[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoTengoBattery:
Hello XDA developers!

I'm posting this because perhaps it can help someone else.

In August 2014 I bought a beautiful shiny Sony Xperia Z, free from factory which means I paid full price and it was great!

(but everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked, it was a joke :) ).

But, after a little over a day and a half, the screen broke alone in the front pocket of my pants (I confess something tight but had put my cracked Huawei with no problems), it really is not a problem: I had a Huawei with screen without pieces working perfectly fine! The problem is that about 100% of the touch stopped working, making the phone an expensive paperweight.

I could not even take a picture! Everything for what I was use it was for timing a pendulum in my physics class. The most expensive clock that anyone could buy!

Of course, the warranty was conspicuously absent!

Since then I have had to exist with this phone and Genymotion because in college have a smart phone is a necessity (at least where I study).

But now I have the opportunity to purchase a high-end phone and the first thing that came to my mind as a camera flash was Sony (I quote in Spanish: "El ser humano es el único animal, tan animal, que tropieza dos veces con la misma piedra.") Because I'm a Linux / Android developer and Sony launches AOSP kernels and release the source code even before launching the device itself (as with the Z2) leaves to me a good taste in the mouth, especially after being a proud owner of an Xperia Tipo (best smartphone in my life!). The "slow development" is no problem for me, because I am developer for 5 years (although recently I deleted my Gmail account and opened another for personal reasons, thats explains why I'm junior again).

Leaving that aside, is the Xperia Z3 a good choice?

I'm thinking in spend a lot of money (around 2 minimum wage in my country) in a good device but it does not convince me at all, maybe due my trauma with Xperia Z.

As a proud owner of an Xperia Tipo, Sony is amazing, as a defrauded and (fooled?, cheated?) holder of an Xperia Z, Sony sucks.

I post this because maybe someone will feel helped and like me maybe some one indecisive can feel safer to opt in or to run quickly away from Sony.

If the risk is greater than the gain, as the Xperia Z, what are our options? Personally, I look for a device that does not baulk with things like Custom Kernels (as KNOX or locked Bootloaders). Samsung: I'm supposed to own my phone!, right?

Thanks for reading, I hope this is helpful and if it is not, at least I hope it will help someone (even me).

I think of a OnePlus One, I do not care to be brought from China XD. (I've tried to win an invite bu :( no one love the "inncoent" humor)

Edit: If you think on this, the M8 is a good alternative! In comparison, the "desventage" of the M8 is the waterproof. I can't find any other.

Edit: This was my last phone (this phone is my current phone):

Cracked but fully working Huawey Y320 Arround $60

1. My dog ran and pulled the USB making the phone kiss the ground.

2. Then, I accidentally droped on the College.

3. I was angry cuz it reboot and smashed against the table.

4. Was woking perfectly good till the LCD cracked because I sat on phone.