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[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
Uhm guys, I don't know what's wrong. For the nth time, mine has yellow hue but I'm trying my best not to mind it as I think it's the only issue I have but just noticed today on the XDA app I've dload, when I scroll a page there are parts that are dark tone then there are that's kinda yellowish. Attached are the screenshots.

Not sure if you can notice it but even in screenshots I can.
[Xperia Z1 General] negrobembon:
I dont think we'll be able to notice as these are screenshots, so what each of us see is way different depending on the screen we're using

For example, from my phone both pics look perfect with perfect greys and no yellow, but from a galaxy grand i have rotting in my closet it looks ugly and very yellow

You need to take a picture of the phone with another camera preferably in a dark room and then post that picture here
[Xperia Z1 General] diego9016:
What about the yellow hue after the update to 4.3?
[Xperia Z1 General] negrobembon:
Some say its been fixed, i havent recieved the update yet personally
[Xperia Z1 General] nizarnoor:
Mine is still the same. The 4.3 update made the screen brighter but the yellow tint is still there.
[Xperia Z1 General] c312eal:
Told y'all the Yellow Hue was a hardware issue.
[Xperia Z1 General] ckyy:
My GFs Z1 has that really awful yellow tint. She really regrets getting that phone. I can unterstand her. Same issues on the ps4. They use different blu ray drives. Some good ones and some cheap. The cheap ones make a lot of noise.

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[Xperia Z1 General] ZeneticX:
those with yellow screen you guys may install this now, it's the white balance setting ported from japan's Z1

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2572080

just start the setting and leave everything at 0, your screen will be white as ever, but of course you may set your desired setting as well
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
But the phone has to be rooted in order for this to be installed right? Im not yet thinking of rooting my phone so I hope this can be installed just like a normal app. :D
[Xperia Z1 General] ObamaCare:
Will this fix the yellow hue issue??
[Xperia Z1 General] paniczklos:
nope - I've just tried that ! Still yellow after flashing and running the white balance setting ! ;/
[Xperia Z1 General] ZeneticX:
did you try playing with the settings manually ? maybe try playing with it and share the best possible setting for a yellow hue screen

currently im using R - 31 G - 31 B - 55
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
Did that fix your screen issue?
[Xperia Z1 General] paniczklos:
No it does not ( in my screeen) maybe for others it does.

I'm going on a little shopping trip with my GF so I'll try to make some pictures with a "reference" Z1 ;p

but to be honest:

- running the white balance setting resets screen setting - because you can see color change at the moment you enter it

- it doesn't remove the yellow tint - I'll try to find a camera in the office and make a picture ;)
[Xperia Z1 General] ZeneticX:
ya it solved my problem, i can see the before and after difference

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i guess your issue is with the hardware instead of software
[Xperia Z1 General] paniczklos:
what firmware version are you on ? I can see the difference too, but still - it's yellow ;)
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
Mine still has the yellow hue but it was lessen and the whites are almost as white as the ones on iPhone 5.:fingers-crossed::laugh: Very happy with the improvement with the update.:laugh:

I will post later the screen comparison of my unit and my friend's iPhone 5.;)
[Xperia Z1 General] paniczklos:
please take a screenshot of the white balance setting from Z1 and send it to your friend :) it would be easier to see the difference with a greyscale and also easier for other Z1 users to see the temperature of your greys :)
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
Unfortunately my phone isn't rooted yet so I cannot use the white balance setting.:p But then again the white or tones actually are better on 4.3. Even my friend agrees that it has a better whites now compared to 4.2. Hehehe. :D
[Xperia Z1 General] paniczklos:
oh ;/ mine didn't show any difference after updating to 4.3. There's minor difference while using white balacnce ( but it's on 4.2).

4.3 + white balance is my last resort.

Than please use *#*#7378423#*#* in dialer, go to service tests > display - tap several times to get a screen with greyscale and different colors and then make a screenshot and send it to iPhone:)

this one's also good for comparison, look at the bottom and top bar(not blue, not yellow- just grey - in my phone those are brown ;/ - default theme):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/985cjnt56us3os7/DSC_0088.jpg
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
I can do that and that's my only reference for the grey scales but unfortunately iPhones can only receive files from other Apple products right? Hehe :D
[Xperia Z1 General] paniczklos:
yeah there'sa problem with iPhones ;p

but e-mail maybe ? ;)
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
Ahaha, so difficult to have an iPhone as the reference right? Lol :D:fingers-crossed: I guess I'll just have a side by side reference of the whites of my phone and our Sony TV. I hope it'll do. Hahaha. Lazy :p
[Xperia Z1 General] paniczklos:
I'vemanaged to make these with a potato (SGS 2) ;p
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
Awww... the yellow hue :(

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But I think the tone is not as bad as it was before right? There is still an improvement yeah?
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
Here's mine compared to my friend's iPhone 5. :D
[Xperia Z1 General] c312eal:
Sent from my C6906
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
Well that's a big yes of course. :p
[Xperia Z1 General] jlevy73:
After the update no difference in the yellow hue for me. I will post a picture later showing my N5 next to my Z1 and the difference is quite significant. That being said, Sony has already stated they will push the white balance app out to the Z1 beginning of the year.
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
Agree. Looking forward to that.
[Xperia Z1 General] eukaryote:
After update to 4.3 no more yellow tint for me. Welcome change.
[Xperia Z1 General] ZeneticX:
im still on 4.2.2, .257 firmware.

have u tried my setting yet ?

try setting R - 30 - G - 30 B - 51 and post a comparison again
[Xperia Z1 General] ckchan08:
i've flashed the white balance port and now my screen is white as snow. all settings i just left it as 0 and it really solve the yellow hue problem.

in fact i started to feel that the screen is a little too cold to my liking. i may adjust and increase the red and green later to increase back a little warmth (yellow) to my screen.
[Xperia Z1 General] conquerator2:
C6903

Running the latest software ( stock 4.2)

Viewing angles are not the greatest, but the display is fine.

Colors are vibrant and natural, slightly warmer tonality but no yellow or other hues, colors are very accurate and feel natural in comparison to Samsung displays.

Blacks and whites are fine too.

Glad I got a lucky pick (for SK CS and PL markets, EU)
[Xperia Z1 General] Stavgust:
Where can i find the S/N of the display of my Z1?
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
JB 4.3. What do you think? Still yellowish...
[Xperia Z1 General] conquerator2:
My screen looks the same though I never ha had a yellow tint issue to begin with.

Now the only drawback are the crappy viewing angles.

Shame as dead on, the screen is beautiful.
[Xperia Z1 General] El.Guaje:
In the box of Z1
[Xperia Z1 General] tfouto:
Hi guys,

How one can know what manafucter is the display?

Thanks
[Xperia Z1 General] jader13254:
Got my Z1 today and edit: I'm not satisfied with the screen :D

viewing angles are.. "as bad as ios customisation"

screen overall looks good, in service tests the display test with green red blue completely flashes my brain, so vibrant and nice are the colors :D

i will compare to some other in store soon

PS: compared to other devices the screentone is soo warm for example my arc has much whiter whites :(

So sad as I love the Rest of the phone, but maybe I need to send it back :eek:
[Xperia Z1 General] bodson66:
Screen is warm and viewing angle aren't the best but I'm used to it. These are two of the most common complaints for sure.
[Xperia Z1 General] jader13254:
Well lets see what we'll get with 4.3/white balance port.

My theory is, both screens are maybe pretty similar if setup correctly, probably just software needs better calibration. (real calibrarion is maybe for jdc screen)

Anyway I still like my Z1 and don't want any other plastic note/g2
[Xperia Z1 General] Vippo321:
There is no phone nowadays I would choose instead of Z1 even if the screen has warmer calibration then I used to. The HTC one is a littlebit blueish when I compare the white to the Xperia Z1 and the Iphone 5s is pinkish...
[Xperia Z1 General] hieuhd93:
No way arc has much whiter than Z1, I do compared:p. My Z1 with BH902 has better white than other phones i compare with.

P/s: I remember you jader (since I used Arc), really glad that you now have Z1, expect a Z1 rom from you :cowboy:
[Xperia Z1 General] Chirag22ster:
Hi all. I wasnt sure if my phone sufferred from yellow hue. ON Dec 20 I compared my z1 to another z1 in a mall and found that mine actually had yellow hue. Please see pics for comparison. Both phones are on.max brightness level.

I am thinking that I would first mail sony india about the display and then visit a service centre and complain. If they dont accept the fault, I would probably give an online consumer complaint. What are ur thoughts?
[Xperia Z1 General] amankapoor4:
well the retail units start shipping today i guess, we would know in few days if there are indeed different panels in retail unit.
[Xperia Z1 General] RHBH:
I'm going to buy a Z1 in November or December, I'm from Brazil, should I be concerned?
[Xperia Z1 General] amankapoor4:
If indeed there is a lottery system as per OP, you should check the display of phone in store before buying it. Other then that all good.
[Xperia Z1 General] Morlock O:
This is Highly unlikely, and that will be a legal and marketing suicide by Sony if they did that... there will be at least 10 million hand sets that will be sold by Sony, and if there is indeed a screen lottery, it can easily be proven with lots of evidence. it will be a marketing nightmare for them. them, people will start questioning the quality of their products, from DSLRs to TVs to playstations etc... doubt they will even attempt this.
[Xperia Z1 General] Timaustin2000:
^^^ THIS

Sorry, but I'm not buying it. They might try and throw a few across to China (or, more likely, someone might try to sell on a few prototype units to make a quick buck: hey, it's China - not exactly home of the "genuine product") but Europe? Japan? America? Not a chance. They're wide open to lawsuits.

There are laws against mis-selling in the UK, very strong laws. They wouldn't be able to put the words "Triluminous display" on the back if the screen did not have a Triluminous display: trades description violation.

Relax, people. This is a scare story.

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Which is just what the people spreading these rumours and sharing these articles want.

The older I get, the more cynical I become. But I've worked in big business: A smear campaign looking like this is far from rare.

A year back, most of you would've thought that statement wild and fanciful,..... not after Sammy's brush with the regulators though, eh?

*Note I am NOT accusing anyone directly of anything*
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
According to him the z1 screen is one of the most stunning screens he has ever seen in a smartphone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEHd4kLNotc

You can close this thread now
[Xperia Z1 General] MouseX:
But japanese version of Xperia Z has much better screen than worldwide, do you remember that?

Let's wait for first customers.
[Xperia Z1 General] shem2409:
I bought my Xperia Z1 in the Sony Center in Poznan, Poland today. Upon inspection in store it seemed fine but when I came home and started comparing it to my Sony Xperia Z I noticed that the screen is inferior as it has a yellow hue. The yellow hue even causes the screen to show less detail on some images.

I don't know how well it can be seen on video as the difference is not noticeable at first sight. I did have a really good Xperia Z screen with no flaws that have been mentioned by some, but I cannot stand the fact that the screen on a brand new phone that currently costs almost twice as much is inferior in any way.

I have decided to head to the Sony Center tommorow and claim a different example with a good screen or if I can't find one to return the device. I will update this thread after my visit at the shop tommorow.

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IMAGES (Z on top, Z1 on bottom)
[Xperia Z1 General] ozgadgetguy:
Unfortunately its not coming through (to me at least) on the pics or video but I'm sure you are able to see it in person.

I am concerned about my pre-order now.
[Xperia Z1 General] shem2409:
I think it can bast be seen on the cloud picture. I tried my best but it is really difficult to capture that on camera.

You can see though that the screen is not any better than on my Xperia Z. When I tested a display model last week it had a clearly superior screen.
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
in the stills the Z has a much stronger blue tint - if you look at the last picture samples the Z (on the bottom) is so blue that the Z1 (on the top) is showing more cloud, you'd almost think they were different pictures

BTW you confused things a little by showing the Z on top in the video
[Xperia Z1 General] sachinaik:
Hi shem2409,

In the images it's clear that z has washed out colors and z1 has better contrast.

But z has more bezel than z1 ?!
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
OK I think you're trying to be a smart ass :highfive: but anyway - the Z1 is the one with the big bezels

Refer to my post above

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OK now I'm confused, the two large images in your post compared to the two small images (last two) of the same picture - the sky looks totally different on the Z1

Pity you didn't have a XZU throw into the mix as well
[Xperia Z1 General] sachinaik:
You said "Z on top" in your post.

The phone on bottom has better screen.
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
in the video hence the confusion between the video and the pictures

anyway not impressed with that Z1 screen at all
[Xperia Z1 General] nizarnoor:
See... I was right (unfortunately!) I knew there's something shady with the Z1 screen.

Furthermore, I doubt most reviews on the web have the Z with the latest firmware to compare against the Z1.

If they've got their Z running the initial firmware, of course the screen will look much worse than Z1 (or any other phone). We all remember how Sony cranked up the contrast and saturation of the Z display through a firmware update several months ago.
[Xperia Z1 General] sachinaik:
Can you pls tell me the firmware version that boosted contrast of Z ?

Any links are much appreciated....
[Xperia Z1 General] MouseX:
Here is Recombu review Unfortunately, they've got poor display.
[Xperia Z1 General] shem2409:
I am just coming back from Sony Center where I have tried to get my Xperia Z1 replaced due to yellow hue on screen. Unfortunately all models on display had the yellow hue problem so I couldn't get it replaced.

When compared to Z Ultra side by side you can see the difference with a nakes eye. Z Ultra colors are perfect. The image is sharper and the contrast excelent. Technically z1 and Z Ultra should have the same displays...
[Xperia Z1 General] fallenwout:
If sony does that to me I just get a refund. No replacement for me, they would have had their chance.

I would continue my search for a brand that doesn't con their customers.

On my **** list are:

Huawei for bad software

Htc for screen flexing and morphing

Samsung for pentile matrix, which is false advertising for me. Pentile can never be full hd as there are too few red and blue subpixels. They should call it full green hd.
[Xperia Z1 General] MrMarques01:
I've just been to two shops here in Brisbane that both sold the z1. The model in the first shop had a pretty bad screen compared to the Nexus 5 which I could compare it to. The screen looked washed out and the viewing angles looked pretty bad. I went to the second shop then, to compare the screen of the unit they sold there to the Nexus 5 and I couldn't see any difference. Maybe a slight advantage for the Nexus, but in no way as bad as the first unit. The screen looked sharp, with nice contrasts and viewing angles.

Seems like Sony needs to work on their quality management.
[Xperia Z1 General] smithmyth:
about display

Someone has c6943 version with some display problem?
[Xperia Z1 General] jader13254:
Yes I have a pretty bad screem compared to N5. But I don't care, i got it pretty cheap, and I love this phone more than any other phone.

The screen is still sharp crisp and great to look at, just a little bit "warm" and less contrast than n5.

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[Xperia Z1 General] smithmyth:
and do you use some custom room? did you tried for see if appears some difference?
[Xperia Z1 General] BLEK0TA:
After 4.3 update is my screen much much better. More vivid colors. Perfect
[Xperia Z1 General] shteren:
After 4.3+ white balance mod I think mine looks better than 4.2 with white mod.

But without mods 4.2 looked bettet than 4.3 wierd...
[Xperia Z1 General] hieuhd93:
http://sonyviet.vn/2013/12/man-hinh-xperia-z1-vs-xperia-z1-f-qua-nho-cho-doi-z1/

Z1F's screen is perfect?
[Xperia Z1 General] negrobembon:
It definetly has better viewing angles than their Z1

But that Z1 has really f##ked up viewing angles, my Z1 has way better viewing angles than that, almost like the Z1F

And i say almost cause that Z1f has very very good viewing angles
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
Can you post pics of your screen?
[Xperia Z1 General] taranfx:
Why on earth I like Note 3 display even if I ignore its oversaturated colors. Can you post a photo of both of them together?
[Xperia Z1 General] conquerator2:
The angles are pretty bad indeed. Not that the colors get THAT washed out, but pink become purpleish, skin pink becomes whitish, red become indistinct and dark blue/green gets baby blue/green etc...

At least there is no pixel bleed but it is still kind of annoying. You can't place the phone anywhere and just watch it from an angle [which I like to do] without saturation loss.

You have to view the phone dead on as even slight off-axis viewing has this effect.

Dead on though the display is very good, I have it set with auto-adapt on and at just below 1/2 of the brightness bar.

Still it makes me sick to know that there are people with better displays and people with worse displays... that sucks :/

Also, the Z Ultra has superior viewing angles, and it has a bigger screen and is the same price [maybe slightly cheaper!], and uses same panels as far as I know.

If the Z2 has a better display [as in viewing angles], I'd be pretty disappointed and will indeed make me to write a very unpleasant letter to Sony.

I can't even return the phone anymore as there is a small scratch at the top right of the screen [though I have no idea how it got there...]

But I guess I could exchange the glass if needed, but it is not visible at all when the display is lit.

I took a few pictures of my phone at 100% brightness.

[Though I've noticed that photos make the issue appear worse than it truly is]
[Xperia Z1 General] amirprog:
Z1 compact/f has overall a better display then Z1. for sure. IPS LCD is better overall in most eyes. the good thing: sony seem to listen to the consumers from Z and Z1 criticism but they should have listened faster and make all Z1 units with IPS. no exception. anyway, for sony future flagships, short viewing angles seem to be a thing of the past from now on. another improvement i want to see is ditching the shatterproof film.
[Xperia Z1 General] MouseX:
Z1 has display lottery too.
[Xperia Z1 General] amirprog:
tell me something i don't know.
[Xperia Z1 General] Avantiel:
My girlfriend and I both got the same c6903...hers has the yellow hue which is why i located this topic. Its very upsetting. her Z1 came packaged with the charging dock but mine did not. My screen is clearly brighter than hers at full brightness. its very upsetting that Sony did this. bought the phone a few days apart from the same supplier. The quality isnt bad on her screen i just hate that both our screens look so different.

Does anyone know if Sony releases the white balance app in a future update if this will solve the problem?
[Xperia Z1 General] kannanX10:
white balance app is coming in the next update(.114 or higher FW) for sure.........as mentioned by a senior member in the other thread it will be released around 20th of this month........
[Xperia Z1 General] smithmyth:
Someone which used any mod, or version like honami or ihackers could say me if the display still bad or not?
[Xperia Z1 General] orfeas92:
Hello!I also own a z1 with a "good" bright display! My previews phone was the xperia p. I sold it to my house mate and after one month with the xperia z1, i use again my old p again. The screen has perfect colours and the view angles are fantastic!I can say that are perfect! The old p of course ,don' t have an ips pannel. So why this difference? The old xperia screens don' t suffer from this issue although they did not have ips...
[Xperia Z1 General] Zerousen:
Z1 doesn't have IPS either.
[Xperia Z1 General] Avantiel:
Does that mean the colours on my gf's Z1 that has a different lcd panel, can finally match mine?
[Xperia Z1 General] kannanX10:
Actually there r two types of issues... One is that some of us had a excellent display calibration on initial. 518fw but somehow Sony made it looked dull with the future updates and this can be solved with the white balance app for sure....another thing is that I have seen some devices which had horrible yellowish display which I really doubt that whether white balance app may be of any use
[Xperia Z1 General] orfeas92:
I know it, but why this differnce? The view agles of older sony - sonyericsson phones were fantastic without ips.. If somebody know about screens may answer this..
[Xperia Z1 General] gtizon:
Hi how would I know what display is on the device? Planning to get one and I'd like to check the unit if possible so I can avoid the lower class panel.
[Xperia Z1 General] BLEK0TA:
on Z1 in no way to check manufactor without root

withou root it works only on classic Z

so if u want to know your manufactor, u must have to do root
[Xperia Z1 General] OCedHrt:
I don't see anything wrong with the Z1 here? If anything, the Z pictures have more of a yellow hue.
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
Hi guys. I finally got my Z1 back to life after almost a month of being dead. Unfortunately it had a dead motherboard, needed a replacement. As you guys know this has a yellow hue issue when I purchase this. But today when they updated the aoftware of my phone, I noticed that they changed my, should I say firmware to a Nordic one as the default language ia set to English (Ireland) wherein when I purchased this last year it has the Chinese HK langiage or files. Then there are lots of Vodafone bloatwares. And what I've noticed is the yellow issue is gone. Android version is back to 4.2.2 but when I purchased this it already has the yellow hue. Do you think the issue has something to do with the region of the firmware?
[Xperia Z1 General] Zaim2012:
I'm thinking of buying a Z1 on ebay, is there any particular serial number I should avoid? or is it pot luck ?
[Xperia Z1 General] orfeas92:
My z1 is the same... I think all z1 have this "light" yellowish tone compared to z.. My opinion is that all we can do is to wait the white ballance app with the next upadate..