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Is your n9 made in Finland or China?

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When I went to buy my N9 my wife rolled her eyes and gave me a week before I damaged it. I am not gentle with anything I own, except my guitars, different story. My last phone has been dropped many times once out a window onto some steps, one small screen scratch , damaged all corners. So I made a conscious effort to be gentle, more to prove the wife wrong than anything. Week and a half later I notice four scratches on the far left side of the screen, only noticeable on a certain angle. I think stuff it back to not babying. I have not scratched it since, what the hell, and believe me I am not being gentle.

Honestly I have come to the conclusion that the scratches where there when I brought the phone. Take that with a grain of salt but that is the only reasonable explanation I can come up with, so I keep telling myself. The wife doesn’t know yet shhh, I don’t want to give the free laugh at my expense, I’ll save that for something really stupid I do.

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My phone is barely over a week old and I've just found a deep, very noticeable scratch running through the centre of the screen all the way to the bottom. You can clearly feel it with your nail, even with a finger. I haven't dropped the phone or kept it next to my keys. It has only been in my jacket pocket, which has no sharp objects or edges. I really don't understand how that scratch got there.

I feel pretty sad about it actually, because it is still so new. :(

I'm thinking of taking it to the Nokia store and see what they have to say about it. They obviously won't believe that nothing has happened to it – I just wouldn't know what because I've been very careful (as usually).

Has anybody gotten a fix under warranty or ordered a replacement screen from Nokia itself?

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After just over a month, no scratches here. I have one of these dangling from the 3.5mm jack (the alu one) and still OK.http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2456098/Stylus.jpg
I put the phone in my shirt breast pocket, rather than in my trouser pocket.
Otherwise I am not too careful, dropped it twice already. It is very slippery without a case, specially with dry hands now that it is winter.

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I switched my cell phone pocket from right to left after years due to fear of that metal nub doing just this. sorry to hear that happened to you.

The sudden jolt of panic when I start sliding it into that old right pocket keeps me from forgetting too often. lol

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Now, these things are new to me...
Maybe some kind of chemical fluids that unaccidentally sprayed to the screen?

I've scratched mine also, it's tiny and smooth scratches, i do'nt get it why it was there, i use it in normal terms.
Or maybe my 2 years old soon did the scratcehs test?

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after reading so many complaint about the scrathes on n9 screen, i can conclude that gorilla glass is a joke! so everyone please go and buy screen protector for n9/L800.

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Is it? No.
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhC7TLaflWk
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQnPmr61POw
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOHZD2bNQyA

Then how do I get these scratches on my phone?

It's an interesting paradox. If glass is not easily scratched by materials commonly found in your pocket, how do phones often end up with scratched screens?

The thing to note is between the words "Resistant" & "Proof". Gorilla glass is indeed harder than normal glass, so it's harder to scratch & break... but not invincible. After all glass is glass - they will scratch & break! Nobody said, "it's scratch proof" - but it sure is "resistant to it".

There are three things which go against:
1. Long-term use;
2. Regular rubbing;
3. Presence of harsher materials in our pockets.

All those videos depict a one-time effort. Those, one-off, attacks might not place a scar over some lower quality glass as well - leave alone Gorilla. While a few more persistent efforts too wouldn't do much to this hardened, tempered, ion-compressed & fortified material [google the making of this wonderful thing]. But the above three - is a different proposition altogether.

The fact remains that our phone's scratches are caused by sand, grit & dirt, in our pockets and the surfaces where inadvertently we place them. And this is multiplied by the regular rubbing of these unseen-evils over a period of time. Yes, in common parlance they aren't as 'harsh' as the items used in those vids [viz. coins, keys, swiss-knives etc.], but when regularly subjected - they tend to be albeit 'harsher'!

Of course, if we r so careless to keep our phones in the vicinity / regular presence of those tools/items - it'd scratch faster -- but we aren't that naive 2day, r we? We do take extra care to see where/how we 'put' that phone... even ensuring avoidance of those omni-present Levi's rivets. However, as much as we care - our devices yet get those unsightly / unworthy / heartaches. 'Coz there's 'true grit' in the grit!

But then, do we use those $1 screen-protectors?

Debatable. Much depends on personal choice. I don't. And have never had a scratch on my screens to fear/boast of. What with Corning spending millions on R&D and producing a state-of-the-art product -- then we go putting a rubberized-plastic bloat over it? But then, who am I to contradict user preferences either? However, I'd opine that a bit of care [preferably using the N9's OEM case* & keeping the phone in our right pocket, which usually has nothing else but the hanky] and placing the phone on softer surfaces, when drawn out, could well keep it ship-shape in the long run. That's what I do. We don't carry diamonds in our pockets, do we?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=bc5JjPU4Xh0
And this dude dropped it a whole floor! Agreed it was carpeted - but the drop was solid - a common glass'd shatter [I did, watching his escapade] - but our Gorilla didn't crack... LOL, I was about to dial Amnesty International!

Qorax
*Which certainly is the best OEM (freely included) case any phone ever had inside its box.

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Zero scratches on mine... Super happy so far with the screen quality.

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Just got my n9 1 week.
the case i ordered (before i even got it) has not arrived yet...

this morning i'd been reading a pdf on the train on the way to work, so i know there was nothing wrong with it then
between then and now it's been in my otherwise empty pocket or lying on my desk face-up
literally nothing happened to it that could cause any scratches in any way
yet a few minutes ago i feel this nasty bump when i ran my nail over the screen...
indeed, there's a small scratch there, about half a cm
what makes it worse is that it is all too visible when the screen is white, then the scratch is brightly colored pink/light blue, changing as you move the phone

how the hell did this happen?
how does a perfectly straight little scratch appear seemingly out of thin air?

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ok now i'm getting worried, a second scratch appeared

just over a mm long about 2 cms to the right of the first one
both of them going straight up

the first one is actually longer, but the extended part of it is not that deep so only visible under certain angles and i cant feel it when i run my nail across it
can definately feel the upper part and the other one though, can even hear it when i hit them

this can't be normal, right?

i am certain that the screen did not touch anything but my fingers and the inside of my pocket

pants don't have any kind of metal near the pockets so the hardest the screen could have touched is jeans stitching
surely that cant scratch it?
or aren't they scratches?

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check your pocket carefully! could be a fragment of something in the cotton lining? seeing as its a straight scratch!

assume this is what happened to me with my Zig Zag scratch that set this thread off!

I havnt had any additional scratches since to my relief! The one i have isnt that visable either so I'm hoping thats it for me!

If Nokia support the handset in your country have a go at getting the screen changed under warranty!

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I read alot into this issue people were having with scratching the screens of their N9's.

A couple of interesting replys I read were that included the following....

1. it isn't actually the gorilla glass that people are scratching so easily, but mearly the coating that's added to lessen fingerprint smudges etc. Sounds believable to me.

2. I read a suggestion that if you have these hairline scratches, and gently apply a tiny amount of clear car wax using a lint-free cloth, that they will disappear. Anyone tried this yet? If I do develop light scratches as described by others I'll be giving the above a go, I'm thinking it would probably work, especially something like Colinite which makes quite noticable scratches on my car bodywork disappear for months on end.

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I have managed to get 2 real scratches on mine.. Hard to see but they are there.. :(

I find it strange thou because on the phone I got from my work (sonim xp3) horrible phone by the way, I have really tried hard, REALLY hard, to get a scratch but it's impossible and it also has gorilla glas..?

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screen protector , yo should have bought one prior getting the phone !

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+1 I purchased the skinomi wrap before phone arrived. Works great. Screen protectors run 1-4 dollars, not much, then no more complaining on this thread. This thread has overlived it's original purpose though.

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Here's a mother of all scratches on a 3day old N9 :)
Dropped by mistake :( from around 2ft on pavement.

http://imgur.com/JtkAy

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Looks more like a crack from the picture you posted?

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has someone been able to get it repaired under warranty??
found a scratch on my device too...:mad:

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Managed to get a small (about 1.5cm) scratch on my now 5 days old N9-64GB. >____<
Noticable with fingernail, and with white background a rainbow of colours is appearing as I move the device.
:mad:
F***ing annoying that.

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No scratches yet. However, I'm rather annoyed of the squeeking sound the device makes when a little force is applied to the left side. I remember with my iPhone 3GS how upset I was when I got the first scratch on the screen. However, as the novelty of the device wore off, I couldn't care less about scratches on the screen..

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Boy is that squeaking annoying! After a couple of months I got used to it. I think we just got some unlucky odd units that squeak. At least I can overclock to 1175 without issues (yet).

And let's not jinx others with the scratch talk. Have managed to keep this screen in good shape for months.

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nah but I am using a screen protector

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Bljah screen protector bljah:D
Don't like it and it's ugly...I think It's easier to damage the unibody then the screen itself:)
Of course I'm using original gel protection and bag (never put my phone without of a bag in my pocket, and hell no in the same posket when the keys are:D)

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Tell me about it! I'm obsessively checking if just maybe it would have disappeared. One night I even got up from the bed just to check it. I read in another forum that some guy dropped his N9 and this made the sound disappear, as if something locked into place. I was seriously considering doing the same but in the end decided not to. Apparently some guys got their units replaced when they complained about this issue. I'd do the same, but I'm afraid the process will take at least two weeks, and my old phone doesn't take micro SIM so I'd be without a phone, which is not an option. Maybe, after 11 months or so, if my screen has acquired lots of scratches, I'll finally attempt to get a replacement because of this squeak issue, although I have a feeling that I'll get over it eventually..

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Does anyone had tried the "toothpaste method"?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1602961

Not tested on me, just to make sure is it ok?

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As said in that thread, toothpaste is more or less abrasive.
If you want to sand your screen down in a controlled way, go for fine sandpaper (1000 - 1200 gr/sqmm).
I wouldn't.

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my n9 has a scratched i do not how it came about i suppose it came from putting my keys in the same pockect with the phone.yes the screen can be scratched

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Is the Zagg invisibleSHIELD screen protector a good one?

I am thinking about buying this screen protector.:)

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It's the only protection my N9 has on it :)

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Arie, YUCK!!!

I thought you said no protection used :p

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Haha, not for me, only for my N9 :)

I can risk getting super-aids, the N9 can't... :cool:

Don't judge man, don't judge :p

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And how is the feeling? Are you noticing an edge between the screen protector and the device? Is the swiping as smooth as without screen protection? :)

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I am also using a screen protector from day one that needed to be cut on the edges, due to the N9 screen curvature. Trust me it feels great to know my precious N9 is protected.
The original rubber casing was a bit loose, and I was removing it all the time to clean it. Those tiny bits entering between the housing and the casing will scratch the housing - guaranteed.
Since then I purchased a tighter rubber casing, I wrapped the phone in one layer of plastic foil (kind you use for wrapping your sandwitches), placed the phone back in the rubber casing and trimmed the excess. 1 minute job.
Naturally, I cut a small round hole for the camera, speaker and usb cover, but left everything else protected by the plastic. In this way I hope I can add a couple of extra months to the lifetime of the buttons and shiny finish at the camera.

Love your N9 :)

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It feels sorta funny, but I got used to it...

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A screen protector is a pain in the ***...i found myself hitting the edges of the protector and after a few days with it removed it...Your n9 is designed to be enjoyed without protection :p