yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XPERIA X1 General] maherb:
No cracks, 2 months, dropped it few times.

full body cover, Invisible Shield, from day 1, 08W31

Black X1i, unbranded. :)
[XPERIA X1 General] spr33:
4 months, no cracks.

Vodafone branded, Invisible Shield protection.
[XPERIA X1 General] apoco:
No cracks, four months, drop few times

Black X1i, Vodafone branded, 08W42
[XPERIA X1 General] apoco:
please delete
[XPERIA X1 General] Stevo8227:
No cracks, 4 months, dropped it a couple of times.

Black X1i, unbranded.
[XPERIA X1 General] c_legaspi:
no cracks. 4 months. x1a silver. pdar flip cover.

knocking on wood....
[XPERIA X1 General] Leddy:
4 months, 08W46, no cracks

Silver X1i
[XPERIA X1 General] Mopral:
Black X1i

SFR branded

Two month

08w45

No cracks! (knocks on wood...)
[XPERIA X1 General] kluks:
no crack what so ever,

08W34,dropped to the concrete ground once.
[XPERIA X1 General] foxcheng:
w45,silver x1a used 1month and no crack, luckily :D
[XPERIA X1 General] Concentrate:
No Cracks

~ 2 months

Black Xperia, unbranded
[XPERIA X1 General] Ride2kmax:
No Cracks. knock on wood.

I had it for 2 months so far.
[XPERIA X1 General] anaadoul:
X1i unbranded

no cracks,

dropped few times

only scratches on back battery cover

Purchased December, 8th 2008 (4 monthes).
[XPERIA X1 General] hypoh:
No cracks.

Silver x1a unbranded

08w58

Received mid-January
[XPERIA X1 General] mekane:
i have this Xperia X1 wonderfull phone right for a week but still don't have cracks!! .. but i will buy a case if its helpfull
[XPERIA X1 General] MykeChester:
Accidentally drop it...about 4ft high...:mad:

Luckily...no crack! :eek: just a not-so-visible scratch...:D
[XPERIA X1 General] ubit:
no cracks

x1i, 3 months, no cracks
[XPERIA X1 General] Waco2:
X1i, 4 months, silver, unbranded, W49, no drop, no cratches, no crack :)
[XPERIA X1 General] jcsxda:
4 months - no cracks

(despite being dropped a couple of times)

X1i Vodafone 08W43
[XPERIA X1 General] _craven_:
No cracks, no drops, 4 months, X1i black, 08W44
[XPERIA X1 General] Typako:
X1i black UK unbranded 08W52, bought 7 weeks ago.

I had no drops.

Voted already for no cracks. :)
[XPERIA X1 General] D-fens:
No cracks at all and I'm playing witk my X1i'ie for about 6 weeks. 50% in my pocket and 50% in leather case in my jacket.

Let it last 4 ever...

Black, unbranded, Gen-UK, 8w32
[XPERIA X1 General] Chaosstorm:
09W02 ( ok i have it now for 3 weeks :P ) but i have no cracks.
[XPERIA X1 General] OwenRW:
08W50, Silver, O2 UK, ~3 months, dropped a couple of times.

NO cracks. (although the coating is coming off the enter key)
[XPERIA X1 General] DOMin8or:
i got my device from first day it was available in german.

and it looks like brand new and has got no cracks/breaks.

i think the cracks are results of bad handling with the phone.

its not a brick, its a subminiaturisized piece of electronic.

you must handle it with care.
[XPERIA X1 General] Amanox:
had the phone for almost 5 months now, dropped it 2 .. no cracks... contract phone vodafone UK
[XPERIA X1 General] finlay666:
No cracks after 2 months

Dropped a couple of times, bare phone with a Martin Fields screen protector
[XPERIA X1 General] donzoomik:
Now about 4-5 months old, and no cracks.
[XPERIA X1 General] tjex:
Have been using a X1i for 7 months. No cracks
[XPERIA X1 General] MAkS1:
Silver Dutch Vodafone branded. 2 months old, dropped once: clean. Best phone I've had so far...
[XPERIA X1 General] Evostance:
Damn, I thought it has no cracks and then when I checked under the volume button....bam.

I have dropped it twice though lol
[XPERIA X1 General] uiqjirka:
No cracks, 4 months,black
[XPERIA X1 General] indy.89:
X1i: Crackless

No Cracks!!

Black X1i, Unbranded.

Owned Since 1/2/2009
[XPERIA X1 General] WhyBe:
Black unlocked X1i since December 08. No crack or other flaws. Some visible battery cover scratches that I consider wear and tear from normal use.
[XPERIA X1 General] Desmosedicci:
No cracks at all after 5 months.
[XPERIA X1 General] michaelthemage:
First of all, thanks for participating....and keep it coming! But kindly anybody that posts, PLEASE add if it is:

X1i or a, Silver or Black, branded or unbranded (if branded which Operator) and perhaps which country, manufacture date.

Again, I am not so lucky and are at my 3rd phone, Silver, now. All phones were unbranded from Singapore(!) -generic_uk SI - 08W48, 08W51 and 08W51.

Since day 1 I read here about the cracks and was looking every day, did never drop it, did not even put it in plain pocket but always carried it in a side pouch (SE cover). Took the stylus out with greatest care, never took off the battery cover (16GB sd card inside). There is NOTHING I could have done differently.... and BAM... cracks on all phones, same identical spot...!

Now, for all who read the other thread... legal steps..cracks..., for me now, it looks like the MAJOR Majority has no cracks and that is why SE doesn't give a frak about this 'minority of us with cracks'! Simple poll confirmed in just 2 days so far.... most have NO cracks, so how could this be a manufacture fault??? I still think it is but really hard to prove if this many have NO cracks!

So keep on polling....
[XPERIA X1 General] shadowmike:
no cracks 4 months going on 5

black UK, unbranded
[XPERIA X1 General] aussiebum:
personal opinion: to minimise chances of a crack, don't expose the X1 the extreme hot and/or cold rapidly, don't drop it on floor and/or in water, don't put it in bag next to your keys and don't throw it at someone and/or against hard surface (but ok against sofa or bed :) )

EDIT: battery cover corners showing a bit of bare metal, black coating wearing off. probably because those corners protrude higher than the rest of the back and scratch against my work desk. which sucks.
[XPERIA X1 General] fxcoupeman83:
Unfortunately, discovered a crack under the volume button today. Telstra Silver X1a, bought 24th December.
[XPERIA X1 General] Henry_eue:
I have had my unbranded black Xperia X1a since January 15 2009 and no cracks at the moment with normal use, no extra care or stuff like that. No drops, with transparent case and screen protector since day 1. I´m really happy with it, i admitt i was scare at the beggining because of the crack post.

;)
[XPERIA X1 General] superweijie:
Lame, some people's Xperia held well even with dropping. Some like mine cracked without agitation. Talk about luck. So I see now is that there is a 5-10% of failure rate. And in some countries, Sony Ericsson isn't obliged to fulfil the warranty for this minority.

For those people accusing us of mishandling our phones, you people are just lucky that you did not get this problem. It is not how well you handle it, it is how well or badly some our phones are made.

Hot and cold? No such issue in my country. A phone should be designed for such normal usage anyway. See how Nokia test their phones?

Don't drop it? I never dropped my phone, I placed it down gently on all surfaces, always choosing a soft surface to put it on.

I forgot to mention, I am still using my Samsung i780 as my main phone and leave my Xperia at home relatively much. And what happened? Wham, crack appeared suddenly after just 5 weeks.

Just a reminder, the paint peeling issue is an ISSUE. I got my back battery cover, which was peeling paint even in one weeks time under careful usage exchanged. It was exchanged because someone made a VERY big fuss over it and the local Sony Ericsson finally acknowledges it. I got one from the new batch of black back covers and it has no such issues. Funny how some people can pay a few hundred bucks and still be forgiving of Sony Ericsson for making a badly manufactured phone.
[XPERIA X1 General] cle_m_ent:
No crack after 4 months. But another problem here :

My pictures are so bad now...
[XPERIA X1 General] superweijie:
Are you sure picture quality is affected? I have this issue after just 4 days when I began looking at the phone rather than playing with it. However the pictures taken don't seem to be bad.

This thread is about cracks on the phone's casing/housing.
[XPERIA X1 General] bookek:
No cracks. 2 months, no protection, dropped once or twice from desk level. Black generic UK.
[XPERIA X1 General] alias_neo:
No cracks, 5 weeks, 08W52, X1i, VodaUK
[XPERIA X1 General] cle_m_ent:
Yes I'm sure because my problem began 1months ago, now it's worse and all my pictures, even in broad daylight are terrible. If you want open a topic for this probleme... I wan't it myself because, I'm not sur that everyone understood my english...

My probleme at this day :

And sorry for the off topic.
[XPERIA X1 General] Ethermind:
no cracks since new year

black
[XPERIA X1 General] superweijie:
The thing is that I have this problem too, but my picture quality isn't affected. Maybe you can take some sample pictures and open a new thread?
[XPERIA X1 General] ukon:
No cracks. Dropped it a thousand times :/
[XPERIA X1 General] Hkt:
3 Months, Unbranded X1i Black, No cracks 08W46
[XPERIA X1 General] xmoo:
I got it since english release date (Directly the first day1)

And till now, no cracks or colour change.

Xperia silver!
[XPERIA X1 General] zzone:
no cracks after 2,5 months. X1i black unbranded.
[XPERIA X1 General] Shadowdh:
No cracks... had it about 4 or 5 months now... dropped it a few times (heart stopped each time...) and I have a martin fields screen protector... thats all...
[XPERIA X1 General] aksx1:
no cracks

sony ericsson xperia x1 black.. no cracks till now.. its been more than 2 months.. i am using boxwave cystalslip cover and boxwave clear touch antiglare screen protector.. i am very happy with the phone.. i just love it.. it is like a computer to me.. :)
[XPERIA X1 General] stormlv:
silver x1i unbranded - 1 month no cracks. I'm just using the old P1i cover for protection.
[XPERIA X1 General] aswaddington:
No cracks since Jan 12 2009. X1a silver unbranded, dropped twice, Boxwave Crystal Slip Case for protection.
[XPERIA X1 General] aloner:
No cracks on my black X1i

Bought the first week of February.

Screen protector and PielFrama case.
[XPERIA X1 General] sb2008:
No cracks, 2 Months, silver X1i, T-Mobile branded, 08W52 :)
[XPERIA X1 General] solidrips:
no cracks :)

bought last year november! black x1i
[XPERIA X1 General] jigsawpuzzle:
No cracks

5 months

Steel Silver X1i unbranded

08W40
[XPERIA X1 General] gizmo1908:
4 months no cracks

x1i silver vodafone holland

dropped once
[XPERIA X1 General] Musse_1:
Unbranded X1i Black 08W44, No cracks since mid November08
[XPERIA X1 General] Jonny4911:
No Cracks

I have no cracks!

Got off eBay used, had for 1 month now so its more than that :D!

X1i Black, Vodafone branded orginally, UK

Dated: 08W43

hopefully will have no cracks forever :p

when in jacket has leather sony ericsson case, nd has screen protector too.
[XPERIA X1 General] zlatigg:
No cracks! 5 weeks Black X1 , o2 Germany
[XPERIA X1 General] Doode:
No cracks, 6 weeks in my possession. I use the X1i heavily.

Dropped it thrice (from 3 feet onto concrete), a few chips of plastic on the corners came off, but nothing big.

:D

- T-mobile

- Netherlands

- Silver X1i
[XPERIA X1 General] KwiHa:
NO cracks, Black, Vodafone UK, 3~4 months old. :cool:

Under heavy and strong using. :D
[XPERIA X1 General] NZtechfreak:
No cracks, X1i unbranded, somewhere between 4 and 5 months down the line now...
[XPERIA X1 General] griffin9k:
No cracks. Finnish Black Operator free X1.

Removing back cap many times a day. 7 weeks
[XPERIA X1 General] Sera_6969:
Vodafone, black, six weeks, no cracks, dropped twice (onto carpet, luckily...) and pimped with too many goodies (thanks xda!) The only thing i can't get to work is Mortplayer (i want the volume toggle control but no dice. *sob* )
[XPERIA X1 General] michaelthemage:
Well, now we know WHY SonyEricsson don't care about the "crack issue" much or at all. More then 85% of sold phones are fine!

Thanks for participating and if some still vote and post, great.

As for me, I have now 2 new 08W51 Silver i's, unbranded from Singapore customized, generic_UK.

Hopefully, finger crossed, I won't have to post another crack or two...

As for the people without cracks.... knock on wood it stays that way!
[XPERIA X1 General] madxtreme:
oh **** >.<

i voted for no cracks, but then i looked what you mean with "under Volume Button" and saw a Big Crack...maybe if I pull it a lil bit, i can take the case O.o

i forgot:

i got my device since november :)
[XPERIA X1 General] ristiisa:
X1i, black, unbranded, 4 weeks, no cracks
[XPERIA X1 General] MAkS1:
I voted for no cracks. Unfortunately I actually heard it cracking during a phonecall a few minutes ago. Unlike the most of you mine is cracked in the chrome looking part exactly on the corner of the phone above the stylus. So not in the silver metallic looking part but right in the shiny chrome looking plastic. I heard it happening like something was under tension and finally "snapped". I hope my English is understandable enough..

08w50

Silver vodafone branded Dutch
[XPERIA X1 General] colourblind:
no cracks but this is the worst phone ever
[XPERIA X1 General] finlay666:
Spoke too soon

Got a hairline crack below the volume button going from the side inside to the bit that holds the battery in place, if I try to remove the battery from the same side the bottom of the phone begins to come away, only happened in the past week
[XPERIA X1 General] w.i.n.d.l.e:
Had mine for around 6 weeks its a sony ericsson x1i that I got from vodafone No Cracks yet
[XPERIA X1 General] ericmateo:
No cracks, had mine for 5 months now, black, unbranded:):D
[XPERIA X1 General] sylvios:
No cracks, 4 months, drop two times

Silver X1i, Vodafone Germany, 08W42
[XPERIA X1 General] goldenchild7801:
Silver x1a, 1 week, 08w51, unbranded, no cracks, no drops, invisible shield and cheap ebay plastic case
[XPERIA X1 General] farhang84:
I got my X1i in November, and i dropped maybe once or twice but I don't have any cracks on my phone. I think Sony Ericsson uses high quality material.
[XPERIA X1 General] pzbell:
Used it for 3 months, no crack (touch wood) :p
[XPERIA X1 General] D-Lo:
I have a silver X1i, Dutch T-Mobile branded and fabricated in 08W46 (got it for xmas though). Dropped it countless times...

It has some cracks:

One near the volumebuttons

One near the speaker in the battery compartiment and one on the direct opposite side too.

Two hairline cracks (1 at the stylus where the paint comes off, one at the camera)

And it got a whole lottascratches!!

To short things up... Mine is pretty banged up!:p
[XPERIA X1 General] drmrforman:
No cracks

Unbranded, acquired 11/08, multiple drops, rarely use stylus or volume button.
[XPERIA X1 General] emuneee:
I have had mine since late November. I have a crack near the volume rocker...probaly from opening the battery cover. But I don't care...lol. I'll send it in right before the warranty expires.
[XPERIA X1 General] ckfamily:
no cracks, 3 months already

08 W31
[XPERIA X1 General] LordJCS:
Silver X1i (swedish) 08W40. Had it since 24th of october. No cracks what so ever.
[XPERIA X1 General] neowkewl:
no cracks for 2 month . its alive after falling in toilet fully water profed my xperia XD had put akku out and dry it 2 days..... no cracks no cracks.... go on...
[XPERIA X1 General] spikegotti:
black, unbranded - 09W08 - no cracks, Barbados
[XPERIA X1 General] o2xdaexec:
had mine for about 4week now and alays looking for then but no cracks yet.

x1i o2 uk branded(well it was).
[XPERIA X1 General] somebody:
Mine is 5 weeks "old" and in daylie use. It's a 08W50 silver device. No cracks till now.
[XPERIA X1 General] Agaas:
No cracks at all. Unbranded black X1i bought in sweden. Was booked months ahead of realese and recieved on the release day (10th oct I think)
[XPERIA X1 General] antmagpie:
Had my X1 since last october, and i have no cracks and none of the paint has come off
[XPERIA X1 General] vvaffles:
no cracks x1i 08w49 unbranded

take extra care of it tho, in case since day 1. had it for about a month and some. maby the cracks has something to do with the weather at where you live?
[XPERIA X1 General] CTCNetwork:
Hi,

4 months . Dropped from a case - slight scratch.

Left on roof of car. It came off on a bend (as you would!). Car drove over it.. Screen is a maze, and now has a slight curve but there are no case cracks!!!

Black unbranded.

Shame!

Des. . . ;)
[XPERIA X1 General] :
No cracks at all, had it since January and it often fell...
[XPERIA X1 General] bootis:
Go it in october, unbranded.

I use it alot in a very dirty enviroment(Im a mechanic in a mine). No crack, no problems.
[XPERIA X1 General] o2xdaexec:
ok so after a carful look i have 2 one on each side where the bottom of where the battery cover clips on.
[XPERIA X1 General] Cysign:
4 1/2 month, never dropped it and no crack. black one!
[XPERIA X1 General] strkopiesok:
No cracks. :p 2 Months. Dropped twice :mad:

Black X1i, unbranded.
[XPERIA X1 General] shooi:
Just done a quick check and no cracks (phew!)

X1i, O2 UK (although no physical 'branding', just the firmware), 08W51, reasonably frequent battery cover removal (in the hope that O2 UK would release the R2A software - FINALLY happened last week), screen protector and leather case.

21/04/09 UPDATE:

Arrrrgh! Just found a crack, exactly half way between volume rocker and camera button, on 'chrome' strip right next to battery cover. Bummer!
[XPERIA X1 General] mzoran:
X1i, Black, Unbranded, 09W06, UK generic ROM, both it 4 weeks ago..

Just checked and no cracks.

Maybe SE (or HTC) changed something in X1 production, after some complains..

However, I'm finding that both volume and camera buttons are so unfriendly and not so easy to use.. Especially since you have two-position camera button, very often I made bad pictures since I shake X1 because of bad button..
[XPERIA X1 General] Th33dg3:
Got mine about a month, no cracks till now.. just scratches on the battery cover cause i carried it in my pocket together with a lighter and a few coins... can't explain, why it just looked THAT scratched... dammit :rolleyes:
[XPERIA X1 General] de Wolfe:
Own it now since approximately 10 weeks. Shelter it with a Bugatti Slimcase. Doesn't have any cracks or any other scarcities at all. It's an unbranded silver X1 with originally generic German ROM. Looks still beautiful as hell :D
[XPERIA X1 General] derliebewolf:
My first one wa living without cracks for 3Month...til I got it replaced due to another issue. The replecement unit had a tiny crack just hours after installing it (not sure if it was even shiped wih it) and got a bigger crack at the battery cover later.
[XPERIA X1 General] PaulW21781:
Can't remember when I bought it (was around February IIRC)

08W48

Dropped it plenty

Got it wet (out on motorbike & got caught in the rain, was in front pocket of jacket)

Spilt car oil onto it

Lost a stylus

Battery cover is all scratched to hell due to being in a pocket with loose change & keys

Dirty, covered in mucky finger prints.

But no cracks at all :) And still works just like it did after I got rid of the ghey Voda rom less than 24 hours after purchase.
[XPERIA X1 General] michaelthemage:
Well, that is quite a story. And that makes one wonder about 'karma of the phone'. There are those others that NEVER dropped it, NEVER scratched it, NEVER did even shake it.... and got the crack(s)! Weird, isn't it :cool:
[XPERIA X1 General] _WOODY_:
No cracks (fingers still crossed)

dropped one time and destroy the cristalcase but no harm to the X1

5 months

Steel Silver X1i unbranded

08W45
[XPERIA X1 General] orelsi:
Hehe

5 months without any cracks. I did scratch the screen, but that is normal.

Droped it 6 times. One time from 1.5 meters and another from 1 meter. The second time it hit the edge of a steel table and fell on some tiles on the floor.

This phone is invincible :).
[XPERIA X1 General] natefisher:
no cracks! had it for at least 2 and half months now! dropped it several times and nothing as bad as a crack!
[XPERIA X1 General] The(non)Best:
X1i sfr(vodafone) branded. no crack after 5-6weeks and 3main drops (1 meter high).
[XPERIA X1 General] jibran:
5 weeks,vodafone branded,no cracks,excessive battery changing, 1 very bad drop from like 3 meters on carpet but no harm:D was lucky
[XPERIA X1 General] Desmosedicci:
* Black X1i, unbranded

* 08W45; 6 months

-> no cracks at all, just a few minor scratches on the battery case
[XPERIA X1 General] michaelthemage:
5th phone now with crack!

Well, my 5th phone now with a crack under volume button. Silver X1i (generic_uk, unbranded) manufactured 09W03!

I will get a new 09W23 Monday and look forward to finally getting a fault free phone.... if that is possible at all with SE! :cool:

PS: CRACK WAS THERE WITHIN 1(!) WEEK !!! Didn't even have time to really use the phone!
[XPERIA X1 General] second_east:
No crack.

Five weeks now in my possession.

X1i Black, unbranded

09W03
[XPERIA X1 General] krack73:
Had mine since Feb 09, still no cracks. Working like a dream.

SPEC:S SONY X1 UK, o2 network. Unbranded, Rom 1.03.931.8WWE Touch X.

K73
[XPERIA X1 General] spikegotti:
had mine for just over 4months and still no cracks, dropped it plenty times too, only problem i see on the x1 is the battery cover
[XPERIA X1 General] Trudi:
Quite the same for me !
[XPERIA X1 General] DatDereX1:
I've had it 3 months and no cracks
[XPERIA X1 General] Fabian1112:
5 months xD never dropped and always used my case from pdair,.. two cracks near camera lens to powerbutton and 3,5line in,.. absolutly symmetrical like on pictures in other threads in this forum,.. turned it back for warranty reason with installed HARD SPL and standard german rom they took it after 7 days i got a new one,.. i like t- mobile :-D
[XPERIA X1 General] anothadave:
no cracks, silver x1i. 6months+ 08w50 unbranded. dropped it a few times too lol
[XPERIA X1 General] WhyBe:
Had mine since December and no cracks. Been dropped a couple or three times though.
[XPERIA X1 General] hezz05:
No cracks since February! Dropped it only once, case proved it's worth!
[XPERIA X1 General] :
No Cracks since 3 Months.

Xperia X1i.

Manufactured Day: Unknown.
[XPERIA X1 General] Tenerezza:
Have had Xperia since it launched in Sweden last fall, over a half year ago and no cracks nothing. Just lots of system crashes :)

And my cat have pushed it down several times down on the floor, made the battery jump out but yet no cracks or problems from that.
[XPERIA X1 General] melaskalany:
No cracks!

I have had my black X1i for four weeks now. I have never dropped it so far and I had carried it for three weeks inside Sony Ericsson's ICE-125 Leather carrying case; now I am using Noreve’s leather pouch. I have got no body protection films on; only a Martin Fields screen protector; no scratches! :)

Battery cover finish not wearing but slightly discoloured after placing the phone in an Arkon car holder for 35 minutes for GPS navigation purposes. I padded the holder myself with neoprene from a used slimming belt. Probably that, added to the high temperature (A/C was on inside the car though) and high UV index caused the discolouration. :confused:
[XPERIA X1 General] wazaaappp:
this is so weird, I can't even believe :eek::eek:. 4 months with X1, no crack. I'm using case... and even it's been dropped and nothiiiiiiing at all :eek::eek:... anyway I pity u guys :( it should not be any good stuff :mad:
[XPERIA X1 General] rarewolf:
X1a, not branded, 5 months, no cracks :)
[XPERIA X1 General] x666:
Silver X1i, 4 weeks, no cracks... forgot credit card into same pocket with x1 and after 15 minutes walk the metal casing got rubbed to sh*t :)
[XPERIA X1 General] uiqjirka:
X1 black, not branded, 6 months, no cracks
[XPERIA X1 General] raseac:
no cracks

no cracks, 6weeks, two times dropped
[XPERIA X1 General] jjm34:
Ok, black unbranded 09W18 X1i, no cracks yet; got it for 4 weeks now.
[XPERIA X1 General] nomo:
7 months, no cracks, silver X1i unbranded 08W47, US Tmobile.:)
[XPERIA X1 General] Leidel77:
I have him now for about 6 month.

X1i

08W49

Branded Vodafone Netherlands.

Droped it a few times, spilled Cola over it etc...

only thing is that there's a scratche on the back cover:mad:.