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Originally Posted by shak3800
Thanks everyone for all the info.
One last question. Has anyone managed to install the screen protector successfully without bubbles? Any tips how to install it ?
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There are videos on Youtube, but not all of them are made by people who know what they are doing. Try watching more of them.
Basically, you need to do it in a dust-free environment - in a bathroom after running hot shower for a while.
Also, if during the installation process you notice a dust particle (it is easy to notice, because it causes an air bubble to form around it), you still can remove it with the help of an adhesive tape - you lift up the screen protector a bit and touch the dust particle with the tape - the dust particle remains on the tape. Try to spot the dust particles as soon as possible, not after putting the whole protector on but in the process, so that you need to lift back up only a little bit.
Look also for techniques how to align the screen protector correctly before beginning to apply it (the same adhesive tape might be used to attach one edge of the protector in 2-3 or more places to the device - check the alignment, re-attach it with adhesive tape as many times as necessary until you have perfect fit) and how to push air bubbles (those without dust particles in them) to the edge of the screen and out - because it can be done.
So, again:
1. In a very humid shower room with door closed.
2. Clean the screen before applying the protector!
3. Attach one edge of the protector to the reader with several pieces of an adhesive tape so that the screen protector is aligned with the screen perfectly. To do that, place the screen protector on the screen exactly where it should be, and then attach one edge of it with adhesive tape. Try to open and close it as if it were a cover - does it go back onto the screen exactly where it should be, with precision and cannot be moved around? It should not be loose. Add more pieces of tape - more points of attachment, if necessary. You can even attach the whole edge with a continuous stretch of an adhesive tape.
It might be a good idea to attach it to the side rather than to the top or the bottom of the reader. It will have less margin to be loose. Although some people prefer to lay down the protector in the top-bottom direction.
Note 2 has a button in the bottom middle and its screen protector has a rectangular hole for it, so it is an additional thing to consider when deciding where to begin.
4. And then apply the screen protector gradually, beginning from that attached edge.
5. Try to spot dust particles while applying the protector - dust particles can be removed with an adhesive tape if noticed in time.
Attempting to lift one of the corners to remove a dust particle later - it might work, but it might also leave the corner agape, not sticking enough. That is especially bad with a flush screen (Alita, Note 2), the protector goes to the very edge of the device, and if a corner is agape, it can be accidentally opened even more, so better have it sticking well, better not to try to lift a corner when the protector is already put on. Better to spot dust particles immediately, while still laying the protector down.
6. As long as an air bubble does not contain a dust particle, it can be gradually pushed out and removed. Way more difficult to do it if a bubble is in the middle of the screen, better to deal with them immediately while laying down the protector.