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[Q] phone wont start even with battery full

hello, please help if you can.
i have a xperia arc s and i did not rooted it or installed any custom rom, i just have the stock rom that came on the phone.
my problem is that a couple days ago i was charging the phone with it turned off, and now everytime i try to turn on the phone, it just wont turn on.
i mean, i connect the phone to the wall charger and it says that the battery is full, but when i press the button to turn it on it just wont.
my solution has been to remove the battery and then reinserting it again, and that way i can turn on the phone, but that way is just to annoying, and i wonder if anyone has had that same kind of problem, and if has been able to find a solution and solve it, or if perhaps there is nothing to do except take it to the tecnichal assistence.
please if you can help me, this situation has been driving me completly crazy.
thank you in advance.

when you do turn on the phone and it works normally, does the phone shut down automatically or do you turn it off yourself?

hello, so far as i can see, the phone doesnt turn off by it self. i am the on o turn it off

Use the sony ericsson update service to repair the phone.
Hit "Thanks" if I helped you.:good:
Xperia Arc LT15i
Rooted/Bootloader Unlocked
Running Jelly Bean - FXP140/CM10 + bestt fix
Links for FXP CM10 bestt fixes - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918244

jman2131 said:
when you do turn on the phone and it works normally, does the phone shut down automatically or do you turn it off yourself?
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i am affraid you wont understand my previous reply because my english is really bad so i write again,
the phone dont shut down automatically, when it turns off, its me who turn it off.
but now i notice one thing.
now after i remove and reinsert the battery again like i said, i can still turn on the phone, but now it is taking much more time than the other times i did that.
maybe all i can do is taking it to the technical assistence, but i want to be sure that there is nothing i can do, because i have friends who took it to the assistence and came back with the phone even worse than when they took it.
so please if you know something that can help me i really thank you.

KartzXDA said:
Use the sony ericsson update service to repair the phone.
Hit "Thanks" if I helped you.:good:
Xperia Arc LT15i
Rooted/Bootloader Unlocked
Running Jelly Bean - FXP140/CM10 + bestt fix
Links for FXP CM10 bestt fixes - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918244
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hello mate. i tried what you said but still no joy. maybe i did something wrong so tonight after i come back from work, i will try that again.
even if it doesn t help me i thank you anyway for trying to help.
cheers.

[Q] Sony Xperia Arc S in restart loop after switching on bluetooth

Dear all,
Require your help in recovering my Xperia Arc S from boot loop.
The phone had issue in switching on bluetooth. So i thought of restarting handset.
After restarting handset, the handset was stuck in reboot loop.
So connected the phone to pc companion and upgrade phone o.s to 4.1
It worked for 2 days. Now when i tried to switch on bluetooth from settings; phone got restart and stuck in reboot loop.
Kindly help.
Thanks in advance.

There's a thousand plus threads on boot looping, give one of them a read.
Sent from myushi

XperienceD said:
There's a thousand plus threads on boot looping, give one of them a read.
Sent from myushi
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Dear XperienceD,
I have searched xda developer and read several threads, but none of them had proper resolution.
If you know any thread where proper solution is provided, Kindly let me know.
Thanks.

Since you repaired it with pc companion, and still get bootloop after enabling the bluetooth, i think this is caused by a hardware fault
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jikuma said:
Dear all,
Require your help in recovering my Xperia Arc S from boot loop.
The phone had issue in switching on bluetooth. So i thought of restarting handset.
After restarting handset, the handset was stuck in reboot loop.
So connected the phone to pc companion and upgrade phone o.s to 4.1
It worked for 2 days. Now when i tried to switch on bluetooth from settings; phone got restart and stuck in reboot loop.
Kindly help.
Thanks in advance.
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Download PC Companion, repair your firmware.
If problem still exists, go back to the shop.

Guys sorry for kicking an old thread but a friend asked me to help out with ARC having the same problem on stock ICS 4.0.4 is there any solution for this? If I were to go to a custom ROM will it fix the problem?
Thanks in advance

abirjin said:
Guys sorry for kicking an old thread but a friend asked me to help out with ARC having the same problem on stock ICS 4.0.4 is there any solution for this? If I were to go to a custom ROM will it fix the problem?
Thanks in advance
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Check the post above yours.
Someguyfromhell said:
Download PC Companion, repair your firmware.
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abirjin said:
Guys sorry for kicking an old thread but a friend asked me to help out with ARC having the same problem on stock ICS 4.0.4 is there any solution for this? If I were to go to a custom ROM will it fix the problem?
Thanks in advance
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I too have experienced the same problem..please provide.a.solution

Try this, helped so many times with Arc S:
- turn off your phone
- remove the battery cover
- remove the battery
- put a small piece of paper between the bottom edge of the battery hoousing and the battery (the side opposite of the battery connectors, so the piece of papper pushes the battery towards the battery connectors)
- put the battery back
-turn on your phone

Tipster said:
Try this, helped so many times with Arc S:
- turn off your phone
- remove the battery cover
- remove the battery
- put a small piece of paper between the bottom edge of the battery hoousing and the battery (the side opposite of the battery connectors, so the piece of papper pushes the battery towards the battery connectors)
- put the battery back
-turn on your phone
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Its not the battery or power issue.
It has something to do with software.

rahulag1997 said:
Its not the battery or power issue.
It has something to do with software.
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I had similar issue on my Arc S, and this helped. It seems that there is a loss of powerdue to bad contacts, and the voltage level drops so the phone goes into restart loop. Try it, can't do any harm

I had a problem earlier (some 10 months ago) when i turned on blue tooth it went on rebooting, I tried to get into settings and switch off the blue tooth which was not possible due to fast rebooting. Then I read read in a forum to leave the mobile to reboot for nearly 8 hrs or so, so I left it like that (to reboot continuously) for more than 6 hrs, then it became normal with blue tooth going off (I think so) and I went to settings and then to backup & reset (I think I lost some data during this). From then on I never tried to use blue tooth.
Again today (19 Nov. 2015) I wrongly pressed blue tooth instead of wifi, then again the problem of rebooting started, I was upset thinking of shunning this mobile once for all. Then suddenly I searched in web and got this link :xperia-arcs-auto-reboot.blogspot.in/2012/08/sony-ericsson-xperia-arc-s-auto-reboot.html , where it is asked to keep the battery tight in it's place to keep good contact with its terminals in mobile. Before doing this, I took a conductive metal (a small knife) and I shorted all the three pins in the mobile where the battery touches to give power. *WARNING: NEVER TRY TO DO THIS IN THE BATTERY*. Then placed a piece of paper in the back of the battery and inserted in the slot. Then I switched ON and it started and the boot was holding for some time (say 30 seconds), with in which I went to settings and switched of blue tooth and switched off the mobile. Then removed the battery and inserted again with the same piece of paper and restarted, now it's working.
In my experience, this mobile is having problem both in the battery placement for tightness and in the blue tooth software also. Otherwise this is a good mobile. Thanks for the forums which helped me salvage my mobile with many important contacts. I share this here out of gratitude for these forum. Otherwise I would have to spent a lot for software reloading if I went to authorised or some dubious service centres.

[Q] ok, battery problem.

hello..
well, the duration of the battery is fine. the problems is that when the battery % reaches 9% it goes down to 1%! it passes from 9% to 1% almost instantly. the same thing happens when charging the phone, goes from 1% to 9% charged in seconds.! so, what is happening with the missing %?
it is an Xperia S, stock ICS rom. the one that sony provides.. i've never rooted the phone.
can i solve this with the PC companion? by repairing the phone?
thanks..
(sorry for my bad english)

Maybe the battery status is not updating automatically. Try updating it manually

lewis021 said:
Maybe the battery status is not updating automatically. Try updating it manually
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thanks for answering.. sorry but i really don't know how to do that. how do i check and update this battery status?
tryed to google it a no, dind't get something related to that.

Codiepo said:
thanks for answering.. sorry but i really don't know how to do that. how do i check and update this battery status?
tryed to google it a no, dind't get something related to that.
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Settings > Battery >click the refresh icon

That's a bug in ICS...
I charge my sola for few miuntes (from 0%) to 30%,few minutes only.but i have restart my phone.

lewis021 said:
Settings > Battery >click the refresh icon
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ok, i did it. but no, problem still there.. maybe it is a bug like the other person says.
well i'll wait for the JB update, it should be in a few days. i hope it solves the problem.
thanks for the answers.

I had this exact problem a few weeks ago on an LT28at with, at the time, ATT's ICS .111...i flashed everything i could find trying to chase it, rooted, unrooted...did that hard reset thing with the battery full, etc...Mine was about 30% off...it would stay at 100% for hours, and would shut off as soon as the phone hit about 31%...and show all the crazy cliffs in the battery status menu...
I was sent a replacement by AT&T...the directions for returning my old phone stated do a master reset...boot down the phone...remove the sim card...and boot it back up without the sim card...I skipped the master reset, as the phone had just been flashed back to unrooted ATT ICS .111 (wanted that on there went i sent it back)...
booting the phone without the sim card...the battery icon flashed a few times...then popped back to 'normal'...No idea if this was just coincidence, or something else...as again; i had tried every single option i could find on here (rooted batterybin wipes, everything)...none of which seemed to changed anything...but it returned to normal precisely when i did a sim-less boot up...
its worth trying, but no promises...it may just be something that eventually fixes itself...

Calibrate your battery using app by nema in playstore

jtr165 said:
I had this exact problem a few weeks ago on an LT28at with, at the time, ATT's ICS .111...i flashed everything i could find trying to chase it, rooted, unrooted...did that hard reset thing with the battery full, etc...Mine was about 30% off...it would stay at 100% for hours, and would shut off as soon as the phone hit about 31%...and show all the crazy cliffs in the battery status menu...
I was sent a replacement by AT&T...the directions for returning my old phone stated do a master reset...boot down the phone...remove the sim card...and boot it back up without the sim card...I skipped the master reset, as the phone had just been flashed back to unrooted ATT ICS .111 (wanted that on there went i sent it back)...
booting the phone without the sim card...the battery icon flashed a few times...then popped back to 'normal'...No idea if this was just coincidence, or something else...as again; i had tried every single option i could find on here (rooted batterybin wipes, everything)...none of which seemed to changed anything...but it returned to normal precisely when i did a sim-less boot up...
its worth trying, but no promises...it may just be something that eventually fixes itself...
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that's the same thing that is happening to me! but with just a 8% battery missing.
i will try to turn off the phone, then remove the sim card thing.
well you send it to at&t. i can't do that, i'm in Venezuela. bought the phone online.
if this doesn't work i'll try the battery calibration app..
thanks for the answers.! really apreciate it.

[Q] Xperia Acro S DOES NOT CHARGE

I just bought Xperia Acro S device, I was quite happy with the stunning mobile, I installed apps and all seems work smoothly till I rebooted the device for some reason, I found out that the battery is getting down till it went about 5%, I then reset the phone and it worked fine again, I left it on charge till getting about 25% and then rebooted it again to firgure out what will happen, as I expected it is not charging even the battery shwos charging status and the led as well. would you please help me what to do, I read many threads regarding this issue, none of them helped 100%, is not reasonable to stop rebooting my device or reseting it after each reboot. help pleaaaaaaase

Sinan Sa said:
I just bought Xperia Acro S device, I was quite happy with the stunning mobile, I installed apps and all seems work smoothly till I rebooted the device for some reason, I found out that the battery is getting down till it went about 5%, I then reset the phone and it worked fine again, I left it on charge till getting about 25% and then rebooted it again to firgure out what will happen, as I expected it is not charging even the battery shwos charging status and the led as well. would you please help me what to do, I read many threads regarding this issue, none of them helped 100%, is not reasonable to stop rebooting my device or reseting it after each reboot. help pleaaaaaaase
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Do you have a unlocked bootloader? If you do then try flashing a custom kernel with offline charging. It maybe because of faulty battery too.

Sumedha Kapoor said:
Do you have a unlocked bootloader? If you do then try flashing a custom kernel with offline charging. It maybe because of faulty battery too.
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Thanx for reply Sumdha. I do not think it is a battery issue, it is relevant to software for sure. During past hours I noticed that the Wifi has a problem as well. When I reboot the device when WiFi is on, it does not respond on startup and the charging problem persists, If I turned it off before rebooting everything works fine, I know it seems weird but that what is going on
BL is locked, I have no intention to flash custom kernel, I did that before with my Arc S, it was such a big headache.

Sinan Sa said:
Thanx for reply Sumdha. I do not think it is a battery issue, it is relevant to software for sure. During past hours I noticed that the Wifi has a problem as well. When I reboot the device when WiFi is on, it does not respond on startup and the charging problem persists, If I turned it off before rebooting everything works fine, I know it seems weird but that what is going on
BL is locked, I have no intention to flash custom kernel, I did that before with my Arc S, it was such a big headache.
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This is weird. Anyway, unlocking bootloader is not such a PIA as you think it is, Its very easy and in my opinion a phone with a locked bootloader is just like an icecream stored in refrigerator. You will never be able to enjoy all that your phone can provide unless you unlock your bootloader. Rest is upto you.

Sumedha Kapoor said:
This is weird. Anyway, unlocking bootloader is not such a PIA as you think it is, Its very easy and in my opinion a phone with a locked bootloader is just like an icecream stored in refrigerator. You will never be able to enjoy all that your phone can provide unless you unlock your bootloader. Rest is upto you.
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Hello again..You might be interested to know that I solved it very simply, the problem seems to pop up when I power on device while it is on charge, I simply disconnect it, power on, and it works fine:good:..I know that unlocking boatloader is quite easy, I have already done that many times.
Anyway, I like what you posed about icecream in refregirator, but I am more into jelly bean

Sinan Sa said:
Hello again..You might be interested to know that I solved it very simply, the problem seems to pop up when I power on device while it is on charge, I simply disconnect it, power on, and it works fine:good:..I know that unlocking boatloader is quite easy, I have already done that many times.
Anyway, I like what you posed about icecream in refregirator, but I am more into jelly bean
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Haha. Good news. Enjoy. Its entirely up to you what you want to do with your phone.

[Q] xperia arc s seem like dead but turns on sometimes

So i have a big problem with my xperia arc s. after i bought it from ebay i flashed it with ultimate hd 3.02 .. and then i flashed lupus v10 kernel .. everything was ok but after sometime it started showing problems it started to freeze all of a sudden and then it used to shutdown by it self and when i try to turn it on nothing will happen . and after some indefinite time it will turn on again . after some days it turned off and never turned on , no matter how much i tried . so i went to the sony care center they said mother board is dead. so i was totally hopeless but after 2 months .. i was just curious and i tried to charge the mobile and surprisingly the green light turned on which meant it was getting charged which never happened before .. i pressed the switch and it turned on . it worked totally fine for around 2 hours and then it froze again and it wont turn on any more . so i just cant figure out whats wrong with the phone.. PLZ help.. any help is appreciated ..thanks

Did you try to restore stock firmware at any point? Either with Flashtool or PC Companion or EMMA?

Someguyfromhell said:
Did you try to restore stock firmware at any point? Either with Flashtool or PC Companion or EMMA?
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i could not . because once i shutdown the phone for anything , it wont turn on instantly so it was really difficult to get it in fastboot mode.. and now its just like dead no light nothing ..

Thanks for the reply kanaksharma .. i will contact u as soon as i get back to home .. which might take a few days ... at least i hv some hope now

If the Sony centre said the motherboard had problems, I'm not sure you will be able to repair it completely without sending it to repair for a new motherboard.

Brambleclaw said:
If the Sony centre said the motherboard had problems, I'm not sure you will be able to repair it completely without sending it to repair for a new motherboard.
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yeah i know but there is no harm in trying ..

This is exactly the same issue I had. I solved it by replacing the mainboard / motherboard. Read my thread about it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2462281
The only way to fix this is by replacing the mainboard / motherboard.
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