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[Xperia Z1 General] shamps:
I agree. All s4 had smearing issue including mine, never got fixed. Was a hot topic once it was a discovered but slowly every1 forgot about it(its still there).

For isntance I was at my regular dealer 2 days back checking his demo z1 unit. When I told him about these issues he was shocked. He said he haven't heard anything. I dont blame him. The truth is our numbers on the forum is very miniscule. A normal person doesnt know and will never find out about these issues. A guy bought a white z1 in front of me. He didnt even had a active 3g connection and was buying a top end smartphone, he will never notice the yellow tint even if its there on his device.

The only thing that bothers me is that now after hearing about these so many issues I am so conscious now to get thay perfect device, that I will find a flaw with the unit even if it would have gone un noticed otherwise.

Cheers!!

sent from my S4 (9500 international)
[Xperia Z1 General] DeathlessOne:
That's where OCD kicks in buddy, as I mentioned. :)

It can't be helped.
[Xperia Z1 General] amey2606:
Well,that's why its better to wait for a month or two before going in for replacement.

Something else might pop up by that time, who knows... ;)
[Xperia Z1 General] shamps:
I have decided to wait post diwali to buy, I expect the prices to go down a bit and most importantly new batches will arrive. Though ebay will have some cracker deals around diwali for spending around 40k but with device I am not willing to buy online. Will buy in person for sure.

And are you sure you van get a replacement that late. I thought after a certain time limit, your device is repaired and not swapped.

Cheers!!

sent from my S4 (9500 international)
[Xperia Z1 General] kaifkhan97:
Sam Thing Happen To Me too

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I agree with you as you rightly said that we go on finding problems

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yeah and also before buying device we should wait a month after its launch so that we can wait for new batch if there was fault in device in between the month

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So I Think u referred to me . m 2 facing the same issue so i gave them for replacement

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Samsung Gear Glass

Guys Refer @ http://www.sammobile.com/2013/10/24...rts-glasses-google-glass-competitor-incoming/
[Xperia Z1 General] DeathlessOne:
Yup, I strongly recommend to buy it in stores. Z1 alone :)

I'll be replacing it in December or so as I'll be moving to US on January for the next 2 years or so for my MS. So that's the final period until I can wait. Hope the new batches arrive soon and also if they did, there's no guarantee you'll get it because Sony have separate devices for replacement (inside those little white boxes). The new batches might come in a retail box and unless the replacement devices are out of stock (which, at the current rate may go out in stock sooner than expected :D ), they won't switch to new batches I guess. This is my strong hope and guess.

I got my Z replaced after 6 months. So no repairing here I guess. It also depends on the issue. Please don't forget to take note of all numbers, serials, IMEI etc on the retail box as well as on your device before sending it for replacement.
[Xperia Z1 General] japjit100:
flipkart easily replace your device just tell your problem

dont go to service centre
[Xperia Z1 General] shamps:
One more thing, howz sony with bringing updates? I have read around that they are very slow. I have never had a sony so I dont have first hand experience with sony updates.

Cheers!!

sent from my S4 (9500 international)
[Xperia Z1 General] parag1dubey:
They were slow but with this device they are pushing updates faster. But unfortunately it is plagued with so many hardware issues.. Yellow tint, vibration motor, banding in the camera app, proximity sensor issues.. :(
[Xperia Z1 General] DeathlessOne:
Yup, the answer mentioned above suits best to your query. The range/count of updates for the Z line is overwhelming but with a little loss of quality which wasn't prevalent early. Guess they are stressed up due to duration or the huge number of devices required to update. Either way, it's on them. But little bugs aside, Sony's firmwares are rock solid stable compared to the likes of SS and HTC, LG etc. Sony may recover from it and if you're worried about support, there's my hand pointing you towards CM which is readily available. As a Samsung owner, I guess CM is always a dream for them :) It's time we welcomed you to Sony :D
[Xperia Z1 General] shamps:
Thanks mate!!

Yeah as a samsung owner CM is a dream. And i have read good things about sony supporting open source development. I was so fed up with samsung that I decided that it will be a nexus device for me only in the future, but then lack of sd card support and not so premium looks is a bit of a turnoff. Guess I will be joining the club soon after all.

Cheers!!

sent from my S4 (9500 international)
[Xperia Z1 General] hravikumar16:
Just call them everyday. Thats what i did when I had an issue with my Z1 due to red component of the screen going bad and resulting in bluish green vertical line. Called up Flipkart, they asked me to download the deadpixel fix app. Didn't work so they replaced the phone in just days. Very prompt service.
[Xperia Z1 General] Srikkanth0701:
Yea,,Fingers crossed...waiting for a call from them ..thought I have explained the issue yesterday very clearly..
[Xperia Z1 General] AndroidNoob22:
Received my z1 yesterday 11.30 AM through fk, viewing angles were so great, but the screen was completely yellow and using screen adjuster fixed it but the nav bar was still yellow (don't know it was hardware/software fault or it's meant to be like that) camera both front and back were very blurry and were so noisy I could see some bad noise in it, surely hardware issue, upgrading firmware dint fix it and the most of all there was a a tiny spot on screen very little which appears white in dark backgrounds and black in white background my friend told me it's a dead pixel so I emailed them yesterday 2 times once after 30 mins (12.10 pm) of getting my device and other after at 11 PM hours of sending first email, they replied me this morning 6.30 AM and asked to try hard reset and all, I said nothing worked so they created a return and replacement this morning 7 am and just now 1-2 hours back their ekart person took the device for return will be getting my replacement by tomorrow or sunday (maybe not sunday :|) by monday for sure, was very prompt and satisfied response by fk so I am happy, anyways the serial no. was BH906 very good viewing angles but yellow screen and dead pixels.
[Xperia Z1 General] Srikkanth0701:
Good to hear that...hoping the same for me also.

I hope the replacement piece should be fine. The phone is so good i all the aspects, but I dont know why the screen quality is so bad.
[Xperia Z1 General] pratyushanand:
Damn flipkart increased price by 1 k. Maybe in diwali there will be some deal.
[Xperia Z1 General] joslicx:
I saw ~37.5k price for black one on amazon.in (with all the goodies). Amazon fulilled so total peace of mind.

And theres even 10% off (upto Rs.1500) for Axis bank card holders (Credit/Debit). Makes for a very tasty deal. Z1 for only 36k!
[Xperia Z1 General] Srikkanth0701:
I think better wait and buy until we confirm that the replacement is a good piece..
[Xperia Z1 General] japjit100:
sony dont have any solution for yellow tint now sony giving refund to me

i take 4 z1 all have yellow tint problem

2 people also fighting for yellow tint in service centre

now i m free :):):):)

i m thinking get note 3 or s4 which is better

i dont recommended z1 to any 1

if you got yellow tint in your z1 only thing have to do go to service centre service centre service centre
[Xperia Z1 General] parag1dubey:
Did you sell it? How much did you get? By the way I fully agree with you
[Xperia Z1 General] ImAnurag:
he said he is getting refund, means whole amount back.

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i bought note 3 for my bro, it's great device...certainly no yellow tint :p

go for note 3 or i heard rumors nexus 5 is coming, wait for it if you are a nexus fanboy.
[Xperia Z1 General] japjit100:
i found imported s4 sealed box for 25k on olx

note 3 is very big device for me so tomorrow i m going see s4

sony take 15 to 30 days for refund money
[Xperia Z1 General] hapticc:
Be careful enuf truecopy items available in market

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How can you compare it to htc if i were to rate htc sense 5 is best software skinning present on android sony second and samsung last because of gimmick features.
[Xperia Z1 General] shamps:
Its just his opinion bro, its not necessary that it will he same as yours.

Cheers!!

sent from my S4 (9500 international)
[Xperia Z1 General] DeathlessOne:
I haven't rated or mentioned about skinning at all. It's rock stable and that's it.
[Xperia Z1 General] sandeeppathak007:
I would not suggest you to go for S4 or Note 3, After using Z1 for 1 week when i tried using Note 3 i found it be too slow and felt so cheap in terms of material used

If not Sony I think you shall go with HTC ONE if you could find it anywhere
[Xperia Z1 General] kaifkhan97:
I 2 gave replacement on 21st oct idk wen m getting btw how did you convince them for refund
[Xperia Z1 General] japjit100:
my last phone is htc one i love it

but purple tint in camera is the problem htc also stop production of htc one because of this problem

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2317507
[Xperia Z1 General] ravishah922:
I previously had an s4 nd wht a laggy device it was!!!! No true octa core support... Even snapdragon 600 is faster.... Battery got swollen within 3 mnths of my usage... Guys at service centre have a fixed answer - over charging... I never ever charge my device more than 92-95%... Also they refused to provide a new battery under warranty...

Other known issue is the wi-fi issue... It dsnt start smetimes nd takes 10-15 mins to on the wifi...

Z1 rite nw is the best device available nd nebdy here not satisfied here, dnt go for s4 or note 3, either setrle for xperia z then...

Ive used all galaxy fones starting frm d 1 generation nd nome of them matches z1..

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Xiaomi suggested to roll out a software update for heterogeneous multi tasking wherei all 8 cores function at d same time... Samsung has refused to update nd will provide in exynos 6 chipset which will b comimg wid s5... imagine buying a fone worth 50k nd still incomplete.... Sony Z1 is way better...
[Xperia Z1 General] japjit100:
today i see note 3 demo no lag at all

after update 4.3 s4 dont have any lag

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call to call centre again and again tell them give me refund then they tell you give us last chance then they you give replacement again you got yellow tint then refuse take device leave it on service centre then call to call centre then they give you any senior number then you have to argument with them then you have some chance to get refund

best of luck for fight with sony
[Xperia Z1 General] DeathlessOne:
A kind advice:

If you're not interested in Z1, nor sold it/exchanged it then please don't use this thread for just putting up posts like the one above. It's just irritating. You're welcome to leave. This thread or this forum for the matter consists of people loyal/fanboys/proud owners of Sony/Xperia Z1. Bashing Sony here would only cause one heck of a fight, which in turn would prove catastrophic for all us users of this thread. If you're not satisfied and have prepared for another device then you can leave the thread as it is. Forums are for discussion not for putting up points like Sony is a fraud/cheat etc. 99% of people accept Z1 is good and in turn if one keeps o bashing it, it won't matter at all. That's what is happening above. This is my kind suggestion applicable to all.
[Xperia Z1 General] shamps:
You spike my mind. And posts like these also scare away perspective future owners like me. Enough with the negativity friends. Lets talk about how good the device is. Every phone is prone to issues.

Gaps in htc one frame, scuffing on the iphone, etc etc.

Cheers!!

sent from my S4 (9500 international)
[Xperia Z1 General] ImAnurag:
finally someone is talking with sense here :)
[Xperia Z1 General] 301stSpartan:
Much agreed. Thread is Z1 users, so if you don't want to use the phone, then go and spam someone else's thread. Personally I love my Z1 and could not be happier. My screen has slightly warmer whites than other devices (slight yellow tint) but I LIKE it. I think it is easy on the eyes. What is better, warm and slightly yellow lights in your house, or harsh blue toned florescent lights? And use the device for a day and you don't notice anything unless you hold it next to a device with blue toned whites.

I feel my phone has zero issues and some people here are likely just blowing things out of proportion. Stop killing yourself to find any fault with your device. You will never be happy with anything in life with this mentality.

The Z1 is the best phone out there in my opinion. I've been waiting since May to buy it and love it. Does any other phone out there allow you to take 20 MP pictures underwater? Nope. And the Note is just obnoxiously big. I was very hesitant to even go as big as the Z1, and while I've gotten used to this size, I don't see myself going any bigger.

Just my thoughts. Perspective buyers, take it from me: this phone is incredible. Don't let a few OCD haters try and keep you away. They can get a new phone and leave this community and we'd be more than happy to have you here with us when you get your Z1 :thumbup:
[Xperia Z1 General] sandeeppathak007:
I agree that one should not say about any oem as fraud or something however after paying a good amount everyone is entitle to get a perfect device without the trouble of going to service center, hence I would suggest to keep talking the issue we are facing

I got my perfect z1 after 5 replacement this is 6th one that too after waiting for one month should I have known this I would have waited for a month before my purchase.

Sony is a great brand but they need to work on quality control else this is not going to work for them India is a very good market n they should take care of this sensitive market...
[Xperia Z1 General] ruchirtrehan:
I completely agree, the guy japjit for me seems only to be spamming here to people and trying to convenience them to sell it off by telling different problems either in device or in customer support, he has said he got refund and is planning to buy s4, note 3 or wadeva so why does he not goes to the respected threads now and do whatever he wants to do there, after getting refund of z1 it's no point to stay in the z1 forum.
[Xperia Z1 General] Srikkanth0701:
Nice one dude..Though there was a yellow patch on the device I got, the phone performance and the looks are mind blowing. I cant look at any other device.

Flip kart agreed to replace my device and have created a return order. Hopefully should get in a day or and the piece should be good. If there is a yellow patch again, I might barge into a Sony Service centre and get the replacement directly from Sony rather than Flip Kart.
[Xperia Z1 General] kaifkhan97:
thnx bro i will try my luck
[Xperia Z1 General] DeathlessOne:
I would advise replacing from flipkart alone unless they deny it. Because the chance of receiving perfect device from both of them remains the same but FK: 2-4 days, Sony: 4-8 days. You can get two replacements in that period from flipkart. Also, I hope FK replaces entire kit but Sony doesn't unless your device is just a week old.
[Xperia Z1 General] AndroidNoob22:
Does the Indian version of xperia z1 comes in a very small box? I have seen some unboxing videos by reviewers and some people who bought it (none unboxing was of indian) and there box was really big compared to mine, so is the box in india very small or it's just me? :confused::confused:
[Xperia Z1 General] 301stSpartan:
"Small" is subjective. Don't know what videos you've seen, but here's my box
[Xperia Z1 General] japjit100:
they want to know about refund i tell them

whats the problem

i m not interested in this thread:p:p
[Xperia Z1 General] Ame123:
its ur bad luck..i just got a replacement as i was having some touch screen problem and it is perfect my previous display was also not having any tint issues nor this one has..
[Xperia Z1 General] shamps:
Mind sharing your serial number??

Cheers!!

sent from my S4 (9500 international)
[Xperia Z1 General] ravishah922:
All those who aint aware, samsung demoe's note 3 with the live demo unit... Now, this unit comes wid snapdragon 800 chipset which also provides 4k video recording capability... When u buy note 3,ull get d one wid exynos chipset whic lags nd also lacks 4k video recording... Its not worth it... U sell wht u show...

BTW, i agree wid prasad... Lets enjoy our Z1 nd let others who buy ****sung suffer...
[Xperia Z1 General] anmolbedi:
I don't agree with your saying that it lags. .. I own one and can definitely say it doesn't. You always get a gig of ram extra. S pen truly wonderful. I think note 3 is probably truly finished product. Cherry on the cake comes with 4.3
[Xperia Z1 General] 301stSpartan:
Guys, this is a Z1 thread. If you want to discuss the pros and cons on the Note, then please use a Note thread to do so :thumbup:
[Xperia Z1 General] kaifkhan97:
Can NY 1 pls tell me procedure of refund

I got my replacement z1 also faulty
[Xperia Z1 General] ImAnurag:
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[Xperia Z1 General] ravishah922:
+1

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Jst wanted to say - sell what u show!!!!
[Xperia Z1 General] Ame123:
as it is said numerous time that serial no proves nothing..my first phone was bh905 and as i only got a new handset without the box so i have to pull the card from the sim slot and i am very lazy to bring it out so soryy
[Xperia Z1 General] DeathlessOne:
Do you actually know that you can find the S/N from Settings - About phone?
[Xperia Z1 General] shamps:
I know, I am just trying to keep a track on what serial numbers could be avoided while buying.

Cheers!!

sent from my S4 (9500 international)
[Xperia Z1 General] ImAnurag:
Serial numbers are not associated with yellow tint..!!!

Why don't you all understand this. One by one people will name all serial numbers and you will left with none to buy :P
[Xperia Z1 General] kaifkhan97:
Okay guys I wanted to tell u about my experience with Sony service centre

On 21st Oct I submitted my z1 for Display problem [light yellow band @ d bottom]

He rectified with other z1 device and he agreed. So they gave them for replacement.they told it will take 7-8 days for replacement . After 5 days I was passing by d service centre so I check for my replacement so they told that my replacement has come.so I told 2 give my replacement so dey told to come on Mon so I argued with them so they told it will take an hour so I waited after that they gave me z1 in the original box without accessories. I took it 2 the wer I purchased to check my new z1 so I unboxed it so the screen was yellowish so I took the snap.of the demo z1 with the new z1 side by side and showed it to the service centre so they didn't agreed they showed me other z1 device it was too yellowish they said the screen has no problem so I told them that if they have my old z1 then show me so they looked for.it n dey found it so wen they both were compare they agreed with the yellowish hue tint by the time the time for service centre was closed so they told to come.on Monday....the new z1 display is extremely cheap. Quality is very low it side view is horrible and it's feeling so cheap wen I played d demo video to check the screen quality it was with lot of noise.

My new z1 s/n bh902 and my manufacture date 13W39
[Xperia Z1 General] ImAnurag:
See thats the point till now i heard that bh902 was having great display and here another user named it again.

Try getting another device.

So all serial numbers are now have been named :P
[Xperia Z1 General] Ame123:
haha..i have bhn01 and the display is great no tint or hue issues
[Xperia Z1 General] ImAnurag:
Great buddy :)

Now anyone dont relate this issue with serial numbers, if any user still wanted a replacement better wait for some time till december, only if you think it is associated with serial numbers
[Xperia Z1 General] kaifkhan97:
can any 1 pls tell me the procedure of refund and how to convince them
[Xperia Z1 General] DeathlessOne:
There is one person who knows a lot about convincing/refund etc. We all know him. Better you PM him instead and ask. If you don't know who it is, flip few pages back and you'll find him eventually :)
[Xperia Z1 General] #illidan:
Hey guys I just got my Z1 from eBay for 36k yesterday & it's pretty hard to describe it in any one word other than 'beautiful!'

I would just like someone to give me a run down of all the possible manufacturing defects (I've read of the yellow tint & vibrator motor issue so far from this thread) with a brief explanation if possible, that you'll have encountered so far just so that I could check my device. I haven't been able to notice anything major so far so that's a good sign but I would still like to know everything. I specifically waited for a month so that I wouldn't get a device from one of the initial batches that were manufactured. TIA

Note to all the hater out here in this thread - I don't need you guys to reply to this cause I'm not looking to start a device comparison flame war. I love Sony but I'm not a mindless fanboy.
[Xperia Z1 General] ruchirtrehan:
Check the camera (some lenses have some kind of issues) and also do a display test and look for any "dead-pixels" I had a dead pixel on my very first z1 it will appear as a black dot in white/light backgrounds and as a white dot in dark backgrounds.
[Xperia Z1 General] DeathlessOne:
Congrats, as for the answer - Here it is.

1. Dead pixels - You obviously know it!

2. Blurring in camera on a particular side

3. Black dots in camera sensor - Check carefully

4. The-so-called-yellow-tint

5. Yellow band above the lower bezel

6. Vibration issues

7. Pinch to zoom issue in photos ( If it's present, it'll be visible in all apps like albums, quickpic etc)

8. Very sharp/jagged edges in videos with X-Reality on (if it's off, it doesn't show up but video'll be without life)

9.random reboots

10. Proximity sensor issue in calls, this also tends to SoD.
[Xperia Z1 General] #illidan:
Thank for your detailed reply but I'd just like some further explanation on a couple of points.

2 - you mean the top & bottom edges of the image right?

3 & 10- would that be a hardware or software defect & how common is it?

4 & 5 could be related due to the navigation bar

6 - could you describe how to reproduce this & what to look for?

7 & 8 seem like software issues.

9 is one I've heard quite a lot about Sony devices.

Thank you once again.
[Xperia Z1 General] DeathlessOne:
2. It's reported by people in diff areas buddy

3. It's a hardware issue, confirmed.

10. It's a software I hope, butter try to convince them.

4&5. Not at all. It really depends on user's perspective.

6. Go to service tests, dial *#*#7378423#*#* and go to tests and run vibration tests. You'll hear a buzzing tone (which might be irritating) for the starting sec of every vibration.

7&8. I can confirm that both are hardware and panel based issues because those issues were faced by me and it was confirmed as H/W based. So I received a replacement too. I have created a thread and posted a video about the pinch to zoom issue.

9. That's Sony's copyrighted, patented, IP based their own hard worked creation :D