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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gvang:
Dear Richard,

it seems you are ignorant to "supposed" service center's when regarding outside your country!

I don't know about the Turkey, but in Greece we have similar issues.

Let me give you an example: (Although not with a phone, but with a car's spare part.)

I tried to find a spare part for my MAZDA RX-8 in Greece. When I called the local Mazda dealer, he didn't have a clue what I was asking for.

I called up Mazda HQ in Greece and they managed to find the spare part (actually only the part number) but not the spare part itself, because they DO NOT IMPORT IT !!!!

Can you imagine, paying around 30.000 euros for a car and not being able to get your hands on a spare part which was included in the car when you bought it??!!

So don't be so sure about the strategies and the supposed service that a company claims to offer.

Actually, if you like, do the test. Call up a Mazda dealer in the UK and ask for the part with (official mazda part number) part # FE15-66-DVO.

it's a part of plastic cover together with a 6.5 inch screen for the incar navigation system. Mine got scratched. I doubt if you find it even in the UK! (If you find it, please let me know in order to obtain it from the UK :lol: and let me thank you in advance if you do!)

The only solution is to order it from Japan, from a company (that is not related to Mazda!) and paying about 1200USD + shipping + taxes.

Sorry for the long and in some way offtopic (regarding the example), but never judge a book by it's cover! They may state that company X is the service for your product, but it's not sure that they really can support it.

There are many more examples (with other companies like Philips, Pioneer etc).....and I could just go on writing pages and pages on that.

Last but not least, it is common practice in some countries that companies import some models (of phones for example), become the "authorized" dealer or distributor, but cannot support all of them, as they are not importing them!

I don't think that mimarsinan has any reason to say that he went to get support and didn't....

Regards,

George Vangelis

(from shiny Athens :lol: )
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fluffcat1:
Hardly the same....Mazda in Greece won't offer to send your lovely RX-8 back to Japan for repairs?

And Mazda UK have the same isues regarding the Miata / Mx5 parts availability so I think that says more about Japaense car companies than asa a generalisation about warranty service...

Subaru UK are the same, as are Fords made outside the EU such as the South African explorer etc etc etc

Although I-mate are based in Dubai their CEO is a Brit ( ex-BTCellnet / o2) and they have European headquarters. And they base their higher prices over Qtek on 'customer service' - I have had issues with the UK repair agent previously but my original point was they had appointed a Turkish repair agent.

I-mate agents will uplift the item back to Dubai on your behalf for repairs as has previously happend in the U.S for devices under warranty. In this case an agent is purely that - just an agent.

Not quite the same situation - I think it's obvious :roll: ....

As Mazda Greece sell the cars toyou it would be fair to asume warranty service would be provided by them, for them to support what they sell. In this instance they have let you down after supplying goods.

For Turkey with regards to i-mate products, as they allegedly do not sell the items, for them to be listed as a service centre they *must* offer some service surely, else why on earth would there contact details be on i-mate's support site in the first place then? That would make no sense and it would seem it is you who is ignorant. Please refrain from calling names - I didn't start this I merely pointed out according to imate worldwide warranties were honoured by their local Turkish warranty agent.

edit - as an aside - I bought a Sony MZr 55 portable minidisc direct from Japan in 1998 or 99, before it was released in the EU - the current model here was the larger older and more chunky mzr 30. The laser failed and would no longer record (it was the first of a new genertion of more compact laser units in the devices) and I sent it to Sony UK in Brooklands who rang me up to explain they didn't have parts or replacement stock in the UK as it wasn't out yet, but they sourced a replacement from Japan directly that I had in my hands under 10 days from posting the faulty one off...and that was with a domestic Japan-only warranty not the more expensive tourist edition!

So it all depends on the company involved and their agents, and imate say they have a Turkish repair agent....

Richard
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gvang:
Dear Richard,

let me recall the "ignorant" phrase..... I didn't mean it the way it might sounded. Sorry for this. (It might be because I am so frustrated about Mazda, and I put my tension on you).

I was more trying to point out that sometimes, even the official distributor lacks in supporting correctly a product.

After visiting the site of KVK, it seems that they have Imate in the product list. That does not necessarily mean that they import the specific model our friend was trying to get accessories for. And also, an agent is not obliged to carry spare parts and accessories. Just to be the representative (at least that is what I understand)

Further reading back....I saw that mimarsinan didn't keep his invoice, which puts this thing into a whole different perspective!

The bottom line is that it all depends on the people involved! Not the company, not it's policy, nor the fact that something is imported or not.

As in your example, if the employee at Sony wouldn't actually care, he (or she) would have just returned your miniDisc, as it was a Japan only model. But they cared and found the solution. This unfortunately is not always so. And believe me when I say that in some countries (Greece included) the support really sucks.

Anyway, enough of the off-topics. Sorry again for my harsh words...

let's stick to the topic.

Just to state my opinion on this, as it is illegal to change your IMEI, I condemn any attempt to do otherwise.

I would eulogise an attempt to make it a public issue in Turkey though.... The internet is a good mean to such attempts and maybe the people that are affected could draw the attention to officials about this by creating a webpage (just a thought :oops: ) or by mass-mailing.

Regards,

George Vangelis
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] a5710696:
Please forgive me English too, but seems to be to unlock the device through the customer service

And my communication failed, I got the wrong person
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Faznx92:
Please rephrase and explain what the issue is.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Reckerr:
Think he tried to contact Amazon Customer Service to gain some kind of access to the boot loader but he failed.

I'm probably wrong though...
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] iMJets:
Obviously trying to get any access to anything thru the manufacture of this device isn't going to get us far though, thanks for trying.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] hanginwithdaddo:
Is there any way we can set up a forum beneath the main Verizon HTC One M8 thread for just OTAs. One where we could quickly identify whenever a new OTA has become available from Verizon? My fear with being rooted with a custom ROM is that we will miss seeing that a new OTA is available and repackaged for installation, given that being on a custom ROM we will no longer see the standard OTA notifications. Our other forums grow so fast that it becomes difficult to find these specific threads. Just a thought. Thanks again dev community for supporting this device so well!
[Android General] rockerblood:
Here is something for the person who likes a lot of bling. Samsung is teaming up*again with Swarovski for another edition of the Crystal Collection. A teaser video was just released showing the Galaxy S 5 Crystal Edition, which should be unveiled next month in Korea. The phone will be essentially the same Galaxy S 5 that is available now other than the Swarovski crystals.

How much will this bad boy cost? We aren’t sure yet, but expect it to be a pretty hefty price tag. Hit the break for the very short teaser video.

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[Xperia Z1 General] Djuro89:
Z1 New firmware certified 14.3.A.0.761

Source:

Xperia Blog
[Xperia Z1 General] Vaith:
Certified doesn't mean this will be released.

Wysłane z mojego C6903 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Xperia Z1 General] FahmyAbou:
just hope that this will be released since there are issues that are not solved yet like the fast battery drain, camera perfomance and the heating
[Xperia Z1 General] Djuro89:
Camera Launch at me sometimes takes 6-7 sec. Just show up a black screen and so wait while the application does not load. I hope this will be fixed.
[Xperia Z1 General] Skaytex:
Same problem with camera than Djuro89
[Xperia Z1 General] randymess:
Fast battery drain??? I have .757 firmware and my battery lasts 2 days!! Camera performance?? Maybe, heating... don't have this problem.
[Xperia Z1 General] FahmyAbou:
Well I'm happy for you but unfortunely I'm facing these problems right now. The camera needs more than five seconds to start up, the battery lasts a day in best case scenario and most important is the heating issue. When doing intense tasks or playing games the phone gets very hot you might think it goes in flames..As far as I know I am not the only one who is facing these problems
[Xperia Z1 General] ArGinTTT:
Repair your Z1 via PC Companion....do a full reset,and all this 3problems...will gone...
[Xperia Z1 General] Kirkymole:
No, it really won't. My battery drains in less than 6 hours, even on standby I am lucky to get anything above 8 hours, despite re flashing various firmwares and various 'repairs' on SEUS/PCC.
[Xperia Z1 General] slim207rc:
+1

Despite factory reset, repair and repair and repair...

The first time since 4.2.2 that I'm even facing touch problems!

Never had them before until now!
[Xperia Z1 General] GR00VY GH0ULIE:
.757 brought on battery drain for me too, first thought it was the various kernels I tried, Xposed modules etc. Even after complete wipe and no root and bootloader relocked still had battery drain! Loaded up KitSlim 757 and unrooted, relocked bootloader and everything seems ok so far!! I too hope .761 fixes the battery drain so I can go back to Xposed and root and all the great stuff!! :D
[Xperia Z1 General] guybrush2099:
the same here
[Xperia Z1 General] shahzaib.khan:
Battery drain and camera issue is also with me
[Xperia Z1 General] eclyptos:
it look like fix on fix on another fix and so on! I asking my self if ever will be released the last FW where no bugs you can find.
[Xperia Z1 General] GR00VY GH0ULIE:
Aaaaaaaand it's been about 24 hours since flashing KitSlim 757 and super battery drain in da house!! w00tz!! :( I seriously could cry!! Ok maybe not but I'm irritated!! Really do hope the new .761 adddresses this!!!
[Xperia Z1 General] ArGinTTT:
You have tried to flash te original android (4.2.2) to see if this 3 issues persist??? From my point of view it can be possible, have an hardware problem... maybe if you use this devece in wather...BUT is just an assumption...Good luck
[Xperia Z1 General] Kirkymole:
I've tried flashing 4.2.2, 4.3 and 4.4 (both firmwares) the battery drain is only present in 4.3 and 4.4.
[Xperia Z1 General] Djuro89:
I hope this will be fixed in the next update.;)
[Xperia Z1 General] Djuro89:
Will we ever see the new update comes out and do not write bugs fix, but to write new features. ;)
[Xperia Z1 General] FahmyAbou:
Maybe in the next major Android Version, if we get it :)
[Xperia Z1 General] funky0308:
You have to charge your battery few times and battery will settle down.

I'm using 757 and...

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It's stock (NUT) deodexed and rooted and it's great.

My screen is always on 60-70%

and my battery holds for a 20-30 hours... (screenshoots are in battery thread in general section)

I can believe someone could have problems but, guys, don't forget - we are using 7 months old devices, battery could be "damaged" on some devices.
[Xperia Z1 General] omegahanggara:
He didn't said that it will be released tho.
[Xperia Z1 General] shahzaib.khan:
Best firmware of xperia z1 is 4.2.2 after that there are new additions in the Operating system but with full of bugs
[Xperia Z1 General] Majin Oluz:
i hope we can apps change to the sd cart thats for my important

in xperia t the new firmware can to this , why not xperia z1
[Xperia Z1 General] Djuro89:
I have a problem with the application gsam battery monitor. It not showing usage brightnes into the Screen option. Does anyone know what could be causing this problem?

Only show this:
[Xperia Z1 General] MohammadAG:
A software update will never require you to do that, if your battery is bad after the CPU settles down, it's the update, not the user or their device.

Standby time is the same across all updates, usage time isn't. Losing 5% in 5 minutes while using it on low brightness with Wi-Fi doesn't make sense.

Honestly, I'm not sure what Sony's plan with devices is, the Z1 released with awesome software, and each update made it worse.

4.3 added the memory bug which lasted a good couple months.

4.4 worsened battery life, not a major issue, but it also added a gamble when taking photos, you either take a photo, or it reboots.

Reboots also happen on Chrome, it looks like a CPU is locking up, and the watchdog triggers a reboot.

I shouldn't complain about this since it's not official et all, but 4.4 also killed hotboots, a hotboot now causes a full device reboot, which makes developing Xposed modules waste a lot of time.

I really liked the Z1 when it was first released, also recommended it to some people, there's absolutely no way I can recommend it or the Z2 now.

Personally, I'll be keeping the Z1 and getting an HTC One M8 next week, keeping it for the slightly good camera, plus selling it right now in its current state is, to me, scamming the buyer, but this doesn't look good for Sony if it happens with the Z2 too.
[Xperia Z1 General] funky0308:
Even I really respect you as a Android expert - I can't agree with it.

I coul accept there's problem in code but can't agree in part that it's Sony's fault.

As I said - I have neither of that you just said and I know many users that have nothing but great device running KK.

If problem is really in firmware how come some users do have problems and some doesn't?

I updated Z1 with stock ROM, I'm not using crappie apps and mods and my battery, screen and device in general are great...

No overheating, no random reboot, no problems at all...

My brightness settings are 60-70% wifi or mobile data are always on.

Push mails (couple acc), Facebook, what's up, all kind of messenger and I'm still getting 20-25 hours...

If I set brightness to 20-30% like many users did I could have even better battery life...

Don't know, maybe you are right but it's kinda funny that there's half users who are extremely satisfied with device/firmware and half of them are complaining to have lousy battery life, overheating and random reboot...

Odd....really odd...

There's no need that I lie, I don't give a damm about Sony - All I'm telling is my experience...
[Xperia Z1 General] MohammadAG:
No issues with that, everyone has an opinion, and everyone makes mistakes, I could be wrong, but that's my opinion :)

Who's fault is it? I'm running a stock ROM (not stock based, stock) with a stock kernel, all fingers to any issues point to Sony. It's surely not their intention, but they should get their QA together.

Different hardware? Different ROM variant? Different LCD panel? They're not the same devices, and they're not in the same conditions (even if it's a clean device, cellular reception, Wi-Fi hardware, etc are all variables), both people complaining and not complaining have no solid data that there's something wrong, or that nothing is wrong (usually it's placebo), but a device's almost halved battery or random reboots are enough for the user to be confident there's a difference.

Yep, stock here too, the only mods I'm using are mine, I'm quite confident they're not causing issues since they only change things at certain times, rather than always running in the background.

Well, there's obviously an issue, and some people are clearly having it.

No need to say that, no one accused the other of lying. (If that was implied somehow from my previous post, I was stating that a battery can't settle when an update doesn't replace the actual battery, in a given day, it's almost a constant, unless you put the device in a fridge which changed battery conditions :))
[Xperia Z1 General] HellRoot:
Do you use stamina mode?
[Xperia Z1 General] Djuro89:
I have no problem with overheating, the battery is a little weak. Android 4.3 screen time 5-6h, Android 4.4 about 5 h. The only problem I have with 4.4 is it sometimes happens that the camera loads about 7-8 sec, and ringtones has such a transition is first heard softly and suddenly loud. Others works perfectly.
[Xperia Z1 General] funky0308:
That's what I tried to say...

It's not Sony fault should be - they wrote good firmware but it doesn't work all devices like it should.

Crappie screens aren't theirs but, I must agree - it's still their fault because they are using something like that...

If I bumped to lousy lcd or battery I would probably talk different but I didn't.

Clearly, Sony know and have great team (software) - they did great job but whoever choose suppliers should get shoe in his/her ass - that's something I know for sure...

This only my third Xperia and Sony phone and for now - I wouldn't buy nothing except Sony...

I really hope it'll stay like that on Z3 (or whatever they name it)
[Xperia Z1 General] FahmyAbou:
It is just sad to see this Problems happening on a device like the xperia z1.. Battery life shouldnt be a problem, since it has a 3000 mah unit, opening the camera app shouldnt take up to 8 seconds since the phone has a SD800, even my two year old htc one s opens the camera in just two seconds if not faster. The heating issue isnt a big deal although playing candy crush shouldnt cause heating problems. Many users Dont complain and Dont seem to have these problems. However these problems exist. If it is caused by buggy Software which is the case for most users then it wouldnt take sony long to fix with an update. If it is a hardware related Problem, it should be also fixed. In both cases it is Sonys fault and there is no doubt about it
[Xperia Z1 General] funky0308:
Yeah...I agree...

But...

It's very hard to fix something that works on one device and doesn't work on other (that shouldsame device)

Sony has great firmware and apps, sometimes you have bugs in your software, that's normal, so you upgrade your software...but how to fix this mess - I really don't know...

I'm sure all guys reported are true, so, obviously, there's much more than "just" screen differences.

It seems that Sony use more than one supplier for other parts as well - and that's something that's almost impossible to follow with a software and/or fix on all devices.

If they "fix" your screen - my will suffer, if they fix mine - your will suffer...

But OK, don't know much about this topic, so I'll stop guessing :)
[Xperia Z1 General] Denonite:
This is not indicative of all users experiences with the Z1, please don't think it is. In my experience this is a great phone (screen could be better), I get over a days battery, I've currently been away from a charger for 8 hours 24 minutes and have 64% left with mild browsing, email and a few hours of music listening. I regularly get home after a days work with in excess of 50% charge left. Camera launches almost instantly. I have no power saving enabled and have GPS, Bluetooth and WiFi enabled too. I'm running stock 757 firmware unrooted (the UK SkyGo TV app will not run rooted).

I'm sorry that some are having issues but it's really not all users experiences and if your running a non-stock kernel or ROM I suggest you look at what your running and stop whining about issues with stock firmware.
[Xperia Z1 General] FahmyAbou:
You are Right, Sony uses more than one supplier and its hard to fix a Problem that I have and you Not, but it is not my fault either as i Didnt root my phone nor unlock the bootloader.. It is indeed very hard to adress these problems
[Xperia Z1 General] funky0308:
Exactly...

It would be interesting to see what will they do...

Obviously, they are working on something...

Maybe they release two or even three KK firmwares so you could choose one for yourself - which one suites you better ;)
[Xperia Z1 General] Jonas740:
whats so hard with that ?

I cant see the problem in that. And think about it, what other devices might you have that works the same way with different suppliers on same chips, displays or whatever.

You can add support for all theese different batches at the same time if you like. A simple id check on the components will load the correct drivers or whatever.

BAD software developers stressing out the software without proper testing is what i would say.

Great example here: My friend and i had Xperia V, same Firmware and so on. WE both updated to a new firmware. His worked perfect with it, mine started to turn itself OFF when it reached 100% charged battery on most occasions. This could mean we had something hardwarewise that was different. But it worked perfect for both on the old firmware.

You still think it cant be done ?
[Xperia Z1 General] LLars_PL:
All of these issues posted here guys i am only facing the touch screen issue, which is pretty annoying me pretty all the time.

Non of others -->

No battery drain, No reboots- okay 2 random reboots after 2month *non cleared* stock based rom with many apps, hardly rebooting my phone of myself- its up running all the time.

Heating? Heavy usage with OC here, heavy gaming, it is not getting hot. (well, what it gets, that is not hot for me, had much hotter devices in my hands).

Camera app opens in 8 seconds? Mine is oppening like 2-3 sec.

Reboots while taking pics? Never experienced this.

I am really happy about this device, the only thing that is negative for me is the LCD which has

- low brightness level for me even on max

- natural but (for me not colourfull enough colours --> can be fixed)

- touchscreen not reading right inputs. happens usually after gaming (longer usage of the device without turing screen of/on)

I`m staying for now with this Device like 2-3 Years (if it holds up with my usage) then buying new sony. I like them.

Sorry if it was a littl bit offtopic :)

LG
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
guys I have not read this whole thread but I thought this info would be better served here as it is an up to date topic

I have struggled with this KK update to the point of despair and it really is that bad, I have posted numerous posts on various threads about issues that I have experienced concerning battery - charging - heating etc, it basically boils down to the fact that there is a massive bug in this FW that continues to cause me and others no end of serious problems

So with hours of experimenting and committed suicide several times I have concluded what seems to be a solution to "my" issues and perhaps may help others -

I have loads of apps and processes disabled but the two that stand out are to do with the camera

So after a reboot of the phone go into settings - apps running and cache, stop anything that has the word camera in it, then do the same with any apps/processes that involve the camera like "info" or panorama, get rid of them, stop them - disable them, then you will have a very stable phone with no issues

Google as I have already POSTED PREVIOUSLY HAVE ADMITTED THAT THERE IS A BUG IN 4.4.2, which they will address in 4.4.3, but who knows when that will happen.

One thing is for sure - 4.4.2 is seriously flawed