ok there are far too many topics about people who think they have bricked their HOX.
not to say i told you so but its a bit of a stupid idea to be flashing things with a low battery anyway
well here is what to do to get it charging
1. hold power button for 10 seconds to power the phone off
2. power on with volume down held to enter Hboot
3. press power button to enter Fastboot
4. scroll down with volume down and select Power Off
5. Plug you phone into the wall and you will see the red charging light come on
6. wait a few hours or until you get green light
now you can do whatever it was you was trying to do before
flash rom / fastboot flash recovery / flash ruu (whatever)
that technique does nothing, now my battery is too low to do anything, wtf
chukwu77 said:
that technique does nothing, now my battery is too low to do anything, wtf
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Plug it in and leave it like that. When my phone was discharged fully, red light didn't light up for first 15 mins (or more) of charging.
i left this thing on the charger all night, it will first open the fastboot screen about 5 secs after i plug into the wall, then the red light will blink but nothing charges. On what screen do i hold down the power button for 10 sec? i can only do anything on the fastboot screen. and from there as i said, I get NOTHING.
And even with the phone off, it turns on the bootloader as soon as i plug it into a charger
Yep. In my case, when it was fully discharged, I plug cable in, there is no red light. Then, after some time, red starts blibking. After some more time, it stops blinking and continues to charge.
ok i will give it another go. was the wall charger making your bootloader start each time? Even when i power it down, if i plug in wall charger it goes to bootloader
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ok i will give it another go. was the wall charger making your bootloader start each time? Even when i power it down, if i plug in wall charger it goes to bootloader
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No, I discharged completely to 0%, then phone shut off by itself.
Then I plugged in, nothing happened. No bootloader, no red light. But it was charging. After some time, red light started blinking. After some more time, red stayed lit. Thats when I turned it on manually. And it continued to charge to 100%.
So if your phone turns on, do not unplug. Try to shut off somehow, by some menu option to shut off or by press-holding power for 10 secs.
So i left the phone for a couple of hours, i come back and still nothing, no red or green light. only thing that happens is the bootloader will load and the red light will flicker on and off. it does not stay turned off no matter what i do if i plug in my wall charger
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So i left the phone for a couple of hours, i come back and still nothing, no red or green light. only thing that happens is the bootloader will load and the red light will flicker on and off. it does not stay turned off no matter what i do if i plug in my wall charger
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And no way to shut down the phone from boot loader?
If not, someone said that if you unplug and re-plug charger, red light will blink again and it will charge some more. and you keep doing it until there is enough charge to flash. That's what I read on one of the posts.
Get into recovery and plug up to ac power. The light comes on for a min. Or so then goes off. When it goes off unplugg it then plug it back in. Keep this up till you have some juice. Then fastboot flash the stock recovery relock bootloader, then get ruu 1.26.707. Run that ruu and it should boot. After that you can flash all the roms you want.
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well it does say Power Down. but that doesnt do anything as soon as its plugged in bootloader will start back up
chukwu77 said:
well it does say Power Down. but that doesnt do anything as soon as its plugged in bootloader will start back up
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even if you power down while still plugged in?
If i power down while still plugged in nothing happens, it just sits there. i waited about half an hour and still didnt see any lights come on.
Well if i power down it actually will boot all the way to the screen unlock but will read 0% battery and shut off
Solution:
If you have a working ROM and your battery is at 0, just wait a bit until the LED flashes red. After a few minutes it will go solid. Then turn on the phone and boot into the ROM so your phone can charge. Do not turn device off while charging.
If you do not have working ROM, boot into fastboot, flash stock recovery (this will allow charging while phone off). Turn phone off from fastboot menu, and let charge. Then when LED goes green, flash clockwork and then flash ROM.
I have been in both scenarios so if you need help let me know.
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Solution:
If you have a working ROM and your battery is at 0, just wait a bit until the LED flashes red. After a few minutes it will go solid. Then turn on the phone and boot into the ROM so your phone can charge. Do not turn device off while charging.
If you do not have working ROM, boot into fastboot, flash stock recovery (this will allow charging while phone off). Turn phone off from fastboot menu, and let charge. Then when LED goes green, flash clockwork and then flash ROM.
I have been in both scenarios so if you need help let me know.
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i dont get this, im running offical CWM and can charge whilst off, i wrote this guide as that is the steps i perform
phone unplugged > boot to hboot > go to fastboot > select power off > wait for phone to power off then plug mains adapter in > charging light comes on & phone stays off
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i dont get this, im running offical CWM and can charge whilst off, i wrote this guide as that is the steps i perform
phone unplugged > boot to hboot > go to fastboot > select power off > wait for phone to power off then plug mains adapter in > charging light comes on & phone stays off
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Just because the charger light comes on doesn't mean its charging. I thought it was charging while off but then my phone drained to 0
Iii goooootttt the reeeeddd liiiiggghhhhtttttttttttttttttt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thaaaankkksss!!!!
...it's really NOT possible to charge the phone atm when you flashed a custom recovery. Doesnt matter, if you are in hboot/fastboot/recovery or shut down your phone.
And yeah, also when the LED is red means NOT that its charging.
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...it's really NOT possible to charge the phone atm when you flashed a custom recovery. Doesnt matter, if you are in hboot/fastboot/recovery or shut down your phone.
And yeah, also when the LED is red means NOT that its charging.
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FUUUUUUUUUU!!!
What can i do now?
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FUUUUUUUUUU!!!
What can i do now?
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you can still boot up your phone, right? but its constantly rebooting because teh battery is too low when its booted up!?
...I heared reports that its possible to boot into recovery, and put the charger in.
Led shall light up but goes off immediatly then, put it out and tehn in again...repeat that several times...seems that it charges the phone for a bit while you pluggin it in.
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you can still boot up your phone, right? but its constantly rebooting because teh battery is too low when its booted up!?
...I heared reports that its possible to boot into recovery, and put the charger in.
Led shall light up but goes off immediatly then, put it out and tehn in again...repeat that several times...seems that it charges the phone for a bit while you pluggin it in.
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Now im testing if i can charge when the splash screen is ON, because i install VILLAIN ROM, so it show LOADING. text, in this screen i connect it to the power and it still showing up the screen, so i thinks it is charging i will wait for a couple hours to try a RUU (because my HOX is RELOCKED).
Thanks!!
My phone froze, so naturally I held down the power button to get the restart option. Then it kept restarting over and over never making it past red eyeball looking screen. So I popped the battery out, waited a while and put it back in to turn back on. Nothing even if I try to charge it..nada, not eve the light on the front that lets you know its charging. Ive read about holding the volume down button + power to do a factory reset...nothing happens...Did I do something wrong or is phone fried?
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My phone froze, so naturally I held down the power button to get the restart option. Then it kept restarting over and over never making it past red eyeball looking screen. So I popped the battery out, waited a while and put it back in to turn back on. Nothing even if I try to charge it..nada, not eve the light on the front that lets you know its charging. Ive read about holding the volume down button + power to do a factory reset...nothing happens...Did I do something wrong or is phone fried?
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Can you plug the phone into the computer and the computer recognizes something plugged in??
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Can you plug the phone into the computer and the computer recognizes something plugged in??
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I've tried to see if it would charge from the computer no luck either. Computer doesn't recognize a device
I tried changing the bootscreen. Before the phone shut down, it crashed. Now the phone is just displaying backlight. Holded Power + Vol Up for 30+ Sec but the phone refuses to shut down.
The phone is not detected the computer and when plugged in, there's no charging LED indicator.
HELP!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170
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Spectre51 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170
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Thanks. None worked. The Power + Up does not respond at all. Tried even holding for a minute.
The screen back lighting is still on. But the LED charging indicator does not respond when USB wire is plugged in.
Any more suggestions?
lee480 said:
Thanks. None worked. The Power + Up does not respond at all. Tried even holding for a minute.
The screen back lighting is still on. But the LED charging indicator does not respond when USB wire is plugged in.
Any more suggestions?
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Did you read through that thread? Let the phone sit till the battery dies and screen goes off. Then charge till you get the solid red led then try reflashing to stock.
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lee480 said:
I tried changing the bootscreen. Before the phone shut down, it crashed. Now the phone is just displaying backlight. Holded Power + Vol Up for 30+ Sec but the phone refuses to shut down.
The phone is not detected the computer and when plugged in, there's no charging LED indicator.
HELP!
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See my post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2107869
Use it if your phone has booting problems, as this option will allow you to reflash...
just received my new zl. tried to turn it on to test it out, felt the vibrate but the screen is black. i suspect the battery is dead and needs a good charge. i plugged it into the charger but no lights or indication that it's charging. did the same thing by plugging it into the pc and again nothing. is this normal? do i have to wait a few hours for the battery to charge up? or do i have a lemon ?
i hope to god this is normal. returning this for a warranty will be a major hassle as it was sourced internationally.
alright, i've managed to get the notification light blinking green but nothing shows up on the screen. figured it was off and just charging, i tried to turn it on but nothing happens. so i tried i the volume up + power button trick whilst the light is blinking green and it turns solid blue, but the screen is still off. i believe i'm in fastboot mode now. when i plug it into the pc and repeat the steps, windows recognises the fastboot mode but it can't install drivers for it (i've got pc companion installed). what the hell is going on?
update. plugging it into the pc and doing a light reboot (holding the back off button for 5 secs with 1 vibration) allows the pc to briefly recognise it. it does this for a sec or 2 and disconnects it. and then it will continue doing this on a loop. is this a boot loop? i'm trying to make it so that the phone can stay connected to the pc for a few minutes, enough time for me to flash the rom using flashtool, PCC, or SUS. but because it's connecting and disconnecting, i can't do anything.
so at the moment, this is what i have figured. i'm stuck in a boot loop with a battery that is dead. anyone got any ideas?
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update. plugging it into the pc and doing a light reboot (holding the back off button for 5 secs with 1 vibration) allows the pc to briefly recognise it. it does this for a sec or 2 and disconnects it. and then it will continue doing this on a loop. is this a boot loop? i'm trying to make it so that the phone can stay connected to the pc for a few minutes, enough time for me to flash the rom using flashtool, PCC, or SUS. but because it's connecting and disconnecting, i can't do anything.
so at the moment, this is what i have figured. i'm stuck in a boot loop with a battery that is dead. anyone got any ideas?
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The only thing that I could think is that the phone is under warranty which Sony will able to replace it.
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Hi, only had it 3 days and it wont power up any more!
The battery was down to about 27%, plugged it into the wall charger and the phone just rebooted itself. After it booted back up I connected the charger again and this time the phone just turned off. The phone won't turn on any more, i just get a constant blinking red led light.
Tried a volume up + power button for a minute now nothing.
Tried pressing the little red button under the Sim, nothing.
Connected the phone to a PC and the PC makes a blip sound(found new device sound), but just keeps repeating the blip sound, like the usb cable has been unplugged and plugged back in over and over. Wanted to use the Sony companion software to do a reset.
Any other ideas or is it dead?!?
thanks
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Hi, only had it 3 days and it wont power up any more!
The battery was down to about 27%, plugged it into the wall charger and the phone just rebooted itself. After it booted back up I connected the charger again and this time the phone just turned off. The phone won't turn on any more, i just get a constant blinking red led light.
Tried a volume up + power button for a minute now nothing.
Tried pressing the little red button under the Sim, nothing.
Connected the phone to a PC and the PC makes a blip sound(found new device sound), but just keeps repeating the blip sound, like the usb cable has been unplugged and plugged back in over and over. Wanted to use the Sony companion software to do a reset.
Any other ideas or is it dead?!?
thanks
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What did you do before it can't turn on?
Can you flash the ftf on it?
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Ben Ling said:
What did you do before it can't turn on?
Can you flash the ftf on it?
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Hi, not flashed anything as the phone was brand new. Spoke with the retailer and they swapped out the handset.
I did manage to get the device to boot up after more searching online, by holding down the power button for about 10mins and keeping it charged at the same time. The flashing red light then changed to a solid orange light, after another 10mins or so the phone booted up. But the phone was playing up after that even after a hard reset.
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Hi, not flashed anything as the phone was brand new. Spoke with the retailer and they swapped out the handset.
I did manage to get the device to boot up after more searching online, by holding down the power button for about 10mins and keeping it charged at the same time. The flashing red light then changed to a solid orange light, after another 10mins or so the phone booted up. But the phone was playing up after that even after a hard reset.
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so for now it still can't boot up ?