Expected Behavior of Applied Heat to a Screen Protector?

[AbbY]

Alright so my story is a rather odd one.

Had a beautiful OnePlus One that was running in full glory. But, one day, I had to run to catch a bus. Slipped on gravel, phone was in the hand, landed phone first, completely shattered my screen.

Bought a new, replacement screen and installed it.

Everything seemed to be working great so I applied the last screen protector I had. Alas, a few moments later, I realize the notification LED is significantly dimmer than it used to be. Careful analysis, and I realized I accidentally covered the notification LED hole in double sided tape too.

True FML moment.

But, I chose to ignore it and used the phone pretty much without it's notification LED (it's visible in the dark, but in light, you have to carefully look for it).

Now, I've been using it this way for quite some time, and it wasn't a problem, until I noticed a slight grounding issue.

Whenever I use the phone on my bed (i.e certain angles for the screen position relative to the earth), the screen turns off atleast 3-4 times. This, and a couple of ghost touches. Initially I thought maybe I didn't glue the power button back properly, but I realized that turning the double-tap-to-sleep off fixed this.

Again, it's not something I can't live without, but it's somethign I really miss.

I want to rip the phone apart again, reapply the tape carefully this time and fix the grounding ghost touches by taping the back. My only concern is the screen protector.

Removing the screen requires heating it up quite a bit. Are screen protectors designed to withstand that kinda stuff? How are they applied on the screen? Not glue, I reckon. So, it is biomolecular hydrogen bonding, or vacuum, or what? Any one got any ideas?

tl;dr, need to remove phones screen. Will heating the screen with a hair dryer ruin the screen protector?

 

[murtaza12]

[MENTION=25983]AbbY[/MENTION]

In short, yes.

When I wanted to disassemble my Xperia Z2, I forgot the tempered glass screen protector was on it and used a hair dryer to heat it up and remove the parts, little did I know, the screen protector had become strangely gooey and wet and the corners had started coming off the device. I just peeled it off and cleaned the weird residue off the screen.

However, if you have the normal screen protector (paper wala, as the guys in saddar call it), then I don't think it should be a problem. The worst that could happen is that it'd peel off.


My advise, take the screen protector off, take the phone apart and buy a new screen protector.

 

[AbbY]

Well I would've done that if they were readily available. Problem is sourcing stuff for OnePlus products. They're not available at all. At least not in Turkey.

The screen protector is the normal, plastic kind. It's a matte 'paper wala' protector like you call it.

 

[murtaza12]

Well I would've done that if they were readily available. Problem is sourcing stuff for OnePlus products. They're not available at all. At least not in Turkey.

The screen protector is the normal, plastic kind. It's a matte 'paper wala' protector like you call it.

Isn't there an Amazon equivalent in Turkey?
Always keep an extra

However, now that you've mentioned that it's a matte one, it may react differently, not sure why since I suppose the adhesive on matte and glossy screen protectors is the same, the matte ones just feel a tad thicker.

I would still remove it though.

 

[smaaz]

Remove the protector first as it will leave smudges on the screen, and I believe there are many sites that now deliver stuff for free from China.