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[Hardware] Anybody knows how to remove ZR screen ?

I have cracked my screen and the touchscreen only works from the half down. I don't want to risk warranty rejection and live 3 weeks without my phone so I've ordered the replacement part (LCD+digitizer).
I'm an experienced smartphone repairer (mostly on iPhones but some Androids too) but I'm a bit worried that I'll break my ZR. From my understanding it needs to be opened from the front side, but I would like to be sure of what I do.
Has anybody seen a disassembly guide/video/pictures ? It would help a lot!
(If not, I will document my repair here for future reference...)

Try googling it
Tito1337 said:
I have cracked my screen and the touchscreen only works from the half down. I don't want to risk warranty rejection and live 3 weeks without my phone so I've ordered the replacement part (LCD+digitizer).
I'm an experienced smartphone repairer (mostly on iPhones but some Androids too) but I'm a bit worried that I'll break my ZR. From my understanding it needs to be opened from the front side, but I would like to be sure of what I do.
Has anybody seen a disassembly guide/video/pictures ? It would help a lot!
(If not, I will document my repair here for future reference...)
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I've google the keywords and saw some hints there, some dated to March 2013. So, give it a try

There's some pictures of how Sony do it, it looks complicated!!
Sorry, not allowed to post links yet, google for
"Sony Official Reveals the Waterproof Cellphone Repair Process"

Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for!
It seems straightforward enough... I dont think I will dare put it in the water afterwards thought

Tito1337 said:
I have cracked my screen and the touchscreen only works from the half down. I don't want to risk warranty rejection and live 3 weeks without my phone so I've ordered the replacement part (LCD+digitizer).
I'm an experienced smartphone repairer (mostly on iPhones but some Androids too) but I'm a bit worried that I'll break my ZR. From my understanding it needs to be opened from the front side, but I would like to be sure of what I do.
Has anybody seen a disassembly guide/video/pictures ? It would help a lot!
(If not, I will document my repair here for future reference...)
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Everything u need i believe https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67240027/Sony_Xperia_ZR_Mechanical.rar

Lasantha said:
Everything u need i believe https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67240027/Sony_Xperia_ZR_Mechanical.rar
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Thank you very much !

I have the same problem, except no part of the screen is working. I was just wondering if you tried to change the screen, and if you did, is everything working?

Z1 Power Button issue

A couple of weeks ago I noticed that my power button felt different on my Z1. At first I thought it was my imagination, but more and more I was sure something wasnt right.
Last week on the way to work, my colleague who also has a Z1 used my phone to look at something and his first comment was "Whats up with your power button??"
It has no definite feeling when pressing it, its almost impossible to tell if you have pressed it or not, it looks and feels recessed too.
When trying his phone it was exactly as I remembered it to be, when you push it you can feel as response (small click or resistance), on mine there is nothing!
So I contacted Sony Xperia, who were suprised by the described issue. Long story short I have to return the phone to them for a 5 - 7 day turnaround repair.
Anyone else had the same issue? Or even sent their phone back to Sony in the UK? I am a little concerned that once it is prised open to be repaired it will never be the same again! All in all, for the £550 I paid for a premium handset, it is the first one that I have had any hardware issues with.

stratplayer said:
Anyone else had the same issue?
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I saw a problem like that with a device of my friend and he felt exactly in the same way, it's a faulty botton, have to be replaced.
stratplayer said:
I am a little concerned that once it is prised open to be repaired it will never be the same again! All in all, for the £550 I paid for a premium handset, it is the first one that I have had any hardware issues with.
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I can truly understand you. Same here. I always get a mid range phones and never had problems. This one I paid a lot of money, issues everywhere. I sent mine back to Sony as well, but for different reason.

eclyptos said:
I saw a problem like that with a device of my friend and he felt exactly in the same way, it's a faulty botton, have to be replaced.
I can truly understand you. Same here. I always get a mid range phones and never had problems. This one I paid a lot of money, issues everywhere. I sent mine back to Sony as well, but for different reason.
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Was your device ok when it came back? All the edges aligned, sealed etc etc?? It is a worry for me, how do I know it is waterproof still for example?

stratplayer said:
Was your device ok when it came back? All the edges aligned, sealed etc etc?? It is a worry for me, how do I know it is waterproof still for example?
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Mine do not come back yet, I sent it back via warranty 2 weeks ago. I will let you know. Anyway Sony Service have to provide best service for your phone and it should be still under warranty even when the phone come back to you but in which condition this is a mystery for all of us.

eclyptos said:
Mine do not come back yet, I sent it back via warranty 2 weeks ago. I will let you know. Anyway Sony Service have to provide best service for your phone and it should be still under warranty even when the phone come back to you but in which condition this is a mystery for all of us.
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They said 5 - 7 days on the phone Friday, if you sent it two weeks ago and are still waiting then that's pretty poor I think.

stratplayer said:
They said 5 - 7 days on the phone Friday, if you sent it two weeks ago and are still waiting then that's pretty poor I think.
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I know but what I can do. At the moment are 10 working days. Next week I will start call them and complain to rush they asses.

I have the exact same problem guys. repairing it needs a special technique? (for water resistance issues)

NiM72NiK said:
I have the exact same problem guys. repairing it needs a special technique? (for water resistance issues)
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I think is needed a experience because you have to take apart all phone and I will suggest to let do this job to Sony. And of curse it will have to be seal again to make the water resistance working again. If you do all of this the warranty will be gone.

An update on mine, it got worse and now has been sent back for warranty repair at Sony, well they use a company called SBE Ltd in the UK
I'm not very impressed to be honest, this is the first phone I've had to return to the manufacturer for repair, this was meant to be a quality product. So there is at least 3 people with the same problem, maybe more who haven't noticed. Potentially there is an issue with the design or button component.
In so cheese off as I have to use a crappy Nokia Lumia 800 Windows phone for the period it is away!
I have been looking at a Nexus 5 or Note 3 as a replacement, selling mine on eventual return from repair..
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I'm having issues with my volume down rocker. It is much harder to press then volume up it also doesn't have the clicking sound volume up gives when you press it. Of course I'm within my return window so I'm waiting for my replacement phone to get here so I can ship the one I currently have back
Sent from my Xperia Z1s

eclyptos said:
I think is needed a experience because you have to take apart all phone and I will suggest to let do this job to Sony. And of curse it will have to be seal again to make the water resistance working again. If you do all of this the warranty will be gone.
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at first i have rooted my phone so the warranty is already gone..and Because I live in Iran and there is no experienced or official Sony branches to do the stuff i have to pay a lot of money to ordinary people who have the tools for doing it and praying really hard to have my z1 remained water resistance..and another problem is that this button is very well designed and has a good material which it doesnt get gray or orange after a while.for sure the replacement doesnt have the same great quality and thats a failure :|

NiM72NiK said:
at first i have rooted my phone so the warranty is already gone..and Because I live in Iran and there is no experienced or official Sony branches to do the stuff i have to pay a lot of money to ordinary people who have the tools for doing it and praying really hard to have my z1 remained water resistance..and another problem is that this button is very well designed and has a good material which it doesnt get gray or orange after a while.for sure the replacement doesnt have the same great quality and thats a failure :|
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Ok, but if the button still working I think is not worth to open it and risk much more, BTW is not the button problem but the hardware component under the button.

Z1 button issue
I'm from India and have the same problem with the button. I bought Z1 around October last year. The button started getting worse gradually from the beginning of January, and now there's absolutely no feedback on pressing. It almost feels as if there's a spring under the button.
If anyone has given the phone for repairs to Sony for this issue, please reply. I'm also worried about the waterproofing and other possible damage to the device, specially given the fact that it's got a non-removable back so opening up the device might be a mess.

I've seen a video on YouTube about the z
As far as the Z is concerned there are about 4 screws and the rest is glued. Front- and backside.
Now, you can guess if the phone is still waterproof after putting it back together.
Even with skilled techs and the appropriate equipment I highly doubt it.
Here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPN930fohyo&feature=youtu.be
It's a German video but I think the pictures speak for themselves.
Best thing you could do is to ask the repair center for a guarantee on wich you can depend on (written of course)
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Using my Z1 for nearly a month now and the device power button was slightly a bit wearing off but that wasn't my concern. I'm just worried bout the waterproof capability. If the Z was glue front and back, How long can it last with all those nature element?

Ezzady said:
Using my Z1 for nearly a month now and the device power button was slightly a bit wearing off but that wasn't my concern. I'm just worried bout the waterproof capability. If the Z was glue front and back, How long can it last with all those nature element?
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It can be forever if you use the device properly and you you keep in mind to don't use the flaps a lot and keep them clean. Flaps like that can do great job for 2 years without problem but time and natural degradation is on they way, so if you will replace the flaps after this time is fine to me. But if you keep leaving the phone in you car on dashdoard under the sun all the time clearly this can compromise the assembly and the sealing of the phone. So practically depend of how you use your phone.
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samarth7b said:
I'm from India and have the same problem with the button. I bought Z1 around October last year. The button started getting worse gradually from the beginning of January, and now there's absolutely no feedback on pressing. It almost feels as if there's a spring under the button.
If anyone has given the phone for repairs to Sony for this issue, please reply. I'm also worried about the waterproofing and other possible damage to the device, specially given the fact that it's got a non-removable back so opening up the device might be a mess.
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Yes , opening the phone for a button will be a mess and maybe is not covered by warranty so if the button working well I will not be worry about it. The day when it will not work then you will get the new button.

eclyptos said:
It can be forever if you use the device properly and you you keep in mind to don't use the flaps a lot and keep them clean. Flaps like that can do great job for 2 years without problem but time and natural degradation is on they way, so if you will replace the flaps after this time is fine to me. But if you keep leaving the phone in you car on dashdoard under the sun all the time clearly this can compromise the assembly and the sealing of the phone. So practically depend of how you use your phone.
I see. I don't use the flaps because im always charge my phone using a magnetic charger. Just want to keep this phone for the best. Thanks for the tips bro. Appreciate it.
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samarth7b said:
I'm from India and have the same problem with the button. I bought Z1 around October last year. The button started getting worse gradually from the beginning of January, and now there's absolutely no feedback on pressing. It almost feels as if there's a spring under the button.
If anyone has given the phone for repairs to Sony for this issue, please reply. I'm also worried about the waterproofing and other possible damage to the device, specially given the fact that it's got a non-removable back so opening up the device might be a mess.
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I started this thread, it is definitely a problem and you should get it repaired. Mine was sent back and now has been repaired, not very impressive for a "premium" handset!
It was only away for just over a week.

stratplayer said:
I started this thread, it is definitely a problem and you should get it repaired. Mine was sent back and now has been repaired, not very impressive for a "premium" handset!
It was only away for just over a week.
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Yeah, I'm thinking of giving it in next week. Very disappointing from a flagship phone. Did yours show any visible sign of damage after repairs? Even scratches etc.?

samarth7b said:
Yeah, I'm thinking of giving it in next week. Very disappointing from a flagship phone. Did yours show any visible sign of damage after repairs? Even scratches etc.?
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I will tell you this next week.

[Q] Unable to swipe down the statusbar

I've been having problems with the sensitivity of the top 2mm of my phone's screen. I don't remember when it started but I think it was around a couple of months ago.
Before, it was only difficult for me to swipe the notification bar down, but now, I can no longer swipe it down unless I rotate the screen.
I don't remember how or exactly when it started, but I remember that I was using ARHD 70.0, then I updated to 71.1 in attempt to fix it, but it only worked for a while but it came back again. I also tried other roms such as MaximusHD and Eragon but still the same. I also tried rebooting to safe mode but still the same. I also used both stock and elemental sense kernels.
I updated my firmware back then to 6.06 and now to 6.07 but still nothing. I haven't tried downgrading yet though.
I tried using the line draw test and the result is found below.
Does anyone know how to fix this? I already searched xda and google but i found no solution to my problem.

It could be a hardware related issue. If it's still under warranty revert it to stock and re-lock the bootloader and just send it back.

Kahun said:
It could be a hardware related issue. If it's still under warranty revert it to stock and re-lock the bootloader and just send it back.
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It's not under warranty anymore.

jzerman said:
It's not under warranty anymore.
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Has your device been dropped or been water damaged? The digitizer connection from the mb could have became a bit loose.
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I have read on a forum for the HTC One X which seems to have a similar issue to yours where a part of the screen is unresponsive. Someone suggested to clean the connector.

Kahun said:
Has your device been dropped or been water damaged? The digitizer connection from the mb could have became a bit loose.
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I have read on a forum for the HTC One X which seems to have a similar issue to yours where a part of the screen is unresponsive. Someone suggested to clean the connector.
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I dropped it a few times while in a case and only around a feet at most. It never been water damaged, hopefully never will.
I see, I'll look for it there, though I'm not sure how to clean the connector. Thanks!

jzerman said:
I dropped it a few times while in a case and only around a feet at most. It never been water damaged, hopefully never will.
I see, I'll look for it there, though I'm not sure how to clean the connector. Thanks!
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Just clean the end of it with some sort of strong spirit.

Kahun said:
Just clean the end of it with some sort of strong spirit.
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Tried cleaning it but still the same, i used alcohol because some say that that's good enough..

jzerman said:
Tried cleaning it but still the same, i used alcohol because some say that that's good enough..
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What launcher are you using?

Kahun said:
What launcher are you using?
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Just the stock sense/blinkfeed launcher. I also tried smart launcher but still the same.

jzerman said:
Just the stock sense/blinkfeed launcher. I also tried smart launcher but still the same.
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I did some more research about it and people are saying it is a digitizer issue. So replacing the digitizer should fix it, but you will need to buy the lcd and digitizer together as its nearly impossible to replace them separate from eachother.
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It's definitely a hardware issue. I have been dealing with the same issue for about 6 months now. When I try to swipe down to bring up the notification bar I get absolutely no feedback . If I give it a smack with my palm near the top corners I can often times get it to start working again. However, it's usually short lived.
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Kahun said:
I did some more research about it and people are saying it is a digitizer issue. So replacing the digitizer should fix it, but you will need to buy the lcd and digitizer together as its nearly impossible to replace them separate from eachother.
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I see. Thank you very much for the help. I think I'll just send this to the service center when I get the chance. I will probably ask them to fix the red tinted camera as well. I just hope it won't be too expensive.

You have a dead spot. Sorry kid. If updating the OS still gives you the funk, you need a new screen.
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jzerman said:
I see. Thank you very much for the help. I think I'll just send this to the service center when I get the chance. I will probably ask them to fix the red tinted camera as well. I just hope it won't be too expensive.
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You could do it yourself and save a bit of money if you know what your doing. There are tutorials on YouTube.

Alright, the weird thing is, it started working again :| i didn't do aything :|

Battery health very poor?

Hello !
I think my battery is close to giving his last amps, my Z can't manage to stay powered on without a charger for more then 5 minutes, If I'm lucky and don't put too much of a load on the battery it stays on a little longer and I can actually listen to music on the train. But whenever I open snapchat or the camera for example, my phone crashes immediately and I can't turn my phone on without using a charger, it just keeps looping right after recovery. The weird thing is that in recovery he can stay on until the battery is actually depleted, so I also already tried to completely drain the battery and then charge him to 100% without disconnecting, but same thing.
I thought the problem was lollipop related but sadly enough it's not, going back to kitkat and reflashing my kernel(which is just flashing boot.img in fastboot, right?) didn't work.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

Try to reflash stock firmware, and post results.

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Try to reflash stock firmware, and post results.
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Thanks for replying, reflashed to 10.5.1.A.0.292 but no luck there either, phone just requires a charger to function properly.
I guess it's hardware related

brambizimski said:
Thanks for replying, reflashed to 10.5.1.A.0.292 but no luck there either, phone just requires a charger to function properly.
I guess it's hardware related
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Yes it is. If you have the problem on any ROM, relock your bootloader if it's unlocked, flash a stock unrooted ROM and send your phone to repair (if you still have the warranty, it must be repaired for free). Or you can order a battery from aliexpress and change it yourself (personally I don't recommend this).

DragosBad said:
Yes it is. If you have the problem on any ROM, relock your bootloader if it's unlocked, flash a stock unrooted ROM and send your phone to repair (if you still have the warranty, it must be repaired for free). Or you can order a battery from aliexpress and change it yourself (personally I don't recommend this).
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Sorry for the late reply, but just heard from repair service they can't repair it because of a shatter in the back glass, pretty lame because I've had that for a year now and my phone worked fine until now.
Should I look out for dodgy sellers on AliExpress? because the batteries are all pretty cheap, I'll probably get a new back glass as well since it's so cheap.
I've got a fair amount of knowledge when it comes to electronics so switching a battery won't be that much of a problem I think? Or was that not the reason why you didn't recommend it?

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Sorry for the late reply, but just heard from repair service they can't repair it because of a shatter in the back glass, pretty lame because I've had that for a year now and my phone worked fine until now.
Should I look out for dodgy sellers on AliExpress? because the batteries are all pretty cheap, I'll probably get a new back glass as well since it's so cheap.
I've got a fair amount of knowledge when it comes to electronics so switching a battery won't be that much of a problem I think? Or was that not the reason why you didn't recommend it?
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Yeah that's why I didn't recommend it. It is not that easy to change the battery yourself. Don't forget to buy the glue necessary to put the glass cover back (I think some sellers include this glue with the back cover if you buy a new one). And regarding the dodgy thing, yeah look out from who you buy before doing it.

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Yeah that's why I didn't recommend it. It is not that easy to change the battery yourself. Don't forget to buy the glue necessary to put the glass cover back (I think some sellers include this glue with the back cover if you buy a new one). And regarding the dodgy thing, yeah look out from who you buy before doing it.
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What kind of glue is it?

Is not glue bro is adhesive back cover xperia z Google it eBay

Anyone had to replace their battery yet? There are a few sellers on aliexpress but I;m not sure which one to buy (are the aliexpress rating even real?)

[Q] replace broken screen

Hi, I broke my screen on P7 and I want to replace it by myself. Do you have any experiences with this process?
Thanks for advises

Can someone just give me a good link for a complete screen, lcd, touch, and glass(free shiping is desirable). Thanks in advance.

Dude.... its a PITA.
The back is "stuck in place"with glue that you need to remove, and then replace. The whole unit then needs to be taken apart. I tried it once, and being used to screen replacements myself, was surprised to fail miserably.
Its not that expensive from a Huawei center, and if its under warrenty, the labour is even free!

videoturorial
I found nice videoturorial on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD24da5bqbc
And I replaced my screen successfully!

Tomislav995 said:
Can someone just give me a good link for a complete screen, lcd, touch, and glass(free shiping is desirable). Thanks in advance.
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Juggles said:
Dude.... its a PITA.
The back is "stuck in place"with glue that you need to remove, and then replace. The whole unit then needs to be taken apart. I tried it once, and being used to screen replacements myself, was surprised to fail miserably.
Its not that expensive from a Huawei center, and if its under warrenty, the labour is even free!
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I have to agree with Juggles.
There's no point doing it yourself, unless you are experienced mobile phone technician. If your phone was bought new then just send it for repair as it is under warranty.
Cheers

ibeqa said:
I have to agree with Juggles.
There's no point doing it yourself, unless you are experienced mobile phone technician. If your phone was bought new then just send it for repair as it is under warranty.
Cheers
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And I have to disagree... I just successfully replaced my broken screen few days ago. It's not that hard.

Is it possible to change the front glass without the digitizer?
After all thats just a couple of bucks compared to the "real-thing", but I gess its not the best option as there isn't a "How to change only frontglass out there"...

cch said:
I found nice videoturorial on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD24da5bqbc
And I replaced my screen successfully!
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good , thx for your video