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[Xperia Z1 General] paniczklos:
Maybe it wasn't a screen problem, but motherboards ?

I just received a a new Z1 ( was waiting since 21st of December ... ) and it's still yellow .. are there any new magical methods to get rid of the tint ? :)

Here's a picture to remind you my sepia colored Z1 mega screen ;)
[Xperia Z1 General] Zaim2012:
What's the manufacturing date on yours ? I just bought one off ebay, haven't had a chance to check it out. Mine was manufactured on the 10th December.
[Xperia Z1 General] paniczklos:
where can I find the date ?

But I guess mine is older because I've already seen Z1s with BH90J S/N here earlier.
[Xperia Z1 General] Zaim2012:
I haven't opened mine yet but on my Xperia Z its at the bottom of the phone. Might be easier for you to contact Sony via live chat, just give them your serial number/IMEI and ask them when it was manufactured, that's what I did.
[Xperia Z1 General] orfeas92:
Here you can check you phone' s man. date. There is another small drawer under sim' s drawer.. mine is 13w37

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/02/evu5yma8.jpg
[Xperia Z1 General] BLEK0TA:
Still no way to check manufactor with out root?
[Xperia Z1 General] Zaim2012:
That's an early model mate, "Week 37	September 9, 2013	September 15, 2013"
[Xperia Z1 General] orfeas92:
I know.. but what' s the difference with newer production models? All the issues are still there!
[Xperia Z1 General] paniczklos:
Mine is week 44.
[Xperia Z1 General] Zaim2012:
I don't know, I just wanted to find out when panic's one was manufactured.

---------- Post added at 04:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:45 PM ----------

"Week 44	October 28, 2013	November 3, 2013"
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
I'm really not sure if that is the reason why the yellow hue issue is now gone. Other than changing the motherboard of my unit, they reverted it to 4.2.2 and I think they changed the HK FTF file of my unit to a Nordic one (again when I purchased the phone it's default language is HK Chinese and has Chinese apps. Then after the repair the main language is English (Ireland) and has Vodafone apps). I'm not sure if this is also the reason. But definitely the screen is not replaced.
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
does the white balance settings help at all?
[Xperia Z1 General] Minibull:
I checked mine and it says 13w51. So that is right at the end of 2013. Screen is excellent, no touchscreen issues and it came with 4.3 already installed on. 290 firmware.
[Xperia Z1 General] paniczklos:
no :(

I've just flashed iHackers rom, maybe that will change something.

I don't get it, why other people say that running the white balance app takes away the yellow tint problem, but for me it doesn't - what's more, using other people seetings (20,30,50) still leaves the screen yellow ;/
[Xperia Z1 General] paniczklos:
But maybe my eyes went rouge :P sometimes it looks good for me and sometimes not,maybe the white balance works randomly?:-S my girlfriend also said that now it looks brown :-/

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[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
Yup now it looks way better, maybe white balance does help after all
[Xperia Z1 General] paniczklos:
Oh. It looks totally different on the computer screen, it looks GOOD on the computer screen.maybe this pictures will be better,But believe me,there is huge difference between cold greys on the computer and my brown greys.But whats more important, there is no way to even get close to that with the white balance setting :-S (greys are greys when i tilt the phone 30 degrees horizontally)

And grey on the computer is not soooo blue (camera lies :))

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[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
Can't you get it exchanged? Yeah its easily noticeable on greys
[Xperia Z1 General] paniczklos:
It's the new one . I got it two days ago and I've waited since 21st of December for the replacement ;/ I can't think about waiting another month ;/

And believe me, thesepictures don't show how it looks like in reality ;/

here's a good one :)

- keyboard buttons are "soft suede" but a little lighter

- color scale in white balance app is around "crumb cake" and "sahara sand"

http://www.scrapbookupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/New-Stampin-Up-colors.jpg
[Xperia Z1 General] paniczklos:
Btw the point white greys looks grey (tilted 20degrees) is also the point white i'm able to get the screen evenly colored. When i look at it dead on, the top is whiter and the bottom is yellow.

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I've checked out Xperia Z (one more time) while shopping and:

- Z1 screen was darker

- Z1 greys were totally brown compared to Z

- viewing angles were thes same, and with Xperia Z it was also hard to get evenly colored screen.

I'm tired of it ;p what's a good alternative for Z1?
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
Mine is Week 39 September 23, 2013 September 29, 2013.
[Xperia Z1 General] paniczklos:
I've put mine on auction. I'm sick of it. When I brought it to the office today, I've received many complementary comments like :

" why is it so yellow?"

"i think your phone is broken"

;p

I've set a 3day auction, so now I have to decide what to buy instead.
[Xperia Z1 General] Zaim2012:
Right, finally got round to opening my Z1, from what I can tell it does not have a yellow tint. I put the brightness to max and opened up a white picture.
[Xperia Z1 General] orfeas92:
What is your production date and serial number?
[Xperia Z1 General] Zaim2012:
Mine was made on 10.12.13

Full serial number ?
[Xperia Z1 General] orfeas92:
It' s good to post your Serial Number! Ok, neither mine has yallow tint but the grays aren't like the xperia z... How is yours? If gou can post a photo of your screen (especially at the settings menu in order to see the gray bar with on screen buttons)..
[Xperia Z1 General] Zaim2012:
Hmm well, when your on the settings menu it doesn't seem to look just as good as the Z, but when you view a white picture its fine. If there was a yellow tint issue it should show up when viewing white photo's ?
[Xperia Z1 General] orfeas92:
Yes, i think that if yellow tint was existing you would have noticed it.. Mine screen is even whiter than z but the grays... :silly:
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
Yellow tint is most noticeable when viewing grey colors, in my case only the greys looked yellowish, here's a pic vs my acro s.

but from what you have said I think your screen is fine

Sent from my Xperia Acro S
[Xperia Z1 General] Zaim2012:
Yeah mines not like that at all.
[Xperia Z1 General] artpra:
My screen have this piss filter too. Sharp panel, BH906.

This is the cure (it works): http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2572080
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
Hi yall. Remember I had my Z1's motherboard changed and the issue of yellow hue was gone? I just updated my software via SUS thinking it was .136 but it's just .290 and guess what? My Z1 now has the yellow hue. Hopefully this will be resolved on .136 update.:crying::(

I swear to God it has no yellow hue when the phone was repaired.:crying:
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
Well I have read that you can make it go away with the white balance settings so there's hope
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
I really hope that it will resolve that Jiyeon but it would be better if it will be gone when I updated min to .136.:( Unfortunately no .136 updated yet via SUS PCC and OTA.
[Xperia Z1 General] jader13254:
Yeah but use whitebalance it does wonders its epic

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[Xperia Z1 General] negrobembon:
White balance should fix those yellow tint issues, I can't wait for this update(or similar) to reach the Tablet Z
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
But tablet Z has a great screen from what I have seen, no?

Sent from my Xperia Acro S
[Xperia Z1 General] negrobembon:
It is pretty awesome, one of the best android tablet screens I've ever seen but mine has a little bit of yellow tint on white backgrounds
[Xperia Z1 General] Golgo:
So what can I expect if I buy a new Z1 today? Are the type of displays Sony uses now better then those used when the Z1 was rolled out?

Can they measure up to the Z1 compacts IPS?
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
Hoepfully the newer batch of Z1 has the better display but you can double check first the screen and if it has a faulty screen then you can ask for another stock until you get the better one. The sales rep from sony stores are aware of it.
[Xperia Z1 General] Golgo:
I'll probably order online so wont be able to check before purchase.

Are there specific batches or production dates that have the better screens?
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
The latest batches are the better ones, I guess. If you can request for a later batch then that's good.
[Xperia Z1 General] olokos:
I compared mine screen (sharp) to 2 different z1's. One in Sony center and second one in electronic supermarket (saturn). Displays seemed to be exactly the same. I did use service in dialer to make sure the same thing is displayed on all devices. Even though I really tried to see a difference, I couldn't. No yellow hue on either of those, not even on mine.

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[Xperia Z1 General] Luhccas-X10:
My new unit have better display than my first Z1. (november made,this one is from january)

I need to say this is really nice principally with greys and reds.

Looks darker and more vibrant.
[Xperia Z1 General] julio_ton:
How can I know the production date or this date?
[Xperia Z1 General] pranii23:
You need to open a small label hidden under the sim tray. Pull it out slowly and you can see the week and year of the manufacture of the phone.
[Xperia Z1 General] julio_ton:
I want to buy one c6603 xperia phone online but how can I know this number, it isn't printed on the outside label?
[Xperia Z1 General] pranii23:
No you cant see the exact week but there is always a manufacture date i guess!
[Xperia Z1 General] eoedaral:
No root, how can i know whos the manufacturer of my display?

My S/N BH917GEHOD, build date 14W01.

Any way to check whos the manufacturer of my display?

Thanks
[Xperia Z1 General] BLEK0TA:
This works without root:

1,install and run https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm

2, cd /sys/devices/mdss_dsi_panel

3, cat panel_id

Thats all. I will be happy for thanks
[Xperia Z1 General] bronxdude:
so how do we use this?
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
explain plz
[Xperia Z1 General] BLEK0TA:
Write in that program second line than press enter and than third line press enter and thats all
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
I got it. It says I have a Sharp Renesas screen panel.
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
I have a Sharp Renesas panel.
[Xperia Z1 General] BLEK0TA:
Only first promotion versions got jdi panel.

Everybody of us gotta poor sharp
[Xperia Z1 General] eoedaral:
Seems like thats not the case, take a loot at the screenshot and my phone is 14W01
[Xperia Z1 General] BLEK0TA:
Jdc is worst quality than sharp. It is same panel like in clasic z. Jdi is perfect quality but only few promo z1 have jdi.
[Xperia Z1 General] eoedaral:
Idk im coming from Xperia Z with Sharp display and I do see improvement on the viewing angles, which I didnt like that much in the Z.

But thats just me, maybe my eyes rebelled against me lol
[Xperia Z1 General] negrobembon:
Sharp renesas too
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
Mine is sharp too, apart from the yellow hue, I don't see any difference compared to the ones I have seen at the stores

Sent from my Xperia Z1
[Xperia Z1 General] vctrdnl:
Sharp here as well. It seems that about 80% of the units (at least those meant for Europe) come with a Sharp screen. That is my experience after using and returning 4 (!!!) devices. My current Z1 is the fifth device I try, at least it does not have any issues with dead/stuck pixels so far. Nevertheless, Sharp Z1 screens are generally a little yellowish in comparison with my old Xperia S. (Or maybe Xperia S has a slightly bluish display, at this point I really don't know what to think any more). In terms of getting the preferred level of white, the White balance built-in app is a nice addition.
[Xperia Z1 General] BLEK0TA:
The biggest fault r washed colors of sharp screen and that cant fix any soft mod like white balance etc..
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
actually adding some red and a bit of green made my display a lot more vibrant than before
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
What's your WB setting? Mine is just 200 blue.
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
As you know my screen had yellowish greys, so that's why blue is so high, anyways with these settings whites became whiter, yellow hue is gone and screen is overall more vivid

Sent from my Xperia Z1
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
Nice. Tried it. It's a better setting.(y)
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
Glad to see it helped, I tried so many different settings and finally this one looked the best ;)
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
Yup. Good thing the WB is there to help us with the yellow issue. Haha
[Xperia Z1 General] qlimax1991:
Hi guys i'm New here. I recently bought xperia z1 and checked the panel vendor in terminal it says this:

u0_a208@C6903:/sys/devices/mdss_dsi_panel $ cat panel_id

jdc renesas 1080p video

Is this An old panel from xperia z, if it Is I Will take Phone to rma. Otherwise the phones wiewing angles are quite good no yellow hue present.Thank you guys in advance for answer.
[Xperia Z1 General] BLEK0TA:
Yup thats old z panel, but If r viewing angles ok be happy and dont change
[Xperia Z1 General] qlimax1991:
Thanks for quick response, Thats fu... up, screw Sony, can I take some benefit with taking the Phone to rma or nothing. I payed some sirious buck for this phone. And I guess we all expected top quality screen.

Is it calibration reason for good wiewing angles?

Best regards

Qlimax1991
[Xperia Z1 General] zhuoyang:
Mine is sharp panel

manufacture date: 13W50

still yellowish hue

currently using 30R 103B WB setting
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
Viewing angles
[Xperia Z1 General] negrobembon:
Just like mine
[Xperia Z1 General] conquerator2:
And mine...

With the announcement of Z2, and the marketing around it, such as IPS display and perfect viewing angles...

Anyone else feels a bit cheated? ;/
[Xperia Z1 General] negrobembon:
No i don't, i always expected the Z2 to have an improved screen, specially after the Z1 compact
[Xperia Z1 General] BLEK0TA:
I'm loving warm colours so my settings r red 114 green 83 blue 0.

Now I'm happy and colours r much colourful.

Display is sharp.

Now red colour is really red.
[Xperia Z1 General] parkentosh:
I've just got my second Z1 (first had a loose back panel and was replaced for a new phone). It's made in week 25 of 2014. It has a sharp panel and bad viewing angles (luckily no yellow hue). Colors seem sort of washed out compared to my previous phone HTC One X (the screen was the only good thing about it though) but not bad enough to get something else.
[Xperia Z1 General] yulapkan:
The links were down.
[Xperia Z1 General] user822:
How did you find out the manufacture date?
[Xperia Z1 General] bb4ninja:
I changed mine and set it to the same settings and it helped a lot. Thanks mine was looking a little washed out:good:
[Xperia Z1 General] watchman.see:
all SONY phone really ****ty screen, and its comparatively bad colour contrast, with overexposed display can be screen in EVERY single phone models of SONY. display set non-display set, it is all the same ****. I have only realised this after I bought my first Sony smartphones two years back and then after the realisation, I went back to check on display sets of all other SONY models. in fact, I notice the same ****ty whitewashedness in most of Sony LCD TV too. if you ask me, it is a design choice on their part, for whatever **** reason. here's my original post on ****ty SONY smartphone screens. it is a moment of Epiphany and I am surprised not many reviewers even bother to mention this one critical flaw that is as clear as daylight, as overexposed as ****ty SONY screens. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2433879
[Xperia Z1 General] Gamer4Life:
how do i know which display on my z1 ?
[Xperia Z1 General] watchman.see:
read this and blog and see the pictures shown here. that's the exact ****tiness, white-washed, low contrastness that I have noticed in all Sony LCD products. the blog itself is complaining about the screen on the left but in fact, even the one on the right is not much better. I have absolutely no idea why none of you guys have any issue with this.

http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/08/28/is-sony-using-two-different-screens-for-the-xperia-c5-ultra/
[Xperia Z1 General] Mr_President:
First of all, sad to hear that! :(. This might ba a long shot... a very long shot! :laugh:. But is it possible that the yellow hue will clear up over time? Maybe it's just the resin that needs to settle. That would explain why demo units might look better, they're not devices fresh out of the box. Might take a week or two then. Anyways, I hope it clears up or that you get it exchanged. I'm gonna sell my i9505 S4 and get the Z1. But gonna wait a while for fresher batches and a lower price :o.
[Xperia Z1 General] sebastianlow:
Really? C'mon sony, expected much better than this... I was really stoked for the Z1, unless Sony steps out to say that they are using IPS or PLS displays on their production unit, I'm not gonna get a Z1. So disappointed...
[Xperia Z1 General] ssj_jaypee:
Got my Z1 today, the display is fantastic! Woohoo!

Not sure if this display lottery is real or not but Handtec always deliver the best versions. Had good luck with my original Z too. :)
[Xperia Z1 General] DeepEmbrace:
For a £600 device, dont accept that. If the display is faulty, tell them to get a move on and get a proper one.

Never accept and "wait around" for a display to clear up.
[Xperia Z1 General] shem2409:
I went to the store today and I was trying to get it replaced but all Sony Xperia Z1 devices in store had the yellow hue. I compared the Z1 to the Z and Z Ultra and only Z1 presents with this problem. I recorded yet another video to show what I mean (the previous one wasn't great)

Do let me know if any of you present with a similar finding. You have to compare the display to another device to actually see the problem.

[YOUTUBE]p-2yx2k9UYU[/YOUTUBE]
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
In the video you can't see any real difference, although both displays look almost identical - the Z might have a slightly more blue tint which can be set in the display setting but not on the Z1 - perhaps Sony needs to include this in the Z1 screen settings so users can adjust to taste

Did you mention you also had a ZU - I'd be more interested in a side by side with the Z1 and ZU - that would be a better comparison

also what setting have you on the Z display setting ?
[Xperia Z1 General] OMEiAM:
I got my Z1 today and I don't notice a yellow hue. The screen is actually very beautiful and I really do not understand why people were talking so low about it pre-release.
[Xperia Z1 General] shem2409:
I have just used ZU in store. Both displays on Z and Z1 are at 100% Brightness and X-reality Engine On
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
how did you like the ZU ?

anyway in the Z Sony added an extra setting for white balance and hue, two sliders that can alter the screen to significant levels - you have never seen this ?
[Xperia Z1 General] shem2409:
I saw the white balance setting on Xperia Z, I just never had to use it. As the the Z Ultra I thought that it is a great tablet. Just the right size as your multimedia companion. I could never imagine using it as a phone though :P
[Xperia Z1 General] footyfanatic:
I received my Z1 today and almost straight away I started noticing a mark at the bottom of the screen. On a fully black screen it is a noticeable white mark across the screen, and from what I can tell it is a yellowy colour on a bright white screen. It looks exactly like the beginning of the yellow glue tint/mark issue the Xperia S had at launch (which I owned and had replaced)

This yellow tint issue is different to the one mentioned in this thread at the moment so don't be confused, it is from the glue behind the screen heating up and leaving a smudge like mark around the outsides of the screen

Just wondering if anyone else can check theirs (for all our sakes). I will see if mine gets any worse like my Xperia S did at the time

For best results turn your brightness to full and keep the screen on for some time to warm the glue up

I really hope it is not the case, I think I could just bare with this mark if it doesn't get any worse
[Xperia Z1 General] dibdin:
Where did you get yours mate? I had 4 Xperia S all with yellow tint issues so I know where your coming from. I really want the Z1, but don't want to experience the same issues I had with the S.
[Xperia Z1 General] footyfanatic:
I got my Z1 from Clove.

With my Xperia S I waited a couple of weeks after they started replacing the handsets, so I was lucky enough to get one of the new handsets without the tint (confirmed with the batch code on the battery sticker). I did this because I saw people in your position getting faulty replacements.

Will update you after more testing
[Xperia Z1 General] Raspster:
Guys, right there with you on the yellowish or dull-ness of the picture compared to the original Z. I too have set them up side by side and noticed this. I did notice an extra display setting in the Z1 called optimized backlight. I turned it off and the picture seemed better. Not much must definitely better. I am hoping this can be fixed in a firmware update. Also, I did notice in the past, Apple had this issue and sure enough, as stupid as it may sound, they said it was the "burn in" phase for the glue or something crazy like that and odd enough, they were right as it did go away after about a week or so of use. Who knows, other than this, I love my NEW Z1, but if this is the way it will be, and that's final. Well, then, I can't see how the Z screen can be better than the newly released Z1 and I can't see how Sony or anyone can accept that! In the end, I think they will take care of us as they get more reports of this and if we are seeing this on "day 1" with our devices, then Sony will surly be flooded with complaints and calls.
[Xperia Z1 General] shem2409:
I am sad to hear that you are affected by this mate. At the same time I am glad to hear I am not the only "crazy" person that notices this :P

I recorded 2 videos and took a ton of photographs but it is very difficult to catch it on camera. I do hope it gets fixed with an update and that it is not gonna stay like that. I love the Z1 but screen is what you see when you look at it and now that I know that it has that yellow hue it drives me nuts :mad:
[Xperia Z1 General] prbdave:
I'm betting this will be fixed in firmware very soon. Some people complained about yellow hue on the Z Ultra when it was released but these problems seems to go away with the last couple of firmware updates. It does seem odd that not all devices have the same problem though.
[Xperia Z1 General] Mr_President:
That's not what I meant either :silly:. I meant that if he can't get it exchanged as in this case, they all looked the same. He could then just get his money back at the spot OR wait for a while to see if it indeed is the resin of the screen that needs to cure first. Judging by the other ppl commenting here, that could be the case :fingers-crossed:. Atleast here in Sweden you do have two weeks to decide whether you want to keep it or return for a full refund. So no rush :).
[Xperia Z1 General] fallenwout:
It would be handy if someone posted pixel arrays of how it should look like, and how it shouldn't look like. So we can use this microscope method
[Xperia Z1 General] DarrenT:
I have a nice collection of lenses and extension tubes on my SLR. I'll get a pic as soon as I can. My phone has not even been dispatched though.
[Xperia Z1 General] RuffaloBone:
For anyone with the yellowish hue; where were your phones stored before the stores got them? This yellowish hue can happen if they were kept in a warehouse that was too hot. If Shem lives in a place that is hot it could explain why all the display units had this hue as well. Just another POV. I'll chime in when I have mine tomorrow.
[Xperia Z1 General] expertzero1:
Good post. I wanted to say something, but I'm not knowledgeable in this area.