So the week after launch I was up in the Chicago Michigan Ave store and I picked up a Gold 6+. The bottom right corner white stripes were filthy. And this was just from 7 days of strangers holding it with their grubby little hands. Sick. I thought about trying to wipe it clean to see if it was stained or not, but decided to go wash my hands instead.
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Dye from Jeans Is Apparently Ruining the iPhones Plastic Strips
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This reminds of this one time after a party my walls were covered in dye shaped butts from...er perhaps thats a story for another time
Whoa, whoa..... I kinda want to hear this story! Lol.
yeah had the same problem. But after it broke down and got a new refurbished one, they obviously changed the materials on the phone to some smoother material and it stopped "catching colors"
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+1! Thank you for pointing this out. A lot of people do not know where the term originated from. I too am annoyed by this over use (abuse actually) of this term.
You missed her point.
The sides and back of my (silver) 5s go blue after having it in my jeans pocket of 1 particular pair I have! Possibly as they're relatively new, so maybe it'll stop happening once they've been washed more. The blue does seem to rub off from the phone fairly easily though!
I noticed this starting to happen with my iPhone a few days ago. I've been trying to clean it off, just a few minutes ago I was using a graffiti remover. Nothing has worked so far. I have insurance and AppleCare+ so I may just make a claim somehow, then case it.
I used to clean my MacBook palm rests (notorious for staining with the first-gen) with a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and it worked perfectly. You should try that on this.
Good plan.
Phones, TV remotes, keyboards and other objects touched by multiple people are common sources for disease transmissions, particularly viral diseases. Many people are unaware of or ignore this. Wash your hands after touching potentially contaminated objects or touching other people, e.g. shaking hands. Don't touch your hands to your face, mouth or eyes unless you have just washed hands. (from M.D.)
It looks like the white coating is rubbing off and it's exposing the material from within - paint-gate.
I've just used a very small amount of UPVC recover (not cleaner) and if I'm not seeing things it appears to work.
ruin(n) - the physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.
Not exactly.
Not exactly.
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Magic Eraser may not be a bad suggestion. As a word of caution, I'd masking tape everything except the plastic band when doing it to make sure it doesn't damage the metal finish in any way. I'd probably also only test it on a small section of the plastic band at first to make sure it doesn't somehow make the problem worse.
I've already given a solution to this, UPVC restorer works. Put the smallest amount on a cloth, let it soak into the cloth a couple of seconds, then gently rub the area that has dye on it. Once you have done that with a clean cloth wipe away any excess UPVC restorer. UPVC is just plastic like the antenna bands.
Those things ARE magic. Amazing what they will clean.
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Not on my phone, but happened a lot on certain phone cases. One pink one, for example, was badly stained by jeans.
