new epic, looking for screen protector and tips

[Hypnotic2010]

Originally Posted by gTen

I ordered one of these...

Samsung Epic 4G Full Body Protection - Cell Phones

I mean free + $2 shipping for full body...I'm not expecting anything good for that price but I figure to give it a shot for only $2...once I get it I'll post on how crappy/if its any good and etc..

Nice find, I just ordered two for 4.85 total, its worth a shot for that price anyways.
Oh and anybody thinking that this so called Gorilla glass is so scratch resistant, I regretfully was hoping the same and thought i should be ok without a screen protector and guess what? I already got a nice scratch on left side of my epics beautiful screen. No drops and I dont even know how or when it happened. So as much as I like the nice slick glass feeling on my finger I guess I will have to get a protector.

The scratch is really not as bad as it looks in the pic, I guess I just caught the light just right in the pic. It definitely doesnt wipe off. &%#@ Gorilla glass!

[Johnny.Bravo]

Ouch!

[SPLzero]

Originally Posted by dumpringz

Wirelessly posted (Samsung Epic : Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.1-update1; en-us; SPH-D700 Build/ECLAIR) AppleWebKit/530.17 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/530.17)



maybe for some but it didn't fit my screen right at all. not to mention the rainbow lines like I mentioned earlier in the thread. I bought the sprint stock with anti glare one .. it has 3 in the pack idk y i never opened it. any1 use it ?

By rainbow lines do you mean this?

Originally Posted by Slimicus

Does your screen show this kind of Rainbow Banding?

(This Touch Pro 2 is about 1 month old)

[oranges311]

ive had my zagg protector for a week or so i think and i have 0 rainbow lines, it fits edge to edge, i cant see it at all. it doesnt affect viewing at all either however there is the slightest resistance to the screen now as i touch it but im not bothered by this because it makes it easier to grasp and less slick and slippery

[qes27]

Originally Posted by Hypnotic2010

Oh and anybody thinking that this so called Gorilla glass is so scratch resistant, I regretfully was hoping the same and thought i should be ok without a screen protector and guess what? I already got a nice scratch on left side of my epics beautiful screen. No drops and I dont even know how or when it happened. So as much as I like the nice slick glass feeling on my finger I guess I will have to get a protector.

The scratch is really not as bad as it looks in the pic, I guess I just caught the light just right in the pic. It definitely doesnt wipe off. &%#@ Gorilla glass!

You and me both buddy.

This is the 5th day I've had my Epic. It's been nowhere but sitting face up on a desk or in my pocket (with nothing else like keys in it). Hasn't been dropped. Nothing sharp has come remotely near it.

And yet I have a very light, but most definitely permanent and visible, scratch sweeping all the way across my screen.

I'm uber pissed, and will probably go back to Sprint today, though I can't imagine there's anything they can do for me.

Most of all I'm just baffled how the scratch got there.

[daddymikey1975]

Originally Posted by Hypnotic2010

Oh and anybody thinking that this so called Gorilla glass is so scratch resistant, I regretfully was hoping the same and thought i should be ok without a screen protector and guess what?

I honestly feel sick to my stomach seeing that.

I have no idea how you (and others) end up with scratches like that on your phones. I have taken a screwdriver to the front of mine trying to scratch it and can't...

Maybe I'll just get a screen protector before my luck runs out LOL.

[gTen]

Originally Posted by daddymikey1975

I honestly feel sick to my stomach seeing that.

I have no idea how you (and others) end up with scratches like that on your phones. I have taken a screwdriver to the front of mine trying to scratch it and can't...

Maybe I'll just get a screen protector before my luck runs out LOL.

Its quite simple really..it boils down to physics...Gorilla Glass is highly resistant but it is still glass..with force applied at a certain cleavage angle can cause it to scratch...

I had an old apache and I had it fly across the room...smash against the floor and it was fine...then one day it took a small fall and the usb port broke off...

As stated energy can't be created or destroyed..so 99% of the time energy will be redirected from the screen to else where...but that 1% unlucky time it doesn't and there goes your screen.

So as the saying goes, better safe then sorry...

[Johnny.Bravo]

I ordered a Realook screen protector and it showed up in the mail yesterday. I have to say that I absolutely love it. You can read my review of it here:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/1955833-post18.html

[jasonsf]

Originally Posted by ksfoster

I ordered a Realook screen protector and it showed up in the mail yesterday. I have to say that I absolutely love it. You can read my review of it here:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/1955833-post18.html

I agree completely. Applied mine yesterday. It seems to be about a millimeter too short, but I suppose if I had centered it better it would have a half millimeter at top and bottom.

[Arterion]

Yep, these screens CAN be scratched. Mine's got a little scratch. I was trying to show someone it wouldn't scratch, and oops, it did. My keys couldn't scratch it at all, though. I think it has to do with the hardness of what you're scratching it with, and how abrasive it is. A screwdriver or key might not scratch it, but something "scratchy" might. Idk.

My keyboard is missing keypresses AND my 4G keeps cutting out, so I was going to take it back anyway and swap it anyway. I'll just have to get a screen protector this time. lol