I spend the afternoon dicking around with my phone, because this was a plan I made a backup with clockwork mod.
I did something that caused a boot loop, no problem, restore from backup took a while but it went. then I tried again, but a little differently. same result. (after two failures I was just going to give up) got into recovery again and went to restore again. set the phone down, went and watched tv for half an hour. come back it's still on the screen for the restore. I look and the status bar is frozen, it doesn't look like it's done anything. Not much I can do at this point but reset it. I hit the reset button behind the panel and expected to be able to try again. WRONG. phone turns on, boots to the SONY logo screen and stays there. so I decided well I've rooted it once I can do it again. go to flash re-flash it, but when I boot into flash mode it says it's flashing data, but isn't actually doing anything. the status bar doesn't move nothing seems to be doing anything. Is there anything you can suggest to me that might get my phone up and running? I'm stuck using my old ARC which had it's problems, hence the upgrade.
Villain of Brandon said:
I spend the afternoon dicking around with my phone, because this was a plan I made a backup with clockwork mod.
I did something that caused a boot loop, no problem, restore from backup took a while but it went. then I tried again, but a little differently. same result. (after two failures I was just going to give up) got into recovery again and went to restore again. set the phone down, went and watched tv for half an hour. come back it's still on the screen for the restore. I look and the status bar is frozen, it doesn't look like it's done anything. Not much I can do at this point but reset it. I hit the reset button behind the panel and expected to be able to try again. WRONG. phone turns on, boots to the SONY logo screen and stays there. so I decided well I've rooted it once I can do it again. go to flash re-flash it, but when I boot into flash mode it says it's flashing data, but isn't actually doing anything. the status bar doesn't move nothing seems to be doing anything. Is there anything you can suggest to me that might get my phone up and running? I'm stuck using my old ARC which had it's problems, hence the upgrade.
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Flash ftf file using flashtool or try repair feature in PC companion. Or maybe u can flash latest mod kernel and try to restore ur backup.
Before u begin flashing, please backup ur TA, u can find the guide in Z forum. Just for ur backup but please read carefully the procedure becoz messing with TA is extremely dangerous.
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butatx said:
Flash ftf file using flashtool or try repair feature in PC companion. Or maybe u can flash latest mod kernel and try to restore ur backup.
Before u begin flashing, please backup ur TA, u can find the guide in Z forum. Just for ur backup but please read carefully the procedure becoz messing with TA is extremely dangerous.
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I've been trying to flash a new ftf, but it get stuck at "Flashing Data" and the bar sits at 0%
I can't backup anything any more and I can't flash the kernel because my phone doesn't have an unlockable bootloader, so I can't enable fastboot.
Villain of Brandon said:
I've been trying to flash a new ftf, but it get stuck at "Flashing Data" and the bar sits at 0%
I can't backup anything any more and I can't flash the kernel because my phone doesn't have an unlockable bootloader, so I can't enable fastboot.
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Have u try to use repair feature in PC companion?
Can u enter recovery?
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I run Ubuntu as my primary OS, so I didn't even think to try the PC companion, I'll give that a shot, but I won't boot far enough to load recovery.
Villain of Brandon said:
I run Ubuntu as my primary OS, so I didn't even think to try the PC companion, I'll give that a shot, but I won't boot far enough to load recovery.
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1. What version of flashtool your're using?
2. Have you try tick / untick wipe data, cache when u want to flash the ftf? There's a person in Z has similar issue with you and he has suggest to use software that Sony email to him. Wait I find the thread for you.
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I'm using version 0.9.10.1 of flashtool
If you can find that thread I will love your for at least a few hours, much longer if it works fixes my issue.
Villain of Brandon said:
I'm using version 0.9.10.1 of flashtool
If you can find that thread I will love your for at least a few hours, much longer if it works fixes my issue.
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Download the new flashtool please here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39416182
And the thread you can refer here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41797690
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Thanks for all the help butatx, the PC companion fixed my phone up. I think I owe you a drink, are you going to be coming through Manitoba any time soon?
Villain of Brandon said:
Thanks for all the help butatx, the PC companion fixed my phone up. I think I owe you a drink, are you going to be coming through Manitoba any time soon?
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Its nothing bro, u did it by urself actually.
Enjoy ur ZL
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hi,
i need help my GN is not starting after I flashed a theme all i can just get into clock mode recovery even i didn't have any back up or any restore point it just shows google logo when i start. Please helppppppppppppppppppp pleaseeeeeee
thankzzz
now i am stuck on below attachment please help thnkzz so much for all reply till now
since you didn't do a Android your basically screwed so all you data is gone you only hope is to transfer a file through fastboot(can you even do that?) Or boot to Odin mode and flash a stock image
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GSM or LTE Gnex? What ROM were you running?
Golden rule: Do a backup before doing anything to your phone!
Now all you can do is to download EXACTLY same ROM as you were using by now, wipe cache/dalvik-cache, flash this ROM once again and hope that i'll boot. If it won't you'll have to wipe /data is well.
Sleuth255 said:
GSM or LTE Gnex? What ROM were you running?
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HI
its gsm i tried to flashed the same rom but still the same only i can access is to recovery
cordell507 said:
since you didn't do a Android your basically screwed so all you data is gone you only hope is to transfer a file through fastboot(can you even do that?) Or boot to Odin mode and flash a stock image
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tnkz bro but i am new to android please help how to do it with Odin
well since you can boot into recovery try searching in your sdcard folders if youve left a ROM .zip there laying around and if this is the case just flash it and youre back on track
nonione said:
well since you can boot into recovery try searching in your sdcard folders if youve left a ROM .zip there laying around and if this is the case just flash it and youre back on track
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unfortunatly i delete system file and data file also in recovery i tried to flash the zip update but no result helpppppppppppppppp
salym said:
unfortunatly i delete system file and data file also in recovery i tried to flash the zip update but no result helpppppppppppppppp
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This will help you get back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
Sent from my GNex {GSM} T-Mobile
Change your spark plugs.
Sent from my Nexus in Texas.
spaceman860 said:
This will help you get back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
Sent from my GNex {GSM} T-Mobile
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Hi bro i tired with Odin but stops on userdata any help thnkzzzz
salym said:
hi,
i need help my GN is not starting after I flashed a theme all i can just get into clock mode recovery even i didn't have any back up or any restore point it just shows google logo when i start. Please helppppppppppppppppppp pleaseeeeeee
thankzzz
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i am stuck on this now please help
ouch... softbrick.
put your phone down.
take a deep breath or two.
If you are old enough, grab a beer and relax for a bit. Think calming thoughts.
Now, start learning about how to mod your GNex. We can help.
Here's your First assignment:
find out if you still have a bootloader by booting into fastboot mode. Report back with your findings and a screenshot!
Sleuth255 said:
ouch... softbrick.
put your phone down.
take a deep breath or two.
If you are old enough, grab a beer and relax for a bit. Think calming thoughts.
Now, start learning about how to mod your GNex. We can help.
Here's your First assignment:
find out if you still have a bootloader by booting into fastboot mode. Report back with your findings and a screenshot!
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Still have a bootloader? Are you serious? You need to learn how to use an android device as well.
To the OP: Do a factory reset in Clockwork and go to mounts
and format /system. Flash the ROM zip. Profit.
Absolutely serious. Have you been reading this thread? The OP needs to start at ground zero and stop just trying every tool he/she sees. My purpose was to get this person to do some research and I was establishing a knowledge baseline. One plan I was considering was to help the OP install the GNex toolkit then locate stock images and obtain a working build. Your cryptic one liner bit should prove vastly more useful to this guy though. I'll let you have at it and go back to my dev work. lol at least this post was a good way to make sure gapps/root capabilities are properly cooked into my latest test build ....
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Sleuth255 said:
ouch... softbrick.
put your phone down.
take a deep breath or two.
If you are old enough, grab a beer and relax for a bit. Think calming thoughts.
Now, start learning about how to mod your GNex. We can help.
Here's your First assignment:
find out if you still have a bootloader by booting into fastboot mode. Report back with your findings and a screenshot!
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U r right i am not good in android but i tried to be and this happens, meanwhile nothing shows after i start the device it shows the !!!! mark with device the PC logo,this happens due to ODin actually the SUMSUNG ADB interface shows ! mark because i cant debug from device even no bootloader works any more thnkz for replying
*facepalm*
OP, you are holding it wrong.
I can think of at least 2 ways to recover from a situation like this. Both are well described in these forums (search works 99% of the time).
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Oh come on, you don't have the zip of the last rom you flashed, get another one, hey, its free right? **** we dont know nothing about but we'll flash it anyways!
Man...If you have cwm recovery, you're safe. No need to go messing with fastboot (forget odin) just yet. Now stop wasting everybody's time and learn to help yourself.
Here's a few tags to get you started:
cwm, recovery, adb, bootloader, fastboot
bk201doesntexist said:
*facepalm*
OP, you are holding it wrong.
I can think of at least 2 ways to recover from a situation like this. Both are well described in these forums (search works 99% of the time).
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Oh come on, you don't have the zip of the last rom you flashed, get another one, hey, its free right? **** we dont know nothing about but we'll flash it anyways!
Man...If you have cwm recovery, you're safe. No need to go messing with fastboot (forget odin) just yet. Now stop wasting everybody's time and learn to help yourself.
Here's a few tags to get you started:
cwm, recovery, adb, bootloader, fastboot
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i tried more than one day on this issue its only starts with !!! mark on it nothing else, i have attached the pic i cant access any bootloader or any cwm or any thing all i did with Odin and stuck to attached pic even i start the device its shows the same pic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdM2M8Nz6QQ this I used on Odin
thnkzz
As I suspected earlier, it appears that the OP may have trashed his bootloader partition when he tried using Odin to flash the 4.0.2 factory image (which includes a bootloader). At one point he had CWM but not any more since he can't boot to the recovery partition.
Another possibility is that the Odin tool itself places the device in this mode and it can't be manually reverted by starting up in fastboot mode. Looking at the picture, it literally appears that the phone is saying that a flashing operation is half finished but the phone has lost the PC connection... This would be a lot like what I've experienced with iPhones.
In either case, I can deduce that Odin is the tool to use to clear this softbrick.
Hopefully, it'll be flame-off now Sdobron. Perhaps you might want to help out here since I'm not up to speed on the Odin tool myself and would like to learn more about it.
@salym: I know this may be redundant but I need to establish your problem baseline empirically. Once again, can you verify that when you hold vol down/vol up then press power that you get the image you posted?
Use Fastboot!
Dude, it looks like your problem is with crappy boot sector.
While turning on your phone, hold both volume up and volume down buttons, and long press power button untill you feel single vibrate feedback.
Then connect your phone to the computer via USB, and if it doesn't detect drivers, google "samsung android usb driver". Additionally you can install PDANet application (X64 or x86 depending on you system).
THen download Fastboot - there are plenty of instructions how to flash it, and flash stock images (that come with radio, boot sector, rom itself, etc) - there are also plenty of discussions about how to do it. PM if you have any other questions!
Hi,
So I think I made a brick. Here is what I did to mess up my Xperia Play. I had rooted my device, and installed Cola ROM via recovery Nandroid method. Everything was fine after I did a small mod to make the gamepad work properly. Months later, my phone started running slow and I decided(yesterday) I wanted to go back to stock. I booted into CWM via an installed app on phone. When I was in recovery, I made a new nandroid, then I went to restore. I chose advanced restore and only restored system. :crying: I don't know why I did this, I thought it might end up bad. The process completed and the phone rebooted, into a bootloop. Its all it does now. When I plug in the charger, the phone turns on right away and goes to boot looping. I never get a light on, on the power button. When the sony ericsson appears on the screen, and I have it plugged into the PC USB, I get a mounted drive, until it reboots again. Sometimes when it boots/reboots it vibrates, most of the time it does not vibrate when it boots/reboots. Trying to boot to CWM, holding or tapping back/vol down/search, but from what I understand is I don't really have a permanent version of CWM and can't unless I am unlocked.
I am an exclusive HTC user other than this device.
So I was going to try this flashtool http://androxyde.github.com/ program, but I don't think that will work unless erither A)boot the phone and install an app, or B)be unlocked
Is it possible to unlock the device, in its current state?
I am updating the Android SDK right now, but I do not think that flashboot is going to help either, unless I am unlocked.
Is there not some type of RUU(phone flash tool) for Sony devices like there is for HTC devices?
I hope I don't have to try and get a war rep. I have a custom Zagg full body and I really like it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
~thehoovie
Use Flashtool, and you'll be fine. Install stock 2.3.3. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351299
And you have to pay $24 to unlock the phone.
thehoovie said:
Hi,
So I think I made a brick. Here is what I did to mess up my Xperia Play. I had rooted my device, and installed Cola ROM via recovery Nandroid method. Everything was fine after I did a small mod to make the gamepad work properly. Months later, my phone started running slow and I decided(yesterday) I wanted to go back to stock. I booted into CWM via an installed app on phone. When I was in recovery, I made a new nandroid, then I went to restore. I chose advanced restore and only restored system. :crying: I don't know why I did this, I thought it might end up bad. The process completed and the phone rebooted, into a bootloop. Its all it does now. When I plug in the charger, the phone turns on right away and goes to boot looping. I never get a light on, on the power button. When the sony ericsson appears on the screen, and I have it plugged into the PC USB, I get a mounted drive, until it reboots again. Sometimes when it boots/reboots it vibrates, most of the time it does not vibrate when it boots/reboots. Trying to boot to CWM, holding or tapping back/vol down/search, but from what I understand is I don't really have a permanent version of CWM and can't unless I am unlocked.
I am an exclusive HTC user other than this device.
So I was going to try this flashtool http://androxyde.github.com/ program, but I don't think that will work unless erither A)boot the phone and install an app, or B)be unlocked
Is it possible to unlock the device, in its current state?
I am updating the Android SDK right now, but I do not think that flashboot is going to help either, unless I am unlocked.
Is there not some type of RUU(phone flash tool) for Sony devices like there is for HTC devices?
I hope I don't have to try and get a war rep. I have a custom Zagg full body and I really like it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
~thehoovie
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hey ur phone is not bricked its soft bricked {or bootloop] you have 2 options from here on
1- if your bootloader is LOCKED (as u said) then download seus (se update sevice) and update ur phone bt be sure u have drivers of ur phone and ups backup.....(that's what i did)
2- u can try another method to get in cwm (if u hav nandroid backup) by xrecovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1774131
Fixed by flashing ftf via FlashTool
Hi again! Thanks Guys !
thehoovie said:
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I am updating the Android SDK right now, but I do not think that flashboot is going to help either, unless I am unlocked. ...
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I meant to say fastboot here.
DubleJayJ said:
Use Flashtool, and you'll be fine. Install stock 2.3.3. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351299
And you have to pay $24 to unlock the phone.
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THIS WORKED !! And I was not unlocked! with this http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31716947/R800x_3.0.1.E.0.88_Verizon.ftf
creative_md said:
hey ur phone is not bricked its soft bricked {or bootloop] you have 2 options from here on
1- if your bootloader is LOCKED (as u said) then download seus (se update sevice) and update ur phone bt be sure u have drivers of ur phone and ups backup.....(that's what i did)
2- u can try another method to get in cwm (if u hav nandroid backup) by xrecovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1774131
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I was going to try to get the http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/software/phones/xperia-play/ update, but I was worried it might install some newer OS version and then I would not be able to root(w/o unlocking), I tried Flash Tool first before this and it worked! I did try a few ways to get into CWM, including xrecovery, but none worked. Maybe if I had a found a CWM image for use in Flash Tool, but I haven't yet.
I tried a few ways to fix this, but everything I tried before using the ftf wanted me to be booted into the system, with USB debugging on, and/or rooted, which I couldn't get booted.
I was having a bit of trouble learning where to get images for Flash Tool and what folders it wanted them in, my previous experience with HTC devices, and Samsung ODEN tool helped.
What ended up working was installing Flash Tool v 0.9.0.0 , then the C:\Flashtool\drivers , then dragging the R800x_3.0.1.E.0.88_Verizon.ftf to the main window. I followed the on screen instructions, with the device off, I held search (and didn't let go until the process ended), and plugged in via USB.
Now working to root and remove bloat!
I am still going to unlock, I think it is a good idea to do so anyway.
Thanks again!
~thehoovie
I have a R800X (Xperia Play) Rooted, without an unlocked bootloader. I had noticed that quite a few apps were crashing, so i tried opening ROM manager to run a permissions fix. However it crashed too, so i turned my phone off to reboot it. When i tried to turn it back on, it was stuck in a bootloop. Going from the " Sony" Screen to the "android" screen, going black, then repeating. I've tried flashing 2.3.3 back on using Flashtool, but i had no luck. I really need help ASAP!! Thanks
Bcaraway14 said:
I have a R800X (Xperia Play) Rooted, without an unlocked bootloader. I had noticed that quite a few apps were crashing, so i tried opening ROM manager to run a permissions fix. However it crashed too, so i turned my phone off to reboot it. When i tried to turn it back on, it was stuck in a bootloop. Going from the " Sony" Screen to the "android" screen, going black, then repeating. I've tried flashing 2.3.3 back on using Flashtool, but i had no luck. I really need help ASAP!! Thanks
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Hope you've got CWM... in that case... restore from a NANDroid backup... it's a possible solution, to be honest I don't know any other... probably there some other solutions out there.
TheDjNeo said:
Hope you've got CWM... in that case... restore from a NANDroid backup... it's a possible solution, to be honest I don't know any other... probably there some other solutions out there.
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I have a backup on my SD, But this phone is not able to boot into recovery, albeit it does not have one. What is Nandroid?
Uhhh
Nevermind! I tried flashing again, i wiped data this time, and after a few boots it worked!
except argraG (lol, recaptcha string)
Bcaraway14 said:
I have a backup on my SD, But this phone is not able to boot into recovery, albeit it does not have one. What is Nandroid?
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1.- CWM (Clock Work Mod) is a recovery menu for doing lots of things...
2.- One of those things are FULL Bakcups called NANDriod backups
3.- With a NANDroid you can fully restore your phone... It's equivalnt to flashing a fresh firmware + titanium (for apps and data)
you should try to install CWM... if your phone don't boot up you can try on booting time... but could be dangerous... your phone is not bricked... so try flashing fresh firm again. If fails again... tell me the whole output of flashtools (or whatever you use to flash).
EDIT: -_-' Just posted... when noticed your answer... It took me some time to write this...
EDIT2: LOL put reCaptcha string... on title XD
TheDjNeo said:
1.- CWM (Clock Work Mod) is a recovery menu for doing lots of things...
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As far as I know, there is not a compatible version for the R800X, instead you have to use the general version. Since my phone can unlock its bootloader for some reason, the recovery for it wont work. Unless im Confused on which clockwork we're talking about here.
Bcaraway14 said:
As far as I know, there is not a compatible version for the R800X, instead you have to use the general version. Since my phone can unlock its bootloader for some reason, the recovery for it wont work. Unless im Confused on which clockwork we're talking about here.
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Install CWM.
After a restart continually press the volume down button to enter recovery
So i decided to flash a rom to my device without knowing wtf i was doing, i did root it successfully but now whenever i try to turn on the device the phone simply vibrates and doesnt do anything else. I sent it to SE but they (obviously) said they couldnt fix it without changing the "mainboard" wich would cost me about 150 dollars which i really didnt feel like paying so i simply took the phone back. My question is: is there anyway to put it back to the stock rom or did i just brick my device for good?
MaxSund said:
So i decided to flash a rom to my device without knowing wtf i was doing, i did root it successfully but now whenever i try to turn on the device the phone simply vibrates and doesnt do anything else. I sent it to SE but they (obviously) said they couldnt fix it without changing the "mainboard" wich would cost me about 150 dollars which i really didnt feel like paying so i simply took the phone back. My question is: is there anyway to put it back to the stock rom or did i just brick my device for good?
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download flashtool and flash the ftf for your phone. That should fix it. you probably tried flashing a rom that required a different kernel. Flashing the ftf will put everything back to stock. Search up fma965s guide for flashing ftfs and i\follow from there its really easy. Good luck and i hope you get it working
Sent from my Nexus 10 using xda app-developers app
MaxSund said:
So i decided to flash a rom to my device without knowing wtf i was doing, i did root it successfully but now whenever i try to turn on the device the phone simply vibrates and doesnt do anything else. I sent it to SE but they (obviously) said they couldnt fix it without changing the "mainboard" wich would cost me about 150 dollars which i really didnt feel like paying so i simply took the phone back. My question is: is there anyway to put it back to the stock rom or did i just brick my device for good?
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flasht ftf enhanced v3 then a lupus kernel then a compatible rom..that should do the trick lol those people saying mainboard thats not a mainboard issue
abdel12345 said:
download flashtool and flash the ftf for your phone. That should fix it. you probably tried flashing a rom that required a different kernel. Flashing the ftf will put everything back to stock. Search up fma965s guide for flashing ftfs and i\follow from there its really easy. Good luck and i hope you get it working
Sent from my Nexus 10 using xda app-developers app
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I did exactly what the guide told me to and it seemed to work perefectly until the end of the flash where it just said "Please Wait. Phone will reboot" so i waited for 10 mins without anything happening and when i plugged it out and tried to start it theres a red light wich just keeps blinking on top of the phone.
Do it again but don't wait the phone isn't going to reboot by itself. You have to unplug it and turn it on yourself. I don't know why you got a red light but try again and make sure your battery is charged
Sent from my Xperia Play (r800x)
abdel12345 said:
Do it again but don't wait the phone isn't going to reboot by itself. You have to unplug it and turn it on yourself. I don't know why you got a red light but try again and make sure your battery is charged
Sent from my Xperia Play (r800x)
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Thanks a million times it worked, the battery was uncharged. You just saved me ALOT Money! <3
Your welcome but please press thanks if I helped
Sent from my Xperia Play (r800x)
Well, after a series of rooting and trying to get CWM recovery on my Xperia ZL and getting SuperSU I decided it was time to update to CM 10.1.0 RC5 Odin I didn't unlock my bootloader cause I don't know how, to my knowledge of a video I saw online if your phone says that you cannot unlock your bootloader than you can't. So I just thought it was okay to install CM 10.1.0 and did so, now my phone is stuck in infinite reboot without any sort of logo and just stuck at a black screen. I was wondering if any of you guys can help me solve this :\ thanks!
alainmona said:
Well, after a series of rooting and trying to get CWM recovery on my Xperia ZL and getting SuperSU I decided it was time to update to CM 10.1.0 RC5 Odin I didn't unlock my bootloader cause I don't know how, to my knowledge of a video I saw online if your phone says that you cannot unlock your bootloader than you can't. So I just thought it was okay to install CM 10.1.0 and did so, now my phone is stuck in infinite reboot without any sort of logo and just stuck at a black screen. I was wondering if any of you guys can help me solve this :\ thanks!
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If you can still access CWM Recovery you can try to restore a backup of your old system. Otherwise you will have to flash an FTF using Flashtools.
(You can find the FTF that belongs to your phone here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2094).
If it is your first time using Flashtools you can search here in xda for guides, there are many that explain how to flash a FTF
And, as I said in another post before, every rom that needs to flash a Kernel (CM10.1, PAC, ReVolt, etc) you must have an unlocked bootloader unless it's tagged as a stock based rom.
xkeita said:
If you can still access CWM Recovery you can try to restore a backup of your old system. Otherwise you will have to flash an FTF using Flashtools.
(You can find the FTF that belongs to your phone here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2094).
If it is your first time using Flashtools you can search here in xda for guides, there are many that explain how to flash a FTF
And, as I said in another post before, every rom that needs to flash a Kernel (CM10.1, PAC, ReVolt, etc) you must have an unlocked bootloader unless it's tagged as a stock based rom.
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I love you so much man, thanks a lot. I'm going to try out a couple of methods to at least restore the phone to 4.1.2. Do you have any advice on how to unlock the bootloader or any roms that doesn't require an unlocked bootloader?
Edit: By the way, I can't access CWM I wish I could, but I tried pressing the hard OFF button on the back of the phone and I tried pressing every button as well, it doesn't connect to my laptop or computer at all. Any way I can connect it to reset it?
alainmona said:
I love you so much man, thanks a lot. I'm going to try out a couple of methods to at least restore the phone to 4.1.2. Do you have any advice on how to unlock the bootloader or any roms that doesn't require an unlocked bootloader?
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Actually all Stock Roms (Found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2094) don't require an unlocked bootloader, but if you want to unlock it so you can install Custom Roms (Found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2095) that are not Stock based here is a very nice Tutorial about how to do the Unlock Bootloader procedure: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2153261
alainmona said:
Edit: By the way, I can't access CWM I wish I could, but I tried pressing the hard OFF button on the back of the phone and I tried pressing every button as well, it doesn't connect to my laptop or computer at all. Any way I can connect it to reset it?
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It doesn't matter, Flashtool will work with the phone in any condition
xkeita said:
Actually all Stock Roms (Found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2094) don't require an unlocked bootloader, but if you want to unlock it so you can install Custom Roms (Found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2095) that are not Stock based here is a very nice Tutorial about how to do the Unlock Bootloader procedure: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2153261
It doesn't matter, Flashtool will work with the phone in any condition
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You are the boss man, thanks a bunch I was so worried about my phone. I just got it and was about to unlock it for a company that's super cheaper than all the other phone companies. I'm currently flashbooting it so I can restore it. I will take a peak at the bootloader unlocking procedure and I'm going to thank you again for your help.
Edit: My phone is being recognized in Flashmode only and randomly disconnects and reconnects. I hope I can flash it when the .zip is done downloading. I'll keep you posted.
Edit 2: I'm stuck on FlashTools "Reading Device Information" :\ now I'm stuck at 7% of Flashing Data and it hasn't moved
alainmona said:
You are the boss man, thanks a bunch I was so worried about my phone. I just got it and was about to unlock it for a company that's super cheaper than all the other phone companies. I'm currently flashbooting it so I can restore it. I will take a peak at the bootloader unlocking procedure and I'm going to thank you again for your help.
Edit: My phone is being recognized in Flashmode only and randomly disconnects and reconnects. I hope I can flash it when the .zip is done downloading. I'll keep you posted.
Edit 2: I'm stuck on FlashTools "Reading Device Information" :\ now I'm stuck at 7% of Flashing Data and it hasn't moved
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Are you flashing a whole .FTF? (The one for my model is about 700+MB)
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Are you flashing a whole .FTF? (The one for my model is about 700+MB)
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I have the Xperia ZL C6506 I'm using this method(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2299092) for my model and it keeps getting stuck at 7% instantly, I don't understand cause I follow his procedure and it won't flash properly still.
alainmona said:
I have the Xperia ZL C6506 I'm using this method(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2299092) for my model and it keeps getting stuck at 7% instantly, I don't understand cause I follow his procedure and it won't flash properly still.
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I would recommend you to flash this FTF first because you need to recover your android system first so you can move files in and out, install recoveries, etc. After doing so you can continue with that rom
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I would recommend you to flash this FTF first because you need to recover your android system first so you can move files in and out, install recoveries, etc. After doing so you can continue with that rom
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Thank you so much man, I appreciate your help man! I'm going to try this then repost in a bit.
Edit: I ended up finishing the download, now when I try flashing my phone, it just disconnects randomly as well it started flashing but it's stuck at 0% :\ I'll give it some time but if it doesn't move I don't know what else to do
alainmona said:
Thank you so much man, I appreciate your help man! I'm going to try this then repost in a bit.
Edit: I ended up finishing the download, now when I try flashing my phone, it just disconnects randomly as well it started flashing but it's stuck at 0% :\ I'll give it some time but if it doesn't move I don't know what else to do
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Do a hard reset on it (using the button on the back), don't turn it on and follow the Flashtools flashing process
1.- Open Flashtools
2.- Flash mode > Flashmode > Select the FTF you just downloaded (The one of 700+MB) > Flash
3.- Connect your Phone if Flash mode (It will start flashing).
4.- Boot your phone and you're ready to go.
When selecting the FTF just select it and leave everything as it is and make sure that you have installed the drivers for flashing (
They are where found you installed Flashtools
In a folder called Drivers, open the .exe and Install these:
- Fastboot drivers
- Flashmode drivers
- Xperia Z and SO-02E drivers
If stills doesn't works I can't help any far as that, but I would suggest you that If you are able try to flash it on another computer (It might sound silly but It could actually work ), also make sure that you're running the latest Flashtool which is v0.9.11.0 and can be found here: http://androxyde.github.io/
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Do a hard reset on it (using the button on the back), don't turn it on and follow the Flashtools flashing process
1.- Open Flashtools
2.- Flash mode > Flashmode > Select the FTF you just downloaded (The one of 700+MB) > Flash
3.- Connect your Phone if Flash mode (It will start flashing).
4.- Boot your phone and you're ready to go.
When selecting the FTF just select it and leave everything as it is and make sure that you have installed the drivers for flashing (
They are where found you installed Flashtools
In a folder called Drivers, open the .exe and Install these:
- Fastboot drivers
- Flashmode drivers
- Xperia Z and SO-02E drivers
If stills doesn't works I can't help any far as that, but I would suggest you that If you are able try to flash it on another computer (It might sound silly but It could actually work ), also make sure that you're running the latest Flashtool which is v0.9.11.0 and can be found here: http://androxyde.github.io/
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Alright perfect, thanks again for all the help! I'm going to try the flash and I'll be back to hopefully say it worked !
I finished flashing it, once I did it told me to unplug my phone and turn it on. It still hasn't turned on but the light has started actually flashing and staying on now compared to before. Hmmmm...
Edit: Nevermind I got it, thank you so much!!! I'm so happy!
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alainmona said:
Alright perfect, thanks again for all the help! I'm going to try the flash and I'll be back to hopefully say it worked !
I finished flashing it, once I did it told me to unplug my phone and turn it on. It still hasn't turned on but the light has started actually flashing and staying on now compared to before. Hmmmm...
Edit: Nevermind I got it, thank you so much!!! I'm so happy!
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No problem! Keep that .FTF if something like that happens again It might be a life savior.
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