Well, after usual setup, playing around and other things you do when you received your toy I tried the famous watertest. Which I bought it for.
After checking the bits and pieces that need to be closed, I gently placed it in the filled sink while playing some iptv show and recorded it. Nice to show up when with friends and so. See? No problem!
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Recording went great but when I went back to the room the screen started to glitch and touchscreen stopped working. Phone went into reboot loop and freaked out. After removing SIM and SD card and pushing the red button the phone started. When it was ready booting, the touchscreen was still not working. After a few minutes, the screen started to flicker.
So for those who want to try. Please do, now it's still under warranty.
Thre's a youtube movie of this happening on the IFA too. Don't know the name of it.
This one will be returned.
I haven't tried yet and wasn't really planning on doing so, but your thread is tempting me... After all it is supposed to be a water proof phone, right?
For someone that has already dealt with Sony, how easy is it to deal with them for a warranty aim like this?
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I stuck my phone in the sink tonight for a minute. Still works fine.
If yours doesn't get it replaced
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I was on Facebook in the shower for about 10 minutes ha never had a problem in a pool or anything until I broke the flap on the charger port and lost it so no more waterproof for me
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Mines been in the sink a few times, been in the shower too.. no issues.
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I was on Facebook in the shower for about 10 minutes ha never had a problem in a pool or anything until I broke the flap on the charger port and lost it so no more waterproof for me
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you will be able to buy a new flap/cover here in the near future - one of the reasons why the dock or magnetic cable is a must have
http://rounded.com/
to the OP - you might have trouble convincing Sony that you had all the flaps properly closed, they can do a vacuum test on the phone but you are putting you trust in them to be honest and truthful about their findings
here's an interesting water damage pack http://www.clove.co.uk/rescuetec-water-damage-repair-recovery-kit
I really hope so I sent them a email thanks I ordered one of the magnetic chargers
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I think you shouldnt open flaps after having it in water. I understand that They Were closed under water, but when it was still wet, some water could have Got under flaps when you opened them and sony May say that They were not properly closed
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I was swimming with mine for about 3 hours in a pool, filming and shooting even deeper than 1,5m, no problem whatsoever.
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I was swimming with mine for about 3 hours in a pool, filming and shooting even deeper than 1,5m, no problem whatsoever.
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Balls of steel you have there mate
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Balls of steel you have there mate
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Well, my previous phone was xperia Z and every time I went into the pool I took Z with me and stayed for at least 2 hours in the water and never had a single issue. As Z1 is even more waterproof, I had no problem whatsoever taking it with me.
I've tested my phone on a log flume and in a jug of water. No problems....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibs6crPF5B4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Yesterday I washed my phone, no issues.
I think it was a defective product. No luck with yours :/
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Some forum member wanted to know whether the flaps were (properly) closed. They were...I recorded it. And checked about a dozen times. It's a 600+ euro device...So Sony can claim what they want. A vacuum test will show the answer.
Nice thing happened when packed for returning it. It went on for no reason (without display ofcourse) and after an hour I felt heat through the box (the original box it comes in when buying it).... barely couldn't touch the device, had to reset the device (button near the SIM) and now it's on a fireproof place just in case awaiting arrival of the repair guy.
(pickup and return guy actually)
I took the plunge last night and submerged my phone to show it to friends. It still works fine....
Shame about the phone. I tried mine this morning while showering. Took some pictures and they turned out to be rather artsy (yes,they're SFW)!
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Here's the instructions regarding using the phones waterproof features.
http://userguide.sonymobile.com/referrer.php?region=gb&product=xperia-z1#!Water-resistance.html
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Here's the instructions regarding using the phones waterproof features.
http://userguide.sonymobile.com/referrer.php?region=gb&product=xperia-z1#!Water-resistance.html
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Don't get me wrong, I still love the phone and of course this one somehow slipped through QA. It's not a rant against Sony or something. I just want to say that It is possible that the phone isn't waterproof in all cases. So be carefull when dropping it in the water. Just like the girl on the IFA youtube clip already showed us. She tried a working device at the Sony demo stand and was allowed to submerge it. Device broke. Whoops...
By the way does anyone played with the touch block feature? Whatever that is? It seems some sort of automatic touchscreen disable feature so that the water does not causes fake touch presses.
May be with this article, you prevent issues in the futur ?
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=151015424680
Oil Vaseline to keep your flap waterproof
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Yep, I woke up to a completely unresponsive nexus 4. Tried charging it and nothing happens. Also tried holding the power button, using the bootloader, but nothing will make this phone turn on.
Noticed just a little while ago that the lense for the camera and flash have collected moisture inside. Could running the phone on battery until it ran out of power create moisture in the phone?
Sounds kinda crazy, but it's the only thing I can think of. There is no other reason why the phone would have moisture on the inside. It wasn't raining, nothing in my apartment is wet, and neither is the outside of the phone.
Was using stock rooted with matrix 2.0 kernel.
Update:
The moisture inside dried out so I tried powering the phone on and again it did nothing. Then I plugged it in and the led indicator turned solid red.
I didn't know what that meant so I called tech support and that guy was even more clueless than I was. He hasn't even heard of the blinking red led that some people from this forum got after running antutu overclocked, but at least they can return to stock and relock the bootloader.
He said I could get it replaced, but idk if they're gonna give me grief over being unlocked and rooted.
Update 2:
Now the red led no longer lights up when charging. The phone powers on and everything functions except the screen. Even the buzzing from the ear speaker is there like it was when the screen functioned.
I powered it down now in hope that it will work later tonight.
Does anyone have an idea of what could have caused this?
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Oh man sorry to hear and see that. Maybe something burnt out inside and the smoke couldn't escape causing condensation? I dunno, but hope it gets sorted out..
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There is a similar problem with nexus 7 running android 4.2 .. What that required for correction was holding the power button for 30 or more seconds .. I repeat 30 or more seconds and not mere 5 or 10 seconds . that trick worked for me .. Just give it a try
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I already tried that. For now I think I'll have to just let it dry.
I would still like to know why only the inside of the phone has moisture and nothing else.
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Oh man sorry to hear and see that. Maybe something burnt out inside and the smoke couldn't escape causing condensation? I dunno, but hope it gets sorted out..
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Thanks for the wishful thinking, but I don't know how I'm gonna get it replaced if I can't return to stock and lock the bootloader.
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If it isn't even turning on that might not even be a problem how would they know if rooted
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True. I say you put it in an airtight container with some dessicant and see if that helps the moisture. If not, give it a shot and send it back. Sorry to see that happened to a brand new phone.
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Does anyone have an idea of what could have caused this?
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Looks like somebody touched your phone with wet hands while you were asleep? Lol.
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Looks like somebody touched your phone with wet hands while you were asleep? Lol.
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I don't think so, it's just me and my girlfriend here and we were both sleeping. I don't think that would harm the phone either. Anyway, the outside of the phone was completely dry the whole time. No other areas are affected.
The phone I'm using now is an lg thrill and it's been through rain, snow, left outside and it still works. I don't understand why the n4 would do this just by sitting next to my bed.
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I don't think so, it's just me and my girlfriend here and we were both sleeping.
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Santa Claus came early
In all seriousness, did you take it in a moist room like your bathroom? Or outside on a rainy day?
what about the bag o' rice trick?
Humidifier running? Was it on the night stand maybe next to a cold drink that could've had some condensation? Was the room exceptionally cold (maybe that combined with the warmth of the phone caused the condensation?)?
Really weird. Hope you get it sorted. Chances are though, if it shut off because of the condensation, it probably burnt something out. Generally, if it's off and gets wet, you have a better chance of it surviving than when it gets wet and shuts off.
Could it be a battery leak?
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The moisture inside dried out so I tried powering the phone on and again it did nothing. Then I plugged it in and the led indicator turned solid red.
I didn't know what that meant so I called tech support and that guy was even more clueless than I was. He hasn't even heard of the blinking red led that some people from this forum got after running antutu overclocked, but at least they can return to stock and relock the bootloader.
He said I could get it replaced, but idk if they're gonna give me grief over being unlocked and rooted.
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Nuu~ said:
Santa Claus came early
In all seriousness, did you take it in a moist room like your bathroom? Or outside on a rainy day?
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Nope, it was dry in my pocket all day. I even got good battery life at
4hr screen on and ~14hr total. I left it unplugged next to my bed with nothing next to it to see how much longer it would last.
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what about the bag o' rice trick?
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I just wrapped it up and set it above a warm heater. Seems to have worked good.
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Humidifier running? Was it on the night stand maybe next to a cold drink that could've had some condensation? Was the room exceptionally cold (maybe that combined with the warmth of the phone caused the condensation?)?
Really weird. Hope you get it sorted. Chances are though, if it shut off because of the condensation, it probably burnt something out. Generally, if it's off and gets wet, you have a better chance of it surviving than when it gets wet and shuts off.
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It was on the night stand, but nothing liquid was nearby. And my room is always at a constant temperature. Neve had any problems b4 with condensation.
It did have a low battery when I went to sleep and I left it to see what kind of battery drain it would have by morning. I thought only the battery was dead at first, but it's been on the charger now for about 15 min now with the solid red led.
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Could it be a battery leak?
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I don't want to open it and find out if there's a chance it can get replaced.
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Did you have a wet application screen protector?
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Did you have a wet application screen protector?
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No screen protector or case, just the bare phone.
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It would be my guess too that the battery is leaking and just RMA it. As it doesn't power up they will never know you rooted it and they will most likely just trash it.
OP updated.
The phone powers on now and everything functions except the screen.
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Hi,
Yesterday my vibrator broke on my phone and this made me to open the phone for the second time. I took off the backglass and tried to fix it but had no succes. But since I really don't put my phone in water I decided to expiriment with stuff.
I always wanted make my xperia Z louder so I installed zero's puresound mod but it was still not loud enough, so I took off the sponge/rubber and the loudspeakers glass. I can't believe that this phone is so loud now atm. All I ever wanted from this phone just with one easy mod done.
If your warranty is void and don't care about the waterproofness you can also do this. Since I'm going to take my phone apart again I will take some pictures.
I'm not going to shower and take phonecalls anyway, before this I never had a waterproof phone so I can live with that.
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Did you managed to put the back plate on without replacing the adhesive? Is it stiff?
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Yes, I just heated up with a hairdryer until it melted and paste it back on. It's already my second time that I've done it.
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It's louder than a iphone 5 now, the speaker is very powerfull of this phone but we've never realized it
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JasonX199 said:
Yes, I just heated up with a hairdryer until it melted and paste it back on. It's already my second time that I've done it.
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2 times and still you can stiff the back cristal?... how many time you heat the cristal to take off and how many to melt and put the cristal again?
THNX
mcyorian said:
2 times and still you can stiff the back cristal?... how many time you heat the cristal to take off and how many to melt and put the cristal again?
THNX
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About 30 to 60 seconds. I think that the glue lacks quality since it's easy to take it off. The glue used on the battery is made of better quality. Could be because the glue on the battery is thicker
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Many Thanks for sharing this. Can you plz share the pics plz.
pratiknaik said:
Many Thanks for sharing this. Can you plz share the pics plz.
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I will share them today when I'm at home
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Took off the right glass and pushed the sponge from the outside of the speaker hole and took it off from inside.
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More here
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Any way for you to compare the sound volume now ?
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mety333 said:
Any way for you to compare the sound volume now ?
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Well I don't have another xperia z tbh so I don't know how. I wish I made a video like before and after while doing this. I'm very pleased atm with it now
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We can do it together.
Download sound meter from the market and then play one of the sony ringtones and tell me which one by name. I'll do the same and we'll both see by decibels how louder your speaker is compared to my stock one.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.sira.sound
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Just had to give it a go
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*Ring ring*...
"who's there?"
"fish"
"fish who?"
"it's me dickhead, a fish"
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Haha...fish looks so happy
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I put the phone under water when running benchmarks, makes the phone run cooler and get nice scores :sly:
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Went free diving with my Z1 when it was only a week old! This was taken by me in the red Sea. My friend, seen in the photo, took it to depths of 10+ meters without any major problems. Only issue I had was the external speaker going quiet, but once the phone had aired and dried out over night, it went back to normal. I know Sony don't recommend taking it in salt water, but I thought I'd risk it!
Hope you all like the shot.
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Seriously awesome! I just wouldn't have risked it.lol
Hi man...is your touch screen working good after that waterproof test?
Cuz I've git done problem on mine and send it to repair,just to know if it was related to the same test that I've done....
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wezzel98765 said:
Seriously awesome! I just wouldn't have risked it.lol
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I would have taken the risk to get some pictures
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Hi man...is your touch screen working good after that waterproof test?
Cuz I've git done problem on mine and send it to repair,just to know if it was related to the same test that I've done....
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Hey man, yeah my touch screen works fine. No problems whatsoever except for what I mentioned about the speaker.
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Cool! So this is what the botton of the red sea looks like
indy.89 said:
Went free diving with my Z1 when it was only a week old! This was taken by me in the red Sea. My friend, seen in the photo, took it to depths of 10+ meters without any major problems. Only issue I had was the external speaker going quiet, but once the phone had aired and dried out over night, it went back to normal. I know Sony don't recommend taking it in salt water, but I thought I'd risk it!
Hope you all like the shot.
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indy.89 said:
Went free diving with my Z1 when it was only a week old! This was taken by me in the red Sea. My friend, seen in the photo, took it to depths of 10+ meters without any major problems. Only issue I had was the external speaker going quiet, but once the phone had aired and dried out over night, it went back to normal. I know Sony don't recommend taking it in salt water, but I thought I'd risk it!
Hope you all like the shot.
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It's not rated to survive in saltwater but it's cool to see that it does.
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It's not rated to survive in saltwater but it's cool to see that it does.
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Yeah I know it's not rated for saltwater. I was in and out of the sea for 10 days (holiday), using it underwater for about 40 mins at a time.
I only risked it as my device is insured and it wouldn't have been a problem to get a new one
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Just had to give it a go
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guys after having a phone swim
when do you plug the charger ?!
another curious question
what happens to the speaker if u got a phone call under water !
Also i would like to go diving and record my GPS route through My tracks or what ever app. Would be nice
Just dry the outside of your phone and you'll be good to plug the charger in. That's what I did anyway. Not sure about using the speaker underwater. Can't see anything going wrong with it, but I could be wrong.
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There´s no signal under water.
Actually took my phone in a swimming pool today, put it in an airtight plastic bag just in case the Chlorine does something but water got in that when I was at the bottom of the pool (no surprise) so I took it off and took the camera for a spin. (If I remember correctly its certified for 1.5m for 30 minutes, I was at 2.5m; the deepest part of the pool for 5 minutes, off course I went up for breath )
I had a muffled speaker for a few minutes but that disappeared when I got home.
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what happens to the speaker if u got a phone call under water !
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That shouldn't be a problem
I watched a short movie while the phone was under water, you can even
hear the sound without problems if the volume is high enough.
Dont ask me why i did that but its funny
galuquetta said:
There´s no signal under water.
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No signal under 2 meters why!!! I was in a submarine once for sight seeing in the redsea and catched signal
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MeLViN-oNe said:
That shouldn't be a problem
I watched a short movie while the phone was under water, you can even
hear the sound without problems if the volume is high enough.
Dont ask me why i did that but its funny
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Me too doin nonsense by the waterproof but just fun... watched youtube videos while taking shower loooooollll
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Just dry the outside of your phone and you'll be good to plug the charger in. That's what I did anyway. Not sure about using the speaker underwater. Can't see anything going wrong with it, but I could be wrong.
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If isnt 100% dry it would catch fire and smoke
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My z1 is the same as most other people's, speaker goes muffled for about 5 mins. I've never put mine on charge as soon as it's left the water! I use the magnet charger now so no need to open the ports to charge it
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So yer, my wife has the z1.... She decided to test hers out the normal way and drop it down the toilet.. As you do
Low and behold it broke, all ports were closed!
I'm currently drying it in rice, but I can see different shades behind the screen looks like water got in. It's working but looks bad, gonna let it dry out fully turned off. Would you risk keeping the device out just get it changed under warranty
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I was walking down the street. Get a notification. Go to pull it out of my pocket. Snags my coat and slides right to the sidewalk. Only dropped two feet at most cuz I kinda fumbled it with my other hand. Quite irritating as there is no way to fix it but to find a new chassis or buy a new device. I'm usually so careful. Never dropped a phone before. Seriously ever. I'm super ocd about the condition of my devices. I dunno if I can handle looking at the little dings for as long as it takes to afford a new device/parts. Might post pictures later if anyone cares to see the results of a standard pocket to concrete drop. Luckily no cracks or scratches in the glass. Tiny dings and tiny tiny scratches on the back.
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Any scratch on Front + Back screen? (With Protector/ case)? Picture would be great and thanks for sharing.
I did not have a case on it at the time. There was a small ding on the front glass but removing the OEM film cleared that up. The rear has a few tiny dings and itty nitty scratches. The aluminum frame has a couple dings. Nothing that most people would crap about but most of us here at xda are kinda nutty about clean devices. I'll post photos as soon as my wife comes home.
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Sorry to hear that. But lucky the screen doesn't crack/ shutter. Thanks and looking forward to see the details.
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I did not have a case on it at the time. There was a small ding on the front glass but removing the OEM film cleared that up. The rear has a few tiny dings and itty nitty scratches. The aluminum frame has a couple dings. Nothing that most people would crap about but most of us here at xda are kinda nutty about clean devices. I'll post photos as soon as my wife comes home.
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i could see it happening easily enough myself. this is the first phone iv had with a shiny back on it. my last phone was a cheap samsung so the plastic makes it easier to grip. it would be even worse with cold hands id say. ill probably try and get some skin for the back of it when they are out, something with a bit of texture on it would be better. and it would cover the logo too!
what does the screen feel like with out the screen protector on it? its just regular glass? and did the logo come off?
The logo did come off. Its kinda cool. The glass underneath feels harder and less slick I guess. It's hard to explain but the glass underneath doesn't grab fingerprints and oil and dust as much as the film did. Also when there are finger prints and smudges you can't see them as much when the display is on. I took the film off my xperia ion as well.
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I tried taking pictures with a moto electrify and an HTC one. Neither can pull a good enough macro shot to see the damage.
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I've dropped my Xperia Ray couple of hundred times,I think this one will suffer the same destiny Thats why I'm kind of relieved bout the fact that rear of z1c is just plastic,bought a case ofcourse immediately after purchase of this gem of phone. Couldn't be happier.
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I'm sorry to hear that. Apart from the external damage does the phone work ok as before ?
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I'm sorry to hear that. Apart from the external damage does the phone work ok as before ?
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It works exactly the same as before.
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Mine has small hairline scratch on the camera lens. cant see it unless i check it out in a particular angle to light. Never fell...
my z1f have the same and it work fine now
Does anybody know where we can buy a replacement back cover for z1c? please post the link
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Does anybody know where we can buy a replacement back cover for z1c? please post the link
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Or any other parts...
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Or any other parts...
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Keep an eye on http://www.witrigs.com/ currently they have only Z1 but surely soon they will have compact.
Hello guys, Its being 1month my xperia ZL got replaced by Z. Now m facing a problem. My earphone flap is popping out for evry minute i close. I cant find any solution for it. I tried every possible solution. Thanks in advance!
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Hello guys, Its being 1month my xperia ZL got replaced by Z. Now m facing a problem. My earphone flap is popping out for evry minute i close. I cant find any solution for it. I tried every possible solution. Thanks in advance!
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Those flaps aren't really tough like the body. I suggest u should keep the phone away from Water.. If warranty exists, go to the service center and complain.. Next time, be careful with the flaps..
I've had my XZ since launch and it's fine - loose, but stays in when I close it. How have you been using the flap? Yanking it out with all your strength or something?
The only thing you really can do is get it replaced if it's under warranty.
I've always been carful with the flaps, but they are honestly the biggest physical design flaw of the XZ imho, and greatly improved in following models. The rubber seals roll and stretch just by closing and opening, and eventually will get caught and tare. I've replaced mine once already on the charge port. The port covers are a sloppy cheap design.
Also another reason I'm looking for an upgrade - mag charge cable so I don't have to keep opening the mini usb port.
Better flap design rather than higher IP Rating is way more important. In the case of XZ, it seems the flaps have been left out in terms of durability. I hope that's what newer premium models bring.
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Had a similar problem try cleaning it with a cotton swab.
There's also an old thread discussing the same.
Don't use liquids otherwise you'll void your warranty.
That being said I "CAREFULLY " used a swab and isopropyl alcohol to clean mine.
It might just be a dust problem on sides.
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Next time don't buy defective Xperia phones. I have the same issue...
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well you can order a new slot cover http://www.amazon.com/Black-Audio-M...8V5S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410593102&sr=8-1
and replace them your self
I jst cleaned it all with A safety pin...its fyn.Now m facing prblm with my charging port :-/,the rubber just popped out
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