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Polishing P990/P1 touchscreen ? |
iksplusipsilon
Joined: Dec 23, 2007
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Did anyone ever try to polish the touchscreen with DISPLEX or something similar ? Successfully ?
Mine is getting old and I started noticing wear, especially in the part where scroll bar is, but as I really started to love this phone ( P990 ) after hard times in the first six months, I replaced the casing and decided to hold on to it until Pnext or so ... if I could just polish the screen a little it would be perfect !
( tried polishing it with some car polisher, but although nothing went wrong, nothing much was gained either )
Any suggestions (apart from buying a new screen, as it is not in that bad shape ) ? |
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arvinlad
Joined: Mar 26, 2005
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From: A P1iW [8Gb] in Lancs UK ;-)
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I used DISPLEX on a P910i - it improved alot but I could not get the screen anywhere near perfect 
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iksplusipsilon
Joined: Dec 23, 2007
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^ﾠThank you ! Even little improvement is enough for me  ! I suspect that touchscreen top layer is much more resistant to wear/tear than regular screens or casings, so it should be much harder to polish it also ...
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Sebby
Joined: Dec 12, 2004
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From: London, UK
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Why don't you use that stuff to make it as good as you can, then lay on a screen protector?
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iksplusipsilon
Joined: Dec 23, 2007
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^^
well ... you are right, that is something I should have done in the start. I just never bothered to go and find one ... will do it ! |
makbil
Joined: Oct 26, 2006
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I've been using Martin Fields screen protector with my P990, I highly recommend it. It's not cheap but you just put it on and forget it. It may even cover up the worn parts on the screen.
P990i: A mistake, a curse and a disgrace  So I lowered my expectations and settled for a P1i. I couldn't keep my expectations so low for a long time so now I have an HTC Touch HD |
701
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Maybe you don't have to change the screen,but the plastic protector above it.I suspect there is this protection...Anyway,every1 around here is using Displex. |
iksplusipsilon
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@makbil
I have yet to see what I can find in stores in my PayPal not approved country
@701
I don't think that you can remove the factory cover from the screen ... opened the phone few times and I don't think I saw it was possible ( wouldn't have the courage to try it even if I did )
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crossmatched
Joined: Jan 05, 2006
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off topic: just wanna share
my friend cleaned a bloodstain in his w950 using cotton soaked alcohol..
the touchscreen didn't work afterwards..
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Sebby
Joined: Dec 12, 2004
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Maybe he hit someone over the head with the phone, and in fact that's why the blood-stained touch screen didn't work (nothing to do with the alcohol).  |
iksplusipsilon
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My first tought exactly :-)! ...although, now I won't use alcohol for cleaning the screen, just in case ...
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xnuo
Joined: Aug 16, 2006
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From: Valencia, Spain
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no volatile fluids, not alcohol, not even nail polishing remover (believe me, i use it to remove dirt from the circuitry a lot) can be used on the screen... even though i had an accident like that, and it left me with a very big stain on the backlighting of my old k750.... thanks to god it solved itself after a week without using the cellphone.... |
gezer
Joined: Feb 07, 2008
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you may buy only the touch screen it should be about 19-39 $
and i'm using touch screen protector film its nice.
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aksd
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I would'nt recommend using displex on a touchscreen, the outermost layer what you see is the Digitizer, under the digitizer is the actual LCD, the digitizer is basically like a transparent keypad over the screen with tiny pressure points. What displex does is it removes a layer of the digitizer which might mess up the calibration a wee bit(if sufficent amounts of the digitizer is removed.).
IP is usually used in smally quantities after being applied onto a soft cloth to clean screens, touch or not at authorised Motorola and SE service centers, in excess quantity or on direct application it can irreparibly damage your LCD.
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iksplusipsilon
Joined: Dec 23, 2007
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well... touchscreens are about 50 ﾀ here ... anyway, I am aware of risk, therefore I decided to wait until the replacement for my dying backup phone arrives before trying to polish P990 ... Thank you for your answers ! + What is "IP" ?
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Posted: 2008-04-16 20:23
So I lowered my expectations and settled for a P1i. I couldn't keep my expectations so low for a long time so now I have an HTC Touch HD 
