12 things you should definitely not clean your smartphone with

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Stop rubbing the screen on your jeans and return the hydrogen peroxide to the medicine cabinet.

1. Paper towels

Paper towels can be used to wipe the kitchen counter or use them for hands, but it is best to keep them away from the smartphone screen. They, like napkins, leave particles of fibers on the display of the device, and this spoils its appearance. In addition, the paper can even scratch the screen.

2. Liquid for cleaning windows

The smartphone screen is made of glass. Does this mean that window cleaning fluid will help to keep it perfectly clean? No! The displays of many gadgets have a special protective coating that aggressive chemicals eat up at a time. And if the liquid also contains an abrasive, then ugly scratches are guaranteed to your screen.

3. Other household chemicals

Liquids for cleaning the toilet, kitchen, tiles and other household products are also contraindicated for smartphones. They destroy the oleophobic coating of the screen - Apple even warns about this in the instructions for cleaning its iPhones. So no "toilet ducklings"!

4. Makeup removers

What do you think is softer: girlish skin or a thing made of glass, metal and plastic? Of course, the last one. Many makeup removers contain harsh chemicals (like alcohol, but more on that later) that will harm your screen.

5. Jeans and T-shirts

The materials from which people make clothes are rather crude. Especially denim. She can easily scratch the smartphone screen if she frequently wipes the device on her pants. Yes, everyone does that. And in vain. While ugly fingerprints can be quickly removed from the screen this way, the fabric of jeans or heavy T-shirts can damage the oleophobic coating.

6. Alcohol

Alcohol dissolves the protective coating of the display, so that after such treatment, the smartphone will be more susceptible to scratches. Therefore, before you buy any wipes and gadget cleaning products, make sure that they do not contain alcohol.

7. Compressed air

Your phone is fragile and blowing compressed air can damage the insides. For example, Apple forbids using it when cleaning an iPhone. Google thinks Pixel smartphones won't survive the purge either. Example: A guy from Reddit tried to clean his OnePlus with compressed air, and ended up with a microphone.

8. Vinegar

The major portal Android Central, in its guide to cleaning gadgets, doesn't mind you wiping the body of your smartphone with diluted vinegar. But under no circumstances use this solution to clean glass surfaces - screens and camera lenses. The vinegar will damage their protective coating.

9. Disinfectant wipes

Disinfecting wipes can save your hands from germs, but you shouldn't wipe your smartphone with them. They are able to dissolve the protective oleophobic and hydrophobic coating on the screen, leave microscopic scratches and even cause corrosion.

10. Soap

This is a moot point. Google, in principle, is not against using regular soap, but warns that it should not get inside the case. However, if you overdo it, you can damage the oleophobic coating again. Therefore, it is better not to risk it.

11. Hydrogen peroxide

The use of hydrogen peroxide can damage the surface of the device, says Apple. So use peroxide for its intended purpose - to treat wounds, and do not experiment on gadgets.

12. Gasoline

If you are harsh enough to wipe your phone with gasoline, you are unlikely to be influenced by any persuasion. But still - stop. Gasoline destroys plastic easily.

Instead of experimenting with chemistry, clean your screen properly. Just a microfiber cloth, some distilled water (or a special electronics cleaner), and ear sticks. And then the smartphone will serve you much longer.