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Tips before buying XZ1

I'm buying a XZ1 in a couple of hours.
Do i need to check something in the phone before buying it? Any recomendations?
Thanks in advance.

are you buying a new phone from the store? or a second-hand one?

Check the display whether having yellow hue problem. Compare with demo unit properly.

ikkeeuu said:
are you buying a new phone from the store? or a second-hand one?
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I'm buying it from a store.
joonlin said:
Check the display whether having yellow hue problem. Compare with demo unit properly.
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How do I check if the unit has the yellow hue problem?

diego9016 said:
I'm buying it from a store.
How do I check if the unit has the yellow hue problem?
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Compare white color. when you switch both phone into setting or message apps you will find the differences. I bought 3 weeks ago having yellow hue problem.. still waiting for replacement. hope you won't regret like me..

[Q] purple tint fix

Hi,
I purchased htc one on ebay. which is from Uk by imei, im facing purple tint issue, is there any solutions to fix this issue? is it hard ware or software issue? i don have warranty. im from india. please help me

manikumary said:
Hi,
I purchased htc one on ebay. which is from Uk by imei, im facing purple tint issue, is there any solutions to fix this issue? is it hard ware or software issue? i don have warranty. im from india. please help me
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everyone I can remember who has posted here with the same issue has required hardware replacement to fix....
sorry for the bad news.

cr1960 said:
everyone I can remember who has posted here with the same issue has required hardware replacement to fix....
sorry for the bad news.
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But i spoke/chat to us and uk htc support. they said the fix is coming in april. and its not at all hardware issue or camera.

manikumary said:
But i spoke/chat to us and uk htc support. they said the fix is coming in april. and its not at all hardware issue or camera.
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They've said that on and off since the phone's release.
It is definitely a hardware issue. Specifically, the camera sensor itself.
No software can fix a hardware issue.
I actually have this issue myself, but I have a proper camera and don't really care about the camera on this phone too much. I knew it wasn't gonna be a good camera when I bought it.
Sent from my CyanogenModded HTC One, using Tapatalk

manikumary said:
But i spoke/chat to us and uk htc support. they said the fix is coming in april. and its not at all hardware issue or camera.
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Thats BS. I had the same issue. They replaced the camera lens. That solved the issue. It is entirely a hardware issue.

Why htc giving false information? purple tint issue happened after some sw update? what if we replace the lens by htc , it can come in future if we update again right?

Camera Problem

Hi ive just got a second hand one and it has a camera problem in low light
The problem it has it has lines like a grid when using the camera in low light
This may sound strange but does the camera suffer from screen burn the same u get on a plasma tv. As im using a flip case and i wonder if thats the cause of it
Thxs

bornnslippy said:
Hi ive just got a second hand one and it has a camera problem in low light
The problem it has it has lines like a grid when using the camera in low light
This may sound strange but does the camera suffer from screen burn the same u get on a plasma tv. As im using a flip case and i wonder if thats the cause of it
Thxs
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no, many of the older / refurbished models have a defective camera in them
some show purple / or other colors in low light.

clsA said:
no, many of the older / refurbished models have a defective camera in them
some show purple / or other colors in low light.
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Any way of fixing it?

bornnslippy said:
Any way of fixing it?
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no... sending it back to htc is the fix

clsA said:
no... sending it back to htc is the fix
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Oh ive rooted it will that be a problem?
Also whats the Warranty on theses phones?
THxs

bornnslippy said:
Oh ive rooted it will that be a problem?
Also whats the Warranty on theses phones?
THxs
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for warranty, you have to check with retailer himself, & your problem is hardware related, so maybe rooting might not matter, but it is advised to unroot it before taking it back to Service Center....

RishiChhikkara said:
for warranty, you have to check with retailer himself, & your problem is hardware related, so maybe rooting might not matter, but it is advised to unroot it before taking it back to Service Center....
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Just to let u know i rang HTC UK they told me to reset it upgrade it to latest firmware if it doesnt solve it i can have it repaired for free
Thxs for your advice guys
Now to Unroot

bornnslippy said:
Just to let u know i rang HTC UK they told me to reset it upgrade it to latest firmware if it doesnt solve it i can have it repaired for free
Thxs for your advice guys
Now to Unroot
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good for you, mine is from UK itself, Glamour Red edition,but doesn't have any international warranty, so they won't repair mine..

Do they repair them or do they swap them for reconditioned ones?
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk

[Q] About to buy HTC ONE, few questions.

Hi guys, I'm about to buy a second hand HTC ONE but I heard that trhe camera has a defect, purple tint.
-How can I check if it does have the defect?
-Is it something that happens over time?
-Is there anything I should know before I make this purchase?
Thank you!

Basically everything can be found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2465651
If it has the faulty sensor, it'll produce purple images (try covering the lens or use dark environment.

davebugyi said:
Basically everything can be found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2465651
If it has the faulty sensor, it'll produce purple images (try covering the lens or use dark environment.
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Thank you for replying, this is bad. I'm really reluctant to buy this second hand phone now. Does it happen over time or do some devices just come with it?

Depends on when it was made and probably market region. But in the thread I posted there are instructions how to check it.
I never checked mine, because it's easy to tell that I have a faulty one

davebugyi said:
Depends on when it was made and probably market region. But in the thread I posted there are instructions how to check it.
I never checked mine, because it's easy to tell that I have a faulty one
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Okay, thanks. Is there anything else I should know?

Jheysus said:
Hi guys, I'm about to buy a second hand HTC ONE but I heard that trhe camera has a defect, purple tint.
-How can I check if it does have the defect?
-Is it something that happens over time?
-Is there anything I should know before I make this purchase?
Thank you!
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Buy it from eBay. If it comes with a faulty camera you can easily get your money back.
Sent from my HTC One using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Root cause of the purple camera tint?

Has anyone found a fix or the root cause of the purple image tint on the camera? I bought a new camera and it is worse then the original? Does the problem actually have to do with the camera or is something else?
Thanks

og style said:
Has anyone found a fix or the root cause of the purple image tint on the camera? I bought a new camera and it is worse then the original? Does the problem actually have to do with the camera or is something else?
Thanks
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Before your camera quality went down hill did you do any upgrades ???

I didn't do any upgrades. I noticed that over time the pictures starting getting out of focus then the purple tint started.
Thanks

og style said:
Has anyone found a fix or the root cause of the purple image tint on the camera? I bought a new camera and it is worse then the original? Does the problem actually have to do with the camera or is something else?
Thanks
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Try this fix with the original camera :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one/general/how-to-htc-one-m7-purple-tint-fix-t2817607

I will give that a try. Thanks

og style said:
Has anyone found a fix or the root cause of the purple image tint on the camera? I bought a new camera and it is worse then the original? Does the problem actually have to do with the camera or is something else?
Thanks
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This has been covered many many times.
Software changes can help to mask the problem.
But the real problem is a faulty sensor, which is why HTC covers this under warranty and have openly admitted to the issue.
They have to replace the sensor for a better one, to truly fix the issue.
Heat is what makes it show up the most, but its truly a hardware flaw and the only "real" solution is to have it repaired.
Im surprised to see anyone still asking this...as its been covered all over this site and the web.

I figured that was the case from what I read. HTC will not fix my phone for free because I have taken the phone apart and unlocked the bootloader. Is there any place for me to buy the upgraded camera at? I got 2 cameras off ebay and they were both worse thank the one that was in my phone.

og style said:
I figured that was the case from what I read. HTC will not fix my phone for free because I have taken the phone apart and unlocked the bootloader. Is there any place for me to buy the upgraded camera at? I got 2 cameras off ebay and they were both worse thank the one that was in my phone.
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you need the 3rd edition camera, cant remember the exact model number, but the only place I found it was a site called aliexpress, world wide shipping, sorry but you'll have to search that site yourself..
EDIT: your in luck, found it straight away http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Back...7-Original-new-Free-shipping/32242205804.html

Is this it?
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Back...7-Original-new-Free-shipping/32242205804.html

og style said:
Is this it?
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Back...7-Original-new-Free-shipping/32242205804.html
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yup :good:

thanks