yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z General] Smartphoner:
My underwater test was successful, on and off immersion in swimming pool for like 3 hours after making sure all port covers were sealed properly. Quality of pics and videos was amazing! Used camera zoom fx to take snapshots underwater. Loudspeaker grill was blocked for some time but cleared out after a while with no problem. It was really cool surfing on facebook and making phonecalls while swimming. This phone takes technology to a whole new entrainment experience!!!

Thank you Sony!!!
[Xperia Z General] chefnoob:
For god's sake people! Its his phone! He can shove it where the sun dont shine if he wants to...its his given right.

Cool pics guys. Did the camera have trouble focusing underwater?
[Xperia Z General] yujin_11:
hey people!(maybe there are ladies who are around here), if you want to have the volume down button as camera button(without an app) use black97one's mod

[MENTION=4445635]chefnoob[/MENTION]: I've tried taking videos underwater, and they were good even at night(turn the flash on first)
[Xperia Z General] chefnoob:
Cool... I gotta try this next time I go swimming... iOS fanboi's, eat your hearts out. :P
[Xperia Z General] :
Swimming in the sea :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gRNtQJV7P0

I did it. And still working like charm :)
[Xperia Z General] beni8978:
Something new,one of the best parties.

C6603 ?
[Xperia Z General] beni8978:
OP updated,new video added in a aquapark.

C6603 ?
[Xperia Z General] theskig:
I tested Xperia Z and Bluetooth streaming :)

[YOUTUBE]UBOC56wbo_g[/YOUTUBE]
[Xperia Z General] beni8978:
It should work with NFC :)

C6603 ?
[Xperia Z General] moraal:
to anyone who doubts waterproofness

Lot's of talking in this thread, here's some action!

Diving phone/head first into a swimming pool; if you watch closely, the phone comes close to the bottom, that's 3 meters :D

http://youtu.be/dClWxbXxiYI
[Xperia Z General] caqo71:
I liked the last part. Oh yessss. :silly:
[Xperia Z General] moraal:
I´ll tell her ;)
[Xperia Z General] beni8978:
@ all

You know what's creepy, I use my xperia z like everyday underwater for 5months and I never used the dock.

Everyday opening the ports and no problems so far.

C6603 ?
[Xperia Z General] habibmoosavi:
nice but never i do
[Xperia Z General] Chief Geek:
Answered phone in shower once, while leaning out of shower but hands and head wet. Did this on my second day. Have had for about a month and the speaker is still jacked up. Did the rice, the vacuum, and some other stuff. Speaker sounds low and like crap. Now I'm afraid to go near the water with a phone that I bought to not worry about having near the water.
[Xperia Z General] beni8978:
Maybe the shampoo got in.

A suggestion: leave the device underwater in so 1min and then let it dry.

C6603 ?
[Xperia Z General] Chief Geek:
Talking to support now, they want me to mail it in. 14-30 day turn around. Blah...im actually temped to rewet and see.
[Xperia Z General] beni8978:
I had those issues with the loudspeaker because of the salt.

I splashed it again in water,waited to dry and everyrhing superb.

C6603 ?
[Xperia Z General] Chief Geek:
Well I have heard dumber solutions that worked. If it works, I owe you a beer. If it doesn't work, im drinking both beers myself.
[Xperia Z General] beni8978:
haha,don't forget to close the flaps tight.

C6603 ?
[Xperia Z General] Chief Geek:
So since yours gets wet on a regular basis, whats the best way to dry it? Air dry, vacuum, rice, other? About to drop it in water right now.
[Xperia Z General] beni8978:
Only let it dry on a table or something like that.

C6603 ?
[Xperia Z General] Chief Geek:
Well it worked! Noticed a difference yesterday then today, just seconds ago, as I stood in line at the post office I get an email and it says very loudly "because that's how you get ants Lana!"
[Xperia Z General] beni8978:
Congratulations then :)

C6603 ?
[Xperia Z General] braa333:
How did you use the volume button for capturing?
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
It says right in the post you quoted that they used Camera Zoom FX. :)

In the app, you need to set the volume key action in Settings -> All settings -> Custom buttons.
[Xperia Z General] braa333:
Thnx I just wanted to make sure before buying the app ,Also i found out camera360(a free app) also has this feature
[Xperia Z General] gunbiadeex:
I brought my phone snorkeling, nothing too deep just shallow waters, was pretty good the underwater video!
[Xperia Z General] braa333:
The vid!

Here's an "artistic" underwater shot
[Xperia Z General] petetoto:
You can use the free aqua Z camera as well. It's usefull.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2373505
[Xperia Z General] andyukking:
I wouldn't use it in water...I see its water resistance as a form of insurance. Also it rains here every other day so comes in useful.
[Xperia Z General] lyubor:
Taking the phone with me in the bathtub (for a movie, reading etc) or the shower (for music) or simply rinsing it when it gets dirty is where my experiments stop. I'm way too pessimistic to try it out in a swimming pool or sea.

It is normal to want to know where you should stop with such a vague description IP57. People are going to be trying out all kinds of things with their phone until someone comes with a clear explanation or definition of exactly how waterproof/resistant the Xperia Z is.
[Xperia Z General] Chief Geek:
I used mine at an indoor waterpark not long ago. 3 days straight and not a single problem other than watcher registering as a touch on the screen when doing video thus stopping the recording. The most fun thing was walking or jumping in the water with it and watching people gasp or yell "your phone!". Lots of people say everyday "why would you need a waterproof phone?" But that day nearly everyone I talked to in line and standing around all said "I need to get that phone" or "I wish [their carrier] had that phone". Not all choose to push the phone to the limit but I do so not to test it but because its how i choose to use this phone. I didn't go to the park with it to see what would happen, I went to the park and had a waterproof phone so I got to take photos and video of my kids first time on water slides and learning to swim under water, something others could only do from a distance.
[Xperia Z General] 888noxxi:
i agree with you about water resistance but the phone is marketed as submergable, and technically as long as the phone isnt damaged its completely water proof
[Xperia Z General] Chief Geek:
And to piggy back on this, when the display in the damn store is a live phone on a lever in which you can submerge the phone over and over and even just leave the thing under, then yea you're selling a submersible phone.
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
First, I don't know how many times this is going to have to be posted before people take note -

The phone is water resistant to a strictly defined degree, not completely 'water proof' or 'water tight' at all. Lowering the phone into a tank of still, clean water is different to diving into chlorinated water.

Do what you like with your phone, but do not be surprised if you damage/destroy it and do not expect help from Sony if you do, as they clearly describe what you can and cannot do in the manual that I screenshotted above.

As for this thread, see what happened to the creators friend at the water park -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45730483 :D
[Xperia Z General] Chief Geek:
Do you always get this upset when people don't listen to what you have to say? Point is I bought a phone that I can use near or around or in water and that's what I intend to do. I'm a big boy, I pay for my phones myself. Furthermore, I promise you I will not be knocking on your door and cry to you for help if I encounter problems . If you want people to take you seriously I suggest you stop demanding and getting upset when people do not listen to every word you say as the gospel. You're coming off as a major tool when you say things like I don't know how many times this has to be posted. Guess what, I've read it. Guess what also I know the difference between clean sealed water and chlorinated water. It does not concern me. Do you know why? Because I'm a big boy and I paid for my phone and I will pay for it again if I have to. The fact is Sony does not make a phone in a box with water to advertise that if you ever find yourself in a sealed clean box with water that you'll be okay with your phone. They are saying that submersion is ok, but not saying that you should move to the sea lab and live out your remaining days with it hitting up your boy flipper on your way to Aerials house to get some fin. You're probably calling me a major douche bag right now, but I'm talking to you how you seem to be talking to us. By all means have adult conversation and tell us that you do not feel that is safe because of this or that or whatever. Explain to us that you choose to air on the side of caution because of the legal mumbo jumbo that they put in there to cover their asses is something that you do not want to deal with because you do not want to have to pay for your phone twice. You do what you want to do and have your reasons too so I do what I want to do and have my reasons. But the tone that you take is the same one I'm having with you and talking down to you like you're some kind of idiot.
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
I think you will find that you're the only one calling people names, friend. Is that how 'big boys' react when people disagree with them where you come from?

If you read what I said, you will see that I said that I don't care what you do with your phone.

I just take exception with people telling others that it's fine to take their phone to places it wasn't designed to be used, especially when the specific situation this thread deals with is specifically named as one to avoid in the manual.

Just because you didn't destroy your phone at the time, doesn't mean that it's fine to use it in the same situation that you did. There are many instances of people's phone being damaged and warranty being denied if you search around the forum here.

Finally, you're the one that brought up Sony's display method as some sort of justification for taking the phone way past its limits. Not me. :D
[Xperia Z General] Chief Geek:
Yes I called myself a name too to prove a point. You learn to talk like a big boy and I will talk like a big boy back. But some one who starts with "first, I don't know how many times" does not go on to say they don't care what others do because you clearly do to cop an attitude about it. Yes I talked to you like a total asshole, but maybe you should reread your own post before suggesting others do, get down off your soap box, and discuss rather than instruct.
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
You seem incapable of discussion without profanity, so I'd rather not waste my time on you any further apart from suggesting that you reread your own (over) reaction to simple words on a message board.

Have a good day. :)
[Xperia Z General] Chief Geek:
Well please accept my appologies if my choice of language offended you, I will not use profanity from here out. That, unlike alot of what I have said is genuine. My whole point of contention with your posts are that we are here talking about what we do or did and why. What has worked for one and not for another. Nice fun discussions. Not what others did or should or should not do. Then you come in with post talking like we're a bunch of children who need to be told how to use your toys. Differing opinions are great, but like I said you should try to discuss instead of instruct. My above insults were not meant personally, just to try to prove a point of how you were coming across.
[Xperia Z General] Tommy-Geenexus:
Everyone is responsible for himself.

If someone wants to dive in the ocean 10 meters deep than he should do it, not my prob.

But i follow the Sony Rules so that my phone will last a whilr.

Gesendet von meinem C6603 mit Tapatalk
[Xperia Z General] Gaurav Gupta:
wow i will try this at home
[Xperia Z General] XperiaFanZ:
Last summer i test app aqua z camera sucessfully under hotel swimmign pool, i can post some photos if you want.:good:
[Xperia Z General] beni8978:
That would be great ☺
[Xperia Z General] meghanath reddy:
i am using my 4 th xperia z and

i have did same thing as you did for my 2 nd xperia and and i noticed that its is giving less battery packup then other xperia z phones
[Xperia Z General] jennzeyeledaphilippines:
yes the new update (4.3) has the option to take pics by volume racker
[Xperia Z General] jakiiq:
Sony Xperia Z

very feature ...and images also awesome..pitcher quality is also good.
[Xperia Z General] ngeen88:
nice

This is amazing :D
[Xperia Z General] Raider0001:
i did water test too but now i have tiny bit of purple on headphone output security sticker :rolleyes: is a tiny bit warranty void ?
[Xperia Z General] beni8978:
I think yes,you can make it white with bleach.

My thread about Xperia Z water test

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41034560
[Xperia Z General] zen1k:
I made tests and washed it. But last time, when I wanted to record videos of my daughter swimming, it sunk (((

I don't understand how the closed flap can open in water?!

Be careful with flaps.

Sorry for my bad english.
[Xperia Z General] Spitfire400:
My xz died after being cleaned off under running cold tap. Was switched on at time of doing this, but shut down by itself. Since then, dampness indicator at headphone socket, and above power button (sim tray) are now pink. I would assume contacting Sony pointless now, even though handset had been cleaned this way many times previously, and did not get "water damaged"

The device will stay working only for a short time, but soon after screen dims, it powers down again. Sometimes it switches back on, other times it takes much longer to power back on again
[Xperia Z General] Ultraemi:
Hey
[Xperia Z General] Spitfire400:
???

Random
[Xperia Z General] tOrNadO™:
If u have warranty, they will give u another phone.. A new one(refurbished although it comes in a sealed box).. Go take it.. Tell them flaps were closed and it still happened.. They will give.. U gotta be demanding instead of requesting.. ;)
[Xperia Z General] OverTheEdge:
I tried to use my Xperia Z of 10 months to shoot pictures in a swimming pool for the first time. I've heard lots of complaints about water damage and I'm very much aware of it. I took the plunge as it was my birthday and I want something to remind me of it but I think it was the worst decision ever.

Before plunging it in the pool, I pressed the flaps firmly several times. The phone was submerged not more than 6 inches deep and 10 secs long. I was able to take like 6 photos and then the problem started. The screen went dimmed and got an error that the SD card has been removed. I've tried to reboot my phone but to no success. After a few tries, screen is totally blacked out, tried to do the POWER+VOLUME UP battery reset thing 3 times, got it to vibrate several times on each attempts. Upon inspection, USB plug's white strip ok, headset jack white strip ok, SIM card white strip ok but the SD card strip strip turned pink. I removed my water proof SD card and let the phone dry. A few hours later, I saw my camera lens with water steam thing and when I checked the flaps again, all were now pink except for the headset jack. I believe I don't have the back panel issue and all flaps are tightly closed. I use a charging dock and bluetooth headphones so I really took care of the flaps. It's been 24 hours since it happened and I have not tried to turn it on as I'm afraid of further damage. I went to my phone company and was told that I need to wait for their technician 2 days from now to have it repaired and said that I have a 1 year warranty. I'll be waiting to see if phone can still be repaired. Right now it is sandwiched with 2 moisture absorbing pads that I used for my shoes.

Why am I posting this here? I'm aware that this might happen and it did. Even with the knowledge on how to keep the flaps in good condition, It still happened to me. I think the water resistant technology of the companies today are still not good. I think they are going there with the waterproof headphones but for other things like USB ports and SD/SIM card ports are still a long way to go. I still like the Xperia designs but after this incident, I will never ever attempt to test the water resistant capability of my future phones even it says that it can.
[Xperia Z General] mcjordan92:
Also works in the ocean..

The guys with the GoPro were in shock that I sink my phone in the water.. :)

Sent from my Xperia Z.
[Xperia Z General] azzazelium:
Okay, i've read enough.. I did it, take several pic under water and it goes dim then I took it to the sony service center but they say it would take couple a month to get my phone back. anyone have the solution without service center involve? I mean, can I fix it by myself?
[Xperia Z General] Boshe:
I have one question. I'm not sure about taking the phone under the water, because the cover for the charger is maybe moving a little. I buy this phone before few days (it was used year +). So, can that make me problems if I take it under water?

Thanks.
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
I wouldn't put it under water. The OP of this thread damaged his own phone from water getting in the USB port. See this thread.

It isn't worth the risk, in my opinion.
[Xperia Z General] beni8978:
Yes,it's not worth risking.But i wanted only to say that this happened after I changed the back glass,so wasn't sure is it from the back glass or power usb flap.

Before changing it,it was water resistant for sure.

Last sentence,if your Z can substant a dip into a glass of water entirely,it can surely make it in the pool too..
[Xperia Z General] tOrNadO™:
XZ is just spill proof.. Its not completely waterproof.. I have tested my XZ in all sorts of ways.. Poured water on it, no problems.. Poured beer on it, still no probs.. But when it went 10cm under water, water got all over on the inside of my phone and its in service center now.. I had triple checked the flaps before doing any of these experiments.. Thank god, they are at least covering it under warranty.. I honestly wanna say Nay to submerging your XZ or XZ1 for that matter.. These phones aren't capable to being completely waterproof.. But Z2 has been waterproof.. I tried these things with Z2, and its fine if u are careful with 1 meter rule.. Although even all these 3 Xperia's fail to respond for touch when there is water on the screen.. But when wiped off or dried off, they work fine..
[Xperia Z General] Akinaro:
You can submerge it for showoff in glass of water but don't try to swim with it. Why? Because what is the point of submerging phone and after that spend few hours to dry it... and fear for your phone everytime when it touch the water?

All that IP rating, just like LG said, its weird and illegible. hard to tell what happen when you get your phone from water after this 30min and put it back to it again. and all that test with flowing water... its just illegible.

So, dont worry if your phone touch watter or you gonna split cola on it, and once per month you can put it in glass of water to show your friends but nothing more.
[Xperia Z General] Arrowblue:
my Z2 is dead because of seawater but kind of sony they replaced it and sent me a new one.
[Xperia Z General] OverTheEdge:
My birthday incident with my XZ was a blessing in disguise. After the horrible incident on that day and 2 months after, they replaced my XZ with the XZ2!

My XZ2 will never touch any body of water that's for sure. The water resistant profile is really a hit or miss thing.
[Xperia Z General] beni8978:
Hey,i'm using the Z2 now too and I've done all with it what I done with the Z.(underwater)

The Z2 is phenomenal, I think for the Z that the latest 4.4 update makes the back glass unglued(overheating) and I'm pretty sure about it because I saw 3 Z's on 4.4 with that problem.

So I recommend to don't put your Z(KitKat) underwater
[Xperia Z General] axelll1221:
I got my Xperia z 1 month ago and I didn;t know about the Battery use and after I played with it a couple of H I left it to charge and when I got up ( about 7~8 h later ) the phone was VERY hot almost burned my finger the google play service bug was causing CPU usage and it was still plugged in to charge so it just kept getting water but even after that the back cover was perfectly flat no unglue problem (and the phone shipped to me with 4.4.2)

Now about the watter test i did some underwater test in a sink then i got it in a swimming pool about ~1 meter deep and played with it for about 30 minutes and had no problems with it ( i used the volume keys to take photos ).

Tho the only thing i have to mention is that the loudspeaker volume its relly low after it gets a loot of water in it ( earpice / mics don;t have this problem ) if you wash it a cuple of seconds loudpseker stays the same , if you put it underwater in the sink for about ~ 5 min it might take about 1 h for it to come back to life and after my swimming pool experience it took about 2~3 h to came back to normal volume.

Only things i wud consider after 2+ years of usage i wud notch down the underwater usage cuz afterall its rubber and it wears and tears over time but sony said it will last for 2 years with 5 flaps close/unclose per day.

Condensation might be a problem but as long as you don;t put it in the fridge and then in a hot tube i don;t see that happening and if so not evaporating.

And for the love of god DON'T jump or do rapid montions with the phone under the water it can make presure around the flaps and make them half open or even completly open.

p.s sorry for my butchering of english
[Xperia Z General] roughall:
Xperia Z Underwater video recording

This is my own Xperia Z (C6603) phone, which is almost 2 years old now. I used it for take a quick underwater video.

[YOUTUBE]H-e02z3n5fk[/YOUTUBE]
[HTC Desire X] optim2013:
Simple question.

Why default headphones that came with my desire x are not usable with my phone,it doesnt shot notification on top,and when i play music it plays trough speakers. Hheadphones work perfectly on my pc,nexus 7,and my friends devices,why the hell are they not working on my desire x?

Help? :3
[HTC Desire X] CaH9:
Same problem here!

They worked perfectly with my phone and then they stooped working with it, but they work with other devices... I dont have any ideas why it happened, i just bought another headphones which work with my phone.
[HTC Desire X] optim2013:
I dont understand what happened,they worked for 1 week,and then they stopped working only on desire x... :@
[HTC Desire X] optim2013:
I found how to fix it,download app from Play Store called : SongAbout

its published by david woods. :)
[HTC Desire X] CaH9:
Well, i haven't found app called SongAbout, but i found soundAbout from ths developer :)

Yes, it works but i should every time swich from speaker to headphones manually... :(

But anyway thank you!
[HTC Desire X] dansou901:
On which ROM are you? We had a similar problem with HTC Aria using MIUI ROM for JB, maybe this can help them (as I don't have this phone anymore).
[HTC Desire X] CaH9:
I use stock ROM withount root.
[HTC Desire X] dansou901:
Can you try using a custom ROM of your choice? I never tried stock, but went straight onto using Skydragon first, now I'm on Sense Revolution R2 (JB). I never got problems with headphones...
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Roman G:
I know there seems to be a lot that like blinkfeed, but I don't really care for it. I also like sense 5 so don't wanna get rid of it.

Been searching for file names or anything to get rid of it. Anyone have any thoughts or ideas.

Thanks
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] youkosnake:
It's built into sense 5. You won't be able to take it out unless some bad a dev edits sense 5 or an aosp Rom comes out
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Roman G:
Ya that's what I figured, even to get it off the panels would be cool.