[Q] Xperia ion wont turn on - Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion

Hi Guys please Help.when I try to modify my framework.jar and restart my phone my phone got bootloop. suddenly i switched off my phone by pressing volume+ or power button and my phone vibrate 3 times then my phone switch off.i tried to reflash my with flash tool but my phone doesn't switch on. no led,no display.nothing happen just dead.i tried to repair my phone with sony update service but same nothing happen.please help guys.i love my phone very much.my phone is already have 60% charged.please help somebody.
sorry for my bad english ....

You can follow 2 methods.
Easy but time consuming method:
Connect your phone to charger and wait untill it automatically reboot. The flash ftf file. (It may take 10-15 hours or more to reboot)
Difficult but fast method.
Dessemble your phone. Remove/disconnect battery cable from your phone. Reconnect it. Connect it to flashtool as fast as you can and flash ftf file.
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pharix said:
You can follow 2 methods.
Easy but time consuming method:
Connect your phone to charger and wait untill it automatically reboot. The flash ftf file. (It may take 10-15 hours or more to reboot)
Difficult but fast method.
Dessemble your phone. Remove/disconnect battery cable from your phone. Reconnect it. Connect it to flashtool as fast as you can and flash ftf file.
Sent from my LT28h using xda app-developers app
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First method is good for me because i dont want to deassamble my phone.....thanks for the help...

Hi guys i plug in my phone with charger for 12 hours.but after 12 hours orange led come up and the orange led automatically turn on or turn off continuously.when i try flash my phone with flashtool, my phone doesn't go in fastboot mode.please help somebody guys.....

You need to look for the bricked thread in general. You have two options
1. Take it apart and undo the ribbon cable.
2. Go through the steps in the bricked thread but it will take a long time and you have to plug it into the factory charge block not your computer.

zackspeed said:
You need to look for the bricked thread in general. You have two options
1. Take it apart and undo the ribbon cable.
2. Go through the steps in the bricked thread but it will take a long time and you have to plug it into the factory charge block not your computer.
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I have such a problem too. I rooted my XPERIA Ion phone successfully and restarted. the phone was healthy and had no problem. I installed font installer and selected a font and installed it, rebooted and my phone went through bootloop and continiously restarted. XPERIA logo appeared and after several seconds disappeared for about 30-40 minutes untill it turned off and now no charge no boot and no shutdown. I tried to flash my phone by flashhtool but Windows coud not recognize my phone. Just display screen is on and no image no OS no menu is displayed and you can't access anything. please help me.
thank you

sarmican said:
I have such a problem too. I rooted my XPERIA Ion phone successfully and restarted. the phone was healthy and had no problem. I installed font installer and selected a font and installed it, rebooted and my phone went through bootloop and continiously restarted. XPERIA logo appeared and after several seconds disappeared for about 30-40 minutes untill it turned off and now no charge no boot and no shutdown. I tried to flash my phone by flashhtool but Windows coud not recognize my phone. Just display screen is on and no image no OS no menu is displayed and you can't access anything. please help me.
thank you
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Switch off your phone and charged your phone until orange led glow.maximum charging time 15hrs to 35hrs.then you will see that orange led come up.after orange led come up charge your phone until green led.then plug out your phone and flash your phone with flash tool.
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As avik said you need to let it charge. You are in a soft brick state so you will need to put it on the factory charger and let it charge until you get a response from it. If you mess with it before it is ready you will only make it a longer process.
I would not try changing the font unless you are on a de odex rom. If you try to change things on a factory rom you will most likely get a boot loop.
After doing a bit of reading on the app why in the world would you even try it?? So many reviews saying it bricked the device and yet you still tried it?? Make sure you read thoroughly before you go trying out stuff. Every response for a newer device is claiming a brick so use your head.

Even i have the same problem which was said by user:avik6123 . what does reboot technically refer to is it just seeing red led light over the mobile or will it switch on automatically. i have got the red led but when i connect it to system with usb cable holding volume down key it doesnt show the green led (flash mode). only the red led is on as if it is charging. can u please help me out??

Just find the soft brick thread at the top of this forum...it'll solve nearly any software related problem you're having...its just a matter of being patient and letting the phone battery completely die...
The main soft brick most owners run in to is trying to hard reset the phone when the device is in a state that you shouldn't do that...holding volume down for 10 seconds with the power button for 3 vibrates is a sure way to completely trash the kernel if the phone is in some sort of problematic state...
you then need to make sure the phone is not responding to anything...no button presses or combinations give any sort of response...then put the phone on the WALL charger...if the battery has not died yet, you'll get no LED when plugged in...don't worry about it being plugged in, this is NOT charging the phone yet...its just a good gauge for when the battery completely dies...after 10+ hours, the LED should start to blink red...leave it on there...after another couple of hours, it should turn solid red...now you're getting somewhere...
you can either get flashtool ready and try to start flashing back to a 'safe' firmware and/or just the kernel...or leave it on the charger until its solid green...which will remove any threat of the device having enough battery to complete the charge...If you take the phone off when LED is solid red, but still not getting into flashmode properly...its need to charge a little longer, and always use the wall charger for this...it charges much faster...
NEVER try to start the phone in this state, though...you'll end up right back where you started...the brick is happening because of corrupted boot data, which will be on the device until you flash over it...the hoops you have to jump through to fix it is all because of having a sealed battery...thats why it takes so long and is so annoying, but what is causing the problem is actually very simple to fix...you just have to be patient and read all the tutorials in order to get out of it...

You don't need to put your phone to charge for like several hours, that's bull, just flash another ROM. I've done it so it works even with 0 % battery power. So anyone who want's to comment my advice, get lost.

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pharix said:
You can follow 2 methods.
Easy but time consuming method:
Connect your phone to charger and wait untill it automatically reboot. The flash ftf file. (It may take 10-15 hours or more to reboot)
Difficult but fast method.
Dessemble your phone. Remove/disconnect battery cable from your phone. Reconnect it. Connect it to flashtool as fast as you can and flash ftf file.
Sent from my LT28h using xda app-developers app
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i face that problem...and a little panic but i just pressed all bottom include the camera+vol (up/down)+power...ant the phone restart!!!

jtr165 said:
Just find the soft brick thread at the top of this forum...it'll solve nearly any software related problem you're having...its just a matter of being patient and letting the phone battery completely die...
The main soft brick most owners run in to is trying to hard reset the phone when the device is in a state that you shouldn't do that...holding volume down for 10 seconds with the power button for 3 vibrates is a sure way to completely trash the kernel if the phone is in some sort of problematic state...
you then need to make sure the phone is not responding to anything...no button presses or combinations give any sort of response...then put the phone on the WALL charger...if the battery has not died yet, you'll get no LED when plugged in...don't worry about it being plugged in, this is NOT charging the phone yet...its just a good gauge for when the battery completely dies...after 10+ hours, the LED should start to blink red...leave it on there...after another couple of hours, it should turn solid red...now you're getting somewhere...
you can either get flashtool ready and try to start flashing back to a 'safe' firmware and/or just the kernel...or leave it on the charger until its solid green...which will remove any threat of the device having enough battery to complete the charge...If you take the phone off when LED is solid red, but still not getting into flashmode properly...its need to charge a little longer, and always use the wall charger for this...it charges much faster...
NEVER try to start the phone in this state, though...you'll end up right back where you started...the brick is happening because of corrupted boot data, which will be on the device until you flash over it...the hoops you have to jump through to fix it is all because of having a sealed battery...thats why it takes so long and is so annoying, but what is causing the problem is actually very simple to fix...you just have to be patient and read all the tutorials in order to get out of it...
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Having problems trying to download flashtool. Can not open because the file is not recognized by quicktime player. Any suggestions??? Also, my phone has been on the charger for over 12 hrs with a solid red charging light since i plugged it in.
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jtr165 said:
Just find the soft brick thread at the top of this forum...it'll solve nearly any software related problem you're having...its just a matter of being patient and letting the phone battery completely die...
The main soft brick most owners run in to is trying to hard reset the phone when the device is in a state that you shouldn't do that...holding volume down for 10 seconds with the power button for 3 vibrates is a sure way to completely trash the kernel if the phone is in some sort of problematic state...
you then need to make sure the phone is not responding to anything...no button presses or combinations give any sort of response...then put the phone on the WALL charger...if the battery has not died yet, you'll get no LED when plugged in...don't worry about it being plugged in, this is NOT charging the phone yet...its just a good gauge for when the battery completely dies...after 10+ hours, the LED should start to blink red...leave it on there...after another couple of hours, it should turn solid red...now you're getting somewhere...
you can either get flashtool ready and try to start flashing back to a 'safe' firmware and/or just the kernel...or leave it on the charger until its solid green...which will remove any threat of the device having enough battery to complete the charge...If you take the phone off when LED is solid red, but still not getting into flashmode properly...its need to charge a little longer, and always use the wall charger for this...it charges much faster...
NEVER try to start the phone in this state, though...you'll end up right back where you started...the brick is happening because of corrupted boot data, which will be on the device until you flash over it...the hoops you have to jump through to fix it is all because of having a sealed battery...thats why it takes so long and is so annoying, but what is causing the problem is actually very simple to fix...you just have to be patient and read all the tutorials in order to get out of it...
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I am having problems downloading and opening flashtool. Won't open because quicktime does not recognize file. Any suggestions? Also, my phone has been on the wall charger for over 12 hours and still shows red charging light since I first plugged it in.

Mr.AnakinSkywalker said:
You don't need to put your phone to charge for like several hours, that's bull, just flash another ROM. I've done it so it works even with 0 % battery power. So anyone who want's to comment my advice, get lost.
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What do you mean by flash another ROM. I don't know much when it comes to this stuff but my phone shut down and i could never recover. When I plug it into the wall charger, the red light comes on but I don't know what to do from here. Could you help PLEASE!

I would recommend attacking a rubber band around the volume down button while connected to the computer where flash tool is already in the flashing mode. This way, it will immediately flash as soon as it can.

424aca said:
I would recommend attacking a rubber band around the volume down button while connected to the computer where flash tool is already in the flashing mode. This way, it will immediately flash as soon as it can.
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I can not download a flash tool program to my computer so how will it go into flashing mode. Sorry i'm not very good with this kind of stuff. I know it's frustrating. If you could give me detailed instructions, that would be greatly appreciated.
Ok, so i finally downloaded flashtool but my computer doesn't detect my phone when I plug it in. When I search for devices, my xperia ion is not in the list. Please HELP!!!!

@Shortie71
In order to even contemplate flashing, you NEED i repeat NEED flashtool.
http://www.flashtool.net/download.php
You MUST download it to flash anything onto your phone
The issue you are having is a drivers issue.
My recommendation is to ask in the MAIN question and answers thread about where and how to get drivers since your phone is already soft bricked (installing sony pc companion and inserting phone will therefore not work)
Then, you can properly flash after you have the proper drivers

424aca said:
@Shortie71
In order to even contemplate flashing, you NEED i repeat NEED flashtool.
You MUST download it to flash anything onto your phone
The issue you are having is a drivers issue.
My recommendation is to ask in the MAIN question and answers thread about where and how to get drivers since your phone is already soft bricked (installing sony pc companion and inserting phone will therefore not work)
Then, you can properly flash after you have the proper drivers
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After the led turns green, should ı use pc companion, update service or flashtool?

pharix said:
You can follow 2 methods.
Easy but time consuming method:
Connect your phone to charger and wait untill it automatically reboot. The flash ftf file. (It may take 10-15 hours or more to reboot)
Difficult but fast method.
Dessemble your phone. Remove/disconnect battery cable from your phone. Reconnect it. Connect it to flashtool as fast as you can and flash ftf file.
Sent from my LT28h using xda app-developers app
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please can you help me?
how can i flash a new rom in my lt28h?? PLEASE SHOW ME WHAT I SHOULD DO

flashtool
@umt_dmn

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[Q] Hard Bricked OneX (international version with Tegra 3)

Hi,
I have a OneX and yesterday totally bricked.
Maximus 4.1.1 JB, Unlocked Bootloader via htc developers and the phone is can't power on.
Befor this problem, i have other problems with charging and wifi.
Yesterday, the wifi is not turning on. Ok, restart. F*ck this s**it Bootloop. OK, stay calm, try to wipe data. Ok, the phone is booting after wipe data. "Change your language", ok, it set and click next. Here is the problem. Ok i lock the screen and lock off. I can't lock off the srceen. Ok, reboot with long pressed power button. The phone thence not booting and not chargeing,
Anyone knows what's the problem?
I can solve this problem or go to gsm service?
solution
I suggest you to pick you're self up,calm down,and slowly update you're HOX onto the lattest and grattes maximus v 6.o.
Before that,make sure that you're phone is fully charged,back up you're old/current rom and continue.
Don't panic,don't *itch and *oon,it's just a ****ing phone
demirisdemir said:
I suggest you to pick you're self up,calm down,and slowly update you're HOX onto the lattest and grattes maximus v 6.o.
Before that,make sure that you're phone is fully charged,back up you're old/current rom and continue.
Don't panic,don't *itch and *oon,it's just a ****ing phone
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Thanks your letters, and the help, but the phone does not turn on :S
Turn it completely off and let it charge on the wall for a complete day^^ After that please STUDY THE INSTALL GUIDE OF YOUR CHOOSEN ROM PRECISELY AND READ IT AT LEAST 10 TIMES, this is very important. Now you're ready to flash a ROM. If it's still not wokring, you could've a serious problem with your One X. To have a working warranty claim you have to relock your bootloader!!
nitrous² said:
Turn it completely off and let it charge on the wall for a complete day^^ After that please STUDY THE INSTALL GUIDE OF YOUR CHOOSEN ROM PRECISELY AND READ IT AT LEAST 10 TIMES, this is very important. Now you're ready to flash a ROM. If it's still not wokring, you could've a serious problem with your One X. To have a working warranty claim you have to relock your bootloader!!
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Hm... If i try to charge for a complete day, the phone turning on?
Read my first post... The phone is no charging. No charging from the wall and no charging from USB.
(Sooooorry my bad engilsh :S)
WinnerB0Y said:
Hm... If i try to charge for a complete day, the phone turning on?
Read my first post... The phone is no charging. No charging from the wall and no charging from USB.
(Sooooorry my bad engilsh :S)
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I've read your first post. You won't see it if it's carging. Try the following; plug your phone to the wall charger for a couple hours and then try to turn it on. If it doesn't turn on, well, thats bad I remember there were some fixes for not charging ONE X's. I'll have a search if charging doesn't work for you.
nitrous² said:
I've read your first post. You won't see it if it's carging. Try the following; plug your phone to the wall charger for a couple hours and then try to turn it on. If it doesn't turn on, well, thats bad I remember there were some fixes for not charging ONE X's. I'll have a search if charging doesn't work for you.
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Ok. I plugged in the charger isntant to the wall. Really, i won't see the charging led. But i stay on charger a couple of hours. If it doesn't work. It's soooo bad... Motherborad change...
allen175 said:
I had this problem the other day, the battery died before i went to bed, so i plugged it in over night and nothing happened, thought it was the charger, tried a different htc charger and nothing again. So i plugged it into my computer and a few minutes later the light started to flash. I let it flash for a few minutes and unplugged it from the computer and plugged it into a charger and turned it on and it charged up.
Long story short, plug it into your computer for a while then turn it on and charge it normally.
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hutzdani said:
Happened to me also but when running bricked kernel.
If your not running the stock kernel you need to put the phone on the charger and just wait untill the red led starts to blink ( it can take 5mins for this to happen )
Then allow it to blink for a few mins then power on as normal and remove the charger.
It will boot and moan it has no charge so plug the charger back in once its booted fully, then leave it to charge.
once at 100% reboot and bam your back up and running as normal.
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Here are some people facing the same problem as you do.
There is a file (script) that can override those stuff,it is meant for fastboot (usb) mode,and on adb you type the commands and the phone starts to charge (slowly) but it is getting the electricity.
Search the threads,and find it,I'm 99% possitive that you're phone is not fully bricked.
Best of luck
So lets give the guy some proper help. Tell me exactly where you are now ? Is the phone charged ? If you have enough power to boot in recovery ? It will charge within recovery so you can leave the phone on and in recovery !
Download a ics rom (like viper x) see if that works oke !
put the phone in fastboot USB mode
Bootloader unlocked - if yes continue
Flash the cwm recovery 5.8.4.0
Fastboot flash recovery recoveryname.img
Go into recovery and do a full wipe of everything. (Factory reset and wipe all caches)
Go to mounts & storage and mount as USB diskdrive
Copy the rom.zip to the phone sd card
Open the rom.zip and copy the boot.img to the fastbootfolder on pc
Put the phone back in fastboot USB mode
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
Fastboot erase cache
Boot back into recovery and flash the rom
After that reboot the phone and it should boot up !
Ahh...
Lesson, this phone IS NOT TURNING ON!
And... unfortunately despite charged few hour... The phone still bricked and i can't turn it on :S
WinnerB0Y said:
Ahh...
Lesson, this phone IS NOT TURNING ON!
And... unfortunately despite charged few hour... The phone still bricked and i can't turn it on :S
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What you can try is to plug it into a pc .... i saw a post before that someone did that and that he could turn on the phone a few hours later. It's worth the try right !
MarcelHofs said:
What you can try is to plug it into a pc .... i saw a post before that someone did that and that he could turn on the phone a few hours later. It's worth the try right !
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Thanks, i try it and i write later.
Not working :S
My PC is detecting only the APX hardware. And my phone keep dead.
It's rather hardware issue. Service maybe?
1x, xda premium hd
Apx hardware? I think your memory is corrupt.
Try plugging your phone into charger overnight, then into pc for charge and hold the Vol dwn + pwr for 15 seconds, if the phone doest turn on then you have dead hardware. You can go back to HTC and tell them it stopped working overnight ;D
The good thing in a bricked phone they can't find out whether your bootloader is unlocked or not.
However, some developers are interested in APX mode(because its not accessible in a working phone) and I THINK you can use nvflash (i have no idea how its used or whats its functions are)
APX Mode is when the phone detects very serious hardware damage. In short, you're ****ed.
XxVcVxX said:
APX Mode is when the phone detects very serious hardware damage. In short, you're ****ed.
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What can I do?
Specifically, what kind of serious hadware damage?
WinnerB0Y said:
What can I do?
Specifically, what kind of serious hadware damage?
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Go back to the store
MarcelHofs said:
Go back to the store
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Khm.... I want to go, but, i bought the phone used...

[Q] Xperia S HARD Bricked!!! Need Help

Hello guys.
My Sony Xperia S got Hard bricked after i tried to partition my SDcard from TWRP recovery which unfortunately failed due to some reason.....
I had boot manager installed for dual boot and i had sony stock firmware 6.1.A.2.55 on the native and CM10 on loop ...
The partition was tried in TWRP for loop in Ext4 format
My Xperia S now does not respond to fastboot buttons as well as all other combinations ...
It doesnt light any LED not even while its connected to the charger..
The only thing that happens is when i connect it using USB cable without any combinations and the computer detects it as SEMC flash device..
Is there any method to flash using this mode?
I have tried every method on all the forums.(flashtool,fastboot,taking battery out ,power+vol up,everything )
Guys please i need serios help any experienced suggesions would be helpful ...
Please help :crying:
PS: i had never thought that trying to partition the SDcard would brick my phone..
Did you leave your phone connected to wall charger? How many hours you leave it? Mine SONY logo appear in 8 hours. Try it. It may help. Leave your phone connected yo wall charger for sometime.
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pharix said:
Did you leave your phone connected to wall charger? How many hours you leave it? Mine SONY logo appear in 8 hours. Try it. It may help. Leave your phone connected yo wall charger for sometime.
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Okay ill try that for sure and let u know
Wow i don't know how ...but just as i connected it to the charger the orange LED shows up .....But there is no sony logo anyway ...lets wait
nope nothing happened except the LED that glows :crying:
How the duck did you take your battery out? It has an INBUILT one, why would you take apart the entire phone?
Then, after telling you how stupidly you did that;
can you go back into the recovery? (probably yes, but it's weird)
Did you ACTUALLY take apart the phone to take the battery out? (probably not)
Do you have an unlocked bootloader? (i think you do, but not sure...)
Do you still have warranty? (probably yes)
Try again, because if the orange LED showed up, it's probably not too late...
Now go and use FlashTool once more...
someone755 said:
How the duck did you take your battery out? It has an INBUILT one, why would you take apart the entire phone?
Then, after telling you how stupidly you did that;
can you go back into the recovery? (probably yes, but it's weird)
Did you ACTUALLY take apart the phone to take the battery out? (probably not)
Do you have an unlocked bootloader? (i think you do, but not sure...)
Do you still have warranty? (probably yes)
Try again, because if the orange LED showed up, it's probably not too late...
Now go and use FlashTool once more...
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yes i took the phone apart took the battery out ...waited long enough for the capacitors to discharge and then again put it in...
no i can't get back into the recovery ...i can't even boot the phone and no combination is working
yes i have an unlocked bootloader
no on't have the warranty..
The orange LED glows up while charging only
the phone does not go to fastboot or any other mode so i can't use flash tool
the only thing that comes on the computer when i plug the USB is "SEMC flash device" ....which non of the tools recognise
Guys please ...is there anyone out there who can help me? :crying:
I do believe you DID have warranty up until the moment you took apart the phone (I think the repair service guys would fix your phone without chacking for a locked BL...)
someone755 said:
I do believe you DID have warranty up until the moment you took apart the phone (I think the repair service guys would fix your phone without chacking for a locked BL...)
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They wont know you took it apart. There is no tamper protection.
mrsatan said:
They wont know you took it apart. There is no tamper protection.
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Exactly they dont have any protection against that.....and i dont think any phones with an inbuilt battery would have such protection....
Hi mate, try some tips that some members gave me on my topic...
I don't know if those tips will work for you, but maybe yes! ^^
My phone stills bricked, but maybe work in your case!
Thread link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968735
Carcass.br said:
Hi mate, try some tips that some members gave me on my topic...
I don't know if those tips will work for you, but maybe yes! ^^
My phone stills bricked, but maybe work in your case!
Thread link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968735
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Thanx mate for ur reply ...but unfortunately i have tried all those methods , none of them seems to work for me either
PhoenixDD said:
Thanx mate for ur reply ...but unfortunately i have tried all those methods , none of them seems to work for me either
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I'm starting to think that my case could be a corrupted bootloader, where I have to use JTag to try to save, but I don't know anyone who have a JTag, neither in my country.
I don't know what could be, but I still entering in flashmode or fastboot and my PC recognize my phone with testpoint, so I think that maybe is not a hardware problem...
Carcass.br said:
I'm starting to think that my case could be a corrupted bootloader, where I have to use JTag to try to save, but I don't know anyone who have a JTag, neither in my country.
I don't know what could be, but I still entering in flashmode or fastboot and my PC recognize my phone with testpoint, so I think that maybe is not a hardware problem...
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Even i think i might have to do that ...u r stil very lucky to be able to get into fastboot and flashmode....i can't get into those too...
The only 1 option i haven't tried is using testpoints .....ill try that out after i get all the tools required
Hi, I decided to post it here because it seems that anything I post on Xperia Ion forum is not read, it is inactive.
I already searched everywhere and I'm loosing my hopes. I'm trying to revive an Xperia Ion and this is what I get:
When I plug the phone in the wall charger the red led turns on for some minutes and then turns off.
The same happens when I plug on PC, when the led turns off it is detected as "Somc flash device" in windows device manager and this shows in flashtool:
INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
Nothing changes if I plug in pc with volume + or - pressed, it don't goes into fastboot or flashmode.
I hope you could help me. Thanks
Hi, I decided to post it here because it seems that anything I post on Xperia Ion forum is not read, it is inactive.
I already searched everywhere and I'm loosing my hopes. I'm trying to revive an Xperia Ion and this is what I get:
When I plug the phone in the wall charger the red led turns on for some minutes and then turns off.
The same happens when I plug on PC, when the led turns off it is detected as "Somc flash device" in windows device manager and this shows in flashtool:
INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
Nothing changes if I plug in pc with volume + or - pressed, it don't goes into fastboot or flashmode.
I hope you could help me. Thanks

[Q] Is my Ion dead or bricked?

Hello, I'm a noob at phone rooting/modding, so I don't know if my phone is dead or just bricked.
Basically, yesterday at some point in the afternoon my phone stopped working. I had charged and used it in the morning as usual. I did not use my phone for like 5 hours and when I tried to turn the screen on, nothing happened. I tried holding the button down, and nothing. I tried connecting it to the charger, but no charging light came on. So it seems that at some point when I was not using the phone it either died or froze in some way and it's now unresponsive (even to holding the power+vol button). To be clear, I was not flashing anything or modifying the phone in any way.
My phone is the ATT Ion updated to the latest official firmware with superuser installed. But I installed superuser almost a year ago and have had no problems since then.
Any help is appreciated!
wtfsnowman said:
Hello, I'm a noob at phone rooting/modding, so I don't know if my phone is dead or just bricked.
Basically, yesterday at some point in the afternoon my phone stopped working. I had charged and used it in the morning as usual. I did not use my phone for like 5 hours and when I tried to turn the screen on, nothing happened. I tried holding the button down, and nothing. I tried connecting it to the charger, but no charging light came on. So it seems that at some point when I was not using the phone it either died or froze in some way and it's now unresponsive (even to holding the power+vol button). To be clear, I was not flashing anything or modifying the phone in any way.
My phone is the ATT Ion updated to the latest official firmware with superuser installed. But I installed superuser almost a year ago and have had no problems since then.
Any help is appreciated!
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Check if you can get into flashmode, if you can then you can flash stock firmware and then your phone should be good to go.
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Mufrad said:
Check if you can get into flashmode, if you can then you can flash stock firmware and then your phone should be good to go.
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If this is how you get to flashmode, then no I cannot get to it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1816396
My PC does not detect the phone. Neither does Sony PC Companion. All Windows recognizes is an Unspecified device called QHSUSB_DLOAD.
wtfsnowman said:
If this is how you get to flashmode, then no I cannot get to it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1816396
My PC does not detect the phone. Neither does Sony PC Companion. All Windows recognizes is an Unspecified device called QHSUSB_DLOAD.
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When you plug in your ion to the pc in flashmode does the led on your ion turn green? If it does then your phone does go into flashmode but your pc doesn't recognize it for some reason, download the new flashtool for xperia, install it, there will be a driver folder in flashtool directory, install all the drivers from it, then check again by connecting your ion to the pc in flashmode again and see if your pc recognizes it.
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No the LED never comes on; neither when it's connected to the PC nor when it's charging.
wtfsnowman said:
No the LED never comes on; neither when it's connected to the PC nor when it's charging.
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Ok ?
What did you do ?
Did you try to install any MOD or anything of that sort ?
Give some details and i will try to HELP
Like I said in my first post, I wasn't using the phone at all. I charged and used the phone for a couple hours earlier in the day, then I left it for like 5 hours without using it all, not even checking the time or anything. Then I tried to turn the screen on to check the time and it didn't come on. Held the power button to see if it was off or something, but no response. At no point have I installed any mods, CFW, or anything; other then almost a year ago when I rooted and installed superuser.
looks like hardware issue then
well if you didn't do anything then its an hardware issue most likely...try holding the power and volume up rocker for 10 secs..else you might have to visit the service center
I tried holding the power+vol button, but there was no response. I took it to the service center and they will ship me a new one. I assume it was hardware failure as well, since it just died so suddenly. Too bad I can't retrieve some photos and delete my synced passwords.
Same problem with my first XS,good that I had warenty and gave it back, even ppl from Sony didn't know what the problem is so they gave me a new one.
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Sony Xperia Ion LT28at needs HELP!! PLEASE!!

OK....So here is my story and problem. About 2-3 months ago I was charging my phone and instead of charging it was losing the charge. I unplugged it from the charger and it would reboot itself. It showed low battery so I would connect it back to the charger and it would all of a sudden show full battery. After a while on the charger, I unplugged it, turned it off and then tried to turn back on but no response. I pressed power button with volume down button and nothing happened. So now I have been reading all kinds of threads of what I could possibly do and I have had no success. The phone was on the charger for about 2 days and the red light turned off. I finally downloaded Flash tool but it will not recognize my phone nor had it in the devices. I need help! I love my phone and can't send it for repair. If anyone can help, please let me know what I need to do. I also need help on drivers for Flash tool. Thank you!
If you can get your phone to boot
Let it fuly charge, then let it fully die untill it turns off then boot and fully charge
Your battey may have calibrated weird(xperias auto calibrate)
Also if that doesent work then try volume + power up, if your device is bricked this can take upto 45 mins untill it actualy forces off (3 buzzes in a row)
Try flashing then (and ensure the cable isnt plugged in when you do it)
Also ensure drivers are installed for your device (goolgle is your freind)
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I have tried all of that stuff and I still don't get any response. The phone is currently on the charger. When I first plugged it in the red light was one and then started to blink and now is solid. I am unable to download ADB drivers cause my computer does not recognize my phone, not even thru pc companion.
You dont need your phone to install adb try googleing some (you may find installable Adb drivers for windows)
Well red LED? Anyway if it shows a red led when you plug in,
Try pluggin in while holding volume down, if you get a green Light that is good, search up a stock FTF for xperia ion and use flashtool to flash in flashmode (green led while plugged in after holding volume down (may be blue than thats bootloader mode try volume up)
If your ion still doesent boot then they may be a physical problem
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Thank you for your help, i really appreciate you taking time to answer all my questions and helping me find things i could do for my phone. I tried holding the volume down button and plugging it into the wall charger and got no response. I also tried plugging into the computer with volume down button and still nothing. I will go and search for the drivers and stock ftf. Thank you
Same thing happened to my phone too while I was using a non stock charger. Things turned back to normal when I connected my phone back to my stock charger.
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Shortie71 said:
Thank you for your help, i really appreciate you taking time to answer all my questions and helping me find things i could do for my phone. I tried holding the volume down button and plugging it into the wall charger and got no response. I also tried plugging into the computer with volume down button and still nothing. I will go and search for the drivers and stock ftf. Thank you
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flash a firmware ftf file through flashtool.......and are u using window 8 in ur pc???
I have windows vista. I tried downloading a stock ftf but it tells me that I have to sign up on some web page with a credit card and won't let me download. Very frustrating!!
mohit378 said:
flash a firmware ftf file through flashtool.......and are u using window 8 in ur pc???
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I have windows vista. I tried downloading the stock ftf but it wanted me to register on some website with a credit card and it wouldn't let me download without. I'm Very FRUSTRATED!! Do you have any suggestions? My phone has been plugged into wall charger for over 24 hrs. and the red light has turned off. I don't know what to do now.
Shortie71 said:
I have windows vista. I tried downloading the stock ftf but it wanted me to register on some website with a credit card and it wouldn't let me download without. I'm Very FRUSTRATED!! Do you have any suggestions? My phone has been plugged into wall charger for over 24 hrs. and the red light has turned off. I don't know what to do now.
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no not emma flashtool
search up xda fileserver
everyrhing you need is on there
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Envious_Data said:
no not emma flashtool
search up xda fileserver
everyrhing you need is on there
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I searched xda fileserver and I found a link for download and when I clicked on it it told me that the page could not be found. Any suggestions????
try this....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2338367.....hope this helps...
Shortie71 said:
I searched xda fileserver and I found a link for download and when I clicked on it it told me that the page could not be found. Any suggestions????
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Okay I will try to help you here. I have had to do this a few times now and yes it sucks. When the light goes off you need to let it continue to charge. Eventually the device will start trying to boot the charging screen. Once it does this you need to hold the power and volume + just long enough for the screen to go off. It will look like it is bleeding out. As soon as it does this let go and do not let it buzz or you will have to start all over. Once you get the device to shut off you can try holding volume down while plugging the device into the computer and it should give you flash mode. Let it load drivers if it needs to and then try to set up your flash with flash tool.
Another option is to take the back off and disconnect the battery cable. Once you leave it off for a few seconds plug it back up and reassemble the device. It should now boot back up. At the least it will let you flash a ftf again.
Here is the link to all the stock ftf files. Checked the links and they are still good.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752345 :good:
I'd recommend unplugging the battery if you have access to the tools to do it. I have the at&t model as well. Once you get the flash mode on I'd recommend flashing the international lt28h version excluding the baseband. You'll keep your LTE support and get rid of at&t bloatware, later you can mess with build.prop to get it to say LT28i or LT28at if you prefer.
Thank you everyone for the help in trying to revive my xperia. I think I am going to give up for now being that I am not able to download what I need and my phone just stays on the charger with no progress. Even with the red led light out and on the charger for days on end, there is nothing. Again, Thank you and God Bless

Zenfone 2 cannot start up

Hi all,
Need some help with my Zenfone 2 ZE551ML 4GB/32GB.
Decided to flash Nougat custom ROMs so followed these steps
Connected phone to PC and ran MM BL upgrade. It completed successfully.
Rebooted to BL, then rebooted to recovery, saw the new 3.0.2-M1 TWRP.
Went to TWRP and activated Sideload, ran ADB sideload command to load Nougat DU. It completed 100%.
Proceded to sideload gapps but connection failed. Maybe need to reactivate sideload in TWRP again.
Touched USB cable and the phone switched off. Ever since then it does not boot up and screen does not light up anymore.
Phone was on MM RR, BL unlocked. Battery was at 100% when performing the above actions.
Is there anything else (other than bringing it to ASUS) I can do to revive the phone?
Hi , I'm in a rush here , just one question to start ..
Can you get into bootloader via buttons not connected to charger ?
Do you know how to ?
Ps , you don't need to sideload roms in twrp , you just install them after usual wipes.
timbernot said:
Hi , I'm in a rush here , just one question to start ..
Can you get into bootloader via buttons not connected to charger ?
Do you know how to ?
Ps , you don't need to sideload roms in twrp , you just install them after usual wipes.
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I can't. The way is to press the volume up and power buttons at the same time, and release the power button when the phone vibrates after a few seconds.
On my phone there was no response whatsoever.
Yeah I know I don't have to sideload ROMs, but I was lazy to copy it to the SD card.
Plus I had plans to wipe the internal SD card, so didn't copy there either...
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I can't. The way is to press the volume up and power buttons at the same time, and release the power button when the phone vibrates after a few seconds.
On my phone there was no response whatsoever.
Yeah I know I don't have to sideload ROMs, but I was lazy to copy it to the SD card.
Plus I had plans to wipe the internal SD card, so didn't copy there either...
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Sounds like you are bricked my friend
but do try holding power button and vol for a good length of time...then power button too on its own for some time..
If and when you get two vibes , if no boot loader
Check unbrick threads .
If get bootloader , scroll to recovery select it .
Next time download roms to fone
safer !
I think kernel is in panic mode. Try disconnecting the battery for a little while and then reconnect it. You'll have to open your phone to do it. There are many YouTube videos to see how you can do so. It's not that difficult. Good luck!
I'm in the same boat... no even LED while connected to the charger... Already disconnected the battery and closed again. No joy. Is this a "deep brick of death"?? Its too expensive to give away without fight a little. Any help is more than welcome
There are threads on xda that describe how to revive hard bricks.
For me, disconnecting and reconnecting the battery had worked.
Please make sure that battery is connected perfectly.
Sometimes , leaving on charge brings at least the two vibes back eventually
That's enough to start xFSTK unbricking process.
Besides the already mentioned battery disconnect.
I seen one guy revive by disconnecting USB board too
timbernot said:
Sounds like you are bricked my friend
but do try holding power button and vol for a good length of time...then power button too on its own for some time..
If and when you get two vibes , if no boot loader
Check unbrick threads .
If get bootloader , scroll to recovery select it .
Next time download roms to fone
safer !
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Looking at unbricking threads.
Problem is the PC was unable to detect the phone in IntelSOC mode. Absolutely no response.
I will try different OS and machines though
uhm said:
I think kernel is in panic mode. Try disconnecting the battery for a little while and then reconnect it. You'll have to open your phone to do it. There are many YouTube videos to see how you can do so. It's not that difficult. Good luck!
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Thanks! will try this too
timbernot said:
Sometimes , leaving on charge brings at least the two vibes back eventually
That's enough to start xFSTK unbricking process.
Besides the already mentioned battery disconnect.
I seen one guy revive by disconnecting USB board too
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You mean leave it connected to PC to charge until the two vibes came back?
I originally did have the two vibes, but the phone was connected to the charger at that point.
Unfortunately I don't have the vibes even connecting to the same charger now.
I believe the solution now is to try to recover the bootloader and restore the OS.
Question is how to get it detected in PC in IntelSOC mode.
Things to try:
Disconnect battery
Disconnect USB board
Try different PCs and OS
wiltgen said:
I'm in the same boat... no even LED while connected to the charger... Already disconnected the battery and closed again. No joy. Is this a "deep brick of death"?? Its too expensive to give away without fight a little. Any help is more than welcome
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I'm sorry to hear that. I will try to disconnect the battery to see if I have more luck.
It was also mentioned that disconnecting the USB board worked for one guy.
s79336951 said:
Looking at unbricking threads.
Problem is the PC was unable to detect the phone in IntelSOC mode. Absolutely no response.
I will try different OS and machines though
Thanks! will try this too
You mean leave it connected to PC to charge until the two vibes came back?
I originally did have the two vibes, but the phone was connected to the charger at that point.
Unfortunately I don't have the vibes even connecting to the same charger now.
I believe the solution now is to try to recover the bootloader and restore the OS.
Question is how to get it detected in PC in IntelSOC mode.
Things to try:
Disconnect battery
Disconnect USB board
Try different PCs and OS
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When you get two vibes back , you can install isoc driver and your PC will recognise it.
In the early days before unbricking knowledge of zen 2 , I also witnessed the same , blank screen no vibes
What I did was leave it on charge , every hour or so ..press power plus vol plus , quick press , then after a longer press , if nothing then just power , quick press and a longer press.
Then I awoke to the vibes
Once the vibes start , then its install isoc , don't install xFSTK downloader until driver is set up
PS , that was before we found discon of battery method and still had warranty
timbernot said:
When you get two vibes back , you can install isoc driver and your PC will recognise it.
In the early days before unbricking knowledge of zen 2 , I also witnessed the same , blank screen no vibes
What I did was leave it on charge , every hour or so ..press power plus vol plus , quick press , then after a longer press , if nothing then just power , quick press and a longer press.
Then I awoke to the vibes
Once the vibes start , then its install isoc , don't install xFSTK downloader until driver is set up
PS , that was before we found discon of battery method and still had warranty
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Can I ask how many times you tried before getting the two vibes back?
And it was connected to the PC's USB port?
I asked because I did have the vibes when connecting to the wall charger.
But it went away when I then connect to the PC. And now there are no vibes even when connecting to wall charger.
s79336951 said:
I believe the solution now is to try to recover the bootloader and restore the OS.
Question is how to get it detected in PC in IntelSOC mode.
Things to try:
Disconnect battery
Disconnect USB board
Try different PCs and OS
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Tried disconnecting battery and USB board.
Unfortunately it didn't work.
Will try leaving it disconnected for an hour.
s79336951 said:
Tried disconnecting battery and USB board.
Unfortunately it didn't work.
Will try leaving it disconnected for an hour.
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After one hour of disconnected battery and USB board and still the same.
Trying to connect to PC's USB and pressing the power buttons every hour or so now.
s79336951 said:
After one hour of disconnected battery and USB board and still the same.
Trying to connect to PC's USB and pressing the power buttons every hour or so now.
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Leave on charge , means exactly that, leave on charger .
Leave it on a full day , if fone gets warm its charging .
Try all the stuff already mentioned.
Some people have give up , thrown fones in draw and 3 months later come back to life.
Some people hot wired battery straight to charger too, but that's off limits .
There is nothing straight forward that works for everyone , here is a few exanples of what revived many fones ,you pay the price for being lazy
We all learn the hard way

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