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had to take Z to service centre today, was having some problem with the camera. After arguing 15 minutes with the service centre guy, he took it for servicing. Apparently no service for Z in India, will get a new replacement piece in 2 days.

 

Now the fun is when he asked for bill, i had a bill from Univercell, and they will not accept it as it was a hand written bill and they need a printed bill. Had to call the store and have him print a bill and send a scanned copy to me, what an ordeal.

 

Anyone buying new phones, make sure you get a printed bill. HTC and Sony are not accepting hand written bills, not sure how is it with samsung.

 

Sammy too.

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I had a weird screen experience with my Z last night. Had finally updated to the new android and was fiddling with it. Suddenly out of nowhere the screen and keypad (which is in the black color layout) turned brown with red tint, something like the color of Rust.

 

It did not happen in front of me, as in i didnt see the transformation. I used it, then locked the screen and tended to business elsewhere and 2-3 mins later when i unlocked the phone with a screen swipe i saw it. the phone was normal before that. It worked fine apart from the the rust colored appearance. It had not been dropped anywhere.

 

I tinkered with display options but nothing helped. Then i turned the phone off and did a restart and everything went back to normal. It is ok as of now.

 

question-

 

1. Is this occurrence a cause for worry ? or is it a random, normally harmless glitch.

2. Do i have a defective piece ? It is less than 2 weeks old.

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I had a weird screen experience with my Z last night. Had finally updated to the new android and was fiddling with it. Suddenly out of nowhere the screen and keypad (which is in the black color layout) turned brown with red tint, something like the color of Rust.

 

It did not happen in front of me, as in i didnt see the transformation. I used it, then locked the screen and tended to business elsewhere and 2-3 mins later when i unlocked the phone with a screen swipe i saw it. the phone was normal before that. It worked fine apart from the the rust colored appearance. It had not been dropped anywhere.

 

I tinkered with display options but nothing helped. Then i turned the phone off and did a restart and everything went back to normal. It is ok as of now.

 

question-

 

1. Is this occurrence a cause for worry ? or is it a random, normally harmless glitch.

2. Do i have a defective piece ? It is less than 2 weeks old.

I wouldn't worry much if I were you..Looks to me like a rare software glitch.

Anyway keep an eye out, in case more such things occur, you could try factory resetting, or if that doesn't work, service centre is where you'll take it :)

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I had a weird screen experience with my Z last night. Had finally updated to the new android and was fiddling with it. Suddenly out of nowhere the screen and keypad (which is in the black color layout) turned brown with red tint, something like the color of Rust.

 

It did not happen in front of me, as in i didnt see the transformation. I used it, then locked the screen and tended to business elsewhere and 2-3 mins later when i unlocked the phone with a screen swipe i saw it. the phone was normal before that. It worked fine apart from the the rust colored appearance. It had not been dropped anywhere.

 

I tinkered with display options but nothing helped. Then i turned the phone off and did a restart and everything went back to normal. It is ok as of now.

 

question-

 

1. Is this occurrence a cause for worry ? or is it a random, normally harmless glitch.

2. Do i have a defective piece ? It is less than 2 weeks old.

 

Sony does a lot of color modifications on their roms. Maybe a bug in that code. 4.2.2 may not be stable yet. If youre ok with it, move back to 4.2.1 and use the phone for a few days to see if it reoccurs.

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Hi Guys,

I am asking for a phone suggestion on behalf of a friend of mine. His company has asked him to select an android phone for about 20k (can stretch the budget slightly to 22k) which they will provide him. Google Nexus is not an option. He is ok with all brands like Sony/Samsung/HTC but not Micromaxx/Karbon. Phone usage will be mainly Mails/social networking however the phone should be capable of running android games. Please suggest some android models.

Thanks in Advance.

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What would be your preference? I think Grand seems to be the best. Although it has dual SIM, he will most likely be using it as single SIM only.

 

I would pick the XPERIA SP, I have universal disdain for SAMSUNG handsets because of their build quality and screen sizes which I feel would see to the next evolution of human hands.

 

Although if you feel the SP is turning to be an expensive affair, the Grand is not a bad deal.

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I would pick the XPERIA SP, I have universal disdain for SAMSUNG handsets because of their build quality and screen sizes which I feel would see to the next evolution of human hands.

 

Although if you feel the SP is turning to be an expensive affair, the Grand is not a bad deal.

 

I was just reading through reviews of Xperia SP on Flipkart - Many people were not happy with the screen and the camera. Most likely the decision will be between SP and Grand. Grand seems to be the safer choice and cheaper too

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Can the Galaxy S4 Owners here tell me how is their experience with the phone when it comes to gaming, web browsing, viewing video's, i want to know if the phone heats a lot during the above activities, please check for the temperature with *#0228#, please check temperature with normal use & then check temperature after heavy use and please post the results here, i don't want this heating issue with the phone i buy as i am a demanding user though i am worried using the phone after it heats up, so before investing ina costly phone, i would like to know how it's currently doing

Also about the S4 Camera, how is the HDR Mode ? i have heard that it's not so good on Exynos model, snapdragon 600 does better HDR photography, any truth to that ?

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Guys, require feedback on this nexus 4 case. From the pics, it looks amazing but want to know if anyone used it here.

 

http://www.ebay.in/itm/Google-Nexus-4-Ringke-The-Best-Selling-SLIM-Hybrid-Fusion-Guard-Ringke-Fusion-/130937698402?pt=IN_Mobile_Accessories&hash=item1e7c7eb862&_uhb=1#ht_6657wt_1139

 

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

 

 

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I was just reading through reviews of Xperia SP on Flipkart - Many people were not happy with the screen and the camera. Most likely the decision will be between SP and Grand. Grand seems to be the safer choice and cheaper too

 

flipkart, of all the places to check reviews, that place where people spend 4/5 quarters of the review praising the delivery system or deriding it.

 

In the end, I leave the choice up-to you and your friend though.

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flipkart, of all the places to check reviews, that place where people spend 4/5 quarters of the review praising the delivery system or deriding it.

 

In the end, I leave the choice up-to you and your friend though.

 

I am not saying I will be reading that only. I just went there to check the prices and read the reviews too. Thanks for your suggestions though....really appreciate it.

 

I am kind of surprised that there are not many choices for phones around 20k.

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Guys, require feedback on this nexus 4 case. From the pics, it looks amazing but want to know if anyone used it here.

 

http://www.ebay.in/itm/Google-Nexus-4-Ringke-The-Best-Selling-SLIM-Hybrid-Fusion-Guard-Ringke-Fusion-/130937698402?pt=IN_Mobile_Accessories&hash=item1e7c7eb862&_uhb=1#ht_6657wt_1139

 

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

 

Someone?

 

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

 

 

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