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Re: Has Zagg Invisible Shield ruined my N900?

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Originally Posted by pagesix1536 (Post 481992)

Those things are crap. I bought a Zagg for my wife's Droid, and I had a hell of a time putting it on...not to mention there's freaking water all over the place with doing one of these installs. Water under the film, water on top of the film, water all over the screen. Then they say that even after you get all the major bubbles out, the minor ones and other water under the screen will just dry up and disappear after 24 hours. Bull, I still have odd marks under the screen. Not to mention, it's more of a rubbery surface now on the Droid one. So moving your finger across the screen is met with some resistance now. It's junk. Don't buy one is my opinion. Stay away from Zagg's.

I picked up the 3M - Vikuiti DQC-160 protector for my N900. NO WATER NECESSARY when doing the install, but you have to be extra careful about touching it on the sticky side and not have any lint around. Takes some patience to apply it and press it down, but it is WAY BETTER than the Zagg one in my opinion. And, it's a slick smooth surface that your finger glides across. Not rubbery!

Only a few drops of water required for a Zagg, contrary to install in structions...no issues installing on an e71.

That said, I went with the Lexerd (I wrote a review on the clear 2-pack model) available on amazon.com...no water necessary.

Re: Has Zagg Invisible Shield ruined my N900?

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Originally Posted by torpedo48 (Post 481906)

Ok this is my problem: yesterday I received my N900 Invisible Shield from Zagg.com, and I applied it on my phone following all the instructions properly. I had to remove it and re-apply because of some dust entered between the screen and the protector, but after this second application all seemed to be fine. I waited for 24h and today I've turned on my phone. You can imagine my face after realizing that water has entered in my screen, and there's a sort of great halo surrounding all my screen. That is visible just with the screen on, when it's off the screen seems perfect, that's why I believe that there are no air bubbles under the film, it's just water under the screen...
The phone works perfectly, but I'm a bit afraid of using it with water inside the screen, so I've removed the battery and let it on the table.
What do you think about that? What should I do now? Have you ever experienced this? How can I properly dry the screen?

i'm owner of invisibleSHIELD in Denmark, and don't worry it will go away.. the reason why you can,t turn on your phone the first 24h is that it's not good to turn on a moisty/ wet phone... :)

kevin..

Re: Has Zagg Invisible Shield ruined my N900?

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Originally Posted by KevinSass (Post 482014)

i'm owner of invisibleSHIELD in Denmark, and don't worry it will go away..

Are you sure? Your haze looked like this?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2520/...52c6dfa1_b.jpg

Re: Has Zagg Invisible Shield ruined my N900?

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Originally Posted by torpedo48 (Post 482062)

Are you sure? Your haze looked like this?
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Im pretty sure this is just moist under the film.
I recommend to take this "invisible shield" and flush it down the toilet, and grab some descent film for your phone :cool:

Re: Has Zagg Invisible Shield ruined my N900?

you could just lift up one corner and see if the moist is between the screen and the protector.

Re: Has Zagg Invisible Shield ruined my N900?

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Originally Posted by torpedo48 (Post 482062)

Are you sure? Your haze looked like this?

I looks like moisture. I think you didn't push the water out too well and this is a small layer or water between the shield and screen.

Re: Has Zagg Invisible Shield ruined my N900?

Hi everyone.
I've taken my N900 out of the rice: its screen has gone from this:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2520/...52c6dfa1_b.jpg

to this:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2700/...a0b7e3f4_b.jpg

I've put it in the rice again, what do you think it's going on there?

Re: Has Zagg Invisible Shield ruined my N900?

I also screwed up my zagg shield alot of ugly bubbles and stuff.
I didn't like the installation at all, having water possibly running down in the speakers or screen I tried to just moisture the plastic a bit, but it obviously didn't work. Even if it was because I had to little water I wouldn't wanna try with more and risk hurting my phone. NOt good procduct :(

Re: Has Zagg Invisible Shield ruined my N900?

Hi guys, sorry for forgetting this thread I've just remembered it and I want to give you the final update.

All has gone well, my phone works as before, and maybe even a little better because of the screen protector. I'd not suggest it to anyone, because you risk to water damage it, but having it on saves your phone from lots of accidents (e.g. some days ago a friend of mine started playing with my N900 using a PEN as a stylus, the screen protector worked well in that situation). Yeah, it's a bit rubbery on its surface but after some weeks it loses its rubbery a bit.

Thanks to everyone for reading and giving me suggestions.

Re: Has Zagg Invisible Shield ruined my N900?

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Originally Posted by torpedo48 (Post 512974)

That's not a friend :mad:

I bought the full-body protection to my N900 from a Swedish web-shop. Was little afraid to put it on after reading this thread. I was really careful with the amount of water, but to get a good result it shouldn't be to less either. I didn't get any water under the screen.

It took me about 1.5h to get all parts on and the result is almost perfectly except for one bubble (think its dust under) outside the screen-area and maybe two small dusts of grain on the screen.

The phone feels rubbery, but I kind of like it, it feels secure and I don't have to worry about scratches. Of course the phone looks less stylish and the rubbery feeling on the body makes it feel less expensive :) For me it is worth it, and I have quite dry hands so my fingers aren't sticking that much to the screen.