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Help me get over the finger prints. I am obsessively compulsively cleaning my screen.

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BigPrince

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I am obsessively compulsively cleaning my screen. :( Anyone else have this issue? I even got a cleaning cloth with my case which I find works better then the iPhone one. Also, I put a screen protector on.

I almost have a phobia of touching screens. I hate when people touch there computer screens and will break peoples fingers when they even come within a foot of my computer screen.

It was quite difficult to even start touching my beautiful iPhone on the screen when I first got it.
 
BigPrince said:
I am obsessively compulsively cleaning my screen. :( Anyone else have this issue? I even got a cleaning cloth with my case which I find works better then the iPhone one. Also, I put a screen protector on.

I almost have a phobia of touching screens. I hate when people touch there computer screens and will break peoples fingers when they even come within a foot of my computer screen.

It was quite difficult to even start touching my beautiful iPhone on the screen when I first got it.
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I don't think we can help you. Just clean it off when you get home each night. It's going to happen. Get over it?

It's not like your laptop or desktop screen. It's glass. It cleans easily. So don't worry about it.
 
Take the screen protector off. I don't have one and I have not cleaned the screen since I bought except about 10 minutes after I took it out of the box.

It does have some smudges on it, but they are non-visible almost all of the time and have no impact on usability.

I suspect your protector is potentially making this worse.
 
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Me too, I am so OCD about it. A trick I learned is the less you use your phone the more you notice finger prints. So just use it more.:D
 
marksman said:
Take the screen protector off. I don't have one and I have not cleaned the screen since I bought except about 10 minutes after I took it out of the box.

It does have some smudges on it, but they are non-visible almost all of the time and have no impact on usability.

I suspect your protector is potentially making this worse.
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he be right - my iphone w/ no protector was fine. then i got a griffin holster that included a screen protector so i put it on = it's already smudged and scratched.....gonna get rid of it.
 
You are kidding me right? Did you not know a touchscreen interface would get fingerprints on it?

The logical fixes are either sell the iphone or wipe it off with a shirt (the truly compulsive would bring the screen cloth with them, in a bag of course :D ).

I just give it a wipe down before I show it off (that rule applies to many things)
 
Marks

BigPrince said:
I am obsessively compulsively cleaning my screen. :( Anyone else have this issue? I even got a cleaning cloth with my case which I find works better then the iPhone one. Also, I put a screen protector on.

I almost have a phobia of touching screens. I hate when people touch there computer screens and will break peoples fingers when they even come within a foot of my computer screen.

It was quite difficult to even start touching my beautiful iPhone on the screen when I first got it.
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I printed a small notice about 1 cm x 5 cm wide, asking colleagues in work,
"Please, Please do not touch screen or point pens at it, thanks!'' I stuck it on the top and bottom of both my computers in work.
 
Okay, 3 options:

1) Take a key to it and scratch it to hell -- you'll never look at finger prints again.

2) Take a key and gouge out your eyes -- you'll never see your finger prints again.

3) Burn your hands, ears, mouth, cheeks, lips -- basically any body part that'll touch your phone -- severely, I mean if 4th degree burns were possible , you'd have 5th degree burns. You'll never get prints on it again unless someone else touches it. If that happens, severely burn them as well.

Personally, I think option 1 is the way to go. It doesn't physically hurt you Mentally that's another story, especially if fingerprints are bothering you that much now.
 
It not the fingerprints themselves that I have the phobia off.

Its more the fingerprints on the actual iPhone.

I just like keeping it as clean as possible.
 
BigPrince said:
I hate when people touch their computer screens and will break peoples fingers when they even come within a foot of my computer screen.
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Thought I was the only one!

I feel your pain but what else can you do with an iPhone?

The microfibre cloth discreetly carried, and even more discreetly used, seems the best solution to me .

Best wishes from the anal brotherhood! :p
 
just think about what happened to me. if you try to take it out of your pocket without securely grabbing the screen and just holding the sides, you will drop it!
 
Take the protector off. It definitely makes more smudges and dirt and oil build-up on my Treos and other Palmphones in my experience.
 
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