[XPERIA X1 General] VSJ:
Before Reading,

Inspired from members' aging x1 and SESC full of crap... I'm gladly introduce you this full guide that isn't supposed to be exposed. But IMHO, it is supposed to be known by X1 owner.

I think every X1 headset is out of warranty now. While Sony Ericsson Service Centre is always full of crap, bringing broken X1 is absolutely not good idea.

They will asking "faithful" price sometimes the price is higher than the phone itself. Shame on Sony Ericsson.

So please read this guide before you bring your phone to SESC or any Service Centre.

NOTICE: However I'm not responsible to anything. SO take on your own risk!

1. What is in your X1?

Download these pdfs to read the components in your X1

a. Component in your motherboard (Advance user)

b. Component in your handset (Moderate user)

2. How to (dis)assembly your X1?

Download there pdfs to (dis)assembly your X1 in proffesional way

a. Videos in PDF (high bandwidth ISP or no FUP ISP)

b. Pictures in PDF (low bandwidth ISP or limited quota ISP)

3. How to diagnose and repair your broken X1?

Download there pdfs to repair on yourself

a. Problem and solution related to mainboard (Advance user), (!) read "Component in your motherboard

b. Problem and solution related to phone component (Moderate use)

Additional Fixing COMMON ISSUE GUIDE

(thanks to Hkt, triondave, mymailx and russell.eclair (aka rx.eclair)

Taken from local forums and some from XDA-Developers, it's weird some of these methods are never been shared to here...

1. Broken Flex Cable

Diagnose:

a. When slide out, the digitizer (touchscreen panel) isn't working (screen might be working).

b. When slide out, the screen goes blank

c. The mic and front camera buzzing

Repair:

a. FIRST Aid, (It's temporary and somehow fail if you are not skilled, in unkown way)

b. Replace with new flex cable

- search on eBay is the cheapest price. In my country, the price is usually half than local shop but need to wait several weeks.

- After buy the replacement, see the guide to assembling your phone above

How long will it last?

- It's various based on how often you slide it out

Prevention:

- refer to point a.1 (isolate the flex cable) might be useful

- slide it out smoothly (because every time you slide it out roughly, the flex cable being tracked)

- Never / once upon time to slide your X1 out.

2. Unreponsive keyboard

It's very easy to repair it...

[Tutorial] Cleaning X1 Keyboard (Disassemble)

NEVER! follow the threa that is started by hatlo0or, because it is just horrible for beginner and offensive word for some person.

3. Scratching Housing

There's no other way to make it as new, replacing the houding is quite cheap right now. I found that the price varies from 12 to 70 USD.

Which one to buy?

I bought 3 housing for me myself and 1 for my friend.

* I compare those, priced arround 12 USD is better built than priced arround 20 USD.

** the 12 USD is fitted well and the chrome is shinner than 20 USD, the 20 USD Priced is not fitted and quite tricky to assembling it.

*** However the arround 70 USD is the best because it's complete. The housing with 12 and 20 USD have no keyboard but the 70 USD is quite good with keyboard.

Now I am using the keyboard and backplate from the 70 USD priced housing. but for front case and rear case, I used from 12 USD priced housing. As soon as, bought a leather case to prevent it from scratching...

Update!

4. Unresponsive Volume Key

Okay, it has been long time that I've been vacuum. After 2-3 years, my X1 has been so terribly damaged. Now, I'm gonna share something else to you all. I dunno know how much people will be helped by this thread since only 20 persons who give comment while 8000 eyes (2x 4000 ppl) read this. But who care? so far there's noone complain.

To be honest, I finally buy another brand new XPERIA X1 from local shop (old stock) with great price because my X1 is what I called "un-help-able"LOL. The problem is unresponsive volume key.

First time, I think it is caused by faulty button but I don't find it wrong after checking up. And after several days' analysis, I found that it is caused by something on motherboard (but I could not determine which one, someone know?). However, the solution is just put something (paper, clip with thickness less than half milimeter) over the USB port (there's a slight gap between the housing and USB port) so it will push down the USB Connector (and Mother board), for unknown reason, your volume key back to normal.

I'm surprised that there are still ones who use X1 since the only person I know using this X1 in my city is me... lol

I just love X1 unfortunately death Sony Ericsson just like White Star Line who make Titanic for becoming so weak.