How to remove the protective glass from your phone

Video: TIPS on removing cracked tempered glass screen protector THEN replacing it (invisible shield liquid)

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Method 2 of 3: Use a plastic card
Method 3 of 3: Remove the glass with duct tape
Tips
What do you need
To remove the glass with your hands
To remove the glass with a plastic card
To remove the glass with duct tape

1 Turn on the hair dryer on low power and heat the glass for 15 seconds. Warm air will weaken the adhesion of the adhesive, making it easier to separate the glass from the screen. Remember that tempered glass cannot be heated for a long time. The hair dryer should be turned on at low power so as not to damage the parts under the glass. Heat the glass to a warm state, but in no case so much that it cannot be touched.

If you don't have a hair dryer on hand, try other heat sources. Hold your phone near an open fire, stove, or stove, or leave it in a bathtub filled with warm steam for a while.

2 Lift one corner of the glass with your fingernails. Pick up the glass with your fingernails from the underside. Try raising one corner a little. Do not hurry. Pry the corner gently, but do not try to separate the glass completely from the screen at once.

Try to hook all corners. Choose one that rises easily above the surface. If none of the corners pry, reheat the glass to loosen the adhesive.
If the glass is cracked near one of the corners, do not hook on that corner to avoid splitting the glass into smaller pieces. Try starting from a different angle.

3 Slip your fingers under the glass. Begin to separate the glass from the screen. The glass will peel off at the edges first. Place your fingers under the edges to prevent the glass from cracking. Use your fingers even when removing small pieces of glass to prevent them from cracking into smaller pieces.

Tempered glass is very thin so it can break easily. If the glass breaks into many separate pieces, you will have to remove each piece separately. To avoid this, proceed with extreme caution.

4 Lift the protective glass slowly and evenly over the entire plane. Remove the glass smoothly over the entire plane. Place your fingers under the glass, gradually separating it from the surface. Do not bend one side more than the other. Peel off the glass until you remove it completely. Follow the same steps to remove the rest of the fragments.

Small shards of tempered glass are removed in the same way. Shooting them separately, although dreary, is easier than large fragments.

Method 2 of 3: Use a plastic card

1 Heat the glass for 15 seconds at a low temperature. Use a hair dryer if you have one. Heat the glass until it is warm all over, but not so much that it burns your fingers when touched. The adhesive holding the glass to the screen should melt slightly.
- You can try to heat the glass with a burning match or a lighter, but in this way you are unlikely to be able to heat it to the desired temperature over the entire area. In addition, the parts underneath can be damaged. In this way, you can try to heat 1 corner to make it easier for you to raise it.
2 Pry up one corner of the glass with the end of a toothpick. It is necessary to slip the toothpick at an angle so as not to damage the surface under the glass. Choose one of the four corners and bring the toothpick to it almost horizontally. Slip a toothpick under the glass and lift it up until you can slip your fingers under it.
- Do not tilt the toothpick down. This could scratch the screen under the glass.
- If you do not have toothpicks, you can pry the glass with another sharp object, such as a fork, or with your fingers.
3 Lift the edges of the glass with your fingers. Proceed with caution, especially if the glass is broken. Tempered glass is fragile and can shatter into many small pieces if not careful. Slide your finger under the raised edge of the piece of glass you want to remove. Lift it up high enough to slide the edge of a plastic card under it.
- This method can be used to capture both small and large fragments. Do not raise the folded edge too high. Separate the glass from the screen exactly along the entire plane so as not to turn it into a mosaic of fragments.
4 Place a plastic card under the glass to remove it completely. Place the card under the glass where you raised it. Slowly push the card forward to separate the glass from the surface to which it is adhered. Lift the glass gently and remove. Do the same with the rest of the fragments.
- Use a hard plastic card such as a credit card, plastic library card, or badge.
- You can easily remove the entire protective glass with a plastic card. If the area of the glass is larger than the area of the card (for example, on an iPad), place your fingers under the glass to separate it evenly across the entire plane.

Method 3 of 3: Remove the glass with duct tape

1 Heat the glass for 15 seconds to loosen the adhesion of the adhesive. The safest and most convenient way is to use a low power hair dryer or other moderate heat source. Do not heat the glass too much - after heating it should not burn your fingers when touched.
2 Wind a piece of duct tape around two fingers. Duct tape is a versatile item. Unsurprisingly, she is able to cope with such a task as removing the protective glass from a smartphone. Roll the tape tightly around your fingers, sticky side out.
- It will be more convenient to work by wrapping the tape around your index and middle fingers, but you can use other fingers as well.
3 Press the tape against the corner of the glass. Select the corner of the glass. You can choose any corner, the main thing is that it is not cracked. If you want to remove a piece of glass, select the edge you want to work with. Press the tape firmly against the glass.
- If the tape doesn't stick to one corner, try pressing it against the other. Sometimes the tape may not adhere to the glass because the adhesive has not loosened enough after heating.
- If you are unable to stick the tape to either corner, reheat the glass. Heat the glass in one of the corners to melt the glue more precisely.
4 Pull your fingers slowly towards the opposite end of the glass. Lift your fingers and swirl them to the opposite end of the glass. The glass should gradually rise over the entire surface as you lift your fingers. Remove the rest of the glass with tape.
- Sometimes the glass breaks into small pieces due to the fact that one side is raised, and the other has not yet had time to rise. These pieces can be removed with your fingers or duct tape.

Tips

Replace the protective glass you removed with a new one to protect your screen from scratches or other damage that can ruin the look of your device.
Always heat the glass before attempting to remove it, if possible. If this is not done, it will be very difficult for you to separate the tightly glued glass from the surface.
When the glass is partially separated from the surface, it is very easy to break it into small pieces. We'll have to remove each shard separately. To avoid this, lift the glass evenly over the entire plane.
After removing the glass, inspect the screen to make sure all fragments have been removed. Clean the screen with a microfiber cloth soaked in warm water to prepare the surface for the new glass.