Putting on a screen protector of any kind is like defusing a nuclear warhead

[Slayven]

Cause one mistake will fuck up all your previous work. Hunched over like i was decoding the nerconomicon and shit, good lord why it got to be like this?

Second thought I upgraded to tempered glass from plastic and good lord my screen looks a thousand times better. I don't know if there was dirt of the plastic or something but man it is night and day

 

[Cantaim]

Peak pain is when you get the protector on perfectly and then you notice that there is some hair underneath the protector.

 

[angelgrievous]

Yup, I've tried multiple times with my phone and my switch and I just cant do it. Any imperfection stands out like a sore thumb and I can't stand it, so I don't use them.

 

[Souzetsu]

I like using the hot shower technique: Start a hot shower, let the bathroom get really steamy, then apply the screen protector. Helps reduce the amount of dust in the air and under the screen protector.

And yes glass is wayyyy better than plastic.

 

[DanteMenethil]

the trick is to do it in the bathroom after a hot shower for max humidty. All the water in the air will catch the dust particles

 

[Martin]

Plastic screen protectors sucked, but with tempered ones I have no problems.
If you have something stuck under the screen, just lift it up carefully and use some scotch tape.
If you want to be in a dust free environment, do it in your bathroom (if you really want to be crazy you can take a shower before to have the dust settle).

With protectors just be patient and always look on the screen from all angles.

 

[Sunnz]

Yep, as bad as it is to misalign the camera slot or button section, worst is when you actually get it on well, hardly any bumps or air pockets, turn device on and BOOM, hair or dust right in the middle.
Then you think it's fine, hardly noticeable but you spend the next day consistently being annoyed by it till you give up and do it again...

 

[MegaManTrigger]

That's how I felt with Orzly screen protector for the switch but since then, I've applied a lot of screen protectors, and I can do it no problem.

The hot shower trick is gold.

 

[NickatNite]

Whenever I get a new phone, I just have the salesperson do it, and I've never had an issue.

The one on my Switch I did myself, and it's ever-so-slightly crooked, along with a small air bubble on the right bezel.

 

[Deleted member 29691]

Lol I turn my room into a clean lab when I do them. Fans off so dust isnt blowing around, extra lamps, wipe down surfaces.

One time I aligned one PERFECTLY, no air bubbles, no dust, just perfect, and then accidently ripped the whole thing off instead of just peeling the top layer. I was PISSED.

 

[cameron]

There's dust everywhere. And a lot of devices have curved screens.



How-to videos make it look so easy:

Benazcap for 2020 Galaxy Tab S6 Lite Screen Protector Installation Steps

Benazcap for 2020 Galaxy Tab S6 Lite Screen Protector Installation StepsAmazon purchase link：https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08839QWX7?ref=myi_title_dp&sa-no-redi...

youtu.be

The steamy bathroom is a good trick, though.

 

[mere_immortal]

I feel like more recent ones have been way better than past ones, especially now they come with a million little cleaning cloths and cleaning stickers and stuff. The last one I did for my girlfriend also had this weird gel stuff you put under the edges at the end, was cool.

Also nothing more satisfying than lining up a glass protector juuuuuuust right, watching it adhere and all the air get slowly pushed out.

 

[Richiek]

You make sure you wipe your phone clean of dust and then apply the protector and notice a speck of dust still made it through...

FUUUUUCK

 

[DBT85]

I can't remember the last time I put one on.

 

[Duane]

I'm pretty good at applying them on phones, but on a tablet it's so damned impossible.

 

[IDreamOfHime]

I get my niece to do it. She's an expert.

 

[Baladium]

I like using the hot shower technique: Start a hot shower, let the bathroom get really steamy, then apply the screen protector. Helps reduce the amount of dust in the air and under the screen protector.

And yes glass is wayyyy better than plastic.

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This is the way.

 

[Cels]

the apple store has these nifty devices that make installing the screen protectors trivial

 

[MegaManTrigger]

I'm pretty good at applying them on phones, but on a tablet it's so damned impossible.

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Yeah idk what it is about a tablet that makes it so difficult. I screwed up one for my parents because of a persistent air bubble that would not go away at the top corner.

 

[BasilZero]

Yeah....its a pain indeed.

 

[Rag]

I apply rubber stencils to polished granite all the time for headstones and it is super technical. As soon as your stencil touches that granite, it better be on right or you pretty much have to start over with a brand new stencil. I maybe mess up once a year. Any time I try to do the same thing with a screen protector I mess up every single time. The last time I tried, I had a bought a 5 pack of screen protectors and I burned through all of them. The fifth one went on ok, but if I had more, I probably would have kept trying.

 

[cameron]

You make sure you wipe your phone clean of dust and then apply the protector and notice a speck of dust still made it through...

FUUUUUCK

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The dust is coming from inside the protector!

 

[Quinton]

I successfully thwarted one launch when I screen-protected my Switch.

I apologize to whomever I killed fucking up my Kindle Fire attempt.

 

[Midramble]

nerconomicon

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Now I want a drug cartel horror serial drama titled Narconomicon

 

[BossAttack]

I like my phones the same way I came into this world, naked.

-Stolen from dude I heard say that in the Sprint store a few years ago.

 

[striderno9]

At my office, I'm the one that has to do this for everyone's phone, it's annoying. In my personal life, I never put a protector on my screen. For what? I can rub my keys over my screen and it's perfectly fine. I assume anything I do that can damage the screen would still be bad enough to damage it with a screen protectors on.

 

[Deleted member 4262]

Tempered glass makes this easy, no real effort required even in my dusty ass home. I put them on all my devices, old and new (except for laptops and ipads).

But the old film-style protectors can get fucked.

 

[Fat4all]

my phone screen protector is off a tiny tiny bit to the left and it's annoyed me for 5 years

 

[Darknight]

I used to feel that way until I used Hori screen protectors. Those go on so easily with how they setup the application. I've done multiple Switch, 3DS, DS, PSP and Vita systems and all went perfect. Too bad they only do game systems.

 

[MisterHero]

i put one on a tablet but there's a corner that won't let me draw correctly

 

[808s & Villainy]

Maybe for you poor fucks without dust free, hermetically sealed rooms in your homes

 

[KDR_11k]

So you can just smash it with a hammer? Nukes are pretty fragile, their warheads require precise timing on the components to actually hit critical mass. That's why slamming an interceptor missile into one won't cause much of an explosion.

 

[striderno9]

I like my phones the same way I came into this world, naked.

-Stolen from dude I heard say that in the Sprint store a few years ago.

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I also prefer my phone naked but I give it a few months before I'm that bold.

 

[platocplx]

Dust. Is like the massive enemy. Smh.

 

[fulltimepanda]

The UV/OCA solutions make it super easy now.

Alignment isn't an issue, no air bubbles due to dust or w/e, just a much pricier option.

 

[wvan13]

The only kind I'm at all confident is doing is putting the glass shield on my Fossil gen 5. Anything larger than that is a 50/50 shot on whether I ruin the one I'm trying to apply.

 

[red731]

the trick is to do it in the bathroom after a hot shower for max humidty. All the water in the air will catch the dust particles

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^^ yup and yup yup yup

 

[Trouble]

Glass tech has gone pretty far so I haven't felt the need to torture myself with that arcane ritual in quite a while.

 

[Gwarm]

I haven't put a screen protector on my phone since the Galaxy S2.

 

[TheOMan]

I use the tape/swinging door method and it worked perfectly.

Edit: The "Hinge" method, fairly similar to this:

Apply a Screen Protector Perfectly Every Time with the Hinge Method

Screen protectors aren't as necessary as they used to be , but if you still like to use them on your phone, YouTuber minh8080 has a foolproof metho

lifehacker.com

 

[Mobius 1]

With plastic films, I used to go to the bathroom, put on the hot shower to get it all steamy and that would facilitate installation. For the tempered glass protectors, as long as no particle falls on the surface it's a simple drop and press affair.

 

[Corran Horn]

I always buy another pack cuz of how bad I am with them. I always had issue with my curved screen though and my phone case, it seems to not fit well together and eventually causes me to replace the cover.

 

[CMP]

Applying screen protectors on curved screens is the stuff of nightmares. I'm glad curved screens are starting to go away, they're useless

 

[Brewm0nt]

Glass tech has gone pretty far so I haven't felt the need to torture myself with that arcane ritual in quite a while.

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Yeah, I feel like i'm crazy in here. Haven't used one since 2007 with original iPhone? Never had an issue.

 

[Mathieran]

I'm pretty sure this is why they always sell them in sets three lol takes me a few tries to get it right. I am good at getting it straight but I always end up with some bubbles

Tempered glass is amazing, I won't settle for less. It's just as good as the regular screen

 

[Mathieran]

Yeah, I feel like i'm crazy in here. Haven't used one since 2007 with original iPhone? Never had an issue.

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I drop my phone a lot. It's saved me a lot of screen cracks

 

[Burly]

I've been staring at an eyelash hair from the woman at the Verizon store for the last 3 years.

I don't dare try and fix it.

 

[Slayven]

my phone screen protector is off a tiny tiny bit to the left and it's annoyed me for 5 years

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Your supervillain origin

 

[rsfour]

Matte all day. Fuck fingerprints

 

[jon bones]

i remember my wife looking at me like a mad scientist in the bathroom covered in sweat carefully applying glass to my switch

why are we like this