yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] richteralan:
Which seller?

You can only get this phone through Amazon Marketplace.

So which seller is very important.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
When he bought it I remember Amazon.com had them on stock. Amazon was the actual seller.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Felimenta97:
I know it was French because the manual, the "Android 4.0 upgradeable" in thebox was French sms when I first booted out it was French... Don't know the retailpier because I only have the info to my uncle as he bought it. Just know it was from Amazon website.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] richteralan:
Well then definitely 12W08~10 AAAB

destined for yellow tint
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sessel:
If we want see if the phone is a new phone or repack after repair, we have a solution?

Because after a reset or update all data go out.But with the imei we can see if he have a use before ?!?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tel033:
Did you also check if they where from revision AB or newer? Thanks
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lyle Dylandy:
I too have the French flag on my box, didn't buy from Amazon.com, got ABAB 12W14, bought it last week at a local supplier. No issues so far!

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii255/v717/03052012304.jpg
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dragunov:
So, guys, to make it clear!

Is it the ABAB batch that is problem-free?

I need to know what to say when I take my "precious" to the service point, because I do not want to leave it there for 1 month!

I;ll try to demand a replacement unit.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
Below is what he has said in his email:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dachao:
I do not know if I should wait for the Hayabusa or even Mint or just get another XS. I hate spend another $600 for the same phone just because of the yellow spot on the screen.

It is very large and ugly/annoying. Since the ambient temp went up the yellow never goes away.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dibdin:
If you can wait I would hold out for the Hayabusa, though in saying that there's no guarantees that the Hayabusa may not suffer the dreaded yellow tint.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
or only just limited number of them ;)

I have gone through 4 devices now along with losing some money but I am still happy with S. When that phone is out, then I decide what to do. Of course this is me.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dibdin:
On my fourth too, its at the service centre awaiting parts.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
After losing money on first one, I have been able to return all the previous ones till i got this one which yellowness is not there yet.

Not I am doubtful about my own eyes.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Apology11:
I have spotted another thing:

when sunlight shines on the screen there seems to be a grid of very bright reflectin pixels.

It looks like tiny leds.

But it is just when sunlight shines on it in a certain position.

Is it just for me or has someone discovered it too?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Roman91:
me too, i think those dots are on the grill of touchscreen
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tel033:
why are you doubtful about it? it is safe batch right? or is it showing sth strange or are you just a bit paranoic? I'm about to buy it.. did you already test the device?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
Yes, I tested it and came out perfect. Its only my eyes not after three bad experience to see everything yellow, even my computer monitor :D

This new batch or even my batch are fine and no yellowness on them.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tel033:
thanks a lot!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] richteralan:
Phone shipped from Philadelphia.

One day delivery to Madison!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
is the week 16 or 15? what happened?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] richteralan:
Just shipped today so don't know yet. Will be delivered tomorrow.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] fsrkewd:
mine still say shipping soon!damn it
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
That means it should be shipped tonight. When did you order?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] fsrkewd:
5/7/12 12:29pm

soon after you posted the link about it yesterday
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
From Global Mobiles right? You know I have Amazon prime account so shipping is a bit faster but amazon is pretty good with shipment anyways. Sometimes it says shipping soon, but actually takes a while to show up and get an email shipped but already shipped. So I assume its going out today.

What time zone are you in?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] fsrkewd:
Yea, from Global Mobiles. I also have Prime too, and i chose the one day shipping for $4.

I hope it goes out tonight! Can't wait to get my dirty hands on it lol

I am in NYC, so east coast.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
Hopefully you get it tomorrow. I am wondering why it wasn't shipped yesterday since you ordered little after noon.

Tomorrow is the report day on screen and production week. yay:cool:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] richteralan:
You will get it tomorrow. The phone ships from Philly .
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] fsrkewd:
I hope that's true. My ETA is still showing May 10
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] richteralan:
Mine shows 9th.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] fsrkewd:
Great! Just got an email from amazon saying the phone is shipped! Will be here tomorrow! Shipped from PA as well.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
See, now you can't sleep :D

Love the phone very much. Its the most unique phone in the market as always SONY has been.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Scratchling:
Just spoke to a very friendly CSR in the UK. Going to sort a replacement today if I can, fingers crossed.

Has anyone been allowed to open the box in store to see the build number?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dariomario:
Mine is with sony service center in Kent since 30.04 and is still "awaiting component" I called them today to ask what's with the delay since they told me it will take5-7 working days to fix it, and now after 8 days they still couldn't offer me an answer. I also asked if the problem with the tint is sorted and they said that it is and that all models that are sent back from service are thoroughly tested before they are returned so no one has no tint issue. In my opinion, they are just stalling or they can't cover for the big number of handsets sent back... I will let you know more after i will receive mine back... I should have bought an S2 instead... I may consider the S3 now since this one is crap
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] macgloom:
Hey, im in the same boat with you.

Sony has had my phone for two weeks now also because its waiting for components. A week ago though, they told me that component will be delivered to them yesterday. Today I called again and they said the delivery didnt arrive and the next one they are expecting is june 20th. wtf!? I called the store I bought the phone from to get a replacement phone instead.

Oh, also they told me that my phone is missing the "front panel"
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dibdin:
I called UK service center earlier this afternoon. When I first called them lunchtime I spoke to a woman called Phillipa, who told me it seems as if all components are in stock, and all being well it will be dispatched hopefully sometime later today. She said she would confirm this by calling me later in the day. Left it 3 hours as I had heard nothing. Spoke to a different lady, and she said that we have found out since your phone is awaiting one component and that should arrive on Friday and you should receive your phone early next week.

Talk about getting your hopes up.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Scratchling:
Three tech support dont know they even sell the LT26. Fúcking failures. Handset off for repair, fingers crossed.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] efgee:
The phone approx. 4 weeks in use. Tested the device several times at 40+ degrees. No yellow spots so far.

AAAB CB5

12W12

Touch 7
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
I have two Xperia S phones, both 12w11 models. One has a larger size yellow spot near the bottom while the other one is pretty clean (maybe a small area near the top, but its very limited and hard to see). I tested them with a game on idle, got to about 43 degrees. I think I got lucky and got a good one that was an early batch.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] richteralan:
Phone delivered.

12W14 AAAC

I am worried and little disappointed. But tested to 50C still no yellow spot.

Seems like a keeper.

Photos later.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Sharaz22:
Do u know which component is it the screen?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
That is weird, even tho week 14 is good since its a week after SONY recognizing the issue and I hope it doesn't have that yellowness problem but the information Global Mobiles gave me wasn't this. I have already contacted and asking what is wrong.

On the box where the label is and says Xperia S, under that what version(Region, Language) does it say? Mine is "DE"

If you can't figure out, try to chat with Xperia Chat and give them the IMEI and they will let you know.

http://www.sonymobile.com/us/support/contact-us/
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dibdin:
I asked the woman but she hadn't a clue.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] fsrkewd:
Yea, I also sent an email to Global Mobiles before i order, and they told me its a fresh batch with production week 15 or 16

Still waiting for my package atm. Will update when i get the package!

Just received it, and its 12W15, ABAE
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] richteralan:
Mine is DE also. Will email Global Mobiles to see if I can exchange or what.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] richteralan:
This is not right. I ordered when they have them in stock on Monday.

I am asking for an exchange.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
I don't even want to defend them but from my experience I realized they are a decent re-seller. I am wondering if Amazon has messed-up or there was something in their shipment that they were not aware of. From what he said the other day it seems that he at least has opened two phones to look at them for us. I am wondering if he had mixed production codes?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] richteralan:
ABAE is very different from AAAC.

I'll see how the exchange goes.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
Heck yes, its totally different specially since all of my AAAC had the yellow tint but they were 08, 10.

Get it done. The whole reason we bought from them was to get what we want. If that is not, then we return. It sucks that you have to go through this.

What happened to other member buying from them?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tel033:
Hi I'm waiting the delivery

will update soon
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] fsrkewd:
Anyone has any idea on how to make the phone reach 50C degree? I have been running benchmark test for over 15 minutes, but it never go over 42C.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] richteralan:
Install stabilitytest, run CPU+GPU, brightness 100%, wrap a blanket around. Voila!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tel033:
Please keep me updated I want to know their answer.. In the email you said on tuesday they assured you that they were 15 or 16 ABAE devices.. I'm expecting one with those specs.. Hoping for the best
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
You know, I feel bad because I reflected what they said in email to me but it wasn't as they said.

I will keep you guys posted. There might be an error.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] fsrkewd:
nice! made it to 50C and no sign of yellow tint!

What color did you order? Maybe different color comes from different batch?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] richteralan:
I specifically asked for white color.

Even the box is not the slimmer one mentioned in the email.

Now I think I will return this and order another one.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Razje:
Little update from me.

Still on my 3rd Xperia S

12W13 ABAC

Touchfirmware 7

So I have this one for about 3 weeks now, still no sign of any yellow tint.

It's going through heavy usage every day, yesterday i've been playing games for like 3 hours constantly on 42~43 degrees. But still all perfect :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] shmoejoe:
I find it soo weird how me and my partner have the 12w9 phones and I have had no sign of yellow since release with extensive use and observation.

I guess it is indeed a small percentage of the devices and I guess the majority affected appear to be in this thread.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] danebull:
Still waiting for my to return from service

Hi

My Xperia S have been at service since april 18th. According to Sony you can start a claim through your retailer when they have had the device for more than 15 workdays. Anyone knows what this claims mean?

"If the service time is more than 15 workdays (which is the accepted service time), you do have the possibility to start a claim via your retailer because of this waiting time."

/Torben
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tdkiska:
I just picked my Xperia S from service in Poland. I gave it there 07.05. because of the yellow tint.

It's only few hours, but for now no sign of any tint.

In the tech report you can see what was replaced.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Scratchling:
Would have thought it wouldnt have been worth their while to take down each phone completely. Fingers crossed my local centre just replace the thing.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tel033:
what error did they report to you they said to me that they were then big boxes too but that they were supposed to be ABAE too and that if i get a AA one i could change it.. Is your AB comes in a thin box?

But are all the big boxes AA? because i saw here in my country an AA device with a thin one..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] katsuru:
after 1 month on my 3rd device, I now detected Yellow spots on the right side of the screen :rolleyes:.... It is a 12w11.

Good thing is I got it insured, I will wait a couple more months, for the new batches and just claim insurance on it and get a new device ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
I don't even know how big this thin box is? I have never had two at once to compare but they are all same size to me...

He emailed last night:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] efgee:
I have a AAAB and it came in a thin box (I say thin, because when I opened the packing box I said to myself, ow this is a thin box, I expected it to be a higher box)

The box is approx. 3 cm high.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] richteralan:
The thinner box has a hole on the inner box so you can insert your finger to pull it out easily.

The old thick box does not have this hole. That is how you tell them apart.

3cm thick sounds like the thicker one.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] efgee:
The inner black box has a hole in it to pull it out the cover box
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dibdin:
I honestly don't see the "yellow tint" going away on its own after a week or two. Can't wait to get this phone replaced for another, as it's so distracting everytime I go on the net especially.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] creation:
My screen is perfect, no dead or stuck pixels and no yellow tint :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] krisraymundo:
i also have the same problem. yellow tint on the lower right side... :c
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kms108:
I'm not sure if this is good or bad news, I have spoken to few of my friends who works for SE (sony), they were told by the sony mobile division, that the tint will be sorted out with the up coming ics update, they say the update will include a more accurate colour calibration, but will do nothing about the pixels problems, this all falls into the international standard of 3-5 pixels or more, or exchange will depends on the companies. In the mean time, most sony service will not exchange, but stores make there decision about the exchange, given that most western companies do have a 7-14 days no questions asked return policy.

so it's upto you if you believe what they said.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dibdin:
Thanks for posting this. I am still going to exchange mine as I have up to 28 days. I sincerely hope the ICS update will eliminate the yellow tint as it's totally unacceptable.

I also now have a yellow tint on both left and right edge of display, running from the top of screen to bottom. My replacement Xperia S can't come quick enough.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] avexdevil:
thanks for that helpful piece of information kms108, unfortunately, i can't risk waiting for the ics update as handtec, the website i bought my phone from, has a strict 10 day RMA policy. Don't wanna hold on to a physically faulty ICS phone only to have that yellow/white bright spot staring me in the face everything i surfe the net or use my notification bar...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Razje:
You have the exact same problem as me, and what we have is not the yellow tint that others have, we just have a faulty screen.

T-Mobile sends me a replacement no questions asked :)

Getting my new one tomorrow, and will send the faulty one back also tomorrow.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] GiveMe2Beers:
Thanks mate.

Can I ask you, are you talking about that yellow tint that affects the bottom part of the display?

Thank you in advance.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kms108:
All i was told, is that the colour accuracy isn't done very well, thats why if you put a few units together, the colour are all different.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] memazy:
no problem here :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kms108:
wait, i see some black dots in your attachment, oh.... it's just my screen dirty.:D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] GiveMe2Beers:
You've done a screenshot to show your display is ok?

Are you serious? :o
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] memazy:
yes I realized how silly it is little later, but I smiled at you, right?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] krisraymundo:
hi! i also have that exact problem(exact spot also) but sometimes the screen is just perfect then that yellow tint on the bottom right begins to surface again after an hour. sometimes when im in an airconditioned room the yellow tint on the bottom right corner disappears... im beginning to doubt if this one is a faulty screen or just an update will fix this.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] xach:
Has anyone noticed how white text on black background turns yellowish as you scroll up and down?

Sent from my LT26i
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dangonzz:
No bad pixels

Hi all, i have my Xperia S bought from Italy, and i have no problems with bad pixels.

But still i can see the white text getting yellowish while scrolling and the screen flickering a bit while changing the brightness.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Razje:
Yeah I also said before it looks liks it has something to do with heat/warmth or something. If you can get it replaced you should, because it won't go away.

It did get mine replaced, getting my new Xperia delivered any minute.

edit: new one arrived
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dibdin:
Well it has been mentioned on this thread that ICS should sort out this issue.

Let us know if your new phone is okay?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Razje:
We're talking about other problems here, some just have a yellowish tint.

We just have something that looks like heavy backlight bleeding.

And shows on almost all colors, grey, white, blue.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] GiveMe2Beers:
Exactly. The problem Razje shows is much more heavy that the one that me and others were talking about.

Mine and others Xperia S I've seen, you couldn't even manage to show it in photos. It' a very very slight yellow/beige shadow in the bottom part of the screen, that you con notice only in white or very light colors background.

Let's say 7 on 9 people I've asked they have noticed it. Two guys that didn't noticed it at the beginning, after I've asked to do some test, they realize what I was talking about.

Really don't understand if everyone has the yellowish tint at the bottom of the display (but not everyone see it/ are annoyed by it) or the most part has it (as I said, 7 guys on 9 I've asked in forums) and some lucky guys don't.

And really want to know if it is this (bottom yelllowish) issue the guy who spoke with Sony, they gonna solve with ICS.

Or maybe a general different temperature of white from phone to phone.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
I will check on the hole tonight. Any pics would be nice.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tel033:
Didn't he tell how many of them were AA or how many could be did he told which of them (thin or thick) were fine? Please ask
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
Where are you located?are you in the US?

He said that 10 weren't thin box, but I could ask.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mattinglis:
My 12W09 AAAB is being replaced tomorrow with the phone Sony head office will not experience the yellow issue, interesting to see what they will give me.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] fsrkewd:
I believe this is the hole that you guys are talking about, but I am not quite sure about only the slimmer box have holes.

I watched a few unboxing video that is posted in February, and they all have the same hole.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] richteralan:
The two Xperia S I got do not have this hole. You sure those videos were posted in Feb?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] fsrkewd:
Yes, here is the link to the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=w0DFg7JkQgk

Around 0:28
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
This is what he said:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 29988122:
Dear all XDA Xperia S users: It's mythbuster time!

I'm too lazy to re-upload all the pics again, so please check those pictures in this Taiwan forum: http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=569&t=2732599&p=1#35787956

If you cannot open the pics, click the forth green button on the top of every post/click on the icon of every pics.

To translate in short: ABAB 12w16

As someone at China said that there's no problem of AB-- hardware, that seems busted.

You can check those pics and find out some yellow tints - I have only bought it for 5 hours.

Also it has No.7 LCD firmware(not 6). Someone said that the color should be cold-blue..but apprently not, you can check the 2nd post of the thread.

From left to right : iPod 4th gen, LG P500, Xperia S.

White balance has been adjusted to nearly nature in the 2nd pic.

My conclusion: Just like buying a POWERBALL, check if you win a prize of a normal tint-free Xperia S.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] shmoejoe:
I was sorta thinking it was like that already. It is indeed a lottery if you get the problems.

So I really don't think finding the hole or not improves your chances (too much? :D), just the 'luck' of the draw if you get the yellow or not.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] richteralan:
What you have there is the normal yellow tinting in relation to view angle.

And you probably also know that different LCD has different color temperature. So when you calibrate white balance with the iPhone then of course other LCDs will have different shade of white.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
That is not normal. on the Hong Kong version that I had 12W08, it was just like this. They can get anything done right. one screwup after another.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] efgee:
Yes, the samen as the one I have
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tel033:
Hi thanks so actually there are 3 of 4 AA left in stock cause one of the users here got one of them..↲And no i live in paraguay in southamerica i ship the phone to a Miami address to a company who ship it here how would it be the return process if a get an AA one? (which i hope not)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
I think Amazon return policy is 1 month. As other members stated, any phone could be infected. Even if you get the phone with AA, try it out at least for 15 days then return it if yellowness comes out.

Return should be an issue, amazon pays for return if there is something wrong with the phone but has to be shipped from US to get free return(same address as it was shipped)

I hope you get a good one without problem.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tel033:
i know AA phones can develop the tint but many people stated that the AB and further were fine as sony china won't accept other than AA's. I don't mind paying the return shipping fees i just want the refund from the phone's price to buy another.. thanks I hope so to