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[Q]Acro S bricked... All by itself!

Hi guys,
I need your help. My brand new (2 weeks old!) Xperia Acro S bricked by itself!
I was browsing the web when the screen went completely black. I tried to do a hard reset (pressing power + volume up) because it worked many times before that (it was not the first time that the whole "black screen crash" happened), but the phone was completely dead.
The local Sony assistance told me (after keeping it for 6 weeks ) that they won't repair it because the phone is not currently sold in my country (I won it on Facebook).
As of now the only thing that is working is the charging light when I connect it to the charger.
The phone was absolutely and completely stock, NO rom, NO root whatsoever.
Please tell me that I did not win an extremely pricey paperweight!

Plug in charger,when it shows battery icon,press the power button until it is turn on
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Did you tried Power button + Volume down button? If not hold Power button + Volume down button for 10 seconds. It should work.

Double Post, sorry.

UchihaDareNial said:
Plug in charger,when it shows battery icon,press the power button until it is turn on
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The phone is not out of charge, it is completely dead. The only thing working is the LED notification light that turns red when connected to the charger.
pharix said:
Did you tried Power button + Volume down button? If not hold Power button + Volume down button for 10 seconds. It should work.
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I tried every possible combination of HW buttons but to no avail...

Try Sony Update service. HERE is download link.

There have been some topics I think floating around that batteries have died at like 50%
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thanitos said:
There have been some topics I think floating around that batteries have died at like 50%
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The battery was the very first thing I checked, I charged it for about a day.
pharix said:
Try Sony Update service. HERE is download link.
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Will it work even if the PC does not see the phone?
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GMdV said:
The battery was the very first thing I checked, I charged it for about a day.
Will it work even if the PC does not see the phone?
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It should work.
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It should work.
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Unfortunately it doesn't. I connected the phone while holding the volume down button pressed but nothing happened.

I have the same problem with xperis S.
It bricked by itself.
The only one noticeable thing i remember that when I last seen it a few minutes after it was working that the light was flashing blue and the black screen. After it it newer switched on.
Now while charging, the light turns solid red and nothing more. No flashmode. No fastboot mode. Tried to remove accu. It did not help. Sony update service and flashtool does not see the device.
There was stock firmware droid 4.0.4 and root. Nothing more. Everything worked fine. No updates were done before it bricked.
Is there any way out?

handwerk said:
I have the same problem with xperis S.
It bricked by itself.
The only one noticeable thing i remember that when I last seen it a few minutes after it was working that the light was flashing blue and the black screen. After it it newer switched on.
Now while charging, the light turns solid red and nothing more. No flashmode. No fastboot mode. Tried to remove accu. It did not help. Sony update service and flashtool does not see the device.
There was stock firmware droid 4.0.4 and root. Nothing more. Everything worked fine. No updates were done before it bricked.
Is there any way out?
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Then I'm not the only one...
As of now there is no way out, you should contact your local sony assistance.
It would be great if you could tell us what was the cause of the death of your Xperia.

Your phone isn't dead... I had the same problem with my xperia s... when i plug in the carger, the red light lights on.. that means it's alive .. but not charging, it's charging when the led is orange.. i've waited 1 day for see the orange led.. I really don't know why.. :/

martinko23 said:
Your phone isn't dead... I had the same problem with my xperia s... when i plug in the carger, the red light lights on.. that means it's alive .. but not charging, it's charging when the led is orange.. i've waited 1 day for see the orange led.. I really don't know why.. :/
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I got same problem, only red led, but pc see phone and flashtool say device connect with usb debugging off

For tricks on recovery from SOFT-brick use the link in my signature. Just read up first. Good luck
~Jaramie
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Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread

ToledoJab said:
For tricks on recovery from SOFT-brick use the link in my signature. Just read up first. Good luck
~Jaramie
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Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread
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I try all of yor guide and nothing works, in next week a change battery and them try

martinko23 said:
Your phone isn't dead... I had the same problem with my xperia s... when i plug in the carger, the red light lights on.. that means it's alive .. but not charging, it's charging when the led is orange.. i've waited 1 day for see the orange led.. I really don't know why.. :/
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And then what happened? Did you just turn it on and it worked?

It turned on by itself...
Come on baby light my fire ! Woo ! That's good ! :3

martinko23 said:
It turned on by itself...
Come on baby light my fire ! Woo ! That's good ! :3
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Ok, great. Then I'll just let it charge and see what happens. Thanks!
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No problem, i hope it will turn on..
Stop with jokes about Dubstep, Just drop it.

Xperia play vibrates but doesnt turn on?!?!

Hi,
So I've had my Xperia Play (R800i) for almost a year now. It was working perfectly fine like any other day, then i didn't charge it one night. So now, it doesn't turn on at all. I hold down the power button, it vibrates, like it always does to tell me its turning on.. But nothing! Nothing comes up, the screen just stays blank like its turned off. My first thought is to take out the battery and put it back in but nothing. I try countless times, but still the end result, was a blank phone. When i put it on charge (before i hold the power button), nothing happens, then after a few seconds the LED charging light turns on, it was orange or red, i cant remember, so i left it like that. Came back a few hours later, the light was green, but still nothing happens when i try turn it on, except that little pitiful vibrate i get every time. I did leave my phone off by itself for a bit and still the same result. Yes my phone was rooted but i did this way back before this happened. So please help me, i beg of you.

Elitebordom said:
Hi,
So I've had my Xperia Play (R800i) for almost a year now. It was working perfectly fine like any other day, then i didn't charge it one night. So now, it doesn't turn on at all. I hold down the power button, it vibrates, like it always does to tell me its turning on.. But nothing! Nothing comes up, the screen just stays blank like its turned off. My first thought is to take out the battery and put it back in but nothing. I try countless times, but still the end result, was a blank phone. When i put it on charge (before i hold the power button), nothing happens, then after a few seconds the LED charging light turns on, it was orange or red, i cant remember, so i left it like that. Came back a few hours later, the light was green, but still nothing happens when i try turn it on, except that little pitiful vibrate i get every time. I did leave my phone off by itself for a bit and still the same result. Yes my phone was rooted but i did this way back before this happened. So please help me, i beg of you.
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Try using flashtool , my signature has a return to stock guide and a flash ftf guide try these
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May be flex cable is broken
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play not turning on but kepp vibrating
fma965 said:
Try using flashtool , my signature has a return to stock guide and a flash ftf guide try these
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HI, i had the same problem w/ my xperia play. it does nut turns on but vibrates.
i followed few tutorials to flash, but when flashtool say flashing finished i tried to turn on the phone. it does NOT turns on and a red light keep blinking at the top. whats dat???? plz help...

xperiaplayass said:
HI, i had the same problem w/ my xperia play. it does nut turns on but vibrates.
i followed few tutorials to flash, but when flashtool say flashing finished i tried to turn on the phone. it does NOT turns on and a red light keep blinking at the top. whats dat???? plz help...
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Do you guys have full battery or did you accept any ota updates?
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I had this problem, and if you flash a JB kernel, you will see that the screen will show up, so the problem is that ALS chip doesn't work anymore, so you have to replace it, in ebay there are a ton of them. I thought it was a water damage in my case and i broke it, so won't boot up anymore.

gangstermartorell said:
I had this problem, and if you flash a JB kernel, you will see that the screen will show up, so the problem is that ALS chip doesn't work anymore, so you have to replace it, in ebay there are a ton of them. I thought it was a water damage in my case and i broke it, so won't boot up anymore.
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And again why are you posting the same supposed resolution to each issue? They are not all gonna be the same issue

fma965 said:
And again why are you posting the same supposed resolution to each issue? They are not all gonna be the same issue
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This might be off topic but i LOL'd a bit there. I know he is just trying to help and I also get your point but it made me giggle when i read your post like "wtf bro why do you always have the same answer in every black screen thread." I don't know, maybe I'm just nuts. LOL!
Anyway, back to topic, We have the same situation. Black screen and just vibrates when you switch it on. It's been 4 days since my phone died on me. I really missed my Xperia Play now. But as fma965 said on the other Q&A thread, it might be the flex cable. Good luck and I hope you can fix your phone. Not unlike me, my only option is to buy a new one.
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or send it to a flamming grave just to relieve some angst that this piece of s**t brought. lol.
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[Q] will not boot

Ok so i searched and not found a solution to my problem. I have an xperia play r800x and in the past I've rooted it. It got bricked before but i flashed stock firmware and re-rooted to get back to normal. Now the screen doesn't turn on. it seems like it happened overnight and the the phone is not unlocked to different carriers. I have charged it (led shows full charge) tried different firmwares and re-flashed countless times but cant find out how to get it working again. It vibrates to turn on and the led is responding but the screen stays black. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

dice14 said:
Ok so i searched and not found a solution to my problem. I have an xperia play r800x and in the past I've rooted it. It got bricked before but i flashed stock firmware and re-rooted to get back to normal. Now the screen doesn't turn on. it seems like it happened overnight and the the phone is not unlocked to different carriers. I have charged it (led shows full charge) tried different firmwares and re-flashed countless times but cant find out how to get it working again. It vibrates to turn on and the led is responding but the screen stays black. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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if you can see initial bootlogo or get in to recovery, sad to say on my opinion its hardware

fritzbored said:
if you can see initial bootlogo or get in to recovery, sad to say on my opinion its hardware
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i can only get it into flashmode and fastboot no logo or recovery

dice14 said:
i can only get it into flashmode and fastboot no logo or recovery
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im sorry my friend but i got to say that it may be the display itself that may be broken with your beloved play.. it may be 10% chance that it is software

Look at it from different angles onetime my backlight was dead because my flex cable was broken but if I looked super closely I could see it still worked but I had to get a new flex cable so my backlight would come on lol
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ION Stuck at SONY Logo

My Xperia Ion is stuck at Sony Logo when i switch it On.
Nothing responding.
I kept the battery to Drain and now i plugged it to wall charger i get a solid red led.
I checked all the threads related to soft/hard brick but seriously im confused big time. What should i do now ?
Now my phone has been charging for 30 minutes.
i dont know what happened , is it soft / hard brick ??
i tried to restore my cwm backup and it showed successful. And when i booted this happened.
The screen is Off sometimes and it turns on and shows SONY LOGO. what should i do ?
But when the screen is off the red led is on.
Please somebody help. I'm really panicking. i can't think properly.

Think you are on XZX. Am I right? Try reflashing the ROM.

pharix said:
Think you are on XZX. Am I right? Try reflashing the ROM.
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No bro.You didnt get the picture. My phone is not booting. Its stuck on SONY logo .
I was on XZX2 v2. But i reflashed back to stock. then this happened
im not able to flash .

Use flashtools to flash a stock ftf making sure you choose the wipe options. Do not exclude anything.

Captain Droid said:
No bro.You didnt get the picture. My phone is not booting. Its stuck on SONY logo .
I was on XZX2 v2. But i reflashed back to stock. then this happened
im not able to flash .
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Now I get it. I thought you can go to CWM. Sorry.

Spectre51 said:
Use flashtools to flash a stock ftf making sure you choose the wipe options. Do not exclude anything.
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I can't get in to Flashboot option ( green led). When i connect the phone by pressing the Vol Down button the Led is RED and its solid.
The power button doesnt work, i mean i cant switch on the phone.
When its plugged to the wall charger , its solid red led and after sometime screen turn on itself and the SONY LOGO appears . thats it. I cant do anything else. Nothing responding.

Captain Droid said:
I can't get in to Flashboot option ( green led). When i connect the phone by pressing the Vol Down button the Led is RED and its solid.
The power button doesnt work, i mean i cant switch on the phone.
When its plugged to the wall charger , its solid red led and after sometime screen turn on itself and the SONY LOGO appears . thats it. I cant do anything else. Nothing responding.
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can you get into fastboot mode?
using flashtool,
select fastboot mode
flash the stock kernel
remove and reset the phone
enter flash mode
then flash the stock ftf
happened to me once... this worked for me
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xyge said:
can you get into fastboot mode?
using flashtool,
select fastboot mode
flash the stock kernel
remove and reset the phone
enter flash mode
then flash the stock ftf
happened to me once... this worked for me
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A hard bricked phone won't do any thing no matter what is done. If a light or anything reacts then you have some level of soft brick.
Use the rubber band trick to flash back to stock.
The solid red led means low level charging. Low level charge is on until the battery level is enough to start kernel charging (battery icon screen)
When the red led goes out but before the phone turns on is the tiny time frame you have to enter flash mode. So you use a rubber band to hold volume down.
Read about the trick in my recovery thread in my signature.
From my Xperia LT28at ION

ToledoJab said:
A hard bricked phone won't do any thing no matter what is done. If a light or anything reacts then you have some level of soft brick.
Use the rubber band trick to flash back to stock.
The solid red led means low level charging. Low level charge is on until the battery level is enough to start kernel charging (battery icon screen)
When the red led goes out but before the phone turns on is the tiny time frame you have to enter flash mode. So you use a rubber band to hold volume down.
Read about the trick in my recovery thread in my signature.
From my Xperia LT28at ION
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I kept the mobile connected to my pc with the rubber band trick, its been 8 hours now, still the Led is Solid RED.
Its not charging i think. flashtool did not detect the phone till now.

Captain Droid said:
I kept the mobile connected to my pc with the rubber band trick, its been 8 hours now, still the Led is Solid RED.
Its not charging i think. flashtool did not detect the phone till now.
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Long time ago I faced a same problem. My phone stuck at RED light. I just dissemble the phone and disconnect battery cable from motherboard and reconnect the cable. Then I hold power button and volume + button until 3 vibrate. (10 second). Now the phone is off. After that I connect phone to computer while holding volume down button and flash stock ftf.
Give it a try.

pharix said:
Long time ago I faced a same problem. My phone stuck at RED light. I just dissemble the phone and disconnect battery cable from motherboard and reconnect the cable. Then I hold power button and volume + button until 3 vibrate. (10 second). Now the phone is off. After that I connect phone to computer while holding volume down button and flash stock ftf.
Give it a try.
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That too i saw in one post. But i cant find any slots/screws to open and i don't have the right set of tools to open the phone.
right now im so mindf***ked. How to open the phone?
I have only one phone and i bricked that.
Edit: I found the screws, inside the two small covers on bottom and up right ? But i got no tools to open that screw

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That too i saw in one post. But i cant find any slots/screws to open and i don't have the right set of tools to open the phone.
right now im so mindf***ked. How to open the phone?
I have only one phone and i bricked that.
Edit: I found the screws, inside the two small covers on bottom and up right ? But i got no tools to open that screw
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Which screw? Star Screw or Plus Screw? If you don't have screw driver you can open Plus screw using Knife and Star screw using Minus screw driver.
DO IT ON YOUR OWN RISK.
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pharix said:
Which screw? Star Screw or Plus Screw? If you don't have screw driver you can open Plus screw using Knife and Star screw using Minus screw driver.
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Yeah its STAR Screw. Approx 7-8 total adding both sides.
Im not gonna open it, anyways i'm giving the phone to service centre. i don't have time to wait for the battery to charge / Drain or anything.
Hope they can fix this in matter of hours.

For future reference, you will need a torx t6 ( or t5 cant remember exactly) for the star screws. The ion is easy to take apart, hope they fix yours.
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there is a solution
hey im minda new here but not new to rooting n so on.... i was attempting to root my ion lt28i with the doomlord kernel and when i was to flash back stock kernel i accidentally flashed it to system lol (i was sleepy)... but when the phone got stuck on sony screen i came here and was told the battery had to drain b4 attemping another flash i left my phone for half a day it was still on i got fed up and pressed the camera vol -, vol + and power keys all at once then the screen turned off.... i think i may have stumbled on to the hard reset procedure so for those who are stuck on sony logo u can do the same it works i feflashed stock jb rom and rerooted not life is great and all ir right with the world :angel:
ps for battery drain issues install setCPU on rooted rom and turn down clock it saves a tonne of battery hope this helped

venom1553 said:
hey im minda new here but not new to rooting n so on.... i was attempting to root my ion lt28i with the doomlord kernel and when i was to flash back stock kernel i accidentally flashed it to system lol (i was sleepy)... but when the phone got stuck on sony screen i came here and was told the battery had to drain b4 attemping another flash i left my phone for half a day it was still on i got fed up and pressed the camera vol -, vol + and power keys all at once then the screen turned off.... i think i may have stumbled on to the hard reset procedure so for those who are stuck on sony logo u can do the same it works i feflashed stock jb rom and rerooted not life is great and all ir right with the world :angel:
ps for battery drain issues install setCPU on rooted rom and turn down clock it saves a tonne of battery hope this helped
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What's the use of bumping the old thread?
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UchihaDareNial said:
What's the use of bumping the old thread?
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At least they are trying to help out in the q&a section to get the 10 posts.
Most new users just spam the forum with useless posts.
This thread has had its time.
For more help please check out the sticky threads.
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[Q] Xperia Ion Stuck!

I have this xperia ion which was running ICS smoothly till morning. I kept it using till the battery drained completely. After keeping it on charge for about 20 minutes when it failed to turn on. I searched the internet. It said
- I need to charge it for a long time till the green led flashes up.
-Might be soft bricked
Whenever I try to turn it on it vibrates and then nothing happens. A blank screen comes up with no logo( Xperia or Sony).
I tried updating it JB but only in vain. now it only shows the blank screen.
What to do? I found no answers to this.

vyomnod said:
I have this xperia ion which was running ICS smoothly till morning. I kept it using till the battery drained completely. After keeping it on charge for about 20 minutes when it failed to turn on. I searched the internet. It said
- I need to charge it for a long time till the green led flashes up.
-Might be soft bricked
Whenever I try to turn it on it vibrates and then nothing happens. A blank screen comes up with no logo( Xperia or Sony).
I tried updating it JB but only in vain. now it only shows the blank screen.
What to do? I found no answers to this.
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It might sound unrelated, but did you use the original wire and charger?
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lee480 said:
It might sound unrelated, but did you use the original wire and charger?
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Yea i did tried with original ones and then when they gave nothing i tried with generic ones