Scotch Packaging tape route. Scotch 3850 is their heavy duty clear packaging tape, and as another person noted, it's the exact width of the G1's screen. (I used this on the HTc Touch for a year or so).
[G1 Accessories] Brutal-Force:
Two reasons why I use Screen Protectors

1) Ever once in a while I don't wear a belt, so I can't carry my G1 in a case, So I put it in my pocket. If you accidentally have a couple coins or a set of keys in your pocket, you may very well scratch it when you sit down.

2) I am a mechanic by trade, so although I wear latex gloves to work, I occasionally get different types of petroleum products/cleaners on my hands. Some can be very caustic and damaging to plastic, so the screen protector helps me there.

As a matter of fact, I can see when my protector gets scratches in it or gets a "chemical burn"
[G1 Accessories] AsaSpades:
Id say its good to have a screen protector, I still have the one from the factory on my G1 and it has scratches on it and I have no idea from what. I have never dropped my phone or put it face down on anything, and while its in my pocket I make sure to never have anything else in that pocket.
[G1 Accessories] blufabric:
just bought one, ill take some pics and video when i get it..
[G1 Accessories] dissonance:
There's a video of it on the iphone on thier site. If you'll notice when he turns the screen on it seems that it still reflects quite a bit. I think I would find that highly annoying. Would love to have a reflective screen though.
[G1 Accessories] ultra spikey:
A friend of mine has it on his Iphone. It's cool, but he says it dims the screen and has to turn the brightness all the way up, which would definately kill the G1's battery.
[G1 Accessories] kron2:
I have it and don't like it at all with the screen on it reflects to much dimes the screen and finger prints stick out and the touch screen don't seam as responsive with it on. I am going back to a plain screen protector had the Reflective screen protector for three days
[G1 Accessories] uberingram:
That would be called normal wear and tear.
[G1 Accessories] AsaSpades:
which is why its good to have a screen protector
[G1 Accessories] blufabric:
I finally got my reflective screen in!

PROS:

-Screen looks awesome (turned off)

-Better response

CONS:

-Finger Print magnet (but not too bad)

-Color warp

I havent tested the screen out in plain sunlight but ill get back to you guys when I do.

The pics arent that great since my camera sucks.
[G1 Accessories] :
How high is the brightness set on those pictures?
[G1 Accessories] blufabric:
in the pictures the brightness is set to the max...

by the way i installed the reflective sheet protector on top of the screen protector i already had which may cause the color warp thingy..

overall im loving my screen,

you guys should try it out theyre really cheap on ebay...
[G1 Accessories] Meltus:
mine arrived today, the colour warp is terrible. gives me a headache after a while =/

also it picks up fingerprints like you wouldn't believe.
[G1 Accessories] blufabric:
my color warp isnt that bad, its barely noticable, i guess it depends on the quality of the sheet.
[G1 Accessories] Meltus:
suppose mine was cheap as **** :)

i've started to get used to it now though and once i got past the colour warp i actually quite like it.
[G1 Accessories] blufabric:
lol did you buy it in ebay?
[G1 Accessories] Meltus:
nah, amazon. think i should have gone for eBay though, i love paypal :)

but anyway, i took mine off today. i dunno if i bought a bad quality one or whatever, but here's what was wrong with mine:

CONS

- Hard to get "bubble free". they kept popping up all over about 10 minutes after applying and i couldn't get rid of them.

- Colour Warp was awful. it rendered my phone almost useless as it gave me a headache just looking at it. kinda got used to it after a while but it was still too much.

- Useless in bright light and even outside on an over-cast day (which, let's face it, is every day in the UK), thought my screen had broke to begin with.

- Fingerprints. holy hell. this was the main thing. just pressing my thumb lightly on the screen left an incredibly detailed fingerprint that was clearly visible with the screen on and more so when it was off. After about a day, there was so many smudges and prints on the screen it became hard to see the screen!! (ok. a bit of an over exaggeration, but you get the idea.)

PROS

- The mirror is quite a nice looking (albeit useless) addition.

not saying it's a bad accessory, just that mine was ****ing terrible :P
[G1 Accessories] blufabric:
wow that sounds REAL bad!

the one i have isn't even close to your descriptions above, i guess you did end up buying a crappy one!

this is the link for the ebay seller which i bought mine from, just in case anyone wants to try it out..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=150327197345
[G1 Accessories] goldenu:
Cellet screen protector: avoid

Hey all,

I just got a G1, so I went to Fry's to grab a cover; the only one available was from Cellet. I put the thing on at home and I'm terribly disappointed. The surface has been textured to hide fingerprints, but in so doing, they've made hundreds of miniature light flares on the surface of the screen that render it truly ugly...in one moment the most beautiful screen I'd ever had became one of the worst.

To add a bit of insult to injury, the damn thing was $7 when I could have gotten one on ebay for $2 with free shipping...:mad:
[G1 Accessories] subguy812:
Wish I had seen this post........earlier. It is nice to not have finger prints but the grainy look does not do it for me
[G1 Accessories] Beast84:
You get used to the look... I've had one of these anti glare ones that doesn't have fingerprints on my ipod for like a year already & I barely notice its on there
[G1 Accessories] djind:
Just got mine.. The color warp really is terrible, makes my eyes hurt. I think I will remove this and look for another one. Anyone any suggestions with shipping to the Netherlands?

Link to the one I bought:

http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=270312586958&Category=10364#ebayphotohosting
[G1 Accessories] KPeriod:
Should I still try and put on this screen protector? Looking for opinions

I received a free scree protector when I purchased the phone (it's a BestSkinsEver screen protector) but it was dirty (the person I bought i from threw it in for free). The edges are a little dirty and I'm wondering if I should bother trying to put it on (as in my soapy water mixture might clean it as I apply the screen). In my opinion I think they're going to stick there when I put the skin on and not come off unless I try picking at them one at a time or something and it's just not worth it to put this one on.

What do you think?

Best pic I could take with the phone are attached.
[G1 Accessories] juangil:
since you are going to use water and soap I will wash then very good and if the dirt doesn't come off, Not worth it to install
[G1 Accessories] KPeriod:
I went ahead and installed it.

Solid screen protector, all that dirt came off after rubbing it around in the soapy solution for a bit.
[G1 Accessories] subguy812:
I have been having bad luck with screen protectors. I DID have a mirrored one on my phone. The screen looks good when the phone is off and as previously stated the color warp is bad. It not only made my eyes hurt it kinda made me feel queazy. It lasted an hour before I couldn't handle it anymore. I noticed I had to bump the brightness up to 70% to get a good screen, obviously not good for battery life. Also the finger printing was horrible. I am now trying to adjust to Cellet. I didn't notice a previous post about it and bought it right after the mirrored debacle, it is like a non finger printing type, which is good, but it causes graininess in the look of the screen. I am accustomed to clear screen protectors, so as previously posted I am trying to adapt to this grainy look. I know I show only a couple of posts, but I have been a lurker since '06, I will try to contribute more in the future.
[G1 Accessories] JackD3ath:
i just got one from fry's and it is completely clear. Maybe its a different one. But the brand is the same, Cellet. I was pleased for 7 bones.
[G1 Accessories] guhenry:
Protection film bought just for Magic ROM 4.5

Last week, with the HTC Magic ROM 4.5 which is being updated almost every day, I was busy upgrading my G1 every night. Haykuro, a diligent G1 ROM expert from XDA, brought the ROM with Cupcake feature we long for to us inspite of the delay of HTC Magic from Vodafone which promised to launch in April.

With the stable and almost full function in RC33 or RC9, the virtual keyboard has been support along with the build in IME framework, the kernal version is 1.5 which is the same as Cupcake. So finally Cupcake comes on schedule. Also contributed by a Chinese G1 expert from China, I can use 3 kinds of Chinese input method as following:

Google PinYin Input Method

HTC PinYin Input Method

HTC Handwriting Input Method with full screen input support

I use HTC Handwriting Input Method almost all the time after I have Magic ROM 4.5 flashed on my black G1, for chatting via IM+ and Palringo, surfing the internet, and reply the Chinese SMS directly using the build in Messaging client.

A new problem raises up when I using the Handwriting Input so frequently. The original protection film is too smooth so that my finger for input has been lagged due to its sticking to the film. it has a huge impact when I was happy chatting with my buddies on G1, which makes me annoyed. So I make a quick decision to buy a Capdase protection film with blur surface, I have it pasted on my G1 yesterday and the feeling of handwriting is perfect, I am so happy with that and can't help sharing the pictures with you:

If you are a G1 user loves to input with handwriting, go buy one blur film for you, I bet you would come here and leave a comment with appreciation after you used it!

PS: Thanks for liam to let me re-post the pictures!
[G1 Accessories] TheDudeOfLife:
Where is that report to moderator button...
[G1 Accessories] liamhere:
Posting photos

please don't splash adverts over them.....thats is spam!

you have now been warned.

also moved thread to correct part of the forum
[G1 Accessories] jashsu:
:confused: I don't see anything blatantly problematic about the first post, other than the fact that maybe it belongs under Dream accessories subforum rather than dev.

Edit: The url in the pics only pointed to his blog. I guess he was just stamping them on to prevent folks from stealing his pictures. Doesn't seem like advertisement to me, but whatev.
[G1 Accessories] tehseano:
Need Help Selecting A Screen Protector Asap

Alright well I'm been browsing a lot of these threads looking at people's choices for protectors and they seem to vary. The main ones I have been looking at are these:

Crystal Film

http://www.powersupportusa.com/product/show/crystal-film-for-iphone-3g

Screenguardz

http://www.screenguardz.com/ScreenGuardz_for_T_Mobile_G1_p/nl-stg1-1008.htm

Screenguardz HD

http://www.screenguardz.com/ScreenGuardz_HD_for_T_Mobile_G1_p/nl-htg1-1008.htm

The screenguard HD says it is applied with adhesive, but still claims to come off flawlessly without residue. Any suggestions? The regular screenguards are $10 for x15 of em, vs $15 for x2 or x3. I don't know much about the differences, so any help I would appreciate greatly.

I don't have a problem spending the dough on it, just if it really doesn't make THAT much of a difference, .75 a sheet is much better than like $5 lol.
[G1 Accessories] zeezee:
I recommend the Invisible Shield. It is applied with water - meaning no residue. :eek:
[G1 Accessories] tehseano:
I've heard a bit of bad mouth towards the invisible shield, as one specifically not to use from numerous sources. Thanks for the input though, I do appreciate it.
[G1 Accessories] dashed:
Go with phantom skins or best skins ever. If you want the wrap around corners go with phantom skins, if not best skins is cheaper. Research about each, the material they use is much more durable then the sticky-backed screen protectors.
[G1 Accessories] jashsu:
My vote is for EXiM, or any other static-cling based non-adhesive protector (I believe NuShield is a similar product). The EXiMs have a pretty decent anti-scratch coating too. I could keep my Dream in a coat pocket without a case and not develop hairline scratches on the protector surface. Good quality protectors tend to be somewhat expensive; about $5-$10 for a single piece. I would not recommend the Invisible Shields. While they supposedly have great scratch resistance, the necessity to use liquid to apply them is worrying.

One minor thing to note-- if you are borderline OCD then this may apply to you. When you apply the Invisible Shield, you basically have to get it right on the first time, as once it is applied you basically destroy the screen protector to remove it. If you get a single speck of dust under the protector, you are stuck with it for good. I have never once applied a screen protector of any type without any dust getting underneath on the first try. Using a cling-based screen protector, it is very easy to remove small bits of dust without having to lift and reapply the entire protector. Simply stick a piece of tape onto a corner of the protector, carefully pull the corner up using the tape tab, then lightly touch the dust particle with a piece of tape stuck to a popsicle stick. You can also remove bits of dust on the protector's cling surface using this method, since the sticky side of tape will not adhere to the cling surface.
[G1 Accessories] Chainfire:
I swear by Brando Ultra-Clear's :)
[G1 Accessories] jashsu:
Another very popular non-adhesive protector (Sometimes they are referred to as silicone adhesive or 'washable').
[G1 Accessories] KPeriod:
Go on eBay and buy like 6 iPhone screen protectors for a dollar from hongkong and cut out the screen shape yourself and use that.

If you're against that then get a bestskinsever screen protector (email them and arrange to buy just the screen, not the whole body, they will accommodate you).
[G1 Accessories] charnsingh_online:
Grainy Screen Protector

Any body knows what we officially call the grainy screen protector. Its surface feels grainy and is very easy to work on. No fingerprints and no scratching. If somebody gives me a link to the product would be really nice. I had it on my iPhone and now ant it on my G1
[G1 Accessories] roomer11:
Anti-Glare?!

Brando

Boxwave
[G1 Accessories] LadyDi:
I purchased the 2 stylus + 2 screen protectors out an addiction for purple (stylus) and needing a thicker stylus for my work handheld unit. The screen protectors I have are a lil short on length but wide enough width wise. I didn't even think of them til I read this post. I am still using the plastic on it out of the factory box. Neither piece has been removed and I'm, as of today, 2 weeks into it.

PS -what about these?? - http://cgi.ebay.com/4X-MIRROR-SCREEN-PROTECTOR-For-HTC-Dream-T-Mobile-G1_W0QQitemZ270410789755QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPDA_Accessories?hash=item3ef5bd337b&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1240|293%3A2|294%3A50
[G1 Accessories] tekkitan:
I'm using the screen protector that came on my G1 when I opened the box. I just used a razor and cut the little tab off of it. Seems to work well for me and my heavy use.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] M6D:
So basically what happened was I unlocked my bootloader using this tutorial https://wiki.pixelexperience.org/devices/fajita/install/#unlocking-the-bootloader after that I flashed the Pixel Experience Recovery and I did the rest of the steps. After all of that my phone worked perfectly and i had Pixel Experience Plus installed but I wanted to have TWRP Recovery instead of the Pixel Experience Recovery so I asked on the XDA discord on how I would flash TWRP if I already have Pixel Experience Recovery, then some guy told me to just flash TWRP in fastboot like I did for the Pixel Experience Recovery, so I did. After doing that I realized that was a huge mistake because my phone started booting only to TWRP. I looked around in TWRP and I found a button that said "Fix Recovery Bootloop" so I did that. After doing that my phone booted but my wifi wasn't working and my sound wasn't working. By sound I mean not only the speakers, but also when I connected my headphones via Bluetooth. If I switched to slot b on TWRP it would bootloop and after bootlooping 2 times brought me to the Pixel Experience Recovery saying that I might have corrupted my data and an option to factory reset. I clicked on the back arrow and booted into the bootloader and typed on my pc "fastboot boot twrp.img" and got back into TWRP recovery and switched the slot back to a. After switching it back it once again started booting into TWRP recovery when I tried to boot to the system. I did the same thing going to the settings and clicking "Fix recovery bootloop" and got back in the system. Sadly all of my problems still remain. Could someone here tell me what I should do and how to fix my phone?
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] Huskied:
If the Sound+Wifi is the only thing that's killing you, Installing a Custom Kernel should do the trick.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] M6D:
What custom kernel do you recommend? Also I can't load videos on my phone. I'm running Android 11 btw.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] Huskied:
MCD is worth a shot.
[Introductions] Yordan307sw:
Hi guys. I'm new member. I'm 40 years old from Sofia, Bulgaria
[Introductions] woodman:
Welcome aboard @Yordan307sw !
[General Questions and Answers] Nyan Min Tun:
Hello my phone redmi note 8 is rooted by magisk Twrp method and working well but today i tried to reboot my device and my phone don't open. It only show bootloader interface and I only can do is opening twrp menu(volume up + powerbottom). I also tried to pressing power bottom but it still fastbooting. So what should I do ,I also want to know what problem is it? Please answer my question guys.
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
Hint: Add Redmi Note 8 to this thread's title thus mainly owners of such a phone get addressed.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Questions] ΞLЯIC:
I have an issue with what I believe to be HDR, when viewing a video through a web browser, in windowed view on the webpage it looks ok but as soon as you fullscreen it there will be a second in during that animation where HDR is applied but then turns off, meaning deeper blacks and brighter colours are no more and it just looks washed out, It happens in a number of applications.

I've read that AMOLED screens can be known for having a "tint", There appears to be a strong green one on my S21, My Huawei looks accurate according to my computer monitor and just what I've come to know as "normal", Samsung just looks like it's covered in green slime or something, the contrast seems ok but colours (mostly black) is definitely not accurate. And I mean a dark grey more so than black as the pixels would be off.

Is this just me or have Samsung made the screen with this filter out of the box to decrease eye strain from blue light? that would make sense to me.

If I open Spotify on my Huawei P20 and S21 the Huawei will look far more colour accurate than my Samsung. No matter what I do, I just can't get it to present colours the way it should. The RGB slider in settings barely does anything. Thinking I might have a defective screen here but not sure, everything else works just fine. - I'm going to go to a three store (UK service provider) and try to compare with what they have in stock.

Can I modify RGB values past what is offered in settings? Or is it possible that I have a defective display?
[General Questions and Answers] bhargavpatel6349:
My Samsung Galaxy Grand prime 4G is Dead After Flash error In odin please help what to do

no starting, no charging light, also unable to come in download mode or recovery mode and fastboot mode completely dead

please help what to do any way to start this phone (software crash)

##samsungdead #samsunggalaxydead #odinflashproblem #deadafterflash #samsunggalaxygrandprime4g #samsunggalaxydead #odinflashproblem #deadafterflash #samsunggalaxygrandprime4g
[General Questions and Answers] jareddarkweb:
I'm trying to root my Moto g play and I was able to unlock the bootloader but I can't get past that any help would be awesome I'm trying to flash nethunter as well
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
AFAIK the phone is running Android 10, hence it comes by default with TOYBOX ( no root ) installed. All you have to do is to flash TOYBOX v0.8.5 what comes with SU ( read: root ).
[General Questions and Answers] jareddarkweb:
How do I flash toybox?
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
If you have a Custom Recovery installed, then you

1. create a flashable TOYBOX-UPDATE.ZIP what contains all the necessary files incl. updater-script

2. flash this ZIP via the Custom Recovery

otherwise, if you can successfully establish an ADB connection, you

1. create a Windows CMD file that contains all the necessary commands

2. connect computer with phone

2. run the Windows CMD file
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] Beerdwolf:
Hey guys is there a way to manually install the update that made esim available for the tmo note 20 ultra?

I'm deployed in Ukraine at the moment and I'm assuming you'd need to connect to tmobiles us network to get the ota, which is not possible.

Just hoping I can manually install somehow so I can use a local sim and still have my us plan on esim for 2fa stuff. Would rather not buy another phone and tired of needing to carry around a wifi puck everywhere
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gottifour:
Does anyone know if the text messaging will be threaded similar to wm 6.1?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rantrav:
it will be similar but yet not similar....................it will be threaded but it wont be all pretty; but yes threaded there is a video that shows this i dont recall which one due to the fact that there are like 30 videos on youtube......but its there somewhere
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gottifour:
Thanks for the reply...I really got used to the 6.1 version. I hope somebody way smarter than me develops a nice program similar to what we have been using.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rantrav:
with this being so open...the sky is the limit on what can be done...look at what people have done with WM on here. These guys will be computing their fingers off making new apps...i am sure that we will not have to use the android market..im sure that people will make apps-> download to computer->use computer to put on our SD-> install to phone...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Valicore:
I like the threaded SMS - It's very smooth for me, kind of like a prettier IRC.