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I think I may of removed oleophobic coating
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So you want a new phone on their dime for something you did??? Thats pathetic reasoning (mods before i get an automated email for using pathetic, I didnt call him patheitc I called his thought process pathetic)
I think I may of removed oleophobic coating
Just did some reading up on this coating, sounds like it's pretty fragile!
Like a sealant you'd use on a cars paint work that you can remove with a panel wipe (alcohol)!
Surprises me that they'd makes point of making this a kind of selling point when it seems it can just rub off over time anyway!
Just did some reading up on this coating, sounds like it's pretty fragile!
Like a sealant you'd use on a cars paint work that you can remove with a panel wipe (alcohol)!
Surprises me that they'd makes point of making this a kind of selling point when it seems it can just rub off over time anyway!
I think you would be wasting your time. My iPhone 6 does this depending on how greasy my hands are. When they are cleaned and I touch my phone, no issues. After a little bit of use, my hands get greasy again. It's because you touch things, your face, body, whatever. It's pretty normal and there's nothing wrong. Your friends phone is the same way I am sure. No coating is ever going to prevent what you see. None.
OP also mentioned he had a home button he wanted looked at. But, yes, going against the manufacturer's recommendation on a lot of things will have "unexpected" results.
"It" ruined your rMBP display?
What, pray, is "It"? Sandpaper? Acid wash? Flamethrower?
I'm on my second rMBP, travel constantly with it, and am the Fingerprint Police when it comes to the display, to the point of OCD. I just cannot abide fingerprints on my lovely display. Yet a gentle rubbing with a clean, water-dampened microfiber or terrycloth towel is all I've ever needed. Apple recommends nothing but a dampened, soft cloth ...they even provide a lovely microfiber cloth suited for the purpose. See http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1678/en_US/macbook_pro-retina-mid-2014_ipig.pdf
The OP's description of a vinegar solution makes me shudder. That's a wonderful, effective old-timey approach for cleaning hard surfaces, but expensive electronic and optical equipment? Oh dear.
It comes down to cost/benefit. Many of us upgrade to the newest iPhone yearly, but most of us don't tend to make mistakes like accidentally removing the coating with chemical.
OP also mentioned he had a home button he wanted looked at. But, yes, going against the manufacturer's recommendation on a lot of things will have "unexpected" results.
The home button clicking problem/not having the desired sound the OP mentioned seems like the kind of issue that anal-retentive people obsess over. Anal-retentive issues don't typically go far with Geniuses.
What about screen protectors removing this coating?
Genuine question as some hand mentioned it and I'm intrigued about the toughness of this oleohobic coating
If you're going to cover with a screen protector, what difference does it make?
The keyboard and the trackpad scratched it off when it was closed apparently. The genius even confirmed it and they replaced it for free even though my warranty expired 10 months ago
Well I suppose it may be that someone might choose to go from having a screen protector to then remove it. So wondered if that would remove this coating?
Wondered what factors affected it that's all
Off topic: Thank you for using the correct term (anal-retentive). I must be anal-retentive about people using the term OCD incorrectly.
Ach. Well I can see that that could happen. The tiny lip surrounding the current rMBP display does seem a little deeper than it used to be, so maybe that's been addressed.
But it really wasn't a coating issue. That would have scratched uncoated glass too.