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Xperia z screen quality?

well i am really looking forward to this device but the only thing holding me back right now is the screen quality(all reviews have a pretty bad rating for this)...i currently have the xperia ion and i love that display(not a fan of amoleds).
I cannot personally test it as it isn't available in my country yet. But i am getting a really good deal at one of the online retailers, so i just thought it would be better to ask the real owners as to how the screen is..and are viewing angles really bad?(be2 off...as i would be using cm..nd we clearly loose b.e. funcionality as soon as the bootloader is unlocked.)
also it would be better if anyone could compare the quality to a xperia s or ion.
couldn't find a similar thread hence created this.
Thanks for your time

The screen isnt bad, people just cant adjust to change from amoled and over saturated colours. Before this I had s3. And to be honest its different but I like it and the resolution is lovely.
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xyge said:
well i am really looking forward to this device but the only thing holding me back right now is the screen quality(all reviews have a pretty bad rating for this)...i currently have the xperia ion and i love that display(not a fan of amoleds).
i just thought it would be better to ask the real owners as to how the screen is..and are viewing angles really bad?(be2 off...as i would be using cm..nd we clearly loose b.e. funcionality as soon as the bootloader is unlocked.)
also it would be better if anyone could compare the quality to a xperia s or ion.
couldn't find a similar thread hence created this.
Thanks for your time
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i had S3 with super amoled HD
BUT in my experience it doesn have any problem in display
viewing angle is prefect
i experienced viewing angle in S2 and S3 the amoled display become darker in very low angles But Xperia Z display TFT become more vivid and brighter
in some angle S3 get pink tint and S2 get blue tint and it is normal that u can see in all kind of display
in Xperia z in some angles (tOO low) u will get white tint when u look in low angle from the top corners, But still u can easily read text and see images.
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wasn't there a thread about the screen quality and viewing angle already?

Does it really matter?
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xyge said:
well i am really looking forward to this device but the only thing holding me back right now is the screen quality(all reviews have a pretty bad rating for this)...i currently have the xperia ion and i love that display(not a fan of amoleds).
i just thought it would be better to ask the real owners as to how the screen is..and are viewing angles really bad?(be2 off...as i would be using cm..nd we clearly loose b.e. funcionality as soon as the bootloader is unlocked.)
also it would be better if anyone could compare the quality to a xperia s or ion.
couldn't find a similar thread hence created this.
Thanks for your time
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I'm going to flame you a little bit...
What is the point of this topic??? You say that you have seen reviews that rate the screen quite bad, what will you do when people here rate the screen very good?
You're the one that's going to use the phone not someone else, so review the phone yourself, hold it in your hand, turn it on and maybe you'll be one of the many amongst us to be wowed.:good:

steve17harris said:
The screen isnt bad, people just cant adjust to change from amoled and over saturated colours. Before this I had s3. And to be honest its different but I like it and the resolution is lovely.
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x102x96x said:
i had S3 with super amoled HD
BUT in my experience it doesn have any problem in display
viewing angle is prefect
i experienced viewing angle in S2 and S3 the amoled display become darker in very low angles But Xperia Z display TFT become more vivid and brighter
in some angle S3 get pink tint and S2 get blue tint and it is normal that u can see in all kind of display
in Xperia z in some angles (tOO low) u will get white tint when u look in low angle from the top corners, But still u can easily read text and see images.
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Thanks a lot for that
Element2k3 said:
wasn't there a thread about the screen quality and viewing angle already?
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Couldn't really find it...am sorry if it looks like a spam.
Dsteppa said:
I'm going to flame you a little bit...
What is the point of this topic??? You say that you have seen reviews that rate the screen quite bad, what will you do when people here rate the screen very good?
You're the one that's going to use the phone not someone else, so review the phone yourself, hold it in your hand, turn it on and maybe you'll be one of the many amongst us to be wowed.:good:
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well yes i would love to do it myself, but the problem is that it isn't available in my country yet...and i am getting a really good deal at one of the online retailers....so this.
My bad, i shud have stated that in the op.[done]

1080p is great,right?

Kingroot-team said:
1080p is great,right?
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100% Right

Element2k3 said:
wasn't there a thread about the screen quality and viewing angle already?
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not really but i think few dozen already
steve17harris said:
Does it really matter?
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well it does
on topic:
screen is great in fact perfect for my taste colours are great and they dont burn eyes like some phones

I was replying to the comnent " isnt there already a thread about screen" not about op question.
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[Q] different panel?

since so many say that the xperia z comes with different panels i would like to know more about this
my main concern would be black level
when i first started up my xperia z i was shocked by the black level it was not black at all it was just like this
http://i50.tinypic.com/v8ao6.png
i made a thread about it and was told that the black level will improve itself through self callibration?
then i saw this video
skip to 1:03
makes the whole different panels theory more beleivable unless ofcourse that part of the video has no backlight allthough the first part of the video also has a very good black level it looks black it's even and it has no traces of light or white in it
could someone explain this to me
does the screen actually self calibrate after some time as the black level i saw at the sony boot logo was grey as the above picture
i will soon have two of these phones to compare to eachother seeing if their displays are different
i can also see people have found different names of panels in their phone JDI or SHARP which one is the better one?
and interestingly enough the phone i started/had had a very good viewing angle from what i could see i saw it for 2 seconds but i saw no actual changes in the picture from a different angle

WOW that was very apparent. bumping thread for interest, as those black levels were pretty absolute at 1:03
anyone know what that was?

theindievisual said:
WOW that was very apparent. bumping thread for interest, as those black levels were pretty absolute at 1:03
anyone know what that was?
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yeah thats what i am wondering about aswell
it also can't be alck of backlight as the picture changes instantly to the homescreen without any change in brightness

theindievisual said:
WOW that was very apparent. bumping thread for interest, as those black levels were pretty absolute at 1:03
anyone know what that was?
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Mine boots up the same as that. Grey at first then darker after the xperia logo has wiggled across a couple of times. No idea why though.

spurs1959 said:
Mine boots up the same as that. Grey at first then darker after the xperia logo has wiggled across a couple of times. No idea why though.
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so the first sony boot logo animation is surrounded by grey and not black?
i sent a message to sony about this they said this
Hi there. The video provides the information you want...Specially in 1:03 and on. -Francis

i was now told they are the same panels it has been proven
It has being proven (going into the code itself) that the panels are all the same (docomo version and non branded Z) that same forum has the information on this. On the battery life check this endurance test by GSM arena: http://blog.gsmarena.com/sony-xperia-z-battery-test-is-ready-here-come-the-scores/
-Francis.
sorry for doublepost

Display screen calibration

Now that I realized that our phones do not come with the display calibration softwares like Z and ZL, still I'm looking for some way to fix the annoying low contrast and washed-out colors on my T. Is there any alternate software or app that can do that?

SwordLaker said:
Now that I realized that our phones do not come with the display calibration softwares like Z and ZL, still I'm looking for some way to fix the annoying low contrast and washed-out colors on my T. Is there any alternate software or app that can do that?
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Please use the search button next time. [JELLY BEAN]WhiteBalance from Xperia ZL
the Display Calibration from the ZL doesnt fix the contrast or the washout colors on the T.

Sv: Display screen calibration
LitoNi said:
Please use the search button next time. [JELLY BEAN]WhiteBalance from Xperia ZL
the Display Calibration from the ZL doesnt fix the contrast or the washout colors on the T.
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Anyway, the link you gave is no good mod. The white balance dosen't stay after lockscreen.

SwordLaker said:
Now that I realized that our phones do not come with the display calibration softwares like Z and ZL, still I'm looking for some way to fix the annoying low contrast and washed-out colors on my T. Is there any alternate software or app that can do that?
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If you want to mess with display calibration, give this a try:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kovit.p.filteryourscreen
I don't use it personally, but I've heard good things about it.

Bravia Engine...all time??

So I know that our display is fading when it stands vs HTC, LG, Samsung screen but if we make Bravia Engine always ON the situation changes, the screen could be equal or maybe a little bit better than others with more power consumption.
So its this possible..to have bravia engine in games, homescreen, anywhere in sistem? As I read on the internet I didnt found an exact answer for this question.

nemer12 said:
So I know that our display is fading when it stands vs HTC, LG, Samsung screen but if we make Bravia Engine always ON the situation changes, the screen could be equal or maybe a little bit better than others with more power consumption.
So its this possible..to have bravia engine in games, homescreen, anywhere in sistem? As I read on the internet I didnt found an exact answer for this question.
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Theoretically it would be possible but the battery drain would be enormous ATM, unless Sony delivers some tweaks!
That's probably the reason why they haven't done.that in the first place!
Sony.would be better off with an oled display, tweaking it and sticking the BE2 ENGINE or x-reality into that, saving battery consumption. Then they would be unbeatable for a while!
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nemer12 said:
So I know that our display is fading when it stands vs HTC, LG, Samsung screen but if we make Bravia Engine always ON the situation changes, the screen could be equal or maybe a little bit better than others with more power consumption.
So its this possible..to have bravia engine in games, homescreen, anywhere in sistem? As I read on the internet I didnt found an exact answer for this question.
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I guess not.
And my screen is better than the sgs4's. I can't see a big difference between mine and htc one's either.
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Not really. I can say that HTC One has easily the best screen on the market.
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I think it would be better if the devs try ing to get be2 or x reality to work on unlocked bootloader.
For crying outloud.....my galaxy nexus has be2 but a sony phone a little modified couldnt get be2 to work when its unlockud? Its sonys concept wtf....hahahahahahh
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Once sources go out for GPE Z Ultra, I'm quite sure devs will port X-Reality and other handy features.

X-reality & Bravia engine it just marketing Bull****

rzuku90 said:
X-reality & Bravia engine it just marketing Bull****
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Hmm. NO.
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it would be nice to have it all time so...just to have it there in case that we want to compare our screen to another phones screen.
bioan said:
Once sources go out for GPE Z Ultra, I'm quite sure devs will port X-Reality and other handy features.
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How to make the X reality work if you have unlocked bootloader?
demon2112 said:
I think it would be better if the devs try ing to get be2 or x reality to work on unlocked bootloader.
For crying outloud.....my galaxy nexus has be2 but a sony phone a little modified couldnt get be2 to work when its unlockud? Its sonys concept wtf....hahahahahahh
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corect and this is a wierd thing .
Tommy-Geenexus said:
I guess not.
And my screen is better than the sgs4's. I can't see a big difference between mine and htc one's either.
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In the past I was like my sony xperia z screen is the best and I could not BELIEVE all sites that sayd that SXZ has a weak screen(like on a low end phone) and when I compared with a Samsung Screen(s4/note 3)..i Was like nooooooooooo way my screen its ****ty...
And I said I dont understand so SONY ..sells 13 MP camera and screen to others but for them they cant do a good screen or a really good camera.

nemer12 said:
it would be nice to have it all time so...just to have it there in case that we want to compare our screen to another phones screen.
How to make the X reality work if you have unlocked bootloader?
corect and this is a wierd thing .
In the past I was like my sony xperia z screen is the best and I could not BELIEVE all sites that sayd that SXZ has a weak screen(like on a low end phone) and when I compared with a Samsung Screen(s4/note 3)..i Was like nooooooooooo way my screen its ****ty...
And I said I dont understand so SONY ..sells 13 MP camera and screen to others but for them they cant do a good screen or a really good camera.
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When i compared my screen to a sgs4's one i was like omg is my display bright.
And the s4 had only bit better colours but nuffin more.
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OK its quite late , but I can suggest you some alternative try it and lemme know..
google is your best friend , search for Screendim.apk and install it
enable it and set the bottom bar ( contrast ) for about 60% and the brightness on top for about 60-70% and now tell me how dark or colorful your screen looks
this defnitely works.. not perfect but close to BE alwasy ON types..

Tommy-Geenexus said:
When i compared my screen to a sgs4's one i was like omg is my display bright.
And the s4 had only bit better colours but nuffin more.
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Fanboy alert. You didn't see very grey black, fogged colours, bad view angles etc? So you have some problems with your eyes (or just fanboy). Even 2 years old phones have batter screens than Z.
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slowik515 said:
Fanboy alert. You didn't see very grey black, fogged colours, bad view angles etc? So you have some problems with your eyes (or just fanboy). Even 2 years old phones have batter screens than Z.
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Nope. Neither my Xperia S nor my Xperia Neo nor my Nexus 4 nor everything i've owned had a better screen.
Maybe there are some people on the world who like natural colours, becoz after looking at a amoled display my head hurts.
The display of the lg g2 is the only one which impressed me though, this is miles better, but nothing else.
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rzuku90 said:
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+1
If you display some screen calibration patterns while using bravia engine, you see how bad it is for fidelity. It just oversaturates, tints, and destroys detail in brighter and darker areas of images/videos.
If a phone has a screen of 300/1 contrast ratio, there is no way some software can improve this, it only can put some make up but at the cost of some other things, just like LCD's are doing since the beginning with dynamic contrast and all that bullsh*t, where you see skin become shiny bright and where there used to be a dark grey shadow over a black background, then it becomes all black and no shadow.
BE is the first thing i disable in all my Sony products, and its equivalent in any non Sony product.

I think that our screen without bravia its complety UGLY! :-&

I never had any issues with the colours on my device. Infact I prefer them this way as opposed to colour popping and extra vibrant. Infact I turn down that setting on my LCD monitor. A friend of mine did a side by side comparison against his Samsung device and the 1st thing he notices was the colour was more toned down then said he actually preferred the Sony display. Point is some ppl like the toned down visuals and others like them vibrant but funny how as someone says they have no issue with the Sony display they are labeled a blind fanboy.
As for viewing angles, Also never had an issue with them due to the fact that I always take up my phone when I want to look at it (always, its a habit of mine) and never just glance at it while it is on a desk or anything like that.

Xperia Z Screen is OK, i have been using it everyday since launch date, viewing angles may be low, but that is something i forgot completely in everyday use. Screen brightness is more than enough, contrast is ok, and visual fidelity is great (as long as you have BE2 deactivated).
For people saying there were better screens two years ago, please point me to a device released two years ago with a 5" FullHD screen with better specifications.
We all know the XZ screen, today, is not one of the best FullHD screen on a smartphone, but it was the first released.

RoberM said:
Xperia Z Screen is OK, i have been using it everyday since launch date, viewing angles may be low, but that is something i forgot completely in everyday use. Screen brightness is more than enough, contrast is ok, and visual fidelity is great (as long as you have BE2 deactivated).
For people saying there were better screens two years ago, please point me to a device released two years ago with a 5" FullHD screen with better specifications.
We all know the XZ screen, today, is not one of the best FullHD screen on a smartphone, but it was the first released.
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Finally someone with a little knowledge.
Don't forget, before a smartphone is released, how long it takes to develop.
The screen isn't poor at all. I feel really sorry for people saying this and hope.that their doc can.help them.sort their eyes out real soon.
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slim207rc said:
Finally someone with a little knowledge.
Don't forget, before a smartphone is released, how long it takes to develop.
The screen isn't poor at all. I feel really sorry for people saying this and hope.that their doc can.help them.sort their eyes out real soon.
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I don't think they need a doctor or anything, it is a matter of taste, there are people who like viewing screen with oversaturated colors and overdriven contrast just because it is more eye catchy, for god's sake they even ported the bravia engine to the galaxy nexus, and there are people who even enjoy it, if the nexus screen weren't oversaturated enough... let's oversaturate it even more and add a lot of detail loss due to contrast overdrive by BE.
Oh, also forgot to mention, "nits", why the hell would we need a screen with a gazillion of nits if at the end of the day we are all using the brightness bar to decrease it to save battery (or using the Auto mode), at the end we all are viewing the screen with about the same luminosity, it doesn't matter if our screen has 10 or 8.000.000 nits.

[APP] Sony Xperia Torch

I've noticed that the app Xperia torch is missing in my Z2. So, I share it here.
Instruction: Install as normal apk.
Credits: @DaRk-L0rD

Really nice, thanks
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Works quite nicely. Thanks

Hi
I just got my Z2 yesterday but i just cant believe this top phones flashlight is this weak.
Compare to any other phone S3, S4, moto g, nexus4, nexus 5 is like a joke.
1/3 of the strength or less. Or maybe my device is faulty?
Interestingly when i take a photo the flash much stronger but when I use any torch app just a little bit stronger then a the screen on full brightness.

qq67 said:
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I just got my Z2 yesterday but i just cant believe this top phones flashlight is this weak.
Compare to any other phone S3, S4, moto g, nexus4, nexus 5 is like a joke.
1/3 of the strength or less. Or maybe my device is faulty?
Interestingly when i take a photo the flash much stronger but when I use any torch app just a little bit stronger then a the screen on full brightness.
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Yes, I've noticed that the Z2 flashlight is weaker than the one of the T. Maybe for power saving purpose ??

nreuge said:
Yes, I've noticed that the Z2 flashlight is weaker than the one of the T. Maybe for power saving purpose ??
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I felt same.Wondering how this light intensity will help "Full flash" option..(yet to test though)..
Will try and post photos later

sweet!

It's an excellent app allowing you to set (turn on and off) almost all android services, and as a bonus, a torchlight that can use either the LED or screen. This app can also be "docked" at the status bar for quick access.it's not exactly hard to make a phone that manages adequate voice calls. I can't remember the last time that I had a mobile that failed here. It's unremarkable for the phone to work for voice. I'd expect the reviewer to mention very clearly if it sucked for voice (dodgy antenna, poor earpiece/mic), of course.

The flashlight in the Carbon ROM is the brightest I've ever seen on the Z2.

This official app really sucks!! Is really weak and when you turn off the screen app wont work

NetSkill said:
This official app really sucks!! Is really weak and when you turn off the screen app wont work
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It works on mine with the screen off.

Is there a way to make the light since brighter?

Swarai said:
Is there a way to make the light since brighter?
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The first question to ask is: is it safe. If the light brightness is rather low, there may be a good reason...

I don't necessarily believe that.
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The first question to ask is: is it safe. If the light brightness is rather low, there may be a good reason...
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Swarai said:
I don't necessarily believe that.
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This was an assumption. Better to be prudent...

Passing high amount of current through led for a very long time can cause damage, thats why only the last pulse of flash in photo capturing is the brightest, as it is for only a short amount of time (even less than a second)
if you can figure out how much current the LED can endure (through datasheet), you can increase the brightness of the LED by increasing the current value "in some system file" but be careful not to exceed the threshold value, or the LED will confirm get damaged(sorry i dont know exact file, maybe google can help?)
still, i cant 100% guarantee the LED will be safe for custom values, but when i used xperia U, one guy made a "LUXEN LED brightness increasing mod" which i still use even now on my xpU and my LED is much brighter and not damaged
Its just, if you are gonna try it, you should have idea of basic electrical engineering so you can read the datasheet easily and understand all the "dangers" involved, if any..

i know this thread is abit older but...
some days ago i switches from z1 to z2 and i can remember the same "problem" of the z1. there was a mod that allowed you to push the current of the led in "torch-mod" at the same level as "camera flash". i used it for a really long time and noticed no damage to the led. but this mod is not working for the z2.
i really wish a brighter led -.-
(and please stop "it can destroy bla bla bla" ppl who are using this kind of modifications should know about the risk. and if they dont... well... not your problem)

I use this mod. It's from z1, but it alsof works on the z2. Medium settings..
forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/mod-torch-boost-led-power-using-z1-t2886705

I find the one minute timetime is very useful, thanks for the app.