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[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Johann_London:
Hi Guys

Yesterday I took my phone out of my pocket and immediately realised it had 4 or 5 thin cracks emanating from the left, roughly where the charging flap is.

This is a MASSIVE headache. The phone was perfectly fine one moment as I recorded a video with it... I then put it in my pocket and when I removed it 30 mins later it had broken. I did not drop, bang, bash, knock nothing it. I paid cash for my phone so I have guarded it with my life. I never had anything else in the pocket with it and it was loose fitting shorts.

Now normally this would not be the end of the world, but I am on holiday in South Africa. I live in the UK so warranty repairs I assume would have to happen there. I have Amex insurance on it, usually they are very good, but if they send me a new phone I would likely be liable for a huge chunk, as in 40% of the value, import duty.

If they make a cash value payment to me I can buy the phone here, but then if it breaks in the UK the service centre there won't touch it.

I honestly feel really angry about this. I sold my iphone 5 in September and bought this phone, knowing full well that perhaps the biggest price I would pay would be the drop in after sales care. I would have been able to live with the crack until I get back to the UK, but like I said my phone is totally unusable.

Oh yes and I am only going back in May!! That is 5 more months so I can't be without a phone for half a year...

Has this happened to anybody? My circumstances are pretty unique, but can anybody offer any advice at all? surely people's phones break while on holiday, Sony can't just turn their back on me?

Thanks,

Johann
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eclyptos:
I think it's a unique case but just to be sure can you post some pictures?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Johann_London:
Ok my only camera is my phone, but I will borrow my mum's phone tomorrow and take some pictures in the light. I have heard about spontaneous cracks with the Z ultra but not really Z1... I would be keen to know if anybody else discovered cracks...
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Johann_London:
Hi I didn't end up taking a photo but thought I would post an update.

I called Sony Mobile South Africa and they will NOT do a warranty repair here as the phone was bought in the UK (Why did I leave Apple??) however if I want to I can have them fix the screen for me for R4000 which is £236!! Plus the phone would have to be couriered to Johannesburg about 1600km away from Cape Town...and couriered back at my expense....

I then contacted Sony Mobile UK and a warranty repair can only happen if I courier the phone to the UK and pay for the courier back to SA. One of the major risks in this would be potentially being slammed with an import duty on the phone of 40% which would be about £240... even though I do not live here and will be taking the phone with me back to the UK in May...

In the end I had to courier it to London at £40 today my partner will now collect the phone and send it to my insurance company who will then either fix it or replace it.... my partner will then send the phone back to me at approximately £70.

Why am I telling you all this? Basically, don't let your phone break when you are on holiday... especially if you are on a long holiday like me, 5 months...

Sony's aftersales care is PATHETIC compared to Apple... I keep on asking myself, why did I do this? I knew it at the time and it was perhaps the single biggest thing putting me off leaving Apple... little did I know my phone would break just 3 months after getting it...and that a cracked screen in Xperialand means UNUSABLE screen... unlike my apple phone that had cracks in the screen for many moons before I bothered to fix it.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeepDay:
It's not exactly a unique case. See here:

http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperi...a-self-cracking-screen-like-the-Z/td-p/401577
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CreeVal:
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I have this issue as well, sent mine in today.. Not a single case, same issue as the Z...
[Thunderbolt General] Scray XXI:
I got a new Bolt a few weeks ago and threw the full DeOdex Sense ICS ROM on there by Santod. It was working perfectly fine until a few days ago, when it got stuck on 1X, or EvDo.

Before you respond, please READ WHAT I HAVE ALREADY DONE to try and fix this:

Powered the phone down

Battery pull

SIM card pull

Power cycle

Moved to another cell tower

Visited family over 500 miles away (yes, it was on 1X the entire trip)

Reinstalled the radios in Bootloader

Reinstalled the kernel

I even tried the, "##778#" fix and it does NOTHING

I can't think of anything else.

Much help, many appreciate. Wow forums.
[Thunderbolt General] disconnecktie:
Try getting a new sim.
[Thunderbolt General] Scray XXI:
I'll try that, can't hurt.

I also have started to get SMS errors. I will be texting someone then at a random message it will repeatedly tell me that the message couldn't be sent even though I have 1X and multiple bars. After a while, it lets me send the message.
[Thunderbolt General] disconnecktie:
Probably because you're on 1x.
[Thunderbolt General] icemike557:
Check the connectors on the battery cover. If not in good contact it will leave you permanently stuck in 1x.
[Thunderbolt General] disconnecktie:
I was going to suggest that but he said he removed the battery. He could have corrosion on the contacts.
[Thunderbolt General] quickdraw86:
This happened to me recently too. My texts, especially MMS, couldn't be sent and I got error messages about getting them too, all while I couldn't get consistent data. I agree. Get a new SIM.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] sparkling.spica:
hi all, i'm newcomer to android world and this forum.

now i'm using AICP ROM on JB4.3, and i wanna try AOKP ROM on my device, N7 2013 4G (deb).

but i can't find any official release of AOKP for deb.

the AOKP team does(and will) not support deb device? or simply the project is runnning?

thanks in advance.

sparkling.spica
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marko-:
Something strange is happening last 3 weeks. Every time i turn off, than on my phone, touch is not working, all buttons are forking(including digitizer). When that happens, I need to turn it on and off again, and then it works O.o

What that could be ? I tried flashing another roms, but problem is there again. I switch batteries a lot, and that is very annoying.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f-r:
If you've experienced this on different roms, than it a hardware problem. I can only guess here but it could be a loose display connector or the display/digitizer showing it's age.

As far as I see - have three options here - get the phone repaired / get used to this glitch or get a new device.
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[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brildenlanch:
When I take a photo with the case closed it shows up in a different folder in the gallery under "CoverCamera" and is in 4:3. It's still taken with the back camera. I'm assuming it sizes the picture to match what you see through the window on the case, but I want full size pics. If I flip the case open and take the picture that way, would looking through a layer of plastic effect the pic qaulity? It seems to throw off the colors ever so slightly. Is there any way to force the "Cover Camera" to take fullsize pics?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lameplx:
I would like to be able to do this too, but havent found anything
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brildenlanch:
It's bugging me so much I'm about to just order a Ballistic case and sell this flip cover on eBay. Lol, sad. I really like it too.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] C2Q:
Hey guys.

Today I noticed I have these 4 really tiny bubbles under my screen on the bottom. I thought it was the screen protector, but I took it off and they are still there! They look like 4 miniscule dots. I can't really take a pic with my crappy phone camera but I'll try with a good camera.

Should I file a warranty claim with samsung? I think my retailer return period is up. It has been over a month since I bought it.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Systers1:
I also have a line of bubbles at the edge of my screen that spans from the menu button to the back button. I'll be contacting Samsung after the holidays to request a replacement.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] C2Q:
Oh wow. That's exactly where mine is, but not as far reaching. Right above the back button to middle of the home button. I'm gonna try returning it tomorrow to the retailer, otherwise RMA with Samsung.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Mayonesa:
I exchanged mine twice where i got it because of this. The one i have now is good and j hope it stays that way.

I think they are dead pixels
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] C2Q:
Hm, pretty sure these aren't dead pixels on mine though because I can see it clearly when the screen is off. When the screen is on, there is a little bit of distortion where they are. Pretty sure its small air bubbles or dust under the screen. Don't even know how that happened.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] lecorbusier:
The bubbles nay be encapsuled in the glass of the touchscreen or lcd, or the note has a gapless screen, touchscreen glued on the tft, with bubbles in the glue. Definitely a warranty case.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] {Diemex}:
I noticed the same bubbles. It doesnt bother me and I need my tablet for studying so I cant wait for a replacement. I might return it of we get a knpx 0x0 root once the holidays start.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] WeedyEyes:
Found the same near Back button. Warranty bit 1 =(
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] lecorbusier:
Could also be reflections of the backlight leds, visible probably on any Note under certain circumstances(viewing angle etc.) Check whether they are still there when the Note is off.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] C2Q:
Yep, they were there when the screen is off. Oh well, returned it now and just gotta buy another one from somewhere.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Solyomszem:
Hi Guys,

Anybody with tripped KNOX got any replacements or refunds? As it is a hardware problem, KNOX shouldn't be a problem. Hopefully Sammy has the same point of view...

Balázs
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] sam2c:
Samsung cannot deny you warranty on a problem like this if you tripped the KNOX fuse. Refund from a retailer? Depends if they check, which I doubt
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Zerreth:
I went on a trip last week and they started showing up for me as well spanning from above the home button to beyond the back button. I was gonna sent it back as soon as I got back in Belgium, but now that I see this thread it has got me worried. I don't want to be replacing the tablet every half year if this is a recurring/common problem. Might just sell it when I get the replacement.

Samsung is just giving me more and more reasons to stay away from their products...

Honestly I'm very dissapointed with this tablet so far. Don't get me wrong, for those who want to use it as is you're probably very happy with it, but I personally customise the **** out of my devices and experiment a lot. My S1, Note1, Oppo Find5 have seen a ****load of roms and were fun to play with. I've always liked samsung because they usually have the best spects out there. But lately they have become expensive and hostile towards the community.

I've been talking to the wacom guys last week, and been asking them about their tech in the samsung note line. The reason you don't have configurable settings for your pen and stuff like that (offset, sensitivity, etc) is because samsung won't allow them to have a custom app in there. The stuff get licenced out and from there on samsung has full control.

At this point I'm actually considering just getting a 1+ One and a Microsoft Surface Pro 3, maybe have some Android dual boot action going on...

/RANT
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] bundz:
Is there any way to remove this bubble under the glass myself?

I may have problem with warraty, also don't want to send the tablet back :/
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Solyomszem:
Hi Guys,

I do not know the technical details behind these bubbly issues but - beeing an engineer, I am a lasy dude - after some days my bubbles have just disappeared. :)

Cheers

Sent with Tapatalk from SM-P600
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Gunmusic:
This sucks

I have now sent my tablet in twice for this issue. Repair is normally fast but it sucks being without my tablet. I'm hoping they will actually replace it this time around.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] otyg:
Same problem with my tab pro 8.4, it started off as one but keeps spreading (it is much worse now then in this picture I took a week ago), I also thought it was screen protector but I removed it and they are still present, I handled this tablet with extreme care so this is bs, will try to return it, I really don't want to RMA it..

I bought mine off amazon in July 2014 so its been about 3 months, It has always been used with the Official Samsung Book case, and the military shield screen protector from armorsuit.

This tablet never had any issues at all so I am furious a great tablet is going to waste over a defect like this (what did they use cheap glue?), and once samsung repair service mucks with it I doubt it will ever be right again....in my opinion all these tablet lines should be recalled as these cases all seem related bubbles start above the home button, clearly a trend here.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] AkiraBBQ:
My P605 has this issue as well since three months ago. Annoying.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] otyg:
What color was every ones tab that this happened to, I can't help but notice all the black ones are no longer being sold by amazon or newegg ..etc, I asked samsung if they were already discontinued but they said its still a new tablet, But I don't get why they are out of stock everywhere?

maybe the black bezel ones have some glue defect or lcd defect
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] lecorbusier:
Could you tell whether these are bubbles of air in a fluid film, or lil' drops of liquid surrounded by air?

Under the colored rim of the screen there should be some foam tape, and I wonder whether the gap between touchscreen and tft is filled with something to improve contrast and clarity and to keep out moistness(will produce rainbow effects in narrow gaps, or both are directly glued together over the whole space.

Either way, the bubbles should come from pressure on the touchscreen while hitting the hardware buttons. Will squeeze out glue from the foam tape, or whatever they use, or pump air from the out- to the inside.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] otyg:
Well I'm not completely sure, if I pressed on the lcd or tap the screen the bubbles didn't move so if it is a liquid it must be thick or glue like , they seem to slowly spread over time though,

On a side note I did a test , I removed the "Samsung Book Cover Case" and completely shut the tablet down and put it inside it's original box (I was getting ready to send it back to Samsung for RMA, after tech support said they don't use refurbished parts to repair it)

Anyways I left it inside the box for about one day then when I took it out I noticed the bubbles have disappeared besides for two tiny pinhole specs, so I'm not sure what to think, maybe it was the Official Book Cover case putting pressure on the tablet in certain points causing air to get in or cause the screen to slowly pull apart, or maybe heat inside the box evaporated whatever was inside, or melted the glue, or the bubbles floated to the back since the screen was face down.....

If anyone else has this issue can you try to remove it from the case and/or put it inside its box for a day to see if they go away..

I still don't know if they will come back but i'll keep a lookout.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] otyg:
Just a follow up for anyone else with this issue

The tablet has been fine for several months and no air bubbles, I have been using a 'MiniSuit' brand rubber hardcase and it has raised edge that goes over the screen to hold it in place,. but today I wanted to switch it up so I switched it back to the "Official Samsung Book Cover Case" and again overnight the air pockets / bubbles started to come back.

So I think the way these cases hold the tablet it with the 'edge clips', maybe somehow it is applying pressure on the screen causing it to lift up, where when using other cases like the Minisuit HardCase or no case at all, put downward pressure on the screen eliminating that issue..

So yeah I would avoid the kind of case that clip the tablet in, including the official case from Samsung.

I have the Tab Pro 8.4, and I noticed Samsung makes this same case design for the 10.1 and possibly other tablets except the S series which seem to be redesigned, and there are still numerous other cases out there that use this same side clipping method.

Samsung Book Cover case.

[IMG="Samsung book cover case"]http://i.imgur.com/VubTdi0.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="book cover case"]http://i.imgur.com/NqF0Jor.jpg[/IMG]

Edit: Again removed it out of this case and they are slowly disappearing again(thankfully), I will not be using the case again after this.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] gurkanindibay:
Smart case problem

I had 10.1. 2014 edition. I ama also using smart case. I removed the tablet from the case and bubbles disappeared after 5 minutes

so your finding is true

QUOTE=otyg;56835232]Just a follow up for anyone else with this issue

The tablet has been fine for several months and no air bubbles, I have been using a 'MiniSuit' brand rubber hardcase and it has raised edge that goes over the screen to hold it in place,. but today I wanted to switch it up so I switched it back to the "Official Samsung Book Cover Case" and again overnight the air pockets / bubbles started to come back.

So I think the way these cases hold the tablet it with the 'edge clips', maybe somehow it is applying pressure on the screen causing it to lift up, where when using other cases like the Minisuit HardCase or no case at all, put downward pressure on the screen eliminating that issue..

So yeah I would avoid the kind of case that clip the tablet in, including the official case from Samsung.

I have the Tab Pro 8.4, and I noticed Samsung makes this same case design for the 10.1 and possibly other tablets except the S series which seem to be redesigned, and there are still numerous other cases out there that use this same side clipping method.

Samsung Book Cover case.

Edit: Again removed it out of this case and they are slowly disappearing again(thankfully), I will not be using the case again after this.[/QUOTE]
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] lecorbusier:
Now its confirmed that this **** comes from pressure. And can even be reverted.

I'm still wondering whether these bubbles are glue or air. In the latter case there would be some fluid between the gapless display and touchscreen, to enhance contrast and to avoid rainbow-like phenomenons caused by humidity in the still present microscopic gaps. Or even fungus.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] otyg:
I think its glue from the digitizer lifting off the glass, since when the bubbles come back they often come back in the same place (if it was liquid I would assume it would be random) so I think its glue or adhesive lifting up
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] lecorbusier:
Around the rim must be sort of dual sided tape with a layer of foam. That foam acts as a pump under pressure. Do the bubbles ever leave the rim and wander inwards, thar would make it extra annoying.

I have recently moved my Note to a different case, which applies pressure all around the screen. Formerly I had a universal case with rubber bands which were too weak to hold the tablet in if the case would drop while open. If the bubbles are glue, and nothing us between the layers of glass, and there aint no foam, this must mean that the glue in the rim is hydrostatic and gets more liquid with time. But some people had the bubble experience after a short time.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Sicron:
I just recently also got bubbles under the screen of my Tab Pro 8.4. Did you manage to remove the bubbles in a way?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] schrej:
I'm pretty sure, that my bubbles at the rim are glue and no air. They do not diappear.

I'm afraid, that it is the result of leaving the tablet on a table on a hot summer afternoon without any shadow.

Gesendet von meinem SM-P605 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] lecorbusier:
I think it's caused by hitting the capacitive buttons with a certain force. Or the case applies local pressure when closed.

The positive thing is, that i ain't got any bubbles.

Once they are there, the question is whether they stay at the rim or wander around. Which would be totally inacceptable.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] vpxf:
While there are plenty of guides describing how to root and flash recovery + a custom rom none of them seem to state how to without htcdev since we're now locked out of it. I would prefer root but mostly just want a rom other than stock. Did some searching and couldn't find anything I could be sure was current. Any help would mean a lot, thank you.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] jpradley:
You can't install another ROM until you do have root access. Search in the various Verizon HTC One Subforums for "rumrunner".
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] vpxf:
Oh, I saw that but I thought that was for something else. So that is the safest method for root these days? Weird needing root to flash a ROM when usually you just need a recovery..
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] dottat:
Rumrunner if you are on the pre-4.3 software. Otherwise you will have to wait for rumrunner to be updated. Rumrunner does both s-off and root in one shot.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] xenakis:
It's not about root. To flash custom roms you need an unlocked boot loader. Since HTCDev is not an option for the Verizon HTC One, you need to use Rumrunner. Rumrunner gives you S-off and unlocks your bootloader. Once your bootloader is unlocked, you can flash a custom recovery and you are set to start flashing custom roms, rooted or not rooted.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] projektorboy:
Not quite. Rumrunner just does the S-OFF & Root portion. I remember quite distinctly thinking Rumrunner would do everything, but after Rumrunner I still couldn't fastboot flash a custom recovery.

I had to change my CID to the SuperCID, then grab an unlock token from HTCDev so I could unlock the bootloader before I could use fastboot to push in a custom recovery. Pretty tedious, but not difficult and now I'm fully unlocked everywhere.

The important thing to remember is that we sort of operate backwards from most HTC devices. Most people just get to do an HTCDev unlock and then an S-OFF exploit afterwards is optional. S-OFF lifts the restriction on super-important places like the radio on bootloader. A bootloader unlock will let you mess with /system, recovery, and sometimes the kernel.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] xenakis:
I used rumrunner and did not have to use HTCDev unlock token or change CID in order to unlock bootloader to fastboot flash custom recovery. Rumrunner unlocks the bootloader for you, so no need for HTCDev. Did your rumrunner process complete successfully without any hitches?