The cleaning works perfectly, albeit without the protective film. The you can safely do also because the shell weighs next to nothing and the phone volume not increased appreciably.
It took me a while before I learned to push the phone into his pocket without pressing buttons. After you get the hang of it works beautifully.
A Information about the washability of pocket would not be bad. One can see by the gray color though hardly anything, but eventually it will probably still be times necessary.