FROM triple02

not a problem..

follow the guide here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2487940
if can mod the volume as well.. much better sound from loudspeaker and during calls.  biggrin.gif

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476498

FROM ChuanHong

i understand the article.. yes.. mainly the article is sharing about the very basic photography knowledge. can get this from any photography class. Correct - not advance version, but even DSLR ppl also need to know this basic knowledge.

inside it's had explained a lot of features in camera phone and show the different between each feature like focus point, multi-focus, low ISO - high ISO, Metering (centered, average, spot), exposure level. He got explained touch a little bit of the relationship of triangle (ISO, shutter speed and aperture). <- User must know this as well.

**P/M: personally feel normal user must know to adjust ISO, metering in different situation. Exposure level as well.
Short personal tips:
Low ISO - less noice, low shutter speed, high ISO - more noise, faster shutter speed. ISO play quite important thing here. if dont know adjust, just put auto. Some situation u can put ISO 100 in dark environment, but increase exposure to 2. hmm.. need experience by yourself in future.

Metering - Choose vary from objects. If capture landscapre, choose average. If capture like food, 1 item as main object, choose centered metering. If capture night mode with some lighting surrounding, choose spot metering and spot the center point to lighting part, surrounding will become darker. half press to focus and get this metering, back to object and capture.


Important part is the lighting and capture structure. Better lighting, better quality. but need to know where the light enter into your camera. with different light enter angles, different feeling and result will came out. example here, dont try to think can get capture the face of people with backlight situation. this will darker ur object only.

structure here is depend on user art/photography sense. i think if without a best object background and simply capture, of course wont create the nice feeling/quality of photo.

Example: 1. Capture the macro photo (flower with a bee). You have a good object to focus, nice flower as background, result came out better feelings.
2. Take tissue box on your table, put there and capture. Even though u got a object to capture, but hardly to create a correct feeling to people. With indoor lighting, bad background, object (ok).

Must have a well planning and creative idea to get a good photo. Outdoor are always a good background and good lighting condition for us capture better quality and nice feeling to people. After these fulfill, then depend on user photography sense and skills ady..

FROM ZeneticX

several tips need to be added

a guide to photography from a chinese forum, only for those who understand chinese very well

http://bbs.gfan.com/android-6782382-1-1.html

and a simple translation from ChuanHong

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=64203536
mod to unlock phone with focus key instead of power button

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2487940
mod to increase internal, external and microphone volume

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476498

if the original file is too loud causing the speaker to produce static noise or cracking, download this file instead

http://d-h.st/VZG

FROM ckchan

How to flash Xperia Z1 14.1.G.2.257 ftf using Flash Tool Manually?

http://www.xperiaguide.com/2013/10/17/flas...-tool-manually/

FROM imns238

I did some research, and seems like only certain batch affected by the yellow tint issue,
Please refer to the link below for the original post,
http://www.xperiaguide.com/2013/09/29/xper...splay-solution/

Here's a summary of batched affected,
An acute observation from the XDA member WouterNLD quotes that below Xperia Z1 serial numbers are having the Yellow Hue Tint issue on Xperia Z1.

Clear white, no yellow hue (serial starts with)
BH902A***
BH902****
BH908****

Clear white, after using screen adjuster (serial starts with)
(2x) BH903****

Yellow hue (serial starts with)
(2x) BH904****
BH905****
BH909****

The link below shown my z1 screen compare to my cousin z1 screen with same display setting, mine one obviously indicating yellowish tint issue,

https://plus.google.com/photos/113363641522...=CKGGwfmyhta8UQ

Respond from sony differ through out the world (I assume they din't response officially yet),
i hope they can investigate on this method and offer a proper solution

FROM ckchan

this is the general step to root z1 at the moment. your phone have to be on fw .534 in order to root. if your phone is already on fw .257, u'll have to manually flash it back to fw .534, root and then OTA update back to fw .257

Flashing fw 534:
1. download the flashtool and install it in your pc
2. open the flashtool/driver folder to install the driver for Z1 and flash mode.
3. download the fw 534. Z1 FTF Mega Collection
4. open flashtool, click the "thunder" button, select the 534 fw, de-select the wipe data option
5. after the program run, it'll ask u to coonect your z1. then switch off your z1, while holding vol down button, connect it to your pc via usb cable.

Rooting:
1. download vroot / kingo root and install in your pc
2. make sure USB debugging mode is ticked in your z1.
3. run vroot/kingo root, connect your phone to pc and click the root button

OTA update back to fw 257:
1. make sure you have data connection on your phone, wifi will be better
2. if you have not receive the notification for fw257 update, run the update centre app. then just click refresh and update

the first

You ah! steal my first post

Btw I'm gonna read the V4 thread to check whether I missed new onwer in the list

Cosplay Clinic by riezforester, on Flickr

Afternoon. A nice picture snapped from my Z1 last Saturday.

Ya nice enough! where is the place?

You mean like this? http://bbs.gfan.com/android-6782382-1-1.html

Yup this one, very informative

not a problem..

follow the guide here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2487940
if can mod the volume as well.. much better sound from loudspeaker and during calls.  biggrin.gif

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476498

TS, add this to the 1st page too
Quoted from triple02
- https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f...post&p=64403980

and this too for whoever's interested -
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/design/works/...eria_z1/01.html

i rmb someone posted about how to root and use the other keys as an alternative to the power button
can re-share the link?

thanks TS!

I remember someone complain about GPS keep activate and drain the battery. Well you can turn it off at setting->Location Services->Turn off the necessary setting inside.
No sure if someone mentioned it before.

ouch! too much to add give me sometime pls adding now

i understand the article.. yes.. mainly the article is sharing about the very basic photography knowledge. can get this from any photography class. Correct - not advance version, but even DSLR ppl also need to know this basic knowledge.

inside it's had explained a lot of features in camera phone and show the different between each feature like focus point, multi-focus, low ISO - high ISO, Metering (centered, average, spot), exposure level. He got explained touch a little bit of the relationship of triangle (ISO, shutter speed and aperture). <- User must know this as well.

**P/M: personally feel normal user must know to adjust ISO, metering in different situation. Exposure level as well.
Short personal tips:
Low ISO - less noice, low shutter speed, high ISO - more noise, faster shutter speed. ISO play quite important thing here. if dont know adjust, just put auto. Some situation u can put ISO 100 in dark environment, but increase exposure to 2. hmm.. need experience by yourself in future.

Metering - Choose vary from objects. If capture landscapre, choose average. If capture like food, 1 item as main object, choose centered metering. If capture night mode with some lighting surrounding, choose spot metering and spot the center point to lighting part, surrounding will become darker. half press to focus and get this metering, back to object and capture.


Important part is the lighting and capture structure. Better lighting, better quality. but need to know where the light enter into your camera. with different light enter angles, different feeling and result will came out. example here, dont try to think can get capture the face of people with backlight situation. this will darker ur object only.

structure here is depend on user art/photography sense. i think if without a best object background and simply capture, of course wont create the nice feeling/quality of photo.

Example: 1. Capture the macro photo (flower with a bee). You have a good object to focus, nice flower as background, result came out better feelings.
2. Take tissue box on your table, put there and capture. Even though u got a object to capture, but hardly to create a correct feeling to people. With indoor lighting, bad background, object (ok).

Must have a well planning and creative idea to get a good photo. Outdoor are always a good background and good lighting condition for us capture better quality and nice feeling to people. After these fulfill, then depend on user photography sense and skills ady..

several tips need to be added

a guide to photography from a chinese forum, only for those who understand chinese very well

http://bbs.gfan.com/android-6782382-1-1.html

and a simple translation from ChuanHong

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=64203536
mod to unlock phone with focus key instead of power button

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2487940
mod to increase internal, external and microphone volume

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476498

if the original file is too loud causing the speaker to produce static noise or cracking, download this file instead

http://d-h.st/VZG

add this post to first page, credits to ChuanHong

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=64203536
and quote my own post to previous T from the lat V

yea, it was me...
the problem is GPS appeared to be off under quick settings, at settings there everything is off and greyed out
but battery usage is reporting GPS is running under apps like Waze and Maps

i suspect this is a software issue...mayb it's just me who's experiencing this
did a reset using the red button yesterday, will keep checking n see if it is still re-occuring

I like the quick settings on this phone. We can on and off without going to the settings and menu, etc. On my previous phone, I never turn of my GPS at all. Anyway, GPS shouldn't be on ever if have exit Sygic and Waze. Otherwise, it is a major battery drainer.

But but but... I like geotag in my picturs...!

Darn! Too late to the party.

Sony mdr xb610.
Awesome bass head to pair with the Z1 clearbass equalizer. 

Darn! Too late to the party.

Sony mdr xb610.
Awesome bass head to pair with the Z1 clearbass equalizer. 

aw, that cute ommoomomommoomomomom
where u get it?!

Farrrrrrrrkkkkkkkkk U

How much you bought it?

Which? The omnom or the headphone.

whole set

Darn! Too late to the party.

Sony mdr xb610.
Awesome bass head to pair with the Z1 clearbass equalizer. 

Darn! Too late to the party.

Sony mdr xb610.
Awesome bass head to pair with the Z1 clearbass equalizer. 

I wish there is a way to make the default camera app uses date and time to name the images rather than the DSC_NUMBERS format, because once we've moved the images to PC they reset back to 001.

My holiday is start, so I have free time to manage this thread. Will be online full day, don't worry, just report in and I will add you on list.

oiii, root and custom rom.mana?

oiii, root and custom rom.mana?

XDA forum So far I didn't see any user running custom rom yet.

no can do. most ppl have update to latest, can't root yet lo

True I didn't see any root tutorial on XDA forum

root method was banned i think until further investigations. heard they insert tracking cookie on that Chinese root method

oh btw, anyone who is not in owner's list please pm TS.. you may have post before to add in list but we had a sleepy TS so he most likely miss it...

u using which app for tortclight?

i already tried many apps also same ...

Have you tried Tiny Flashlight?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?...hlight&hl=zh-CN

if u just leave one pic like DSC1234 with the rest transferred is ok. the new ones will start with DSC 1235

True I didn't see any root tutorial on XDA forum

XDA forum So far I didn't see any user running custom rom yet.

relax...relax...that section is not just all TS job..we post good one and TS just puts it up

I can report same thing happened to me when I was on Digi. After leaving office Unifi, 3G service wont get connected unless I reboot the phone. Never tried air plane mode but that's a nice idea.

Photo of the day.

there is no direct root software now for fw .257. but there is another way. that is to flash previous fw .534, root, and then update OTA back to fw.257.

u can still put up this method in 1st page, but add a warning to all on the chinese root software (Vroot and Kingo) pending investigation.

btw, this is a quite details guide to manually flash other fw. can add into 1st page as well

http://www.xperiaguide.com/2013/10/17/flas...-tool-manually/

ya... sometimes i get this but very very rarely.

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was playing with the camera to duplicate the leaf shot.
resize from 20MP
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/6400 sec.
Exposure Bias: +0.3 step

sorry, got trouble attaching image somehow.
here, i tried attaching, hopefully it works.

Photo of the day.

I'm using an app that runs scheduled automated move all pictures captured from the phone into my laptop, not doing it manually. So leaving the last pic is not exactly practical.

For now the solution I'm using is to make the app sort them into YEAR - MONTH - DAY folder. But I rather to have the camera app themselves named the image that way.

Is this normal if my z1 drop 7% from 1am to 10am in standby mode with 3G on? just bought one day and why I feel that the battery drop very fast

Btw can TS add me into the owner list too? I'm owning a z1 black C6903

Is this normal if my z1 drop 7% from 1am to 10am in standby mode with 3G on? just bought one day and why I feel that the battery drop very fast

Btw can TS add me into the owner list too? I'm owning a z1 black C6903

try activate stamina mode and enable only important apps to run when standby... and see the different.

ya... sometimes i get this but very very rarely.

» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «

was playing with the camera to duplicate the leaf shot.
resize from 20MP
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/6400 sec.
Exposure Bias: +0.3 step

sorry, got trouble attaching image somehow.
here, i tried attaching, hopefully it works.