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How to Remove Bubbles from Your iPhone 6 Screen Protector

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If you’re worried about scratching up your new iPhone 6′s display, then getting a screen protector is a great way to prevent that, but while you can easily apply a screen protector to your iPhone 6, getting those wretched bubbles out is another story.

Screen protectors come in all different styles, but most of them are usually made out of a thin and flexible plastic sheet that sticks onto your device’s screen using some kind of adhesive or just static electricity.

More expensive screen protectors are made out of tempered glass, which are essentially just really thin sheets of glass that you stick on top of your iPhone’s display. This makes it so that you’ll still get that natural glass feel to the device, but it does add a bit of thickness, since glass screen protectors are a bit thicker than regular plastic ones.

There are also more rugged screen protectors from companies like Zagg who specialize in military-grade screen protection. These screen protectors are made out of an incredible material that’s insanely scratch proof. They’re overkill most of the time and are fairly expensive, but they can be good for users who work in construction that would have an iPhone exposed to extreme conditions most of the time.

Read: Best iPhone 6 Screen Protectors

What most of these screen protectors have in common, though, is that they’re all prone to bubbles. If you’ve ever applied a screen protector on a phone, you’ll know that inevitable bubbles form. You usually can just use a credit card to get them out, but sometimes it can be a bit more difficult.

However, to lessen the chances of difficult bubbles forming while you apply a screen protector, it’s important that you apple it the right way to at least lessen the chances of stubborn bubbles making their way in.

There are a few different ways that you can apply a screen protector to your iPhone 6, but the iPhone 6′s new display curves around the edges, which makes it more difficult to apply a screen protector, making some methods harder than others. Thus, you may find that one method works best for you, but there’s one method that works well for preventing a lot of bubbles.

Say “No” to Bubbles

The key to preventing bubbles from forming while you apply a screen protector is following all of the recommendations for applying a screen protector in the first place.

This means it’s best to wash your hands to get rid of any excess oils and dirt on your fingers. Dust and dirt can easily make its way underneath the screen protector while you’re applying it, which can aid the formation of bubbles, so you want to make sure that you don’t have any on your fingers.

iPhone-6-screen-protector

Secondly, you want to apply your screen protector in a room where there isn’t a lot of dust. A good place to do this is in a bathroom right after a hot shower, since the steam and humidity chokes down any dust and provides a great environment to put a screen protector on your iPhone. Again, dust and dirt can create more bubbles, so you don’t want any of that around your environment.

You’ll also want a microfiber cloth to wipe the screen clean before you apply the screen protector. You absolutely do not want any dust or fingerprints on the screen while you’re applying the screen protector. This makes sure that there are as little bubbles as possible.

Lastly (and most importantly), you’ll want a credit card to squeegee out any bubbles that form after you applied the screen protector. You can get all of them out most of the time, but sometimes there will some bubbles that will be stubborn. If this happens, just carefully lift the screen protector and try applying it again.

Applying the Screen Protector

As for how to apply the screen protector to your iPhone 6, we like to use the peel-back method, which involves peeling back the protective wrapping just slightly so that you can attach one end of the screen protector to your iPhone 6, and then as you slowly apply the screen protector (making your way to the top of the device), you peel back the protective wrapping at the same time until you eventually peel all of it back and fully apply the screen protector.

As you make your way to the top of the device while applying the screen protector, use your fingers or a credit card to flatten the screen protector out to ensure that minimal bubbles form.

Again, if there are still bubbles after you apply the screen protector, just take your credit card and squeegee them out. After you’re done, you should be left with an iPhone 6 with a screen protector that has zero bubbles on it.

2 Comments

2 Comments

  1. Nevien

    01/31/2016 at 3:09 am

    This is good advice however as mine is already fitted I need someone to tell me how to get the bubbles out because I’ve had my tempered glass screen protector since December however last night I lifted it up by accident and it formed a bubble in the corner how do I get rid of it without fitting it again ??

    • Jellal Fernandez

      03/28/2016 at 6:26 pm

      Same thing happened to me

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