Hello everyone. Been a Samsung Galaxy user since the S2 then Note and currently the Note II. Had my eyeballs set on Z Ultra for months. Just to be sure I would like to ask your opinion whether should I get out of my comfort zone and switch to this device?
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I'm an ex-Note user too, and it's not in the same league. What things are you curious about?
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[/COLOR][/COLOR]I came from the note... Much prefer this experience. Samsung annoyed me, touchwizz was god damn awful, they're updates sucked and battery lifetime was shocking. Cheap phones basically.
Love sony's efforts on the rom, nice and minimalistic. Beautiful hardware, most bugs have been ironed out by now, the worst for me was phantom clicks but haven't had any since 532.
Rooting and flashing processes are a little different to Samsung, takes a bit of getting used to. Very few actual bricks though compared to Samsung. Sony stock is good enough that you don't HAVE to root like you did with Samsung.
You will miss 3g video call from dialler, snote apps. There are plenty of alternatives though so no real loss. Also if you're a stylus user you'll need to get one separately, no biggie. Speaker on ZU is awful, so is the camera.
Media experience is the bomb on this, bar none I've come across. It's got apt-X bluetooth which they don't really advertise. Battery life is 2 days with stamina activated and moderate use.
And the screen? I'm not gonna say anything, it is as remarkable as photos make it out to be. Ooooo.
Plus it's a lot cheaper now, good time to get one.
Take the leap, you won't go back so Samsung.
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That was what I've been looking for. A comparison between those two. Seems all looked pretty good so far. Don't really bother much about the camera. Same goes to speakers because I use earphones most of the time.
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can anyone answer me how comfortable it is to walk around and sit down in everyday use? do i always have to take the phone out or it pokes ur stomach when sitting down?
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can anyone answer me how comfortable it is to walk around and sit down in everyday use? do i always have to take the phone out or it pokes ur stomach when sitting down?
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I normally wear cargos for work, and most of my shorts are of a similar style so it's not a problem. When I have jeans or such I normally carry it
blueether said:
I normally wear cargos for work, and most of my shorts are of a similar style so it's not a problem. When I have jeans or such I normally carry it
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I have pretty relaxed but smart trousers for work, only one pair which are skinnies have a slight issue with phone in pocket. All others and all my normal levi's and gap regular fit jeans have no issue at all, like I mean none. It's totally like a normal phone until you see it again and are reminded of its monstrous presence.
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can anyone answer me how comfortable it is to walk around and sit down in everyday use? do i always have to take the phone out or it pokes ur stomach when sitting down?
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Hi again... Got my XZU 2 days ago. Loving it. I'm using flipcase and have no problem carry it around in my trousers. I move alot bcause i work as a chef. Feels good though i constantly walk around and bend alot. Feels lighter than my previous Note 2 too despite the size.
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Congrats! Good decision.
And it's good to use a flipcase.
I got a flipcase too since day one, but I didn't use it because I love the slim design of the ZU.
During the last 2 month it smashed on the floor for 3 times.
The backside is totally damaged now.
And now I'm using the flipcase......
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aaronx88 said:
Hi again... Got my XZU 2 days ago. Loving it. I'm using flipcase and have no problem carry it around in my trousers. I move alot bcause i work as a chef. Feels good though i constantly walk around and bend alot. Feels lighter than my previous Note 2 too despite the size.
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Good choice, Bro, nice to have you on board :thumbup:
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KuliX said:
Congrats! Good decision.
And it's good to use a flipcase.
I got a flipcase too since day one, but I didn't use it because I love the slim design of the ZU.
During the last 2 month it smashed on the floor for 3 times.
The backside is totally damaged now.
And now I'm using the flipcase......
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Yup... I love the slim design too... Only using the flipcase when I 'm out from home. With or without the flipcase the XZU is still a good phone to have around.
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Good choice, Bro, nice to have you on board :thumbup:
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Thanks for the warm welcome. Haha...
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I just noticed on my phone that the whole silver casing on my white S3 is cracking in atleast 10 places. I have not dropped the phone at all and it just started doing this. I took it to sprint and they said they have no idea whats happening so I called customer service and they're sending me a new one.
Sooo has this happened to anyone else?? Look at the sides real carefully and please reply!
Unfortunately, this has been happening with numerous S3s in Europe prior to our US release. No clue there why either.
I checked mine carefully and I have what looks like 4 seams, one in each corner. Almost positive they came with the phone tho.
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falconator said:
I checked mine carefully and I have what looks like 4 seams, one in each corner. Almost positive they came with the phone tho.
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I have the same four seams. Don't see any cracks on my device, luckily. I've been using the pebble blue 16GB S3 since the 21st.
Hmm yeah mine has the 4 seams as well. Are all of yall's the blue version?? Mine is white but i doubt that makes a difference.
Mine is white too. Hopefully you can get a replacement soon and the rest of us don't develop this problem
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Can someone please post a picture of these seams?
Thanks..
Seam is kinda hard to see in the first picture.
Second is of the actual cracking
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/76768873/IMG-20120625-WA0005.jpg
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I_FLY_Z3R0 said:
Seam is kinda hard to see in the first picture.
Second is of the actual cracking
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/76768873/IMG-20120625-WA0005.jpg
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Holy Hell.. well can't argue Samsung isn't using cheap plastic build quality. I thought they were on top of it. The sgs3 seems so Damn fragile with the weaker screen and plastic compared to my s2.
It's like pick your poison. Get an s3 that has great specs and software/hardware enhancements but it'll crumble in your hands.
Or evo that has great specs and camera but it has sense 4, resource hungry and will die without warning.
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Ain't that the truth. Atleast I'm getting a new one for free so no big deal right now.
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Thanks for the pictures! This is certainly something to think about now, given that its not just an isolated case.
Hmm, interesting indeed! :what:
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I_FLY_Z3R0 said:
Seam is kinda hard to see in the first picture.
Second is of the actual cracking
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/76768873/IMG-20120625-WA0005.jpg
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Wow, almost seems like the phone was bent or something.
Did you sit on it?
It also could be thermal expansion issues. Did your phone ever get excessively hot?
I_FLY_Z3R0 said:
Seam is kinda hard to see in the first picture.
Second is of the actual cracking
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/76768873/IMG-20120625-WA0005.jpg
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I have a blue with 4 seams. That 2nd picture with the cracks is crazy. I remember when the first Nexus came out this was happening and Google said not to put your phone in your pocket. Maybe no more skinny jeans for you.
Jeez, found the first thing about the phone to make me think twice. Still getting it though.
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I have a blue with 4 seams. That 2nd picture with the cracks is crazy. I remember when the first Nexus came out this was happening and Google said not to put your phone in your pocket. Maybe no more skinny jeans for you.
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yea i have the 16g blue and it looks like cracks /seams on all 4 corners, are yours in the corners also? i haven't dropped it or I don't use skinny jeans lol so maybe that's how they made them?
The 1st thing i did out of the package was inspect the blue S3 and automatically noticed those 4 seems however I just took it as that's how is was manufactured and not a defect.
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The 1st thing i did out of the package was inspect the blue S3 and automatically noticed those 4 seems however I just took it as that's how is was manufactured and not a defect.
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Yea I'm sure that's what it is
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Hello, I've found a magnet case on eBay and I wonder if it's safe to use it on the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, or the magnet can damage anything in the tablet? I've liked the case because it's really slim, and seems well built.
Thank you,
Alexandre.
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I use this one posted in an earlier post www.amazon.com/MoKo-Samsung-Galaxy-Elastic-MicroSD/dp/B0083OYIBW/ and it has magnets. So far no issues.
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Can't see why not , i use one on my phone and never had any issues with it. Obviously if you look after your device and don't knock it around you should be good.
Hahaha Yeah, I'm really careful with my stuff =) I thought about that because I remembered that on the past you could mess with some TVs by putting a magnet near to it. But if it's safe with a tablet, great =D
Thanks!
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Magnets normally only hammer tubes. LCD is pretty good to go unless you (like I did) put a chair leg through it. Worst feeling in the world. And let me add that replacing a digitizer sux big time. tiny connectors waiting to be broken. :banghead:
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Gamer819 said:
..... unless you (like I did) put a chair leg through it. Worst feeling in the world. .... :banghead:
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Sorry but that made me laugh out loud for real !!! Yeah i can imagine the feeling....ooooh dear :crying:
I have the oem case of Samsung but for tab1 and i use it for tab2 and it has a magnet !!!
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Well, if the Original Samsung has a magnet, I think I can't go wrong with one alike... Thanks guys!
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My poetic folio style case has magnets to hold the cover closed and I haven't noticed any problems
Covers with magnets don't have any immediate effect. but due to constant hammering on the tab it may create problems later on. so in my opinion y to take risk when u can get better covers
magnets will do no harm.
Ya i m using.
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Covers with magnets don't have any immediate effect. but due to constant hammering on the tab it may create problems later on. so in my opinion y to take risk when u can get better covers
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No more than the "constant hammering" your fingers do to the screen
So today I was outside with the kids while they were running around the yard fighting eachother with sticks. My phone rang. I pulled it out of my pocket and dropped it on my porch. My otterbox defender protected my phone as advertised, but, upon impact my s pen shot out of my phone and over the side of the porch.
I immediately jumped over the side of the porch to retrieve it. (My knee still hurts) I haven't seen it since. I am convinced that when I dropped the phone it opened up a wormhole and sent my unsuspecting stylus to another dimension. I've been looking for it for 4 hours. I don't have tall grass or anything else for it to hide in. I've found all kinds of things on the side of my house but not the sizeable white and silver s pen. I even looked on the gutter drain to make sure it didn't stick in the side or something weird.
I wish there was an app that could help me. But alas, there is not.
Sad day... sad day indeed.
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Charlie the squirrel thanks you for giving away your stylus. Now he can get his important squirrel business done.
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They're pretty damn expensive to replace too.
This might sound extreme and can and likely will backfire....but, maybe try and replicate the event by throwing one of the children over the side where the S pen launched. This way you may not only get the S pen back, but hopefully the child will remember important details of their travels and not just get back the important stylus but also help with advances in time travel.
Or they might just land on their head and call child protective services.
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This might sound extreme and can and likely will backfire....but, maybe try and replicate the event by throwing one of the children over the side where the S pen launched. This way you may not only get the S pen back, but hopefully the child will remember important details of their travels and not just get back the important stylus but also help with advances in time travel.
Or they might just land on their head and call child protective services.
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Lololol. Wrong but it made me giggle.
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DroidOnRoids said:
Lololol. Wrong but it made me giggle.
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Lol, come on man, seems like a legit plan. For science!
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This might sound extreme and can and likely will backfire....but, maybe try and replicate the event by throwing one of the children over the side where the S pen launched. This way you may not only get the S pen back, but hopefully the child will remember important details of their travels and not just get back the important stylus but also help with advances in time travel.
Or they might just land on their head and call child protective services.
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Video please...for science.
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They're pretty damn expensive to replace too.
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joke?
they are pretty cheap if you use a 50% coupon which are readily available.
Was it not in all the way? Seems like that would be the last thing to fall out from a fall. Or maybe you dropped it somewhere else and just didnt realize it till you dropped it?
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Was it not in all the way? Seems like that would be the last thing to fall out from a fall. Or maybe you dropped it somewhere else and just didnt realize it till you dropped it?
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lol, it is the first thing that pops out. i've dropped it on carpet from 3 ft high and the pen shoots out.
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Was it not in all the way? Seems like that would be the last thing to fall out from a fall. Or maybe you dropped it somewhere else and just didnt realize it till you dropped it?
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I always put it in all the way...
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First day I had my otterbox on i dropped the phone in a restaurant with that non slip tile. Dropped it from waist height and it hit so hard it chipped the plastic part of the otterbox (under the silicone, but phone is fine.) However! My pen shot literally halfway across the restaurant. I'm pretty sure Samsung put emergency eject technology in our phones, much the same as jets. They can say it's for the safety of our pens, but at ~30 bucks a pop, we know better. Well played, Samsung.
Also, the post above me
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1ManWolfePack said:
I always put it in all the way...
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Must be easy when you've got the miniature version
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nosympathy said:
Must be easy when you've got the miniature version
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I'm talking bout the 10.1, my dude. Lol.
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I'm talking bout the 10.1, my dude. Lol.
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Its not about the size, it's about how you use it
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I'm talking bout the 10.1, my dude. Lol.
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10.1 Centimeter edition? Lol
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Would a large fridge magnet on a stick pick up the stylus, a la metal detector?
Isn't there a setting that warns you when you accidently walk away from your stylus? How far away does it work? Could it be used as a Geiger counter?
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Isn't there a setting that warns you when you accidently walk away from your stylus? How far away does it work? Could it be used as a Geiger counter?
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That setting is based on detecting steps taken while the stylus is out. It doesn't pick up the pen itself.
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Im not sure how your deck was built, but could it have fell through tge space between two planks and went underneath? Just a thought
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Hey guys
I wanted to test the build quality of my phone so I took it out of the case. Amd grabbed it from both sides and slightly flexed it
It makes a bit of a creeking noise to which concerns me a little, could this be a fault and result in the waterprofness not working?
Let me know if it happens when if you flex yours, the sound seems to come from the lower right hand corner
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Mine doesn't creak at all
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Can't hear any creeking on mine. Do you have it in your front pocket a lot?
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Hey guys
I wanted to test the build quality of my phone so I took it out of the case. Amd grabbed it from both sides and slightly flexed it
It makes a bit of a creeking noise to which concerns me a little, could this be a fault and result in the waterprofness not working?
Let me know if it happens when if you flex yours, the sound seems to come from the lower right hand corner
J
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LOL YES mine done this earlier for the first time and i was like WDF haha
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Can't hear any creeking on mine. Do you have it in your front pocket a lot?
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I don't think putting it in your front pocket makes as big of a difference people think, I had it in there for a while without a case and my phone hasn't bent etc. But it's still a good question to ask, just a random statement from me lol
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I don't think putting it in your front pocket makes as big of a difference people think, I had it in there for a while without a case and my phone hasn't bent etc. But it's still a good question to ask, just a random statement from me lol
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I'm not talking about bending. If you put some stress on something for a period of time, it'll start to weaken and then probably creek. I don't know how old you are, but i remember when i had the Nokia 3210/3310/3410 etc. which had plastic back covers, and they would start to creek like hell after i'd removed the covers a lot.
If your thigh bumps and puts stress on the frame of the Ultra for some time (walking and sitting a lot with it in your front pocket, for example), it'll start to creek. That, i can tell you.
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I'm not talking about bending. If you put some stress on something for a period of time, it'll start to weaken and then probably creek. I don't know how old you are, but i remember when i had the Nokia 3210/3310/3410 etc. which had plastic back covers, and they would start to creek like hell after i'd removed the covers a lot.
If your thigh bumps and puts stress on the frame of the Ultra for some time (walking and sitting a lot with it in your front pocket, for example), it'll start to creek. That, i can tell you.
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Fair enough, I'm just trying to say that mine has held up well and I have sat with it in my front pocket and walked a lot.
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Fair enough, I'm just trying to say that mine has held up well and I have sat with it in my front pocket and walked a lot.
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Someone upstairs likes you I'm not saying that it will happen, but it might be one of the causes. Just treat it like a delicate electronic gadget, which it is after all.
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Someone upstairs likes you I'm not saying that it will happen, but it might be one of the causes. Just treat it like a delicate electronic gadget, which it is after all.
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Haha yeah these days when I go out I put it in a case but most of the times I prefer it without since the phone so beautiful
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Ive had it less then a week, and its been in my front pocket a few times but I usually have it in my side coat pocket
Do you think it would get water damaged If I were to drop it in water?
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Ive had it less then a week, and its been in my front pocket a few times but I usually have it in my side coat pocket
Do you think it would get water damaged If I were to drop it in water?
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You realize it's fully water-proof, right?
You can submerge it in 1.5m of water for up to 30 minutes I believe.
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You realize it's fully water-proof, right?
You can submerge it in 1.5m of water for up to 30 minutes I believe.
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and yet mine got water damage... after light rain...
Granted it had been opened, and probably not sealed properly...
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and yet mine got water damage... after light rain...
Granted it had been opened, and probably not sealed properly...
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But from what I've read, you have particularly poor luck so far.
I really hope they send you back a fully functioning ZU with no problems this time around - ideally a complete replacement.
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But from what I've read, you have particularly poor luck so far.
I really hope they send you back a fully functioning ZU with no problems this time around - ideally a complete replacement.
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yes I have... although i do mess with my units a lot... umm probably more than a lot really..
Hello fellow z2 owners
Wanted to ask does anybody have any experience/impressions with these stickers
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_t...ker&_nkw=xperia+z2+sticker&_sacat=0&_from=R40
Some of them look very impressive, like carbon or brushed metal finish, im just afraid its very hard to apply and it wont be as nice as it looks on the picture, so please, if you used them before let me know more! Thank you
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Hello fellow z2 owners
Wanted to ask does anybody have any experience/impressions with these stickers
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_t...ker&_nkw=xperia+z2+sticker&_sacat=0&_from=R40
Some of them look very impressive, like carbon or brushed metal finish, im just afraid its very hard to apply and it wont be as nice as it looks on the picture, so please, if you used them before let me know more! Thank you
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My mother use to have something like this
If you have a nice quality one they feel and look nice however they are as hard to apply as a screen protector in a dusty area
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Yeah thats what im afraid of..Im not very good when it comes to screen protectors. But it looks really nice, i think im gonna risk it since its quite cheap
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Yeah thats what im afraid of..Im not very good when it comes to screen protectors. But it looks really nice, i think im gonna risk it since its quite cheap
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i usualy find outside or open rooms with no breeze are fine since there is less dust floating around in the air
also i usually line up the left or right sides when allowing stuff like this (top and bottom shows less results)
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