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[Xperia Z General] Warren.D:
I picked my Z up yesterday from carphone warehouse. Got home put it on charge after 30mins had a play, was really impressed. No dead pixels etc. Tried out the camera and it was screwed, couldn't focus and kept clicking. Took it back for exchange, 2nd one fine, although it has 2 dead pixels which I can not notice at all unless screen brightness at 100% and black screen. I've had so many phones with dead pixels out of the box and it used to drive me crazy but on the Z they are so small, not noticeable.

I've came to the conclusion that it's inevitable that you'll get dead pixels on the high res screens these days. It's not just my luck!! The Z has over 20m pixels!

I'm sure others have dead pixels too, they're extremely hard to spot on these 1080 displays.

Anyway... I'm really happy with the phone,simply amazing. Had none of those WiFi woes some people have been commenting about. Battery is comparable to my S3 for now,May change with a few cycles.

Sent from my Sony Xperia Z!
[Xperia Z General] duncanm:
Impressed with phone itself, display is FINE, I think that too many people have been looking way to deeply into this whole display angle thing - however, have to call into question the choice of glue for some of the external, 'fittings'. possibly just a one off, but the plastic covering the plug for the charging socket has already fallen off. only a minor detail, but I don't expect it to happen a single day after having the machine. Going to swap it,given that this is basically the single most used port on the whole machine!

file under #firstworldproblems
[Xperia Z General] Timaustin2000:
My Unboxing and First impressions

Got the phone yesterday - unboxing and first impressions here:

http://youtu.be/nCO-WIVgL44

Like and subscribe for my coming-soon full review.
[Xperia Z General] mustaine8661:
Is anyone else's getting really hot?

The NFC logo on the back is roasting!
[Xperia Z General] adizntk:
Odp: Xperia Z UK User Experience

It gets only a little warm for me while playing games but not hot, talk to sony support on live chat and see what they say :)
[Xperia Z General] juDGEY2k10:
take the nfc logo of lol
[Xperia Z General] ianford10:
Wanted to post this speedtest result from Three that I just did.
[Xperia Z General] justgotusedto1.1:
Loving this phone
[Xperia Z General] Timaustin2000:
HDR Video

Was out walking with my Wife earlier, just as the sun was sinking. A great opportunity to try out HDR video in the conditions it was designed for,...

Bloody hell.

I was expecting Sony's early promo videos to be all talk and no trousers when it came to HDR video - remember when Nokia faked OIS in it's early promo vids?

I'll tell you this: boy have they got the trousers. I was quite shocked at just how nice the results were.

Y'know, this camera is growing on me,.....
[Xperia Z General] Super Chimp:
Good to hear the screen isn't as poor as first reported.

Now it's the camera performance that is concerning me from the comments on here?
[Xperia Z General] AntonyStark:
Just setting it up hence still posting from this phone, but I'm more than impressed.
[Xperia Z General] Super Chimp:
The thing about the camera sounds like the Arc all over again, had that and had to wait for the firmware update before it became reasonable.
[Xperia Z General] dibdin:
Have to say I'm very pleased with my Z. Have only been on it for an hour or so, but so far i'm impressed. Display is very nice indeed. Screen in no way looks washed out - blacks are a lot deeper than I expected. Viewing angles are naturally not the best but that is immaterial to me.

This phone feels really nice in the hand and looks lovely. Build quality is top notch.

I'm not one for taking photos, so am not qualified to give an expert opinion on the camera.

Very pleased with my purchase, and with future updates the Z can only get better.
[Xperia Z General] Sunnychad:
So far so good.

Inital Feedback

There is a bit of Voda bloatware would love some help on what I should do to improve the performance of the phone.

All as expected, the speaker is not very loud but loud enough, ring tones are clear and the vibration is strong.

Camera stills, as others have said not very clear but to the untrained eye, they look pretty pleasant.

In call the sound was clear and audible and the person at the other end was complimentary on the clarity.

Battery, naturally I caned it within 3 hours.

Screen...hmmm....not sure. Watching a demo video was fine, not issues at all. If 2 of us are viewing it is fine. However when looking at the home screen etc it looks pretty milky and washed out. Not sure if I got the pup handset.

Will spend the weekend getting better acquainted and provide more feedback.

Thanks to all the others who have provided some valuable info for this thread.
[Xperia Z General] masi0:
can UK users share UK ftf please?
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
All tft panels are the same
[Xperia Z General] masi0:
FTF - stupid spellcheck :laugh:
[Xperia Z General] jayman1986:
LMFAO.:p:p

ROFL.

HA HA HA HA HA

MADE MY DAY:p

Edit: ok joke over, I take it your new to Sony xperia? FTF is referring to .ftf files which are backups of the Rom for the device. So each region or carrier locked device will have different firmware as well as each update that Sony do will mean a new firmware version. So each version will mean a new .ftf file. You can use these ftf files for example to get rid of say a 3branded customisation and "debrand" your phone.

These files can be created by us using the flashtool by androxyde and bin4ry, using the files which get downloaded when we do updates using Sony update service. ;)
[Xperia Z General] ianford10:
Just so you know dropped mine into a vase of water for 5 mins with screen on, no problem and the cleanest it's been all day ;)
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
Nope not new to Xperia had an arc s before. Anyway it said tft :)
[Xperia Z General] jayman1986:
Sorry, he must have modified it before I read it. Just seemed really funny to me :p
[Xperia Z General] ratcom:
Having played around with mine for the last few hours I'm fairly impressed. Screen is good for TFT but its no star of the show. Its not helping in UI is full of grey :crying: what was sony thinking! Now I've got the vodafone version which lucky allows for the bootloader to be unlocked so thats a plus. On a side not does anyone know where i can find the genetic UK rom from? Like to at least get rid of the voda crap :D
[Xperia Z General] fards:
got mine today, overall fairly underwhelmed by it so far, but as with the best things first impressions don't always count

A lot narrower than I'm used to (after the note 1 and dell streak) but I'll get used to that, screen looks stunning straight on, but washed out from an angle. not always a bad thing, prevents the noseys from looking at your screen on public transport :P

Camera software appears to be the oem corel suite, that's a bit disappointing, was hoping they'd base something off aosp camera app at least, and that the 13mp mode is limited to 4:3

Using HDR+ camera is nice installed from appstore, better than the shots from the stock app, and I installed a jb camera I built from aosp (unfortunately no photosphere) that has the fun video modes in it to amuse my kids..

Hoping that the 4.2 build will have photosphere !

Annoyed with myself that the three units are bootloader locked and I didn't research that first, spending most of this evening seeing if I can find away to push root across, after disabling 90% of the crap that I can find.

Charged in 3.5 hours from flat.

I'm also finding the battery meter a bit erratic, not used it since charged, it reported dropping to 85%, I've just connected it to usb port, without screen on, and it dropped to 81% when I turned the screen on, then back to 84 .. very odd
[Xperia Z General] maverick1103:
Pretty much same as what I think of it...I really hope the battery gets better with charges and updates as at the moment I'm losing like 10% per hour usage, screen is on 0 brightness also :confused:

Same here, got really worried earlier until sometime said it's normal!
[Xperia Z General] futurama:
Ok I've been out all evening great opportunity to take photos I have to say there is something that isn't right about the pictures it seems to miss fine detail. I've played with all the settings and turned off HDR and bravia and it's still not right, oddly though the images taken in low light are better than on any other camera phone I have used.

I really hope it's a software thing because everything else in this phone exceeds every other device I have ever owned and that includes my much loved note2
[Xperia Z General] Sunnychad:
Further experience;

Defintiely very happy with my choice to move from iPhone 4S to the Xperia Z.

So much more can be done in Android over iOS it's simply ridiculous. It is taking a bit of getting used to but I am there now.

Sky Go not compatible yet :(

Mercedes Bluetooth experience is poor :( - ANY HELP ON THIS WOULD BE APPRECIATED

Wifi Dropouts are quite regular but I am sure this will settle down somehow.

Biggest bug bear is only 16GB on board. Micro SD to be bought next week.

Still undecided on the camera, I think low light photos are average however macro's are pretty impressive. Not tried a video yet.

Battery life is not great but then with me ploughing through all these new things what do you expect. The 4S is hardly great either.

However I am pretty chuffed. I guess I can use my PAC number by Wednesday as this thing is here to stay.

As many suggested to me go for the HTC One or wait for Galaxy S4, I said it is the best of the moment and in 12 months I will get the next best of that moment. Well done Sony.
[Xperia Z General] Super Chimp:
Had a go on one for a while today and thought it wasn't a bad device at all.

The screen seemed fine too me, though the colours and design used in the UI didn't do it any favours as it made it look washed out. But once you got into the gallery the pictures in there looked good on its screen. The speed and smoothness in general seemed fine, the camera app seemed fast enough to start up. One thing I wasn't so keen on was that there appeared to be a lot of pre-installed apps on it that were trial apps I wouldn't use.
[Xperia Z General] C1emen7s:
I'm getting a tenth of that with Orange :( Is it most likely just that Orange are **** and the signal I get with them in general is terrible - or could it be an issue with the phone? Might swap it out to my O2 sim and check.
[Xperia Z General] winterbee:
looking good

My Z has arrived and awaits collection from my local 3 store, but I've been concerned about reports that the bootloader can't be unlocked. So I checked the service status on a demo model, and was pleased to find that it can be unlocked. Also, there were no obvious signs of the expected 3 branding. Since the O2 and Vodafone versions also support the bootloader unlock feature, all with overt Sony support, it's beginning to look pretty positive, both for the Z and the company.
[Xperia Z General] maverick1103:
I'm sorry to disappoint you but I checked the demo version too, it turns out the demo one's in three stores are non branded one's, my XZ does have a locked boot loader as well as having three branding firmware, though it's not as bad as I thought it would be as some apps you can remove.
[Xperia Z General] Cookie Ninja:
Just a query to all u guys/gals who have started using your SXZ;

What browser do you have on your phones? Coz, sony india site says that they've given chrome as the default browser and some other users have reported ui lags that may be due to this. Any answers are appreciated....
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
I'm using dolphin, seems to work the best on the z. Chrome is sometimes a bit slow with certain websites, didn't notice any lags with chrome though. I never was impressed with chrome on android. Dolphin is pretty good now a days especially if you install jetpack.
[Xperia Z General] ajay83:
On my phone, I uninstalled all of the Chrome updates and disabled the app completely amongst other apps. I'm lucky as on my o2 upgrade XZ, they included the STOCK web browser and I personally prefer this one over Chrome.
[Xperia Z General] lloydbf:
There's an unbranded UK generic ROM in the Original Android forum.

Flash at your own risk of course. Also if you dont backup your 3 FW you'll never get it back (probably).

Won't unlock your BL though.

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Firefox (Nightly or Aurora build).

Chrome is spyware and the Androbrowser sucks.
[Xperia Z General] ianford10:
Think I'm lucky enough to live in an area where the Ultrafast network has rolled out to, very happy with this and that's even before Three switch there 4G on :)
[Xperia Z General] Darkfunnyguy:
Chrome, Dolphin or Opera do not support flash player on Jelly Bean. I currently used Boat Browser which support flash contents, the easiest and best browser in my opinion on UC Browser for tablets would also be my other choice but it meant to be for tablets but work well on smartphones as well.
[Xperia Z General] lloydbf:
This one has Flash out of the box for me. Didn't have to install any APKs or anything.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/aurora/
[Xperia Z General] AntonyStark:
Yes like the other post I have and O2 branded phone that has Stock Browser, so I just installed my Archived Flash 11 .apk ffor it directly.
[Xperia Z General] Super Chimp:
Just a question do all Zs come with trial anti-virus software, as noticed this on the one I was using the other day?
[Xperia Z General] Warren.D:
All 3 of mine did. (UK Unbranded handsets from CPW)
[Xperia Z General] juDGEY2k10:
You can just uninstall all the rubbish
[Xperia Z General] maverick1103:
So even though I have a locked bootloader I can still flash a Rom?
[Xperia Z General] fards:
Revisit my comments on the washed out screen.

I removed the "in the box" extra screen protector and the image quality has improved a lot, there's still some issues, compare the g+ icon with the g+ icon on a desktop for example, where the z version looks a lot paler, but it is better.

Most of that now appears to be fixable with some contrast tweaks in software.
[Xperia Z General] Super Chimp:
Thanks and glad to hear it's uninstallable.
[Xperia Z General] Roscobigfoot:
with a locked bootloader you can only flash official Sony released roms.
[Xperia Z General] micromax canvas 2 user:
thanks

thank you very much
[Xperia Z General] jayman1986:
As above, you can download official roms posted by other users they're .ftf files. You use xperia flashtool to flash onto your device. Its basically an unofficial but extremely easy way of debranding
[Xperia Z General] maverick1103:
Oh ok cool, but will I loose the Bravia Engine etc? Also can it effect the warranty?
[Xperia Z General] jayman1986:
1.Will still have bravia engine. Because the Rom is just being replaced by a different version, it is still sony software.

2. I suppose it would affect warranty as you are meddling with the firmware however best thing to do is backup you're current Rom and leave on your pc, that way if you do not need to send phone for warranty repair you just flash back to original Rom and your phone is back to how you received it.

Check out guides in arc/x10i forums there are historical threads which show you how to do everything from backing up rom to flashing new ones. If I manage to get time over next couple of weeks I will try to copy some of these over to our forum.
[Xperia Z General] maverick1103:
Cheers for your help, I've not flashed a Sony before, only Samsung's and HTC phone, I'll have a nose in those forum's tho.
[Xperia Z General] Knight77:
R: Xperia Z UK User Experience

You lose Bravia Engine only when you unlock the bootloader....

Inviato dal mio Nexus 7 con Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Z General] mregls:
Well today I ordered my XZ. Will pick-up tomorrow.

I did some extensive research of XZ reviews and decided that I came to the right decision. It was nice to hold in the store, and I have relatively small hands.

I currently have the HTC HD2 which is showing its age slowly.

Other phones I considered were:

- HTC One X+. Nice phone but can get the newer XZ for only slightly more.

- Samsung S3, not to keen on it.

Was thinking about waiting for the HTC one or the Samsung S4 but in the end decided to just go ahead.

I will give my thoughts on initial use after I picked it up.

Greetings.
[Xperia Z General] hamud.q:
good decision
[Xperia Z General] scott7saunders:
Loving the phone however do think that the battery life needs looking at with various firmware updates that will come out. Mine is on Virgin Mobile and is an unbranded vanilla version of the handset.

Overall definitely the best android phone I have used and I have used alot of phones.

Just for the record, the screen protector are ok however but the invisible shield covers of eBay as they are amazing and actually fit perfectly including hugging then nfc cup at the back.

Cheers
[Xperia Z General] itsmemuffins:
NFC cup?

That's just a little sticker letting you know where the chip is located. It's ment to be removed as far as I know.
[Xperia Z General] AntonyStark:
Yup it's just there as the chips have to be quite close so not knowing the Xperia Z one is at the top could make you think it wasn't working. I can't just put this phone back to back normally with my Galaxy Nexus to beam.
[Xperia Z General] jonmorris:
It seemed funny at first that many people mistake the sticker as being the NFC chip, but clearly that is happening a LOT and is actually something Sony should have thought of. It would have made far more sense to include the NFC logo within the rear casing, or at least as part of the glass protector.

I think all handsets with NFC should show where the tag is, especially given not all phones have it where you'd likely expect it (about 2/3 up from the bottom). As phones get even bigger, including tablets with NFC, it's vital that people who are being encouraged to use NFC don't waste time trying to get it to work - as that's the sort of thing that will put people off before they even get to like it.

I bet when Apple invents NFC (!) they'll make a big thing of it, and we'll see some sort of symbol. Knowing Apple they'll invent their own logo which will become the standard.... ;)
[Xperia Z General] itsmemuffins:
The Apple logo will probably be the NFC.
[Xperia Z General] mregls:
Dear All

Well I have finally received my XZ today. It was quite exciting to open that little box.

The quality look and feel of the XZ is even better than I expected. The screen is clear and readable, good loudspeaker volume (these are just my initial personal findings) and tons more.

I will make sure the battery gets fully drained and will then charge for a full 14 hours, been told to do it like that.

Unsure if I will root the XZ at this point, I would like to loose the Sony bloat but not sure if I would root to do so. We will see.

To make a short story even shorter, I am very pleased with my decision to get it. Will write some more findings after I charge it fully and make some good use of it. Thanks to everyone who has posted here, it helped a lot in making a decision.
[Xperia Z General] Sunnychad:
Battery...

Well I have read a lot of comments battering the battery life but this is my real world experience and I would say to compare with my iPhone 4S

I used the phone a lot today, well by my standards at least. I drive a lot so like to make calls between appointments so today I got 11 hours of total use before the phone died;

3 hours of talking on the phone

2 hours of screen time

About 30 emails sent

50 or so whatsapp messages

A lot of time spent viewing and assisiting the finetuning of our CCTV system 100MB of data download as part of that

Bluetooth on in the car so about 7 hours connected

A bit of surfing, but not too much about 30 mins worth

Used Stamina mode not that it increases battery life by much (help on this would be appreciated)

By contrast today the iPhone 4S was in my pocket pretty much all day but was used a bit

40 mins of call

Received emails

5 whatsapps

No Bluetooth

Wifi on not connected

Screen time, very little, probably less than 30 mins

Battery life left at the end of the day 35%. Had I used the iPhone 4S in the same way as the Xperia Z I would have plugged it in for charging by around 3pm knowing how it drains once you have only 20% left.

I would say that's a fair battery in these modern days of 1080P 5" screen and quad core processors. Does anyone agree?
[Xperia Z General] zodiac100:
Not exactly sure what some are complaining about with respect to the camera. The Zs camera knocks six bells out of the camera on the S. Read someone say, they'd trade the noise for more detail. What? Seriously? You must like looking at poor pictures. The noise on the S's pictures were disgustingly poor. The pictures on the Z are miles better. I don't use auto settings because that's lazy and often hit and miss and the pictures come out great. I'll post a few pics later of the Z and S in same lighting conditions to kill off this nonsense talk once and for all.
[Xperia Z General] lijink2000:
Got my Clove Z a few days ago.

First PROBLEM: anyone else that has gotten their SRS BTV5 wireless speaker that came with it?

Mine wont pair through NFC, says cant connect, but through Bluetooth, i can pair it but the name of the speaker is "ISSI SHS"

Now, the Phone:

1. Screen is amazing except for viewing angles, but through daily use, it's never a problem.

2. Battery and Stam mode is amazing, finished charging before sleep, put on Stam mode, 9 hours later in the morning still have 100%.

3. UI is Grey, wish I had the Japanese Z's black UI.

4. 2 hours after gotten the phone I already have to go wash it under a sink (spilled BBQ sauce all over it......by accident)

5. Quad-core processor is a powerhouse, no lag anywhere, had Mobo Player play 1080p MKV files with no problems at all. Real Racing 3 runs without any lag. the UI and launching of apps is very fast and with 2G RAM, I launghed one app after another while keeping the Camera app active in the background, and it's very quick and no crashes at all (well, no crashes on the stock apps anyway)

6. Weight, it's VERY light compared to most other Android phones, been putting it on a lanyard on my neck for two days now and it feels natural.

7.Camera. very decent pictures, some say at 9MP the picture isn't too great but if you take the same picture with a iPhone 5, then zoom in, you'll notice that the Z camera produces sharper noise and more detail

8. I dont get how the loud speaker could be "low volume" to someone, i had it on 70% and it's loud enough to hear a SMS ringtone across the hallway. In noisier situations it's hard to hear 5 yards away but then again, most phones would do the same.

9. I got the white one, and It looks absolutely SEXY.