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  • Your first video is a guy checking one single screen protector on an uneven rubber mat dropping a ball on it and not dropping the ball in the same exact place on the screen protector as the first two. The next two videos have some morons hitting a couple phones with hammers, and in the last video, aside from much of what linus does not being all that well thought out, he never does an impact test.

    The three videos you found are very cherry picked and also poorly done, among dozens of others proving the coatings make no difference whatsoever in break resistance.

    Also, aside from all the videos showing they don’t make your screen stronger, use your danged head. The digitizer (top) layer of your phone screen is around 0.6mm thick. Do you seriously think that a 0.005mm layer of anything at all is going to make your screen stronger? Not possible in the least. And if it were possible, dozens of companies have been making making that junk for the past decade. If it did anything, don’t you think Corning would have already been using it on their gorilla glass already? Use your head, man. All that junk can do is make your screen temporarily feel a bit smoother and make it oliophobic again for a few weeks. Putting it on under a screen protector would do nothing at all except make the screen protector not stick as well.


  • Liquid screen protectors are useless snake oil, and doubly so when you’re putting a real screen protector over the top of them.

    Fairfone isn’t compatible with most US carriers.

    Samsung and some other providers/custom roms as well have a settings option to stop charging at 85%. This will vastly extend how long your battery will last before going bad.

    Disable fast charging options. If your phone doesn’t have the option, use a charge block that only outputs 5v 2amp. This will also make your battery last longer.

    When replacing batteries, 99% of aftermarket batteries are absolute garbage. Either get an OEM replacement (most on ebay are counterfeit) or just know you’ll have to replace it often.

    I keep my phones for usually 3 to 5 years at a time and in 25 years have never had a power button go bad on me. I also have a lot of equipment to fix laptops, cell phones, etc so I get a lot of people I know bring me their phones when they break, and out of dozens of phones brought to me, I’ve never had to repair a power button. It’s all speakers and charge ports and screen stuff. A volume button once.

    Speaking of charge ports: Keep them clean and don’t use your phone while they’re plugged in. Or at least be mindful to not stress the connection while it’s plugged in.

    Never leave your phone in a hot car or the sun shining on it through a window. This hurts the battery and causes the adhesive holding down the cable from the main board to the screen to de-laminate. That’s what has often happened when a screen has a solid thin line of color going all the way down the screen (looking at you, samsung).

    Use the accubattery apk(android) to keep an eye on your battery health and spot apks that are draining your battery the most.

    Cross your fingers and hope you can still find a good phone with an SD card slot.

    Know someone like me who will fix your phone for you. I do it for people I know just for the funsies. It’s a nice hobby.