Hi, my friend's sister's ex messed up his Xperia play, like a year ago.. My friend tried fixing it with no luck, gave up.
He found it the other day, was going to throw it out, but I was like, just give it me, I want try fixing it.
So yeah, I've been trying to find threads on XDA with people who are experiencing the same issue as me, and every fix leads to Flashtool... I tried it, several times and it's not working for me..
The Play has a black screen, won't turn on, I can't get into fastboot mode (BLUE LED), I can get into flash mode (GREED LED), and sometimes there's a stable RED LED, idk wtf that means...
Whenever I try booting it up, I feel the phone vibrate briefly, and then nothing.
It's the R800a model, I'm in Canada, I believe it's locked to Rogers and/or Fido.
I'm not sure how the guy messed it up, what he was trying to flash, nor can I ask. I don't know how to contact him, it would be weird even if I did, and my friend and his sister aren't on good terms with him, so asking him isn't an option.
Anyways, I went to the firmware collection thread, I tried flashing 2.3.3 Rogers and 4.0.2.A.0.42. I also flashed some bootloader relocker. The latest version of Flashtool didn't work at all, so I used an older version, V8, and I was able to flash everything, but the device still doesn't boot. :S
Oh, and I tried the Sony PC companion, it said it installed the firmware fine, but the device still didn't boot~
So, yeah, what's wrong with it? How do I fix it? ;x
EDIT: I noticed that when I plug it in, windows tries to install dirvers for it, but always fails. I DID install the drivers that came with flashtool though. :S
EDIT2: Also, I get an ORANGE LED sometimes too, wtf does that one mean?
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1252038 :good:If Alejandrissimo can't help then no one can :fingers-crossed:
tallman43 said:
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1252038 :good:If Alejandrissimo can't help then no one can :fingers-crossed:
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Alejandrissimo is your best friend.... he is awesome.... your best bet is to add him to your google talk ( Gmail messenger) look up his profile under contact and his gmail address is there. Be advised he is busy and it may take some time for him to contact you back.
I actually found his thread earlier. His method REQUIRES SETool dongle/box, correct? Does anyone know where to buy one from?
EDIT: Found some on eBay. OMG they're so expensive. D:
I'm not willing to spend that much on something I'm only going to use once.
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After many flashings of roms, I finally flashed back to the official AT&T WM6 rom located at the link below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334771
My phone, even with my new sim card doesn't pick up any reception at all. All I get is the two arrows with the "x" and that other weird symbol with the exclamation point next to it.
I have a tilt and when I pop my sim inside, it works perfectly, no hiccups what so ever.
I live here in Hawaii and we just recently turned on the 3G network and I'm not sure if it affects my 8525.
Any ideas on what may be wrong? I had used Black Majiks WM6 on my 8525 previously but this past Monday I had issues with it so I tried flashing a bunch of times and still no fix.
I've searched through the threads for the last 2 days and everything I've tried so far hasn't work and I'm really desperate and need input from more professional users. PLEASE!!!
More information regarding phone problem.
When I try hit the green phone button, it doesn't do anything. Also going to phone settings under the settings menu, and it doesn't go there! Don't know why, I try to click it and nothing. Other icons work, not that one though.
This is getting ever more frustrating and I'm still searching through the thread for possible solutions, but nothing. Someone out there has to have some clue as to what may be wrong!
Found out another thing that might be of importance.
When I reset my device, soft or just turning it off and on, I get a "No GSM" on the AT&T screen.
Man, I've even gone as far as visiting Mr. Vanx's site to downgrade everything back to WM5. I still get the "No GSM" on my startup screen and no connection!
WTF?????????????
Well if you can get to the boot loader try flashing the official rom from HTC's Site for your phone. I'm not saying the one you DLe'd from here was bad but maybe it's just not the right one for your phone for some reason.
http://www.america.htc.com/
Well not to say the ROM you DL'ed from here was bad or anything but if you can get to the bootloader flash the officially released ROM from http://www.america.htc.com/ for your phone and see if that fixes your problem. Maybe the ROM you got from here is just not the right one for your phone or something. Worh a try anyway as you can't really use it as is.
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Well not to say the ROM you DL'ed from here was bad or anything but if you can get to the bootloader flash the officially released ROM from http://www.america.htc.com/ for your phone and see if that fixes your problem. Maybe the ROM you got from here is just not the right one for your phone or something. Worh a try anyway as you can't really use it as is.
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You know, the weird thing is that I tried to download stuff from the American HTC site, and I can only max out at 10.0kbps and I can NEVER get the whole file, only 15% maybe.
Talk about running into one problem after the other.
Is there a mirror out there somewhere?
Xyberz
Check your PM's
Xyberz said:
You know, the weird thing is that I tried to download stuff from the American HTC site, and I can only max out at 10.0kbps and I can NEVER get the whole file, only 15% maybe.
Talk about running into one problem after the other.
Is there a mirror out there somewhere?
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I agree, anyone have it I can download? I keep getting lockups on my 8525 with the Schapps build and I want to try the offical build to see if it's the device or the build........but it downloads SOOOO slow......
Just finnninshed uploading RUU_Hermes_CINGULAR_WWE_3.62.502.3_6275_1.54.07.00_108_UOOS_SVN05_Ship.exe the Official ATT/HTC America file to Media Share. Here is the link for you. Hope it helps, let me know.
http://www.mediafire.com/?e0wkzvgm6ym
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http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=ab1a9d4d5155409591b20cc0d07ba4d2067ccab3e6e21d05
Ok thanks for the uploads. Got the file. I just want to make sure if I should upgrade to Hard-SPL V7 before I use the update the rom?
I went all the way back to Herm SPL 1.06 and Cingular WM5. Don't want to brick the phone so wanted confirmation before I do anything else. Can't afford for things to get more messed up.
Xyberz said:
Ok thanks for the uploads. Got the file. I just want to make sure if I should upgrade to Hard-SPL V7 before I use the update the rom?
I went all the way back to Herm SPL 1.06 and Cingular WM5. Don't want to brick the phone so wanted confirmation before I do anything else. Can't afford for things to get more messed up.
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Well I like using Hard-SPL V7 especially for the cooked roms as it gives you a bit of safety, but the rom I uploaded here is the Official HTC America / ATT Rom so you can follow their flash instructions for it. I even successfully flashed this ROM from VISTA 64 bit with no problem to my Herm 100.
As with any Flashing their is always a risk if something should go wrong that you will have a brick but your already near that point as you can't do anything with the phone at this point anyway.
GL & let us know how you make out.
I own an Xperia Play R800x.
I bought the first one four months ago it worked fine. I dropped it the screen cracked and got a replacement through asurion I received the replacement three weeks ago.
Since I started using the replacement it freezes then restarts on average 2-4 times a day (the most was eleven). It doesn't have any type of pattern that I can think of it restarts when I'm on the home screen, playing games, Emulators, using Facebook and related apps, even freezes when I'm reading. I have checked the battery to ensure it was properly connected, I have done the factory reset three times. To no avail.
The only advice I've found on the interwebs is to update the firmware but that's impossible because of Verizon.
Yesterday I rooted the phone using superoneclick and installed a custom rom called GBTweaked hoping that it may help. And it didn't.
Just wondering if anybody else has had this problem and would be willing to help me resolve it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. And if you need more info just ask.
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I own an Xperia Play R800x.
I bought the first one four months ago it worked fine. I dropped it the screen cracked and got a replacement through asurion I received the replacement three weeks ago.
Since I started using the replacement it freezes then restarts on average 2-4 times a day (the most was eleven). It doesn't have any type of pattern that I can think of it restarts when I'm on the home screen, playing games, Emulators, using Facebook and related apps, even freezes when I'm reading. I have checked the battery to ensure it was properly connected, I have done the factory reset three times. To no avail.
The only advice I've found on the interwebs is to update the firmware but that's impossible because of Verizon.
Yesterday I rooted the phone using superoneclick and installed a custom rom called GBTweaked hoping that it may help. And it didn't.
Just wondering if anybody else has had this problem and would be willing to help me resolve it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. And if you need more info just ask.
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The only thing I can think of would be to download Flashtool and the Stock ROM FTF file and return it completely to stock. Run it that way for a bit and see if it makes any difference. If not, I would call Verizon for another replacement and explain this one is defective and you have done all the factory resets, etc. Do NOT tell them it was rooted, obviously.
For the necessary files, go to the Question & Answers section and then open my guide called "[GUIDE] R800x owners - You got Custom ROM questions? I've got Answers!". It has updated links to the files you will need. Good luck!
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The only thing I can think of would be to download Flashtool and the Stock ROM FTF file and return it completely to stock. Run it that way for a bit and see if it makes any difference. If not, I would call Verizon for another replacement and explain this one is defective and you have done all the factory resets, etc. Do NOT tell them it was rooted, obviously.
For the necessary files, go to the Question & Answers section and then open my guide called "[GUIDE] R800x owners - You got Custom ROM questions? I've got Answers!". It has updated links to the files you will need. Good luck!
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Thanks I'll give it a shot.
netizenmt said:
The only thing I can think of would be to download Flashtool and the Stock ROM FTF file and return it completely to stock. Run it that way for a bit and see if it makes any difference. If not, I would call Verizon for another replacement and explain this one is defective and you have done all the factory resets, etc. Do NOT tell them it was rooted, obviously.
For the necessary files, go to the Question & Answers section and then open my guide called "[GUIDE] R800x owners - You got Custom ROM questions? I've got Answers!". It has updated links to the files you will need. Good luck!
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Welp as soon as i re installed the Stock Rom and started it, it froze and restarted as I was setting up my Gmail account. I'll continue testing it though to see if it makes any difference in the next couple days.
Thanks for the advice though guess I'll have to try Verizon.
And that's an awesome thread as its what I used to help me install the Rom.
my Xperia Play R800i will not turn on anymore after i tried to flash a rom... i dont exactly remember which one it was... i hope its not important
what my phone does is showing the Sony Ericsson logo and just stays there... i had it on the entire day just be sure that i wasnt doing something in the background or anything ...
but i never did it on my phone yet... (maybe better if never did this now i think of it)
but anyway pc companion says "null" and thats all it will say further it cannot detect my phone or do anything with it
i hope flashtool works if anyone is willing to lead me through it.
i dont have warranty anymore.
MausHaxxi said:
my Xperia Play R800i will not turn on anymore after i tried to flash a rom... i dont exactly remember which one it was... i hope its not important
what my phone does is showing the Sony Ericsson logo and just stays there... i had it on the entire day just be sure that i wasnt doing something in the background or anything ...
but i never did it on my phone yet... (maybe better if never did this now i think of it)
but anyway pc companion says "null" and thats all it will say further it cannot detect my phone or do anything with it
i hope flashtool works if anyone is willing to lead me through it.
i dont have warranty anymore.
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Would you happen to have a custom kernel? Which Sony Ericsson logo is it, the non-moving one or the animated one?
Now, you wouldn't have happened to install a CyanogenMod, Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean rom, would you? I know you don't remember which rom you installed, just trying to spark a memory. Anyway, if you did so, then all you need to do is flash a compatible kernel. You see, if the Sony Ericsson logo you are seeing is the non-moving one, then you have the stock kernel, the one that's incompatible with the aforementioned roms.
If you don't want to get involved with this kernel business, then I've provided a Flashtool guide, so you can at least get your phone to a working, albeit factory reset, state:
First, install Flashtool.
Go here and find what you think your stock firmware was, download it.
Place the .ftf file in your Flashtool/firmwares directory.
Open Flashtool (as administrator if necessary) and click on the lightning bolt in the Flashtool window. Highlight Flashmode and select OK. A new window shall pop-up.
Select your downloaded firmware. I should read "R800i" in the first box and "4.0.2.A.0.XX" (with the "XX" being the number of the version you downloaded) in the second, the contents of the third box varies, so disregard it. There are many options for what to keep/replace during flashing, but I'd recommend leaving them as they are. Select OK. The window will now close and a new window will pop-up shortly after.
This window will detail the proceeding steps: With your turned-off phone (make sure its battery is intact), hold the back key (the leftmost one) while inserting the usb from your computer to your phone, continue holding the key until the window closes, DO NOT REMOVE THE USB.
The Flashtool window will now begin streaming various lines detailing its progress, all you need to look for is the line detailing a successful flash which with then tell you to disconnect your phone, now you can remove the USB.
Go ahead and close the remaining Flashtool window, your phone should now be back to default, factory reset, everything except your phone's bootloader and SIM unlocked statuses, they should be how you left them before.
thanks!
Toasty Clown said:
Would you happen to have a custom kernel? Which Sony Ericsson logo is it, the non-moving one or the animated one?
Now, you wouldn't have happened to install a CyanogenMod, Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean rom, would you? I know you don't remember which rom you installed, just trying to spark a memory. Anyway, if you did so, then all you need to do is flash a compatible kernel. You see, if the Sony Ericsson logo you are seeing is the non-moving one, then you have the stock kernel, the one that's incompatible with the aforementioned roms.
If you don't want to get involved with this kernel business, then I've provided a Flashtool guide, so you can at least get your phone to a working, albeit factory reset, state:
First, install Flashtool.
Go here and find what you think your stock firmware was, download it.
Place the .ftf file in your Flashtool/firmwares directory.
Open Flashtool (as administrator if necessary) and click on the lightning bolt in the Flashtool window. Highlight Flashmode and select OK. A new window shall pop-up.
Select your downloaded firmware. I should read "R800i" in the first box and "4.0.2.A.0.XX" (with the "XX" being the number of the version you downloaded) in the second, the contents of the third box varies, so disregard it. There are many options for what to keep/replace during flashing, but I'd recommend leaving them as they are. Select OK. The window will now close and a new window will pop-up shortly after.
This window will detail how the preceding steps: With your turned-off phone (make sure its battery is intact), hold the back key (the leftmost one) while inserting the usb from your computer to your phone, continue holding the key until the window closes, DO NOT REMOVE THE USB.
The Flashtool window will now begin streaming various lines detailing its progress, all you need to look for is the line detailing a successful flash which with then tell you to disconnect your phone, now you can remove the USB.
Go ahead and close the remaining Flashtool window, your phone should now be back to default, factory reset, everything except your phone's bootloader and SIM unlocked statuses, they should be how you left them before.
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Thanks, i will try this when im home tonight
i will tell you if i got it working again lol (ps. i aint a noob... i never got freezings before... i was just being cautious so i wont break it behond repair LOL)
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ok it works again now. but now it asks me to download settings ... which it fails in... my phone tells me that it failed and asks me to retry downloading them.... which eventually will fail again... i got wifi on ofcourse (duh...)
anyway... i dont get it why i am having so much trouble with my phone.... my tablet i can hack without hassle... i just never used flashtool XD
always cmd and such...
anyway im almost there to have it completely fixed
thanks so far
MausHaxxi said:
ok it works again now. but now it asks me to download settings ... which it fails in... my phone tells me that it failed and asks me to retry downloading them.... which eventually will fail again... i got wifi on ofcourse (duh...)
anyway... i dont get it why i am having so much trouble with my phone.... my tablet i can hack without hassle... i just never used flashtool XD
always cmd and such...
anyway im almost there to have it completely fixed
thanks so far
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Okay, having not used stock in a long time, I've reverted my rom and kernel! Upon doing so, I noticed little wrong. Though I do remember an annoying prompt when I opened the browser, it'd say "Please insert SIM card" and "downloading settings" would pop-up following it.
Aside from that, I can't recreate the problem you're having. Could you go into more detail?
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Toasty Clown said:
Okay, having not used stock in a long time, I've reverted my rom and kernel! Upon doing so, I noticed little wrong. Though I do remember an annoying prompt when I opened the browser, it'd say "Please insert SIM card" and "downloading settings" would pop-up following it.
Aside from that, I can't recreate the problem you're having. Could you go into more detail?
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here is the popup that i get all the time.... while i CAN call people and receive calls... my phone refuses to use 3G which i do need...
MausHaxxi said:
here is the popup that i get all the time.... while i CAN call people and receive calls... my phone refuses to use 3G which i do need...
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Well... That's something I have never seen before...
Searched the Q&A and troubleshooting section, and I'd found a thread detailing such an error upon switching firmware. No offence but perhaps I didn't give you enough detail on which firmware to download, and for that I apologise.
Would you happen to know what branding your phone is, and post what it is and which firmware you installed (you can find said information in that third box I told you to ignore in Flashtool)? AT&T, Verizon, unbranded/no SIM/unlocked? I ask this as you may have installed incompatible firmware.
As an example, my phone was unbranded and came with no SIM, the pre-installed installed firmware (and the only one that I find to be fully compatible) was the R800i 4.0.2.A.0.42 UK Generic. In the context of stock roms, I find that it's best not to stray.
Anyway, you've probably already figured out what to do: find the intended firmware and flash it, using the instructions above. I'd recommend gathering some more outside help, changing the thread's title to reflect the current conundrum should be a good starting point.
will do
Toasty Clown said:
Well... That's something I have never seen before...
Searched the Q&A and troubleshooting section, and I'd found a thread detailing such an error upon switching firmware. No offence but perhaps I didn't give you enough detail on which firmware to download, and for that I apologise.
Would you happen to know what branding your phone is, and post what it is and which firmware you installed (you can find said information in that third box I told you to ignore in Flashtool)? AT&T, Verizon, unbranded/no SIM/unlocked? I ask this as you may have installed incompatible firmware.
As an example, my phone was unbranded and came with no SIM, the pre-installed installed firmware (and the only one that I find to be fully compatible) was the R800i 4.0.2.A.0.42 UK Generic. In the context of stock roms, I find that it's best not to stray.
Anyway, you've probably already figured out what to do: find the intended firmware and flash it, using the instructions above. I'd recommend gathering some more outside help, changing the thread's title to reflect the current conundrum should be a good starting point.
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if i cant obtain the required info i need i will make a new post regarding this issue...
but thanks to you for getting my phone to a working state
ps. i will post here if i got the 3G back to work or not using the thread you supplied.
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MausHaxxi said:
if i cant obtain the required info i need i will make a new post regarding this issue...
but thanks to you for getting my phone to a working state
ps. i will post here if i got the 3G back to work or not using the thread you supplied.
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it was simply the APN settings....
how could i know xD never had this error before... anyway it works fine now 3G works smoothly
MausHaxxi said:
it was simply the APN settings....
how could i know xD never had this error before... anyway it works fine now 3G works smoothly
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Oh, sorry about that. I'd only ever experienced an APN problem when one of the roms I had installed had a broken settings app.
Anyway, it's nice to see that you've fixed your phone yourself, congrats!
Hello. I've rooted my Verizon Xperia Play, but I can't unlock my bootloader. I've checked the service menu, I don't have the ROOTING STATUS menu, and the Flashtool identifies BOOTLOADER STATUS:UNROOTABLE.
I've tried Sony's unlock site but my MEID contains letters whilst the website states it has to be numeric. I've used the S1tool with the TP method and S1tool appears to hang, with the green bar along the bottom freezing after the "usb connected" noise plays; but if I unplug the usb I get an error, so I know the application didn't crash. I don't know if I'm letting go of the contact, or even if I'm doing it correctly because almost all pictures of the TP method are gone. I also don't know how long the S1tool TP procedure should take, and I've (or I think) held the contact for 15 minutes without any prompt or change in the program.
I don't know what to do now, or does this simply imply a sealed fate? Is it just not possible for me to unlock my bootloader?
I really need to partition my storage and ram but apparently can't without an unlocked bootloader.
(wrote all this with on-screen keyboard, sorry about errors/confusion)
Any help is deeply and sincerely appreciated!!
Thanks Again,
From a Newbie
haha I didn't think anyone would be in the same boat as me, let alone within the same year
I've been scouring the web for probably a good 5 hours on this and I'm stuck right where you are. By some miracle, I was able to find all the files I need for CM9, the flash tools, Gapps, and etc.
I also was able to get it rooted, and in dt674's guide I'm stuck on step 15. Fastboot recognizes my device and all the files but when I try to send the recoveryPLAY.img it returns the "FAILED" error and tells me that it has to be rooted first... Even though it already is rooted... I would assume it would have to do something with the bootloader still being locked, and like you, the Sony website didn't accept my MEID code for not being entirely numerical... If I find anything else out though I'll keep in touch.
I'm in the same boat as you guys... Managed to get my R800X rooted by flashing to 2.3.3 then using the oneclick method, but I've got the same issue with the bootloader and the numerical MEID.
Honestly given the Xplay's age I think we're pretty much SOL and too late to the party when trying to look for support on this device. Most of the ROM links are dead, and the more supported/popular ones are for the GSM models, and the ones that still have their files hosted require an unlocked bootloader at that. Unless one of you guys has a magical solution for why our MEID's are messed up I'm stuck on 2.3.3 for now. At least I can still sideload mostly everything I need.
Yeah I'm pretty sure zzkoto is right lol. Just too damn old haha, so we're SOL.
I have reached out to the developer site support though, and I'm trying to get them to investigate the problem regardless. I've only gotten one email back in...a two month time period about? So we'll see what happens. Apparently they updated their site and fixed the problem... but it's still broke for me. Will post if I get any juicy details from them, or they email me about any fixes with the MEID errors on the site.
LADS, so they HAVE fixed their website, it's just at a new URL, and they haven't decommissioned the old one yet for some reason, which can be found in this very hyperlink.
And it works great, I got my code after inputting my MEID, shoved that into an ADB string and ka-blammo it's unlocked no problem.
Now I'm running LuPuS Kernal with CM9, but now I'm hitting a brick wall where the darn Wifi won't even bother to turn on (when it did with stock before) which I guess is a problem with R800x and the Play in general... Back to the drawing board lol.... Think I'm gonna scrap the CM9... Anyone Come across any good Kernal/Rom combos that make the Xperia Play a lean mean Emulation Machine? I'm feeling some classic PS1 MGS lately...
Alright here's one last update, just in case y'all have the same problem as me with Wifi.
I went back to stock 2.3.4 and my recovery Kernal, and Wifi worked again, so I decided to try something different. Installed DoomLords 2.3.3 Kernal v01 (the only download that worked on that page). Then after booting into recovery, I restored into Cola v6. After that I installed DoomLords wifi modules zip in CWM and boom wifi works again, and Play works completely as intended. Only hang up now is that the Android Market won't let me download anything because it's so old, but It's easy to get the apk's on my other phone and move and install them. Other than that it's incredible. Happy hacking y'all.
Great find on that bootloader fix mate, I'll have to look into that and getting some custom ROMs/kernals installed.
For the market not working, Google discontinued support for the old Android Marketplace services or something back in early 2017. But if you install the latest 2.3 compatible version of the Google Play Store, Google services should be back up and running with modern-ish apps.
Here's the link: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-store/google-play-store-6-2-02-release/
Yo I figured it was something like that haha but I was overthinking it way too much. Thanks for the link to the Market, now I'm gonna go ham and get ALLL the emulators lol. Retro games here I come!
Hey good people.
Yesterday i was excited to see the notification for Pie update come up, so i quickly installed it on the phone. It finished, then asked me to reboot, so i did. But for some reason, the phone couldn't reboot properly, and ended up getting stuck in download mode.
Tried to get out of it using every combination, nothing worked. Then i decided, well, lets reinstall the firmware on it. If i could find any! Majority of links are misleading, don't work, yandex disk links didnt let me download anything. Tried like 3 different versions of OST, none of them worked, not even the patched one, not to mention the lack of firmware in the first place.
The only step forward i could make is getting the phone to show up in device manager, because it hasnt even showed up before.
i've never even fiddled with the device's software or anything, everything was 100% stock and untouched.
i'm seriously disappointed in nokia, already contacted the reseller who yet has to reply (i don't have much hope for that either).
Any kinda help would be highly appreciated.
gabika1941 said:
Hey good people.
Yesterday i was excited to see the notification for Pie update come up, so i quickly installed it on the phone. It finished, then asked me to reboot, so i did. But for some reason, the phone couldn't reboot properly, and ended up getting stuck in download mode.
Tried to get out of it using every combination, nothing worked. Then i decided, well, lets reinstall the firmware on it. If i could find any! Majority of links are misleading, don't work, yandex disk links didnt let me download anything. Tried like 3 different versions of OST, none of them worked, not even the patched one, not to mention the lack of firmware in the first place.
The only step forward i could make is getting the phone to show up in device manager, because it hasnt even showed up before.
i've never even fiddled with the device's software or anything, everything was 100% stock and untouched.
i'm seriously disappointed in nokia, already contacted the reseller who yet has to reply (i don't have much hope for that either).
Any kinda help would be highly appreciated.
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Which type and do You have a screenshot from the startscreen.
Maybe this helps
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EricH7001 said:
Which type and do You have a screenshot from the startscreen.
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i honestly have no idea about the type, but i have screenshot
actually, no matter what i pressed in what order or battery percentage, it just said "download mode", and i also couldnt even turn the phone off either.
tbh i've contacted the reseller since then, and we'll probably just send it back in the next few days
gabika1941 said:
i honestly have no idea about the type, but i have screenshot
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Don't you have the retail box? The type should be written on it. Also, do you have the ZEISS logo on the camera? If not, then you most likely have the TA-1054 variant, which is for the Chinese market.
intervall said:
Don't you have the retail box? The type should be written on it. Also, do you have the ZEISS logo on the camera? If not, then you most likely have the TA-1054 variant, which is for the Chinese market.
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it must be the Chinese then, because it doesn't have Zeiss or android one logo on it.
But actually, is that very significant?
gabika1941 said:
it must be the Chinese then, because it doesn't have Zeiss or android one logo on it.
But actually, is that very significant?
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Well, I cannot be 100% sure. But I would assume that if your phone was running a ported version of the global ROM and not the official Chinese firmware and it somehow got an OTA update then because of the differences in how the phone's memory is partitioned it would make sense that the device ends up being bricked after trying to flash something not ment to be flashed on it. :/ I hope this makes some sense to you. Also, if I am correct then it makes no sense to blame HMD for this because they have not done anything wrong. It is most likely the reseller who reflashed your TA-1054 with a ported version of the global ROM.
intervall said:
Well, I cannot be 100% sure. But I would assume that if your phone was running a ported version of the global ROM and not the official Chinese firmware and it somehow got an OTA update then because of the differences in how the phone's memory is partitioned it would make sense that the device ends up being bricked after trying to flash something not ment to be flashed on it. :/ I hope this makes some sense to you. Also, if I am correct then it makes no sense to blame HMD for this because they have not done anything wrong. It is most likely the reseller who reflashed your TA-1054 with a ported version of the global ROM.
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i've legit thought about that! the box itself has lots of chinese on it, so it might be the case. Either way, reseller responded and i'll probably just sent it back to them this week because apparently it's their fault.
strangely, my mi a1 didnt even let the OTA install when i had the bootloader unlocked, so it's weird to see a phone getting bricked like this. I actually felt guilty for letting the OTA install, even though i didn't do anything wrong here (exceptionally:laugh
Thanks for the suggestions m8!
I think You bought a crappy Chinese dummy Nokia 6.1 HMD is not in Finland hands anymore.
The hardware is different. And the software is Android one.
I am curious how your reseller solves the problem.
can anyone tell how can help to exit from download mode. i have tried by connecting charger and holding pwr button and vol up and after andriod logo came i released by pwr button and holding the vol up button. its not worked
later i connected to my pc and install adb driver and fastboot and then through cmd prompt i run adb bootloader but its not working then i check adb devices but there is nothing shows in attched devices and also i tried with fastboot reload then mobie restarts and came back to dowload mode. so out of these step can anyone have any suggestions to get back my mobile..thank you
ok so, i kinda neglected the thread but heres what happened:
i tried EDL mode with deep flash cable, didnt work. i tried installing all sorts of drivers on my PC from all sorts of sketchy sites, after a point i decided not to mess my PC or the phone up even more.
i contacted my reseller who "fixed" the phone by installing the pie update on it somehow, and it's functional now. i even told them the phone wasn't the european version but they didn't seem to care, and i didn't feel like playing with them anymore. but it's FAR from stable, buggy as hell, and LTE B20 doesn't work either (that might have a thing or 2 to do with the phone being chinese...)
thanks for all of u for helping, this particular phone was way more than enough reason for me not to buy a nokia again ))))