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[Q] Fastboot drivers?

Hello.
Downloaded "Fastboot" and "SE 64x/86x drivers", but when i connect my Arc i fastboot mode, it just says "waiting for device".
My question is, where the h... do i put the drivers?
Best regards

I assume your bootloader is unlocked?
If not you'll have a long wait ;-)
Sent from my Arc via subspace beacon.

How can i unlock the bootloader, when i can`t connect via fastboot?

Check the device manager, the android fastboot should not have a question mark. If it has, just right click over it, update driver and that should fix it. I know cos I had that problem a few hours ago cos I was using another laptop without any of my usual android related stuff.
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jtdc said:
Check the device manager, the android fastboot should not have a question mark. If it has, just right click over it, update driver and that should fix it. I know cos I had that problem a few hours ago cos I was using another laptop without any of my usual android related stuff.
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Thank you very much! Working like a charm.

[Q] Bricked Gio... any ideas?

Hi all,
i just bricked my Galaxy Gio... i installed Rom Manager, downloaded CWM Recovery 4.0.1.5 which according to this:
http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager
page is the version to use with the Gio. After flashing CWM Recovery I turned the phone off.
Now my phone is _completely_ bricked... it doesn't respond to any input at all, it doesn't respond to my pushings of the on/off button.
Any ideas on how to solve this?

Flash stock with odin, plus there was a thread to not to flash cwm from rom manager.
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Odin won't detect it... I guess I'll have to turn it in to my operator.

be_born said:
Odin won't detect it... I guess I'll have to turn it in to my operator.
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They will charge you for money, i think you need peteragent5s guide to unbrick your gio....
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I found this:
http://androidflip.com/unbrick-samsung-android-phones-click-guide/
in a thread here... trying it now...

It seems that the phone is bricked permanently... it won't even go into download mode... :'(

Look for unbricking tutorial thread in
The Android Development section here by Peteragent5. There is a soultion to unbrick gio. And if you ever want to flash CWM, flash it from stock recovery (press home and power button at the same time when phone is off)
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everyone! Its no use, you have to bring it back, say that you dropped it or something, they repaired mine for free
Sent from my good ol’ Gio

Give it to the service guarantees if you have
Say that when you update your phone software Kies is disabled and will not turn on
The program you probably burned RomManager Memory Storage Capacity
So for anything they should not come
A Kies as it gets updated Boot can load anything so as to disconnect the phone is dead
Perhaps exchange the motherboard and that's all

usedusername said:
Look for unbricking tutorial thread in
The Android Development section here by Peteragent5. There is a soultion to unbrick gio. And if you ever want to flash CWM, flash it from stock recovery (press home and power button at the same time when phone is off)
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You are a noob
He say i cant enter in downloading mode
Think you're smart but dumb as a bat
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Dont offend on XDA
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Thanks...
...for your commitment folks, i really appreciate it.
I turned the phone in to 3 today, they will probably have to replace the motherboard as Rom Manager seems to have... messed it up bigtime.
Hopefully they won't charge me much for this though in the reparation log it says:
Warranty: None
Insurance: None
I got the phone just a few months ago when changing mobile operator to 3... i'm really happy with the phone, just have to fully understand that in the Android world your not quite as protected as in the realm of iOS – for better and worse.

Msulviu said:
You are a noob
He say i cant enter in downloading mode
Think you're smart but dumb as a bat
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smart but dumb
true story bro

Ah...
...my dear Gio is back from the repairman... 3 repaired it for me without charging me a nickle for it, _and_ i got to borrow a phone during the repairing.
Lovely .

be_born said:
...my dear Gio is back from the repairman... 3 repaired it for me without charging me a nickle for it, _and_ i got to borrow a phone during the repairing.
Lovely .
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Wow thats great service
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Man, try to send it for service. A friend of mine melted his cellphone motherboard just by installing a ROM with RomManager. Don't use RM anymore, it doesn't always work properly and sometimes may cause really BIG problems..

be_born said:
Hi all,
i just bricked my Galaxy Gio... i installed Rom Manager, downloaded CWM Recovery 4.0.1.5 which according to this:
http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager
page is the version to use with the Gio. After flashing CWM Recovery I turned the phone off.
Now my phone is _completely_ bricked... it doesn't respond to any input at all, it doesn't respond to my pushings of the on/off button.
Any ideas on how to solve this?
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Have you fixed your Gio?

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.
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Try plugging usb into pc and hold the power and the search key for a couple secs?
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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

[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
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I think your phone is bricked. For good.
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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?
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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?
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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] can't get xperia s into fastboot

hey i'm new here
basically atm i've been trying to get cm10 onto my xperia s i'm able to do all the steps except flashing the kernel whihc requires fastboot, ive tried about everything i've read online, using vol+ while plugging the usb in and flashtool. for some reason my phone just never goes into fastboot mode and no blue led occurs, instead it either just boots normally or goes straight into charge! i don't know what else to do, i'm sure theres something i must be missing, any help is much appreciated!!!! thanks

opticup said:
hey i'm new here
basically atm i've been trying to get cm10 onto my xperia s i'm able to do all the steps except flashing the kernel whihc requires fastboot, ive tried about everything i've read online, using vol+ while plugging the usb in and flashtool. for some reason my phone just never goes into fastboot mode and no blue led occurs, instead it either just boots normally or goes straight into charge! i don't know what else to do, i'm sure theres something i must be missing, any help is much appreciated!!!! thanks
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If blue light doesnt appear it means u can't unlock bootloader & therefore kernels
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From the dialer screen enter*#*#service#*#*
Should get service menu, click on configuration, read at bottom if bootloader can be unlocked. If NO then no access to fastboot for that phone.
~Jaramie
sent by my ION
Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread

ToledoJab said:
From the dialer screen enter*#*#service#*#*
Should get service menu, click on configuration, read at bottom if bootloader can be unlocked. If NO then no access to fastboot for that phone.
~Jaramie
sent by my ION
Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread
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dial *#*#7378423#*#*

ToledoJab said:
From the dialer screen enter*#*#service#*#* [/url]
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alinuredini said:
dial *#*#7378423#*#*
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Yep that works also. They are the same thing. If you spell "service" with the dialer you get "7378423“. There is also one for *#*#info#*#*
~Jaramie
sent by my ION
2012Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread

ToledoJab said:
From the dialer screen enter*#*#service#*#*
Should get service menu, click on configuration, read at bottom if bootloader can be unlocked. If NO then no access to fastboot for that phone.
~Jaramie
sent by my ION
Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread
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dam, thanks for that i thought there would be a way to go around it :\ I guess i'll have to stick with stock for now. thanks for your help!

Xperia S Won't stay in Fastboot mode
Hi, I'm trying to instal clockworksmod recovery on my rooted, unlocked xperia S but I can't get to stay in fastboot mode. I've tryed both with and without usb-debugging and an both windows 8-64 bit and vista-32 bit. I wonder what to do and if anyone have ore can make a N00B tutorial on this.
If you need more info I would gladly giv it to you.
Thank you in advamced and please exuse my bad english.
/ Isak Ågren

isse26 said:
Hi, I'm trying to instal clockworksmod recovery on my rooted, unlocked xperia S but I can't get to stay in fastboot mode. I've tryed both with and without usb-debugging and an both windows 8-64 bit and vista-32 bit. I wonder what to do and if anyone have ore can make a N00B tutorial on this.
If you need more info I would gladly giv it to you.
Thank you in advamced and please exuse my bad english.
/ Isak Ågren
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Install flashtool
Go to C:/flashtool/drivers
Run usb_drivers.exe
Select your phone's driver, flashmode driver and fastboot driver.
This method should work on vista PC.
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The drivers won't
cities516 said:
Install flashtool
Go to C:/flashtool/drivers
Run usb_drivers.exe
Select your phone's driver, flashmode driver and fastboot driver.
This method should work on vista PC.
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The Drivers won't install, when I run Flashtool-drivers.exe (that was the only one that existed) and select all of the xperia S drivers, the fastboot drivers and Flashmode drivers only Sony Eriksson Comunication something something is installed, the rest sas couled not be installed (but in swedish). You don't happen to have a solution for that. But installing the drivers this way wont help sins I still has to get it into fastboot to unlock the bootloader, to get the recovery upp and runnling... when I run the phone into fastboot from flash tools it dose the exact same thing as when I dose it manually, going into fastboot for ca 5s. then enter the Sony and then the charging screen.
Once agan, using windows 8 64-bit, have acces to a vista 32-bit. I have no experience with virtual macheans so if it was possible to avoid that, that would be good.
Thank in advanced