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hello, just washed my xperia z under running water and after that the speakers gone very low... anyone else got the same problem?
elroy944 said:
hello, just washed my xperia z under running water and after that the speakers gone very low... anyone else got the same problem?
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why the hell would you do this to such a wonderful device?
to test the waterproof-ness ?
LOL !
Aka91 said:
why the hell would you do this to such a wonderful device?
to test the waterproof-ness ?
LOL !
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hehe couldn't resist to test it hahaha, but i read here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr7q6SbX8Do
that it takes a good hour to get the normal volume back... so i think it's normal
Well, after more than a half hour my volume got back.... so people who get this same problem, i think it has to do with some protection. The speaker have to be dry to get the normal volume back
elroy944 said:
Well, after more than a half hour my volume got back.... so people who get this same problem, i think it has to do with some protection. The speaker have to be dry to get the normal volume back
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congratz!
where did you get the "Z" from?
Aka91 said:
congratz!
where did you get the "Z" from?
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Pre ordered from Hi (Netherlands) and got it yesterday
30m to an 1hour and the loudspeaker will be fine, the same thing happened my Xperia Z . Its a protection " Thing "
I expect this question to appear on forums everywhere as more people get this phone and try it out in water.
I must be too old and remember when everyone had a waterproof radio for the shower (as they were advertised everywhere as the perfect gadget gift idea).. Which was fine until water got on the speaker and it got all muffled. Same thing with the XZ! And perhaps why we don't all have radios in the shower anymore!
jonmorris said:
I expect this question to appear on forums everywhere as more people get this phone and try it out in water.
I must be too old and remember when everyone had a waterproof radio for the shower (as they were advertised everywhere as the perfect gadget gift idea).. Which was fine until water got on the speaker and it got all muffled. Same thing with the XZ! And perhaps why we don't all have radios in the shower anymore!
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Whoops Ive called up three to exchange my Xperia Z as I thought it had developed a volume fault.
I also peeled of the screen protector as the operator had asked are you sure the screen protector plastic is still attached ?
Doooh
Now the question is to fit or not fit the new supplied screen protectors that came with in the box ??
The screen looks so much sharper and clearer without it.
arcadebod said:
Whoops Ive called up three to exchange my Xperia Z as I thought it had developed a volume fault.
I also peeled of the screen protector as the operator had asked are you sure the screen protector plastic is still attached ?
Doooh
Now the question is to fit or not fit the new supplied screen protectors that came with in the box ??
The screen looks so much sharper and clearer without it.
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Please do not breed.
DeadlyDazza said:
Please do not breed.[/QUOTE
Ha ha very good I have no intention of creating a mini me, thanks for your comments glad you made to the end of the thread.
Take a bow.
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It just happened to me. You know what I did? Placed the Z's speaker against my notebook's fan, like 10 cm away. In less than 10 mins I received a notification and the volume was high again! So I guess blowing it with hot air does the trick..
I have just ordered myself a c6603 model (UK) and was worried because my bro said that the z has speaker probs but now I have read this thread I am not worried anymore. It does make sense to lower the speaker volume when in water because if you think about it, when the speaker is on it vibrates causing pressure variation so in theory it could suck in water through the protective mesh at full volume. But my acro s doesn't lower the volume when under water or wet and its OK, strange how the z seems to need a little extra protection from water but then again it is an expensive device I suppose.
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I had the same Issue, I read on a Forum this is normal after 1-2 Hours all Water was gone from the Speaker side and the Sound returned to the normal!
Guys, does it interfere the headset sound?
I mean, when my Z gets in the water, for about 1 hour I have both the loudspeaker and the earphones working with a very low volume...
My xperia Z has been exposed to tiny amount of fluid through the headphone jack, im using stock rom, but with doomkernel v9, after exposed to the little amount of fluid, it suddenly shut down and turn on again, but then the rom appear what it says at the bottom left "Safe Mode", at first i thought theres nothing to worry about, just reboot then everything back to normal... but when i done that, the LED indicator show Red color, vibrate once, few second later it vibrate 3 times and it begins to do that over and over again without even entering the boot screen... now i cant get the rom booted... Help me, what must i do?? Can i get it to work again by drying it up using a hair dryer???
It's dead, red LED, vibrate > 2 sec > 3x vibrate and reboot is an unrecoverable hardware fault.
Whatever you do, don't use heat. Put it in a bowl of dry rice with all flaps open for a day or two to absorb the liquid. If that doesn't help there is nothing to do.
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leave it in rice for a few weeks since its water resistant it will tak longer to absorb anything.
Copypasta from another thread I posted in:
Vacuum/hair-dryer are both bad ideas for electronics. The vacuum is bad because it creates a lot of static electricity, and the hair-dryer because, obviously, it heats the phone up to high temperatures.
What you should do immediately is to turn it off (hold Power and Volume up until it vibrates thrice), open all the flaps and put the phone in a bag of rice, letting the rice absorb the water for around a week or so (or at the very least 3-4 days), preferably with a drained/removed battery but this isn't really an option with Xperia Z. After this you need to make sure to get all the rice out before closing the flaps and starting it up.
Fingers crossed nothing has short circuited and/or corroded yet!
Please note: leave the phone in the rice for at least a full week with all flaps open and removable components taken out.
Thanks for the reply guys, and yeah old tricks using a bag of rice... erm, does a silica gel helps, because im using it now... hopefully...
killgrozrism said:
Thanks for the reply guys, and yeah old tricks using a bag of rice... erm, does a silica gel helps, because im using it now... hopefully...
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The silica should work better than the rice.
...Sent from Zed
XperienceD said:
The silica should work better than the rice.
...Sent from Zed
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Owh ****! I really hate this kinda situation... really got me down and depressing...
killgrozrism said:
Owh ****! I really hate this kinda situation... really got me down and depressing...
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Hope it's OK. And yeah, as he said, the silica will work even better that's what it's designed for after all.
Why is nobody putting forward the fact that the OP's phone might be permanently damaged? It was powered on with fluid inside it, which may have shorted out some critical components.
In that case, no amount of time in rice or silica will do any good.
Edit, I see Rekoil mentioned shorting/corrosion above. While getting the phone near absorbent material quickly may prevent corrosion, it's likely that any shorting out of components would have happened instantly. I hope the OP's phone isn't destroyed, but I wouldn't hold much hope for it as powering on a device with fluid inside it is pretty much the worst thing that you can do.
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kingvortex said:
Why is nobody putting forward the fact that the OP's phone might be permanently damaged? It was powered on with fluid inside it, which may have shorted out some critical components.
In that case, no amount of time in rice or silica will do any good.
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Because OP probably knows that and it would be of no use to discuss it?
Rekoil said:
Because OP probably knows that and it would be of no use to discuss it?
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You'd think. But then you'd think that sense would dictate immediately powering off the device in the situation they were in.
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kingvortex said:
You'd think. But then you'd think that sense would dictate immediately powering off the device in the situation they were in.
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You gotta learn one way or another.
Rekoil said:
You gotta learn one way or another.
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The possible loss of a really expensive phone is a hard lesson to learn, but yes I agree that everyone learns somehow.
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Lesson learn, dont take for granted the water resistant features... Hope ill be able to get my phone to boot again by trying out the rice/silica method... Thanks y'all!
I've had exactly ther same problem with my Z.
The jack connector with the water sensor is really bad placed!
I've listened to music under the rain with an umbrella, i've just taken one drop directly on the sensor, so now i've the detector totally red but my phone works perfectly, when i've contacted Sony they said that not taking in charge of warranty :'(
Just be carefull with your phone if you're listening to music with this jack connector or use blutooth headset.
killgrozrism said:
Lesson learn, dont take for granted the water resistant features... Hope ill be able to get my phone to boot again by trying out the rice/silica method... Thanks y'all!
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Don't take them for granted, but that doesn't mean they are completely unreliable. Just really make sure the flaps are closed and you'll be fine.
QualQuek said:
I've had exactly ther same problem with my Z.
The jack connector with the water sensor is really bad placed!
I've listened to music under the rain with an umbrella, i've just taken one drop directly on the sensor, so now i've the detector totally red but my phone works perfectly, when i've contacted Sony they said that not taking in charge of warranty :'(
Just be carefull with your phone if you're listening to music with this jack connector or use blutooth headset.
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Getting a Bluetooth headset was a pretty obvious decision for me I must say.
QualQuek said:
I've had exactly ther same problem with my Z.
The jack connector with the water sensor is really bad placed!
I've listened to music under the rain with an umbrella, i've just taken one drop directly on the sensor, so now i've the detector totally red but my phone works perfectly, when i've contacted Sony they said that not taking in charge of warranty :'(
Just be carefull with your phone if you're listening to music with this jack connector or use blutooth headset.
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While I agree with the sentiment that you should indeed be careful with the phone, the water ingress tape is in exactly the right place. The water resistance is compromised with the flap open (even with headphones connected), therefore the tape is positioned to indicate that the flap was open when contact with water was made
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kingvortex said:
While I agree with the sentiment that you should indeed be careful with the phone, the water ingress tape is in exactly the right place. The water resistance is compromised with the flap open (even with headphones connected), therefore the tape is positioned to indicate that the flap was open when contact with water was made
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Which is why this is such a good idea for this reason as well.
Rekoil said:
Don't take them for granted, but that doesn't mean they are completely unreliable. Just really make sure the flaps are closed and you'll be fine.
Getting a Bluetooth headset was a pretty obvious decision for me I must say.
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Indeed that a wise choice, sadly i've bought with my a Bose OE2 in same time as my Xperia Z...
QualQuek said:
Indeed that a wise choice, sadly i've bought with my a Bose OE2 in same time as my Xperia Z...
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So buy a Sony SBH50 or something. That way you can use your regular headphones and still not have to open the flap for them.
I've been with a friend in a aquapark and made photos,videos etc with our Xperias(Z).
My Z performed well and everything was okey,but my friends Z began with trouble.
His front and rear camera were white.
He left the phone with the flaps open all the night and it performed well,the camera were ok so the device.
After a week his power button 'died' and he could wake the phone with volume up button,weird.
I told him to put it in rice and wait to be fixed.He left it so 5days and now there is like a splash of water on the screen not moving.?
He has no warranty but the phones strips are white.
Do you have any suggestions?
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refresh: Power button is fixed but the water splash under the screen remains.
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May you Send some pics of it? Then I'll look at it.
Or Would be even better if you make a video while pressing softly on it.
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I will send you some pics in so 20mins till I meet with my friend.
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Here they are:
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Seems not so good.
Does it move while pressing?(Even a bit should be good)
And Does it just see so that he doesn't have the Anti-Shutter protection? Because if it's missing water-resistance can be "damaged".
And after a week, there shouldn't be any water inside.
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I bet the water got in because the condensation.
It has the antishatter protection.
The water doesn't move..
I put it again in rice and will hold longer this time
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beni8978 said:
I bet the water got in because the condensation.
It has the antishatter protection.
The water doesn't move..
I put it again in rice and will hold longer this time
C6603 ?
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What if the water is in between the antishatter film and the screen?
It would be squezed out I think...
C6603 ?
Maybe remove the front glass and clean it if there is no other solutions.
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What if the water is in between the antishatter film and the screen?
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This was my first idea too, but I don't think so. And then it Would be movable. The film is relative hard to remove, so water shouldn't come in.
I think it's between Glass and LCD unit.
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Ciapa1 said:
This was my first idea too, but I don't think so. And then it Would be movable. The film is relative hard to remove, so water shouldn't come in.
I think it's between Glass and LCD unit.
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the glass and the lcd are also glued together
Then it will be really hard the water to get out.
Before I put it in rice the first time I didn't have this problem with the screen 'splash'
I hope the rice will pull it out.
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beni8978 said:
Then it will be really hard the water to get out.
Before I put it in rice the first time I didn't have this problem with the screen 'splash'
I hope the rice will pull it out.
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Hey, sorry to necro this thread but I've been having this exact same problem, could you tell me what came out of this? Did the phone recover?
No.The phone got sold for 70euros(the friend buyed it 500€).
He will never buy a waterproof phone again.
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Simple question.
Is the screen touchable underwater ?
C6603 ?
beni8978 said:
Simple question.
Is the screen touchable underwater ?
C6603 ?
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No, it bounces all over the shop.
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I don't get it.
The Z's screen isn't touchable and the z1's?
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beni8978 said:
I don't get it.
The Z's screen isn't touchable and the z1's?
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The phone is waterproof upto 1.5 metres but the screen will not function fully submerged. In the shower or in the rain will be fine.
Corrected this post as I originally said water resistant.
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beni8978 said:
I don't get it.
The Z's screen isn't touchable and the z1's?
C6603 ?
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Read up on how capacitive screens works.
None work under water!
Sorry to jump in like that, BUT actually the Z1 is promoted as being waterproof and not water-resistant... I would expect that to imply resistance to water submerge.
What do you think?
giophil said:
Sorry to jump in like that, BUT actually the Z1 is promoted as being waterproof and not water-resistant... I would expect that to imply resistance to water submerge.
What do you think?
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Ok so the phone is waterproof to 1.5 metres for 30 minutes but the screen is not meant to function under water. When I said shower and rain I was referring to the screen still functioning Ok.
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I believe the fact that the touchscreen doesn't work under water was also the reason why sony put the hardware camera button on it so you can take pics/video underwater
giophil said:
Sorry to jump in like that, BUT actually the Z1 is promoted as being waterproof and not water-resistant... I would expect that to imply resistance to water submerge.
What do you think?
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The definition of Waterproof proves that you are wrong in your arguments.
The definition of waterproof is as follows(Oxford dictionary):
Impervious - Not permitting or allowing something to pass, in this case it's water - to water So basically waterproof means that yor device will not permit passage to water but nowhere does it say that the touchscreen should work because touchscreens demand direct contact with your finger. Try using a touch enabled phone when it's raining and you will quickly realize that some touches are not recognized
hasona said:
The definition of Waterproof proves that you are wrong in your arguments.
The definition of waterproof is as follows(Oxford dictionary):
Impervious - Not permitting or allowing something to pass, in this case it's water - to water So basically waterproof means that yor device will not permit passage to water but nowhere does it say that the touchscreen should work because touchscreens demand direct contact with your finger. Try using a touch enabled phone when it's raining and you will quickly realize that some touches are not recognized
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I actually never implied that it does... i just said that waterproof means capable of water submerge...
giophil said:
I actually never implied that it does... i just said that waterproof means capable of water submerge...
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Ohh read your comment again, didn't read it in context
hi everyone, I've had my xperia z1 around a month now and I'm loving it, but just today the silver ring around the lock button has fallen off. I'll probably get it reattached at a phone shop but I just want to know whether the water proofing is affected in its current state. Thanks
sohail7592 said:
hi everyone, I've had my xperia z1 around a month now and I'm loving it, but just today the silver ring around the lock button has fallen off. I'll probably get it reattached at a phone shop but I just want to know whether the water proofing is affected in its current state. Thanks
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this JUST happened to me aswell. Does anyone know if it affects the waterproofness of the phone or is it no biggy?
Can you also post a pic of how does the button looks without the ring.
I'm guessing that the ring is just glued from factory. In that case it seems like it's esthetic. On the Xperia V behind the physical button is the actual button well isolated. So I don't think it the waterproof is gone. But check with Sony to be absolutely safe.
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I saw many users complaining about lose it, unbelievable. I will go to replace it a soon as you can and even if it's an esthetic thing I will not risk to put it under water. Just to be sure.