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[Xperia Z1 General] ruchirtrehan:
Typical fanboy comments, I have already been doing that on z1 and angles till that much are great and no one feels as display "washes out" I wont like any guy side of me or behind me reading my texts easily with an angle and I have no privacy.
[Xperia Z1 General] Clownzer:
I have a BH901G serial and after running the terminal script I also have a Sharp Panel
[Xperia Z1 General] TheCraig:
Some people just don't give a s**t about viewing angles, I don't give a s**t because if I want to show a friend a picture or something I use NFC. :laugh: :good:
[Xperia Z1 General] xrint:
My Sony Z1 BH90B**** version seems to have pure white colour, without any calibration. Renesa Sharp screen but viewing angles are good, I cant see any washed out colors, slight blueish tint I think
[Xperia Z1 General] maltloaf:
Sharp panel here, viewing angles seem good and I can't see a yellow tint.
[Xperia Z1 General] Daelyn:
Please guys, accompany your findings with the first five of your serial number. It could help us a bit deciding what to look for.
[Xperia Z1 General] MrPhilo:
I don't see how is comment was fanboy (usually people who call others fanboy are more of a fan boy him/herself), he was simply stating something true. Your paying for a premium device, so you expect the screen to better especially when they made the mistake with Xperia Z and you would have thought they'd fix that.

You can change the S4 screen to natural, or rgb configured in the screen option. People need to realize that all Samsung phone have different colour calibration screen which they offer in settings.
[Xperia Z1 General] ashirokung:
Bh907 yellow use -> renesas sharp
[Xperia Z1 General] Planet X:
BH901 use -> renesas sharp . The viewing angles could be better. But it's crisp.
[Xperia Z1 General] shem2409:
Mine is renesas sharp 1080p

Serial is BH902 it is in black from Poland

It suffers from yellow hue and I use +6 on blue in Screen Adjuster app
[Xperia Z1 General] marc_ecko28:
Renesa sharp... No problem at all... White is white...
[Xperia Z1 General] naga.nino:
BH903 version here, no yellow tint.
[Xperia Z1 General] Dpk1:
First, the screen on Z1 is nothing like the on XZ, people who say it's the same either haven't seen it or are just too ignorant. Second, all screen techs (amoled, ips etc.) have their strong and weak points. So, which one is a better screen really depends on what you want or require the screen for. Z1 for instance, is a camera centric device which necessitates it to have a

colour accurate

screen with

good sunlight legibility

above all other parameters, and the Z1 screen is bang on wrt to the two parameters. Blacks on this screen are the best blacks ever seen on any lcd (including ips), gsmarena review confirms it. Owing to it's true rgb pixels & high ppi the screen is one of the sharpest. There is no black clipping / crushing, no pink smearing. Only real downside to the Z1 display is the narrower viewing angles compared to amoled & ips.

AMOLED panels have best black levels (contrast), high colour saturation, best viewing angles but have poor sunlight legibility compared to ips and other lcds (including Z1). The newer amoleds (S4 & N3) also claim to have high colour accuracy in the movie mode which is good, but the screen tech is basically marred by the pentile matrix (no true rgb sub pixel arrangement as on the lcds) leading to relatively less sharper screen than the competition. Then there are issues like black clipping /crushing, pink smearing & screen "burn in" seen most commonly on the amoled displays.

IPS panels are considered to be the best out there by many reviewers online, but they have their flaws too. IPS screens usually have very good colour saturation, viewing angles, sunlight legibility and have true rgb pixels. But they usually are colour inaccurate & have narrower colour gamut than amoleds or Z1 (MVA display). I've seen that some even suffer from black clipping & crushing like amoleds.

Also, to illustrate some of my points here is a wallpaper (or you may use any one which has dark & bright areas) which you may test on all the said screens and judge for yourself. So, like I said earlier, to say which screen (tech) is the best or worst really depends on what you intend it for.

IMO, Z1 screen is much better than the others for my use, as unlike the popular belief, I believe that there is more to a screen than just retina piercing colour saturation or mind blowing viewing angles! So yeah, the Z1 screen is not "subpar" by any means, not to amoleds, neither to IPS (one or Z ultra).

P.S - All said above is my experience & observation regarding the different display panel types used on the current flagship

smartphones only

. Mine is renesas sharp, serial no. starting BH904.
[Xperia Z1 General] Shan89:
[MENTION=4656899]Dpk1[/MENTION]

According to phone arena top 2 screens are the screen in iPhone 5s retina and the screen in HTC one.

http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/S...ote-3-vs-iPhone-5s-and-other-flagships_id3449
[Xperia Z1 General] marc_ecko28:
Definitely agree with this one...

I replaced my S4 with LG G2, for me G2s display is the most brilliant screen Ive ever used.

After 10 days of using G2, I replaced it for Z1 due to lack of sd slot, viewing angles are good but not that great like on the S4, but watching HD movies and playing games are superb! Colors are more natural... Using my phone under the sun is not a problem now...
[Xperia Z1 General] MrPhilo:
Thats only true on certain display manu on the Xperia Z1. Not all Xperia Z1 have same screen, there is some good ones and 'crap' one. It's over the Z1 forum. Writing an essay isn't going to change nothing. Yes you might be lucky that you got Sharp version. I mean the Xperia Ultra for instance, it has better contrast, viewing angle on that video I remember on Xperiablog. So its a gamble really of what screen you get.
[Xperia Z1 General] Dpk1:
But it already has. Starting from your taking time to read it, and maybe understanding or even agreeing to some bits of it ;)! Anyway that's what it was intended for, not to change anything, really.
[Xperia Z1 General] skem:
Mine is a TFT display, I find it awkward that yours is an IPS display.
[Xperia Z1 General] natkaen:
don't check on antutu lol. most of it are wrong. i used antutu and it shows ips and then the next day it shows tft. mine is c6902 and it's suppose to use msm8274, but antutu shows msm8974.
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
And according to you what is the other display apart from Sharp on the z1? Also FYI the z1 and the Z ultra don't use the same type of screens

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[Xperia Z1 General] venom_hvx:
renesas sharp here too,

bought in a portuguese store
[Xperia Z1 General] marc_ecko28:
Mine also showing tft, but upon checking. it uses renesas sharp panel.

Renesas sharp panel is tft or ips?

Can someone give definite answer?
[Xperia Z1 General] sofir786:
When i tried this, my z1 just says Sharp, is there a difference between that and Renesas Sharp? btw i dont have any issues with my screen other than the view angles could be a little better but then again im not using my phone at an angle so not a biggie
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
Don't mind what antutu says, tft is not even a display type.

And to answer your question, as many have already said the Z1 uses MVA display.

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[Xperia Z1 General] MeLViN-oNe:
C6903 Black

BH900W

Renesas Sharp Panel

Phone is from Vodafone Germany

Screen is very good, colors are as they should, no yellowish or something else but viewing angels are..hmm..not so good
[Xperia Z1 General] babylonbwoy:
Mine is french C6903, Reneas Sharp too.

I have lots of screen issues with it, mostly black screen with only back light on.

I have to restart so many times, also when in call once the screen is turned off there is no way of turning on again except power button (but it end calls, I have no screen protector).

I'm going to the shop now to replace it with a new one, will post later if same panel.
[Xperia Z1 General] gtrab:
Do a full reset, I had this problem twice and made a factory reset. Gone.

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[Xperia Z1 General] sephstyler:
hey guys

mine is rooted, and installed the terminal

su is fine (gets superuser access), but when i put in dmesglgrep -i panel, i get:

sh: dmesglgrep: not found

help?
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
I get the same error and gave up since I'm pretty sure the screen is sharp anyways, just like everyone else here

Skickat från min C6903 med Tapatalk 4
[Xperia Z1 General] randomuseresato:
Reboot your device and try
[Xperia Z1 General] Daelyn:
dmesg (space) | (space) grep (space) -i (space) panel

The | symbol is called pipe.
[Xperia Z1 General] romiros:
I wrote dmesg|grep without space and it worked. You will reboot and try again.
[Xperia Z1 General] babylonbwoy:
I also have the yellow tint issue, I use dark background where I can so I didn't noticed it before. Will get my replacement unit tomorrow.

Yes a reboot help, first time I tried I had only two line of results in terminal emulator, but after reboot I had all the infos.

I really like the device, most robust feel compared to Z but all these screen issues are disapointing.
[Xperia Z1 General] crimsonm:
renesas sharp BH907.
[Xperia Z1 General] JadeHare08:
I have a Sharp panel. I'm also a Sharp fan so it's great (bought from T-Mobile NL).

I hope the TC knows he got many people to root from other brands modding scenes. =)
[Xperia Z1 General] jmenbalek:
Hi,

I have a sharp panel - BH904

z1 nude from fr .

The screen is good and the angle is not bad .
[Xperia Z1 General] keithkii:
I cant found my panel ID ???
[Xperia Z1 General] Daelyn:
Reboot and do that command directly after boot. "dmesg" grows quickly and once that buffer is full old content gets truncated.
[Xperia Z1 General] [Fenix]:
Panel Name = sharp renesas 1080p video

Any opinion on this my friends?

Best regards

Inviato dal mio C6903 con Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Z1 General] Patosbuddy:
I can't understand how people can say they are happy with their display.

Good enough for some people I understand, but no doubt the worst on the market.

Why can't people say it as it is?

Hold it side by side with another brand displaying the same website for example.

Please show me a picture when the Z1 is nearly as good as any other brand.

My unit is a joke compared with others.

Let's stay together and tell Sony that we want pay for poor performance.
[Xperia Z1 General] Rekoil:
Because even if it were the worst on the market as you insist (and I admit it isn't the best), the worst on the market turns out to be good enough for most of us. I am aware that if I were to ever hold my phone at an angle I wouldn't be able to see all the vibrant colours, but from head on it's actually really really good in my opinion, and doesn't feature completely unrealistic Samsung-colours.
[Xperia Z1 General] keithkii:
Thz for reply... i tried many times, after reboot directly enter command in terminal, but still no luck.... no result return...
[Xperia Z1 General] Juzman:
Details I get are:

mdss_panel_parse_panel_dt: Panel Name = default renesas 1080p video

mdss_panel_parse_panel_dt: Panel Name = Sharp renesas 1080p video

Viewing angles are fine, better than my Xperia Z. Don't notice a yellow tinge and angles @ 45 degrees still seem clear.
[Xperia Z1 General] GPKrzychuXxX:
Sharp

Xperia z1 Bh903

No yellow white screen.

All ok but i realy like my old. S3 screen
[Xperia Z1 General] X3M4:
Hi! On my first XZ1 S/N BH905 i have yellow hue on screen. JDC display. On my replaced new XZ1 BH90F there aren't yellow hue and it has JDC display. Really i don't know which display are the best, JDC or SHARP, but i must tell that JDC looks really good and it has a excellent quality...
[Xperia Z1 General] danw_oz:
Sharp panel

First part of serial bh901

Screen great, no yellow. I must say the shop demonstration model was yellowed compared to the retail
[Xperia Z1 General] Duvel999:
Sharp... as a Eagles Eye :D

S /N: BH907 :cool:
[Xperia Z1 General] mamenvn:
My result is:

u0_a177@android:/ $ su

root@android:/ # dmesg|grep -i panel

<6>[10512.275005] mdss_dsi_panel_on: ctrl=e41c0810 ndx=0

<6>[10543.280663] mdss_dsi_panel_off: ctrl=e41c0810 ndx=0

<6>[10558.726063] mdss_dsi_panel_on: ctrl=e41c0810 ndx=0

root@android:/ #

Why?
[Xperia Z1 General] cyrom:
My z has jdc panel. My z1 has sharp. It seems that jdc panel saturates colors and sharp has more natural look. It really depends on the eyes of the beholder on which has better display output.:P
[Xperia Z1 General] funky0308:
Same as mine...

I guess we are using "|" and maybe we should use different sign?!

Sent from my Z1
[Xperia Z1 General] Daelyn:
Because your dmesg is truncated by all other **** flooding in.

Do it directly after a reboot and you should get the information you're after. If it does not appear you've got a whole lotta **** happening with your phone after a fresh boot, unlike most of us.
[Xperia Z1 General] funky0308:
Oohh..right, I forgot to restart ;) I'll do it later, tnx mate for that :thumbup:

Sent from my Z1
[Xperia Z1 General] X3M4:
Reboot your z1 and try again. I did it and Works on mine.

Enviado desde mi Sony Xperia Z1 usando Tapatalk.
[Xperia Z1 General] paniczklos:
Could you please share the link to the image you used ? It looks too good ;p I think that mine Z1 would change redin to violet, and green into pistachio at this angle ;/

Mine is SHARP. serial BH90F*

and here are the pictures, colors at different angles + black at wide angle( turns to wihite ;/ )

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/o481tmqjo3z60xz/xOQT3Rhclp
[Xperia Z1 General] RHBH:
Here is my output from Xperia Z1 (C6943 - Brazilian version)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ujat7o2k1izempt/Screenshot_2013-12-01-14-37-19.png

Panel name = sharp renesas 1080p video

Is this good or bad?

My previous phone was a Xperia S, the Z1 display is way better, also I didn't notice any yellow tint, viewing angles are ok for me, I already saw some Samsungs, Iphones and HTC... But I don't think Z1 is behind them.
[Xperia Z1 General] think4less:
I used to have sharp screen Serial CB512* and i am not happy with the screen with the washed out angle view,

I got another Z1 BH906* with jdc screen, clearly jdc looks much much better than the sharp.
[Xperia Z1 General] schickel:
Panel name = sharp renesas 1080p video
[Xperia Z1 General] Morlock O:
restart your phone and try again
[Xperia Z1 General] Morlock O:
BH904* with jdc screen here
[Xperia Z1 General] josephnero:
Can you provide some pics plz
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
I haven't gotten a chance to see what type of screen I have as i havent rooted yet, but here are my viewing angles. They're pretty good IMO, and look better in real life than in the pictures.

http://imgur.com/C0Hom1U,WrACLeL,mlGE1vN
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
Ok, I got my hands on my friends VZW LG G2 and did a screen test, just pulled up some basic RGB/black/white colors on the screen at full brightness. Unfortunately I was not able to take any pictures at that moment, I will post them soon. Here's my take on it:

-The RGB colors on the Z1 are MUCH better. They're a lot more vivid, the LG G2's seemed extremely washed out, especially the red one.

-The blacks on the Z1 were actually better than the LG G2's.

-The white is the tricky part. The LG G2's was a lot more 'bluish' in comparison. However I don't know if that is because the Z1 is more yellowish, or the G2 is more bluish. I don't know which one should be correct! The Z1 was a lot more warmer on the whites than the G2, which was a lot cooler in tone.

Overall I was very impressed with the Z1's individual color strengths. The screen was also slightly brighter than the G2's.

HOWEVER

When I loaded the default sony Roses picture on the G2 to compare both panels side by side, the G2 had a lot more detail in some parts. Some parts of the Z1 washed out the details. With X-reality pro off this was still the case. I was a bit dissapointed actually, because in the individual color screen test the Z1 looked better and had more contrast. Why is it messing up when displaying a picture? It's not bad by any means, I wouldn't have even notice it if the G2 wasn't next to it, but it's still there. I really hope it's a software optimization problem.
[Xperia Z1 General] GavTheStoner:
After 2 z1s with yellow screen i finally got one without. JDC panel. Serial starts CB512.

Its got decent viewing angles, great colour and is much brighter than the sharp panel i had before in the previous phones.
[Xperia Z1 General] eseregin:
mdss_panel_parse_panel_dt: Panel Name = default renesas 1080p video

Mmmm... Strange name of panel - default...

S/n BH90D

P's

Silly me :)

Found correct line, I have sharp :)

Looks good IMHO, I came from Samsung Note 2, and this screen looks better for me...
[Xperia Z1 General] BLiapis:
I havent checked which panel im using since i have no gripe at all with the screen at normal use. What pisses me off though, is the fact that the screens are still crap against direct sunlight..
[Xperia Z1 General] jader13254:
This explains why so many people never even thought about getting the Z1.

The website of sony claims everything on the device to be perfect, but sony tries to save money by using bad screens.

Bad idea.

Anyway, will order mine, and check screen. If its not jdc, I'll send it back as i can't accept this for almost 450€.

Sadly I like the other phones less, Z1 would be my favourite, if only if only the screen would be as good as sony says.

G2 has no sd-slot and the software looks childish.

HTC One's design doesn't look to good for me, the camera is a joke (4MP just too low), and the software is also not my first joice.

Sony pls, y u do dis.
[Xperia Z1 General] skittishwind:
Any way to know S/N i threw away the box
[Xperia Z1 General] jader13254:
Ok I was in store and compared the version there to Note 3.

Honestly, the notes display is more brilliant, contrast, and angles viewing are better, but z1's is certainly brighter, and shows more Details, i think it was a jdc display, and honestly i really like it :)

Base in Germany store fyi

Ps:

Look at this review

He says the screen is awesome

Ask him to root and check if jdc screen? :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fESd5MHJ6vs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Xperia Z1 General] jader13254:
Can you go to a store and compare with other Z1's and maybe take a picture?
[Xperia Z1 General] GPKrzychuXxX:
JDC

BH90KM

Very good screenn
[Xperia Z1 General] shteren:
sharp screen here aswell.

screen seemed fine for me on .257, now updated to .290 and the screen looks more yellow than it was before, i'm using the white balance port and it defenetly improves things...

funny i ever noticed much difference on .257...

defenetly smells like some software bug to me. either way the screen looks good imho, easy to read in the sun and descent angles, defenetly better than xz.
[Xperia Z1 General] thlorin:
sharp . .

also a sharp panel Telstra branded c6903, just when I thought I could trust sony again they burn me
[Xperia Z1 General] orfeas92:
My phone isn' t rooted,so i try this method: ( http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39466772&postcount=5 ).I find a text file named "ksmg" which is empty but not the "last_ksmg".Of course i rebooted twice before the shearch but nothing..anyone who can help???
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
How did you get the white balance settings? Is your phone rooted?
[Xperia Z1 General] shteren:
Absolutly, I see no reason not to root any phone...

Btw here is a picture of my screen qith white balance, looking gorgeous
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
That's great, I didn't know root was possible on 4.3
[Xperia Z1 General] shteren:
Semi root is possible with locked bl using romaur or Nut's rom, and full root is possible for ulbl using doomkernel v4
[Xperia Z1 General] Zerousen:
sharp renesas 1080p video. BH901. Looks fine to me, greys look grey, whites look white.
[Xperia Z1 General] olokos:
<6>[ 1.015062] mdss_panel_parse_dt: Panel Name = sharp renesas 1080p video

Wysłane z mojego C6903 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Xperia Z1 General] BLEK0TA:
mine is SHARP renesas and quality si POOOOR, absolutly terify viewing angles, and washing colors (maybe sharp want made B/W display or i dont know why are colors so poor without colors, maybe for sharp works steve wonder like display tester..)

any china display manufactor is better like this 5HIT

only one advantage of sharp is perfectly readable on full sunshine, this feature is on my Z1 better than on HTC ONE or IPHONE 5S (yes i tried), but only on sunshine, or under heavy light, in every another situation is display worst like my (__.__)

but for SONY is SHAME to put poor display from SHARP to their flagship for 2013,

my next phone will not be from SONY (i dont like russian rullete with sony displays)
[Xperia Z1 General] Riemen:
There are so many wrong informations floating around... With NUT's stock ROMs you will also get full root on locked bootloader. No need to unlock if you don't plan to use a custom ROM/Kernel.

Just go to the development sections and look into the rom threads. In most cases you will get all the informations you need in the op.
[Xperia Z1 General] shteren:
Jesus man! This post is old! Check the date! When I wrote that there was only semi root available...
[Xperia Z1 General] Riemen:
Sorry, haven' t noticed the date. I just saw that it was the fouth latest post in this thread which was on top today, I didn't think it could be so old.
[Xperia Z1 General] Elfeno:
I have a sharp too... How can i send it back to Sony to have a New one with jdc display ?. I've bought it online with pixmania in France (i'm french so i'ts easy =) )

Sent from my Z1 !
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
As far as I know 99% of the people here have sharp displays.

So I don't think you can easily find one with JDC, I don't even know if there are Z1s with that display, because I have seen tons of Z1s on the stores and their screens look exactly the same

Sent from my Xperia Z1
[Xperia Z1 General] Jimvest:
I have sharp and my serial is Cb512, No yellow hue and viewing angles are ok. I think its pretty good display coming from xperia S

Lähetetty minun C6903 laitteesta
[Xperia Z1 General] BLEK0TA:
mine is SHARP renesas (CB512)and quality si POOOOR, absolutly terify viewing angles, and washing colors (maybe sharp want made B/W display or i dont know why are colors so poor without colors, maybe for sharp works steve wonder like display tester..)

any china display manufactor is better like this 5HIT

only one advantage of sharp is perfectly readable on full sunshine, this feature is on my Z1 better than on HTC ONE or IPHONE 5S (yes i tried), but only on sunshine, or under heavy light, in every another situation is display worst like my (__.__)

but for SONY is SHAME to put poor display from SHARP to their flagship for 2013,

my next phone will not be from SONY (i dont like russian rullete with sony displays)
[Xperia Z1 General] Elfeno:
The only thing I regret from my Xperia Ion is contrast. Colors looks beautiful and very colored. On Z1 they are a little washed. Some says that you canot reproduce the same contrast on a bigger screen but i've a friend who have a Nexus 5 (with a 5' screen) and it have perfect contrast.(Nexus 5 cost 400€ less than Z1...). I Don't understand why Sony did this choice on their flagship.

Sent from my Z1 !
[Xperia Z1 General] infatality:
Don't see any information.. What display did I have?
[Xperia Z1 General] pranii23:
U need to reboot and then try it. You will get it then
[Xperia Z1 General] bronxdude:
so how do we use it?
[Xperia Z1 General] BLEK0TA:
Omg u r all lamas?
[Xperia Z1 General] qlimax1991:
Hi guys i'm new on xda, i've read about display in xperia z1 and i decided to take a look at display vendor, mine is JDC renesas is this worst or bettter than sharp, i'm pretty sure that my display is leftoverf form xperia z, will rmaing the device make any difference?

best regards

qlimax1991
[Xperia Z1 General] nxkr:
I attached screenshot can you help out is it good or bad
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
The Xperia Z1 uses triluminos technology, the Xperia Z doesn't, so I wouldn't be sure they used left over displays, it was never confirmed, just a rumor.

Also if you check the Z forums you will see that the jdc displays were slightly better than the sharp ones.

Sent from my Xperia Z1