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2010-03-02
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Originally Posted by mail_e36
Well if you must disinfect your N900...
I appreciate your point of view and professional opinion. But no matter how much I logically understand that germs are not always harmful, it simply does not seem like a good idea to have someone sneeze/spit all over my phone and then having me hold it up to my face (and thus, touch my face with it) in order to use it.
Somehow, it just seems like a bad idea. Kinda like pulling a piece of bubble gum off a grimy street and putting it in your mouth... I'm sure you'd be okay after doing that, but it just does not seem like a good idea.
Easiest and propably cheapest option would be to use 70% Ethanol. You might be able to get that from pharmacy where you live, or just buy some ultra-strong vodka/spirits and dillute it to with water to 70%. Brief exposure to 70% Ethanol should be safe for almost any plastic. Please note that in this case more is not better. Achohol coagulates proteins. >70% concentration of ethanol will denaturate all cell surface proteins very quickly, which blocks the solution from entering the microbial cell. EDIT: If you got lots of spit/whatever bodily fluids on the N900 then wipe it clean before applying the solution in order to stop the fluid from dilluting the alchohol.
Ethanol will be effective against most living bacteria and some viruses. Many viruses and bacterial spores are more resistant to simple ethanol solution. More effective would be to mix ethanol and isopropanol (Roughly 75-80% ethanol, 5% isopropanol). It's quite effective, altough not bullet proof, against enveloped viruses. Trouble is that ispropanol is organic solvent and attacks some plastic products. Don't know if that would be problematic with N900. Applying it quickly to a small area might be good experiment.
Last edited by Rauha; 2010-03-02 at 19:51.
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2010-03-02
, 18:48
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#33
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Originally Posted by mail_e36
Sounds like its simpler to just NOT LEND YOUR PHONE OUT.
it simply does not seem like a good idea to have someone sneeze/spit all over my phone and then having me hold it up to my face (and thus, touch my face with it) in order to use it.
Seriously, if you're worried about contact, then just say no. Because the germs will get inside your phone. In the speaker holes, the mic hole, the small gaps in the case.
Once inside they will wait, dormant, for just the right moment to slip out into your unsuspecting ear, eye, or mouth. Once that happens you are as good as dead.
Unless of course you were standing within 3-10' of the person you lent your phone to. In that cause, you already breathed in way more live crap they spewed out then the few remaining stragglers that didn't die within seconds of hitting your phone.
Seriously, the ONLY protection if you are truly worried is to not lend out your phone. Everything else is just making you feel better, not making you any safer.
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2010-03-02
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#34
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On the subject, I have been trying to figure out how to better clean the dirt that gets packed into the ridge of the display between the screen protector and the elevated edge of the phone. Some of it is stuck enough that needs a small knife to take out.
How is everybody else dealing with this issue?
How is everybody else dealing with this issue?
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2010-03-02
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Originally Posted by nex
x2. . . im interested in ideas too. . .
On the subject, I have been trying to figure out how to better clean the dirt that gets packed into the ridge of the display between the screen protector and the elevated edge of the phone. Some of it is stuck enough that needs a small knife to take out.
How is everybody else dealing with this issue?
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2010-03-05
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#36
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Well, at least some of the responses were constructive, thank you Rauha 
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2010-03-05
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#37
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What i do is to dip my N900 in a bath of muriatic acid, it gets so clean that even the insides stop working.....you may only use it once, but hey, it will kill all the germs.
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2010-03-05
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#38
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I send my phone to Golgafrincham for sanitizing.
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"N900 community support for the MeeGo-Harmattan" Is the new "Mer is Fremantle for N810".
No more Nokia devices for me.
My repository
"N900 community support for the MeeGo-Harmattan" Is the new "Mer is Fremantle for N810".
No more Nokia devices for me.
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2010-03-05
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#39
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I am afraid of using any alcohol on the screen, not sure if it could damage it. Alcohol is a solvent for some things... Learned this the hard way when I tried to wipe some sticky stuff off my Car's dashboard once with some 70% isopropyl, and it took the color right off left a very ugly discoloration mark. 
At the moment I simply use the cleanser for my eyeglasses with a lens cloth and wipe the N900 clean.
Anyone know if alcohol could damage the screen?
At the moment I simply use the cleanser for my eyeglasses with a lens cloth and wipe the N900 clean.
Anyone know if alcohol could damage the screen?
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2010-03-05
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Originally Posted by dantonic
Wow, at that concentration I'm not surprised.
Learned this the hard way when I tried to wipe some sticky stuff off my Car's dashboard once with some 70% isopropyl, and it took the color right off left a very ugly discoloration mark.
At the moment I simply use the cleanser for my eyeglasses with a lens cloth and wipe the N900 clean.
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