There have been various tales of tricks or hacks that seemingly help smartphone users after their devices are damaged. A notable example of putting it in rice after it got submerged in water. However, Xiaomi has come out to disprove one such ancient myth. So let’s have a look.
The Chinese tech giant took to YouTube to share a video on the new Shorts format to disprove that the myth of using toothpaste to fix your scratch or cracked display. The old rumors used to claim that using toothpaste basically fills in the gaps in the screen and polish the convex part of the display to make it smooth and almost good as new again. But in the video, we can clearly see that there was no difference or improvement in the scratches in the smartphone that was tested on.
Rather, Xiaomi added that this age old tip actually does more harm than good. The company stated that the toothpaste is at times a polishing agent, however, the micro particles in the paste can not effectively repair the cracks in the screen. Furthermore, toothpaste is actually an alkaline substance, which might destroy the acidic resistance of the oleophobic coating on top of the smartphone’s display overtime. This layer is basically applied on smartphones display to help keep dust and fingerprint smudges away thanks to oils secreted by the human body. The brand also recommended that one should rather go to Xiaomi’s official customer care to deal with such problems.
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