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[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zippoman:
My Z3C also cracked yesterday, but it was the front screen. Phone was in my pocket and I didn't hit it to anything and it was not dropped to ground or something like that. It was 3 days old phone :(

Pics:

dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2926416/IMG_0445.JPG

dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2926416/IMG_0434.JPG
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] southyjd:
get onto sony, i went direct, more people that report the issue the better for all
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jzuijlek:
3 days old, spontaneous crack on the back:

[IMG="Z3 compact cracked back"]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4767772/pics/Z3-crack.jpg[/IMG]
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dsteppa:
In my opinion people with cracked screens should also include whether they used a case or not.:good:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iruwen:
And their weight and if they tend to wear skinny jeans.

scnr :p
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] southyjd:
i weigh over 17st and have never broke a phone because of it....

---------- Post added at 04:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:31 PM ----------

i dont wear skinny jeans...would like a right muppet and no never use cases and weigh over 17st
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uchechris:
Wow how are you guys keep getting cracks on the new sony phones?? Thats crazy, I was thinking of buying the Sony xperia Z2 or Z3 compact because of battery life. But if this is something major/serious, then I might have to reconsider....man idk the phone looks strong. :confused:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dsteppa:
The thing is: People don't give all the info when they say their screen cracked.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] degraaff:
I'm pretty puzzled about those "spontaneous" cracks as well. The phone does feel solid like a brick. I do know for sure that the backside uses cheaper glass, as it already has a few micro scratches even though I always make sure to put it down on soft surfaces. The scratches could only have come from the plastic part of my lanyard, but plastic should never be able to scratch tempered glass. The front is still perfectly scratch-free.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uchechris:
Yea I figure people are not saying much, I am in the US and that phone looks so damn good.

Thats whats I'm saying, this phone is already in my mind of buying it, this will be my first time buying a sony product. I am getting tired of using my iPhone 4s (Bad Bad battery life, Had to charge it like 2-3 times a day :crying:)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] degraaff:
It's an AWESOME phone apart from the somewhat prone rear glass.

It's just one of those things that you need to treat as if it were your baby (except for when it comes to water, with this one). But everything with such a beefy price tag should be treated like a baby IMO.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dsteppa:
My first Sony product was the Sony Xperia Z, I had it since it came out, people were also reporting broken rear glass and what not, but I never had any problems at all, the phone fell sever times and it never had a scratch. Mine is in a case most of the time. Why take unnecessary risks? The phone is really not as fragile as people make it sound.

Sent from my D5803
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iruwen:
Look at the iPhone's bending issue - it generated a lot of noise but as it seems only a few devices out of millions sold are affected. Any you never know what people actually did to their devices. Imo it's just a very minor but vocal minority.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] degraaff:
Ah geez, now someone at the sonymobile support forum for Z3C claims his rear glass cracked from a 1 cm drop onto a table .-.

I just tested that with mine by dropping it from 1 cm onto a GLASS table several times and it's perfectly fine.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uchechris:
Haha I treat my phones like a baby all the time and I never gotten ONE scratch in any of them....tho i had always buy a screen protector and a case with them, so its all good lol.

Thats what I'm saying, Im still gotta get this phone, i know how to handle phones carefully, I'm not a klutz. The 4s has a glass back and it doesn't have a crack or scratch on it at all! If i can handle it, i doubt the Z3 compact can be any issue to me ;)

I know right, the bending issue is terrible.... I don't think I can stay with apple any longer since battery is always an issue for me.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iruwen:
Hehe, we already have people claiming they didn't touch it at all, i.e. that it just lay on the table when it cracked :rolleyes: On the other hand some people say that glass wasn't the best idea for the back cover since it's a bit slippery... go figure.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robertkoa:
Glad you are on top of this issue.

I am trying to understand potential problems with Z3C

before I purchase one.

I don't think the Glass on the front or the back is

specified as Gorrila Glass, and I don't think it is specified as Dragontrail Glass either.

The BACK panel of Glass is even more vague regarding

exactly what it is.

People say the phone gets hot even in normal use and it's possible that the closed ports, waterproofing etc.

and IF the Glass traps heat , in colder climates, walking outdoors with a warm phone will really crack them if they are using a type of inferior Glass.

Sony should be notified for production runs to spend the extra- I assume they use local suppliers rather than

Import from USA , but surely there are some Asian Glass

types that are less heat/ cold sensitive -for example -

Auto Windshield Glass- very vibration, thermal/cold expansion resistant why not use that ?

Anyway- the back glass is DEFINITELY the Achilles Heel of this Phone -it should NOT be able to be scratched so easily -

Regarding heat cracking -it usually occurs when one side or one part of glass is warm then cool, the differential , uneven SUDDEN expansion/cooling like putting a hot phone in cool water !

IF back glass is a problem, in Winter, when people take a warm phone outside, cracking may occur but I think rhe easy scratching is very odd as glass is one of our harder to scratch substances at

9 on Mohs Scale of Hardness, near the Top.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] degraaff:
Mine never gets hot during normal use, it gets a bit warm during intensive wifi surfing and such, but never hot. No more than whichever other smartphone out there.

I would just advise not to use 4K video recording in a swimming pool. Most people don't have 4K monitors or TV's anyway so they don't profit from the extreme high resolution.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iruwen:
Asahi Glass Co. which produces Dragontrail is headquartered in Japan. Tempered/toughened/heat-strengthened glass is known to be extremely resistent, not only against heat (it is actually produced by forcing a controlled quick variation in temperature), no matter who manufactures it. Don't fall for Corning's PR. And btw., that's exactly almost exactly the same procedure used for car windows.

Things that cause such glass to break are damage to the edges or piercing the surface because of the material's inner tension. If something goes wrong during the manufacturing process, e.g. when the cooling process isn't perfectly even or there's a bubble in the material, this may cause spontaneous cracking. The tiny amount of heat produced by the device itself doesn't. You could take it to a sauna and drop it into a pile of snow afterwards.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ragnorok161:
Just had the glass on the back of mine break today :'( Fell out of my pocket from 1 foot height onto laminated tile. Only had this phone one week and I hate cases. Mostly clean break left to right near the bottom. Has some small chinks missing. Will edit with pics.

Upgraded from a iPhone 4S that took tens of drops from greater heights and only cracked the back after 4 feet onto concrete. Really contemplating a note 4.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasestu:
Another report of a break http://www.androidcentral.com/sony-xperia-z3-z3-compact-review

This is getting scary.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] degraaff:
Such a messy cracking couldn't have come from the kind of drop and surface that the reviewer described, it must have been a worse drop than that...

Or perhaps something went wrong in the tempering process of the glass on his unit.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iruwen:
Yeah, looks like it was pierced punctually.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] degraaff:
Here's the picture without the text overlay. It definitely fallen onto a rocky and uneven surface or something.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blinky28:
I just noticed a clean side to side crack on the back glass of my Z3 Compact...4 days old. I dropped it falling asleep off my couch last night...would have fallen a foot (30cm) onto tiles. That is the only time I've dropped it.

I must have dropped my iphone5 a hundred times off that couch...no damage whatsoever...if fact I got so confident with the iphone5 I would lob it onto the couch sometimes...and a few times it bounced off and went bouncing all over the floor before coming to rest unscathed.

Bit of a worry that 4 days in...this Compact has sustained a full side to side crack from one fall.

Lucky it wasn't the screen

Anyway...not a good sign.

To be fair...the phone had no case on at the time it fell. My iphone was always cased. Trouble is...I can't find cases anywhere...I had to order them and they are coming in the mail.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iruwen:
:silly:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jorn Lokken:
Another crack...

Had my Z3C for tree days when i noticed a crack at the back, around the docking port...

Havent dropped it, and always keep it in my front pocket, and nothing else is in that pocket.

First time I ever had something like that happen.

Would be nice if someone made back-covers in aluminum... :D

Have anyone seen case-parts for sale yet?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllAboutTheCore:
How do you go about dropping a phone so much! You mention an iPhone that you dropped multiple times before it broke so I'm not surprised you've dropped this one. While it may be easier to break than some other Glass covered phones, the majority of it is down to the user. Take me, I look after my phones and I treat them like kids, hence why I've never dropped a phone or broke it (my iPhone 5s is a year old without so much as a scratch) ... The people on here claiming it broke without even being dropped (if genuine), I have sympathy for and it sucks if it is a manufacturing defect, but the clumsy people who regularly drop phones can't really expect anything more surely? Maybe you could wish for a bit longer before you broke it but you must have been expecting it at some point judging by your mentioned record with phones :laugh:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ragnorok161:
This was literally the first drop of my Z3 Compact. I expected it to to be able to survive a ONE FOOT fall out OF MY POCKET. That's not even clumsiness, that's the fault of my pants. The iPhone 4S I owned since the month it came out. I expect to drop a phone or have it slide off something a few times in a year. Even 20 falls in 3 years is about one every 2 months. And only then it cracked the glass in the corner recently when i dropped it from 4 feet onto concrete. In my 8+ years of owning phones that crack was the first ever actual breaking of a phone I owned. Now this one breaks from the weakest impact ever. I was planning on getting a case or something for it. But right now there aren't even really any nice cases out yet. I wanted something very minimal like a bumper.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasestu:
You know how thick auto windshield glass is, right?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cschmitt:
A 6mm screen protector, that would be something.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllAboutTheCore:
I was only joking, I just found it funny how some people seem to drop phones so much ... On a side note, I feel your pain on the case issue. I bought a hard plastic case that is perfect in most ways, other than it provides nothing more than scratch protection but then it does keep the phone virtually naked, which is the best way IMO. Hopefully my free case and charger bundle arrives soon from Clove so I can see if I even like that case the comes with it lol ... I'd like a transparent gel case, exactly like the ultra clear hard cases but I've never seen one, they all seem to be a cloudy white/grey colour.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] southyjd:
Just rang up to pay for my repair of the back glass (£40.35) and they said it has already been dispatched because sony have released a statement saying THERE IS A FAULT! dont know if this has already been said but thought i would post just in case. my phone is already on its way back to me!
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdiddy_ub:
For those in the US.. Sony has an option for 2 year warranty which covers accidents and drops.. It costs $80 which sounds like a lot but when you break it down into months it's roughly 3 dollars.. A lot cheaper than carrier phone insurance

I did a search and saw that previous versions of the z also suffer from the same issue..

Anyone ever make a claim using the above mentioned Sony warranty?

My sister works at Sony and gets a discount.. The phone would cost me $490 after taxes... Thinking about switching from my Nexus 5..But the reviews about the delicate nature of the phone makes me hesitant

Purchasing the warranty offsets the discount :(

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gazzawazza:
[MENTION=5526671]southyjd[/MENTION]

Hi South

Could you be more specific? What happened with your phone and what fault have Sony admitted to?

My back of case is cracked after a modest fall (I've posted elsewhere on the forum about this) and am very annoyed about it.

If I can go to Sony regarding this "fault", that might put me in a better position regarding repair costs, etc.

Also, if there are any component issues (e.g. faulty component causing overheating), I would like to know, so I can make sure the components get fixed / replaced while the handset's in for repair.

Thanks for any help you can offer me.

Can I just confirm you've got a Z3 compact? Also, do you know what week your phone was manufactured in?

Regards,

Gary
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] southyjd:
Hey,

Mine cracked whilst in my front pocket. Along the back from the camera all the way down. It was a stress fracture. The guy on the phone said Sony have acknowledged that there was a fault for this issue. He didn't go into more detail though.

Yes it's a compact and not sure what week.. How do I find out?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gazzawazza:
[MENTION=5526671]southyjd[/MENTION]

Hi dude

Thanks for that... and ouch, that crack split looks brutal. Glad Sony were able to repair yours without quibbling.

You can find the manufacture date using these instructions:

- open up the SIM compartment

- you should see a thin white stub of plasticky paper (it's only a couple of millimetres wide but prob about 15mm long)

- I used some tweezers to pull paper strip out

- I'm pretty sure it's attached to frame, so just pull outwards gently (to put back in, just grip with fingers near to case and inch it back in - use the tweezers for last little bit).

- look for the pattern "xxWxx" (example "14W37") - this is the year and week of manufacture. It should be to the right of the middle of the strip, a couple of lines down from the really big circle with the "!" inside it.

- if you could do the survey running here too, that would be cool. Also, if you have friends who have the phone, get them to do it. It's important that we have reports from both those who haven't had problems, as well as those who have:

http://xdaforums.com/z3-compact/general/sony-xperia-z3-z3-compact-glass-survey-t2900149

Btw, you don't have to post the manufacture detail back here, I was just curious. Please consider doing the survey though.

All the best,

Gary
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] southyjd:
No worries. Mine says 14w37.

Good luck with yours
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gazzawazza:
Cool.

Do have a look at the survey - a lot of people seem to have handsets made in that week, so you recording your stress / no impact damage would be useful for the stats.

Cheers,

Gaz
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joker1902:
i have been try rom to my phone ,because i see it look good and have good looking ,but when install it i didnt found any error until i see page welcome to Gt-s6102 , found my touch screen stop working , try odin to make install original rom but he show

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> PDA_S6102_JPMA3.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

and when i try to update touch screen

[IMG="http://im68.gulfup.com/8dhDH1.png"]http://im68.gulfup.com/8dhDH1.png[/IMG]

i try so many roms but the wont work :( and the rom that she do this problem to me it's Glass_XeLaa_deodex ChaTy@XDA

Pls Help Me :(
[HTC One Mini] EdiBese:
Hello Guys

I am trying to get Insert Coin Rom but i have some problems, which makes it not so easy

At first my phone setup:

StocK Hboot Version 2.22

Twrp latest version installed

CM 11 latest nightly

S-ON

Supercid Stock

Now i want to get the IC Rom but this seems not so easy, because with CM11 i cant get S Off..

Is there a possibility to get to a stock rom? I have no backups or something like that. I heard that the JMZ Rooted Sense wont work with HBOOT 2.22.

I need the stock rom to s - off my phone and to change supercid. This is needed for Insert Coin..

DUnno how to proceed.. help plz
[HTC One Mini] Everest_:
Did you try rumrunner, revone, firewater?
[HTC One Mini] EdiBese:
tried everything.
[HTC One Mini] Everest_:
Did you get any errors?
[HTC One Mini] EdiBese:
yes.. with rumrunner it said i have an unsecure kernel or something like that

with firewater i couldnt go on at "adb shell" it said "access denied" or something like that

and so on.. so off not possible, but i need to do supercid and then flash the insert coin rom
[HTC One Mini] Everest_:
It's not possible to s-off on cm. try to flash this one and this kernel.

Edit: then use rumrunner again but first check in SuperSU by access if the default access is set to grant. Not sure if u can flash the kernel with s-on but then just flash the rom and leave the kernel.
[HTC One Mini] jollywhitefoot:
Try flashing one of the stock sense 6 roms in dev section, then use rumrunner again.

Like this one:

http://xdaforums.com/htc-one-mini/development/rom-official-stock-sense-6-rom-firmware-t2817921

But before you start flashing stuff, you better make sure you can get into recovery and push a ROM to your phone using adb
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamfox:
Hello,

Being fet-up with samsungs useless bloatware now constantly asking for agreeing new legal and other, I wanted to go towards a rom that allows full control on what MY phone should or should not do or install!

I managed to root the s4 (not branded, orignal samsung so no sprint or At&T,...) tripping the stupid knox , but I do not realy care as I do not trust these solutions to be great, if some other samsung pushed solutions do not work either.

Nevertheless, I seem to be stuck not able to flash a new rom. I'm simply not getting in the recovery mode of CWM or something else.

I tried rom manager, which says : cwm flashed, I tried sgs4 Flasher, I tried ODIN troiugh computer. It all says "flashed, but when I want to get into the flash, I do not get the full menu, seems to be a standard Samsung flash rather then a mod flash recovery.

The name of the flash: KOT49H.I9505XXUFNA5, my mobile itselve has :

Model number: GT-I9505

Android version 4.4.2

baseband version: I9505xxugng8,

Kernel version: 3.4.0-2309103 from wednesday July 23,

Built number KOT49H.I9505XXUGNG8

SE FOR ANDROID STATUS: Enforcing SEPT-GT I9505_4.4.2_0019

Secure boot status: Type: Samsung

Security Software Version: MDF v1.0 Release 2

What I want: To be able to have another rom on it, so therefore I need to boot into CUSTOM recovery, what is not happening.

Can anybody help me? (might become a general problem for everybody later on so it might be interesting to know how to solve!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamfox:
After a long day of trial and error, i finally manged to get it to work, by activating recovery from standard functioning within the clockworkmod APK program from google play store

Via the 3 buttons (volume up/down | power | and home, it never worked to get in the clockwork or other custom recovery.

Maybe samsung pushed within its latest update a blocage (i received around mid september 2014, probably an older update), a blockage with the buttons so that getting into an fresh installed recovery is kinda not possible and it keeps reinstalling the stock one over it......anyway, now it works...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GatorsUF:
I am trying to setup my old nexus 7 for my dad while he is in the hospital. He is nowhere near computer savvy so ease of use is a must.

He'd like to watch our church service online, but the app is only made for phone. I was able to extract the app off my phone and install it on the tablet, but it says:

"This app was designed for use on phones only"

I am OK with it looking out of whack and blown up, just want it to run. Can I change the build prop to a phone id and see if that works? Should I try DPI change?

Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Planterz:
Might as well try. You can always go back if it doesn't work right.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GatorsUF:
I guess so,
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Andyb488:
Are there any? I have seen the wireless charging back cover on Amazon but nothing on the official website?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Blubberor:
charging station for another battery is official.

http://www.samsung.com/de/consumer/mobile-device/accessories/charging/EB-KG850BWEGWW
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] cybropm:
This charging station available in US?
[Moto 360] billku:
Hi -- does anyone know if the watch, when prompted over Google Now ("read my latest text"), is able to read texts over your car's Bluetooth system? I seem to recall someone telling me this is possible, but it hasn't worked in my car so far. Would the phone need to be in driving mode? Haven't figured out how to have driving mode turn itself on and off automatically either. Anyone with any info on this, it would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
[Moto 360] ChodTheWacko:
This doesn't exactly answer your question, but I use a program called 'Agent' to read /reply to text messages over my car's bluetooth connection.
[Moto 360] billku:
Thanks for the info, I will check it out! But would still love to find a way to use Android Wear for this if possible...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HridayHS:
Can we use Font installer of Jrummy apps.For changing font
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
Yes but I suggest you use the new fontland beta app instead.

Sent using N⁴ with Android L
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whity0815:
Hi.

Today I tried to root my HTC One M8 and found the HTC One Toolkit [M8] (actual version)

So I installed the driver of ADB and and HTC.

But if I click on HTC Dev Unlock I get the message "HTC One Toolkit [M8]"

I use Android 4.4.3 and USB-Debugging is on.

Can anyone help me?