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Got my HD2 couple months back and using it with silicon cover since beginning but now I want to take the cover off and show the real beauty of the phone to everyone but I am too scared to take the silicon cover off because I am clumsy and I drop my phone way too frequently.
I know the phone looks very durable but exactly how durable is it??? can people share some experiences like oh I dropped it from 5ft and it was intact or oh I dropped it from 2ft and the screen broke etc etc.
I used to have HTC Kaiser/tilt and I dropped it way too my times without any covers but it never gave up on me.
PS: I know there is no real way to define durability of a cellphone but u know there are some cellphones which are really delicate and u have to handle them with extra extra care. While there are some like the kaiser who are made for rough use. Just want to know which category our HD2 belongs to?
not very. i've cracked my screen twice.
Osca said:
not very. i've cracked my screen twice.
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oops!!! sorry about that!!!
did you drop it screen facing down? or on some corner of the phone?
I've used mine without any sort of protection since the day it was released in US (end of March). It does not have a single scuff, mark, or scratch anywhere. I just dropped it for the first time a week ago from a counter roughly 2.5 feet onto a hard tile floor and still no scuff, mark, or scratch (I don't know how it fell as it was dark when it happened and I was looking in a different direction; turned my head while headphones were plugged in so it pulled it off the counter).
I'm extremely happy with the durability of the HD2.
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Ive had my HD2 since Nov last year...
No cover no protection.. and it looks like new.. I dont know how you managed to break the screen twice.. you probably throw that phone in some weird angles.. but really does last well!
dropped mine from my lap getting out of my low car onto the bitumen and fell back down perfectly flat. absolutely smashed the screen but 2 months later its still working fine and waiting for it to die before replacing the screen. i work installing solar panels (PV) on roofs, crawling though ceilings, etc. sees alot of abuse so while the screen smashed the components inside are well placed. had it before america could get it (in australia)
i got it since 10 months now, without any cover. screen is absolutely clean, but the rest looks a bit used, but not that bad
a friend is using it without respect. throwing it over the table and such things, he never broked something on the phone.. the screen stopped working one time and he needed it to replace cause that, but it didnt break xD
another friend broke his screen when his hd2 fellt on a freakin spoon on the floor (WTF did that spoon on the floor?)
Had it 2 1/2 weeks, no scratches, no scuffs. Just annoying dust under the screen
I have mine almost a year now.
A few weeks ago he started acting weird. Screen flipped sideways and putted speaker on.
I've send it to repair and they replaced the motherboard. Everything is ok now again.
No scratches after such a long time with no screen protector.
ive dropped mine once from about 3 fet and it only made a slight scuff on the corner
ive always had a screen protector but never any other protection and it looks great for the past 4 months
very happy with it
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Had it 2 1/2 weeks, no scratches, no scuffs. Just annoying dust under the screen
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If you get dust under the screen, then it is a factory defect. Since the screen is glued to the LCD, somewhere around the edge it's not completely sealed. I have had mine for 7 months now and I do not have even ONE spec of dust under the screen, and I carry it in my pocket without any protection at all, all the time.
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If you get dust under the screen, then it is a factory defect. Since the screen is glued to the LCD, somewhere around the edge it's not completely sealed. I have had mine for 7 months now and I do not have even ONE spec of dust under the screen, and I carry it in my pocket without any protection at all, all the time.
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When I say dust, I mean there were a couple of hairs in the screen when I got it. They don't affect any viewing pleasure so I didn't return it
So my question is quite straight-foward.
When you bought your Xperia SP?
Did you use screen protector all of this time?
Did we really need screen protector or not? Please share your experience, with or without it.
I bought mine on June 2013, and since that, my screen almost never had contact with fresh air. Always protected using 3rd party screen protector. I'm too afraid to peel off mine. My screen protector had a few quite scratch. So now I have two option, buy new one, or live without it. Need opinions.
Thanks alot guys.
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So my question is quite straight-foward.
When you bought your Xperia SP?
Did you use screen protector all of this time?
Did we really need screen protector or not? Please share your experience, with or without it.
I bought mine on June 2013, and since that, my screen almost never had contact with fresh air. Always protected using 3rd party screen protector. I'm too afraid to peel off mine. My screen protector had a few quite scratch. So now I have two option, buy new one, or live without it. Need opinions.
Thanks alot guys.
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One year ago my father almost threw my SP into a brook. Fortunately it didn't land in the water but on the gravel that constituted the bank of the brook. The phone now has got some scratches on the left side of the aluminium frame and on the screen there's only this small and superficial scratch (look in the phone's corner in the attached photo). Even if the impact wasn't a very strong one, I'd still say that the screen protector isn't needed unless you often hit your phone with violence
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So my question is quite straight-foward.
When you bought your Xperia SP?
Did we really need screen protector or not? Please share your experience, with or without it.
I bought mine on June 2013, and since that, my screen almost never had contact with fresh air. Always protected using 3rd party screen protector. I'm too afraid to peel off mine. My screen protector had a few quite scratch. So now I have two option, buy new one, or live without it. Need opinions.
Thanks alot guys.
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I bought mine in December 2013, and similar like you, the screen is fully protected the second it was bought from the Sony centre.
It has also been replaced a multiple of times. I used the plastic one, which is also the first one, for quite a long while. for about a year if i could pinpoint correctly. It worked fine back then, no peels at the edges and such, just that i discovered we can find glass screen protector on ebay and decided to use glass one ever since.
Coincidentally; i am currently waiting for a new one to arrive
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So stories aside, i think you would be better off with a screen protector. A slight scratch on my screen would bother me so much — not that i am obsessed with having a scratch free screen to show off to people, it's just that a single scratch could distort the content on the screen (ie that RGB stripes that you can see) and that bothers me so much. If it is on a screen protector i can accept that because I know if i replace a new one the thing will go away but if it is really on the real phone screen then that's another story of indefinite frustration.
So yeah, TL;DR: Get a screen protector
But yeah; personal opinion should not dictate other's choices.
K-Ge said:
So my question is quite straight-foward.
When you bought your Xperia SP?
Did you use screen protector all of this time?
Did we really need screen protector or not? Please share your experience, with or without it.
I bought mine on June 2013, and since that, my screen almost never had contact with fresh air. Always protected using 3rd party screen protector. I'm too afraid to peel off mine. My screen protector had a few quite scratch. So now I have two option, buy new one, or live without it. Need opinions.
Thanks alot guys.
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Yeah, considering the SP has a flat screen, a tempered glass would provide great protection from accidental drops while giving you that "naked" display feeling compared to film protectors.
It's almost my third year with my xsp. I haven't used any screen protectors except the first few months, but there's not even a single scratch or anything looks and feels bad on my screen. I dropped it a lot, even from the second floor but screen is still fine.
But use one anyways.
XSP Screen
XSP has scratch less glass. Unless you hit it with nail, it won't get any scratch. I suggest you to not to cover it. It looks beautiful without cover.
I bought mine more than three years ago, on July 2013. On first month, without a screen-film, it started to get minor and almost invisible little scratches, probably from walking long distances with it shaking on my pocket. So I decided to put a screen-film and have been using it since then. Never changed the film, I will soon.
About covers or frame-bumpers, I would recommend one. My SP got a crack on the lower blinker glass after a drop in the garage. After the rubber cover I dropped it a lot of times and the glass is still ok.
I have had mine for just over 3 years now. It came with a screen protector in the box. I messed up trying to install it and as dust was stuck between it and the screen, I removed the protector within less than an hour.
3 years later, the plastic surrounding the screen is in quite a poor state but the screen itself is immaculate.
3rd Whitedome Glass Failure. All after perfect installs & NO ISSUES until 3 weeks
Okay I am getting a little annoyed now..
I bought the whitedome glass for me and my wifes Note 8. Perfect installation. Glue spread perfectly and covered the entire screen. Dried perfectly not 1 bubble or spec of dust. 3 weeks later I wake up one morning and one of my edges looks like it lost adhesion and its peeling up and you can see the bubble/smudged glue under the screen not sticking to the glass of the phone anymore.
$50 later I ordered a new one and installed it again the same way. Perfect spread. No bubbles no dust nothing.
2 days after I put my new one on, my wifes phone starts doing the same thing!!! Now I have to order another one for her?
What a scam $50 bucks for it just to keep peeling up on the edges after 3 weeks... randomly overnight too... Only thing I can think of is CHEAP glue causing the issue. Amazon is prone to sending FAKE and CHEAP replacement items even on their "verified" sellers. Colognes, lotions, jewelry etc..
I contacted the manufacturer and they did not reply... on Amazon I contacted the seller and he said "Ask Amazon"... great customer service. FRAUDS.
I'd be furious too and would find another solution if I paid $50 for each glass. I just had to replace my glass today because the upper right corner came "unglued" - luckily I got a couple when Whitestone was having a blowout/EOL sale for nothing.
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I'd be furious too and would find another solution if I paid $50 for each glass. I just had to replace my glass today because the upper right corner came "unglued" - luckily I got a couple when Whitestone was having a blowout/EOL sale for nothing.
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How did yours come unglued? Me and my wife have no idea what could have happened. It was literally overnight one day.
I just *****ed to amazon on their chat and they sent me a new one for free and refunded me one of the charges. Thats great and all but this is now the 2nd one on my wifes phone and i am already on my 2nd so what if they keep coming "unglued"...
mine's been going strong for a month and a half now.. no bubbles and no signs of adhesive wearing/screen becoming unglued. Also using it alongside a Spigen case too. I'd go so far as to say that the sceen protector is in 95% perfect condition since the install. Barely a hairline scratch to be seen.
Like Huey above, I've been using mine since Oct ~15th with no issues. It sounds like it could be curing issue if it happened twice where it's losing adhesion. Try using the sun to cure instead of the included lamp.
It's happened to mine also. It started losing adhesion on the right side of the screen out of nowhere. There was nothing touching that side of the screen so I was able to rule out anything pressing against the screen.
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How did yours come unglued? Me and my wife have no idea what could have happened. It was literally overnight one day.
I just *****ed to amazon on their chat and they sent me a new one for free and refunded me one of the charges. Thats great and all but this is now the 2nd one on my wifes phone and i am already on my 2nd so what if they keep coming "unglued"...
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I'm sure mine happened from excessive pressure on the TGSP in the upper right corner. It's a tight fit in my front pocket of my jeans. Hopefully it doesn't happen again.
i got my whitestone 5 days ago, applied perfectly, everything is fine except that the glue on the right side of the edges are starting to show as white along the edges, a simple swipe of an alcohol pad took care of that
Mines been perfect on my Note8 and my wife's S8+ for over a month
wierdly mine has the same lift area as yours op. Although i want to say it was my fault cause i noticed it right after I went camping. So something must have happened while I was drunk roasting marshmallows
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wierdly mine has the same lift area as yours op. Although i want to say it was my fault cause i noticed it right after I went camping. So something must have happened while I was drunk roasting marshmallows
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Whitestone should add a disclaimer, "Do not use while drunk roasting marshmallows"
I don't know if any of you have tried this. I had some bubbles come up on the top corner of my Whitestone Dome. Due to the case pushed a bit on it. It started late Saturday and continue to get larger. I was already contemplating replacing glass. I said let me give the heat gun a try. So I went ahead and heated that section up and then massaged it out. Now the bubbles are gone. I don't know if this is going to last. But as of right now I am bubble free. I did not cure it again but it might help after you massage bubbles out. I am at work and do not have my UV light with me.
As a lot of reviews mentioned, this glass can be broken easily.
Good for you guys that installation was perfect. Mine was a total waste. And i believe i received a scrap glue
My 2 cents worth... I installed Whitstone the first day on receiving my phone (sept 15) everything ok and was happy with the product, after doing my homework, brought a Caseology [Parallax Series] super fit and I was a happy-chappie Beginning of this week my phone fell.... no bs, a max 4cm, from the bathroom cabinet top into the first draw, it splinted heaps, I thought **** but ok better that than the phone right, now comes the shock looking for the replacement glass, guess what, they want another 40 euros, I've paid over 50 for the set, getting expensive! I contacted and wrote to Whitestone saying I only need a glass without anything else, could they give me a better price. They haven't bothered to answer me..... to which I'm using now AmFilm Dot Matrix 3D Curved Tempered Glass Screen which costs 12 euros and satisfied with. Cheers Collin.
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My 2 cents worth... I installed Whitstone the first day on receiving my phone (sept 15) everything ok and was happy with the product, after doing my homework, brought a Caseology [Parallax Series] super fit and I was a happy-chappie Beginning of this week my phone fell.... no bs, a max 4cm, from the bathroom cabinet top into the first draw, it splinted heaps, I thought **** but ok better that than the phone right, now comes the shock looking for the replacement glass, guess what, they want another 40 euros, I've paid over 50 for the set, getting expensive! I contacted and wrote to Whitestone saying I only need a glass without anything else, could they give me a better price. They haven't bothered to answer me..... to which I'm using now AmFilm Dot Matrix 3D Curved Tempered Glass Screen which costs 12 euros and satisfied with. Cheers Collin.
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Similar experience in terms of customer services, there's a problem with the glass I got. I contacted them via Amazon and they said they would send me another kit. However, it has been 20 days since and I got nothing. I message them again a week ago and no response.
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Similar experience in terms of customer services, there's a problem with the glass I got. I contacted them via Amazon and they said they would send me another kit. However, it has been 20 days since and I got nothing. I message them again a week ago and no response.
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They said they would send a replacement but I have yet to receive anything and they never responded to the following messages, just the initial one.
Glad I read all the feedback regarding this screen protector on here, I was looking at purchasing one but they definately won't be getting my money now!
They sound like a very shady company.
I think the glue has an issue with dealing with pressure after being cured. Now, I have beginnings of lines on the left side of my phone with the 2nd install. It's either a case of pressure/glue, or a case of manufacturing inconsistencies with the "flatness/curves". Surface reflections on this 2nd TGSP are different at the curved edges compared to the first TGSP I had on.
i am having a similar problem.
on the left side of the glass, i am seeing the glue starting to lift. very little, but its a fine line starting to show.
i have UAG monarch case, it line up good, no corner pushing it and i try to push in the corners just check.
so i believe the glue is not sustainable for long-term in and out of your pocket and hot/cold temperatures, and also pressure on it all the time. but at least is much better to clean and take off.
i guest that's how whitestone is making their cash.
because other loca glues are just not that safe to try.
oh well.
No competitor out there with them. so they are still charging us 50. and only 1 glass. goddamn.
So, long story short, I've had my Moto z3 play for exactly 30 days now, last night I dropped it from MAYBE, 3 feet off the ground and it landed face down, front screen is cracked / spider-webbed all over, just wondering what experiences anyone has between Motorola doing a repair, local repair shops, and doing it yourself... I don't have the accidental damage insurance Moto offers, but I love this phone and have to figure something out..
Any input would be GREATLY appreciated...
Wish I could help, but I got no info to share except that when/if you get a new one . . . TEMPERED GLASS SCREEN PROTECTOR! Saved me a few times.
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So, long story short, I've had my Moto z3 play for exactly 30 days now, last night I dropped it from MAYBE, 3 feet off the ground and it landed face down, front screen is cracked / spider-webbed all over, just wondering what experiences anyone has between Motorola doing a repair, local repair shops, and doing it yourself... I don't have the accidental damage insurance Moto offers, but I love this phone and have to figure something out..
Any input would be GREATLY appreciated...
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The screen is very simple to replace I had to replace it when I shattered my screen. Bought one off eBay I think for 50$. Just use a heat gun to loosen the adhesive on the sides. Took me about 15 minutes to do.
Just an update, got it replaced at a local phone repair shop, pretty happy with it other than 1 issue, when I power off the phone, then power it back on, the screen is completely black, even though I can hear the hello Moto boot animation, and can feel the vibrations when I touch the screen. However, if I boot to recovery/bootloader mode and THEN power it on, the screen works just fine. Anyone have any ideas?
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The screen is very simple to replace I had to replace it when I shattered my screen. Bought one off eBay I think for 50$. Just use a heat gun to loosen the adhesive on the sides. Took me about 15 minutes to do.
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I broke my screen after a week (phone is nice but isn't durable at all).
I'm worried about screen quality. If I get a replacement, are they all the same? Or are some better? It wasn't as bright as I'd hoped to begin with so I don't want it to get worse.
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I broke my screen after a week (phone is nice but isn't durable at all).
I'm worried about screen quality. If I get a replacement, are they all the same? Or are some better? It wasn't as bright as I'd hoped to begin with so I don't want it to get worse.
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The only difference I've noticed is that on my new replacement screen, it doesn't have the Motorola/Moto lettering logo on the front bottom chin of the screen, as it originally did, other than that I haven't noticed any difference in quality, brightness, etc..
Sorry about your phone. Same thing happened here - phone fell like 2 feet (with a screen protector) and bam, done. A new screen didn't help in my case. I replaced the fpc connector as well and nope, no go. These phones are extremely fragile. I say abandon ship, bite the bullet and get a new phone.
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Sorry about your phone. Same thing happened here - phone fell like 2 feet (with a screen protector) and bam, done. A new screen didn't help in my case. I replaced the fpc connector as well and nope, no go. These phones are extremely fragile. I say abandon ship, bite the bullet and get a new phone.
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Think I may do the same. Have my moto x4 for a backup. Other than freezing up (which I could probably fix) it's not bad. I really wanted the amoled screen, but very disappointed with the brightness in daylight. Plus I don't want to pay $50+ only for it to not work as yours did. Isn't worth it imo. Which is to bad since I really like the moto interface.
Anyone know of a good replacement?
Any phone is apt to have the screen shatter without a case when dropped, while that doesn't help I want to link a video showing the Z3 Play screen is not that easy to break. The Poetic Karbon can be had for less than $10 which gives adequate drop protection it seems.
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Any phone is apt to have the screen shatter without a case when dropped, while that doesn't help I want to link a video showing the Z3 Play screen is not that easy to break. The Poetic Karbon can be had for less than $10 which gives adequate drop protection it seems.
://youtu.be/_PlQvqznx4k
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This is true. When I dropped and shattered mine, (64gb Moto Z3 Play Unlocked) I had just purchased the device 5 days prior from Target (they had it on clearance for $150, and they screwed up big-time, they had it listed as the 32gb variant, even though the box specifically said 64gb lol), anyways, I dropped it with NO case, and NO screen protector, onto concrete from about 3 feet off the ground..
However, now I have the Lenovo official aluminum bumper case that's compatible with mods, as well as a tempered glass screen protector, and have dropped it at least 4 or 5 times on a hard wood floor, from about 5-6 feet up, and has not even affected it...
I dropped my Exynos Note 9 several weeks ago in a case that wasn't very protective. Thought I dodged a bullet, but several days later I noticed a partial black "not quite half circle" on the edge of the screen, approximately 3-4 mm.
Then last week, a horizontal black line appeared across my screen, Ema aging from the black ellipse. The line only appears at certain brightness settings and will go away if I make the screen brighter.
The screen also flickers strangely sometimes when Coming out of Screensaver mode.
The glass is not cracked.
1) I need to replace... the screen?
2) how much would this cost to replace it myself?
Thanks. If I missed anything please ask.
Well, the best is to buy a new screen with frame, I am in Europe and you can find these on ebay for around 220-240€. The biggest challenge is getting the battery cover off in one piece. I did replace the screen/frame and back cover on my previous Huawei mate 20 pro, the screen/frame came with a fresh battery glued in. My only challenge was that the "original" adhesive provided with the new back cover was useless. Plenty on ebay but only 1 or 2 where the real thing, the others where not holding the back cover on. I had basically a new phone externally and is still in daily use by my wife.
For my note 10 plus I have bought a new back cover and screen/frame. It has a heavy screen burn and a hairline crack in the glass. I will take the opportunity to transform it from a Aura black into a Aura white...Like Jerry is saying, its like little lego. Plenty of you tube video's on how to!