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[Xperia Z General] kornklown69:
oh ya by the way

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/19/xperia-z-fcc/

it's going somewhere in the States and we know it's not a cdma carrier or a carrier that the band's aren't supported lol process of elimination says AT&T
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
If you check the FCC documents you'll see they did the C6602 HSPA+ (which works on AT&T and T-Mobile's HSPA) version. That means that is the only version that will be sold in the US.

And again I repeat that AT&T will not carry high-end devices without LTE. So we can conclude it'll be sold unlocked or maybe by T-Mobile.

God I wish people would just believe me, AT&T won't be carrying any Sony phones any time soon.
[Xperia Z General] flipstylez86:
So no verizon either?
[Xperia Z General] dibdin:
Take it places like Clove. Handtec etc do not take full payment till stock arrives yes?
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
Nope, only T-Mobile and AT&T.
[Xperia Z General] ajftl:
Sony would make the phone specially for them. Like they did in the pass with a few xperia. Att is the only USA carrier that sells Xperia phone. I'm positive they would get their version of the z
[Xperia Z General] kornklown69:
agreed I'll revisit the thread once US availability is announced *cough*at&t*cough*
[Xperia Z General] xperiax10.awesome:
This site: http://www.clove.co.uk/sony-xperia-z

offers UNLOCKED phones???
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
That's just it, Sony has said they're not doing that for this generation. Have you seen the interviews with Kaz Hirai on The Verge etc? Sony is going to focus less on the US market for now to get a better foothold in Europe and Japan.

So I repeat, again, no Xperia Z for AT&T. You'll be able to buy it unlocked, but AT&T won't sell it. No variants either, Sony isn't making special hardware for AT&T this time.
[Xperia Z General] ajftl:
Lol cough. U having that cold? Lol

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Oh damn. Nope didn't. I miss that. Damn u att lol
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
You can purchase it from clove, handtec or amazon(when the price reduces, and it will)
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
Its clove's internal ID of the device, they are meant to display the model number, a technical glitch i presume. I have confirmed with them that this is the C6603 LTE model of the xperia Z
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
Yes that's correct unless ofcourse your using paypal in which the payment is made there and then.
[Xperia Z General] nunyabiziz:
If this is a sign of something coming soon, it sure sounds like At&t would be at the top of the list. http://www.sonymobile.com/us/products/phones/xperia-z/
[Xperia Z General] kornklown69:
man what's that a product page for xperia Z US variant oh hellz yes

ps

Sorry if this is getting off topic
[Xperia Z General] RCJ89:
Oh right, thanks
[Xperia Z General] Riyal:
I am waiting for the ZL and no country from Asia has yet to release a pre order for Xperia ZL. I need to get the ZL which was manufactured for Asia because that's the only variant which is compatible with both HSPA+ and LTE band here in our country.
[Xperia Z General] LeanTX:
Hey guys!

I'm really looking forward on buying the Z, altough i'm still waiting to see what's coming in MWC, the Z is a pretty good player for 2013. I'm traveling to London in March so I was thinking buying it in a store, maybe Phones 4U or Carphone Warehouse, perhaps you could advise me here. I think CW is a little more expensive than P4U, I'm not really sure. And another thing, since i'm not a British citizen, do I still have to pay for VAT or is ti discounted latter after purchase?

Thanks :)
[Xperia Z General] cooltranier13px:
That's the thing. I want this phone SO bad. It should work with T-Mobile's refarmed 1900 network and with their LTE. I live in a refarmed network area all I'm good.

Does anyone know where I can get the unlocked HSPA+ version that accepts returns?
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
Yes you will have to pay VAT as your buying it from here. I would suggest you get it imported from Britain and avoid tax, espically since places like Carphone Warehouse add lots of VAT in order to make a profit.
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
The only option you have is to buy it where you live as the LTE version is made specifically for Europe, hence the reason Sony made a HSPA+ model, for other regions such as America and Canada
[Xperia Z General] mwatson:
No company can just add "loads" of VAT. it is a universal charge of 20% nothing more, nothing less.
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
Yes, i meant to say they can add their own value to a product to make a profit, my bad!
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
A few other devs have bought their devices from there, like you i am also going to preorder the white one, and may perhaps receive it within a day or two of release, can't wait bro, i must admit :DD!
[Xperia Z General] ajftl:
I choose dhl express. Lol should be here faster
[Xperia Z General] dibdin:
Have any of you guys used Handtec before? How have you found them??
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
I haven't myself! I was about to ask the same thing, i was pretty reluctant on buying from them myself!
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
Lets hope so, probably a day or two waiting :D!
[Xperia Z General] RCJ89:
I have pre ordered the white one from expansys and because I have bought from them before I now have a nice discount from £525 to £472.50.
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
Did you get that price for the reason that you have bought from them before?!
[Xperia Z General] RCJ89:
Yep they gave me a discount voucher when I purchased my HTC One X from them last October and I used it against my Xperia Z pre order and now I got the price down to £472.49 to be precise just cant wait for the phone to land
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
Same! One of the first devices in ages that doesn't miss a single feature!
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
I just got it confirmed that all Belgian kits will include the dock.

This does not include retailers www.smartphoneshop.be and every other Coolblue shop or gsmwijzer.be - those operate from The Netherlands, which kits won't contain the dock.
[Xperia Z General] varshil:
In India it is priced at 36k INR I.e 700$ appx
[Xperia Z General] Bl!GhT:
It wont be priced below 40000 INR.

Why do you think that a premium phone which is targeting the iphone 5, htc onex + and the droid DNA all of which are priced above the 40000 INR margin will be sold for a mere 35000 INR ?

The release of this premium segment phone (referring to the places its been released) has an average price range between 39000 - 45000 INR.
[Xperia Z General] opaz12:
i think its average price for this phone

however amazing phone!
[Xperia Z General] RCJ89:
I have seen some atrocious posts on gsm arena etc that this phone isnt worth 530 etc and people saying the ip5 has a justified price tag of 530 because its a premium device and what the z isnt.

First of all the Z has much better specs than iphone 5 and phones like the s3 which is still selling for £500 ontop of that it is waterproof. I also hate the fact people say the icrap5 is premium when my SIL(sister in law) has a black ip5 and she hasnt dropped it once but yet the top an bottom edges of the phone have peeled off and are now grey - just from putting it in and taking it out of her pockets the coating has stripped, How on earth is that worth £530 and how is that premium.
[Xperia Z General] stu15:
I'm on three network, I bought the Arc S a year ago exactly. But really want the Z, and at their price I'm so tempted, but I told myself I was going to keep this phone for 3 years. So... I might buy the Z in 6 months instead :P

I'm subscribed to the Z forums as well just to make it harder for me to resist ^_^

Illustrator - Sent from my Arc S.
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
Yeah i know how that feels :|! I am literally counting down the days till i can get it LOL! And hmm be carefull buying from them, they lock their bootloaders and sim lock their devices, and they also add bloatware and custom kernels and firmware from unlocked xperia Z's. Not to mention the branding!
[Xperia Z General] stu15:
I bought my Arc S carrier unlocked, online but still had a locked bootloader, I probably wouldn't want to do anything custom with the phone for like a year after anyway, this seems like one of those devices thats gonna have all thats needed on it, and run well :P

#Optimism

Illustrator - Sent from my Arc S.
[Xperia Z General] craftycarper1:
http://www.phones4u.co.uk/shop/shop_contract_details.asp?ItemKey=661264

free Sony MDR-1R Headphones(£196 frm Amazon) on pre orders.....(Phones4U, 3, O2, Carphone Warehouse, Dialaphone also), first 1000 pre orders from each group.

Really tempted to pre order one of these offers seeing as i am in my upgrade window, but need to hold out for definate info on specs/release dates of HTC/Sammy flagships.
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
Hahah fair do's xD!
[Xperia Z General] theyerrs:
wow very expensive :crying:
[Xperia Z General] Justinchi:
I'm sure this is a good phone but once the galaxy s4 is released I think that the price will be the determining factor. Galaxy devices are usually more affordable than Sony devices. As much as I like this device and want this device I'm not paying 800 US dollars for it. :(
[Xperia Z General] Toss3:
Yup, Samsung phones offer very good value for the money, as they always come with great specs and the latest version of android, and they always have great support from the community. Had every Galaxy phone since the first S and I've enjoyed them immensely, but now I just want a great-looking phone that also runs stock android the way it's supposed to be run(smoothly), hence the Sony. Can't go wrong either way.
[Xperia Z General] Justinchi:
Well Sony has a track record of abandoning support for devices, I won't name any devices but Samsung has not had this problem in the same time frame that Sony has. So you can possibly go wrong lol but then again this is a lovely phone and I think that that's catching point to many Sony products; the appearance. They get you hooked on something that's just so beautiful and then they outright abandon it
[Xperia Z General] Toss3:
Hopefully Sony will be better at supporting their phones than Sony-Ericsson was. I mean they even released alpha sources for their kernel. Granted they are not as fast to update their phones as Samsung, but they do support the community.
[Xperia Z General] Justinchi:
True, and I really do want them to do better, but I don't wanna waste 800 bucks on a device that's outshined by some xperia ZX next year. The development community here has really prolonged the short lives of many abandoned devices, and I'm so grateful to them all, but there's nothing like long term official support...Guess we'll have to hope for the best and take a chance with Sony Mobile one more time, but I tell you if they mess it up this time, I'm thru with them for good.
[Xperia Z General] Toss3:
Well, this will be my first Sony phone ever so it's going to be interesting to say the least. XDA has been touting the fantastic community-support from Sony so hopefully that'll end up carrying some weight.
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
Coolblue NL is giving the MDR-1RNC (most expensive model) with Xperia Z pre-orders. No contract needed.
[Xperia Z General] stu15:
I've seen loads of people talk about the poor build quality of Samsung phones, even the S3.

Sony's generally are more rugged, the Z is an ultimate contender.

Illustrator - Sent from my Arc S.
[Xperia Z General] Toss3:
Exactly why I'm getting the XZ along with the fact that Sony are actively showing support for XDA.
[Xperia Z General] cooltranier13px:
There is always something greater coming out next year.
[Xperia Z General] Justinchi:
I understand that but my point is the fact that Sony often releases something new and then totally ditches support for the older devices. They did that for the 2011 devices and they're doing that for some 2012 devices.
[Xperia Z General] cooltranier13px:
I kinda expect them to by now. Lol.
[Xperia Z General] Justinchi:
Low expectations then. I've seen much better long term support from other companies. Samsung even recently updated the original Galaxy S phone. 1 year of support or less is despicable, but like I said, hoping and trusting Sony to do better =)
[Xperia Z General] cooltranier13px:
Eh, I guess. Low expectations when it comes to updates from Non-Nexus phones.
[Xperia Z General] stu15:
Let's not forget Samsung's flagship phone is just that, for 2 and a half years, where as Sony have released at least 4 flagship phones since September 2011.

Illustrator - Sent from my Arc S.
[Xperia Z General] Justinchi:
That's my point, nothing sticks with Sony. Samsung maintains ALL its flagship devices though, not just one or two.
[Xperia Z General] cooltranier13px:
And that's why I have low expectations.
[Xperia Z General] Justinchi:
Rofl! True.
[Xperia Z General] stu15:
Their business model had changed though, because they are going to make less phones, and better ones. So even better support perhaps?

Illustrator - Sent from my Arc S.
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
Lets hope so because if the Xperia Z turns out to be a fail, after 6-7 months i will buy the next nexus device (i am skipping the nexus 5 for now) and i will stick to stock android with amazing hardware. I mean take a look at the nexus 4, its a real beast, if they added a micro sd slot, with a better camera sensor, a 1080P screen and perhaps the snapdragon 600-800 processor, then i would defos buy it :D!
[Xperia Z General] Justinchi:
Indeed I'm hoping so. The no SD thing is a no go for me for any phone unless they make the internal 64GB+
[Xperia Z General] stu15:
Well, ill buy it off you for £260 :P

Illustrator - Sent from my Arc S.
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
£80 VAT so £340 just for you :D!
[Xperia Z General] Lopes_P:
Here in the UK they are only offering the MDR-1R with 24/30 month contract...

I sent an email to Coolblue to confirm that you don't need a contract and if they ship it to the UK, waiting on their answer.

Do you know if the pre-order needs to be done in-store or through the website? I'm willing to fly to Eindhoven to snap one of these bad boys. :)

Also, there's no info on their website about the promotion, weird.

Thanks in advance for the head's up :good:

(First post :victory: )
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
Info on their website isn't up yet, they're not even sure if the pre-order bonus headphones are also going to be offered for Belgians ordering from their Belgian website. They don't ship outside of The Netherlands and Belgium, ever. You can pre-order in their store or online if you don't live here but you'll have to pick it up there too in that case.
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
+1 ^^
[Xperia Z General] MrPhilo:
Anyone know if I buy the phone from Three I can still unlock my bootloader via Sony Developer site? As what I can remember my Sony Xperia T locked to Three wasn't able to be unlocked via Sony Bootloader tool.
[Xperia Z General] Riyal:
98% no... So far "all" Sony phones which was sold in carriers have unlockable bootloader. The 2% is just for the benefit of the doubt :)
[Xperia Z General] sfkaudi:
Sv: Xperia Z Prices

Not here were I live
[Xperia Z General] mattman83:
You'll have to check on the phone itself. If you can get your hands on a live Three unit put this into the dialler - *#*#7378423#*#* ... it'll tell you if the bootloader can be unlocked.

M.
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
No three don't usually have an unlockable bootloader, but when i will test it out for you when i test a three xperia Z.
[Xperia Z General] krabappel2548:
Did handtec lowered the price of the Xperia Z? ;)

I didn't pay my pre-order yet, and when I checked today it was €10 cheaper, so I placed a new order :D
[Xperia Z General] Lopes_P:
They sent me an email today saying that I still could get the offer, I checked their twitter, and found out that they only had 175 pairs to give away

. They said the give away is the MDR-1R now and not the MDR-1RNC :eek:

I called to double check and pre-order over the phone and they had allocated all the headphones already :(

Hope you had better luck than me :D
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
It has been £497 for a while now :D!
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
Oh yeah I placed one of the first pre-orders and I'm in. Did it as soon as I saw the page going up after the Xperia Z announcement.
[Xperia Z General] krabappel2548:
That's what I thought, but when I put the price in € it was lower for some reason then last week :p
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
Perhaps the exchange rate is getting better xD!
[Xperia Z General] Brilliant Dev:
Hopefully, I will buy it from sony world.
[Xperia Z General] RCJ89:
Turns out my pre order with expansys didn't go through and my vaoucher wasn't validated. So I just cancelled the whole thing and pre ordered the white one again with carphone warehouse on a new contract so I get the free headsets and all I have to do is cancel my old line which is cheaper than buying the phone anyway.
[Xperia Z General] Lopes_P:
You lucky bugger, good on you mate. Let me know how good those headphones are (which ever model they give you), I might just get one of those later on.

I'm going to try and see if I can get a good deal on ebay or either get it from Three (£449 Pay as you go) or from Handtec like xiFIL and krabappel2548.

@xiFIL

Three are saying that if you pay £10 to £15 they can get an unlock code from Sony, how long do you think it will take them to get it?

I hope Sony keep their bootloaders unlockable like they have with their 2012 line.
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
It'll be the MDR-1R. I've tried them at IFA last august and in the Sony Center where I live. They're pretty good for their price. Nicely balanced, full sound. Not overly bassy like Beats headphones and all that other crap. Very clear. And extremely comfortable, many reviewers have rated them as one of the most comfortable headphones there are. And they look amazing in the silver-brown edition (which Coolblue is giving). I'm pretty sure many people will be able to appreciate these.

I'm not sure if I'll be keeping them. I don't wear headphones a lot, I always use my in-ears from Sony's professional series. I'm also not sure if I'll have to keep my pre-order at Coolblue since I might be getting my Xperia Z through other channels.

On the bootloader unlocking: as long as you buy it unbranded you'll be able to unlock the bootloader just fine.
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
They won't be unlockable, three come with locked bootloaders. if you buy them from three also it won't be the 4G model, three are supplying their own 3G model of the device. Source
[Xperia Z General] stu15:
4G in the UK is pretty limited aswell, so it's not a big deal, however that version will lack longevity when 4G gets bigger round here.

Illustrator - Sent from my Arc S.
[Xperia Z General] xiFIL:
Not really, 4G will be here in the UK by summer for nearly all networks. I would rather have a phone that will work with 4G when it IS here, than a H+ model just to save myself a few £.
[LG Optimus 3D] tang097:
hey guys. i was wondering if anyone used the newest jellybam 4.1 i'm having trouble installing the rom itself, so i tried 4.0, 3.3, but they well all unsuccessful. did anyone successfully install it?

also, can someone tell me which bernie files to flash? i have an lg thrill running v20p, but i dont know how to get it to be compatible on v20e or v20d. thanks!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alpejohn86:
Hi,

I got a Desire HD from a friend for free, and now i want to root it and install custom rom.

I have found alot of rooting guides, but there is a few things that confuses me a lot.

The phone has 2.3.5 software and sense 3.0. So i need to downgrade first, that is okay.

But this guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=905003

Does what i need to do, but i dont know what android version the phone came with, and my friend just bought it and used it, he is not interested in

phones and things like that so he doesnt know either.

So my problem is that i don't know what android version the phone came with, and if i can use the guide i just linked to :confused:

I found many different ways to root it, just got very confused about everything. :eek:

Maybe anyone can help me out? :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] isaumya:
I think your phone comes with 2.2
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alpejohn86:
How do you know that? :)

My friend doesnt remember that he updated it.. :eek:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glevitan:
Ok, that guide will get you in troubles. After upgrading to gingerbread, reflashing a froyo RUU will probably get you stuck. The best is always to consider that your phone came with GB, just to avoid issues.

If you want to root you need to follow this:

http://tau.shadowchild.nl/attn1/?p=74

and if you need further help with some basics, just use the guide in my signature. If further help is needed, just let me know!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alpejohn86:
Thanks :)

But im not sure i understand the steps in that guide? :eek:

What should i choose in the cmd? There was several things to choose.. :)

EDIT:

I think i understand now, i only need to press 1 as that fixes everything?

The other one is for going back to stock right? :)

Then it shouldnt be a problem :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glevitan:
That's it. Just press 1 (hack) and the session will guide you. It shouldn't take more than 5-6 mins. :fingers-crossed:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alpejohn86:
Okay, sounds great! :D

But is there any other steps after the hack kit has finished?

I read that the volume up need to work, mine doesnt but im waiting on a new ribbon cable to fix it :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshua.justice:
I flashed the Kernel http://matr1xkernels.com/matr1x-kernel-for-nexus-4-jelly-bean/ v 6.0 with the initials cm for cyanogenmod like the thread here said(I had CM 10.1 nightly installed) and now my phone boots but the android phone process stops. I'm not sure how to fix it as when I hold the power button down it just reboots.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
Restore the backup that you ALWAYS make before flashing a kernel. No backup? Well, now you know. Flash the stock kernel. There is a link to it in the OP of faux123's kernel thread.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshua.justice:
Thanks for reminding me. I switched ROM's yesterday so while it's not an exact copy of what I had before it's close. I just panicked because I figured it would work because it was listed as for CM.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJepse:
Hey, i need help from experienced guy if possible, i updated my phone to 2.1 to 2.2

Then 2.2 to 4.1 then 4.2.1

Now camera isnt working.

It worked perfectly before updates.

I found another topic about this.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1266760

There's link for it^

So could someone guide me how to fix camera?

I have green lens too.

And im pretty familiar with ROM's and stuff.

EDIT: I just installed root explorer and im going to replace bin files in system/firmware
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrgnex:
I want to know how hard it is to make your own custom ROM. How much time will it take me and is there a good and clear guide?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
First, you should read the sticky that talks about setting up and compiling aosp. It's in General. You'll need Linux.

sent from my Google Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eqjunkie829:
What results are you trying to achieve by doing your own Rom?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Beamer9408:
It really isn't hard once you're set up for it. You'll need Linux which isn't a big deal cause its free just make sure if you don't straight boot to Linux you give your VM enough space to sync a repo
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrgnex:
Thanks everybody. I am quite a noob. Anyone knows a clear guide?