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..
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Hi, Just thought I'd try a little modding GAH.
First things first, Stock R800i no simlocks etc.
Rooted via super one click, fine.
Thought I'd unlock the boot loader, no problem.
Try a doomlord kernel, install went fine, wifi working no problem.
But then I hit a problem, you can connect the phone to the PC and the PC installs the drivers fine but it won't let me access the storage, not even an autoplay message.
The second more serious issue is I have no lock screen (slide to unlock part).
So I thought I'd try flashing it back to stock using flashtool but for some reason it wants an S1 Download driver, no matter how much searching I cannot find the right file.
Sorry if this seems a bit noobish, thanks for your time
try these usb drivers...I think they are the ones you need
Thanks for trying but that didn't work either
Just a quick update, found the right drivers (had them the whole time) but I didn't force the installation.
FFFUUU
Sorry for panicking
Hi Cokker,
Could you explain more precisely for me how you solved this problem, plz?
I have the same problems (no screenlock, no notification SD card connect...) when trying connect my XPlay to PC. The fact is, this happen after I hard-reset my Xplay to the factory default data (in Settings) >.<
For more infos: I've rooted my Xplay with zergRush methode, also unlocked bootloaders.
Thanks very much.
Hey guys, so I'm trying to relock my bootloader using Flashtool by following the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527159
Just one problem. My phone keeps disconnecting from Flash Mode (the mode you get when you hold the down volume key while turning the phone on as it is connected to the computer)
It disconnects from Flash Mode after around 30 seconds. I DON'T want the phone to disconnect while I'm flashing the Relock Bootloader FTF that I got from the link above.
Is the phone disconnecting from Flash Mode a usual thing? Should I just try and flash the FTF before the phone disconnects?
P.S. I unlocked my bootloader by using this method and rooted the phone with this method.
I think your drivers aren't installed properly, try reinstalling them
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Yea make sure the drivers are installed and the newest flashtool. Also make sure to mount the phone to computer while on and in flash mode to make sure the drivers are installed.
Make sure your battery is full charge. It won't work if it's to low.
From Jaramie's LT28at
2012Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread
Thanks everyone.
Just one question: if I try to flash a relock bootloader ttf with Flashtool and it fails, would I have a hardbrick? Hardbricks are unrecoverable for the Xperia S, no?
AFAIK hard-bricks are hard, precisely because you can't recover
However.. i don't think relocking could be dangerous
Your problem is 90% probably related to drivers wrong-installed
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As far as I know, that's a driver related problem.
I'm experiencing the same issue, because in the computer of my work I'm able to flash kernels from fastboot, but I'm not able to connect my phone via flashtool, the led just goes green for like 3 seconds and then my phone boots (and the computer freezes LOL). On my personal laptop there are no problems.
Try reinstalling the drivers and try again.
Btw, which OS do you have?
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As far as I know, that's a driver related problem.
I'm experiencing the same issue, because in the computer of my work I'm able to flash kernels from fastboot, but I'm not able to connect my phone via flashtool, the led just goes green for like 3 seconds and then my phone boots (and the computer freezes LOL). On my personal laptop there are no problems.
Try reinstalling the drivers and try again.
Btw, which OS do you have?
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Oh, I have Windows 7 64bit.
But... I've determined not to flash anything haha. The only reason I wanted an unlocked BL was for Bravia Engine 2. Once I found out that Bravia Engine only works in the native music/video app, I stopped caring. I thought it would change the screen overall.
So I'm staying on that unlocked bootloader, unless I'm wrong w/ the BE2.
Hey all,
Yesterday I was about to flash a new ROM on my wifes Xperia S. She had an old ICS rom and I decided to go for the PAC MAN JB 4.2.2 ROM. Seemed ok.
I own a SGS2 myself so I consider myself a total noob when it comes to the Sony.
I know CWM works on on the XS and I am pretty sure I installed it when I romed it last time. Although I didn't remember how to enter CWM mode so I installed it again through that .bat file that comes with it.
I downloaded the ROM and the GAPPS and copied both to the phone. And now I thought I was set and went for it. Of course I did a Nandroid backup before and also from within the phone a full backup in Backup & Restore. Bootloader is unlocked by the way.
So now I boot into CWM and I do a full wipe/factory reset. I clear the cache and dalvik and also I format the system as he guides us to do in his installation video.
I then installed the rom or at least tried. Got the status 7 together with some error I can't remember.
I read then that people had issues downloading the rom with google chrome which sounds pretty far fetched but I decided to do what other did and downloaded the rom from firefox.
Then within CWM I thought to start the USB and copy it directly in CWM since I already had reset the phone and didn't want to go through the "new phone" routine. But the USB in CWM didn't work so I had to restart the phone.
It then got stuck on the initial SONY logo screen and I'm stuck there now.
I have installed the Flash tool from SONY coz I read in another thread that the only way out is to install stock rom. However when I connect the phone holding volume down windows 8 always say that the USB device is not recognized. I have of course rebooted the PC after.
I'm going to try this on my Windows 7 PC as well later after work but I dread I will be stuck there as well.
Can anyone shed some light on how I can get my wifes Xperia S to be recognized by her Windows 8 laptop? Or have I bricked her phone?
I have thought many times that I bricked my SGS2 but always came out on top, I don't want to lose this battle either.
if it says "Unknown Devices" when you plug the phone to the computer, try change an USB line or change a computer
if it says "Unable to install the driver" or another something like this when you plug the phone to the computer, try install the Flashtool driver
...any screenshots?
Windows 8 gives a balloon tip saying exactly "USB Device not recognized". And I did install the Flashtool to get the driver but I guess I still miss the correct driver here.
I will do some more troubleshooting after work. I just thought maybe someone had similar problem and had a quick and easy solution.
It also happend to me, just turn it off and flash stock firmware with flashtool (select all under wipe)
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Gripa98 said:
It also happend to me, just turn it off and flash stock firmware with flashtool (select all under wipe)
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The issue is not actually the "stuck on SONY logo". The issue is that the computer wont recognize the phone when I connect through USB.
What did you use to get the correct driver?
Ok I actually managed to get it connected on my Windows 7 PC.
I installed Emma (Flashtool) and it installed something but I'm not sure really what happened to be honest. Light on the phone was green and it installed 4.0.4 ICS.
It was a success after about 217 seconds but after that the phone didn't do anything. Stayed with green light and when I disconnected it it could not be started at all.
Maybe it doesn't have enough power to start up. It is on 220V charge now so lets see what will happen with it.
Bergaliden said:
The issue is not actually the "stuck on SONY logo". The issue is that the computer wont recognize the phone when I connect through USB.
What did you use to get the correct driver?
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I just installed pc companion
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Good news y'all.
All it needed after using Emma was some juice. Now it is back to it's normal self. And I'm not going to ROM it anymore. Soon JB will be officially out for XS.
True!! When I was a noob, I tried to flash cyanogrnmod on my galaxy ace (it was a year ago) and I stuck in bootloop. Idk what to do and I regret it, from that day I never flash any rom. But this year I flash xzxperience on acro s and it works but not so happy and then I flash stock firmware to normal. And I regret because i ve unlocked bootloader!! And now BE is not working anymore.
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Hi everybody,
I own Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc (LT15i) which no longer lives under the warranty time period. It became extremely slow, so I decided to flash a new ROM on it in attempt to see if that made it any faster. I rooted it and installed ClockworkMod Recovery on the phone and attempted to flash Xperia Ultimate HD 5.01 through CWM. The installation went perfectly fine, however after I did the reboot my phone doesn't get past the Sony Ericsson logo.
I've looked up all sorts of ways to fix soft bricked and bootlooped Arc's but none seem to work. When I try to use flashtool, I can't seem to be able to connect the phone to the computer and Windows comes up with "USB Device not recognized" and flashtool automatically aborts flashing. When I try to use PC Companion to repair the device, Windows doesn't recognize the device and neither does PC Companion. The same thing happens with Update Service.
I cannot enter flashmode, cannot get anywhere past the Sony Ericsson logo (including trying to access ClockworkMod Recovery) and cannot seem to get Windows to recognize the device. All drivers are installed both from Sony and flashtool.
Is there any other way I can recover my device? Thanks in advance for all help!
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Hello,
I can pretty much understand your situation, but this is where we start to have a better understanding of our own device and learn from our mistake.
In fact if you want to use flash tool, you will need to prepare your PC to recognize your mobile, by means of installing appropriate drivers, commonly known as Google SDK drivers.
I shall resume somehow here and try to find a good link for you to read :cyclops:
1. Your PC need to have latest version of JAVA
2. Install Google SDK, choose appropriate drivers and apps to be installed
3.Install flashtool and appropriate devices drivers.
Try to follow this link :
1. Installation of ADB drivers and SDK : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1830108
2. Flashing Kernel and Rom. Be careful with compatibility and other issues, you always have surprises here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996665
The above link is for HTC if im not wrong, try searching for ARC you will find it, there are loads of tutorial posted on XDA..
Here you go : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508585
Dont forget read and read until you understand every single terms.
See Ya . .
Taz . .
juzan said:
Hi everybody,
I own Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc (LT15i) which no longer lives under the warranty time period. It became extremely slow, so I decided to flash a new ROM on it in attempt to see if that made it any faster. I rooted it and installed ClockworkMod Recovery on the phone and attempted to flash Xperia Ultimate HD 5.01 through CWM. The installation went perfectly fine, however after I did the reboot my phone doesn't get past the Sony Ericsson logo.
I've looked up all sorts of ways to fix soft bricked and bootlooped Arc's but none seem to work. When I try to use flashtool, I can't seem to be able to connect the phone to the computer and Windows comes up with "USB Device not recognized" and flashtool automatically aborts flashing. When I try to use PC Companion to repair the device, Windows doesn't recognize the device and neither does PC Companion. The same thing happens with Update Service.
I cannot enter flashmode, cannot get anywhere past the Sony Ericsson logo (including trying to access ClockworkMod Recovery) and cannot seem to get Windows to recognize the device. All drivers are installed both from Sony and flashtool.
Is there any other way I can recover my device? Thanks in advance for all help!
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The problem is that you have GB kernel, but using ICS ROM. These 2 do not work together.
Try another USB cable and/or USB port and try Flashtool/PC Companion again.
Someguyfromhell said:
The problem is that you have GB kernel, but using ICS ROM. These 2 do not work together.
Try another USB cable and/or USB port and try Flashtool/PC Companion again.
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Tried that. Still no results. I've also tried using fastboot, and yes I did install all the drivers as well as the Android SDK along with the Java DK. When I enter
fastboot devices
I get no response... When I try to flash a kernel using
fastboot flash boot bootARC.img
It says waiting for device forever. The phone is plugged in and the blue light is on. The screen is still off though. When I connect it in fastboot mode to Flashtool it has the same problem (doesn't recognize the device).
Would Sony be able to fix it for me if I handed it in? Even though my warranty has been void for over a year I could probably just pay for the repair. At this rate I doubt it's possible for me to fix it...
Which Windows are you using?
Someguyfromhell said:
Which Windows are you using?
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Windows 8 x64
juzan said:
Windows 8 x64
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Well that might be the issue,W8.I have W7 and XP never had a problem.
Did you try to run flashtool and connect the phone via usb(turn it off and just connect it don't hold any buttons,if that doesn't woek try turning it on and then connect it)-so that way flashtool might detect the device.Hope you'll get it to work.If nothing helps than try searching on google about these issues for win8.
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Did you increase your system and data partition into 419 MB and 440 MB? Because if you haven't you'll get a bootloop with Xperia Ultimate HD 5.01 since this rom needs that space. I read that you have to flash Arc S kernel to achieve this but im stuck at this point because the partitions won't change for me :/
To use fastboot, install the drivers by this method.
The only working method to install fastboot on Windows 8.
http://flashtool.net/disabledrivers.html
I am using Xperia arc lt15 to 4 years.I flash any type Rom in this phone.its very hardcore smartphone because I 40-60 times flash different custom and ftf official Rom.if u need any help about this phone tell me.
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Hello, I heard that to hard reset the phone, i need a flashtool. And to unlock bootloader i need to enable usb debugging, however i cant access my phone, because for some weird reason the pin code doesnt work. Can you help me reset the phone? its Xperia S
So im currently trying to repair it with pc companion, but when it says to connect the phone holding the down button, and when i do it, nothing happens, the computer doesnt recognise it. The flash mode stays for 5 seconds, the goes into charge mode. Looked in device manager, but theres nothing. Probably enabling usb debugging would work, but how am i supposed to enable it with phone locked. Maybe i need some drivers?
Try with the Sony Flash Tool from their site, u'll have to get the stock 4.1.2, but at least u'll be able to use your phone
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Try with the Sony Flash Tool from their site, u'll have to get the stock 4.1.2, but at least u'll be able to use your phone
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Well i think it needs bootloader unlocked, but i will try pc companion to reset the phone, maybe that will work. But thanks anyway.
Can someone help?