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Review of NLU BodyGuardz for iPhone 3G
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They should. You can take a hair dryer to them if you want. Make sure you set the temp to low/cool.
so my bodyguardz came in the mail today. I'm off to work, but when I get home I plan on putting it on. I'll update with what I think of it, i sure hope it works out alright and covers everything. If this isn't what I want either I'll just buy a pouch (like a foofpod), because at this point i've already spent like 60$ on protection for my phone.
Yes you can lift it up and redo it. Use the film's original backing paper to get underneath the film to lift it up. Wet your finger and use the finger nail to remove the thread. Wet the film under and reapply.
Applied the bodyguardz. It's about 30 minutes after.. and i dont have that much haze.. or bubbles.. but im sorta upset that one side of my chrome bezel is like 80% covered but a tiny amount isn't. I think i'm just going to get a pouch for the phone or like a microfiber sleeve. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out after all the horror stories i read on here, but the bezel was like really important to me so for it to be a tiny bit off is dissapointing. I'm pretty sure it's the BG and not me because ALL my holes line up perfectly and every other side of the bezel is PERFECT.. like not even a tiny bit more than necessary,
that leads me to beleive it was cut a TINNY bit off. Oh well, for the most part aside from the corners (they arent fully covered.. its just the nature of the case) im happy.
Theres also some .. fuzzy stuff on one of the bezel covers (surely some sort of fiber from when I was repositioning the back..which is sort of dissapointing, but since the install went pretty good aside from that i think i'll leave it.. as long as it doesn't scratch
My question is, when can I turn my iPhone on again??
So i've let the iPhone sit for 13 hours, finally powered it on. There is still MINOR haze.. and a few bubbles.. quite small though. And my corners are nearly perfect. There is a 'hair' on the back, which is sorta annoying but if my phone is scratch proof im cool with that. The bezel like I mentioned ealrier has some fibers underneath it too, but no big deal..
I don't have a digital cam handy so i took a pic in a mirror with the iPhone, hopefully its clear enough to give you an idea. The back is nearly flawless you really can barely tell its on only cause the haze.. im sure in 24 hours it will look awesome.
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After getting sick of waiting for my invisibleshield preorder to ship (which i had placed on July 1st!) i decided to cancel it and just stick with my case. The problem became that my brother's white iphone doesnt show scratches at all on the back so he was comfortable using it without a case which made me extremely jealous because my case ridden black iphone looked chubby and not as cool by comparsion. After seeing the orange peel effect on my bro's IS which he got from bestbuy (obviously the front only) and hating the orange peel effect i ordered a front back pack from bodyguardz a couple of days ago and shipping it via priority got it to my place today (friday, only a couple days later) so not too shabby on the shipping.
Anyways i plan on trying to apply it today and will post my impressions on the whole process and whether it's worth the hassle later. And even though i feel like theres enough pics out there if people ask for them i will post.
Anyways i plan on trying to apply it today and will post my impressions on the whole process and whether it's worth the hassle later. And even though i feel like theres enough pics out there if people ask for them i will post.
I have had my bodyguardz on for about a week now, I initially had 10 bubbles in the back, all of them disappeared!
there are a few, slight, wavy things in the back (only can see it if you look closely)
I've had SOOOO many people ask me, why don't you have a case on it
each time it makes me happy!
the only thing bad about it is that one of my corners didn't go down all the way, and i have about 2 mm of dust that has collected on the corner, so I called bodyguardz and they will replace the back because the second back they sent me, was completely stuck to the second backup front!
arghhh!
so I think I should get that tonight!
It's a PAIN IN THE BUTT to put on, but soooo worth it!
-Jack
there are a few, slight, wavy things in the back (only can see it if you look closely)
I've had SOOOO many people ask me, why don't you have a case on it
each time it makes me happy!
the only thing bad about it is that one of my corners didn't go down all the way, and i have about 2 mm of dust that has collected on the corner, so I called bodyguardz and they will replace the back because the second back they sent me, was completely stuck to the second backup front!
arghhh!
so I think I should get that tonight!
It's a PAIN IN THE BUTT to put on, but soooo worth it!
-Jack
yes, would love to see pics. your bro isn't putting it on his white one too by any chance, is he? I know you said he had the IS skin on it already. but would love to see it on the white.
When you ask for replacements, do you still have to pay a fee. I think I read it was something like $5 for shipping, but I wanted confirmation on that.
As for the Bodyguardz itself, I think it's a great product. I installed the back almost flawlessly except for a couple pieces of dust, but it's hard to tell on a black back. I got 2 of the corners down almost perfectly, but the bottom two still has a little bit of lift, and has accumulated some lint over a couple days. I might redo it with my 2nd black film this weekend. The texture is pretty good and I'm completely satisfied with the product.
As for the Bodyguardz itself, I think it's a great product. I installed the back almost flawlessly except for a couple pieces of dust, but it's hard to tell on a black back. I got 2 of the corners down almost perfectly, but the bottom two still has a little bit of lift, and has accumulated some lint over a couple days. I might redo it with my 2nd black film this weekend. The texture is pretty good and I'm completely satisfied with the product.
Yes you do have to pay a $5 shipping fee. That includes one set (front and back) and the solution to apply it.
He only has IS on the front so assuming I dont destroy my first BG back in the install process i was planning on offering the second one to him and if i end up doing that id be more than happy to post some pics of the results. But frankly my black phone is the priority so i cant guarantee pics of the white one
Wow, cant say that wasnt the most hellish experience ive ever had.
Right off the bat i can recommend this over IS for one lone reason, forget the fact that both have that lifetime warrenty, if you want a protector on your phone the same day you start applying you will need 2. I am a pretty careful guy, good with my hands, and i used both protectors till i was happy. While the first set arent destroyed or anything and i even set them aside, you almost need them to practice until youre ready for the real deal.
The best tip i can give anyone for the back is START AT THE SIDE WITH THE VOLUME CONTROL AND THE SILENT SWITCH. Honestly i started going using the camera headphone jack method over and over and was always slightly off. After realizing most of my problems were that the BG was sitting on top of the volume rocker and the silent switch i started using those as my launching point and then orienting it to the camera and the headphone jack afterwards.
I didnt have as many corner problems as i had simply lining the back up. Honestly once youre confident you have it lined up as perfectly as you can just start using your hands and address each corner individually. They wont stay down at first but take your time and keep rotating the device going from corner to corner and i found that this approach led to the corners staying down a lot sooner than i was expecting.
Also more advice i consider important for corners is dont be afraid to trim a tiny bit off of one of the flaps at a corner. I say this as someone who planned on never cutting this thing before i started but honestly a couple of corners had flaps overlapping by about one millimeter which was keeping both flaps from being able to stick properly. Simply shortening one of the flaps by as little as possible solved the problem.
Now i DO have several air bubbles on the back and streak marks on the front so im gonna wait for this whole "curing" witchcraft to do its thing before posting pictures and going too heavy with any praise/insults.
Regards of how that works out let me say that this isnt for the feint of heart or the weak of stomach. IT will require incredible amounts of patience and incredible amounts of you spraying tons of liquid over your two to three hundred dollar iphone. If you are missing either component save yourself some money and dont do this.
One comment i can make on the whole IS vs BG is that i found the bodyguards adhearing to the phone much more quickly than the IS i installed for my brother. Even with insane amounts of spray it would almost instantly start sticking to a point and only after forcing it to slide around alot was a able to align it properly.
I didnt find the same issue to be as bad on the IS but the famous orange peel effect on the BG is next to nothing compared to the fruit my bro refers to his iphone so im still happier i went with this one.....so far.
Also make sure to triple check your front before moving on to the back. I looked mine over a million times and found no problems then after finally finishing the back and thinking i was done i looked and saw a fairly noticeable hear stuck underneath the front. Knowing myself i knew it would drive me insane so i carefully lifted up the side of the front it was under, removed it, and resparyed and reapplied that side. Didnt streach or anything so i was relived.
Ill post a couple of photos of it now and then take some more in a day or two so we can find out together if these bubbles do really disappear on their own.
Right off the bat i can recommend this over IS for one lone reason, forget the fact that both have that lifetime warrenty, if you want a protector on your phone the same day you start applying you will need 2. I am a pretty careful guy, good with my hands, and i used both protectors till i was happy. While the first set arent destroyed or anything and i even set them aside, you almost need them to practice until youre ready for the real deal.
The best tip i can give anyone for the back is START AT THE SIDE WITH THE VOLUME CONTROL AND THE SILENT SWITCH. Honestly i started going using the camera headphone jack method over and over and was always slightly off. After realizing most of my problems were that the BG was sitting on top of the volume rocker and the silent switch i started using those as my launching point and then orienting it to the camera and the headphone jack afterwards.
I didnt have as many corner problems as i had simply lining the back up. Honestly once youre confident you have it lined up as perfectly as you can just start using your hands and address each corner individually. They wont stay down at first but take your time and keep rotating the device going from corner to corner and i found that this approach led to the corners staying down a lot sooner than i was expecting.
Also more advice i consider important for corners is dont be afraid to trim a tiny bit off of one of the flaps at a corner. I say this as someone who planned on never cutting this thing before i started but honestly a couple of corners had flaps overlapping by about one millimeter which was keeping both flaps from being able to stick properly. Simply shortening one of the flaps by as little as possible solved the problem.
Now i DO have several air bubbles on the back and streak marks on the front so im gonna wait for this whole "curing" witchcraft to do its thing before posting pictures and going too heavy with any praise/insults.
Regards of how that works out let me say that this isnt for the feint of heart or the weak of stomach. IT will require incredible amounts of patience and incredible amounts of you spraying tons of liquid over your two to three hundred dollar iphone. If you are missing either component save yourself some money and dont do this.
One comment i can make on the whole IS vs BG is that i found the bodyguards adhearing to the phone much more quickly than the IS i installed for my brother. Even with insane amounts of spray it would almost instantly start sticking to a point and only after forcing it to slide around alot was a able to align it properly.
I didnt find the same issue to be as bad on the IS but the famous orange peel effect on the BG is next to nothing compared to the fruit my bro refers to his iphone so im still happier i went with this one.....so far.
Also make sure to triple check your front before moving on to the back. I looked mine over a million times and found no problems then after finally finishing the back and thinking i was done i looked and saw a fairly noticeable hear stuck underneath the front. Knowing myself i knew it would drive me insane so i carefully lifted up the side of the front it was under, removed it, and resparyed and reapplied that side. Didnt streach or anything so i was relived.
Ill post a couple of photos of it now and then take some more in a day or two so we can find out together if these bubbles do really disappear on their own.
To line up the back PERFECTLY so that you don't have any of the flaps overlap follow this procedure VERY CAREFLULLY.
You need to line up the back basically along three directions. Vertically, horizontally on the upper half, and horizontally on the lower half.
FIRST align the back horizontally on the upper half. You do that by lining up the camera hold PRECISELY around the camera. You HAVE TO make sure there is no plastic not covered. The camera hold is cut EXTREMELY PRECISE so that ALL SURROUNDING PLASTIC is covered and only the silver ring around the camera is exposed. If you don't make sure of that your placement would be off and you will have to redo it either because your flaps overlap or you have extra film material on one side sticking out from the bezel and not enough material on the other side to cover the bezel and all that.
SECOND align the bottom horizontally using the speaker and the mic openings. The speaker/mic cutout of the bottom of the film must surround the speaker and mic precisely with equal distance between the edge of the film's cutout and the speaker or the mic.
THIRD align the film vertically using the volume switch. Carefully bend the film over the volume switch and make sure none of the film covers any part of the volumn switch. If you have positioned the camera opening precisely as I mentioned the film would fold over the volume switch exactly.
Now when everything is perfect. You can leave the film alone for 15 min for it to set so when you squeegee the bubbles out you don't move the film out of position.
You need to line up the back basically along three directions. Vertically, horizontally on the upper half, and horizontally on the lower half.
FIRST align the back horizontally on the upper half. You do that by lining up the camera hold PRECISELY around the camera. You HAVE TO make sure there is no plastic not covered. The camera hold is cut EXTREMELY PRECISE so that ALL SURROUNDING PLASTIC is covered and only the silver ring around the camera is exposed. If you don't make sure of that your placement would be off and you will have to redo it either because your flaps overlap or you have extra film material on one side sticking out from the bezel and not enough material on the other side to cover the bezel and all that.
SECOND align the bottom horizontally using the speaker and the mic openings. The speaker/mic cutout of the bottom of the film must surround the speaker and mic precisely with equal distance between the edge of the film's cutout and the speaker or the mic.
THIRD align the film vertically using the volume switch. Carefully bend the film over the volume switch and make sure none of the film covers any part of the volumn switch. If you have positioned the camera opening precisely as I mentioned the film would fold over the volume switch exactly.
Now when everything is perfect. You can leave the film alone for 15 min for it to set so when you squeegee the bubbles out you don't move the film out of position.
my front went on well and looks almost perfect only after about 10 hours, are you guys doing it in a steamed bathroom or no steam from the shower? The first back I put on 3 out of the 4 corners were effed and I couldnt get them to sit down even after the blow drier and lots of time. Will go at it again later today.
For those who are having PROBLEMS getting the CORNERS down.. I have just thought of a SOLUTION. I would not know if it will work until I try it. I have not posted a blow-by-blow of how I applied my BodyGuardz precisely as I have not solved the corner issue.
But I will need to try out my new plan first. I say it has about 90% chance of working. Let me just say it does involve cutting the skin but it does not involve removing of materials and it should be invisible after all is said and done.
But I will need to try out my new plan first. I say it has about 90% chance of working. Let me just say it does involve cutting the skin but it does not involve removing of materials and it should be invisible after all is said and done.
Ive had a chance to use both IS and BG on an iPhone and I can say that the BG honestly almost feels as if youre touching a naked screen while the IS very prominently featured its own texture that must be gotten used to. Another reason im glad i went with BG for my iphone.
i dont know how you guys got bubbles in the back of your bodyguardz case. i just got done adhering mine to my iphone, which was a tedious process, and didnt even come close to getting airbubbles. it think the trick to it is to liberally spray the bodyguardz plastic with the water/baby shampoo mixture and just slide it on and slowly wait for it to dry while trying to keep the edges down.
ps my bodyguardz cover looks awesome!
ps my bodyguardz cover looks awesome!
The key is not to get AIR BUBBLES on the back by using enough solution to drive out all the air.
If you get BLACK BUBBLES, which are water, and not WHITE BUBBLES, which are air, the bubbles WILL disappear after about 48 hours. Even HUMUNGOUS ONES.
Trust me, I speak from experience.