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[Touch HD Accessories] TripleMPower:
Here are pictures of my HTC Touch HD with the bestskinsever installed.

I have put the capdase screen protector instead on the screen because it is better.

http://premium1.uploadit.org/ManojM//Photo0055_001.jpg

http://premium1.uploadit.org/ManojM//Photo0050_001.jpg

http://premium1.uploadit.org/ManojM//Photo0045_001.jpg

http://premium1.uploadit.org/ManojM//Photo0043.jpg

http://premium1.uploadit.org/ManojM//Photo0036.jpg

http://premium1.uploadit.org/ManojM//Photo0031.jpg

http://premium1.uploadit.org/ManojM//Photo0025_001.jpg

http://premium1.uploadit.org/ManojM//Photo0013_001.jpg
[Touch HD Accessories] tyronne1126:
where did you buy it? .. the skin looks really good.. you did a hell of a job on it. looks perfect.
[Touch HD Accessories] Cheeze[iT]:
man looks good. hope my turns out like that. I just got my IS in and so after I eat I'm going to be starting putting it on. I'll get some pictures after I finish it tonight.
[Touch HD Accessories] kokkie:
Maybe post some macro pics off the corners and edges on a whithe background :D Cant see details on the other pics.
[Touch HD Accessories] mvp44:
TripleMPower,

Thanks for posting ur pics, looks impressive. I actually have the invisible shield installed on mine and there are details about the product that disappoint me, e.g. not all of the device is covered, especially on the corners and the metal finish at the bottomside of the HD, which is left completely bare.

I wanted to ask you about the details of the bestskinever product. Is there absolutely ANY part (even a little) of the HD that's not covered? Does it have a rubbery feel to it? How many of these types of shields have you applied...the pictures you show show absolutely no mistakes - was it really that easy?

Also, if you used a different cover for the front, how did you cover the sides? Doesn't the front piece of bestskinever also include portions that cover the sides (that's how it is for the invisible shield...)? I'm thinking about doing what you did because as others have mentioned, the front isn't exactly flush, leaving a gap of bubbles on the side (improved over the days, however, still visible).

The invisible shield is overall good - so I'm just asking these questions to help me decide if I should now try the bestskinever.

I'd appreciate any advice you can offer.
[Touch HD Accessories] tyronne1126:
let us know how it goes for you Cheeze on the installation of the IS! post sooN!
[Touch HD Accessories] Cheeze[iT]:
Here are some picture I took right after I finished. Now it is sitting to cure and what not and I hope some of the crap goes away. I think it might be from being dirty or whatever... I hate putting stuff on if its not like in super clean condition. Oh well. Oh and the tape is to help hold some corners down since I kept trying to put it on and off and on and off it seemed to take some tackyness out.
[Touch HD Accessories] Cheeze[iT]:
I'll post more pictures in the morning after it cures and I apply more finishing touches to it. So far it feels rubbery and its holding up against a quarter scratching it :D

On this last picture, i hope thats not all dirt >.<
[Touch HD Accessories] liddlefeesh:
Hello Cheeze,

Many thanks for taking such clear pictures. I really struggled to get clear photographs what with the light and the reflective coating of the invisible shield.

Bubble-wise on the back I think I managed ever-so-slightly better than you, the back piece was by far the easiest. The front piece of yours doesn't appear to have the horizontal lines on it that njav and I have. Do you see any horizontal marks when held near a light? I think some of my marks might be fading but it's too early to say.

I like the improved feel of the Invisible Shield so far and I'm looking forward until it's completely cured as to make a fair and balanced decision regarding whether to keep it or not. I probably will, but it's a shame I managed to scratch mine on installation against the edge of the screen.
[Touch HD Accessories] TripleMPower:
To be honest I didn't install the bestskinsever on my Touch HD. The store I bought it from installed it for me.

I am in Hong Kong.

It costed me HK$168 (US $21.50) with installation.

http://hk.f2.page.auctions.yahoo.com/hk/auction/b9458809

They guys at the store had to install the bestskinsever twice for me.

1) First time it was done nicely however two edges would pop up due to air bubble or something. So they offered to install it all over due to the lifetime warranty that is provided

2) second time it was just perfect and that is what I have now

My camera is not that great so I can't take out more close ups of my Touch HD. However you can chect out the link I posted and see more pictures of the Touch HD that the guy at the store took out from his previous customers Touch HD.

Every part of the Touch HD is covered with the bestskinsever.
[Touch HD Accessories] skinniebone:
how do we order one of those.
[Touch HD Accessories] TripleMPower:
Check if there is a local reseller in your city.
[Touch HD Accessories] skinniebone:
one more thing so it does cover every part of the phone. corners the whole front housing. everything.
[Touch HD Accessories] TripleMPower:
Yes, it does cover every part of the phone body. However, I would have liked the corners to be covered more but still it is not that bad.

I can't anything about the installation because I got mine installed from the store I bought the bestskinsever.

US $21 is not bad when it comes with free installation. I had mine installed twice because I was not very satisfied with the corners. I wasn't charged anything for the second installation because of the lifetime warranty. I am very happy with the second installation.

NO need to use bulky silicone covers for the touch hd. I do still use the HTC case that came with the Touch HD.
[Touch HD Accessories] tyronne1126:
how do i check where its sold? or how do i order? its all in chinese.. >.> i live in California, USA

EDIT: the people that installed their Invisible Shield.. how is it doing after a couple days now? pics please?
[Touch HD Accessories] staged2:
Bestskinsaver

I emailed them and they said they would not sell to me in Chicago, IL:mad:

See his reply below: ho3123@hotmail.com

Thanks for your reply:

We only trade in local only.Thank you!
[Touch HD Accessories] cuteya:
its make any skretch? or it is save
[Touch HD Accessories] Cheeze[iT]:
sorry guys. its been 24+hours since my install and honestly it looks almost the same as the first pics. crappy >.< just because the phone wasn't fully 100% clean. Other wise i love it. I even tested it with the key and tried scratching it and its good! Also tried brick! Just a little fyi. I will post more pics tomorrow.
[Touch HD Accessories] unclesomebody:
This might be a dumb question, but how do you get the invisible shield off once it's cured?
[Touch HD Accessories] xtac:
I am pretty sure you can still peel it off even after it cures. I have seen vids on youtube of people doing it..
[Touch HD Accessories] vapor:
I just got my device back from Invisible Shield on Friday (sent mine in to get it professionally done). I wished it could be done better, but then again, I am a perfectionist.

Will be taking some photos and uploading them to my site and here tomorrow. In the mean time, feel free to ask me any question.
[Touch HD Accessories] mvp44:
Just some advice...

When you put on the IS, make sure you don't have any lifting of the IS as you pass from the touch screen to the slightly lifted frame. I put my IS on over a week ago, and that's the main area that still has some "white" spaces due to air/bubbles. So when you apply it, make sure you cover the entire touch screen all the way to the frame before you bend it over to cover the sides.

As far as coverage, based on pics I've seen of all of the other body guards, the IS is the best one, even though some of the corners and metallic finishing on the bottom remain exposed. The tacky feeling has reduced significantly over time, but it's still there (it's good for the back and sides because it provides grip). Writing using transcriber or letter recognizer has improved alot since the time I first applied it. So basically, most of the annoying things with the IS go away with time. Don't use a folded up corner of an index card to remove bubbles...it caused some kind of "marks" on my IS in the back (doubt they are scratches becauses even fingernails, styli, etc haven't caused any scratches on it - maybe it's a some type of "burn" by rubbing it with the index card??)

Anyway, if you apply it right and give it time, it's probably the best thing out there to protect all of your phone without a case. Their customer service has been incredible so far too, so if you have any problems, it seems like they will work with you without giving you any trouble.

Hopefully this helps. :)
[Touch HD Accessories] Neofolis:
After reading the comments on this thread I was a bit apprehensive about ordering the invisible shield, but the HTC thing that came with the phone looked awful, it had loads of air bubbles and was already peeling badly down most of one side, so I thought it couldn't be any worse. Having just received and installed it, I think it went surprisingly well. I'm usually crap at anything really fiddly, my fingers and thumbs are too fat and my eyesight is not perfect. I also installed it in fairly poor light. I wouldn't say everything is perfectly aligned, but it is all within about 0.2mm of where it should be and I managed to work out most of the bubbles with quite a bit of perseverance. As with many people, I found the worst place for trapped air was at the vertical sides of the screen. There was quite a lot, so I left it for ten minutes then went back to it to work out more of the air. Rather than try to push the air over the lip at the edge of the screen, I found that applying a reasonable amount of pressure and working it towards the top and bottom corners seemed to be most successful. I then applied even pressure along the edge of the screen for about 60 seconds, to make sure that it was fairly well adhered. I repeated this process quite a few times, probably spending an hour or more overall, until I reached the point where I thought the remaining air might dissipate during curing. There is still some air at the edges of the screen, but it is fairly minimal now and certainly far better than it was with the HTC screen only cover. The back of the phone seems to be completely air free. I used a similar technique for the back, but because I had the back cover removed from the phone, it was easier to apply pressure, because I could support the pressure that I was applying by holding it in the same place on the inside of the cover.

I have put the phone and cover away seperately for curing, but I will hopefully take some photo's in the next day or two, by which time I am hopeful that any remaining air will have gone.
[Touch HD Accessories] bogdatov:
Sides and corners ?

How do you guys make sure that those small pieces on sides and corners STICK ?

No matter how I do it ... they peel off :(
[Touch HD Accessories] TheNose:
Anyone here that has just ordered the screen only invisible shield? I think it's much easier to apply than the full body one.
[Touch HD Accessories] _Fly_:
IS a good disapointment

Maybe i have been one of the first to buy only the front cover and I was very disappointed that neither it came to be applied. The cuttings are made by IS meters badly made. For example, the circle is cut front of the camera rather than a circle became a semi-circle. I sent several emails to the IS and the answer is always one that is not to change the product sold because they have sold many covers already. I suggested sending my original front cover that came with the HD but they refused. As such IS never More....
[Touch HD Accessories] tunppi:
Now going to apply my invisible shield that I got today. I got high hopes because my Diamond one is totally perfecto :>
[Touch HD Accessories] Stiegi:
Good luck!!! Please report (maybe with photos)...
[Touch HD Accessories] tunppi:
Yes, I will, posting pictures when it is finished, atm 2 easy parts installed and they are perfect, no bubbles and no "scratches" or stuff. little break and then harder ones so smaller parts wont move when installing larger.

Edit1: Now everything but frontpiece is installed, all perfect except back piece is 0.5mm misplaced but its good for me since no bubbles or stuff under. Now it just leaves front piece to be installed.

Edit2: installed frontpiece. How did you manage to get water out from sides? this happened with diamond too but not in this big scale. No bubbles but some minor "scratches" in front like my first diamond shield had and some of you. vertical though

Edit3: Found a way to get sides good. By letting it dry for ~hour or so or by speeding a bit with blowdryer, and then running fingernail on those bubbly sides. Doing it atm and works fine, soon pictures. Almost perfect I would say
[Touch HD Accessories] Neofolis:
I took some photo's a few hours ago and after seeing what it looks like close up in hi-res photo's, it's not as good as my previous post would suggest. The front piece in particular, I managed to screw up the placement at the bottom. That said, I still think it will look perfectly OK after it has cured. As it becomes more transparent, any dodgy placement will be more or less unnoticable, I hope.

I will upload the photo's to one of my websites and post a link, so that you can all see them in full resolution to get the clearest detail. It does mean that the pictures will take a while to display, but hopefully it will be of use to those interested.
[Touch HD Accessories] Cheeze[iT]:
what did you guys do to clean the phone so its clean? I'm getting a replacement so I will be trying to reapply the invisibleshield here again shortly.
[Touch HD Accessories] bogdatov:
How long ?

How long does it take for you to install each peace ? I was wondering if I'm not patient enough to remove small bubbles, hold corner pieces, etc ...
[Touch HD Accessories] tunppi:
10minutes to apply small pieces and about 20mins to apply large backside and same for screen.

Took me two hours because of water at screen sides. Now it is perfect except there somehow got RED hair between screen and IS :mad:.

Posting pictures soon and editing url to this post then. For it being looking this good just after installation im amazed. Last time it took few days and then it was great

OK so here are pictures, first is just installed Touch HD Invisible shield and second is 2month old Diamond Invisible shield. Dont ask about Diamond camera thingy, it was faulty batch, got moneys back because didnt want to put new shield.

http://www.edu.lahti.fi/~ikarppin/HDIS/

http://www.edu.lahti.fi/~ikarppin/diamIS/
[Touch HD Accessories] dh-paule:
a short red hair ?

because I found the same problem, and nobody in my house has RED hair !
[Touch HD Accessories] KaidM:
Install Tomorrow

OK guys I have read the many posts on this thread.

My IS arrived a few days ago, but have been hesitating.

I think that Xmas eve and Xmas day are ideal for having the phone OFF. I will probably have severe cold turkey withdrawal syndrome being separated from my "precious" but with the support of family and friends hope to make it through the 24hrs.

I promise to report back maybe even with pics!!

Wishing you all the best for the season.

KaidM
[Touch HD Accessories] dh-paule:
is this really perfect to you ? :eek:
[Touch HD Accessories] sedde:
Well i am having problems installing the original screen protector coming with all of htc phones, let alone the invisible shield now.

Question is, what is the best solution in order to stick it with out any fingerprints ? I have seen posts about soapwater, others about being inside the bathroom with hot water on to make steam so there is no dust in the air blabla. What do you think its best ? I really need to make this right this time.
[Touch HD Accessories] tunppi:
Have you used invisible shield before? no?

It will get better in few days and that is good for being 5mins after installation.

I have 5 other phones with invisible shields and only one has failed, that was first htc wizard because of bumpy backplate. Got it right on second try.

installed 8 total, 5 for myself.

That HD will look same as that Diamond in few days or week at max.
[Touch HD Accessories] bogdatov:
So ... again about sides and small pieces

Couple more questions ....

In what order did you install ? Camera, back piece, bottom piece, screen ?

How did you manage to keep small pieces in place ? No matter what I do, small pieces DO NOT STICK :(
[Touch HD Accessories] tunppi:
Let them dry on their places for some time, try to push them down with your thumb for example so the excess water comes out.

Hairdryer or hot light bulb, halogen for example speeds things up :> I use 50w halogen desktop light to warm it up.
[Touch HD Accessories] frustin:
also it says on the site to let them dry a bit and get tacky before applying.
[Touch HD Accessories] Neofolis:
OK, here are a few hires photo's. I totally messed up the positioning in certain areas, but I still think it will look OK after a while. I have cropped and saved the raw files as high quality jpegs, but they are still 0.5 to 1.5Mb per file, so bare with it loading.

Image 1 1.2M

Image 2 1.1M

Image 3 578k

Image 4 538k

Image 5 763k

Image 6 1.5M
[Touch HD Accessories] Neofolis:
Cheeze, to clean the phone, I sprated a little bit of the Invisible Shield spray onto it and polished it with a soft, cotton cloth. As you can see from the photo's above, the surface attracts dust while it still has the tacky, rubbery feel, but this should be less of an issue as the surface becomes smoother.

For the difficult to stick pieces, like the small, camera surround area, I just sprayed it then moved it into position and left it. That particular piece is unlikely to get air bubbles anyway, because it is almost totally flat. The corner pieces, I pushed down straight away, but after ten minutes or so, I applied even pressure over the corner tabs for about a minute or more to each.
[Touch HD Accessories] dh-paule:
@tunppi

sorry, but for me your HD looks far away from perfect...

attached a picture of my HD 1day after installlation of IS

compare the pics for your self...

and my HD looks still not perfect, there still some bubbles
[Touch HD Accessories] tunppi:
Theres a difference between 5mins and 1day you know..

Mine looks pretty much clear and like that now. not yet diamond like though

http://www.edu.lahti.fi/~ikarppin/HDIS/HDIS.jpg
[Touch HD Accessories] liddlefeesh:
Update.

I've still got bubbles down the sides, minor and I hope they dissapear soon. I've still got lots of horizontal scratches which according to Zagg are a manufacturing defect in some of their shields.

However, they now want me to pay for a replacement. Their warranty isn't worth the paper it's written on.

As they aren't playing ball with sending out a replacement front piece, I'm thinking about doing a card chargeback. It will cost them the whole refund, plus they'll get an extra "naughty" charge from the card issuer.
[Touch HD Accessories] liddlefeesh:
My reply from Zagg:

"Pertaining to the horizontal lines appearance, the nature of the invisibleSHIELD has some limitations and it seems you have located one of the few. There can, at times, be some considerably small lines that may appear like an incredibly fine hair or scratch and this is an unavoidable quality. I do feel that you might have gotten a defective invisibleSHIELD and are experiencing all the negative effects of it. I can resend you a new invisibleSHIELD to dispell these issues you have encountered with your original shield. I do apologize as I misread your statement about your issues as dissatisfaction and thought you were letting them known onto the forum."

Note: I'm certainly going to let my dissatisfaction (with Zagg customer support) known on the forum. I can't believe how poor they are, selling a product with known defects and then expecting that the customer should pay for a replacement! Unbelievable.
[Touch HD Accessories] dh-paule:
do you really have to pay ?

they wrote a clear statement "I do feel that you might have gotten a defective invisibleSHIELD " and that menas thex have to send out a new shield free of charge !

Before I installed the IS I had a clear-coat that also had some small scratches, I made some pictures, send them to clear-coat and immediately got an reply...

they apologized for this issue and promised to send out a new clear-coat for free ! Absolutely no problem with clear-coat service
[Touch HD Accessories] d.cortez:
i'll stick with my 2-piece semi-hard rubber case... seems applying the IS can be hit or miss and i prefer the brando crystal clear screen protector over the IS version.
[Touch HD Accessories] frustin:
so what was the new one like? the same?
[Touch HD Accessories] TripleMPower:
Crystal clear screen protectors have 2 disadvantages:

1) finger print marks all over

2) grease from face when using the phone

That is why I used the Excellent series professional protector from Capdase.
[Touch HD Accessories] TripleMPower:
How is it? Is it bulky?
[Touch HD Accessories] bluber:
sorry for double posting
[Touch HD Accessories] bluber:
did anyone try to put the IS on top of the standard htc screen protector?

wouldn't that be a solution to get rid of the gap and the bubbles between the screen and the sidings?
[Touch HD Accessories] dh-paule:
original clear coat is send with a carton that inludes the spray..

the replacement clear coat is sent as a normal letter
[Touch HD Accessories] _Fly_:
Tell me honestly do not think one thing that the covers are poorly designed, do not think the cuts should be more precise and perfect? I never even got to apply my when I saw that the cuts were different from the originals.
[Touch HD Accessories] Akhara:
"wow" CNN

i have successfully done the cover

but i have successfully f*** off the front...

indeed it's easy to apply.

i have quite fail the front part because of the screen border..

while trying to kill the bubble

it say it's life warrantly