I tried to flash the Generic JB firmware on it yesterday and caused it to completely brick.
Is there an easy way to fix this? My laptop recognizes it as "SEMC Flash Device" but other than that the phone will not turn on, will not charge (no LED), or even reboot while pressing (volume key).
Is my phone busted? Someone please help me restore this, I have no other phone to use, and really need to get this fixed.
Try this
Does your phone Buzz once when you press power+ volume up?
if it does then hold it till it buzzed 3 times
then click this --- > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170
Envious_Data said:
Does your phone Buzz once when you press power+ volume up?
if it does then hold it till it buzzed 3 times
then click this --- > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170
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It doesn't vibrate at all.
Still
Still check the link in the last post and if nothing helps then send your Xperia For repairs
Envious_Data said:
Still check the link in the last post and if nothing helps then send your Xperia For repairs
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I really wanna keep this "new" situation appointed to this thread (in case this happens to anyone else):
alright I'm gonna start a "HARD RESET ON MY XPERIA ION LT28AT"
- The phone is completely dead, no LED when plugged in.
- Computer recognizes phone as "SEMC flash device"
Jim-X said:
I really wanna keep this "new" situation appointed to this thread (in case this happens to anyone else):
alright I'm gonna start a "HARD RESET ON MY XPERIA ION LT28AT"
- The phone is completely dead, no LED when plugged in.
- Computer recognizes phone as "SEMC flash device"
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You should really listen to the advice given and read all the stuff in the first two post of the linked thread. All of the answers are there for you. For a L28at the rubber band trick looks like a great option. But you must plug your phone in to your wall charger and leave it alone. If you mess with it before it starts looping it will only take you longer to get it going again.
It happen with my ion also.
Charge your phone upto 15 to 30hrs then you see yellow led,don't plug out wait for green led to come up.then flash your phone with stable firmware.
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I already searched everywhere and I'm loosing my hopes. I'm trying to revive a 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 for some minutes, then on again, and stays in this loop, no matter how many days I keep it in the wall. I already changed charger and cable.
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
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I was going to flash the LT28i firmware on my LT28at just to check it out. I had flashtool ready to go but it wasn't detecting my phone. It wouldn't get past the pop-up that said to power off and hold the back button. (I pressed the volume down for the Ion while plugging the cable in) I exited flashtool and gave up since it really wasn't too big of a deal, I was happy with the stock firmware.
Here I am now and the phone appears to be completely dead. There is no LED when I plug it in to the charger and no vibrations or LEDs when I hold the power button. It still shows up in the device manager when I press the volume down as seen in the attachment but then I'm back to not having a driver. For the record, the only thing I had done was root the phone, my bootloader is locked. I don't know what on earth could have happened but I am positive that flashtool did not even start flashing when I exited it. I don't know what to do next. I already checked out this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170 but nothing seems to be working. Thanks for the help. I apologize if this is in the wrong section.
Edit: I installed the Flashmode driver via the installer in the flashtool folder. One of the flashtool guides is based on an older version and states something like "install the XXX_ADB driver in the drivers folder of flashtool." I don't have that and the Ion isn't in the list of device drivers in the installer. See the attachment.
Edit2: The battery was around 77% when I started.
johnbyebye said:
I was going to flash the LT28i firmware on my LT28at just to check it out. I had flashtool ready to go but it wasn't detecting my phone. It wouldn't get past the pop-up that said to power off and hold the back button. (I pressed the volume down for the Ion while plugging the cable in) I exited flashtool and gave up since it really wasn't too big of a deal, I was happy with the stock firmware.
Here I am now and the phone appears to be completely dead. There is no LED when I plug it in to the charger and no vibrations or LEDs when I hold the power button. It still shows up in the device manager when I press the volume down as seen in the attachment but then I'm back to not having a driver. For the record, the only thing I had done was root the phone, my bootloader is locked. I don't know what on earth could have happened but I am positive that flashtool did not even start flashing when I exited it. I don't know what to do next. I already checked out this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170 but nothing seems to be working. Thanks for the help. I apologize if this is in the wrong section.
Edit: I installed the Flashmode driver via the installer in the flashtool folder. One of the flashtool guides is based on an older version and states something like "install the XXX_ADB driver in the drivers folder of flashtool." I don't have that and the Ion isn't in the list of device drivers in the installer. See the attachment.
Edit2: The battery was around 77% when I started.
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Plug it into the wall charger and let it sit for awhile (might be a long while) until you get the red LED. It might take a day or so but it should come back to life. You can try flashing then. If that doesn't work let it charge longer. I had to let mine go two days then finally got the green led and could flash again. Look at the soft brick recovery thread for more info.
44Blackhawk said:
Before you wait all that time, try this. Hold the volume up button and the power button at the same time. The phone will vibrate once, keep holding until it vibrates 3 more times. Now you should be able to try flashing again. Worked for me.
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I did this and the phone is back to normal. *phew* Scary.
Oddly enough, now I have a green LED when I never did before.
Hello friends,
I am new (and dumb too) to XDA and all the root and all these things.
I just rooted and unlocked bootloader of my Xperia S.
and flashed the Jelly bean AOSP ROM as in following thread.
[ROM]JB AOSP 4.2.1 alpha 2
I was playing in recovery mode and I don't which option I choose but I think something like "Wipe Partitions" or "Format partitions"
After that I rebooted phone but it just went dead.
I think the battery was low (~15%) when I messed up.
Now it's not responding to anything, no boot, no recovery mode, no fastboot, no flash mode,(vol + or vol - with power) :crying:
Only thing was that I put it on wall charger at 2:00 am (no LED), at morning 10::am RED LED was strong on, but still no fastboot and flash mod e while connecting to pc :crying:
Still I kept on charging whole day ( I saw some threads regarding XPERIA S UNBRICK )
now after ~8hours, connected to pc but still detection.
Also I want to mention that When LED was on while charging and the I connected to pc , IF LED went ON , then phone not detected by computer.
and after sometime the LED went off , then Device says it connected as in screen shot below, but no fastboot or flashmode.
Please help me. Sorry for bad representation.
Hi, the i'm not a phone wizz but it happen't to me a few days ago as well. Tried everything almost bought a new phone because i thought it was bricked....
Now it's alive and kickin'.
For me worked:
Mine randomly started up till the battery was empty, 2-3min and that was enough.
Download the Emma flashtool, it's from Sony itself.
Install the flashtool and start it..let it settle.
With the red light on when it starts try to get it in plug in the usb in the phone (it's already connected in the pc) while holding the volume button down, and when you're lucky the flashtool will recognize the phone and will collect the correct software/ROM/kernel. Just hit the install/repair button and that worked for me, it installed the correct software and it was alive again...
Wish you all the luck.
koossmatrooz said:
Hi, the i'm not a phone wizz but it happen't to me a few days ago as well. Tried everything almost bought a new phone because i thought it was bricked....
Now it's alive and kickin'.
For me worked:
Mine randomly started up till the battery was empty, 2-3min and that was enough.
Download the Emma flashtool, it's from Sony itself.
Install the flashtool and start it..let it settle.
With the red light on when it starts try to get it in plug in the usb in the phone (it's already connected in the pc) while holding the volume button down, and when you're lucky the flashtool will recognize the phone and will collect the correct software/ROM/kernel. Just hit the install/repair button and that worked for me, it installed the correct software and it was alive again...
Wish you all the luck.
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Thank you for your reply.
I did it but when connected phone with vol - , red LED was strong on , but device didn't detected by OS, nor Emma, nor with flashtool.
but after 1 minute the LED went off and at the same moment device detected in PC OS (as sound of new hardware detected sound of windows heard) and flashtool log was-
09/042/2013 22:42:12 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
09/042/2013 22:42:12 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
no response from Emma. Also no flashboot or fastboot :crying:
Have installed the fastboot drivers for your phone?
If you connect your phone with vol- or vol+ you shouldn't get a red light, it should be blue or green.
Try charge phone for a while then download a jellybean kernel (e.g. *.sin file), then adb push the kernel to the phone. Boot into recovery and refresh rom.
This will require adb and drivers both available in the flashpoint folder.
Sent from my Xperia S using xda app-developers app
o0 Matt 0o said:
Have installed the fastboot drivers for your phone?
If you connect your phone with vol- or vol+ you shouldn't get a red light, it should be blue or green.
Try charge phone for a while then download a jellybean kernel (e.g. *.sin file), then adb push the kernel to the phone. Boot into recovery and refresh rom.
This will require adb and drivers both available in the flashpoint folder.
Sent from my Xperia S using xda app-developers app
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Thank you for reply.
OK I will try. But the phone RED LED going on as a charging indicator only.
(Generally when phone shuts down at 0% battery and if we boot it up without charging, it turns on and turn off , after i fyou connect the charger, the instance the RED LED goes on but screen remains blank, After sometime the screen shows charging battery )
the same case is happening with me.
Should I remove battery, will it void its warranty?
pmsdhawale said:
Thank you for reply.
OK I will try. But the phone RED LED going on as a charging indicator only.
(Generally when phone shuts down at 0% battery and if we boot it up without charging, it turns on and turn off , after i fyou connect the charger, the instance the RED LED goes on but screen remains blank, After sometime the screen shows charging battery )
the same case is happening with me.
Should I remove battery, will it void its warranty?
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So u can charge ur phone? It sounds like all u need to do is reinstall a kernel then a rom. No need to remove battery. If you connect urban phone to a usb,when off, and hold a volume key you should not get a red led. You get a red led when u don't have flashmode and/or fastboot.
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Have you tried a 'hard' reset of the phone/power.
Phone may be in a loop with power still on or some other state.
Hold the power button -and- volume up button for a good 10 seconds.
You may feel the phone vibrate once then a few seconds later it vibrates three times in rapid succession.
This should indicate the phone is powered down.
If powered down, it may then be able to recharge itself and if you're lucky show a battery charging icon.
When recharged, I'd use SEUS to reload the stock firmware.
Good luck.
Dr Goodvibes said:
Have you tried a 'hard' reset of the phone/power.
Phone may be in a loop with power still on or some other state.
Hold the power button -and- volume up button for a good 10 seconds.
You may feel the phone vibrate once then a few seconds later it vibrates three times in rapid succession.
This should indicate the phone is powered down.
If powered down, it may then be able to recharge itself and if you're lucky show a battery charging icon.
When recharged, I'd use SEUS to reload the stock firmware.
Good luck.
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Thank you for suggestion but its not responding.
Also I unlocked bootloader so no use of SUS .
o0 Matt 0o said:
So u can charge ur phone? It sounds like all u need to do is reinstall a kernel then a rom. No need to remove battery. If you connect urban phone to a usb,when off, and hold a volume key you should not get a red led. You get a red led when u don't have flashmode and/or fastboot.
Sent from my Xperia S using xda app-developers app
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Its getting red LED because battery is not charging I think.
And can You explain the process written or a link to tutorial .
One more question
Will my warranty be void if I remove my Battery?
pmsdhawale said:
Its getting red LED because battery is not charging I think.
And can You explain the process written or a link to tutorial .
One more question
Will my warranty be void if I remove my Battery?
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Step 1 - Download a kernel.
Download a kernel like nova (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35055975). this will Download a zip file, open the file and extract the file kernel.elf. note nova is a jellybean kernel.
step 2 - Push the kernel file to the phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23181182
[Xperia S][INFO][REF] All that u need to know before u begin
Step 3 - boot the phone into recovery and install a Rom zip file then reboot.
Step 4 - hit thanks.
Not sure about removing the battery. I have never need to do it.I guess it would be ok if you don't damage anything or break any security seals. Btw u know when u charge your phone when the battery is below 90% it displays a red light hey.
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o0 Matt 0o said:
Step 1 - Download a kernel.
Download a kernel like nova (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35055975). this will Download a zip file, open the file and extract the file kernel.elf. note nova is a jellybean kernel.
step 2 - Push the kernel file to the phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23181182
[Xperia S][INFO][REF] All that u need to know before u begin
Step 3 - boot the phone into recovery and install a Rom zip file then reboot.
Step 4 - hit thanks.
Not sure about removing the battery. I have never need to do it.I guess it would be ok if you don't damage anything or break any security seals. Btw u know when u charge your phone when the battery is below 90% it displays a red light hey.
Sent from my Xperia S using xda app-developers app
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Its not booting .
Nor in flashmod nor in fastboot mode. then how can I push the kernal.
Can u confirm if you have installed the fastboot drivers
Sent from my Xperia S using xda app-developers app
Same problem here. Red led, no charge. No fasboot.
Nova Kernel + Nova Rom.
o0 Matt 0o said:
Can u confirm if you have installed the fastboot drivers
Sent from my Xperia S using xda app-developers app
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yes, they are installed.
I connected my friend's xperia p and it detected in both fastboot and flashmod.
Trying it on ubuntu and thenafter windows 7.....
FED UP.....Going to SONY service center tomorrow.... hoping it'll get replaced .(yeahh...its still under warranty )
pmsdhawale said:
FED UP.....Going to SONY service center tomorrow.... hoping it'll get replaced .(yeahh...its still under warranty )
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So what happened? I have the same problem.
put your device to a cool place and try install a kernel like nova
pmsdhawale said:
Hello friends,
I am new (and dumb too) to XDA and all the root and all these things.
I just rooted and unlocked bootloader of my Xperia S.
and flashed the Jelly bean AOSP ROM as in following thread.
[ROM]JB AOSP 4.2.1 alpha 2
I was playing in recovery mode and I don't which option I choose but I think something like "Wipe Partitions" or "Format partitions"
After that I rebooted phone but it just went dead.
I think the battery was low (~15%) when I messed up.
Now it's not responding to anything, no boot, no recovery mode, no fastboot, no flash mode,(vol + or vol - with power) :crying:
Only thing was that I put it on wall charger at 2:00 am (no LED), at morning 10::am RED LED was strong on, but still no fastboot and flash mod e while connecting to pc :crying:
Still I kept on charging whole day ( I saw some threads regarding XPERIA S UNBRICK )
now after ~8hours, connected to pc but still detection.
Also I want to mention that When LED was on while charging and the I connected to pc , IF LED went ON , then phone not detected by computer.
and after sometime the LED went off , then Device says it connected as in screen shot below, but no fastboot or flashmode.
Please help me. Sorry for bad representation.
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Make sure your phone is absolutely off
Put it to a cool place like refrigerator for a couple of hours
then flash a kernel so fast by fastboot.exe
If works you can full charge your device and you are lucky.
pmsdhawale said:
FED UP.....Going to SONY service center tomorrow.... hoping it'll get replaced .(yeahh...its still under warranty )
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Got it replaced !!
They said that they've changed motherboard !!
Again rooted and unlocked boot loader !
Using PAC ROM latest 4.2.2
Need Help, without doing any thing to my phone Sony Xperia SL,i bought it 2 weeks ago,and suddenly when i use it ,it hanging up and stopped working and when Connect to wall charger it gets constant red Led and tried to connect it to the laptop the Red led is gets constant and it turns off after some time then again it turns on and it stays until i unplug it..
i try to restart it by press power+ volume up for 10 sec but nothing happened, i try to connect it to flashtool it say Device connected but for devices before 2011 be sure not to be in MTP mode.
what can i do???
Let your phone charge over night.
Sent from my Xperia S using xda app-developers app
Li-polymers said:
Let your phone charge over night.
Sent from my Xperia S using xda app-developers app
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first thanks for your attention,
and I let it charging before on wall charger for long time until red led stopped and nothing happened
tamer.as18 said:
Need Help, without doing any thing to my phone Sony Xperia SL,i bought it 2 weeks ago,and suddenly when i use it ,it hanging up and stopped working and when Connect to wall charger it gets constant red Led and tried to connect it to the laptop the Red led is gets constant and it turns off after some time then again it turns on and it stays until i unplug it..
i try to restart it by press power+ volume up for 10 sec but nothing happened, i try to connect it to flashtool it say Device connected but for devices before 2011 be sure not to be in MTP mode.
what can i do???
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Just flash stock ftf in flashmode(if it z possible).Otherwise take to sony care & get it replaced
Sent from my Xperia SL using xda premium
Flash custom ROM
Hi!
Have you tried to flash and other ROM? Either stock ROM or Custom ROM if you can go in fastboot mod and then flash an other Kernel.....
SaZh047 said:
Hi!
Have you tried to flash and other ROM? Either stock ROM or Custom ROM if you can go in fastboot mod and then flash an other Kernel.....
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i already try to connect it to flashtool it say Device connected but for devices before 2011 be sure not to be in MTP mode.
tamer.as18 said:
i already try to connect it to flashtool it say Device connected but for devices before 2011 be sure not to be in MTP mode.
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as long as you cant do the power+vol up till it vibrates 3 times, u cant connect to flashtool/fastboot.
imo, what u can do now: charge the phone for some hours then do the power+vol up again. if it still wont vibrates, leave it for couple of days, hoping the battery will drain, then charge it, do the same process. still wont vibrates (or if u want faster way), bring it to sony service center.
m1st3r1 said:
as long as you cant do the power+vol up till it vibrates 3 times, u cant connect to flashtool/fastboot.
imo, what u can do now: charge the phone for some hours then do the power+vol up again. if it still wont vibrates, leave it for couple of days, hoping the battery will drain, then charge it, do the same process. still wont vibrates (or if u want faster way), bring it to sony service center.
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I will try to leave it 2 days or 3 hoping the battery will drain, as you said and I will update you.
and for when i was connect the phone to flashtool what about the Debugging mode off is this problem has any solution.
Hey Guys..Yesterday night I modified existenz ota2.0 xperia s for ion and flashed but got bootloop manytimes ..I could acess to recovery and mobile was rebooting and finally bootloop and so on ..What I did finally is I pressed vol up and power button for some time and mobile switched off..Now it doesnot respond at all..It is not detected by flashtool either..I tried each and every method but no luck..What shall I do now?? Did I face hard brick??..I left my phone overnight and found to be heated on morning..black screen..help me ..
Nothing is responding ..Blank screen ..Thats all..Tried vol up plus power for many times..plugged in wall charger ..no led ..totally ****ed up..:crying::crying: Help me guys..Help will be much appreciated..:crying::crying:
Chocklety Boyee said:
Hey Guys..Yesterday night I modified existenz ota2.0 xperia s for ion and flashed but got bootloop manytimes ..I could acess to recovery and mobile was rebooting and finally bootloop and so on ..What I did finally is I pressed vol up and power button for some time and mobile switched off..Now it doesnot respond at all..It is not detected by flashtool either..I tried each and every method but no luck..What shall I do now?? Did I face hard brick??..I left my phone overnight and found to be heated on morning..black screen..help me ..
Nothing is responding ..Blank screen ..Thats all..Tried vol up plus power for many times..plugged in wall charger ..no led ..totally ****ed up..:crying::crying: Help me guys..Help will be much appreciated..:crying::crying:
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What exactly did you modify? Can't you access recovery?
Sent from my LT26ii using Tapatalk
entermetallica said:
What exactly did you modify? Can't you access recovery?
Sent from my LT26ii using Tapatalk
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There was some fault on framework.apk due to which I got bootloop and mobile was completely dead...I plugged the wall charger and now I can see faint red light nothing more than that..Mine battery was full,,,,Should I have to wait till my battery get drained??
Chocklety Boyee said:
There was some fault on framework.apk due to which I got bootloop and mobile was completely dead...I plugged the wall charger and now I can see faint red light nothing more than that..Mine battery was full,,,,Should I have to wait till my battery get drained??
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No, keep it on the wall charger overnight if you cant access fastboot or recovery and then report back.
I think I have the same problem here. I already searched everywhere and I'm loosing my hopes. I'm trying to revive a 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, no green leds, my phone was in charger for months, changed charger and cable.
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
I just wiped my phone with TWRP using the "advanced" settings and ticked everything. Obviously not a good idea as I think I have wiped everything including the ROM from my phone. Any idea how to get it going again? It just goes to the "Sony Xperia" screen and stays there when booting. I'm not sure how to get back into TWRP (i used to get there from a utilities app that restarted the phone into recovery). I have TWRP backup on my computer before I did the stupid thing...
Thanks for any help!
I've tried to flash from Emma and and Xperia Companion but I can't enter Flashmode (hold the volume down button and connect to computer). It just automatically turns on and shows the Sony/Xperia screen and the LED is solid RED.
I let it run down over night and still unable to enter Flashmode.
I assume TWRP is still there as it was the program that wiped the phone. Any ideas how I can get into TWRP?
The computer does not recognise the phone either. It was rooted and had an unlocked bootloader before it happened.
Thanks!
Hold power down and press power button. Release power button when phone vibrates but keep holding vol down until you see twrp logo. If you don't see it after maybe 10 seconds. If nothing happens you can try pressing power button and when you see led light keep pressing or holding (try both) vol down. If that doesn't work then you can try flashing with flashtool. You can check my thread for downloads and instructions
col320ce said:
I just wiped my phone with TWRP using the "advanced" settings and ticked everything. Obviously not a good idea as I think I have wiped everything including the ROM from my phone. Any idea how to get it going again? It just goes to the "Sony Xperia" screen and stays there when booting. I'm not sure how to get back into TWRP (i used to get there from a utilities app that restarted the phone into recovery). I have TWRP backup on my computer before I did the stupid thing...
Thanks for any help!
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In sim card slot there is a small red button. Hold it down with toothpick or paper clip until you feel three vibrations. That will shut off your phone.
Now you can try Flashtool or Emma.
Thanks so far ... here is an update.
After letting it run down overnight it eventually let me get it into flashmode. Xperia Companion doesn't work (unlocked) but Emma is trying to work. It has taken a few hours to download the software as the phone only stays in flashmode for about 30 seconds but it was able to eventually download the software. Now it is trying to load it but it gets to 11% and the phone goes out of flashmode (but automatically re enters it without me doing anything) and the cycle continues. Is there any way to force it to stay in flashmode?
I've tried the suggestions above to get to TWRP but nothing seems to work.
I can think of 2 reasons. Either emma is broken (never used it, can't tell) or your connection to pc gets interrupted by bad cable or broken connector. Why don't you try flashtool instead of emma?
col320ce said:
Thanks so far ... here is an update.
After letting it run down overnight it eventually let me get it into flashmode. Xperia Companion doesn't work (unlocked) but Emma is trying to work. It has taken a few hours to download the software as the phone only stays in flashmode for about 30 seconds but it was able to eventually download the software. Now it is trying to load it but it gets to 11% and the phone goes out of flashmode (but automatically re enters it without me doing anything) and the cycle continues. Is there any way to force it to stay in flashmode?
I've tried the suggestions above to get to TWRP but nothing seems to work.
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Silly question, but did you recharge your battery after letting it run overnight?
PiixJu said:
Silly question, but did you recharge your battery after letting it run overnight?
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I wiped whole storage few times as he did (Without letting it run overnight tho) and you can't charge your battery without system or recovery. If your battery drains in this situation you are SOL
yeah I think that is my problem. The phone won't charge and that's why it only stays on for 30 seconds before losing connection.
Can I charge the battery out of the phone? I know it a pain to pull out ... but I've done it before as it needs changing every 12 mths or so.
Not sure about that. I mean there has to be a way to charge it outside phone but you would need special equipment since you can't just use random charger. Since you said you charged your batteries before you could try to use one of them and hope that they have charge in them for flashing. I saw that @munjeni has a lot of experience with this phones hardware so you could try and contact him and ask if he knows about contact points on motherboard for charging
Ok. Got it going again eventually. Not sure exactly what I did that made it work but FYI these are the things that I did that seemed to help:
Charged it on my ASUS tablet charger today - seemed to do a better job than the other charger I was using (it was a Nokia). It seems to hold a very small charge but was not charging the battery properly. Hooked it up to Emma which had already managed to download the software and put the phone under my laptop (trying to warm the battery to squeeze everything our of it). 355 seconds later it had copied the software and the phone was able to turn on normally again. The phone was getting to about 60% of the software copied across before I used the ASUS charger and the heating the phone technique.
BTW I couldn't get flashtool to work. It recognised the phone but stopped saying USB debugging was off.
Thanks for everyones help!!