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[ion] Brick

My ION got brick.
I had my bootloader unlocked. I was trying to update my phone via flashtool. But unfortunately that my computer unexpectedly shutdown when flashtool is on about 50%. Then my phone become bootloop (at the SONY logo).
I soon restarted my PC and hold Vol+ & power for 8 seconds to hard reset my phone. But when I tried to get into the Flashmode, I found it was not only unable to get into the Flashmode but also unable to boot. I even tried to hold Vol+ & Power for about 2 minutes but nothing happened.....
Idk what to do now... Now I have my ion charging with EP850 for about 50 minutes but nothing happened. (No LED, No Screen lighted, No button lighted) Anyone who can help me?
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After charging for 5.5 hrs, the LED light shown. But still no resonsive....

NoobTW said:
My ION got brick.
I had my bootloader unlocked. I was trying to update my phone via flashtool. But unfortunately that my computer unexpectedly shutdown when flashtool is on about 50%. Then my phone become bootloop (at the SONY logo).
I soon restarted my PC and hold Vol+ & power to shutdown my phone. But when I tried to get into the Flashmode, I found it was not only unable to get into the Flashmode but also unable to boot. I even tried to hold Vol+ & Power for about 2 minutes but nothing happened.....
Idk what to do now... Now I have my ion charging with EP850 for about 50 minutes but nothing happened. (No LED, No Screen lighted, No button lighted) Anyone who can help me?
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You need to pull the battery somehow. Try holding volume and power again
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mrsatan said:
You need to pull the battery somehow. Try holding volume and power again
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Holding volume+ & power doesn't work.

Unable to enter FLASHMODE by any means to unbrick ION
I HAVE EXACTLY SAME PROBLEM.Plz someone help how to enter flashmode.tried all xda methods.flashboot tool with .ftf firmware is ready BUT XPERIA ION is just NOT BOOTING INTO FASTBOOT OR FLASHMODE BY ANY KEY COMBOS,(EVEN BATTERY REMOVAL N REINSERT).
Does any developer listening,we know how to flash firmware but how the hell we enter FLASHMODE .THE PRESS VOL DOWN BEFORE CONNECTING TO PC IS NOT AT ALL WORKING.HELP HELP HELP.:crying:

aliascruise said:
I HAVE EXACTLY SAME PROBLEM.Plz someone help how to enter flashmode.tried all xda methods.flashboot tool with .ftf firmware is ready BUT XPERIA ION is just NOT BOOTING INTO FASTBOOT OR FLASHMODE BY ANY KEY COMBOS,(EVEN BATTERY REMOVAL N REINSERT).
Does any developer listening,we know how to flash firmware but how the hell we enter FLASHMODE .THE PRESS VOL DOWN BEFORE CONNECTING TO PC IS NOT AT ALL WORKING.HELP HELP HELP.:crying:
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Use the recover from soft-brick thread sticky'd in the general section. Or click the link in my signature. Read the OP for help then post with info about phone. Like is it rooted, unlocked, current Rom, what happened, what you have tried. You will get help there.
~Jaramie
sent by my ION

I also had this problem. I disconnect the battery and reconnect while ready for connect in fastboot mode. Otherwise it can't be done. So try disconnecting and reconnecting.
Sorry for my English.
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[Q] Xperia Arc S Lt18 died after flash boot.img

Hey buddies,
I have a big issue:
My Xperia arc S is rooted, I did the bootloader unlock with sucess, and, when I flashed the boot.img (I had sucess by ADB), after ask to "fastboot reboot' my device died :/
It can't be recognized anywhere (USB-PC, wall charger, vol up + usb but it doesn't enter in fastboot mode), it doesn't turn on anymore.. When I hold "power button + vol up + vol down + camera button it's vibrate, but nothing happened in display. I had just this feedback.
Any ideas?
Thank you!

Try using flashtool. Hold down "menu" key and plug your phone into the usb. You will get into fastboot mode and then flash custom kernel.
After flashing kernel get into CWM recovery. Once you get in there its easy to install the ROM you want.
Make sure you flash kernel according to the ROM you selected or else you will get bootloop.
CHEERS!!

same issue
rohan170890 said:
Try using flashtool. Hold down "menu" key and plug your phone into the usb. You will get into fastboot mode and then flash custom kernel.
After flashing kernel get into CWM recovery. Once you get in there its easy to install the ROM you want.
Make sure you flash kernel according to the ROM you selected or else you will get bootloop.
CHEERS!!
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still i cant friend ...but my phone dont give me any response..when i click power button it vibrate and no other response so kindly help me. if its ;power on only i can go into flash mood..kindly help

hari_winsss said:
still i cant friend ...but my phone dont give me any response..when i click power button it vibrate and no other response so kindly help me. if its ;power on only i can go into flash mood..kindly help
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No, you don't need to press power button.
Switch off your device(which is already in your case) then while holding down the "menu" button on your phone, plug the phone into your computer via USB cable. If blue LED lights up, means you have successfully placed your phone in fastboot mode.
If its not working then probably your device battery is empty. You will need to charge it bro. And this might be a big problem unless you have got one more arc/arc s.

Sounds like the chargemon has been corupted of wiped! That could explain the charging issue. Try vol down & plug in usb for flash mode(green led if good) connect to pc companion and repair phone, or flashtool and the rom of your choice. If not it may be a jtag job im afraid n thats pricey!!!
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Totally bricked [SOLVED]

OK guys so I got my xperia zl today, updated to 4.3 (.569), unlocked the boot loader, then tried flashing a CWM, now the phone is utterly and totally bricked, I tried the volume buttons + power button trick nothing, won't turn on at all, no fastboot, no flashmode, pc companion wont recognize it, the only thing I can get out of it is a single vibrate if I hold down the reset button at the back but even after that I get nothing, at all, the only thing that does anything is holding the reset button, any help would be greatly appreciated and if one of you magnificent people can get my phone working again I will send you money through paypal as a thank you,
[SOLVED] Check post 4

DracoManX69 said:
OK guys so I got my xperia zl today, updated to 4.3 (.569), unlocked the boot loader, then tried flashing a CWM, now the phone is utterly and totally bricked, I tried the volume buttons + power button trick nothing, won't turn on at all, no fastboot, no flashmode, pc companion wont recognize it, the only thing I can get out of it is a single vibrate if I hold down the reset button at the back but even after that I get nothing, at all, the only thing that does anything is holding the reset button, any help would be greatly appreciated and if one of you magnificent people can get my phone working again I will send you money through paypal as a thank you,
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go to service centre they wont recognise if the phone has unlocked bootloader or not bcoz it doesnt start !so they will jst replace it tell them that u were updating it to 4.3 and afterwards it didnt boot.dont tell them u have unlocked bootloader or any WARRENTY RELATED STUFF.u will get a new one for free

DracoManX69 said:
OK guys so I got my xperia zl today, updated to 4.3 (.569), unlocked the boot loader, then tried flashing a CWM, now the phone is utterly and totally bricked, I tried the volume buttons + power button trick nothing, won't turn on at all, no fastboot, no flashmode, pc companion wont recognize it, the only thing I can get out of it is a single vibrate if I hold down the reset button at the back but even after that I get nothing, at all, the only thing that does anything is holding the reset button, any help would be greatly appreciated and if one of you magnificent people can get my phone working again I will send you money through paypal as a thank you,
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This phone doesnt have any Volume +/- power button trick. It ONLY has the yellow reset button. Its a pain in the A*S!
Try a few things first.
1) When you hold down the yellow reset button, are you ONLY holding it down for a few seconds, and it vibrates ONCE?
Have you tried holding it down for 10 seconds, until it vibrates TWICE, indicating it has powered off completely, and THEN try connecting it?
2) If step 1 got your phone to power off completely try:
-Connecting your phone to your PC via USB with the volume DOWN button held and see if you get a GREEN L.E.D. If you do you have
successfully entered flash mode, in which case you can simply flash an FTF file with flashtool.
-Connecting your phone to your PC via USB with the volume UP button held and see if you get a BLUE L.E.D. If you do you have
successfully entered fastboot. From here, as long as you have ADB and your devices drivers installed on your computer, you can flash
a boot.img or "Kernel" with a fastboot command in a command window (fastboot flash boot boot.img). The easiest way to get a kernel or
boot.img with a baked in recovery is to download the latest Cyanogenmod, unzip and extract the boot.img, and flash it via fastboot.
Since you have an unlocked bootloader already, your device should be able to use an AOSP kernel.
From there you should be able to at least boot into recovery, and flash something from your SD card.
Id recommend just flashing the latest Cyanogenmod just to get your device up and running. From there you should be able to follow steps
get back to stock if thats what your looking for.
I hope at least one of these options work.
If not, like that last guy said, take it to a service center and get it checked out.
GOOOOD LUUUUCK!!

bhavstech said:
go to service centre they wont recognise that if the phone has unlocked bootloader bcoz it doesnt start !so they will jst replace it tell them that u were updating it to 4.3 and afterwards it didnt boot.dont tell them u have unlocked bootloader or any WARRENTY RELATED STUFF.u will get a new one for free
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Yeah man that would've been my first guess at what to do if i didn't get it fixed but FUKKEN SOLVED YESSSSSSSSSSS, intially all i could get was a single buzz holding the reset button, but then (out of fustration) i decided to hold it past the first vibrate, then 3 vibrates happened in a row, next thing i know flashmode and fastboot mode working :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :good: :good: :good: :good: :victory: :victory: :victory:

DracoManX69 said:
Yeah man that would've been my first guess at what to do if i didn't get it fixed but FUKKEN SOLVED YESSSSSSSSSSS, intially all i could get was a single buzz holding the reset button, but then (out of fustration) i decided to hold it past the first vibrate, then 3 vibrates happened in a row, next thing i know flashmode and fastboot mode working :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :good: :good: :good: :good: :victory: :victory: :victory:
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Read my reply

ATRIXXIRTA said:
Read my reply
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haha yeah i had to hold my down for a bit longer idk why, and it vibrated 3 times, then i got it back into fastboot/flashmode and fixed it from there, but thanks anyway

DracoManX69 said:
haha yeah i had to hold my down for a bit longer idk why, and it vibrated 3 times, then i got it back into fastboot/flashmode and fixed it from there, but thanks anyway
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All ZL's are like that. Hold down till 1 vibration for reboot. Hold down till 3 vibrations for power off. The yellow reset button will not power on the device however. I figured I'd check just incase my power button decided to go for a sh*t.
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Boot Loop Xperia SL lt26 ii

hello everyone >>
i need help for my mobile i was trying to install a kitkat rom when i got disconnection and the result is
my mobile is not turning on
only when i let in charge for long time i see sony logo only
and in this case only if i restart while connected to charge using power and ( vol up !!!!!) it restarts into ( flshmode !!! not fastboot )
i tried to flash a firmware using flashtool and it gave me the result accompanied with thread
help me please

Ramil978 said:
hello everyone >>
i need help for my mobile i was trying to install a kitkat rom when i got disconnection and the result is
my mobile is not turning on
only when i let in charge for long time i see sony logo only
and in this case only if i restart while connected to charge using power and ( vol up !!!!!) it restarts into ( flshmode !!! not fastboot )
i tried to flash a firmware using flashtool and it gave me the result accompanied with thread
help me please
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But your phone just connect with your phone by flashmode,not fastmode,you want to gonna fastmode,you need to shutdown your phone,and press VOL+,and then connect with your computer.Just do as what forumer said.Don't mixed.If you want to install the customer rom,you need to unlock your cellphone.Remember you need to go the following step:
1,root your phone,
2,unlock bootloader(fastmode)
3.install the recovery.(fastmode)
4install the kernel from the rom.(fastmode)
5install the rom.(recovery)
6reboot into the phone

wxl104 said:
But your phone just connect with your phone by flashmode,not fastmode,you want to gonna fastmode,you need to shutdown your phone,and press VOL+,and then connect with your computer.Just do as what forumer said.Don't mixed.If you want to install the customer rom,you need to unlock your cellphone.Remember you need to go the following step:
1,root your phone,
2,unlock bootloader(fastmode)
3.install the recovery.(fastmode)
4install the kernel from the rom.(fastmode)
5install the rom.(recovery)
6reboot into the phone
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thanks for the explanation
BUT !!
when i restart my phone it only responds when i press power + VOL up and the only response is when it is connected to charger or pc for long time
and it only gets in FLASHMODE
i couldn't force it into fastboot
!!

Ramil978 said:
thanks for the explanation
BUT !!
when i restart my phone it only responds when i press power + VOL up and the only response is when it is connected to charger or pc for long time
and it only gets in FLASHMODE
i couldn't force it into fastboot
!!
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power&VOL+ gonna fastmode,power&VOL- gonna flashmode.Seams the driver is different.If you unlocked the bootloader I think your fastmode driver is installed.And whatever of mode you went in,you must power down your phone.not restart.

wxl104 said:
power&VOL+ gonna fastmode,power&VOL- gonna flashmode.Seams the driver is different.If you unlocked the bootloader I think your fastmode driver is installed.And whatever of mode you went in,you must power down your phone.not restart.
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I didn't get it but i tell you no response with any other buttons neither vol- or power on by itself
I only wait while charging till sony logo appears by itself without pressing buttons then i try everything and the only positive response i get is :
as i told you ( power & vol + ) ----> goes into flash,mode !!!

Ramil978 said:
I didn't get it but i tell you no response with any other buttons neither vol- or power on by itself
I only wait while charging till sony logo appears by itself without pressing buttons then i try everything and the only positive response i get is :
as i told you ( power & vol + ) ----> goes into flash,mode !!!
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So,I suggest you to do like this.charge the phone,and no matter what phone is going on,after the sony logo apperars and still charge waite 2 hours.2 hours later,Shutdown your cellphone by hold power&vol+&vol- till there is a viberation,the phone now is shutdown,won't start again,and then open flashtool,select flashmode,and selcet the stock rom for your cellphone ,till the flashtool suggust you to pleg to your cellphone,you hold power&vol- and connect your phone.it will start stock rom flashing.till it finish.And reboot,wait 5-10 minutes.

wxl104 said:
So,I suggest you to do like this.charge the phone,and no matter what phone is going on,after the sony logo apperars and still charge waite 2 hours.2 hours later,Shutdown your cellphone by hold power&vol+&vol- till there is a viberation,the phone now is shutdown,won't start again,and then open flashtool,select flashmode,and selcet the stock rom for your cellphone ,till the flashtool suggust you to pleg to your cellphone,you hold power&vol- and connect your phone.it will start stock rom flashing.till it finish.And reboot,wait 5-10 minutes.
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no use

Ramil978 said:
no use
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Try holding only vol- button and connect.

Mirhawk said:
Try holding only vol- button and connect.
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I did and in vain it's only accepting flashmode and saying as in photo in the main post that a file is missing < so if there is any trick or hint through flashmode that can save my mobile i'd be gratefull
thanks everyone , and i appreciate your concern

[Q] Xperia S Hard Reset

Hi, I`m trying to hard reset xperia s (l261i) phone (forgot pattern and account and secret question).
Problem is-
A. Sony Companion can`t access the phone because it can`t access a locked phone.
B. Power button + Vol Up button + Camera button not working (first I get 1 vibrate, and a second later another 3 vibrates, and a few seconds later same thing again, and again, and never really booting up).
C. Any other combination not working (tried Power button + Vol Up/Down).
D. Can`t enter fastboot/flashmode.
*Plus, I`m not quite sure because this isn`t my phone, but I`m pretty sure the phone is not rooted nor have USB debugging mode enabled or any other advanced users features on. Also, the phone is on MTP mode (the one that does not help me at all).
Can you guys help me? really don`t understand why this is happening and I found nothing on the web.

YechiamTK said:
Hi, I`m trying to hard reset xperia s (l261i) phone (forgot pattern and account and secret question).
Problem is-
A. Sony Companion can`t access the phone because it can`t access a locked phone.
B. Power button + Vol Up button + Camera button not working (first I get 1 vibrate, and a second later another 3 vibrates, and a few seconds later same thing again, and again, and never really booting up).
C. Any other combination not working (tried Power button + Vol Up/Down).
D. Can`t enter fastboot/flashmode.
*Plus, I`m not quite sure because this isn`t my phone, but I`m pretty sure the phone is not rooted nor have USB debugging mode enabled or any other advanced users features on. Also, the phone is on MTP mode (the one that does not help me at all).
Can you guys help me? really don`t understand why this is happening and I found nothing on the web.
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Flashing the Official stock Jelly bean firmwire can solve your problem.It will work on both locked and unlocked phone. Download and install flashtool (version 0.9.18.3.) software on pc and flash the official ftf (firmwire) by flashtool (flash mode= Power off phone and then connect to pc while holding VOL Down key.

nageswarswain said:
Flashing the Official stock Jelly bean firmwire can solve your problem.It will work on both locked and unlocked phone. Download and install flashtool (version 0.9.18.3.) software on pc and flash the official ftf (firmwire) by flashtool (flash mode= Power off phone and then connect to pc while holding VOL Down key.
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Wait, will this work with unrooted phone? As I wrote, the phone is not messed with and have no root access.

YechiamTK said:
Wait, will this work with unrooted phone? As I wrote, the phone is not messed with and have no root access.
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OfCouRSe it will work on all conditions

nageswarswain said:
OfCouRSe it will work on all conditions
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Never heard of flashing without having root access.
OK I'll check it tomorrow and let you know the result. Thanks!