Cleaning the HTC Hero Screen

[Syphon]

So I expected this as I have friends with iPhones and I see it on their phones. Smudges! I hate smudges! So normally I just wipe it clean with a microfiber and it looks pretty good, however that does not always remove all the oils caught on the screen. I would think that over time, the oils sitting on the screen will end up degrading the screen or make it look nasty later on.

I am wanting to clean it and not sure what to use. I have a cleaning kit we use on the document scanners at work. It has microfiber pads and a cleaning chemical which after reading the ingredients is just isopropyl rubbing alcohol.

I heard the HTC Hero has a special coating on it that keeps it resistant to scratches and makes smudges easier to clean. My concern is that the isopropyl alcohol will beat up that coating.

So after beating around the bush...the question is, what is the best way to do a good deep cleaning of the screen?

 

[pdragon]

A cloth should be all you need to clean oil based smudges off the screen, which is probably what the majority are from your hands. It is an oleophobic/lipophobic screen so that stuff should wipe right off.

 

[Edaze55]

Smudges! I hate smudges! So normally I just wipe it clean with a microfiber and it looks pretty good, however that does not always remove all the oils caught on the screen.

A cloth should be all you need to clean oil based smudges off the screen, which is probably what the majority are from your hands. It is an oleophobic/lipophobic screen so that stuff should wipe right off.

Microfibers and other cloth... Ya'll really know how to make me feel like a slacker.

As pitiful as this sounds, when I need to clean my screen I usually just run it across whatever pants I happen to be wearing that day.

 

[twospirits]

Speaking of the screen, do not I repeat do not get it caught in the rain. Its almost impossible using the screen with a film of rain water or liquid on the screen. I noticed it while caught in this miserable downpour here in NYC.

TS out (trying to dry out)

 

[pdragon]

Microfibers and other cloth... Ya'll really know how to make me feel like a slacker.

As pitiful as this sounds, when I need to clean my screen I usually just run it across whatever pants I happen to be wearing that day.

Haha that's really all I do myself.