Best Galaxy Note 4 Tempered Glass Screen Protector

[mty msi]

I just sent iloome another email myself about returning the Flexmate. If they don't respond I'll initiate a credit card chargeback. I'll also post when/if they do respond. I didn't even open my package. You may want to try contacting them through their website as I did get a response from them that way about a shipping delay.

As far as the iCarez I'm getting mine tomorrow too. Several posters including at least one with pictures (I forget if it was here or on xda) have successfully installed them.

 

[Android4life47]

I did send them a E mail in fact I sent them 4 E mails and still no answer I will give them till today if I don't get a E mail from them then I will call my bank

 

[mty msi]

I am really disappointed in iloome shipping these defective flexmates. They had to know they were defective before they started shipping them and on top of that supposedly the flexmate was revised and to be the replacement for their defective 9h glass protector. Very poor performance on iloome's part and their lack of communication to return the item is disconcerting as well. You'd think they don't realize people are posting on forums about their actions.

With that said I'm also highly disappointed that Samsung chose a screen that thusfar has been impossible to buy a glass protector that fits properly. With all of these glass protector brands that don't fit properly it has got to be the design of the screen that's causing the problem.

 

[Android4life47]

Well I couldn't wait to hear from iloome so I called my bank and they stop payment and refunded my money back to my account. The thing that gets me is that iloome made a screen protector for the iPhone 6 but couldn't make one for the note 4? And the screen protector that came with my outterbox was 100 times better than this iloome junk... I'm just waiting for the icarez to come in tomorrow

 

[mty msi]

I did get an email from iloome several hours after I contacted them through their website. They're telling me to put it on and if I don't like it I can still return it but of course after having seen the results I have zero interest in wasting my time doing that. So I don't think I'll have any problem getting a refund. I am quite surprised they would ship protectors that don't fit properly a second time after pulling their 9h glass protector from the market for the halo problem.

 

[monsieurms]

Bear Motion arrived today. Way better than ZeroLemon--cutouts nicely designed. It seems the equal, at least, of the Spigen and it was considerably cheaper. I've yet to see one of the 3 I've tried that has edges remove all hints of bubble. There's always this "margin" that just doesn't seem to change around the whole. That said--the margins are not the viewable screen. Seems well made, thin but tough. It should perform well. Important point--combined with a nice case (Spigen Tough Armor) it makes the margin issues and typical failure to cover all of the screen less important. I'm set for the moment. If something resembling Nirvana arrives, great, but this is pretty good, price was right. Obsession over. For the moment.

 

[mty msi]

I hear you. I'm waiting for my iCarez film protectors to arrive tomorrow and I'm done with the glass protector issue until somebody posts a picture of one that fits properly without a halo. And it doesn't seem like that will happen anytime soon.

 

[skafri]

I'm just going to stick with my built in protector case until there are better glass ones. I appreciate all the guinea pigs who saved me some money for now!

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[lpcs1]

Guys, do NOT buy the Nillkin tempered glass protector for Note 3 ... i spent 35€ on it and it turned out to be almost half an inch too short and quite a few millimeters too narrow... on top of that no matter how cleanly you apply on the phone, an air bubble gets trapped under the edges...

 

[pluka]

I know that a few people on the forum have had bad luck with the new iloome flex protector, but I've had mine on now for more than one day and no halo effect. I was very careful about the placement (also lucky) and used two very good lens cleaners (Eclipse and Perosol) to clean the screen to remove any residual oils. So far it looks great and is very thin so it's hard to see. The only negative is the edges are a little sharp, but I guess that can't be avoided.

Prior to this I had the Spigen Crystal protector and for a low cost option, it's also not too bad.

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[ishore99]

...apply a tempered glass screen protector to it, however, doing so will effectively raise my screen up slighty due to the thickness of the glass. Will this hinder my use of the fingerprint functions?

I bought the Tempered Glass protector from Verizon and have found no issues with it on the touch screen. As for the "finger print function", no issue there either.

 

[briankstan]

I received and installed the Bear Motion glass screen protector today. It does have the halo although it is minimal. I'm content for now but will purchase something else later on if they get one to actually fit the note 4. Even with it being cut nicely around everything there is simply no fitting the curved edges of the screen. I'll keep following the manufactures and the reviews with hope that somebody gets it right.

 

[nugj]

I have been so tied up with learning the Android language and just general stuff that has nothing to do with the N4 that I did not really put two things together that might be interesting to some of you here.

As has already been noted here, the Zerolemon tempered glass screen protector does not cover out to the edges of the N4 screen only covering the flat portions of the screen. We all know the Zerolemon has a halo. While Zerolemon does not offer a spec at least not one that I have seen, I think this must be one of the 4mm thick glass protectors.

I mentioned early on that the Zerolemon does not have a cutout for the selfie camera. Frankly, not much of an issue in my case. However what I did not notice until just today was that the halo goes right through the location for the camera lens. Now I don't know of any other protector that gives us the opportunity to look at this issue from the perspective of the camera lens. However some of you might be happy to know that I can see no evidence of the halo when looking through the selfie camera lens. I have looked really hard and while the halo is very small on the zerolemon even to the extent that at some points, the halo is a broken line, I can surely see it cross through the camera lens when I am looking at the entire screen. But try as I might, I cannot see anything of that halo when activating the selfie camera and looking through the camera lens.

We are stuck with this generation of tempered glass screen protectors and for all I know, it may never get better than it is as far as further product development is concerned. But it might just be that being able to see the halo when looking at the entire screen has really left a bad taste in our mouths. The actual practical impact of the halo may be far less than we anticipate.

Now at least for me, I would not want to spend upwards of $40-$50 for a protector and even have a halo of little practical impact. But many of us are paying less than $15 for these things. They may just not be as bad as we anticipate.

I am not by the way suggesting people go out and buy a Zerolemon tempered glass protector. However the fact that their protector has no cutout for the selfie camera lens is what has made it possible for me to at least offer you a comment that might help you with this stuff. I for one would hate for somebody to pass on what is relatively inexpensive protection and then end up with a scratched display screen because they anticipated a really bad performance experience due to the effect from the halo. Heck I cannot even say with any confidence that the halo from a different protector would in fact be more telling than the one from the Zerolemon.

I will say this though. I would watch for dust building up on the edge of the screen protector. I would not want to have to use some solution to get real grunge off of that edge. But I would be watchful for the dust and do something to get rid of it while it is just dry dust. Maybe even canned air with a nozzle will blow it harmlessly away before it mixes with some moisture and hardens along that edge. I don't think it takes much of an effort to just get the dust off that edge at least once per week.

 

[LeoNote4b]

I don't get it. Why glass? Why not plastic which is thinner and lighter? Why wrap a glass with a glass?

 

[nugj]

Well don't hold me to it but the simple answer would hardness and clarity. The plastic protectors have earned a reputation for not being as clear and that is probably the biggest reason. You have cellphone makes pushing the envelope on screen resolution, brightness and overall clarity. Fewer and fewer people want to degrade that performance to the level of a film protector I think. Then there is hardness. But I think the primary issue is clarity. Somebody will probably chime in with a better answer than that.

 

[LeoNote4b]

So the clarity I'm getting from a Spigen plastic screen protector is just a figment of my imagination? I'm not quite sure its true.

 

[nugj]

Sorry I was trying not to be so long winded with that one. I don't think they are less clear brand new out of their box. I do think the clarity of the film protectors degrade over time while the tempered glass do not. A good way to think about it would be the plastic lenses on your car headlights. What happens to them over time? They get cloudy. Grease from your fingers, the cleaners you use to get the grease off the film etc etc...it all works to degrade the clarity of the film faster than if it were glass just like glass lenses over your headlights might crack but they would not cloud over like plastic.

You could always just change the film protector when it became something you did not like looking through. I am not sure how comfortable I would be with making multiple changes. I don't know what might be going on right up against the glass on the backside of any of these protectors.

 

[1BigAndroidFan]

Been following this thread for awhile. Had to join to send a reply. I ordered the Supershieldz off amazon for like $7-8 shipped. Am super happy, no halo, covers the visible screen surface. Not to the edges but does the job. Very happy. No bubbles very easy install.

 

[LeoNote4b]

Alright. I'm sold. I'm going to buy one and this is the first time I'm ever going to do it. Let's see.

 

[nugj]

Try to look at some youtube stuff to give yourself the best shot at the installation. I know....some of those youtubes are painful to watch. Many amateurish vids there. But there are plenty there. So if the one you are watching looks lousy...don't waste your time. Pause it..find another....see if it is any better.

You really want to make sure your screen is clean before you apply the protector and you want to make sure not to get anything on the side of the protector that goes onto the screen before you apply it (fingerprints!!!).

Before you do the install just make sure to have everything lined up to go bang...bang ...bang....done. The more time the stuff lays around, the more time for stuff to get on the surfaces.