After Battery Replacement

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How long does ur phone last after battery replacement by service centre? 

[Samuel1]

We do not recommend that you replace the battery by yourself. The things you can however try if a software repair in PC Companion .

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The replacement is not that hard cz my phone is already 2 years old so basically all the plastic sticker* are loosen so it is easy to open. Battery is replaced and the old battery is swollen. My z1 works great with this new battery.

[aas82]

@Samuel

Well, if Sony used quality batteries we wouldn't need to 🙂

And since Sony takes a ludacris amount for replacing battery outside warranty it's either doing it yourself or letting a non-Sony repair center do it for a fraction of the Sony prize.

Seems the battery (looking at the many posts about it; swollen battery etc) needs to be changed between every 7 months to 2 years.

In my book Sony should replace it free of charge, even out of warrenty, since the problem is caused by a faulty/inferior battery that was flawed right from the day of install/purchase. So eventhough it might not manifest itself untill after warranty the root cause still falls within warranty in my eyes.

[Z3LIEM]

Totally agree. Sony should be responsibly for putting bad quality battery.  I have the same problem with my Z3 compact which is less than 2 years.  For comparison, Apple without questions, replace the swollen battery in my iPhone 5 despite out of warranty (I have used the phone for more than 2 years).     

[Qam]

complete rip off move i wont be buying sony again