I went to flash a kernel via fast boot it was going all good till i tried to boot it up since then ive tried 3 computers they dosent recognise it the charger won't charge it wont go into fastboot and the only thing it dies is vibrate and show blank screen it dosent show any light from the power switch not even a red one any fixes i no about Alejandrissimo but idk if he can fix this one I think my play is dead does anyone have anything I could do and if I took it the pace I got it from what would they say would they repair it or what or maybe replace it on the spot the bootloader was unlocked BTW running ics
what happens if you hold search when plugging in the usb cable?
chevyowner said:
what happens if you hold search when plugging in the usb cable?[/QUOTE
Nothing I wish it did then i could fix the fu***** thing
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try taking the battery out and replace the hold search and plug in usb cable but never touch the power button
tried that
if i too
k it to the local store i got it from would they give me a new one???
Use flashtool to restore to default firmware. Then re try
IMO it is not bricked, BUT you need to reflash the kernel or flash a different kernel. not sure if this applies to the R800 but do you have a charge only cable?
chevyowner said:
IMO it is not bricked, BUT you need to reflash the kernel or flash a different kernel. not sure if this applies to the R800 but do you have a charge only cable?
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Computer dosnt recognise it and it dosent enter fastboot and already tried flashtool
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Computer dosnt recognise it and it dosent enter fastboot and already tried flashtool
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Did you download the proper ftf file for your phone and place it in the "firmware" folder?
This happened to me. Get flash tool and do not connect t until it prompts you. So select the file you wanna flash and such and at the end then connect your phone itll work. Just take your battery out each time you fail to make sure your phone is off. Believe me I was worried to but for some reason that trick worked.
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Oh I forgot... hold the back button to make it enter flash boot (different that fastboot when you are holding search) flash the stock firmware so you can start over.
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I know you mentioned Alejandrissimo, so I just want to ask, how long did it take for him to get your Google Talk invite? I contacted him by the website and it told me that it cost 24 USD and to add him on Google Talk, I sent him $24 through paypal, the transaction completed according to the site so I'm sure he got it, but I've been waiting on Google Talk for about 3 hours now. I'm sure he's probably busy right now though. Just curious.
Okay, but the computer doesn't recognize the PHONE!
When I connect the phone to the computer, the LED flashes red and the computer says there is something plugged, but not identified, preventing the flash boot.
Now i can connect the phone to the PC, but only lights up the green LED (charging, i guess), even if i hold the "back" or the "search" button while plugging the USB.
This LED is the only proof of, at least, it is receiving energy.
Konae said:
Now i can connect the phone to the PC, but only lights up the green LED (charging, i guess), even if i hold the "back" button while plugging the USB.
This LED is the only proof of, at least, it is receiving energy.
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I still can't figure out what's happening. Please someone help me!
Konae said:
I still can't figure out what's happening. Please someone help me!
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plug in phone holding search button if pc recognize it and if you have adb drivers installed flash any kernel you want
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plug in phone holding search button if pc recognize it and if you have adb drivers installed flash any kernel you want
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Konae said:
Now i can connect the phone to the PC, but only lights up the green LED (charging, i guess), even if i hold the "back" or the "search" button while plugging the USB.
This LED is the only proof of, at least, it is receiving energy.
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THANK YOU!
MGSBigBoss said:
This happened to me. Get flash tool and do not connect t until it prompts you. So select the file you wanna flash and such and at the end then connect your phone itll work. Just take your battery out each time you fail to make sure your phone is off. Believe me I was worried to but for some reason that trick worked.
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Oh I forgot... hold the back button to make it enter flash boot (different that fastboot when you are holding search) flash the stock firmware so you can start over.
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FINALLY. Your advice worked. I did the same thing the OP did, flashed a kernal from cm9. I couldn't even get the charger to recognize or do anything. After taking battery out and starting flashtool process first, It took 4 times with flashtool. Thanks again.
Beanerman said:
FINALLY. Your advice worked. I did the same thing the OP did, flashed a kernal from cm9. I couldn't even get the charger to recognize or do anything. After taking battery out and starting flashtool process first, It took 4 times with flashtool. Thanks again.
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It is not working for me. Could you guys give some more details of how you did it? I have tried already like 15 times and no luck. Also, is it happening to you guys that the phone will ONLY go into flashmode? I can flash anything into it but it will not boot, it will just stay in flashmode.
What I am doing is basically have the phone without battery and then start flashtool until it asks me to connect the phone. At that point I place the battery and connect the phone to the usb without pressing the BACK key, as it is not needed in my phone. Once the flashing is done, the phone goes into flashmode again.
Did this happen to you too?
Cesarramson,
Yep, sounds familiar. Is your phone unlocked? Is it r800x or another?
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I got this problem too when i'm flashing doomkernel. Will try this when i got home. i hope it will fix my problem.
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I had LauncherPRO, I tried switching wallpapers and everything froze so I did a battery pull and now it gets stuck on the "ROGERS" boot up screen or goes to a blank and no keys work. If I slide out the gamepad while its blank, the screen will turn on and it'll be a black screen with the time and the slideout bar but the touch screen doesn't work for some reason. It also says I have no service.
Here's a list of what I've tried so far -
- Holding the left and right D-Pad keys while starting the phone
- Holding the back and search button while starting the phone
- Using Sony Ericsson Update Service but it won't even detect it
- PC Companion won't detect it either
I've had so many problems with this phone, I was hoping to exchange it for a different phone if possible. I got it from Rogers on May 30th, and I didn't really realize it had problems till this month. Thing is, I have installed APK's from 4shared that you'd normally have to pay for and since it seems to be bricked now, I don't know if it's safe to bring it in.. It's not rooted. I'm pretty sure most of my downloaded apps were on my SD card but I"m not 100% sure. The phone isn't functional at all if I manage to get it to that black homescreen.
As simply as flash with flashtool.
All you need is in the dev forum.
Alejandrissimo said:
As simply as flash with flashtool.
All you need is in the dev forum.
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Thanks for the reply. This won't void warranty, right?
Edit: Flashtool doesn't seem to recognize my Xperia PLAY when I boot it in flash mode. The green LED is lit, and it shows a battery logo when I start it up so I assume that means it's in flash mode, but flash tool wont recognize it. I've tried on a windows 7 and a windows vista computer
BlueLemming said:
Thanks for the reply. This won't void warranty, right?
Edit: Flashtool doesn't seem to recognize my Xperia PLAY when I boot it in flash mode. The green LED is lit, and it shows a battery logo when I start it up so I assume that means it's in flash mode, but flash tool wont recognize it. I've tried on a windows 7 and a windows vista computer
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Did you install the gordons gate drivers that come with flashtool??
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Did you install the gordons gate drivers that come with flashtool??
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I didn't before but I did just now, no difference. Are there Xperia PLAY gordon gate drivers I need to install?
Are you using flashtool 2.9.1?
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Cat_On_Droid said:
Are you using flashtool 2.9.1?
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I am, yes.
I read somewhere that problems with pc companion not regonizing the play can be resolved by umounting the sdcard and then conecting it to pc companion again.
Regards Dousan...
Dousan said:
I read somewhere that problems with pc companion not regonizing the play can be resolved by umounting the sdcard and then conecting it to pc companion again.
Regards Dousan...
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Just tried it after restarting my computer, still no luck but my PC Companion seems to start up everytime I plug it in while booting in flash mode.. which is odd
Edit: Nevermind, it's detected it now. Thanks!
i read that you said the battery logo shows up. that's not flash mode. you enter flash mode by ONLY holding back and plugging in USB cable. but i see you solved it now.
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Blagus said:
i read that you said the battery logo shows up. that's not flash mode. you enter flash mode by ONLY holding back and plugging in USB cable. but i see you solved it now.
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Yeah before I had read that it was different for Xperia PLAY, that you had to hold search. Since before I wasn't holding the "back" button long enough and I didn't think it was working. Anywho it's all fixed up now! This doesn't void warranty right?
Just wanted to add as i just spent hours figuring this out and its really stupid and simple but may help other people. When you connect the phone in flash mode. Connect it in FLASH mode. Do NOT hold the search key button as this is for FASTBOOT MODE. You need to hold the back button on the Xperia play to launch into flash mode instead.
Hope this helps someone =)
Apologies for the necro, but just in case anyone else is having this problem and comes here.... i spent an hour reinstalling drivers, holding different keys without flashtool detecting the phone in flash mode & searching through vaguely related results in google.
In the end nothing was wrong, I was plugged into usb 3.0 and whilst the drivers were installed and the device was showing up in device manager, flashtool simply wouldn't detect it. The moment it was connected to a usb 2.0 socket it immediately worked.
HELP!
Deagon said:
Apologies for the necro, but just in case anyone else is having this problem and comes here.... i spent an hour reinstalling drivers, holding different keys without flashtool detecting the phone in flash mode & searching through vaguely related results in google.
In the end nothing was wrong, I was plugged into usb 3.0 and whilst the drivers were installed and the device was showing up in device manager, flashtool simply wouldn't detect it. The moment it was connected to a usb 2.0 socket it immediately worked.
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My Xperia Play is not being recognised by the FlashTool (I've installed the Gorgon Drivers and it is detecting as ZEUS USBFlash...). It is not responding, I tried pressing the search button, the back button, but I got nothing. I am not getting any light neither. Do any of you have any idea about what I could be doing wrong?
Thanks in advance
Ok after my sony ericsson xperia play did the software upgrade while on the charger, it will not boot back up!!
Not sure what happend, but when you press the power button, it only vibrates once but will not boot back up!
It just shows a black screen!!!!
I have sent it in to the shop and we are stuck as to how to get it on.
You can not even get into the boot loader screen!
Its been a week, and i don't know what the hell to do!!!
Some one please help!!!!
Does the power button light up green when you hold down the search button while plugging into a computer? If so, use flashtool to flash back to the stock firmware
Yes it dose, the tech guy and me have tried to do so, however the computer sees the device but dose not know what it is, however even when the files are finished it sitll dose not boot up!
jacklebott said:
Does the power button light up green when you hold down the search button while plugging into a computer? If so, use flashtool to flash back to the stock firmware
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If it lights up green then you cant get into fastboot, it should light up blue, if im not mistaken!
Is your phone Rooted, with BL Unlocked, and do you have CWM Recovery? You said you can not get into Bootload screen? Did you mean Recovery? Try pushing volume down repeatedly while pressing the power button, continue hitting volume down till you see the recovery screen. If you can get into recovery just do a nandroid recovery/restore, provided you did a back up prior to your issue.
It dose not light up blue, but it dose not go into the recovery screen at all, in fact when you press the power button, gives a small vibrate and the screen is still black!
Also when you put it on the charger the LED light is green, really frustrated.
However, I am new at this, like I said only had the device for a day, and this happened after I did a software update, so I am not sure what a CWM means, kindly clarify, think of giving instructions not just to a newbie, but to some one that has no clue what is going on! LOL sorry man I really am new to all of this, I just want it to work, so kindly provide me with step by step instructions that you would give to a five year old child.
Hmm... that's interesting. A CWM is a custom recovery. Green light when plugged in means its charging. It sounds almost like your phones LCD is not receiving a signal anymore, if that's the case, seeing as you wouldn't see anything on the screen in order to even do a recovery, I don't see a lot of options here. If its brand new, then its under warranty, take it back and exchange it.
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This has nothing to do with your LCD =|.
It's sony's stupid software bricking the xperia play for no valid reason ; happened to me as well.
Only fix is to download Sony Ericsson Update Service and keep on retrying the software update after it fails ; This is not the Sony Ericsson Pc Suite ; Also try removing the battery for 30 seconds after 6-8 retries on SEUS - happened to me a few times after the original occurence since i was trying to get back to complete stock.
Thanks for the input, I was lost on how to help out on this one! I thought it was only bricking the rooted unlocked phones.
XperianceIT
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Thanks, so I need to use the update app from Sony Ericsson?
I will try it, however would it work after I flashed it ?
I did a few times and it took the flash files, yet still wont boot up.
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If it lights up green then you cant get into fastboot, it should light up blue, if im not mistaken!
Is your phone Rooted, with BL Unlocked, and do you have CWM Recovery? You said you can not get into Bootload screen? Did you mean Recovery? Try pushing volume down repeatedly while pressing the power button, continue hitting volume down till you see the recovery screen. If you can get into recovery just do a nandroid recovery/restore, provided you did a back up prior to your issue.
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I wasn't trying to get him to use fastboot (blue light), I was saying to go into flash mode (green light)
Its still not booting up and the pc is now saying it dose not recognise my device!!
What to do????
As long as you can get into flash mode(green light, when you connect to pc) you're ok, wel re trying on seus and eventually it will work
Edit- it can take around 10 retries in my experience
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Nabeel_Nabs said:
As long as you can get into flash mode(green light, when you connect to pc) you're ok, wel re trying on seus and eventually it will work
Edit- it can take around 10 retries in my experience
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What do you mean by flash mode????
How do I connect my device to the PC since the PC is saying that the USB device connected is not recognised?
djskittel said:
What do you mean by flash mode????
How do I connect my device to the PC since the PC is saying that the USB device connected is not recognised?
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Connect it to your PC with USB, Then go to support Zone in Pc Companion then select Phone software update and click Repair and follow the instructions, it worked for me when pc companion decided to brick me...
EDIT: Or you could always Flash 2.3.4, tut here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20151540 just follow the first two posts, I believe it will work if Flashmode is still working (The tut will tell you how to get into there)
correct me if I have said anything wrong, was in a rush.
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What do you mean by flash mode????
How do I connect my device to the PC since the PC is saying that the USB device connected is not recognised?
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When you connect the phone to the pc does the led stay green, if it does that's called flash mode , keep.on tryimg seus to flash the phine, this is not included in pc companion and is separate software
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This happened to me to, so you are saying I should use SEUS to update over and over until it works?
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Nabeel_Nabs said:
As long as you can get into flash mode(green light, when you connect to pc) you're ok, wel re trying on seus and eventually it will work
Edit- it can take around 10 retries in my experience
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Should I do an update or the reset and update option in SEUS?
I had just successfully rooted my xperia play r800i and was installing CWM. After the installation was successful, I unplugged the phone as Flashtools said but it won't start. Now it's not even being detected by Flashtools. It is being detected by my laptop only with the beep sound and nothing else.
Also my battery was around 20% while I was flashing so maybe that had something to do with it.
Waiting for help by a generous XDA member, again.
Thanks in advance!
AkifMehmood said:
I had just successfully rooted my xperia play r800i and was installing CWM. After the installation was successful, I unplugged the phone as Flashtools said but it won't start. Now it's not even being detected by Flashtools. It is being detected by my laptop only with the beep sound and nothing else.
Also my battery was around 20% while I was flashing so maybe that had something to do with it.
Waiting for help by a generous XDA member, again.
Thanks in advance!
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Flash stock rom again
If ur phone doesn't have charge , charge it for one hour then flash stock rom
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raminta said:
Flash stock rom again
If ur phone doesn't have charge , charge it for one hour then flash stock rom
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I charged it for about 2 hours not flashtools wont detect it when I try to hold the back button while inserting the USB cable
AkifMehmood said:
I charged it for about 2 hours not flashtools wont detect it when I try to hold the back button while inserting the USB cable
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if u have unlocked bootloader try to change ur kernel
and reinstall drives of ur phone maybe it can solve the problem that flashtools doesnt detect ur phone
raminta said:
if u have unlocked bootloader try to change ur kernel
and reinstall drives of ur phone maybe it can solve the problem that flashtools doesnt detect ur phone
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But the screen is not even turning on. It's not responding to holding the back and power button
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But the screen is not even turning on. It's not responding to holding the back and power button
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Do you have working fastboot pull battery insert and then hold search key while plugin usb cable to computer if the led turns blue then you can flash another kernel !!
nakuk21 said:
Do you have working fastboot pull battery insert and then hold search key while plugin usb cable to computer if the led turns blue then you can flash another kernel !!
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I tried but its not giving the blue led
so, as the title says, my zl was fine on friday...then when i woke up on saturday it was totally discharged...so i went and tried to charge...to my surprise all seemed normal until the screen, instead of showing the little battery icon in the middle of it, just rebooted...The phone kept doing that for a lot of time and i was losing my mid...until out of nowhere, in started normally (it had done that previously) BUT THIS TIME, the pc recognized it, and the phone showed that it was CONNECTED to something (the previous times, it didn't...it said 1% AND NOTHING about "connected" or "charging") of course i took that chance and it charged successfully up to 100%. Everything was fine, i could even use it today....BUT then again, the battery showed 5% left...i was about to charge it...and out of nowhere it went to 0% and shut itself down...and then the same started to happen....red led on the bottom...sony showing...screen stays grey....restart. I managed to get into the normal screen...but no to make it "connect". I can't flash, because if i try to flash anything the pc doesn't recognize the flashmode, and can't mount usb storage.
Anything i could do? ( i have 3 different USB cables, and 2 chargers...so i'm pretty sure it's a bug with the battery)
I'm on Stock ROM from Existenz .423.
Thanks in advance :'( i'm desperate
Peanutboy said:
so, as the title says, my zl was fine on friday...then when i woke up on saturday it was totally discharged...so i went and tried to charge...to my surprise all seemed normal until the screen, instead of showing the little battery icon in the middle of it, just rebooted...The phone kept doing that for a lot of time and i was losing my mid...until out of nowhere, in started normally (it had done that previously) BUT THIS TIME, the pc recognized it, and the phone showed that it was CONNECTED to something (the previous times, it didn't...it said 1% AND NOTHING about "connected" or "charging") of course i took that chance and it charged successfully up to 100%. Everything was fine, i could even use it today....BUT then again, the battery showed 5% left...i was about to charge it...and out of nowhere it went to 0% and shut itself down...and then the same started to happen....red led on the bottom...sony showing...screen stays grey....restart. I managed to get into the normal screen...but no to make it "connect". I can't flash, because if i try to flash anything the pc doesn't recognize the flashmode, and can't mount usb storage.
Anything i could do? ( i have 3 different USB cables, and 2 chargers...so i'm pretty sure it's a bug with the battery)
I'm on Stock ROM from Existenz .423.
Thanks in advance :'( i'm desperate
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Can you explain in structure paragraph? I got confuse reading your essay. So if i understand correctly you can not enter flashmode, so you can not flash anything?
Do you use flashtool? When you open flashtool while connecting your device, do flashtool recognise it?
butatx said:
Can you explain in structure paragraph? I got confuse reading your essay. So if i understand correctly you can not enter flashmode, so you can not flash anything?
Do you use flashtool? When you open flashtool while connecting your device, do flashtool recognise it?
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exactly, i can't flash because flashtool doesn't recognise the device...the phone shows a red led signal, instead of a green one.
Right now, i have the phone in normal state, connected to the pc, and it says "connect to the charger"...so i don't know what's wrong.
Peanutboy said:
exactly, i can't flash because flashtool doesn't recognise the device...the phone shows a red led signal, instead of a green one.
Right now, i have the phone in normal state, connected to the pc, and it says "connect to the charger"...so i don't know what's wrong.
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Have you check all drivers need for your device? Do you install PC Companion?
butatx said:
Have you check all drivers need for your device? Do you install PC Companion?
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checked and checked...everything is set so that the phone should be recognised...but it just doesn't.
Peanutboy said:
checked and checked...everything is set so that the phone should be recognised...but it just doesn't.
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Have you try this;
1) Switch off the phone
2) Press "volume down" and hold
3) Put he USB cable in.
Do You see driver installation dialog running in windows? wait until it finishes.
4) Start the flashtool
5) Flash the ROM.
Or try downloading SEUS and run it.
Do you install the latest version of flashtool?
butatx said:
Have you try this;
1) Switch off the phone
2) Press "volume down" and hold
3) Put he USB cable in.
Do You see driver installation dialog running in windows? wait until it finishes.
4) Start the flashtool
5) Flash the ROM.
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When i do that, the pc says "device not recognised"...and it shows a red light
Peanutboy said:
When i do that, the pc says "device not recognised"...and it shows a red light
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Try remove all drivers related with your device and reinstall.
You can try run the SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Service) first too if you want.
butatx said:
Try remove all drivers related with your device and reinstall.
You can try run the SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Service) first too if you want.
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How do i remove all the drivers? PS: SEUS didn't work...doesn't recognise the phone either.
Peanutboy said:
How do i remove all the drivers? PS: SEUS didn't work...doesn't recognise the phone either.
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Uninstall the PC Companion and check at control panel>programs & features search for any sony mobile driver, uninstall all.
Then restart ur computer and reinstall PC Companion.
butatx said:
Uninstall the PC Companion and check at control panel>programs & features search for any sony mobile driver, uninstall all.
Then restart ur computer and reinstall PC Companion.[/QUOT]
did everything you said...and when trying to get flashmode, it says the same "device not recognised"
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Have u try hard reset ur device? Try Google how to
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Never let your battery go below 6%.
Below that, it turns off to safe the battery. ( if the battery ever reaches true zero charge it will be irreversibly damaged ).
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Sirence said:
Never let your battery go below 6%. provide
Gesendet von meinem Xperia ZL
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my phone has reached absolute zero many times what evidence or proof of irreversible damage can you provide us?
sirsmokey said:
my phone has reached absolute zero many times what evidence or proof of irreversible damage can you provide us?
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I'm pretty sure your battery has never reached 0% yet as android doesn't let that happen. You would have to leave the battery off for about a year to get that. What you mean is you let your phone shut down when the battery ran low. Even if it shows you 0% it Still has about 6% left that you can't use to safe the battery. If it's truly empty it is truly dead and can never be charged again.
But still, it is also not healthy to let your battery run down till the phone switches off. http://gizmodo.com/how-to-take-care-of-your-smartphone-battery-the-right-w-513217256
Also, read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1168036
Those are well written tips with easily understandable explanations.
If you want to know more about it search 'lithium-ion battery' or 'smartphone charging cycles'
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sirsmokey said:
my phone has reached absolute zero many times what evidence or proof of irreversible damage can you provide us?
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hey, did you ever have the same problem i'm having? if so...PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU DID TO FIX IT, i've been triying for almost 3 days in a row for something to happen and it just doesn't .
Thanks in advance.
PS: I can get into "a normal phone screen", the phone shows 1% battery left, but it just doesn't recognise the charger, which is weird, because when it turns off, the only way to boot it up is to connect the device...so it's like my phone has amnesia when it's in normal mode.
well, if anyone cares i managed to successfully flash the latest firmware on the phone, however the bootloops and charger not connected message still happens...I SERIOUSLY WANT TO SUICIDE RIGHT NOW, i loved my phone and now it's nothing more than a bootloop machine. IF ANYONE KNOW WHAT COULD I DO TO REPAIR IT, PLEASE HELP
Peanutboy said:
well, if anyone cares i managed to successfully flash the latest firmware on the phone, however the bootloops and charger not connected message still happens...I SERIOUSLY WANT TO SUICIDE RIGHT NOW, i loved my phone and now it's nothing more than a bootloop machine. IF ANYONE KNOW WHAT COULD I DO TO REPAIR IT, PLEASE HELP
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So now ur phone can enter flashmode? Do you know how to flash kernel on via flashtool? Have u try to re-flash kernel only via flashtool?
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I'm afraid ur phone micro usb port got problem, have you try to hold and move a bit the usb cable near the port?
Have u try to use other computer also?
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butatx said:
So now ur phone can enter flashmode? Do you know how to flash kernel on via flashtool? Have u try to re-flash kernel only via flashtool?
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I'm afraid ur phone micro usb port got problem, have you try to hold and move a bit the usb cable near the port?
Have u try to use other computer also?
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I have just one computer , but i doubt it's the micro usb, as it recognises the cable of the pc, and because of that it can turn the red led on, otherwise, when not connected it only shows a red led 3 times and then nothing. So, i can do things only if the cable is connected, that's why i don't get what's happening, because it can recognise the cable enough to turn the red light and boot and everything, but the moment i try to charge it on a normal screen...nothing happens
I just re-flashed only the kernel and problem is still here...i tried connecting cable (different cables) to pc/wall charger...and nothing.
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I have just one computer , but i doubt it's the micro usb, as it recognises the cable of the pc, and because of that it can turn the red led on, otherwise, when not connected it only shows a red led 3 times and then nothing. So, i can do things only if the cable is connected, that's why i don't get what's happening, because it can recognise the cable enough to turn the red light and boot and everything, but the moment i try to charge it on a normal screen...nothing happens
I just re-flashed only the kernel and problem is still here...i tried connecting cable (different cables) to pc/wall charger...and nothing.
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So, what I understood is ur phone now can enter flashmode? So ur problem regarding flashmode already solved?
But the PC still don't recognise ur phone and ur phone cannot charge while phone is ON but can charge while it OFF. I assume ur bootloop problem also solved?
Am I correct?
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OK....So here is my story and problem. About 2-3 months ago I was charging my phone and instead of charging it was losing the charge. I unplugged it from the charger and it would reboot itself. It showed low battery so I would connect it back to the charger and it would all of a sudden show full battery. After a while on the charger, I unplugged it, turned it off and then tried to turn back on but no response. I pressed power button with volume down button and nothing happened. So now I have been reading all kinds of threads of what I could possibly do and I have had no success. The phone was on the charger for about 2 days and the red light turned off. I finally downloaded Flash tool but it will not recognize my phone nor had it in the devices. I need help! I love my phone and can't send it for repair. If anyone can help, please let me know what I need to do. I also need help on drivers for Flash tool. Thank you!
If you can get your phone to boot
Let it fuly charge, then let it fully die untill it turns off then boot and fully charge
Your battey may have calibrated weird(xperias auto calibrate)
Also if that doesent work then try volume + power up, if your device is bricked this can take upto 45 mins untill it actualy forces off (3 buzzes in a row)
Try flashing then (and ensure the cable isnt plugged in when you do it)
Also ensure drivers are installed for your device (goolgle is your freind)
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I have tried all of that stuff and I still don't get any response. The phone is currently on the charger. When I first plugged it in the red light was one and then started to blink and now is solid. I am unable to download ADB drivers cause my computer does not recognize my phone, not even thru pc companion.
You dont need your phone to install adb try googleing some (you may find installable Adb drivers for windows)
Well red LED? Anyway if it shows a red led when you plug in,
Try pluggin in while holding volume down, if you get a green Light that is good, search up a stock FTF for xperia ion and use flashtool to flash in flashmode (green led while plugged in after holding volume down (may be blue than thats bootloader mode try volume up)
If your ion still doesent boot then they may be a physical problem
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Thank you for your help, i really appreciate you taking time to answer all my questions and helping me find things i could do for my phone. I tried holding the volume down button and plugging it into the wall charger and got no response. I also tried plugging into the computer with volume down button and still nothing. I will go and search for the drivers and stock ftf. Thank you
Same thing happened to my phone too while I was using a non stock charger. Things turned back to normal when I connected my phone back to my stock charger.
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Shortie71 said:
Thank you for your help, i really appreciate you taking time to answer all my questions and helping me find things i could do for my phone. I tried holding the volume down button and plugging it into the wall charger and got no response. I also tried plugging into the computer with volume down button and still nothing. I will go and search for the drivers and stock ftf. Thank you
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flash a firmware ftf file through flashtool.......and are u using window 8 in ur pc???
I have windows vista. I tried downloading a stock ftf but it tells me that I have to sign up on some web page with a credit card and won't let me download. Very frustrating!!
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flash a firmware ftf file through flashtool.......and are u using window 8 in ur pc???
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I have windows vista. I tried downloading the stock ftf but it wanted me to register on some website with a credit card and it wouldn't let me download without. I'm Very FRUSTRATED!! Do you have any suggestions? My phone has been plugged into wall charger for over 24 hrs. and the red light has turned off. I don't know what to do now.
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I have windows vista. I tried downloading the stock ftf but it wanted me to register on some website with a credit card and it wouldn't let me download without. I'm Very FRUSTRATED!! Do you have any suggestions? My phone has been plugged into wall charger for over 24 hrs. and the red light has turned off. I don't know what to do now.
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no not emma flashtool
search up xda fileserver
everyrhing you need is on there
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Envious_Data said:
no not emma flashtool
search up xda fileserver
everyrhing you need is on there
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I searched xda fileserver and I found a link for download and when I clicked on it it told me that the page could not be found. Any suggestions????
try this....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2338367.....hope this helps...
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I searched xda fileserver and I found a link for download and when I clicked on it it told me that the page could not be found. Any suggestions????
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Okay I will try to help you here. I have had to do this a few times now and yes it sucks. When the light goes off you need to let it continue to charge. Eventually the device will start trying to boot the charging screen. Once it does this you need to hold the power and volume + just long enough for the screen to go off. It will look like it is bleeding out. As soon as it does this let go and do not let it buzz or you will have to start all over. Once you get the device to shut off you can try holding volume down while plugging the device into the computer and it should give you flash mode. Let it load drivers if it needs to and then try to set up your flash with flash tool.
Another option is to take the back off and disconnect the battery cable. Once you leave it off for a few seconds plug it back up and reassemble the device. It should now boot back up. At the least it will let you flash a ftf again.
Here is the link to all the stock ftf files. Checked the links and they are still good.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752345 :good:
I'd recommend unplugging the battery if you have access to the tools to do it. I have the at&t model as well. Once you get the flash mode on I'd recommend flashing the international lt28h version excluding the baseband. You'll keep your LTE support and get rid of at&t bloatware, later you can mess with build.prop to get it to say LT28i or LT28at if you prefer.
Thank you everyone for the help in trying to revive my xperia. I think I am going to give up for now being that I am not able to download what I need and my phone just stays on the charger with no progress. Even with the red led light out and on the charger for days on end, there is nothing. Again, Thank you and God Bless