So i've had the arc for about a week now and really don't get on with it, mainly the lock button, i've nearly dropped the phone a few times trying to press it.
Anyway my phones being replaced and Ive installed the latest update, unlocked the bootloader and rooted the phone, obviously the phone can't go back this way. Whats the easiest way to get this phone to a working (retail) state.
Relock the bootloader and then update via SEUS to get back to stock.
And there are widgets that help turn the screen off. I use Widgetsoid.
yusuo said:
So i've had the arc for about a week now and really don't get on with it, mainly the lock button, i've nearly dropped the phone a few times trying to press it.
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DONKEY
Bad excuse for selling your arc..
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yusuo said:
So i've had the arc for about a week now and really don't get on with it, mainly the lock button, i've nearly dropped the phone a few times trying to press it.
Anyway my phones being replaced and Ive installed the latest update, unlocked the bootloader and rooted the phone, obviously the phone can't go back this way. Whats the easiest way to get this phone to a working (retail) state.
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you can unlock it with the home button
Seriously, you never thought of pressing the Home button?
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That litle button up top may be small but once you get useto it it's just fine .
yusuo said:
So i've had the arc for about a week now and really don't get on with it, mainly the lock button, i've nearly dropped the phone a few times trying to press it.
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...monkey! hahaha, How you never press the Home button??... My daughter knows how to unlock the phone.. (she's 1 year old...).
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Fatigue reared it's ugly head tonight and produced a ****-up of mass proportions. Battery was almost dead so decided to leave it on charge in the family room, but put on a pin lock so my little boy wouldn't play any games. Screen goes to sleep and a I get an email alert, so I awaken the screen and move the slider to the right, insert what I think my pin is and nothing is happening. I click ok but it just asks for it again.
I've looked up hard resets using Google and they mention holding down the left and right buttons and then powering up the phone. I'm not sure what they mean by left and right keys. They don't mean the L and R shoulder buttons and they reference keys under the display. I only imagine it's two of the four keys. I've tried the keys to the extreme left and right but nothing happened, so I'm at a loss. Any help from you guys here would be great as I'm kinda stuck without it and also wheelchair bound, so without my phone I'm kind of stuck. lol. Thanks in advance.
If you have not rooted or unlocked the bootloader. You can use SEUS to reflash the phone.
If you unlocked or rooted the phone, use flashtool to do this.
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Apologies but none of that means anything to me. I assume it's some kind of unlocking spiel or hack talk but I have no interest in that. I bought the phone to make calls, play games and use apps. Anything else is Greek to me.
Seus is short for Sony Ericsson update service.
Instructions and download link here
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/sup...etailed/updateservice/xperia-play?cc=gb&lc=en
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That link doesnt work it seems now. So whats the trick? Trying to find it too online, without it unlocked and rooted, I need a factory way to hard reset one myself.
http://talk.sonyericsson.com/thread/14955 This thread works =) Was able to flash.
I just got my Play this afternoon and when I turned it on the Sony Ericsson logo flashed upside down for a second and then showed normally. Is that something that happens or is there something wrong with my phone? I dont notice any problems with it, its just kinda worrisome.
Also, I love the phone, so as long as it isnt affecting anything else I probably wont send it in. Im just curious if this is normal or has happened to anyone else. Like I said, everything is stock and it did this right out of the box from ATT. And it is not a refurb unit, its brand new.
Thanks for any replies.
This is probably due to corrupted boot animation. However, u can fix that if your phone is rooted by replacing the bootanimation.zip
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OR by reflashing which wont void your warranty if done through Sony Ericsson Pc Suite (go to update and then click repair when the option repairs to do so) or you can use Sony Ericsson Update Service
Awesome, thanks for the replies guys. I'll probably get into flashing roms and rooting after a while, I want to screenshot and I need root for that so it wont be long.
You dont need root for screenshots, Sony implemented this in. Version 2.3.4 , hold the power button to do this
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Nabeel_Nabs said:
You dont need root for screenshots, Sony implemented this in. Version 2.3.4 , hold the power button to do this
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I was thinking maybe they did since my LG Thrill had the feature, I tried home and lock and home and back and just figured it wasnt in the build. Thanks for the info, Im learning all over the place today!
HI all,
My xplay r800i touch screen along with the back , home ,search and menu buttons have stopped working,
it is still in warranty but I would like to factory reset before taking it back for repair (what with alot of personal info on it)
Is there anyway of doing this when I cant unlock the screen ? It is not rooted and I am running out of ideas,pc companion doesnt work(you need the back button ) and I cannot unlock the phone as the screen doesnt let me swipe..
thanks for any help Guys and Gals
Have you tried using flashtool to put the phone into the bootloader? That could work.
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daymo said:
HI all,
My xplay r800i touch screen along with the back , home ,search and menu buttons have stopped working,
it is still in warranty but I would like to factory reset before taking it back for repair (what with alot of personal info on it)
Is there anyway of doing this when I cant unlock the screen ? It is not rooted and I am running out of ideas,pc companion doesnt work(you need the back button ) and I cannot unlock the phone as the screen doesnt let me swipe..
thanks for any help Guys and Gals
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Firstly, you probably do not need to factory reset. If you really want to you could open up your play and see if you can trigger the back button manually for PC companion.
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daymo said:
HI all,
My xplay r800i touch screen along with the back , home ,search and menu buttons have stopped working,
it is still in warranty but I would like to factory reset before taking it back for repair (what with alot of personal info on it)
Is there anyway of doing this when I cant unlock the screen ? It is not rooted and I am running out of ideas,pc companion doesnt work(you need the back button ) and I cannot unlock the phone as the screen doesnt let me swipe..
thanks for any help Guys and Gals
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Had your exact problem months ago. I couldnt get it to work with Pc companion/flashtool, but doing it using this http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/software/phones/xperia-play/ worked fine. Most likely this will sort it out, if not then your better off bringing it for repair.
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I got my Arc S last weekend, but I had many times of sleep to death on custom roms... (didn't happen on stock 2.3.4)
Sometimes after screen is off, I can't wake phone up again. Only a battery pull can help
Arc S had unlocked bootloader, I tried smart Xperia, aokp, viper, racing bean, but all having sleep to death problem on it.
I'm now using racing bean Rom and fusion kernel(184m-1.4ghz), it does have less sleep to death problem, but still no luck.
Any help for this phone?
Strange..... Even I use the same settings.... Y don't you try setting min frequency to 224.... N bdw what governor are you using?
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My phone got stuck fairly often when it was new, after a month or whatnot. It started working alot faster and stopped freezing.
Since you got it only last weekend, it's probably why.
I just relock bootloader, and back to stock 4.1.a.0.562 via flashtool, but phone is getting crazy.
Every time screen off, phone can't be turned on.
I may try Sony pc companion later...
Try a factory reset or seus, mine was like this when I bought it too
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Tried SEUS to latest official ICS , but still can't solve.
Maybe a hardware issue somewhere?
(I tried different sd cards)
Have you tried different stock firmware? If yes I think its better to send it to SE.
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I am having almost the same problem with yours
I've got my arc s for over 6 months now, it's been working fine, i'm on rom Ultimate HD
last week i was running the app Talking Monkey then it happened, it went to sleep and died
the big problem is pull out the battery won't help, the screen choose to wake up randomly at its will, i have no control over it
go back to stock rom won't help either
i realize my phone is working fine except the screen, when i press the home button the led and illumination is activated but not the screen, so my phone is on i can see nothing
i use QtADB to connect to my phone and got the screen shot of the phone but ofcourse i can't see a thing cause the screen won't turn on
i not sure if its a hardware, i hope it's not
try to read the logcat but understand nothing
logcat
Same problem
nosxman said:
I am having almost the same problem with yours
I've got my arc s for over 6 months now, it's been working fine, i'm on rom Ultimate HD
last week i was running the app Talking Monkey then it happened, it went to sleep and died
the big problem is pull out the battery won't help, the screen choose to wake up randomly at its will, i have no control over it
go back to stock rom won't help either
i realize my phone is working fine except the screen, when i press the home button the led and illumination is activated but not the screen, so my phone is on i can see nothing
i use QtADB to connect to my phone and got the screen shot of the phone but ofcourse i can't see a thing cause the screen won't turn on
i not sure if its a hardware, i hope it's not
try to read the logcat but understand nothing
logcat
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I have the same problem, did you solved your SoD.
This is link from my post with same problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39337396&postcount=18
I think the problem is in bootloader, but i can't confirm this because my device have locked bootloader (Unlock allow bootloader: No).
Ok, so half a year ago i used my xperia arc for a couple of minutes, locked it. And then when i was about to unlock it just 2 minutes later the phone started vibrating, the slide to unlock button was blinking and the lower part of the screen was not responding to my touch.
I could however unlock the phone by swiping my finger from left to right about 2,5cm higher than the swipe to unlock button is located.
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I delivered it to service and they told me it was water damage to the motherboard, and that i had to get a new phone. (I dont think its water damage, since the water sensors where triggered when i lost the phone in the snow half a year before this happened, and at the time the screen malfunctioned the phone had been dry for ages)
I now own a iPhone 5, but it would be nice to have a phone i could use when in dangerous situations, camping in the forest, skiing etc.
Now i have tried to connect my Arc to the pc and opened up pc companion, but i have lost the SIM card a long time ago, and i can not enter the unlock pattern on my phone due to the weird screen, so i am not able to troubleshoot the phone via that program.
So i was wondering if there is any chance for me to rescue my phone, either it is software or screen replacement i need.
(If a new SIM is needed for troubleshooting i can just go to the store and get one)
I can also upload a video of the phone if that would be to any help.
Edit: Seems like every time i touch the upper/middle part of the screen the lower part of the screen also registers my touch.
Thank you for helping me out with this troublesome issue.
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Ok, so half a year ago i used my xperia arc for a couple of minutes, locked it. And then when i was about to unlock it just 2 minutes later the phone started vibrating, the slide to unlock button was blinking and the lower part of the screen was not responding to my touch.
I could however unlock the phone by swiping my finger from left to right about 2,5cm higher than the swipe to unlock button is located.
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I delivered it to service and they told me it was water damage to the motherboard, and that i had to get a new phone. (I dont think its water damage, since the water sensors where triggered when i lost the phone in the snow half a year before this happened, and at the time the screen malfunctioned the phone had been dry for ages)
I now own a iPhone 5, but it would be nice to have a phone i could use when in dangerous situations, camping in the forest, skiing etc.
Now i have tried to connect my Arc to the pc and opened up pc companion, but i have lost the SIM card a long time ago, and i can not enter the unlock pattern on my phone due to the weird screen, so i am not able to troubleshoot the phone via that program.
So i was wondering if there is any chance for me to rescue my phone, either it is software or screen replacement i need.
(If a new SIM is needed for troubleshooting i can just go to the store and get one)
I can also upload a video of the phone if that would be to any help.
Thank you for helping me out with this troublesome issue.
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I correct my self, the video would be really useful, if you could please post it, thanks.
Ahhh.... cant post "outside links"... i uploaded the video on youtube...
Can i upload it on this site somewhere?
snorketre said:
Ahhh.... cant post "outside links"... i uploaded the video on youtube...
Can i upload it on this site somewhere?
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Use the youtube video feature on the forum.
Take the video code and put it between youtube tags, for example
If video's link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA, then the video code is everything after =, in this case it is
JmvCpR45LKA
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So you have to put it between youtube tags, like this
Code:
[ YOUTUBE]JmvCpR45LKA[/YOUTUBE]
(Remove the space between [ and Y, I removed it to show, how it works.)
Then it appears like this
This was just an example. Post your video by the same method.
Have you tried flashing stock firmware?
From what I think this is that somehow ur screens size has been reduced in the system, bcuz if the screen would have gone bad u wudnt be able to unlock it from 2.5cm above the actual place
But this is just me guessing a reason
I suggest you flash stock firmware using flashtool, or use repair option on PC companion
There are many guides on xda to use flashtool
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Ok, so here is a cropped clip of the phone, at about 01:00 i managed to unlock the phone, but as you see that does not help me...
Sorry for awkward camera handling
snorketre said:
Ok, so here is a cropped clip of the phone, at about 01:00 i managed to unlock the phone, but as you see that does not help me...
Sorry for awkward camera handling
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Flash stock firmware with SEUS.
Prider555 said:
Flash stock firmware with SEUS.
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I found a tutorial on how to do it, but the link to download seus sends me to sonymobile.com/uk... and i am not able to find a download, would you mind helping me out?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1376184
This is the tutorial i found, would this work?
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Ok, so half a year ago i used my xperia arc for a couple of minutes, locked it. And then when i was about to unlock it just 2 minutes later the phone started vibrating, the slide to unlock button was blinking and the lower part of the screen was not responding to my touch.
I could however unlock the phone by swiping my finger from left to right about 2,5cm higher than the swipe to unlock button is located.
.
I delivered it to service and they told me it was water damage to the motherboard, and that i had to get a new phone. (I dont think its water damage, since the water sensors where triggered when i lost the phone in the snow half a year before this happened, and at the time the screen malfunctioned the phone had been dry for ages)
I now own a iPhone 5, but it would be nice to have a phone i could use when in dangerous situations, camping in the forest, skiing etc.
Now i have tried to connect my Arc to the pc and opened up pc companion, but i have lost the SIM card a long time ago, and i can not enter the unlock pattern on my phone due to the weird screen, so i am not able to troubleshoot the phone via that program.
So i was wondering if there is any chance for me to rescue my phone, either it is software or screen replacement i need.
(If a new SIM is needed for troubleshooting i can just go to the store and get one)
I can also upload a video of the phone if that would be to any help.
Thank you for helping me out with this troublesome issue.
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If i was U
for first work i'll flash an stock firmware using flashtool
Testing out sony update service now :silly: Hope it works
Ok, so sony update service set my phone to factory default, updated it to android 4.(something) aaaanndddd....... screen is still not working
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If i was U
for first work i'll flash an stock firmware using flashtool
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I cant rly enable usb debugging, so i think im out of luck there
Edit: Flashed the phone with flashtool, screen still not working :L
Note that this phone have never been attempted rooted or similar.
Ok ya it should have upgraded u to ICS 4.0.4
But I guess I have no other solution, sorry :-/
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No-one else?
None of you know how to fix this?!?
Just give me some feedback, no answers does me no good :L
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