Note: I have a sony xperia pro mk16, there was no phone selection for it, so i chose to post on arc forum; however, solutions should be same or similar
Note2: i am a bit noob at rooting and cmw and all that
Story: I had ics and finally decide to try to upgrade to jb with custom cm10 rom. i first rooted the device and installed cmw with x-part. I attempted to install the firmware but it quickly gave me a status 7 error. so i just rebooted and it loaded to a reset ics firmware perfectly fine. after an attempt to download another version of cm10 jb, i tried installing that firmware. after a long wait on installing:..., the log finally gave me another status 7 error. so i rebooted again HOWEVER, it is STUCK ON the SONY logo.
i tried pulling out battery and repowering but nothing changes. holding power with repeated volume down or hold volume up button doesnt do anything. i can connect to sony pc companion but it says i need to fully turn on my phone to update/repair.
i can get it to flashmode using flashtool, but when in flashmode it just leaves a blank screen that wont do anything, i would have to pull out the battery and repower it, which would lead me back to the SONY logo.
PLEASE HELP
ilikecloud said:
Note: I have a sony xperia pro mk16, there was no phone selection for it, so i chose to post on arc forum; however, solutions should be same or similar
Note2: i am a bit noob at rooting and cmw and all that
Story: I had ics and finally decide to try to upgrade to jb with custom cm10 rom. i first rooted the device and installed cmw with x-part. I attempted to install the firmware but it quickly gave me a status 7 error. so i just rebooted and it loaded to a reset ics firmware perfectly fine. after an attempt to download another version of cm10 jb, i tried installing that firmware. after a long wait on installing:..., the log finally gave me another status 7 error. so i rebooted again HOWEVER, it is STUCK ON the SONY logo.
i tried pulling out battery and repowering but nothing changes. holding power with repeated volume down or hold volume up button doesnt do anything. i can connect to sony pc companion but it says i need to fully turn on my phone to update/repair.
i can get it to flashmode using flashtool, but when in flashmode it just leaves a blank screen that wont do anything, i would have to pull out the battery and repower it, which would lead me back to the SONY logo.
PLEASE HELP
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My guess is that you tried to flash a JB rom without flashing the custom kernel because your bootloader is locked. Not every rom is working with stock kernel. CM10 and AOKP as far as i know need custom kernels like Lupus and fxp139. To flash a kernel you must have unlocked bootloader. So until you decide if you will unlock your bootloder or not, you can allways use flashtool to flash stock Sony firmwares found here:
stock firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1642480
here
download the original ICS firmware (somewhere in this forum)
add to flashtool and wait till the pop up asks you to attach your phone in flashmode
attach in flash mode and let flashtool do its magic
now... unlock your bootloader using official or s1 tool method
download CM10 again
inside there will be a boot.img
power off your phone, hold down settings button and attach usb cable..
now you should see a blue LED light
FASTBOOT flash the boot.img and the flash the ROM
press thanks if i helped!!
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Rooted- locked bootloader-
I was trying to flash this rom, when it failed and I hadn't really noticed.
So my system was formatted and I booted from recovery.
Since then my phone will endlessly show sony ericsson logo and reboot, back to the logo, and reboot again.
I tried booting into recovery by pressing and releasing the volume down button, but it didn't work.
I recently flashed T.E.A.M rom so I'm not sure whether the hardware method to boot into recovery changed.
I've also tried to install the firmware from pc companion but it doesn't work because the phone doesn't mount properly because it keeps turning off and on.
EDIT: Installed new firmware from PC Companion. I Had to first connect it while it was on, PCC would recognise it in those couple of seconds.
Later on, I had to take the battery out and put it back in. The phone would now stay off, until I held the back button and connected to the pc. Then the installation was succesfully run.
I can't find anything about this on the Xperia Play forum so I have to ask now, I just unlocked my bootloader, SO glad I did, but it seems that after playing with some kernels, I can't even get past their splash screens! I've used LuPuS, FXP, and Mjolnir. It'll show the splash screen, vibrate and the led will light up. I've tried holding volume down and leaving it alone. Nothing happens, it just sits there. ADB says no device is plugged in as well so I can't try adb reboot recovery. I'm going to flash the R800X 2.3.3 FTF then reflash the Mjolnir Kernel, flash it's Wifi module, then install Glazed ICS. If anyone knows why it does this, I don't plan on turning my phone off UNTIL I know a solution to the stuck splash screens. Thank you!
EDIT: It starts doing that when I restart into recovery from the phone, I forgot to mention that, I haven't just rebooted the phone's system yet. I'll try that and get back to you once I install Glazed.
EDIT2: I powered off and booted for the second time and it didn't get stuck. I guess for the time being, I'll stay away from Reboot Into Recovery on the phone and just use the recovery-play.img.
Okay, now my phone needs to be reactivated... Can't see the number pad so I have no way of pressing One. Help please???
EDIT: I'm an idiot, I had to activate it while it was on stock gingerbread first.
Generally, after you flash a room, in that rom zip file the kernel is the boot.img, you need to extract and flash that boot.img so the rom would be able to boot.
First install FlashTool, in the flashtool folder there is a driver file to install the ADB drivers for Xperia devices, select all the drivers that apply to the Play to install.
Enter flash mode (hold Search button).
Flash the kernel: fastboot flash boot boot.img
If all fail, you can use Flashtool to flash the stock tft file to restore the phone to factory state.
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Okay, now my phone needs to be reactivated... Can't see the number pad so I have no way of pressing One. Help please???
EDIT: I'm an idiot, I had to activate it while it was on stock gingerbread first.
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Had the same problem, dial *228, instead of pressing one (since the dial pad is not yet visible) just stay on the line and they'll activate it. That's how I got mine activated.
First of all, I'm a noob at this. So don't expect me to know everything.
I got a rooted Xperia SL with ICS.
(Please read all before replying)
This is what happened. I was trying to update my phone to 6.2.B.0.200 JellyBean with Sony PC Companion. But it didn't work as both Flash Boot and Fast Boot doesn't work properly in my phone (told u im a noob). When I hold the volume down button while the phone is off, and then connect the USB cable, the green LED will light up for about 3 seconds and then it goes off, and the phone shows the charging battery icon.
So I downloaded the firmware from a thread here in xda forum, and tried to flash it with CWM. But then, the flash failed and the phone is now stuck on a boot loop with the "SONY" logo displaying forever.
So I again tried to flash it with flashtool, but the same problem came with Flashboot and Fastboot. It just goes into flashboot for few seconds, flashtool recognizes the phone. And then it disconnects and I see a notification in windows saying USB Device Unrecognized.
Please help me out to solve this problem, this phone is all I got
P.S. - I already had enough battery (around 60%) when I tried to get into flashboot.
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Fixed it. Not so sure, but I think what made it work was running flashtool as administrator...
Use SUS
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First of all, I'm a noob at this. So don't expect me to know everything.
I got a rooted Xperia SL with ICS.
(Please read all before replying)
This is what happened. I was trying to update my phone to 6.2.B.0.200 JellyBean with Sony PC Companion. But it didn't work as both Flash Boot and Fast Boot doesn't work properly in my phone (told u im a noob). When I hold the volume down button while the phone is off, and then connect the USB cable, the green LED will light up for about 3 seconds and then it goes off, and the phone shows the charging battery icon.
So I downloaded the firmware from a thread here in xda forum, and tried to flash it with CWM. But then, the flash failed and the phone is now stuck on a boot loop with the "SONY" logo displaying forever.
So I again tried to flash it with flashtool, but the same problem came with Flashboot and Fastboot. It just goes into flashboot for few seconds, flashtool recognizes the phone. And then it disconnects and I see a notification in windows saying USB Device Unrecognized.
Please help me out to solve this problem, this phone is all I got
P.S. - I already had enough battery (around 60%) when I tried to get into flashboot.
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Fixed it. Not so sure, but I think what made it work was running flashtool as administrator...
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I also had got the same problem while updating to ics .55 firmware. I suggest you to use Sony Update Service instead of PC Companion.
First of all charge your phone upto one and half hour then follow the SUS instructions carefully while updating, It may help you !
All the best !
I was trying to root the Xperia ION phone.
I followed all the the steps mentioned(HERE) & flashed the kernel available HERE.
BootLoader is unLocked
Now after flashing the kernel, the device had gone in bootloop mode.
I could access the recovery, but thats it.
When i tried to boot to system from recovery, it once again started bootloop.
So, from recovery i wiped the whole system partition of my fone {wipe data}.
Now there is not bootloop, when the phone starts it just gets stuck at SONY logo & after that it doesnt go any further.
While starting it displays a pink LED, so i can go into recovery by pressing VOL-UP key & from recovery i can go into BootLoader FastBoot Mode.
But i cannot get the green led to get into flash mode.
I dont know which type of bricked device is this HARD or SOFT BRICK.
But please help.
What should i do further so that i can again use the phone.
Currently the phone's battery is completely dead.
dharmil007 said:
I was trying to root the Xperia ION phone.
I followed all the the steps mentioned(HERE) & flashed the kernel available HERE.
BootLoader is unLocked
Now after flashing the kernel, the device had gone in bootloop mode.
I could access the recovery, but thats it.
When i tried to boot to system from recovery, it once again started bootloop.
So, from recovery i wiped the whole system partition of my fone {wipe data}.
Now there is not bootloop, when the phone starts it just gets stuck at SONY logo & after that it doesnt go any further.
While starting it displays a pink LED, so i can go into recovery by pressing VOL-UP key & from recovery i can go into BootLoader FastBoot Mode.
But i cannot get the green led to get into flash mode.
I dont know which type of bricked device is this HARD or SOFT BRICK.
But please help.
What should i do further so that i can again use the phone.
Currently the phone's battery is completely dead.
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What firmware version were You on? I think using old kernel with new firmware made Your device soft brick. Try using a kernel which is of same firmware version as Your's.
Did You install drivers for flashmode? Because You need to flash the Your official firmware ftf via flashmode.
Else if You are able to access Your device on pc while being in recovery, find a rom with kernel in it and try the command:
Code:
push /pat/to/ROM.zip /sdcard
and then flash the rom.
Thanks buddy.
But i already solved the issue.
By going into the flashMode nd flashing the stock firmWare
Hey people, I think I just bricked my Xperia and I need help to fix it.
What I did: I was on stock 4.4.4 and wanted to use a custom ROM, so I rooted the stock 4.4.4 (Locked Bootloader), and installed this recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261606
The phone rebooted as soon as it finished and it went straight to the just-installed recovery. I already had the ROM inside internal memory, so I just flashed it, and after it flashed I cleaned dalvik and cache and rebooted. The phone vibrated but nothing appeared, and now it doesn't turn on and does nothing. Trying to go back to any working version at all, but Flashtool doesn't even recognize it anymore, it doesn't seem to go on flashmode anymore
This is the rom I tried installing: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...nwalker-revolution-v2-0-faster-t2885966/page3
Please help me guys!
Just flash stock rom via flashtool.
p.s. to turn off phone hold yellow button on the back(Under cover) and then try to flash the phone
Thanks man, it worked! Had to hold the button for 10 seconds, and wait for 3 vibrations and it entered flashmode!
Just wish I knew what went wrong during last installation...