[Liono]

Well, if you wanted to take the chance, you could source the APK file from a third party but then you forego the protection of Google's people who are there to ensure that no rogue application makes its way to the user. Of course, Google are far from perfect with doing that, considering some apps that have slipped through the cracks like that. However, it's still much safer than the third party repositories.

That said, if you're not using the device on your local area network, so that it's reasonably isolated when in use and you've removed any trace of your Google account from it, then it's a chance you could take.

Thanks for this, enjoying Tidal on my ZX1! Albeit with no Master / Hi-Res playback unfortunately.

 

[SpAwNCQN]

Hello folks; I just restarted my good old ZX, and it looks like the battery is failing. It was on (100%) during the night, and this morning it's already empty. I checked the last pages and you mention ways to replace battery, but there are different references depending if it's a Japanese unit or not.
I bought mine in Japan 6 years ago, and I am wondering which battery I should buy if any, or if it would be easier to find a Sony store and replace it there...

Any advice is welcome

 

[Liono]

Hello folks; I just restarted my good old ZX, and it looks like the battery is failing. It was on (100%) during the night, and this morning it's already empty. I checked the last pages and you mention ways to replace battery, but there are different references depending if it's a Japanese unit or not.
I bought mine in Japan 6 years ago, and I am wondering which battery I should buy if any, or if it would be easier to find a Sony store and replace it there...

Any advice is welcome

Well mine is the Japanese Model (NW-ZX1) and also 6 years old and I got in contact with the guys at eet europarts to ask if the battery (A1975243A) will work with the Japanese model and the response was yes. I can only find one service manual and it specifies the A1975243A Sony Battery. I know one can buy the cheaper oem battery, but to my mind its better to retain the OE battery protection circuit.

https://uk.eetgroup.com/i/A1975243A-Sony-Battery-Assy-Li-Ion

 

[imparanoic]

you can get quality batteries from sino cameron on amazon, you maybe able to find them on amazon, ebay has them, but it should be around US$20/gbp13 not sure about nwz-zx1 on there, shipping cost is cheap though

you also get cameron sino to mail order by surface mail, takes 2-4 month though as they are based in Hong Kong and have factories in China, while i never used them for walkman, i have used them for 3ds xl, psp, ds and ps vita, if you order directly, min order 5 batteries, but if you buy from directly, around US$12/8gbp each

https://www.cameronsino.com/productsearch.html?query=ZX1

 

[SpAwNCQN]

Well mine is the Japanese Model (NW-ZX1) and also 6 years old and I got in contact with the guys at eet europarts to ask if the battery (A1975243A) will work with the Japanese model and the response was yes. I can only find one service manual and it specifies the A1975243A Sony Battery. I know one can buy the cheaper oem battery, but to my mind its better to retain the OE battery protection circuit.

https://uk.eetgroup.com/i/A1975243A-Sony-Battery-Assy-Li-Ion

In fact it looks like the battery is failing when connected to wifi. There the battery drains very quickly, a matter of hours, even when not doing anything with it.
When wifi is off the battery is decent, so I will not change anything yet, thanks for the feedback though !

 

[Liono]

In fact it looks like the battery is failing when connected to wifi. There the battery drains very quickly, a matter of hours, even when not doing anything with it.
When wifi is off the battery is decent, so I will not change anything yet, thanks for the feedback though !

Yes wi-fi eats the battery on our units, even on standby. I always have aeroplane mode on and sometimes use a battery monitor which disables all non essential apps. I still feel my original battery is performing very well 6 years on.

 

[Liono]

I’m a complete android noob so I don’t know if this is considered “sideloading” but I just downloaded an older version of tidal from apkmirror and it installed fine. Just make sure you find a version of the app for Android 4.1.

Happy days

Anyone else's Tidal app stopped working? Mine won't allow me to Login, giving me a message, "network error: please check your internet connection”. I've tried clearing Cache, removing and reinstalling the app, but still get the same issue. I am using Tidal Version 2.2.4.

 

[Damz87]

Anyone else's Tidal app stopped working? Mine won't allow me to Login, giving me a message, "network error: please check your internet connection”. I've tried clearing Cache, removing and reinstalling the app, but still get the same issue. I am using Tidal Version 2.2.4.

It looks like Tidal have dropped support for older releases of their app. The same thing was happening on my zx2 as well

 

[Liono]

It looks like Tidal have dropped support for older releases of their app. The same thing was happening on my zx2 as well

ah ok, good to know! That's a shame

 

[Roland P]

Well mine is the Japanese Model (NW-ZX1) and also 6 years old and I got in contact with the guys at eet europarts to ask if the battery (A1975243A) will work with the Japanese model and the response was yes. I can only find one service manual and it specifies the A1975243A Sony Battery. I know one can buy the cheaper oem battery, but to my mind its better to retain the OE battery protection circuit.

https://uk.eetgroup.com/i/A1975243A-Sony-Battery-Assy-Li-Ion

I can confirm that! I've replaced mine with a cheap one from ebay, but it would not charge.

 

[Liono]

I can confirm that! I've replaced mine with a cheap one from ebay, but it would not charge.

That's useful information, thanks. Presumably you didn't swap the battery protection circuit from original battery?

I am a bit wary of buying non OE, as I've recently bought a similar Chinese battery for my MZ-RH1 and placed in the LIP-4WM case and although it works so much better than the dying 14 year old original, it doesn't give the performance of the original as it was new and also battery indication jumps from full to half full very quickly.

I need to buy a battery, but no point in me buying an OE one unless I can get my hands on the Sony Service Mode software zip file in order to be able to reset the battery levels (as described in the service manual). I wonder if anyone has this to share!?

 

[Mystic Traveller]

Hi All!

I am wondering if someone had a chance to compare NWZ-ZX1 and SONY NW-WM1A namely sound wise -
what's the difference, is it big?

Cheers!

 

[jnak00]

Are you thinking of buying a ZX1? Unless you can get one cheap cheap cheap, I would look elsewhere. It was great when it came out 6 years ago but now you'll find the screen small, the interface slow, and a lot of Android apps no longer compatible with it (like Tidal, for instance).

Or you can ignore me if you already have the ZX1 and are thinking of upgrading.

 

[Mystic Traveller]

if you already have the ZX1 and are thinking of upgrading

Yes, I have the ZX1 . And think if someone might have compared
NWZ-ZX1 and SONY NW-WM1A in terms of the SQ.
The rest doesn't bother me much (screen, apps, interface) as I still
own a heavily modified HiFiMAN 801.

 

[Roland P]

Does anyone know how to fix the broken cover art in Spotify?
I already tried a factory reset.