[Q] Bricked Arc Please help - Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello all,
My arc is bricked in a strange manner. I recently downloaded an OTA update from SE and now the phone doesn't work.. I can put the phone into flashmode but the screen doesn't turn on and doesn't respond to the hard reset using the keys. I've tried using flashtool and SEUS to no avail. Flashtool thinks that my phone needs to have the debug mode turned on (it was before the phone was "updated) and SEUS thinks that the phone has modified software on it. The update and install supposedly completed without error but upon a reboot all of this wonderful stuff happened. I've searched these forums as well as the sony ericcson forums but no one else seems to have this problem. Oh and FYI the phone did NOT have unlocked bootloaders, it was completely stock until a few hours ago. Does anyone have any suggestions/thoughts? Thanks in advance for the help

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126358

Clearly you didn't actually read what I had tried

wing46man said:
Clearly you didn't actually read what I had tried
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If you can get the phone in Flashmode, I highly suggest you try what I've suggested.

Good one, try what he said.
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XperienceD said:
If you can get the phone in Flashmode, I highly suggest you try what I've suggested.
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I've tried using flashtool and SEUS to no avail. Flashtool thinks that my phone needs to have the debug mode turned on (it was before the phone was "updated)
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I've already tried that as indicated in the original post and above. Just in case you missed it...FlashTool did not work, it repeatedly tells me that the phone must have DEBUG turned on and it was enabled before the phone decided to call it quits

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Xperia crashed; red light blinking

Hi all;
i think my SE Xperia Play has crasehd (since some months)
sent it to the nearest phone shop; they said they cannot repair.
It doesnt power on; the red light keeps blinking;
My PC or any MAC doesnt detect the phone when plugged in.
A friend of mine asked me to flash it through a linux-operating computer.
What should i do..
Thhanks.
Vinessen
omg, I got the same problem too. can't turn on completely. just the red led blinking. can't flash any roms because pc doesn't detect my Xperia PLAY :c
Xperia play not being detected by pc
Yeah, in fact when connecting it yesterday the pc displayed 'unknown device' connected but
afterwards says that the device has malfunctioned..
i tried reinstalling the drivers to no avail..
vsen1407 said:
Yeah, in fact when connecting it yesterday the pc displayed 'unknown device' connected but
afterwards says that the device has malfunctioned..
i tried reinstalling the drivers to no avail..
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what drivers did you install?
try flash fw using flashtool..
ezadsyafiq99 said:
try flash fw using flashtool..
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how can I flash fw using flashtool if the computer doesn't recognize my phone...
i think nobody can really help us here (just like on the official Sony support forum)
i tried lots of things but still nobody could help me out with this prob.
Think gonna throw that ****ing phone to the trash!
vsen1407 said:
i think nobody can really help us here (just like on the official Sony support forum)
i tried lots of things but still nobody could help me out with this prob.
Think gonna throw that ****ing phone to the trash!
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yeah me too... :c and buy a new phone. huhu...
Dead boot??
After some research on the net, i foud something called dead boot;
Apparently medusa or setool2 can solve the problem;
CAn anyone help to use this software?
There's something called Testpoint used to recover the r800i??
Please help
Thanks
vsen1407 said:
After some research on the net, i foud something called dead boot;
Apparently medusa or setool2 can solve the problem;
CAn anyone help to use this software?
There's something called Testpoint used to recover the r800i??
Please help
Thanks
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hey, my phone was fixed. yes it used that testpoint thing. try contact Alejandrissimo (here's his gmail, [email protected])
he is the one who help me about the dead boot problem.
aslo, go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1252019
Dead Bootloader
Hi there; I sent her a mail, not replied yet; but would surely answer..
So you mob got fixed?? Glad for you; it gives me hope..
can you explain me how the process goes on?
Thanks;
Vsen1407
I also heard that the guys who unlock bootloaders can also fix that problem using that method, but I guess you fuys figured it out already so im to late to help. Good luck.
Sent from my R800i using xda premium
Try plugging usb into pc and hold the power and the search key for a couple secs?
Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app
have a look at this post guys: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1252038
might just work for you too.
if a phone shop cannot repair, there's always sony repair, i had no option but to do the same
tampering with you're phone can void warranty and is always not suggested
Got some similar probs with my old k610....tohh it to repair and after 8 weeks with guarantee problems,not gettin informed....i got the answer the problem is not fixable.took it back home,plug power on, pressed the power button and this got damn thing worked fine like nothinh ever happened...
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ihsanfauzi said:
omg, I got the same problem too. can't turn on completely. just the red led blinking. can't flash any roms because pc doesn't detect my Xperia PLAY :c
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Have you found any solution....pls let me know.....im also facing this problem

Bricked ION.... need help

So, i have update my ion to ICS LT28h, my wife's ion we waited for the official AT&T update. I downloaded PC Companion, connected the phone, started the update process. I did all i was told on every screen. the phone never updated and now does not power on. no lights when plugged in to charge or connect.
help?
Wrong Section
wrong section
1) hold the power + volume down for like 15 secs...(untill you feel a vibrate)
2) download flashtool at http://androxyde.github.com/
-----Install
3) download whatever FTF you want at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752345
----move it to C:\Flashtool\firmwares
make sure drivers are installed(find them in C:\Flashtool\drivers
4) Launch Flashtool
5)select the thunderbold
----select the ftf
6)insert the micro usb end into phone (leaving the regular usb out of computer)
----it will tell you some instructions on how to flash but they are for different xperia phone
7) while holding the volume down button while the phone is off (From step 1)
insert REGULAR usb into computer
it should say flashing, or your comp might say installing driver, or it might just say drivers not installed..
ONLY IF YOU CHOOSE TO INSTALL LT28H FTF--------------repeat this step but now install the file from (FOR LTE)
-----------------http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1815636&highlight=lte
--------------------(just scroll down) (was too lazy to give dl link) XD
8) if it works, thank me XD
trf000 said:
So, i have update my ion to ICS LT28h, my wife's ion we waited for the official AT&T update. I downloaded PC Companion, connected the phone, started the update process. I did all i was told on every screen. the phone never updated and now does not power on. no lights when plugged in to charge or connect.
help?
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If it is an AT&T phone do you really want to update to LT28h?
why not install lt28h
all you have to do is just flash the extra ftf
and then just change the APN
which i as well as spectre have posted
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770813
The att version works fine has root and cwm
Sent from my LT28at using xda premium
424aca said:
why not install lt28h
all you have to do is just flash the extra ftf
and then just change the APN
which i as well as spectre have posted
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770813
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No reason to use the LT28h anymore since the LT28i and LT28at both have ICS and root.
In hope that someone's still looking at this thread, here is my situation: I tried flashing a prerooted image via fastboot and landed in a Sony bootloop. Then somehow I was stuck in fastboot-mode (led: static blue) and let the phone drain its battery. Now I'm able to get into flashmode but when flashing the chinese FTF with the Flashtool it stops at 1% with status "Processing .......sin" (sorry don't know the file exactly).
When I'm trying to power it up now the Sony logo comes up followed by an exclamation mark in a triangle... could you tell me what options there are left? I saw these prerooted images (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1669906), but there is none for the Ion, so I don't know what could be the next step. If I just had back my normal system... I used to flash my Galaxy S many times so I'm not that unexperienced, but it seems I really have a problem here:crying:
Any help is appreciated!
Ruler85 said:
In hope that someone's still looking at this thread, here is my situation: I tried flashing a prerooted image via fastboot and landed in a Sony bootloop. Then somehow I was stuck in fastboot-mode (led: static blue) and let the phone drain its battery. Now I'm able to get into flashmode but when flashing the chinese FTF with the Flashtool it stops at 1% with status "Processing .......sin" (sorry don't know the file exactly).
When I'm trying to power it up now the Sony logo comes up followed by an exclamation mark in a triangle... could you tell me what options there are left? I saw these prerooted images (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1669906), but there is none for the Ion, so I don't know what could be the next step. If I just had back my normal system... I used to flash my Galaxy S many times so I'm not that unexperienced, but it seems I really have a problem here:crying:
Any help is appreciated!
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What model are you working with? And where did you get this prerooted image (the one you tried to flash)? From the link you posted I don't see one for the ion. Anyway, based on my own soft brick experience, you'll prolly need to let the phone battery drain, then charge (process can take a day or so), then try and flash your stock FTF via Flashtool.
Ruler85 said:
In hope that someone's still looking at this thread, here is my situation: I tried flashing a prerooted image via fastboot and landed in a Sony bootloop. Then somehow I was stuck in fastboot-mode (led: static blue) and let the phone drain its battery. Now I'm able to get into flashmode but when flashing the chinese FTF with the Flashtool it stops at 1% with status "Processing .......sin" (sorry don't know the file exactly).
When I'm trying to power it up now the Sony logo comes up followed by an exclamation mark in a triangle... could you tell me what options there are left? I saw these prerooted images (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1669906), but there is none for the Ion, so I don't know what could be the next step. If I just had back my normal system... I used to flash my Galaxy S many times so I'm not that unexperienced, but it seems I really have a problem here:crying:
Any help is appreciated!
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Try using SUS to do a repair of the phone.
Ruler85 said:
In hope that someone's still looking at this thread.
Any help is appreciated!
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I have had the 1% happen to me. I just unplug phone close and reopen flashtool and try again. Took me 3 times to get to flash once.
If still no luck, like spectre51 said use repair option in pc companion.
If all else fails use this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170
Sent from my LT28i using xda app-developers app
ToledoJab said:
I have had the 1% happen to me. I just unplug phone close and reopen flashtool and try again. Took me 3 times to get to flash once.
If still no luck, like spectre51 said use repair option in pc companion.
If all else fails use this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170
Sent from my LT28i using xda app-developers app
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Thx for your hints! It is kinda frustrating to wait until it is fully loaded, then try flashing, then load and wait again... but the 1%-bug seemed to be a major bug as it is fixed now in the new version 0.9.8 of the flashtool.IGonna tray again tomorrow and report my status. I already checked popfan's thread to get a point if mydevice really is bricked or not. So again thanks to all of you!
Just out of curiosity: is there a possibility to flash a prerooted ftf-file? I live in Switzerland where I bought the lt28h version. And I haven't found a prerooted. img file for flashing via fastboot. Just want to root it, custom roms etc. later
Alright, I was able to flash the chinese FTF and got my phone back working:laugh:
But I had to install the newest version 0.9.8 of the flashtool to not get the 1%-bug again. After this roooting via bin4ry's script worked well and now I'm happy happy happy. Thank you all!
I also had problems with flashtool 9.7. I used 9.0 with no problems. Didn't know about 9.8.
Sent from my LT28at using XDA
as the OP of this thread, thought i'd update. After reading a few threads i discovered the power/volume button trick. tried volume down with no luck, but power and volume up worked. PC Companion did not work in upgrading the phone. just kept telling me to disconnect my battery, and that if the batter cannot be disconnected to skip that step. But it wouldn't go to the next step. So I tried SUS. Worked perfectly.
So, My phone is running lt28h and my wife is on lt28at. There are some differences in the way data is downloaded. looking at my AT&T bill, the data downloads, i assume for apps that get updated, seem to be different sources. also my phone has significantly larger downloads even though we have similar apps. I do have a couple of weather apps she doesn't have that might be responsible for that.
I'd like to do some additional comparisons, but think i'll be flashing the AT&T rom on my phone soon.

[Q] How to unbrick Arc S LT18i no leds

I've been searching tutorials from start to finish and can't find solution to my problem.
I have a Arc S from a friend that's bricked it gets stuck on sony ericcson logo.
Tried PC Companion not detected
Tried Update Service not detected
Tried Flashtool it detects phone as connected but without developer mode
18/005/2012 14:05:49 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
18/005/2012 14:05:49 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
I hold back key, no green led
I hold menu key, no blue led
Doesn't enter fastboot mode or flashmode.
Anyone knows how can i recover it? I don't know if it's unlocked bootloader or custom firmware or anything.
I think it maybe a kernel problem but didn't find tutorial to flash it without flashtool.
Regards,

			
				
Tried that already, when i hold the buttons (either back or menu) no led lights up when i connect usb it just shows the sony ericsson logo...
Regards.
Usb debug needs to be on
Sent from my LT15i using xda premium
I think your phone is bricked. For good.
Sent from my LT18i using xda app-developers app
what was done prior to the phone being like that?
Sent from your phone
tangosierra_ said:
what was done prior to the phone being like that?
Sent from your phone
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From what i've been told it died overnight during an OTA update.
The only too ways the computer detects it is by getting stuck on sony logo and flashtool detecting it as usb debug disabled or by doing the testpoint and computer detecting it as a Zeus Flash Device.
All the other ways, holding buttons etc's always gets me to the stuck logo no leds no nothing.
Regards,
uha666 said:
From what i've been told it died overnight during an OTA update.
The only too ways the computer detects it is by getting stuck on sony logo and flashtool detecting it as usb debug disabled or by doing the testpoint and computer detecting it as a Zeus Flash Device.
All the other ways, holding buttons etc's always gets me to the stuck logo no leds no nothing.
Regards,
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Service centre then as all else has failed.
Sent from my CM9'd Ray
Have you charged it?
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tangosierra_ said:
Have you charged it?
Sent from your phone
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Yes it's on a full battery.
Regards,
Is there any tool that can flash a device in Zeus Flash mode?
If you can't get the Phone in flashmode as you've already stated then you need a service centre. The only other alternative is to contact Alejandrissimo or Jinx13 who have SETool and will try and help remotely.
arc s
uha666 said:
Is there any tool that can flash a device in Zeus Flash mode?
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hello i have a same phone as u and same problem .. can u tell me do u find solution ??? thanks
So were you just doing a standard OTA update and then you ran out of battery?
If you want, you could try Sony's new EMMA software for returning devices with unlocked bootloaders back to stock.
Did you unbricked you phone? I have the same problem after a wipe data from clocworkmod and i am unable to go in flashmode or recovery. Fashtool detect my device but just like your with debug off...
So did you manage to fix your device? Thx and srru for my bad english. Oh and my phone is locked.
amnezic said:
Did you unbricked you phone? I have the same problem after a wipe data from clocworkmod and i am unable to go in flashmode or recovery. Fashtool detect my device but just like your with debug off...
So did you manage to fix your device? Thx and srru for my bad english. Oh and my phone is locked.
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I got the fastboot working so i messed around and got the dommkernel working.Though my pc isnt recognising the drivers and im looking for a fix.Once thats done i'll restore the system and hopefully get it fixed.
Elvizzz said:
I got the fastboot working so i messed around and got the dommkernel working.Though my pc isnt recognising the drivers and im looking for a fix.Once thats done i'll restore the system and hopefully get it fixed.
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which drivers exactly?
Can you get into recovery?
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[Q] R800i completely bricked?

Hello dear readers and great XDA members,
Last summer I unlocked the bootloader of my Xperia Play R800i with the testpoint method. Everything worked fine: I installed CWM and loaded a FreeXperia version of CyanogenMod 9.1.
A couple of days ago, I wanted to finally update my ROM to a newer version since there had been so many releases since last summer. I loaded the new ROM and everything worked fine. However, some of the problems I hoped would've been solved by the update, weren't solved at all, especially the video capturing and panorama pictures. So I decided it maybe would be better to flash a new kernel.
I searched for a kernel, but couldn't find anything I liked. Then, I can't remember where, someone posted the "boot.img" files included in the FreeXperia CM9 ROM zip packages were kernel releases. So I decided to use flashtool and flash the boot.img as a new kernel.
This obviously didn't work and I tried some others. By the way: I couldn't boot into ClockWorkMod anymore since I tried to flash a new kernel. Only fastboot and flashmode would work.
I couldn't remember which kernel I used last summer, so I wandered the internet and eventually found that an X10 kernel was included in Flashtool. I though I remembered something about X10 from last summer, so I decided to stupidly flash that kernel to my Xperia Play.
After this flash completed, my phone doesn't respond to anything anymore. Following a list of things I tried (everytime after I tried something, I removed the USB cable and the battery to make sure the Xperia Play was turned off):
- When I press and hold the power button, nothing happens, not even the small vibrate always felt when the phone starts.
- Getting into fastboot mode doesn't work anymore (I tried with holding the search button and connecting USB, as well as some other buttons, nothing worked.)
- Getting into flashmode doesn't work either.
- No matter what I do, the phone won't give me a sign it's still alive. (no LED, no vibrate, no screen, nothing.)
- I tried the Sony Update Service, but that obviously doesn't recognize the phone
- Flashtool doesn't recognize the phone either.
- ADB doesn't recognize the phone of course.
- s1tool (the tool I used for the TestPoint bootloader unlock) recognizes I plug something in, but then gives an error it can't get access to it.
- I charged the battery overnight and tried all of the above again... still nothing works...
- When I plug in the phone to the PC, my PC recognizes something plugged in, but with the name QHSUSB_DLOAD in Device Manager.
(by the way: I am using Windows 8 Pro x64)
Is this phone completely dead or is there any way it can be saved? I was planning on keeping this phone at least until the end of 2013 or begin of 2014 before upgrading... An immediate upgrade is not in my budget and for now I have returned to my Nokia 5530 on Symbian, but that's nothing compared to Android :'(
Thank you very much in advance... I really hope someone can save my poor phone. I know I have been stupid, but I think I somehow panicked when I couldn't get the phone back into CWM and stupidly flashed the X10... Stupid stupid me.
Well I always update to the latest working kernel when I flash a new rom. The one working currently for me is fxp152 kernel.
Have you tried with battery, holding the search button, plug it in, then hold the Power button while still holding search.
Contact Alejandrissimo, he can probably help you.
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eksasol said:
Well I always update to the latest working kernel when I flash a new rom. The one working currently for me is fxp152 kernel.
Have you tried with battery, holding the search button, plug it in, then hold the Power button while still holding search.
Contact Alejandrissimo, he can probably help you.
Sent from R800at
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Thank you for the response! Where do you find these kernels? Are those boot.img files included with fxp zip files the kernel images?
I hadn't tried to hold the power button after holding search button + plugging it in, but it doesn't work either
I will probably contact Alejandrissimo in a couple of days if I can't solve it myself or if nobody else can help me solve it...
Thank you!
same boat
ThirtyOne34 said:
Thank you for the response! Where do you find these kernels? Are those boot.img files included with fxp zip files the kernel images?
I hadn't tried to hold the power button after holding search button + plugging it in, but it doesn't work either
I will probably contact Alejandrissimo in a couple of days if I can't solve it myself or if nobody else can help me solve it...
Thank you!
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Hi, i have the exact same problem. Is there anything that can be done ... phone is totally dead, and everything is the exact same as you mentioned..
thanks
Tommy
try this it works
tommyforest123 said:
Hi, i have the exact same problem. Is there anything that can be done ... phone is totally dead, and everything is the exact same as you mentioned..
thanks
Tommy
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Pull the battery out put it in close the cover plug usb then hold power button and flashtool from androxide should detect it.
Qshusb error
Hi,
Can anyone help. Basically my phone is hard bricked. No logo, no flashmode or fastboot recovery. Totally dead. When i connect to pc - I get QSHUSB DLOAD error, the pc wont recognise my phone. I have tried flashtools but, I cant enter into flashmode ( holding down back while connecting usb...I know how to fix it if i can get my phone back into a softbrick.( getting the sony logo - being able to enter flashmode )..anybody have any ideas please. I have searched online for days with no answer. Xperia play 1 week old running 2.3.4. - i tried to install ics 4.0.4 gamer rom but pressed the flash x10 rom in flashtools by mistake ...
Rmontoya83 said:
Pull the battery out put it in close the cover plug usb then hold power button and flashtool from androxide should detect it.
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You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. i have read you say this over and over again and yet it doesn't work. you need to press back not power.
tommyforest123 said:
Hi, i have the exact same problem. Is there anything that can be done ... phone is totally dead, and everything is the exact same as you mentioned..
thanks
Tommy
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tommyforest123 said:
Hi,
Can anyone help. Basically my phone is hard bricked. No logo, no flashmode or fastboot recovery. Totally dead. When i connect to pc - I get QSHUSB DLOAD error, the pc wont recognise my phone. I have tried flashtools but, I cant enter into flashmode ( holding down back while connecting usb...I know how to fix it if i can get my phone back into a softbrick.( getting the sony logo - being able to enter flashmode )..anybody have any ideas please. I have searched online for days with no answer. Xperia play 1 week old running 2.3.4. - i tried to install ics 4.0.4 gamer rom but pressed the flash x10 rom in flashtools by mistake ...
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Hi Tommy,
I am very sorry for my late response. I haven't fixed my phone yet, but I fear only a hardware flash would work... I think I am going to try to get my phone back to the store where I bought it and I hope they'll fix it. If they don't, I will try to find someone who can hardware flash or ask Allejandrissimo (an Xperia bricked devices expert, it seems...)
I hope you will get your phone to work again! (And please let me know how you did it if you succeed). I will keep you updated if there is any progress. I am very busy at the moment though, so I don't know when I can get my phone back to the store. In the meantime, I have also bought a used Galaxy Nexus...
Greetings,
Sven
EDIT: I think I also accidentally flashed the X10 rom or kernel in the flashtool...
Could be easily fixed by flashtool, tried the same (flashing x10) and phone looked dead. The I toke the battery out and placed it back. Then I could enter flashmode and flash a stock ftf.
Sent from my LT22i using xda app-developers app
nickholtus said:
Could be easily fixed by flashtool, tried the same (flashing x10) and phone looked dead. The I toke the battery out and placed it back. Then I could enter flashmode and flash a stock ftf.
Sent from my LT22i using xda app-developers app
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Well, the problem is we can't enter flashmode or fastboot... Really no life to it...
But thanks for the input!
hi guys, ive rooted n unlock boot loader for my friend xperia PLAY with android 2.3.3 stok, after 2days he update his phone to 2.3.4..... now his phone did not reboot.. i can not set the phone to fastboot, only flashboot... then i try to falsh ftf.. when i try to reboot, only vibrate but no screen boot n green LED on the start button...can anybody help??.. sorry for my english..
ThirtyOne34 said:
Hello dear readers and great XDA members,
Last summer I unlocked the bootloader of my Xperia Play R800i with the testpoint method. Everything worked fine: I installed CWM and loaded a FreeXperia version of CyanogenMod 9.1.
A couple of days ago, I wanted to finally update my ROM to a newer version since there had been so many releases since last summer. I loaded the new ROM and everything worked fine. However, some of the problems I hoped would've been solved by the update, weren't solved at all, especially the video capturing and panorama pictures. So I decided it maybe would be better to flash a new kernel.
I searched for a kernel, but couldn't find anything I liked. Then, I can't remember where, someone posted the "boot.img" files included in the FreeXperia CM9 ROM zip packages were kernel releases. So I decided to use flashtool and flash the boot.img as a new kernel.
This obviously didn't work and I tried some others. By the way: I couldn't boot into ClockWorkMod anymore since I tried to flash a new kernel. Only fastboot and flashmode would work.
I couldn't remember which kernel I used last summer, so I wandered the internet and eventually found that an X10 kernel was included in Flashtool. I though I remembered something about X10 from last summer, so I decided to stupidly flash that kernel to my Xperia Play.
After this flash completed, my phone doesn't respond to anything anymore. Following a list of things I tried (everytime after I tried something, I removed the USB cable and the battery to make sure the Xperia Play was turned off):
- When I press and hold the power button, nothing happens, not even the small vibrate always felt when the phone starts.
- Getting into fastboot mode doesn't work anymore (I tried with holding the search button and connecting USB, as well as some other buttons, nothing worked.)
- Getting into flashmode doesn't work either.
- No matter what I do, the phone won't give me a sign it's still alive. (no LED, no vibrate, no screen, nothing.)
- I tried the Sony Update Service, but that obviously doesn't recognize the phone
- Flashtool doesn't recognize the phone either.
- ADB doesn't recognize the phone of course.
- s1tool (the tool I used for the TestPoint bootloader unlock) recognizes I plug something in, but then gives an error it can't get access to it.
- I charged the battery overnight and tried all of the above again... still nothing works...
- When I plug in the phone to the PC, my PC recognizes something plugged in, but with the name QHSUSB_DLOAD in Device Manager.
(by the way: I am using Windows 8 Pro x64)
Is this phone completely dead or is there any way it can be saved? I was planning on keeping this phone at least until the end of 2013 or begin of 2014 before upgrading... An immediate upgrade is not in my budget and for now I have returned to my Nokia 5530 on Symbian, but that's nothing compared to Android :'(
Thank you very much in advance... I really hope someone can save my poor phone. I know I have been stupid, but I think I somehow panicked when I couldn't get the phone back into CWM and stupidly flashed the X10... Stupid stupid me.
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Maybe you still have a chance! Bcoz I think you have completely damaged ta files+ semcboot which can only be repaired by se toolbox 3 which requires credits(money)( I m assuming it'll detect phone bcoz s1 tool recognized it with error ) if you have it than you can repair it or you can contact alejandressimo on gtalk.
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creative_md said:
Maybe you still have a chance! Bcoz I think you have completely damaged ta files+ semcboot which can only be repaired by se toolbox 3 which requires credits(money)( I m assuming it'll detect phone bcoz s1 tool recognized it with error ) if you have it than you can repair it or you can contact alejandressimo on gtalk.
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Really?! I really hope it'll work. I have a Galaxy Nexus now, but I desperately need a Gingerbread for testing my apps again...
Thank you!
Finally some one who has fixed a bricked phone
nickholtus said:
Could be easily fixed by flashtool, tried the same (flashing x10) and phone looked dead. The I toke the battery out and placed it back. Then I could enter flashmode and flash a stock ftf.
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When you phone was dead after you put the battery in did you hold the power button then it went in to fast boot instead of holding thback button CORRECT? ²
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ThirtyOne34;38604501 01 said:
Really?! I really hope it'll work. I have a Galaxy Nexus now, but I desperately need a Gingerbread for testing my apps again...
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Message me in myinbox and I will give you # so I can walk you through it. I have bricked my phone many time and a lot of people will tell you I'm wrong. But I'm right all I ask is that you reply to this tread and post that I know how to fix bricked phones.
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Hello I have the same your problem, are you by any chance managed to solve it? I have sent you to the sony center and have called irreparable ._. If it is true that Alejandro can fix it I wonder what may be the relevant industry professionals sony
Arbiterandrea said:
Hello I have the same your problem, are you by any chance managed to solve it? I have sent you to the sony center and have called irreparable ._. If it is true that Alejandro can fix it I wonder what may be the relevant industry professionals sony
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Hello Arbiterandrea,
I am very sorry tot report that I wasn't able to fix my Xperia Play. I sent my phone back to the online store I bought it from and it arrived there 1 day before my guarantee expired. When I got my phone back, it was a brand new one with a different serial number, no screen protector, not a scratch. And it was for free thanks to my guarantee, even though I bricked it myself. (I just told them "it suddenly stopped working")
If you've got any guarantee left, you could try that, but if I understand correctly you already tried that... Then I think you should contact Allejandrissimo, I've heard many good things about him. I didn't contact him myself, though.
Good luck! And let me know if you have fixed it?
Greetings
ThirtyOne34

device keeps disconnecting and rebooting while trying to use flashtool

Hi, im on the latest .101 FW and im trying to downgrade to .67 so i can root and install a new custom rom. Ive installed a custom ROM before on this phone following the rooting procedure by this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2458268, but now every time i connect to flashtool64, it says device connected in flash mode, but disconnects after a minute or so. What am i doing wrong? I've got USB debugging and unknown sources on.
Thanks, sid.
sid3091 said:
hi, im on the latest .101 fw and im trying to downgrade to .67 so i can root and install a new custom rom. Ive installed a custom rom before on this phone following the rooting procedure by this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2458268, but now every time i connect to flashtool64, it says device connected in flash mode, but disconnects after a minute or so. What am i doing wrong? I've got usb debugging and unknown sources on.
Thanks, sid.
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actually your have to first select the rom in flash tool then "wait" for tool to prepare files then the tool will prompt then connect your phone
My ZL has been acting weird lately, powering off on its own, and requiring a power source to boot back up.
I tried connecting to flashtool last night, and it works, but the green led that supposed to light up, just quickly blinks on then off, and stays off.
Yet flashtool is still telling me my device is connected in flashmode..... weird.
I was too scared to try and flash an FTF because i have a feeling the phone will just randomly power off.
ATRIXXIRTA said:
My ZL has been acting weird lately, powering off on its own, and requiring a power source to boot back up.
I tried connecting to flashtool last night, and it works, but the green led that supposed to light up, just quickly blinks on then off, and stays off.
Yet flashtool is still telling me my device is connected in flashmode..... weird.
I was too scared to try and flash an FTF because i have a feeling the phone will just randomly power off.
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My LED does the same, just blinks on and off when connecting to flashtool.
When I connect in flashmode and wait for a minute or so, the phone boots automatically.
But it always behaved like this since I bought the phone .
Flashing works like it should and it always worked. I think it's normal.
okay, ive got another problem. Im trying to unlock my bootloader via flashtool, and after connecting my phone with the volume down button pressed, it does nothing, just asks me to re connect my phone. Any idea whats wrong?
sid3091 said:
okay, ive got another problem. Im trying to unlock my bootloader via flashtool, and after connecting my phone with the volume down button pressed, it does nothing, just asks me to re connect my phone. Any idea whats wrong?
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Double check that your drivers are installed correctly
ATRIXXIRTA said:
Double check that your drivers are installed correctly
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Which particular drivers are you talking about? How to re install them?
sid3091 said:
Which particular drivers are you talking about? How to re install them?
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http://developer.sonymobile.com/downloads/drivers/
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http://developer.sonymobile.com/downloads/drivers/
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There arent any for the ZL. Should I install the ones for Xperia Z?
sid3091 said:
There arent any for the ZL. Should I install the ones for Xperia Z?
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Ya Z drivers will work
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Ya Z drivers will work
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I should mention that I'm trying to unlock my bootloader while in existenz v4 ROM. Does this make any difference? Or should i flash a .67 ftf and unlock my bootloader.

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