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[Xperia Z3 General] ngvuanh:
Don't forget to get Drive Club for PS4 for free even though you don't have PS4 (yet).
[Xperia Z3 General] pomtouch:
I'll take the code for anyone who doesn't want their free driveclub game :)
[Xperia Z3 General] Dimitri_010:
Scheduled delivery for today....no signs of UPS as of 6:35 p.m. :crying::crying::crying:
[Xperia Z3 General] Eric Violette:
T-mobile Xperia z3 is the bright screen.galaxy s 4 is the darker display. Both are maxed out on brightness with no enhancements.
[Xperia Z3 General] Heinous:
Just got a notifocation from UPS that mine is sitting at home waiting for me. Woo woo!
[Xperia Z3 General] jayr04:
We have good taste in cars and phones
[Xperia Z3 General] phobia:
wait, so if I buy this at full retail from T-mobile, I can't use an ATT sim or use it when I am on vacation outside the US??!??
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
They will unlock if going on foreign trips, I think its 45 days on contract before they unlock a phone normally.
[Xperia Z3 General] mattlgroff:
In my hurry and excitement earlier I forgot to mention that mine made it in today! :)
[Xperia Z3 General] jonshipman:
What bloatware from Tmo are we looking at, and can any of it not disable?
[Xperia Z3 General] mattlgroff:
Can Be Disabled

T-Mobile My Account

T-Mobile Name ID

T-Mobile TV

T-Mobile Visual Voicemail

Lookout

System Manager Notication

Cannot Be Disabled

Device Unlock

Mobile Hotspot

System Manager Toggle

System Manager Application
[Xperia Z3 General] jonshipman:
Hmmm, is the Hotspot removed from the settings menu or is Mobile Hotspot just a link to that activity?
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
not removed and yes, just a link to the settings menu

overall, not a lot of bloatware at all for a branded device
[Xperia Z3 General] jonshipman:
Yeah, and I think those apps could probably be blocked via adb shell and a pm block. I'll try that tomorrow when I get mine in
[Xperia Z3 General] HOGWILD:
Which head phones came with the phone?
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
None
[Xperia Z3 General] weebnuts:
That's T-Mobile for you, the international ones come with docks and or good headphones. I should have ordered a bronze one from the UK, but mine arrives today. Only reason I got it from T-Mobile is for wifi calling which I hope will be available to all android phones once lollipop comes out
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
Then again I got my sister a GS4 2 weeks back, from TMO and was surprised to see it bundled with headphones.
[Xperia Z3 General] id3alistic:
I was under the impression that the reason this phone is $630 instead of $700 is because it doesn't come with the headphones and other accessories.
[Xperia Z3 General] Damented:
Mine will be here tomorrow.

These are some of the things I orders as well

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M223N2Q/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JEN5S6A/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MM0830A/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KR7NFM6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'm only using the back part of the carbon fiber skin, it works well with a case and don't have to worry about any small debris getting behind case and scratching glass. Also makes the phone look nice when you take off case to show it off to your freinds. I did it with my z2
[Xperia Z3 General] ngvuanh:
TMO has a bundle for everyone who ordered from 10/15 to 10/25 a copy of DriveClub for PS4 even though not for everyone else. :)
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
Charged mine up last night before bed, brought it down to 99% with light use, then didn't plug it in. -2% battery overnight. Simply awesome. This is with all of my normal apps loaded and without using any stamina modes.
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
Mine is on the UPS delivery truck as 5 something AM so should be getting it today, yay.
[Xperia Z3 General] Elysian893:
Got it this morning :D

And the main reason I traded the old phone in:

And here's a picture of a guitar neck in progress for good measure:
[Xperia Z3 General] ngvuanh:
Your old Z1s is really bad.

I actually had a solution to fix back glass issue and my Z1s is now waterproof. Top area on back glass sometime heat up but it's still completely stick to the body.
[Xperia Z3 General] Elysian893:
I've dropped it probably 30+ times :o
[Xperia Z3 General] mariussilverwolf:
Suddenly my 2003 IS 300 Sport Design seems ... less impressive.

.

.

.

Oh, who am I kidding, I have a 2JZ-GE engine in that thing. I'm not giving that up before it's completely dead. Just like I don't want to part with my Z1s, just get the Z3 to accompany it. (Holding off on the purchase ... for now.)
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
Got mine at 1:30, impressed with it so far.
[Xperia Z3 General] taylor999:
Must be nice, I'm stuck at work for 5 more hours and my poor z3 is just sitting on my porch. :crying:
[Xperia Z3 General] SportingChap:
Well, ****. Apparently UPS DOES want a signature upon delivery. Sigh... I don't know how how I'm going to work this out since I work once city over from where I live. And UPS wants to charge me $5 to have them send it somewhere else (UPS store?) or even look at it a different way.
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
Do you have a My UPS account? Not sure if it's too late but I believe you can give them a signature authorization through the service.
[Xperia Z3 General] Elysian893:
You can go pick it up for free during their business hours. That's what I did this morning, as my UPS guy doesn't come by till nearly 6pm, sometimes 7.
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
Yes they do, I was surprised. First time I had to sign in a very long time.

Just an FYI this phone has

tap to wake

like the LG G2 but disabled by default, its in display settings. Useful because the power button is kind of hard to push on mine.
[Xperia Z3 General] hanano17:
Get UPS Choice, its free to sign up and theres an option to have them leave it without signature.

They just tossed mine on the porch, as usual, no signings required on my end.
[Xperia Z3 General] SportingChap:
I was not a member, but I just signed up a minute ago and set my "delivery instruction" to leave at the front door. Do you think this will affect a package that is already in transit like this one?

Edit: I didn't even get a delivery attempt sticker on my door. Isn't that a little weird?
[Xperia Z3 General] hanano17:
It shouldn't be too late. However make sure you authorized without signature, choosing front door is just where to leave it. Like Side door, porch, front door, etc. I'm pretty sure that doesn't impact the signature aspect, I forget the exact language or steps to choose it.

This should help:

http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/sri/umc_authorize_shipment_release.html

Also, make sure to check the individual package release towards the bottom of that page. Not sure which one your is.

EDIT: Yeah there should have been a failed attempt card, which would actually have a place for you to sign and leave it for next time to accomplish the above. Odd.
[Xperia Z3 General] SportingChap:
Thanks for the info. Just for kicks, I went to change the individual package delivery setting to leave at the apartment office, but it told me I couldn't do that because a signature is required. But if I choose the front door, that error goes away, so I'm going to assume that authorizes them to leave without a signature. (Weird that they feel this is more secure than the apartment office, but whatever...) Here's hoping I come home to a nice surprise tomorrow... :)
[Xperia Z3 General] vud911:
You need to sign in your account then select the number you want the phone for and pick Upgrade and start from there.
[Xperia Z3 General] Damented:
If you leave a note on your door saying " UPS please leave package at my door " then sign it and print your name 99 out of 100 times they will take note and leave package. I do it all the time
[Xperia Z3 General] XxSilent22xX:
That was a week ago lol, I have the phone in my hand typing this lol. Thanks for the reply but your way late.
[Xperia Z3 General] vud911:
So lucky! How is the phone so far? :D
[Xperia Z3 General] XxSilent22xX:
Amazing, I can't find any serious faults with the device, those complaining about the camera have never owned a nexus.
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
You guys have seen the devices I have, I choose the Z3 all day every day. Anyone that says the camera isn't good is seriously misguided.
[Xperia Z3 General] Elysian893:
I forgot how good the camera was with my Z1s getting dust in the lens... I've been getting some fantastic shots of my work today.
[Xperia Z3 General] lvlonkey:
So far the only thing I am missing from my old phone was that I could have unlimited tethering. The Z3 is pretty locked down in this regard. Foxfi doesn't work and I can't even edit APN settings. I am hoping there will be some root exploit in the near future so I could get unlimited tethering back.
[Xperia Z3 General] hanano17:
There was a root exploit for LB on the Z2, didn't happen right away but wasn't too long. My only fear is 5.0 drops and we never get root again. I'm far too use to xposed to want to give it up. In fact, mine is still in the box with the seal untouched because I am debating over it a lot lol.
[Xperia Z3 General] shilent:
Please explain about the unlimited tethering. Right now I'm using a Nexus 5, and I'm able to tether to my laptop as long as I use Chrome with the agent spoof addon , or if I'm on a VPN .

Are you saying I won't be able to do this with the Z3?
[Xperia Z3 General] paperWastage:
most likely z3 will behave similar to a stock nexus 5:

The phone will snitch on your tethering even if you use useragent spoof or VPN (phone will actually divert all your tethering data to a separate t-mobile APN which would count towards the 5GB limit)
[Xperia Z3 General] lvlonkey:
As far as I know the only way I can tether now is through the "mobile hotspot" which is tmobile. Before, I was using the tethering option built into android in slimrom on my gs4.
[Xperia Z3 General] jonshipman:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-DDNOSkp6LJs/VEnCat1YRbI/AAAAAAAARs8/SwfYd88yh7w/s1533-Ut/14%2B-%2B1

Has anyone tried blocking the Tether Entitlement Check using pm block via adb shell? I believe the package name is com.sonyericsson.tetherentitlementcheck

I'm away from a computer atm.
[Xperia Z3 General] stasage:
Hey there.

I ordered my Z3 Wed, Oct 22 at 11 pm by the phone with T-Mobile customer support (their site didn't let me submit an order for some reason).

I've got overnight shipping and already got my phone today - Thu, Oct 24 at 4 p.m.

Some pix of the phone:

dropbox.com/sh/02xs08mhtqjfcoh/AABFFX9Ua6Bl7SUoFDt3AaSsa?dl=0

The phone is great. Great look. Just like my Sony Duo 13.

I used to have Sony Ericsson k700i and k750i back in 2005-2006.

Cheers.
[Xperia Z3 General] KDiz:
Mine is out for delivery today. Bad news is I'm 800 miles from home until Sunday. Ahhh!!!
[Xperia Z3 General] Smoothcrm7:
Out for delivery!
[Xperia Z3 General] npaladin2000:
In all fairness to T-Mobile and Sony, what you're talking about as "missing" is essentially a bug that you exploited. Not a "feature." ;)
[Xperia Z3 General] Fermbiz:
My phone is out for delivery. Im extra excited like a little kid lol.

Has anyone registered their free DriveClub game? Whats your experience with redeeming it?
[Xperia Z3 General] mattlgroff:
You may want to wait and get a phone that won't die by just being near water ;)
[Xperia Z3 General] mattlgroff:
Note 4 no longer says Pre-Order on October 15th... good sign?

EDIT: Still says it on the JUMP listing actually...
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
FYI, I don't mean to be a downer, but it did this last night too and it went well past 1a PT

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it's up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Xperia Z3 General] dhaliwal925:
Yes! But can't quite buy it yet :/
[Xperia Z3 General] mattlgroff:
It is... kind of. It's not up for JUMP! yet
[Xperia Z3 General] TracerBullitt:
How would preordering work for someone with Jump, anyway?
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
What's interesting is, it doesn't say "pre-order", it says "buy now" so I'm thinking these will ship this week?
[Xperia Z3 General] TracerBullitt:
I don't even see that... Which page are you looking at?
[Xperia Z3 General] XxSilent22xX:
I keep trying to buy now, but then it immediately wants me to select a plan which i already have wtf.
[Xperia Z3 General] mattlgroff:
Log into My T-Mobile

Go to the Phone tab

Choose your number

"You're eligible for a JUMP! upgrade. START NOW" - If you aren't then hit More Details and pay off the balance up to 50% so you can JUMP! -

Find the Z3... which isn't in the list yet.
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
http://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phones/sony-xperia-z3.html

Yeah, notice the price isn't even filled out yet
[Xperia Z3 General] TracerBullitt:
:sigh:

Maybe I'll just go to bed (this is the only reason I'm still up) and try again tomorrow, before work...
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
Might not be a bad idea. It's not like everyone + dog + mom will be buying this thing.
[Xperia Z3 General] dhaliwal925:
Lol - I think it is just like 4 or 5 of us :victory:
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
haha yeah :good:

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Looks like it's really up now

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BOOM order complete!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Xperia Z3 General] mattlgroff:
Still no JUMP! option :(
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
That sucks!

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Well, I gotta get some sleep, good night and good luck gentlemen.
[Xperia Z3 General] TracerBullitt:
So what happens with Jump if the device (an OG Z) has incidental water damage? I took it to the store about a week ago and they said I could Jump or send it in for repairs. Seems like it wasn't too big a deal for them to take the phone back.
[Xperia Z3 General] dhaliwal925:
Just ordered mine! Went through My T-Mobile - pretty simple process.

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Jump includes insurance against accidental damage. You are good to go either route.
[Xperia Z3 General] mattlgroff:
If you JUMP and they receive is broken (in your case water damaged) they will charger you the insurance deductible in order to JUMP.
[Xperia Z3 General] jonshipman:
I just hope T-Mobile realizes soon that data is data. I can just as easily use up 2GB on a phone as I can to a laptop. I only need to tether in case of emergencies when my Cable goes out (I work from home). I don't need a separate data bucket for tethering, I just want to use 100MB here and there. It's not a deal breaker, my wife has a Z3C and I can tether off that ICE

I'll try to see if there are any BT or USB tethering options.
[Xperia Z3 General] Slygathor:
This might be a stupid question, but the stores don't have it yet correct?
[Xperia Z3 General] Smoothcrm7:
Stores will get it on the 29th. Online only is a pre-sale event which lets you get it sooner
[Xperia Z3 General] Inc-Roid:
I saw it on display at a store. Not sure if it was for sale yet though.
[Xperia Z3 General] id3alistic:
29th people, 29th..... next Wednesday!!! Here's hoping I don't break my Z1S before then and have to pay deductables. Otherwise, just trade it in and pay the tax since I'm on the original Jump!.
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
got my driveclub code this AM!
[Xperia Z3 General] jayr04:
But if you haven't ordered yet, you might as well wait till the 29th and walk in a store. Unless you can get free overnight shipping through customer care.
[Xperia Z3 General] sirtiba:
Between ordering and receiving, did you get any email/sms updates from T-Mobile? I ordered mine Thursday 11am, CC got a $0 pending charge and today, the charge is no longer there and my order status says "backordered." I'm going to be really mad if I end up having to wait any longer when I paid for overnight shipping. If it doesn't come in today, I think I'll cancel the order and just wait until it comes out in stores.
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
Yes, you'll get charged and sent a tracking number as soon as it ships
[Xperia Z3 General] Slygathor:
Yeah, that's what I figured. I was hoping some stores broke the street date. Oh well.
[Xperia Z3 General] sirtiba:
Just got off the phone with customer service, they said it would be back ordered until Tuesday so I canceled the order. I'll just pick it up in store on Wednesday.
[Xperia Z3 General] Elysian893:
Is it a problem of T-Mobile detecting tethering eventually? I just loaded PDANet+ up and it works, but I haven't used it for an extended amount of time. I've got unlimited 4G on my account, so I'm not supposed to be tethering...

edit: I USB tether, not WiFi.
[Xperia Z3 General] pushlatency:
Band 12 Support - is it confirmed?

For anyone who's received their T-Mobile Z3 already - can it be confirmed that it supports LTE Band 12? As I understand the FCC docs and previous reports indicated it would, but the T-Mobile site only lists 2 and 4.

Thanks!
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
Not sure what your'e looking for here. There are no BAND 12 deployments yet and as far as I can tell, it's not enabled in the firmware/baseband either. If the FCC and technical docs say it's there, which they do, I'm confident it will be enabled when the network is ready.
[Xperia Z3 General] WinDroidGuy:
[INITIAL IMPRESSIONS]

[YOUTUBE]t9l5bIUWV_E[/YOUTUBE]
[Xperia Z3 General] lvlonkey:
I was trying to use WiFi tethering. I haven't tried USB tethering but if its working for you that gives me hope. I would prefer to have wifi but I'll take what I can get.
[Xperia Z3 General] Elysian893:
I used it for a while after that post with no issues. I had to disconnect from the PC to do other things, but so far so good.

Honestly, I've got no complaints on this phone, it's fantastic.
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
Yep, Sprint did the same for the LG G2, the 2 secondary LTE bands were enabled via firmware update after they finished deployments/conversion of towers., however you could still enable them via hidden settings after getting the MSL code. I do not know if that is possible with this phone.
[Xperia Z3 General] Fermbiz:
Questions for those who redeemed DriveClub. One of the requirments is to send a picture of your receipt of the purchase. I dont really have a receipt except what T-Mobile emailed me which was just a confirmation of the order. Do I send a screen shot of that? What did you use to redeem the code?
[Xperia Z3 General] Eric Violette:
Yes, take a picture of the email receipt, then upload that with the imei. That's what I did, and I got the digital download code within 24 hours.
[Xperia Z3 General] Fermbiz:
Sweet! Thank you for the quick answer. I hope whoever approves these codes is working tomorrow lol. I cant wait to play DriveClub.
[Xperia Z3 General] stasage:
Well, i financed mine, so before that process the order (right after ordering) you get an email with your order number and a link. I needed click on a link and print my name agreement. Only sheet that they process your order and send you a tracking number. In my case it took about 20 hours from confirming to them shipping the item. After that you can track it on UPS.
[Xperia Z3 General] jayr04:
Mine is in my city. Delivery date is Monday. I hope it comes tomorrow.
[Xperia Z3 General] Goog1e Phone:
Ups doesn't deliver on Saturday unless you pay for Saturday delivery which is a pretty expensive service. (Unless the shipper has a contract with UPS to deliver their goods on Saturday, but Apple is the only company I know that has that set up) I know it wasn't the news you want to hear but I thought I would share so you wouldn't waste your time waiting at home tmr.
[Xperia Z3 General] jayr04:
Darn. Thanks.
[Xperia Z3 General] Fermbiz:
For those thinking about getting the Ringke Fusion Case, I just received mine.

I'm a fan of Ringke cases, and while I have no doubt that the Fusion case will add some protection to my Xperia Z3, I just feel like it takes away from the overall beauty of the phone. I ordered the Crystal Clear case.

Around the edges of the phone is a rubber type of plastic, which I like because it adds some grip, the back of the case is a harder type of plastic.

I'm gonna try to explain this the best way I can. The back side of the case, since its clear, you can see little scratches that the case has taken. Even permanent smudges or scratches I guess it received from production is an eye sore :(

I may order the darker Smoke Black version of this case just to see if can go with the phone as far as looks but right now, I'm not fond of the Crystal Clear case.
[Xperia Z3 General] jonshipman:
Also, you may want to block Carrier IQ

adb shell

pm block com.carrieriq.tmobile.IQToggle

pm block com.carrieriq.tmobile.IQOOB

pm block com.carrieriq.tmobile

There is a "disable" checkbox in there (under backup/restore) but I prefer it just not start up.

Tried blocking com.sonyericsson.tetherentitlementcheck && com.sonyericsson.entitlement but Tethering just force stops. I'll let you know if I find anything. Of note, you can not add dun in the APN TYPES. It'll act like it's saving but not. Confirmed with adding du and then adding the n forces it back to du.
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
I don't see the Carrier IQ services in "All Apps".
[Xperia Z3 General] jonshipman:
It's called Collect Diagnostics.
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
Ok I see it thanks.
[Xperia Z3 General] itsjustJOH:
Free game for you guys! :D

T-Mobile Xperia Z3 owners – claim your free copy of Driveclub for PS4
[Xperia Z3 General] mattlgroff:
I got mine! However I'm awful at it x.x
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
Still did not get the E-Mail for Drive Club.:confused:
[Xperia Z3 General] ac21365:
se1000, DC is an active market and many other markets around the country have equipment going up as quick as they can get approval. Everything from rural areas of Ohio to the Dallas area (confirmed by sightings and planning commission applications).

Glad I wasn't the only one to notice that only Bands 2 and 4 were active in the service menu. Not sure about the ZMax, but the Z3 and Avant are one in the same: both require an update to turn on Band 12. I hope they send it out sooner than later.

And yes, mattlgroff below is right, the device is certified for band 12 for anyone still unsure. It's all in the FCC filing.
[Xperia Z3 General] mattlgroff:
The T-Mobile Z3 supports it in hardware, it will get an OTA later to support it when the network is officially rolled out I'm sure.
[Xperia Z3 General] edwardlanti:
Could you guys do me a favor? Take a close up picture of the top and bottom front of the phone. Mine has a small gap and already has dirt in between the glass and frame. I just want to make sure is not normal before i request a replacement.

Thanks
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
Grass is greener on your side, for me the glass is evenly placed but I have backlight light leakage in intervals along the right side of the frame from the gap, I got dirt on top of that problem. I,m going to the store on release day to compare and may exchange. Also mine has a very minute frame indentation towards the LCD, you really have too look closely.

Even in some reviews if you look closely you can see stuff stuck between gaps, thinking it may be common, but the light leak annoys me.

Photos taken from my sister's GS4, actually looks worse in real life:

[IMG="Upper Right"]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4tbkf_WnhbU/VExIqfPN4LI/AAAAAAAAAos/LctM3Lyujac/s128/20141025_184901.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="Lower Right"]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-G3rq0ePVZ0k/VExIrpfkTiI/AAAAAAAAAo0/2x-PL5BnGO4/s128/20141025_185217.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="Lower Right"]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-I4sgla7VprY/VExIqp_NtKI/AAAAAAAAAoo/I-1ap8wwdG0/s128/20141025_185222.jpg[/IMG]
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
I'd send that one back!
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
Thanks, some were saying its normal, good to see someone agree me!