Dear all,
My Xperia S cannot detect by PC, even I called to Sony service centre, they also cannot help me over the phone and ask me send to repair. The problem is this phone are old and not worth for repair.
This phone detect new software update (currently is 2.3.7) but need to use USB with PC companion. I suspect the phone USB port got problem, although still can use it to charge battery but windows OS cannot detect and install driver on it. Tried few PC also the same.
My question is, is there a way I can download the firmware and I using wifi transfer the firmware to phone and flash from the phone itself ? (I manage to download firmware - LT26_6.1.A.2.55_CE.ftf but it need USB connection to flash it)
Appreciate for whoever can help me here. TQ so much.
Best Regards,
Kenny
1) Try different Cable
2)No way to wireless transfer or anything
you need USB in order to update
sorry
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did not notice you stating PC Companion
do what @Ben36 says and use flashtool and flash the FTF that you have downloaded
424aca said:
1) Try different Cable
2)No way to wireless transfer or anything
you need USB in order to update
sorry
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Already try different cable...still the same..
it's a common gingerbread problem, just use flashtool
Sent from my AOSP 4.3 Xperia S via Tapatalk
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42009706
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Dear all;
After i updated my phone to the lastest fw *.42, now the PC companion cannot recognize it anymore. And I found that it cannot connect and make the pc to install the MTP driver successfully.
What should i do now? Is there anyone got this problem?
P.s: i updated the phone from the 2.3.2 to 2.3.4 *.283 by flash tool then got the *.42 from SEUS.
gravityng said:
Dear all;
After i updated my phone to the lastest fw *.42, now the PC companion cannot recognize it anymore. And I found that it cannot connect and make the pc to install the MTP driver successfully.
What should i do now? Is there anyone got this problem?
P.s: i updated the phone from the 2.3.2 to 2.3.4 *.283 by flash tool then got the *.42 from SEUS.
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Hic I solved it.
I rooted the phone and remove some junk apps and now the MTP mode can operate well. PC companion can recognize the device also.
I think that the reason is when I update OTA by SEUS, I do not wipe out user data so software got stuck or something like that
ANW, thank you for reading!
gravityng said:
Hic I solved it.
I rooted the phone and remove some junk apps and now the MTP mode can operate well. PC companion can recognize the device also.
I think that the reason is when I update OTA by SEUS, I do not wipe out user data so software got stuck or something like that
ANW, thank you for reading!
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care to elaborate on what apps you removed as i am also facing this issue
thanks in advance
you must have removed the apps that begin with mtp. these are the drivers and without it it wont connect.
After searching the forums i still havent found a solution.
The problem is i decided to unlock the bootloader using Sony on my Arc S a day ago.
Now when i connect the USB it will not connect to the MSC or MTP though the computer pings and sony companion comes up but says the usual reboot etc.
I have tried all the different combinations of turning USB debug and other things on and off but to no avail.
Has anyone else had this problems and fixed it?
Try reinstalling PC companion with the option in phone connection.
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Sorry to say thats not working :s
Any idea if factory reset may work? Holding off doing that cos hate having to put everything back on lol
Factory reset did not work
Any thought on my next options would be appreciated?
Can i still install a different ROM to the memory card? I have no recovery so i dont know if i can do much of anything?
Thanks for any help.
How did you unlock your bootloader
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is your camera and home button not functioning too ? reflash back using flashtool or if it doesn't work, use wotanserver..
I now have it running after using Wotanserver twice :s
The only problem now is it wont root (Bootloader is still unloacked, did it via Sony)?
I tried Doomlord but it says read only as it tries to do it.
I dont know how to use flashtools as for some reason it wont install on my computer (possible Kasperski stopping this).
How do you reinstall the ADB drivers cos i think that may be the problem.
Try the link at this post
Managed to get flash tools installed and that rooted it
It now wont update OTA so wondered if sony companion will update but will flash tools root after?
Lots of thanks to everyone for there help seems i have question after question lol.
Just when i think i know what i'm doing i get another phone and it starts again. Sticking with sony now though even if they dont have Gorrilla glass
you can't update via Sony Companion / OTA because you have unlocked bootloader..
hy everyone just a few day i update xperia ray with ics. after update i cant connect to laptop. i tried with all my friends pc as same problem cant connect .i tried with factory reset also same problem . i want to downgrade to gb but i cant connect to pc. help plz thanks
bbek said:
hy everyone just a few day i update xperia ray with ics. after update i cant connect to laptop. i tried with all my friends pc as same problem cant connect .i tried with factory reset also same problem . i want to downgrade to gb but i cant connect to pc. help plz thanks
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This is Play thread not Ray thread
To begin , You may try repair firmware using SUS :good:
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bbek said:
hy everyone just a few day i update xperia ray with ics. after update i cant connect to laptop. i tried with all my friends pc as same problem cant connect .i tried with factory reset also same problem . i want to downgrade to gb but i cant connect to pc. help plz thanks
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Did you turned on usb debuging on your phone?
Or try different usb cable.
When you open device manager, if there is some device called "adb something", try unistall it and reconnect phone.
Ps: as said post above, this is Play forum. We don't have official ICS, so we can't have problem like yours
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Hi everybody,
I own Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc (LT15i) which no longer lives under the warranty time period. It became extremely slow, so I decided to flash a new ROM on it in attempt to see if that made it any faster. I rooted it and installed ClockworkMod Recovery on the phone and attempted to flash Xperia Ultimate HD 5.01 through CWM. The installation went perfectly fine, however after I did the reboot my phone doesn't get past the Sony Ericsson logo.
I've looked up all sorts of ways to fix soft bricked and bootlooped Arc's but none seem to work. When I try to use flashtool, I can't seem to be able to connect the phone to the computer and Windows comes up with "USB Device not recognized" and flashtool automatically aborts flashing. When I try to use PC Companion to repair the device, Windows doesn't recognize the device and neither does PC Companion. The same thing happens with Update Service.
I cannot enter flashmode, cannot get anywhere past the Sony Ericsson logo (including trying to access ClockworkMod Recovery) and cannot seem to get Windows to recognize the device. All drivers are installed both from Sony and flashtool.
Is there any other way I can recover my device? Thanks in advance for all help!
[SAFE]
Hello,
I can pretty much understand your situation, but this is where we start to have a better understanding of our own device and learn from our mistake.
In fact if you want to use flash tool, you will need to prepare your PC to recognize your mobile, by means of installing appropriate drivers, commonly known as Google SDK drivers.
I shall resume somehow here and try to find a good link for you to read :cyclops:
1. Your PC need to have latest version of JAVA
2. Install Google SDK, choose appropriate drivers and apps to be installed
3.Install flashtool and appropriate devices drivers.
Try to follow this link :
1. Installation of ADB drivers and SDK : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1830108
2. Flashing Kernel and Rom. Be careful with compatibility and other issues, you always have surprises here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996665
The above link is for HTC if im not wrong, try searching for ARC you will find it, there are loads of tutorial posted on XDA..
Here you go : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508585
Dont forget read and read until you understand every single terms.
See Ya . .
Taz . .
juzan said:
Hi everybody,
I own Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc (LT15i) which no longer lives under the warranty time period. It became extremely slow, so I decided to flash a new ROM on it in attempt to see if that made it any faster. I rooted it and installed ClockworkMod Recovery on the phone and attempted to flash Xperia Ultimate HD 5.01 through CWM. The installation went perfectly fine, however after I did the reboot my phone doesn't get past the Sony Ericsson logo.
I've looked up all sorts of ways to fix soft bricked and bootlooped Arc's but none seem to work. When I try to use flashtool, I can't seem to be able to connect the phone to the computer and Windows comes up with "USB Device not recognized" and flashtool automatically aborts flashing. When I try to use PC Companion to repair the device, Windows doesn't recognize the device and neither does PC Companion. The same thing happens with Update Service.
I cannot enter flashmode, cannot get anywhere past the Sony Ericsson logo (including trying to access ClockworkMod Recovery) and cannot seem to get Windows to recognize the device. All drivers are installed both from Sony and flashtool.
Is there any other way I can recover my device? Thanks in advance for all help!
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The problem is that you have GB kernel, but using ICS ROM. These 2 do not work together.
Try another USB cable and/or USB port and try Flashtool/PC Companion again.
Someguyfromhell said:
The problem is that you have GB kernel, but using ICS ROM. These 2 do not work together.
Try another USB cable and/or USB port and try Flashtool/PC Companion again.
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Tried that. Still no results. I've also tried using fastboot, and yes I did install all the drivers as well as the Android SDK along with the Java DK. When I enter
fastboot devices
I get no response... When I try to flash a kernel using
fastboot flash boot bootARC.img
It says waiting for device forever. The phone is plugged in and the blue light is on. The screen is still off though. When I connect it in fastboot mode to Flashtool it has the same problem (doesn't recognize the device).
Would Sony be able to fix it for me if I handed it in? Even though my warranty has been void for over a year I could probably just pay for the repair. At this rate I doubt it's possible for me to fix it...
Which Windows are you using?
Someguyfromhell said:
Which Windows are you using?
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Windows 8 x64
juzan said:
Windows 8 x64
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Well that might be the issue,W8.I have W7 and XP never had a problem.
Did you try to run flashtool and connect the phone via usb(turn it off and just connect it don't hold any buttons,if that doesn't woek try turning it on and then connect it)-so that way flashtool might detect the device.Hope you'll get it to work.If nothing helps than try searching on google about these issues for win8.
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Did you increase your system and data partition into 419 MB and 440 MB? Because if you haven't you'll get a bootloop with Xperia Ultimate HD 5.01 since this rom needs that space. I read that you have to flash Arc S kernel to achieve this but im stuck at this point because the partitions won't change for me :/
To use fastboot, install the drivers by this method.
The only working method to install fastboot on Windows 8.
http://flashtool.net/disabledrivers.html
I am using Xperia arc lt15 to 4 years.I flash any type Rom in this phone.its very hardcore smartphone because I 40-60 times flash different custom and ftf official Rom.if u need any help about this phone tell me.
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Hi Guys
I need install custom Rom for my device GT-i9192 by odin .. But Not responding
Even open files are not responding
Knowing that I tried other devices and worked without problems
Just my device.
When connect it to my computer. Not responding
Please reply ,,,
Please help me ...
azoga said:
Hi Guys
I need install custom Rom for my device GT-i9192 by odin .. But Not responding
Even open files are not responding
Knowing that I tried other devices and worked without problems
Just my device.
When connect it to my computer. Not responding
Please reply ,,,
Please help me ...
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probably a usb driver issue, download latest and reinstall
http://developer.samsung.com/galaxy/others/android-usb-driver-for-windows
IronRoo said:
probably a usb driver issue, download latest and reinstall
http://developer.samsung.com/galaxy/others/android-usb-driver-for-windows
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My brother tried another device... No problems connecting with PC ..
I think the problem is on my device GT-I9192 ..
azoga said:
My brother tried another device... No problems connecting with PC ..
I think the problem is on my device GT-I9192 ..
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possible could still be driver.
However there are lots of things it could be, I can't remember them all soul here are random things I recall, no particular order! People have reported using different usb cable, or usb port (your phone may be more sensitive than your bothers) have helped. And/or try older ver of Odin (2.8 or 2.9 I think it was). Make sure to turn off Kies & your fire wall. Only connect phone once in download mode. Turn off debugging. Update uninstall Kies (might need to reinstall drivers if they come with Kies)
(try Heimdall if you can use linux)
Also, what recovery are you using? TWRP from neozone thread? ver?