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[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Daniele728:
Tested to put the phone with back replaced under water sink and everything went well!! As soon as i try it in a pool i report the result.

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[Xperia Z1 Compact General] infinitylook:
Great

Now i'm thinking of ordering from Witrigs. Does it already come with the adhesive or it's a separate order? By the way, did you have a hard time removing the back cover?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Daniele728:
Already come with adhesive...no it is really simple maybe 2 minute

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[Xperia Z1 Compact General] infinitylook:
Did you use heat gun? how about putting it back, did you just peel off adhesive then put it back or did you apply some sort of glue for added protection?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Daniele728:
Hair dry and no , no other glue just peeled off adhesive

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[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Lasantha:
Anyone replace plastic back again for warrenty?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] cheetah2k:
Wait? What? You guys fixing an issue with the phone that Sony fked up? Sony should be paying for this fix..... We should take a petition to Sony and demand a recall - or an immeidate repair.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] infinitylook:
yeah i agree they should issue recall. at least replace the back with glass. they really ****ed up by putting a scratch magnet plastic back. i bought the z1 compact because of the tempered glass because i hate screen protectors. Now, they messed with the back plus baked the logo on the ASF! now i have to order both ASF and back cover.

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I am planning to replace my back. I got a white Z1c. What color combo is great? is yellow back with white looks good? I think the red back and white is nice to look at. Not really a fan of black and white.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Bossk128:
Another new convert here, I replaced my back panel last night so far no problems.

I also don't give two figs about flash bleed, I didn't notice it in the first place. I use a camera to take pics.

I replaced mine to get a scratch resistant back panel.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Darkimmortal:
Witrigs sell plastic backs too if you can't find a replacement adhesive separately

I've yet to do mine so I don't know if the adhesive remains sticky enough for a second use
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Bossk128:
I'd say no: it is sticky but it's no longer smooth and even. I wouldn't trust it.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Rekoil:
Does NFC work reliably after replacing the back? I'd assume it would, just checking if any of you have had issues with it.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] jufofu:
Damn, I suspect I'll have to do it too, my back panel has got some serious scratches after two weeks of usage. Plastic phones suck. I hate Sony for being so greedy.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] bigdfmartin:
The ASF on the glass back scratches pretty easily, too. I'm not sorry I got it, though.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Kuminauha:
NFC working fine. I also noticed that the glass back cover has an ASF and in scratches pretty easily.... I think I'm gonna remove it and place a tempered glass protector in there.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] grenness:
Just do it ®

In this post you will find some pictures of the job I did on my Compact an hour ago - took me less than 15 minutes:

http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?showtopic=1561284&page=31#entry21631003
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Darkimmortal:
Just successfully replaced my back cover. Used a hairdryer to soften the glue while working a credit card in through the gap at the top, then all around the edges. Took about 10 minutes. Very pleased with the result - looks and feels much better.

One thing that I don't think has been mentioned: be very careful not to get dust on the camera lens, as the external glass on the camera is actually part of the back cover.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] ggmm206:
well..i use a piece of tape cover the lens while changing the back...thanks for mention that
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TD0711:
got my back replaced with the glass one, gotta say it felt slightly heavier but expected since it is glass. It felt a little nicer since it is glass and not plastic. Haven't tried to dip it in the water yet, a bit scare to do so but so far so good. The flash bleed is gone when i took the picture at night or dark environment. However it suffer the same problem as the z1 when pointed the camera toward the dark sky, there is a purple hue when the flash on while took the picture, but that is ok as who would take a dark sky picture with nothing there. overall very happy that the little mod can fix the flash bleed that sony tried to deny its existence.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] LotoTutu:
I got the back cover from witrigs. It comes with adhesive. My phone is still waterproof after replacing.

Look nice.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Roland0180:
How about durability? I'm thinking about changing the back but I don't want the new one to fall off after a week or so.

And how scratch resistant is it actually?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] BZyno:
Would be cool if we could replace the back cover with the matte plastic from the xperia A2 that was announced today.

Sadly it measures slightly higher and wider than the Z1c (128 x 65mm vs 127 x 64.9mm), so probably not :(

Id take the matte plastic above the glass for less scratches and durabillity
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Option58:
[MENTION=5420933]BZyno[/MENTION] 0.1mm wider is hardly a difference (probably isn't because of different different people measuring) but that 1mm is maybe.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] BZyno:
Probably, but after further inspection of the A2 there seem to have more differences from z1c. The top of the back of the A2 seems to have a small (microphone?) hole, where as the z1c has a small bar opening. It probably wont fit.

Maybe if its possible to buy the A2 back for cheap so that I can do some modifying to it or something.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Option58:
First, both Z1 Compact and Z1f covers are better than non-professional modifying of this matte (assuming that it's possible). That's not an option.

So far two problems:

A. Dimensions maybe are good, if they're not all this story goes to waste. We don't know if it will fit at all. Maybe it will fit but not properly...

B: Assuming dimensions are good and it fits you can cover the mic bar and leave it with a hole I guess. But that would cause mic not to exist or to record little low volume...

I think it's a hell of a trade off. You trade 1. more premium feel and look 2. microphone 3. it probably won't fit properly if fits 4. almost certainly lose waterproof for 1. fingerprints not to gather. But for some people who hate fingerprints...

Sounds like an bad thing to do to me. But we can only know if we try...
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] BZyno:
True, its kinda tricky. My current back is full of small scratches and dots at the moment (even though I had a case around it the whole time), so there's not much left of the premium look now anyways. Will probably replace it with the glass back eventually.

Too bad, the matte grey black looks pretty good imo
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Option58:
Yeah, z1f cover is the solution for scratches...
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zhengw:
From my experiences, it fits well. For the waterproof, sony apparently uses the "double tapes" to isolate water from getting into the components. As long as the back is original from sony. I mean the materials are the same. I don't see a problem. It's not like dive watches: the moment you open it, you know you lost the water proof.

But it's just my personal experience, I didn't do any tests. I didn't and won't use my phone while taking a shower. Why bother?

The only difference is that the glass back looks thinner than the plastic one. So the cover on the camera lens looks like "popping up". Anyone else has this problem?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Option58:
We can discuss that all day, but somebody must try to fit the back cover for us to find out...
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] NeXsGen:
just wanted to report that I replaced my back too. I ordered it from witrigs, the shipping took 14 days mostly due to customs (I live in Germany).

Turned the phone off, heated the back with a blow dryer for ~2 minutes, wedged in an old sim card (didn't have a guitar pick thingie at hand) in the bar shaped hole at the top of the back, and proceeded to clear the adhesive around the edges.Word of advice, don't stick the item you are using to separate the back too far in, I accidentally nicked the battery on one corner and it got a bit deformed. There was no residue adhesive left on he edges. I left it to cool down for 10 minutes and then cleaned the lens a bit, just in case. Then I stripped the plastic covering the adhesive and the camera hole and pressed the cover to the back side. It fits perfectly, there is no wiggle room. Then I used the blow dryer again to heat up the back side, so the adhesive gets warm and sticks better. Obviously I waited again for it to cooldown before I turned it back on.

All in all it took 5 minutes, excluding the cooldown periods.

Tonight I might make a couple of pictures to see if the camera was fixed; not that it bothered me before.

If anyone else is contemplating about doing it, and feels hesitant..no worries, I had my concerns too but it couldn't be easier, and I don't see how you could screw up..lest you use a flamethrower instead of a blow dryer.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Darkimmortal:
Looks like my phone is definitely NOT waterproof now - quick splash under the tap to clean it and now I've got condensation behind the camera glass
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zhengw:
Could you give more details?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Darkimmortal:
Not much else to say, the camera was completely useless with the thick condensation

I put the phone on top of a radiator for 30 mins (keeping a close eye on battery temp , never went over 45) and the condensation is gone, but that's the last time I'll be putting my phone near a tap!
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] hanza:
Sorry to read about your problem there but something must have gone wrong with your replacement. My phone was fully submerged in cold beer and on another occasion in a glass of water and no issues like that whatsoever.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Darkimmortal:
Did you heat the back again after installing the new cover? I'm beginning to think that's where I went wrong
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] hanza:
I actually didn't heat it at all. Not before and not after. I don't recommend it but I went completely lazy on that one with the penalty of a super tiny mark on the bezel. I just took a sharp metal thingy (half broken tweezers) and ripped it out. However, when applying the new one I did make sure to properly press on the parts with glue.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Bossk128:
When sticking down my glass back, I super smoothed all around the edges, then left the phone under a pile of books for twenty minutes!

I haven't tested the waterproofing , but then I didn't fancy doing it before I modded either.

On a related note the glass back does get scratched, I reckon t isn't tempered.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] rick23ro:
I know that the glass back has also the ASF, so I guess the film gets scratched, not the actual glass.

Has anyone removed the ASF to see how resistant is the glass?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Darkimmortal:
I've removed the ASF - the glass underneath is ridiculously scratch resistant, not a single scratch. It's definitely dragontrail

On the other hand , the ASF scratches about as easily as the plastic back
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] rick23ro:
That's very good.

The xperia logo is on the glass or on the film like the front side?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] hanza:
On the glass, stayed when removed ASF.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] infinitylook:
Im really tempted to replace my z1c withglass

with glass but im afraid now especially that there were some having problem. Hey who else has waterproof issues after replacing?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] morfredus:
Hi

I made this change also, no regrets, and it is easy. [TUTO] REMPLACER LE DOS EN PLASTIQUE DU SONY XPERIA Z1 COMPACT D5503

The joint, supply with the glass back, guaranteed the waterproofness
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] infinitylook:
what joint are you referring to? is it the 3M tape?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] morfredus:
No, the join is already settled on the glass back I witch I bought

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[Xperia Z1 Compact General] bilboa1:
Heres a few pics of mine if that helps - i tested it and its fully waterproof. (replacement cover comes from wiggles like everyone else)

Heat up around all borders (its where the glue is), hairdrier is fine, 2-3min

insert guitar pick or screw driver or whatever you want in top insert and gently lift, it should come off relatively easily

ensure ZERO dust is inside the phone, thats important for waterproofing and the lens as well. ZERO DUST.

remove plastic film from the replacement glass (lens and cover) for the inner side and IMMEDIATELY apply it (you don't want dust in there)

remove outter plastic film from the glass now

heatup all borders again for 2-3min

IMMEDIATELY put phone on a safe surface (wood, a book, whatever that wont damage the screen) and press on all corners at the same time, hold pause 1min+

let it cool a bit, done

After removing back

Both covers, glass one is on the right

Cover applied, plastic film still on

Cover applied/finished

And in case you're not convinced, a waterproofing test:

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[Xperia Z1 Compact General] infinitylook:
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Cover applied/finished

And in case you're not convinced, a waterproofing test:

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Thanks. Really appreciate it. I also ordered from Witrigs. hey, i'm confuse about the heating part on the last part. some users here on this thread didn't heat it. there one here who heat up his back after applying and developed waterproof issues. can we apply the back without heating again? That's the part i'm confused. anyway, i ordered mine and would wait.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] bilboa1:
I heat it up to ensure the glue activates.

I would be vary of the waterproofing without this re-heating while applying in fact - although with proper tools and proper pressure on the cover it is probably fine (but its harder to do with "home tools" when you have to press on all edges at the same time).

Also the heating shouldn't be too high I suppose so that you dont actually dissolve the glue or the rubber-ish compound.

An hair dryer is low temp enough, but a heat gun can be way too high.

Simple test (which I have done myself too) if you want a "proof": before putting the new cover, or even on the old cover if you want (so that you make sure you dont damage the new cover), heat up the glue/rubber directly with an hair dryer for about 30s then put your finger on it.

then put your finger on a cold part. you'll see how much stickier the heated part is.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] charlatan01:
I put mine on this evening. Got it from witrigs as well. Fit is perfect, but I haven't tested for water resistance yet. I used a hair dryer and heated the new part up once it was on.. then gave it a good press with the fingers all the way around. Very easy to do.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] roerisi:
Back cover glass

To those interested in buying a cover as a spare part

http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=281349104316&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:IT:1123
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Bossk128:
Bit expensive compared to Witrigs, no?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] roerisi:
Hi friend ! it is true, but it comes from china but from Europe the shipping is fast
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Kuminauha:
Also removed my ASF from the glass back cover. No more scratches....I was thinking of buying a tempered glass protector also to the back cover like the one that's on my screen.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] rick23ro:
Why not buy a new glass back to change it when the current one will get scratched, instead of putting a protector?

I think they cost the same, but the look is better without protector.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] charlatan01:
That's what I plan to do... Maybe switch colors too. The process is quite simple.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] idimitro:
I have just made the change and I am wondering was it worth it? At least for me I would say - NO. My back was scratched quite heavily and I had a nice oil repellent protector. I have sweaty hands so it was doing a good job. With the switch to the glass I lost the protector. After the switch I had to put a new protector on top of the glass as it was a bit lower than the plastic rim around the edge of the phone and it was annoying me.

In total I have a clean back but lost a good protector so for me the whole operation was a net loss.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] roerisi:
Now low price :

http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=281349104316
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] matthies00:
i see the replacement takes place very easily, but i have a question: how it is with warranty after this change?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Darkimmortal:
I'd be amazed if they honour any warranty whatsoever

But that's what phone insurance is for ;)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Bossk128:
I'd imagine it voids the warranty! I guess you could put a plastic back back on before sending to repair?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] rick23ro:
Witrings also sells the adhesive for the back panel for 3$. So you can put the original panel on when sending to warranty.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] matthies00:
103

indeed quite a good solution ;d

i think that after half a year or a bit more i could do the replacement, since if nothing breaks till then, so then later on shouldn't be any problems.

Thanks guys for your thoughts.

still considering white or black :P
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Nash123:
Did you remove it before installing the back cover or after?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Sophia Zhao:
Witrigs had done the modify recently - compare Xperia A2 back cover with Z1f back cover. It seems failed just because the 0.2mm edges.

The detailed video: http://youtu.be/A4qT9PR-Rzk

And the blog: http://www.witrigs.com/blog/sony-xperia-a2-back-cover-can-be-used-on-xperia-z1-compact/
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Kuminauha:
After, peeled of very easily with a craft knife. Started to peel from the opening in the top of the back cover.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] kezown:
this is awesome, thank you for the info!
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] aroy11:
I bought one from witrigs. They said their new stock of back cover doesn't have ASF on them. Will confirm once I get the shipment.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Nash123:
Wow sounds interesting. Bought one last weekend. Hopefully I get one without ASF.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] arcticbreeze:
I ordered and received the back cover from Witrings and like to replaced it, but don't have the 3M adhesive do i need it also? or is it already preinstalled on the new back cover.?

Thanks for the answers.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Schwinni:
Got mine 2 days ago and as far as I can identify it, it seems to have no ASF.

If it has one it is attached way better than the one on the front, because there I can see the edge of it on one side.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] aroy11:
Witrigs officially declared it in their product description. New back cover doesn't have ASF on them:
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Kuminauha:
It should have the adhesive preinstalled...At least mine had....
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Schwinni:
But I cannot remember if it was there when I ordered it. :laugh:
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] summertoy:
Is WHITE glass back cover also eliminates led bleed? Any outdoor samples of white back cover model?

Tapnięte z Z1c
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] nun3000:
Can anyone tell me if the "xperia" logo on the z1f back cover is on the glass itself or on the ASF? On the witrigs web-site it hasn't any logo at all..
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] idimitro:
It's on the glass, unfortunately.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] sadsarma:
Does it solve flash bleed problem?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] rick23ro:
Yes, the flash bleeding is gone.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] luke.k1:
Wather in my device

Hi guys,

I have a problem. I bought the back cover from www.witrigs.com. I repair the old one with hairdryer and sucker, but it was very difficult. The phone was very hot, but i had to use big strength. Than i saw, that it apeared a slot between back cover and the yellow part of cover BUT also big one between yellow part of cover and metal part of the phone( somewhere around magnetic charger port). So i took something slim and i pushed between back cover and the yellow part of cover and I continued with opening the phone without sucker. Than, when I was cleaning the glue from phone, there was some yellow stripe from plastic - like some kind of tape and I managed to unstick it from both sides (i dont know if it was sticked, unstick was very easy) but it staied on the same place, without move. Than I aplied a new cover and used hairdryer for sure.

Result is, that I dipped phone to the watter and now I have mist in my lens now.

When I use sucker, it seems, that the cover hold good, but when I pull, there everytime apper that big slot between metal part of phone and yellow part of back cover. Do you have any idea, where did i go wrong? Is there some adhesive between metal part and that yellow part, is it possible, that problem is there? Do you think, that I, like a laic, can fix it?

Thx for any advice and please excuse my english.

L.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] rick23ro:
Phone has 3 layers, the aluminum body, a plastic frame and the back panel that you changed.

The plastic frame has 4 screws on the edges and also adhesive all around like the back panel to stick it to the body.

When you pulled the panel you affected also the adhesive of the frame, you don't have how to repair it but to change the frame adhesive, but too much work involved, so keep water away from now on.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shahidhussain:
Just received 127mb update on my note pro 12.2. It said stability improvements. Any more insights? Apparently no visible changes.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cossey:
WiFi speed has been significantly improved on my NotePro since the update. It was extremely slow. The whole device feels smoother and faster too.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Castle5665:
A stability update is always welcome. Wish they would add at least a few more tiles to their magazine ux. I mean....no weather? Really?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Duly.noted:
Mine came with a weather tile
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[Verizon HTC One (M8)] qazq1a2z3:
Hi there,

I just got my verizon htc one m8 but I was wondering will this phone works with at&t sim card? Can I receive AT&T 4G LTE signals?

Any helps are welcomed.

Thanks in advance.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] p2kmafia:
No, the verizon m8 runs on the CDMA network whereas the ATT m8 runs on GSM. Sorry man
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] shojus:
Wrong... It does have GSM to fallback on but you will only get HSPA+ at best. No LTE
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] denpad2010:
sorry for my ignorance,HSPA+ means regular 4g??
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] zacwilliam:
As far as I'm aware, HSPA+ is just a slightly faster 3G.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] shojus:
HSPA+ is about 4-10mbps download in my area versus about 1mbps down with 3g.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] zacwilliam:
Wow really? I used to get anywhere from 1-3 mbps with 3G on Verizon, versus 4-6 with HSPA+ on AT&T.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] shojus:
All in where ya live I guess and which provider you have. Sometimes my HSPA+ is quicker than my T-Mobile Lte...