Hi all I have a problem a big one lol, well I have a Sony Ericsson Arc and I wanted to update to latest software using the phone, so I used the internal update service and all seemed well until the phone rebooted and would not boot it just vibrated a little but no screen, I charged the phone and tried again to no avail.
So I plugged in the phone and used the repair TP in the software by holding the back button while plugging in the phone, after it finished flashing I tried to turn on the phone and it turned on and I thought all was well but it is corrupt, the market place wont download as it thinks the phone has no internal memory, the phone will not full reset and I cant update the software, the holding the back button will not work anymore while plugging in the phone to try and update it so I am lost with it, is there anyway I can fix this phone maybe using a program and test point as I cannot get it in flash mode using the back button anymore please can someone help me thanks.
Well u can maybe try put the earlier version of firmware (the one u have before .58) i think .42 with wotanserver application and firmware. Go to their web site to see how it's done.
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I am having same issue... Please help
Try flashing a firmware using flashtool.
Flashtool is not helping. Any other suggestions?
After searching the forums i still havent found a solution.
The problem is i decided to unlock the bootloader using Sony on my Arc S a day ago.
Now when i connect the USB it will not connect to the MSC or MTP though the computer pings and sony companion comes up but says the usual reboot etc.
I have tried all the different combinations of turning USB debug and other things on and off but to no avail.
Has anyone else had this problems and fixed it?
Try reinstalling PC companion with the option in phone connection.
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Sorry to say thats not working :s
Any idea if factory reset may work? Holding off doing that cos hate having to put everything back on lol
Factory reset did not work
Any thought on my next options would be appreciated?
Can i still install a different ROM to the memory card? I have no recovery so i dont know if i can do much of anything?
Thanks for any help.
How did you unlock your bootloader
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is your camera and home button not functioning too ? reflash back using flashtool or if it doesn't work, use wotanserver..
I now have it running after using Wotanserver twice :s
The only problem now is it wont root (Bootloader is still unloacked, did it via Sony)?
I tried Doomlord but it says read only as it tries to do it.
I dont know how to use flashtools as for some reason it wont install on my computer (possible Kasperski stopping this).
How do you reinstall the ADB drivers cos i think that may be the problem.
Try the link at this post
Managed to get flash tools installed and that rooted it
It now wont update OTA so wondered if sony companion will update but will flash tools root after?
Lots of thanks to everyone for there help seems i have question after question lol.
Just when i think i know what i'm doing i get another phone and it starts again. Sticking with sony now though even if they dont have Gorrilla glass
you can't update via Sony Companion / OTA because you have unlocked bootloader..
A few days ago my phone was stuck on a bootloop at the doomkernel logo so i flashed the latest version of doomkernel on and it seemed to fix the problem. Then while copying the wi-fi modules to my memory card i got a weird popup about titanium update crashing so i closed it. Immediately after that my touchscreen stopped working. I didnt think much of it at the time so i just rebooted my phone into recovery and flashed the new wi-fi modules for doomkernel. When I booted the phone the touchscreen still wasnt working but now it wouldnt recognise the usb cable, whether plugged into the computer or charger. I thought it was the cable so I tried a few others but it still wouldnt pick up. When the battery died and i plugged it into the charger it charges while the phone is switched off but when the phone is switched on it wont charge at all. This led me to believe there was some sort of software/driver/kernel issue or something. I could still control most of the phone using the gamepad so i backed up all my important things and flashed stock 4.0.2.A.0.62 firmware back on the phone. Problem still persists and I cant flash the stock wi-fi modules back onto the phone because I cant gain access to the memory card via usb and i cant type on the phone so i cant download it using the phone. Does anybody have any suggestions? Has anybody else even been through something like this?
The screen on my Xperia S is not working. I turn it on and nothing comes on the screen except the LED backlight. The touch screen is working because I can still respond with it like unlocking the screen and people can still phone me but I just can't see the screen. I have tried the power and volume up button, plugging in the cable while holding volume down and I tried taking the sim card out. I think the only thing I haven't tried is repairing the phone in Sony PC Companion as I don't to lose my data. P.S I tried backing it up in PC Companion and it didn't work.
If you have an hdmi cable and hd tv try to connect it.
Dissemble the phone and check whether display connector is connected to the motherboard. it may disconnect because of fall or something like that.
Xperia SL Black Screen
I also have the same problem. This happened after I flashed this FTF file: [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2423025].
I flashed this software without USB Debugging mode on. Could this be the source to this problem?
Please help me find a solution to this problem.
yameen.assotally said:
I also have the same problem. This happened after I flashed this FTF file: [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2423025].
I flashed this software without USB Debugging mode on. Could this be the source to this problem?
Please help me find a solution to this problem.
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Jaskaran Johal said:
The screen on my Xperia S is not working. I turn it on and nothing comes on the screen except the LED backlight. The touch screen is working because I can still respond with it like unlocking the screen and people can still phone me but I just can't see the screen. I have tried the power and volume up button, plugging in the cable while holding volume down and I tried taking the sim card out. I think the only thing I haven't tried is repairing the phone in Sony PC Companion as I don't to lose my data. P.S I tried backing it up in PC Companion and it didn't work.
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if i missed anything just ask
i suggest trying to repair your phone via sony companion, (support zone > repair phone > follow instruction)
if the above method doesnt work try flashing a FTF via Flashtool (look for a tutorial if needed if not i dont mind explaining)
if the problem is still there , look around for Xperia S/ion/acro/blah blah(what ever you have) blackscreen on google ,and if you cant find anything then you will have to send your Phone for Repair, unless your good at repairing techy stuff
it may not be a hardware fault, ive had simular problems before, (it was simply a bad kernel install)
USEFUL INFO
you will not lose anything on your SD card if you repair using sony companion or flashtool, however you will lose apps and settings. take note flashtool is a quick method but is less safe
Jaskaran Johal said:
The screen on my Xperia S is not working. I turn it on and nothing comes on the screen except the LED backlight. The touch screen is working because I can still respond with it like unlocking the screen and people can still phone me but I just can't see the screen. I have tried the power and volume up button, plugging in the cable while holding volume down and I tried taking the sim card out. I think the only thing I haven't tried is repairing the phone in Sony PC Companion as I don't to lose my data. P.S I tried backing it up in PC Companion and it didn't work.
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I know you posted this awhile ago, but this same problem is now happening to my phone and I was curious if ours have anything in common, or if you ever got this resolved?
My phone is 12W13, and ABAC model numbers (you can see these listed underneath the back cover).
my phone gets just off, nad when i powered it on it dosent on even no light nothing and i dodnt ext4 partion on my phone and last thing i done is use of swapiness.. and then i reboot and now its not opening no light nothing...
Have you tried re-flashing a stock ftf onto your phone. Though if your computer doesn't detect your phone while its in flashmode, you might have a hard brick. If so, you have two options, buy a new phone or send your phone to sony to get it fixed. Good luck
paper13579 said:
Have you tried re-flashing a stock ftf onto your phone. Though if your computer doesn't detect your phone while its in flashmode, you might have a hard brick. If so, you have two options, buy a new phone or send your phone to sony to get it fixed. Good luck
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cant the hard brick gets correct.,,,
really..
I was partitioning my sd card with Aparted but as soon as I turned off my Xperia M to reboot it it got bricked and hasn't been working since. Cant get it to into flashboot mode or flashmode to flash the original firmware. No lights or buttons are working
rsrishabh said:
cant the hard brick gets correct.,,,
really..
I was partitioning my sd card with Aparted but as soon as I turned off my Xperia M to reboot it it got bricked and hasn't been working since. Cant get it to into flashboot mode or flashmode to flash the original firmware. No lights or buttons are working
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Yup, sounds like a hard brick to me. And no you cant fix a hard brick
paper13579 said:
Yup, sounds like a hard brick to me. And no you cant fix a hard brick
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how i conact to ansebovi
i think he can help me out
rsrishabh said:
how i conact to ansebovi
i think he can help me out
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Go ask ansebovi, but i bet he will tell u the same thing.
Just remove the battery and put it back on... and charge your device for 2-3 hours.. and then remove the battery and insert it again and see if the LeD blinks, if it doesnt them press and hold power button and see if it vibrates..
syedafzal.shah said:
Just remove the battery and put it back on... and charge your device for 2-3 hours.. and then remove the battery and insert it again and see if the LeD blinks, if it doesnt them press and hold power button and see if it vibrates..
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thanks for repling but i give it sony service cenre,, just tell me that my device has un;ocked bootlaoder by me,,a nd cyanogenmod ro on it. so when sony service centre will on it, they will tell me that my warranty is void or they will flash the latest stock rom with flashtool...
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thanks for repling but i give it sony service cenre,, just tell me that my device has un;ocked bootlaoder by me,,a nd cyanogenmod ro on it. so when sony service centre will on it, they will tell me that my warranty is void or they will flash the latest stock rom with flashtool...
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They will know that your device is running custom ROM.. They will connect your device to PC using EMMA software and it will not detect your device or its model number (if it is Hard brick) then they will Send it back to you.... If it's really a Hard Brick then nothing they can do.....
Report me back if they will give your device back and let's try some other things and see if it can work... I also got my device bricked and send it to Sony center and they gave it back to me saying it's Hard Brick and I have messed up with my device Software... But my device use to vibrate and I tried something and it's working fine now
syedafzal.shah said:
They will know that your device is running custom ROM.. They will connect your device to PC using EMMA software and it will not detect your device or its model number (if it is Hard brick) then they will Send it back to you.... If it's really a Hard Brick then nothing they can do.....
Report me back if they will give your device back and let's try some other things and see if it can work... I also got my device bricked and send it to Sony center and they gave it back to me saying it's Hard Brick and I have messed up with my device Software... But my device use to vibrate and I tried something and it's working fine now
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okay,, i will le you know all the process...
and 1 more think to ask that, my phone is in dead condition, but i unlocked my bootloader so, when they will make my phone work,, they will notice that my phone warranty is void or they will didnt notice about that when they flashing software in my phone.
If the issues occured after partitioning the SD Card, did you try removing it and booting without SD Card inserted?
If the SD Card is the problem, then it can't be a hard brick, according to my logic.
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If the issues occured after partitioning the SD Card, did you try removing it and booting without SD Card inserted?
If the SD Card is the problem, then it can't be a hard brick, according to my logic.
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i tried that to but, when i removed sd card then i reboot,, i cant start even no lights and nothing,, i already said that i got hardbricked
syedafzal.shah said:
They will know that your device is running custom ROM.. They will connect your device to PC using EMMA software and it will not detect your device or its model number (if it is Hard brick) then they will Send it back to you.... If it's really a Hard Brick then nothing they can do.....
Report me back if they will give your device back and let's try some other things and see if it can work... I also got my device bricked and send it to Sony center and they gave it back to me saying it's Hard Brick and I have messed up with my device Software... But my device use to vibrate and I tried something and it's working fine now
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i get my xperia m phone, and i got replaced my motherboard and and when i got my phone its bootloader was locked i dont know how they do it,, but they didnt know about that my bootloader i unlocked and my warranty was void but they didnt ask me for more money...
rsrishabh said:
i get my xperia m phone, and i got replaced my motherboard and and when i got my phone its bootloader was locked i dont know how they do it,, but they didnt know about that my bootloader i unlocked and my warranty was void but they didnt ask me for more money...
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hoo.. you are lucky Man... Congrats
syedafzal.shah said:
hoo.. you are lucky Man... Congrats
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yup,, i think that too, and i got my phone battery replaced too...