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[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Will only fix the bad pixels that are inside the animation!

You succeeded in repairing the stuck pixels?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcmike:
No, did not fix mine. Or i haven't left it running for long enough.

They replaced the phone for me but the new one has one dead pixel which is not easily noticeable and they refuse to exchange anymore....

Good luck with yours!!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohamedgam:
not less than 90% of all xperia z's are having dead or stuck pixel issues

I have replaced my device 3 times and still stuck in those stuck pixels prison

I think its a general problem spreading in all z's
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omeryigitsari:
I got none :) :D
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
It's SAD... :(

Does this problem is due to the first batch?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petrutms:
I had one stuck pixel on Xperia S, T, TX but now I think I'm lucky! :laugh: I have no dead or stuck pixel. I bought four days ago. I hope to not see any stuck pixel in the coming months.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Lucky!

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Anyone else had success with apps that remove stuck / dead pixel?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadManMark:
Its a joke that Sony shrug this off as acceptable. Imagine buying a brand new HDTV with stuck/dead pixels you'd demand it to be exchanged or be refunded. Whats worse is that the replacements have the same issue
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Anyone else had success with apps that remove stuck / dead pixel?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Warren.D:
Like i said, I'm on my 8th XZ it has stuck/dead pixels just like the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th. All from different batches too. The pixel fixing apps don't work.

My Current XZ has a JDC display aswell, its turd. The response time is diabolical. And when scrolling through menus such as settings the text goes blueish, also when on black screens at highest brightness unlike the sharp displays which go dark grey, it goes slight brown.

What are the odds of having dead pixels? Very high I'd say. I loved this phone when it was launched, pre-ordered it, waited a month, now I can't stand it. Its a dust and fingerprint magnet, has pixel issues, gaps between screen and rubber skeleton, camera images are tripe. It is still a Beautiful device though!!

I left Samsung to give another OEM a chance and its bit me in the arse. I really wanted to support Sony, after all Samsung is getting too big and I don't like the thought of Samsung cannibalizing Android to implement their Tizen OS (As half the dumb b#st#rds out there wouldn't even know as Samsung highly skins android).

These pixel problems are making me ill. haha.

I am in talks with CPW to exchange for a HTC One. They wanna charge me 100 quid though!!! (don't think so lol)

P.S, I could only vote once in this poll. But do the math, add up all the votes for dead pixels, including my previous 7 XZs it bring it to 60 which is half the figure of those who voted 0 zero dead pixels. Just by going by the figures here, its a 1 in 3 chance of having dead pixels. Correct me if im wrong.

I bet I could hunt dead pixels out on some of those who voted in favor of no dead pixels. lol
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
How many dead/stuck pixels has the new one !???

I'm also finding it strange that high income people who have no dead / stuck pixel! You can be sure that the person probably did not see the bad pixel!

Now ... I disagree with you that the apps that promise to remove stuck pixel not work. Saw in some cases that worked, even with the members of this forum!

I was intending to replace my device, but I'll stay with this, in view that the probability of catching another with dead / stuck pixel is high!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Warren.D:
5.

You also run the risk of potentially creating more stuck pixels with those apps.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Any chance these stuck pixels disappear over time?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheetah2k:
I wonder if this is limited to mostly JDC screens? I have a sharp, no dead/stuck pixels yet.. (touch wood)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danw_oz:
You obviously don't know then that any LCD TV, computer monitor... have the same acceptance. Only if they specifically state they have a dead/bright pixel guarantee.

And whats worse there are many people who have purchased even stupidly expensive LCD TV's and been told that this is within acceptable manufacturing/warranty specifications.

You may find this interesting, and there are many other similar insights http://www.tested.com/tech/1337-we-uncover-the-dead-pixel-policies-for-every-major-lcd-maker/

Any stuck pixel (coloured or white) there is a posibility by playing a high refresh rate flashing sample of colours that the pixel will come right after time, as some people are talking about here by playing video for a long time.

Dead pixel, or black one can not be fixed, because it is completely dead transistor problem in pretty much all cases.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Any idea how this would be time for stuck pixels back to life?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biffsmash:
I didn't think I had one and pretty sure I voted that I had none, but I spotted one on the left edge of my display a couple of days ago.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoberM:
Finally my XZ arrived, the first thing i did was check the screen with two images, one is fully black and the other is fully white, and... No dead/stuck pixels :good:

Xperia Z C6603

Provider: Orange Spain

Screen: Sharp

MFG Date: 2013 week 11
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Warren.D:
Did you check at maximum brightness with adaptive switched off?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
I downloaded this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2eQhhMvi-U) of YouTube and I'm converting to 1080p to get the video in full screen on my device and I intend to leave all night ! Hoping it works out!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
My device had 2 stuck clusters (an individual pixel would be very hard to notice at this ppi) that were about the size of a 12 gauge needle. After about 2 weeks of use they went away though
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Excellent news!

They disappeared without even you use app / videos that promise to remove stuck pixels?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danw_oz:
Because the liquid is being stimulated over and over again that it quite often, around 40% of the time will revert back to normal.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoberM:
Damn!, i didn't remember if i unticked the auto when cranking the brightness up to the maximum, so i tested again, this time full brightness, auto disabled and i spotted one stuck pixel in the bottom right area (navigation bar), man, i wish i have never read your post, i would have lived forever happy thinking my screen is perfect, as when Auto brightness is enabled, they are impossible to spot.:crying:

Mods, change my vote ;)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Warren.D:
Lol. I think these screens are manufactured with very low cost in mind. They're tripe
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
The Aspect Ratio of Xperia Z is 16:9 ??!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] celeriL:
I'm getting my phone this weekend. Is there an easy way to check for dead pixels on the phone? :D
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadManMark:
Yeah try looking at it....

A black image, and white image usually let you know
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
After conversion and change the aspect ratio, could leave this video running full screen on Xperia Z! I intend to leave running all night! Will I have good results in my stuck pixels? Someone tested it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2eQhhMvi-U
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] californicated:
Is anyone here who's stuck pixel disappeared without doing anything special? Got my second XZ today..

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9100 mit Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Some cases are gone alone, there were cases that are gone with apps and videos that promise to remove the stuck pixels!

Posts above, I put up a link of a video that solved a lot of people. I downloaded the video from YouTube and it changed the aspect ratio to 16/9, running full screen on Xperia Z! I'll leave running all night!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Guys, I left the video running for 2 nights and have not gone the stuck pixels! Should I try more times?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Warren.D:
I personally wouldn't.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jigodiass:
Anyone succeed to get an replacement with only 2 stuck pixels ?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
These stuck pixels is complicated!

There stuck pixels which are not recoverable?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Warren.D:
Im on my 8th XZ. All had/have stuck pixels. None of them could be corrected with those apps.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
What is the longest time you have left ??
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Warren.D:
Im changing it friday for HTC One
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
It is sad... :(

Warren, Do you remember how long left the app running?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
I did not use an app or video, just regular use of the device.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Warren.D:
Overnight. Its as if the pixels are missing
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
You used that app Dead Pixel Detect and Fix?

It is very strange!

I'll leave it the way it is! I will not change ... I fear another device gets worse!

UPDATE:

Searching the internet I found these videos / apps need to have 5 colors: black, white, blue, green and red. Otherwise it will not work! The video I left for 2 nights contained only RGB colors! Does it proceed?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Warren.D:
Stuck pixels shine different colours when tilting then phone. The pixels on my phone don't, I think they are lile holes in the LCD
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
My stuck pixels are exactly like you said! Depending on the angle you look, it turns red, green and blue! Will tilt the phone and they will change color!

I'm making all these sacrifices for two reasons:

1 - I bought my device in another country, then the exchange is extremely complicated!

2 - I have a great fear of changing the device and the new device come with dead pixel (unrepaired, unlike the stuck pixel there are still chances).

Have you tested this application (https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS50aXBpZC5sY2RwaXhlbHRlc3RlciJd) ??

The app runs 5 kinds of colors at a ludicrous speed!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reptile64:
This sounds unbelievable!! 8th?? The 70% of the people that bought the phone doesn't have stuck pixels so it sounds weird! Maybe they are giving you the same faulty phones over and over again! Really I can't believe it!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QualQuek:
No dead pixel here, i'm touching wood!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robogo1982:
According to the warranty I got with my phone, it says a replacement is needed with 2 or more dead pixels, so...
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] --anx--:
Well...his avatar can be the answer... :D:eek:

...or they came from a faulty stock...but I still believe it's almost impossibile...
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Warren.D:
Of course. I hate Sony, and wanna slate the f#ck outta them!!!

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70%?? I just think most people are oblivious or blind.

(A reply I posted on page 14 of this thread, I worked out the odds at the time of having dead/stuck pixels)

"Like i said, I'm on my 8th XZ it has stuck/dead pixels just like the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th. All from different batches too. The pixel fixing apps don't work.

My Current XZ has a JDC display aswell, its turd. The response time is diabolical. And when scrolling through menus such as settings the text goes blueish, also when on black screens at highest brightness unlike the sharp displays which go dark grey, it goes slight brown.

What are the odds of having dead pixels? Very high I'd say. I loved this phone when it was launched, pre-ordered it, waited a month, now I can't stand it. Its a dust and fingerprint magnet, has pixel issues, gaps between screen and rubber skeleton, camera images are tripe. It is still a Beautiful device though!!

I left Samsung to give another OEM a chance and its bit me in the arse. I really wanted to support Sony, after all Samsung is getting too big and I don't like the thought of Samsung cannibalizing Android to implement their Tizen OS (As half the dumb b#st#rds out there wouldn't even know as Samsung highly skins android).

These pixel problems are making me ill. haha.

I am in talks with CPW to exchange for a HTC One. They wanna charge me 100 quid though!!! (don't think so lol)

P.S, I could only vote once in this poll. But do the math, add up all the votes for dead pixels, including my previous 7 XZs it bring it to 60 which is half the figure of those who voted 0 zero dead pixels. Just by going by the figures here, its a 1 in 3 chance of having dead pixels. Correct me if im wrong.

I bet I could hunt dead pixels out on some of those who voted in favor of no dead pixels. lol"
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheetah2k:
I obviously touched the wood too hard :p I now have a small 2 pixel cluster of stuck pixels. Tried a few apps last night to free them, but no good. Going into the shop today seeking a replacement :(
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Which applications you used and for how long?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheetah2k:
I used 2 free apps - one that just flashed various colours on the screen for a recommended period of 30min - that didnt work, then tried another one that made a small white box that you could pin point over the dead pixel, and I ran that one over night. Still didnt work. I think these apps are just BS.. So glad I didnt buy one of them.

So today, I dropped into my retailer (JB Hifi in Australia) and because the phone was within the 30day Replacement Limit (I purchased 2nd April), they gave me a new one no questions asked..

Yet to turn it on, fingers crossed for no stuck pixels or anything else bad!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jigodiass:
Hmm in the romanian warranty it says that 2 dead pixels is considered acceptable...wtf?

I`ve just called them , now i am waiting for the big answer...

Later edit: They won`t make any replacement since 2 dead pixels are acceptable, they have sent me to the service unit but i dont know if is worth it anymore.

Those dead pixels will raise from the dead !
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheetah2k:
Just do what I did - Say that the battery gets hot, and only holds charge for 3-4 hrs with screen off. Take the phone in completely flat battery. I did that today, and got myself a new Week 15 device. This one seems faster than my last one..
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electric0ant:
Really sucks that sony is not replacing units with 2 faulty pixels or less, but are you able to return to the shop you bought from?

In Hong Kong here if there is anything wrong with the phone at all, all the big chains here will swap your phone out for a new one (including carriers if you buy direct from them on contract). I even swapped out two S3 last year because the battery cover felt loose to me.

My wife's XZ had a stuck pixel, swapped for another which also had another stuck pixel (only obvious when it was dark) and then the third XZ had a piece of dust or something behind the LCD, (you could see it was behind the text) and 4th one was all good. we went through 3 phones until we were happy and the sales assistants were really helpful. Just the one thing about buying things in Hong Kong which I like! as there is no return on pretty much 90% on the things here, but they are happy to exchange if there is anything wrong.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
I have made my XZ for two nights running these applications and also not solved ... Searching the internet I learned that in addition to the three primary colors (red, green and blue) should have the black and white colors! Does proceeds?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheetah2k:
Forget these apps, they do nothing IMO. I'd go back to your store and say the phone overheats, doesnt charge and has dead pixels. They should replace it after that. :good:
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhetskie:
Is there anyone here that can confirm if i Bricked my phone? CAN'T go to Download Mode and Recovery Mode and Its stuck oh "Samsung GALAXY Ace GT-S5830i" screen :(
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-fany:
Tried the right combination? Volume Up + Down pressed and Power button

Try to remove your battery for 5 minutes then insert it in again and try it again.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhetskie:
thanks for you advice..i thought it was same combination as SGS2..now i'll try to flash its stock rom using odi..thank you :good:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] dzno:
where m [MIR [UPDATE # 4] [ROM] [STABLE] [JB] JellySlash ROM for HTC EXPLORERogu upload ROM from codexblack
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] russelldias:
what are you trying to say?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] dzno:
where can I download the rom codexblack JellySlash ROM [stable]
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] easygo:):
I Flashed derefas built Sense 4.0a Bulid#7 lite last night, it didn't boot and got stuck at beat audio screen. Tried nearly ten times, flashed two versions of TWRP and even latest CWM6. Then for a cross check booted CM10, even that gets stuck at cynogenmod boot animation.

Tried "fastboot flash boot boot.img" even, for flashing the kernel separately which i came to know via XDA forums, even then no use.

Bootloader Unlocked, S-ON.

SD Card: 8GB Class 4, even changed SD Cards and SD-Ext types ext2,3,4.

Not overclocked even once.

Is the phone's final destination is to some garbage after this(hard-bricked) or what?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] gnustomp:
Have you tried doing a FACTORY RESET. If not, no ROM will ever boot on your phone. Either do this from your recovery or HBOOT.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] LiVeRpOoL-FaN:
well heres a story for you, i obviously have a HTC Explorer (pico) and so does my partner (bought at the same time same place), so i flashed my phone with Sense4.0a Build#7, rebooted afew times but worked fine (all features everything) so then i followed same procedure to flash other pico (she loves sense) and yet it has same results as yours (sometimes got to the homescreen) and some others on the forum, make a logcat of sense rom through adb..........your phone is not bricked.........clean all phone wipe the lot and reflash cyanogen rom, should be fine...............
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] vaibhav1:
Re: [Help] [Q] No ROM boots! Phone stuck on boot animation of custom rom.

Same problem in my phone but i am re create sdext part..rom is working
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] soulheart17:
Re: [Help] [Q] No ROM boots! Phone stuck on boot animation of custom rom.

My explorer can't run any oc kernel, don't know why. while my friend explorer supports .is it problem of hardware??

I always ended up burning my nand.build #7 also contain oc kernel I think.

after waiting for 15 min I flashed cm9, I came to know that I burnt my nand as I got fc's
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] easygo:):
Actually, I tried GB Sense based ROMs too, its stuck at HTC initial screen itself. No other rom boots either. How to take logcat? I read a common tutorial and did, but the terminal said as device not found like that. If u've tutorial pls post!

I've not tried O.C so far on my device.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] vinaitec:
I too facing the same problem after installing latest build..stuck on htc screen..after that i tried restoring my old mini c9 rom..cant get get past the htc screen:(
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] and-roid007:
i faced same problem when trying to install ruu with different radio version...

even i was unable to boot into recovery...so i flashed a custom recovery through bootloader...wiped everything and installed a new custom rom
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] vinaitec:
^^ so u fixed it or what..can u please elaborate what you did..
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] 9282gkg:
:crying:

:crying: same problem wid me bro nw wat to do..... plz helpp...
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] 9282gkg:
help

hey bro nw how to get our cell to normal bcoz same as happend wid me:crying:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] soulheart17:
Try cute prince nand erase method.

Install sense (gb) like ateeq Rom then follow here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37805882

Scroll down and see there is a topic named 'Recovering from an oc nand wipe'.

Then try flashing cm rom..
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] easygo:):
I went on to Flash RUU and got stuck at htc logo with four warning symbols /!\, hope thats the end of my phone.

Edit: As far as helps, I dont think no one(including devs) would coming to help us! We're totally !!!!
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] juristokrat:
same problem

i have same problem. i tried flash RUU but now, my phone's screen is black with 4 triangles in corner.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Apex-Predator:
Here is a simple solution

If u can go to recovery

Wipe everything ( by mounting system , data ,cache etc )

Wipe dalvik cache

Then reboot into recovery again

And again wipe everything

( this will clear ur phone problems and will clean the phone )

Now I recommend to flash cm9.1

And that's it u got ur working phone again

sent from Apex Rom Series ( aokp )
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] immortal_yash:
ok guys you need to unlock bootloaders again i guess because flashing RUU locks the bootloaders....flash a new recovery of your choice CWM/TWRP Wipe system,boot,dalvik cache,cache and last factory rest and flash a rom like CM9/MiniCM9/CM10/CM10.1 and reboot and make sure your ext2/3/4 partition in sd card is properly formatted before you flash a new rom :) and after flashing wait for 10 min atleast

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WARNING never flash RUU in any case because you never know what may happen !!
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] DanceOff:
If you locked the bootloader unlock it, flash custom recovery like TWRP like you did initially. Boot to recovery, flash any rom, choose something stable I suggest flash cm9 build 11 then flash gapps, but remember before flashing rom wipe dalvik cache, factory reset, wipe system, reboot phone if still doesn't boots and you get something weird flash another ruu, choose the right ruu for your country, lock bootloader flash ruu repeat from start if everything works hit thanks keep pressing it lol.

If it doesn't make a video to explain what is happening, but don't worry don't loose hope :p
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Apex-Predator:
Htc phones never bricks

There r always many solution

sent from Apex Rom Series ( aokp )
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] 9282gkg:
Bro phone is stuck on boot animation so cnt use that method if der is anther methd dan plz help
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] balajithegreat:
Clean everything install twrp 2.4.0.1 , mount everything and install cm 9.1
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] kaustubh12345:
HELP

Same problem here

only backup rom via recovery works none other rom works!!!