Hi All - I have a question around the application of the privacy tampered glass screen protector to the BraX3 screen. I haven’t used a screen protector for about 12 years or so (as haven’t needed one for iPhone screens) so not overly familiar with them.
I have applied one of mine to my BraX3 okay, but I managed to (annoyingly) get it slightly off centre - it’s not stopping me using phone but is a little irritating aesthetically and also results in bright light leakage on one side (compared to rest of screen with the privacy tint effect), basically it’s a millimetre or more off centre to the other side.
TLDR; Is it possible to lift it off after application and then reapply / reposition it and it will still adhere? How does it bond to the screen? I presume it’s the hair-dryer trick to warm it up to easily remove - but can I then reattach it and it will rebond?
Could see anything on the store page about it. TIA!
@Cpub - when you removed and reinstalled your tampered glass privacy screen protector, how well did it adhere to the phone screen?
I’m conscious you applied yours to the plastic shipping screen protector, not the phone screen itself, so maybe was easier to seperate and didn’t degrade adhesive properties - but I’m hoping it’s evidence you can safely reapply regardless…?
(See my original post above - trying to determine if I can safely remove and reposition mine without risk of it being a write off?)
Hi. I had ordered an extra protector so I was willing to try to separate.
It went much better than I guessed it would. Both came off together. I wiped the phone glass with 90% alcohol. Then peeled the two protectors apart, which was very easy. I placed the think one on the phone. But had to peel off to realign. It went back on fine. When the phone is off, I see some areas that have a little ghosting. But when the phone is on, everything is clear.
Thanks @Cpub - based on your feedback I will give mine a try at the weekend.
(I too got a second screen protector, but it got damaged in transit, so just waiting on my replacement to be shipped. But in the meantime my minor concern is I don’t have a spare on hand - although I’m a bit slow configuring phone so won’t be actively using it daily for another couple of weeks I think.)
Well further my above post I just had a crack when I got home today and would you believe I had done exactly what you had @Cpub! Despite having peeled (what I thought was) ‘the’ screen protector off before applying my Privacy Tampered Glass protector!
So that’s a trap for young players!
I cleaned as you did, with isopropyl alcohol and gave it a really good polish after with a high quality microfibre cloth. Like yours mine actually went back on very easily (which was a relief) and I also had to lift one end a couple of times to press out air bubbles and get it to adhere evenly…
I also have been left with 2-3 spots of what you call ghosting, but these are only ~2mm diameter each, hopefully they will work out over time.
Phone screen does look tiny bit better now to my eyes I think, viewed through the protector… I wonder if some of the people who didn’t like the privacy tampered glass protector in some early threads/comments inadvertently did the same mistake and didn’t realise it.
In hindsight I don’t know if:
When my specific handset shipped they just accidentally left the protective plastic layer on top of the shipping screen protector that they should have removed, or
If they just do that on all phones by default to speed up assembly, or
if it is actually a second seperate distinctive layer left on for shipping protection; and the one underneath is actually intended as a cheap screen protector for ongoing use included with the phone - rather than just shipping protection?
Anyway, in conclusion for anyone else reading this:
The one I peeled off was thinner plastic, had a visible tab protruding at one end of the phone to make peeling off easy, and didn’t feel particularly sticky.
The one underneath (the actual shipping screen protector) was thicker and stiffer, had no tab, and when removed was noticeably sticky from adhesive on the side that contacted the phone screen.
The Tampered Glass Privacy screen protector is noticeably thicker again (and stiffer) - because it’s not plastic.
So keep an eye out if preparing to install a screen protector for the first time on the BraX3.
Set up can be daunting. Last year I switched from iPhone to LineageOS. Huge leaning curve going to Android and degoogled. There are a lot of helpful videos for Lineage set up. I noticed there’s hardly anything for iodé OS. But their website has some helpful info. And the out of the box configuration for Brax 3 is very good.
Many things covered in Lineage videos is applicable for iodé also regarding custom ROM. Hope things good well.
Yes. I must admit I have been procrastinating for a week and a half since getting my phone. Mainly to have enough continuous time free to get my head around the initial set-up and how to use profiles and sandboxing and stuff before I start loading up apps. One scenario is I need to put a couple of Microsoft apps on for work and want to keep them partitioned off from everything else. Been looking for good info about how profiles work, how easy to access, can notifications break through to any profile, restricting those apps from main phone contacts, etc…
And yeah I’m the same - been on iPhone & iPad for 15 years - have only briefly used Android phones a couple of times for work. Am tech savvy and ex-IT (and also use Linux and macOS regularly as well as Windows) - but still a bit of effort getting to understand Android OS.
I can definitely imagine it’s very daunting for non-tech and/or non-long term experienced Android people…
Yes I wondered if other similar OS may have had useable videos that explain some of the more complex areas…
Regarding other degoogled OS, I also set up a GrapheneOS Pixel. There were helpful vids that went through many of the Settings options related to privacy/security. And some that explained setting up two or more user profiles. Graphene has lots of vids that go step by step and talk about things in detail. I think I would have been lost with iodé if I had not watched all the vids I did of Lineage and Graphene. But I am planning to switch those phone to iode!
Regarding sandboxing, Graphene seems to have a unique concept. I sort of understand what they want to do. I did set up another user profile for Google apps.
But with MiroG on Brax 3 I did not setup another user account. I like it better than having to switch profiles.
I’ve read and watched explanations about the two concepts. It’s still over my head for both.
For Windows apps, would those be Android apps for Windows services like Teams? I’d been interested in knowing if another user account is really needed (sandboxing concept) for those, or if Brax 3 w/ iodé and MicroG offer enough isolation if only one user account is used.
BTW, I’ve used Linux off and on since around 2008. I prefer it greatly to Windows. I’m using Win 10 for key work apps. Ive explored installing Windows and it’s apps in three different Virtual Machines. One allowed the GPU to pass through. Performance probably would have been fine, but there was a problem with the application icons showing up. With Win 11, I’ll just have to dual boot until I can get Win to run better in a VM.
Yes. My use case is specifically Microsoft Teams and Outlook. My objective is to avoid having to carry a ‘work phone’ (which would be a low end Samsung Android - so pretty much the most skyway tracking privacy invasive brand of phone you could get)! I currently have eSIM and those 2 apps on my iPhone as the barest minimum I need for work obligations (and I have the minimum number of contacts I need sync’d in Outlook from Desktop to share with phone function for identifying calls & txts - but on iPhone hard to see what Outlook or Teams is ‘seeing’ on the device, in your contacts, etc, outside the 2 apps’ own data…
…so planning to replicate that “eSIM and just 2 apps” for work on the BraX3, and try and lock down the apps as much as possible so they are sandboxed from rest of phone - other than for making phone calls and SMS txts.
I know Rob suggested in a recent video the Microsoft Apps are not such a concern, same with Amazon and EBay, and aren’t comparable to Meta, Google, Samsung, Apple, etc…
Yeah - that’s the bit I am still trying to work through - how much risk with those apps and what’s the best way to eliminate or mitigate all or as much as possible of the risk - without making them unusable.
P.S. I was originally planning (from almost a year ago) to switch to GrapheneOS on a Pixel later this year (primarily from Naomi Brockwell recommendations initially); but the more I looked at it the more I had concerns around the main developer and the state of the ‘community’ - so while I’ve no doubt it’s the best OS currently for maximum privacy and security, I’m not sold on it like I was originally (but that may change). Anyway, when I saw Rob was doing the BraX3 early this year it ticked all the boxes and was an easy choice to jump in ASAP and get one!
I’ve been full Linux since Feb. Don’t use Windows personally or at home at all. Although like you I am endeavouring to run a copy in VM fairly sandboxed. But I’ve got sidetracked with the phone thing… I do not trust Microsoft at all; and Bill Gates is a pretty awful person, he’s made it very clear he believes ordinary people should not have any rights to privacy and should gladly accept every aspect of their lives being monitored by big tech and governments…
I also have a MacBook Pro so use macOS too, but hoping to put Asahi Linux on there as soon as I have my iPhone and iPad replaced (with BraX3 and something Linux or BraX respectively) so don’t have any other active Apple daily devices…
I have to use Windows (laptop) at work currently, and unfortunately, as I work for an NGO that is fully in bed with Microsoft.
I originally trialled Linux back in 2000-2002 for about 18 months for my home PC alongside a Windows one - but it was too early, especially for gaming and I dropped using it, and only came back to it at start of this year (but wished I’d made the change many years ago - I think around 2014-2015 might have been the sweet spot to do that)…
