topic Re: waterproofing in XPERIA archive

waterproofing

waterproofing — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 02:22:27 GMT

My phone is showing that please close the external covers for waterproof even when they are closed...am afraid that there is prob. With waterproofing

Re: waterproofing

Uliwooly — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 02:46:52 GMT

There isn't a sensor that will tell you if a cover/flap its closed or not, its just a reminder, it will be wise to get the Dock.

Re: waterproofing

trioxin4 — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 07:38:31 GMT

Всё нормально небеспокойтесь

Re: waterproofing

waterproofing — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:45:05 GMT

Can i know the reason?

Re: waterproofing

Uliwooly — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 16:28:54 GMT

Think about it, if you open and close the usb cover, eventually it will wear off, that might compromise the waterproof, I'm sure they are made to last but its a lot easier to use the dock or you can even buy the magnetic cable on ebay w/o the dock, just a suggestion

Re: waterproofing

Brum1 — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:29:36 GMT

With the Z1 the earphone port at the top is open but Sony assured me that it has a waterproof membrain inside which makes it waterproof "but" if you plug in earphones it will not be so dont swim with the earphones in

Re: waterproofing

vaibhav2701 — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 17:07:57 GMT

Hi dear,

You mean to say this notification is just a notification & it does not mean that any flap is open i.e. something new from Sony to be alert about flap covers

Re: waterproofing

Sam — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 23:57:21 GMT

Yes it is just a general notification advising you make sure the flaps are closed, it is not tied to a sensor as outlined by Uliwooly. If you tap the "do not show this again" option when this pops up then you will not see it again.

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Re: waterproofing

vaibhav2701 — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 18:18:06 GMT

Thank you 🙂

Re: waterproofing

chimpazdaz — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:56:46 GMT

Your talking out your hat mate..... You buy a phone to last at least 2 yrs, and definitely not to be scared to use the flaps and go and buy a docking station to be on the safe side. You buy a phone to do what it says on the tin and if the phones doesn't do that ? it's false advertising. Read my post....? I did everything right, I even held the flaps to be on the safe side and look where that got me, loosing all my pics and videos I took on holiday.

Re: waterproofing

chimpazdaz — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:03:03 GMT

There is a problem with waterproofing read my post about what happened to my phone, I'm proper #*#$*#$ off about it, I would hold my hands up if It was my fault but I took extra precautions !!!

Re: waterproofing

chimpazdaz — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:10:06 GMT

Sony are suppose to be one of the most advanced, most powerful companies in the World, to have a simple issue with a product brought saying what it does on the tin is another story, so here goes ........

My phone which is suppose to be waterproof is now not waterproof, it will now not work after being in the water, it worked for 3 attempts then stopped. I made sure all flaps were shut tight and I did this by holding my fingers on the them. The flaps inside are still white which indicates they have not been exposed to water, I am currently on on holiday at Disneyworld and now have lost all my pictures and videos,

I am very disappointed in this product, and now have lost all my important videos and pictures. You are now going to tell me that it's the heat from the sun that's probably melted the glue that holds the phone together?. In this case shouldn't this be stated on the phone product ? Before my phone entering the water it worked without no problems at all, well ...... I must be the unlucky person out of millions of the phones sold that this has happened to ??? Especially being on a normal holiday to Disneyworld which I come to every year because I can afford to...... NOT !!!! I live in England and to travel to Disneyworld is a one life experience and to have had all my videos and pictures that are very important to myself and to lose them from a product that doesn't work, which simply states it does, infact says to me you are selling a false product, and has you could agree? I am not the only person having this problem !!?? So what is my solution, I know ....to send my phone back .... this really helps and no doubt you will say its been exposed to water by myself which I made extra precautions for this not to happen, so please tell me what I do not already know ???

Many Thanks ....Micky Mouse ....oh sorry, Daren I forgot for one minute beens I'm in fairyland like these so called next generation products, speak to you soon ;0)

Re: waterproofing

jeroensky1972 — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 12:58:25 GMT

Maybe a stupid question...

But how waterproof is the 3.5mm headset jack bus on top of the Xperia Z1?

I can see the contacts if i look in the jack bus. What if a waterdrop will fall in the jackbus, will it give a shortcut?

Do i need a rubber 3.5mm jack dummy to cover it?

By the way, i order the magnetic usb charging cable for Xperia Z1, and use andftp to transfer files over wifi/ftp..

So that i don't need to open the bus covers of the Z1.

Re: waterproofing

Sam — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 23:19:46 GMT

@Jeroensky - The headphone jack has the same IP rating as the rest of the device but may not perform well if it is wet and you connect headphones so I would advise ensuring the jack is dry before connecting a headset.

Re: waterproofing

jeroensky1972 — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 07:39:16 GMT

I already ordered a '3.5mm jack dust cover'. (the one for iphone is nice flat) Just to prevent that a raindrop for example fall in, and besides i use bluetooth stereo headset for audio/mic/control.

You have lots of those things in funny ways.

Re: waterproofing

chimpazdaz — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:44:29 GMT

It makes me laugh when people say, I'm buying this and I'm buying that just to make sure no water gets in. The phone states its waterproof... You should have no reason to buy extra bits and bobs unless the phone doesn't do what it says. The end of the day all the phones are simply not waterproof and they shouldn't say it is if they are not sure that all really work, again false advertising!! I buy a phone for what it says it does, not to buy extra bits to be on the safe side !!

Re: waterproofing

jeroensky1972 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:58:51 GMT

I only want to keep it clean (jack plug cover cap), and don't want to have the risk on breaking the bus covers (when you use a case around your phone it's difficult to open them) so i bought a magnetic charging cable.

It's up to a user him/her selve to do so, i like the idea that i don't need to do any mechanical thing on my phone to use it the next years. I like to have some durability.

And besides, if you can effort such a expensive smartphone, then the few extra money is no problem at all.