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So yesterday i tried to flash a new kernel (nova kernel) using cwm and after attempting to reboot, all i felt was a vibration and then nothing happened. Is my xperia s bricked? and if so is there anything i can do?
What works:
1. Able to hold power button and feel the single vibration; however, the screen remains blank after that.
2. Able to soft reset and hard reset but it does nothing
3. Able to connect to pc in flash/fastboot mode
4. Able to flash kernels and firmware (flashed full stock .55 and wiped everything, still no progress)
What doesn't work:
1. Screen will not turn on no matter what i do
2. Phone will not charge (no led, no screen)
3. CANNOT ENTER CWM!
Any help is appreciated.
Sounds almost like you're battery is dead toss it on the charger in a situation like this it can take up to 5 hours for the phone to boot.
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thanitos said:
Sounds almost like you're battery is dead toss it on the charger in a situation like this it can take up to 5 hours for the phone to boot.
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that could be it...but i doubt it because when i flashed the kernel it was about 98% battery and i haven't been able to turn on the phone since. that plus i've left the phone charging for 8 hours last night, which ended again with no led and no screen...
i'll keep it plugged in though and see if anything happens
So does full ftf file with flashtool flash ok?
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Ben36 said:
So does full ftf file with flashtool flash ok?
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yeah, but after flashing i still can't boot. i can hold the power button and feel the vibration, but the screen remains off (no splash screen, no nothing)
Well I'm out of ideas ik a hard reset is suppose to be like taking out the battery but maybe it just needs to die
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disc0nnector said:
yeah, but after flashing i still can't boot. i can hold the power button and feel the vibration, but the screen remains off (no splash screen, no nothing)
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After you try to boot do you get any screen response? Like backlight or a quick blink. After turning on with no screen, does the pc recognize as usb drive or mtp device? I was just thinking maybe screen failure.
~Jaramie
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ToledoJab said:
After you try to boot do you get any screen response? Like backlight or a quick blink. After turning on with no screen, does the pc recognize as usb drive or mtp device? I was just thinking maybe screen failure.
~Jaramie
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when i try to boot, i only get the one vibration that signals the phone has turned on (or in my case attempted to turn on). i can keep pressing and holding the power button multiple times consecutively and still get the same result. it's like the phone turns on and then shuts down immediately.
i only get led notifications when i connect to the computer in fastboot or flash mode, other than that i get nothing.
Try reading through this ion softbrick recovery thread. There are tricks in the OP that users reported work.
~Jaramie
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ToledoJab said:
Try reading through this ion softbrick recovery thread. There are tricks in the OP that users reported work.
~Jaramie
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looked at that thread, nothing works. closest i came to something was plugging the phone into the wall for a while until the red led came on, but then it just turns off after 2-3 hours and i'm back to square one
Some have had to leave it plugged into charger for days. Then got green led, flashed and it started.
This is just one way these phones act goofy during soft brick. You just have to be patient, as all who have recovered have said.
kye71 said:
Well great news phone is back and running great
I had it plugged in for about 18 hours then the Red light came on.
24+ hours later the Red light was off. So I tried to flash, nothing. It was just a wasted attempted and I nothing happened.
Plugged it back in, ~2 hours later the Green light came on and I could press Power to have the Battery Screen come on.
Flashed it and it worked! Thanks for the support!
I'm not sure why the Red light went off. I'm thinking maybe the cord was bumped and the charger wasn't plugged in all the way?
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Good luck
~Jaramie
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ToledoJab said:
Some have had to leave it plugged into charger for days. Then got green led, flashed and it started.
This is just one way these phones act goofy during soft brick. You just have to be patient, as all who have recovered have said.
Good luck
~Jaramie
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that's crazy,,,i don't think i'll have the patience to do that lol...
i've left it in for 13 hours, but still only the red led though. i'll keep it going and see what happens though
Maybe you should flash your xperia back to the stock ROM. You can do that using the official Sony flashtool: http://developer.sonymobile.com/201...ocked-xperia-smartphones-video-beta-download/ . Just watch the video and (hopefully) you will understand everything. After flashing back to stock ROM you can decide what you want to do with your phone afterwards
Hopefully this solves your problem!
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xJokerz said:
Maybe you should flash your xperia back to the stock ROM. You can do that using the official Sony flashtool: http://developer.sonymobile.com/201...ocked-xperia-smartphones-video-beta-download/ . Just watch the video and (hopefully) you will understand everything. After flashing back to stock ROM you can decide what you want to do with your phone afterwards
Hopefully this solves your problem!
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as stated in the op, i've already attempted this with no luck. it flashes but it won't boot, the screen won't even light up let alone show a sony logo
update - 19 hours so far...still only the red led!
really hope i don't have a $400 paperweight now...
disc0nnector said:
update - 19 hours so far...still only the red led!
really hope i don't have a $400 paperweight now...
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I know this is difficult, but I have never read of anyone NOT recovering their phone.
If it helps their are others in similar situations
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35262472
~Jaramie
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ToledoJab said:
I know this is difficult, but I have never read of anyone NOT recovering their phone.
If it helps their are others in similar situations
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35262472
~Jaramie
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i tried one of the posted solutions, but in doing so i find that i can't even enter into fastboot/flash mode anymore, and i can't soft or hard reset. i only get the solid red led now when plugging into anything (pc, charger) and the phone is unresponsive to any of the buttons.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1836219
i have this exact same problem in this thread, the highlight being that the screen doesn't turn on at all, while others have been able to get to the sony logo.
it seems that everyone that has this exact problem has not gotten any solution yet.
I have exactly the same issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032017
SAT told me that the phone has been modificated and they didn¨t repair.
I think thas the phone doesnt charge the battery, and this may be the problema, who knows...I have a brink above my papers..
basafre said:
I have exactly the same issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032017
SAT told me that the phone has been modificated and they didn¨t repair.
I think thas the phone doesnt charge the battery, and this may be the problema, who knows...I have a brink above my papers..
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exactly, the other problem is that sus and pc companion both won't repair the phone because the bootloader is unlocked.
i've flashed the relock bootloader ftf and it still says the same thing which is weird.
UPDATE - 46 hours and still only the red led!
Hi guys,
I need your help. My brand new (2 weeks old!) Xperia Acro S bricked by itself!
I was browsing the web when the screen went completely black. I tried to do a hard reset (pressing power + volume up) because it worked many times before that (it was not the first time that the whole "black screen crash" happened), but the phone was completely dead.
The local Sony assistance told me (after keeping it for 6 weeks ) that they won't repair it because the phone is not currently sold in my country (I won it on Facebook).
As of now the only thing that is working is the charging light when I connect it to the charger.
The phone was absolutely and completely stock, NO rom, NO root whatsoever.
Please tell me that I did not win an extremely pricey paperweight!
Plug in charger,when it shows battery icon,press the power button until it is turn on
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Did you tried Power button + Volume down button? If not hold Power button + Volume down button for 10 seconds. It should work.
Double Post, sorry.
UchihaDareNial said:
Plug in charger,when it shows battery icon,press the power button until it is turn on
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The phone is not out of charge, it is completely dead. The only thing working is the LED notification light that turns red when connected to the charger.
pharix said:
Did you tried Power button + Volume down button? If not hold Power button + Volume down button for 10 seconds. It should work.
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I tried every possible combination of HW buttons but to no avail...
Try Sony Update service. HERE is download link.
There have been some topics I think floating around that batteries have died at like 50%
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thanitos said:
There have been some topics I think floating around that batteries have died at like 50%
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The battery was the very first thing I checked, I charged it for about a day.
pharix said:
Try Sony Update service. HERE is download link.
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Will it work even if the PC does not see the phone?
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GMdV said:
The battery was the very first thing I checked, I charged it for about a day.
Will it work even if the PC does not see the phone?
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It should work.
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It should work.
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Unfortunately it doesn't. I connected the phone while holding the volume down button pressed but nothing happened.
I have the same problem with xperis S.
It bricked by itself.
The only one noticeable thing i remember that when I last seen it a few minutes after it was working that the light was flashing blue and the black screen. After it it newer switched on.
Now while charging, the light turns solid red and nothing more. No flashmode. No fastboot mode. Tried to remove accu. It did not help. Sony update service and flashtool does not see the device.
There was stock firmware droid 4.0.4 and root. Nothing more. Everything worked fine. No updates were done before it bricked.
Is there any way out?
handwerk said:
I have the same problem with xperis S.
It bricked by itself.
The only one noticeable thing i remember that when I last seen it a few minutes after it was working that the light was flashing blue and the black screen. After it it newer switched on.
Now while charging, the light turns solid red and nothing more. No flashmode. No fastboot mode. Tried to remove accu. It did not help. Sony update service and flashtool does not see the device.
There was stock firmware droid 4.0.4 and root. Nothing more. Everything worked fine. No updates were done before it bricked.
Is there any way out?
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Then I'm not the only one...
As of now there is no way out, you should contact your local sony assistance.
It would be great if you could tell us what was the cause of the death of your Xperia.
Your phone isn't dead... I had the same problem with my xperia s... when i plug in the carger, the red light lights on.. that means it's alive .. but not charging, it's charging when the led is orange.. i've waited 1 day for see the orange led.. I really don't know why.. :/
martinko23 said:
Your phone isn't dead... I had the same problem with my xperia s... when i plug in the carger, the red light lights on.. that means it's alive .. but not charging, it's charging when the led is orange.. i've waited 1 day for see the orange led.. I really don't know why.. :/
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I got same problem, only red led, but pc see phone and flashtool say device connect with usb debugging off
For tricks on recovery from SOFT-brick use the link in my signature. Just read up first. Good luck
~Jaramie
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Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread
ToledoJab said:
For tricks on recovery from SOFT-brick use the link in my signature. Just read up first. Good luck
~Jaramie
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Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread
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I try all of yor guide and nothing works, in next week a change battery and them try
martinko23 said:
Your phone isn't dead... I had the same problem with my xperia s... when i plug in the carger, the red light lights on.. that means it's alive .. but not charging, it's charging when the led is orange.. i've waited 1 day for see the orange led.. I really don't know why.. :/
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And then what happened? Did you just turn it on and it worked?
It turned on by itself...
Come on baby light my fire ! Woo ! That's good ! :3
martinko23 said:
It turned on by itself...
Come on baby light my fire ! Woo ! That's good ! :3
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Ok, great. Then I'll just let it charge and see what happens. Thanks!
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No problem, i hope it will turn on..
Stop with jokes about Dubstep, Just drop it.
So I did a Root 101 No No... In a sleepy state I decided to flash my T-Mo galaxy S2 without doing a system wipe..... smh...smh. As a result I brick my phone. However, in a way I've never seen before. Is there anyone out there that can help???
Here the problem:
Phone does not turn on. (No sound, nothing on the screen)
Phone does not respond to 3 button press. (No vibrate and can't get into clockwork)
Phone does not connect to usb port. (it contently connects and disconnect)
As you can see this is a BIG problem and its left me stump. Before I declare this phone as a shiny paper weight I leave my hope in you guys.
Thanks for the help
What is the three button press? To get into recovery I hold power and volume down. Also check if you're in a boot loop
Edit: also what ROM did you flash
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abhi08638 said:
What is the three button press? To get into recovery I hold power and volume down. Also check if you're in a boot loop
Edit: also what ROM did you flash
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I meant the volume and power buttons. I don't think I'm in a loop because the phone give me no type of feedback. no light, sounds or vibration. When connected to power outlet there's no change. took out the battery for about an hour, no change. used a different usb cable, tried to load into Odin. Nothing.
The only thing the phone does to show that something is going on is when I plug it into my pc. At that point it shows a device has been connected but then disconnect right away. It keeps doing that as long as the phone is connected to the pc.
Also I was coming from CM 10.0.0 to aokp_d2tmo_jb-mr1_build-4
abhi08638 said:
What is the three button press? To get into recovery I hold power and volume down. Also check if you're in a boot loop
Edit: also what ROM did you flash
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My phone is pwr + volume up and down for recovery. Pwr +volume down is download mode. Yes....t989
BoomerCosmo said:
I meant the volume and power buttons. I don't think I'm in a loop because the phone give me no type of feedback. no light, sounds or vibration. When connected to power outlet there's no change. took out the battery for about an hour, no change. used a different usb cable, tried to load into Odin. Nothing.
The only thing the phone does to show that something is going on is when I plug it into my pc. At that point it shows a device has been connected but then disconnect right away. It keeps doing that as long as the phone is connected to the pc.
Also I was coming from CM 10.0.0 to aokp_d2tmo_jb-mr1_build-4
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You flashed a ROM from I believe the gs3. Your phone is hard bricked
D2tmo is the gs3
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payazo915 said:
You flashed a ROM from I believe the gs3. Your phone is hard bricked
D2tmo is the gs3
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Yep I hope you have warrantee there is no coming back from that...Hercules or t989 is what you look for...d2tmo is the sgs3...if you don't wipe things you don't brick your phone it just doesn't run right sometimes..sorry for your loss
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Yup thanks guys. I your all right. Dif did a noobie mistake and paid the price. :crying:
Try it with jig USB a will get u into download mode
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I use this one and work nice
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BoomerCosmo said:
Yup thanks guys. I your all right. Dif did a noobie mistake and paid the price. :crying:
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Probsbly you are trying to get in recovery mode in proper way, just to confirm, first you have to press vol low and up button, keep holding it and then press power button. few sec later it will vibrate, release power button but keep holding vol up/down. Samsung logo will come and then it'll enter in recovery mode.
Just wanted to make sure as sometime people get hard time to get screen shot by pressing keys.
My Xperia Ion is stuck at Sony Logo when i switch it On.
Nothing responding.
I kept the battery to Drain and now i plugged it to wall charger i get a solid red led.
I checked all the threads related to soft/hard brick but seriously im confused big time. What should i do now ?
Now my phone has been charging for 30 minutes.
i dont know what happened , is it soft / hard brick ??
i tried to restore my cwm backup and it showed successful. And when i booted this happened.
The screen is Off sometimes and it turns on and shows SONY LOGO. what should i do ?
But when the screen is off the red led is on.
Please somebody help. I'm really panicking. i can't think properly.
Think you are on XZX. Am I right? Try reflashing the ROM.
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Think you are on XZX. Am I right? Try reflashing the ROM.
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No bro.You didnt get the picture. My phone is not booting. Its stuck on SONY logo .
I was on XZX2 v2. But i reflashed back to stock. then this happened
im not able to flash .
Use flashtools to flash a stock ftf making sure you choose the wipe options. Do not exclude anything.
Captain Droid said:
No bro.You didnt get the picture. My phone is not booting. Its stuck on SONY logo .
I was on XZX2 v2. But i reflashed back to stock. then this happened
im not able to flash .
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Now I get it. I thought you can go to CWM. Sorry.
Spectre51 said:
Use flashtools to flash a stock ftf making sure you choose the wipe options. Do not exclude anything.
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I can't get in to Flashboot option ( green led). When i connect the phone by pressing the Vol Down button the Led is RED and its solid.
The power button doesnt work, i mean i cant switch on the phone.
When its plugged to the wall charger , its solid red led and after sometime screen turn on itself and the SONY LOGO appears . thats it. I cant do anything else. Nothing responding.
Captain Droid said:
I can't get in to Flashboot option ( green led). When i connect the phone by pressing the Vol Down button the Led is RED and its solid.
The power button doesnt work, i mean i cant switch on the phone.
When its plugged to the wall charger , its solid red led and after sometime screen turn on itself and the SONY LOGO appears . thats it. I cant do anything else. Nothing responding.
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can you get into fastboot mode?
using flashtool,
select fastboot mode
flash the stock kernel
remove and reset the phone
enter flash mode
then flash the stock ftf
happened to me once... this worked for me
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xyge said:
can you get into fastboot mode?
using flashtool,
select fastboot mode
flash the stock kernel
remove and reset the phone
enter flash mode
then flash the stock ftf
happened to me once... this worked for me
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A hard bricked phone won't do any thing no matter what is done. If a light or anything reacts then you have some level of soft brick.
Use the rubber band trick to flash back to stock.
The solid red led means low level charging. Low level charge is on until the battery level is enough to start kernel charging (battery icon screen)
When the red led goes out but before the phone turns on is the tiny time frame you have to enter flash mode. So you use a rubber band to hold volume down.
Read about the trick in my recovery thread in my signature.
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ToledoJab said:
A hard bricked phone won't do any thing no matter what is done. If a light or anything reacts then you have some level of soft brick.
Use the rubber band trick to flash back to stock.
The solid red led means low level charging. Low level charge is on until the battery level is enough to start kernel charging (battery icon screen)
When the red led goes out but before the phone turns on is the tiny time frame you have to enter flash mode. So you use a rubber band to hold volume down.
Read about the trick in my recovery thread in my signature.
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I kept the mobile connected to my pc with the rubber band trick, its been 8 hours now, still the Led is Solid RED.
Its not charging i think. flashtool did not detect the phone till now.
Captain Droid said:
I kept the mobile connected to my pc with the rubber band trick, its been 8 hours now, still the Led is Solid RED.
Its not charging i think. flashtool did not detect the phone till now.
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Long time ago I faced a same problem. My phone stuck at RED light. I just dissemble the phone and disconnect battery cable from motherboard and reconnect the cable. Then I hold power button and volume + button until 3 vibrate. (10 second). Now the phone is off. After that I connect phone to computer while holding volume down button and flash stock ftf.
Give it a try.
pharix said:
Long time ago I faced a same problem. My phone stuck at RED light. I just dissemble the phone and disconnect battery cable from motherboard and reconnect the cable. Then I hold power button and volume + button until 3 vibrate. (10 second). Now the phone is off. After that I connect phone to computer while holding volume down button and flash stock ftf.
Give it a try.
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That too i saw in one post. But i cant find any slots/screws to open and i don't have the right set of tools to open the phone.
right now im so mindf***ked. How to open the phone?
I have only one phone and i bricked that.
Edit: I found the screws, inside the two small covers on bottom and up right ? But i got no tools to open that screw
Captain Droid said:
That too i saw in one post. But i cant find any slots/screws to open and i don't have the right set of tools to open the phone.
right now im so mindf***ked. How to open the phone?
I have only one phone and i bricked that.
Edit: I found the screws, inside the two small covers on bottom and up right ? But i got no tools to open that screw
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Which screw? Star Screw or Plus Screw? If you don't have screw driver you can open Plus screw using Knife and Star screw using Minus screw driver.
DO IT ON YOUR OWN RISK.
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Which screw? Star Screw or Plus Screw? If you don't have screw driver you can open Plus screw using Knife and Star screw using Minus screw driver.
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Yeah its STAR Screw. Approx 7-8 total adding both sides.
Im not gonna open it, anyways i'm giving the phone to service centre. i don't have time to wait for the battery to charge / Drain or anything.
Hope they can fix this in matter of hours.
For future reference, you will need a torx t6 ( or t5 cant remember exactly) for the star screws. The ion is easy to take apart, hope they fix yours.
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there is a solution
hey im minda new here but not new to rooting n so on.... i was attempting to root my ion lt28i with the doomlord kernel and when i was to flash back stock kernel i accidentally flashed it to system lol (i was sleepy)... but when the phone got stuck on sony screen i came here and was told the battery had to drain b4 attemping another flash i left my phone for half a day it was still on i got fed up and pressed the camera vol -, vol + and power keys all at once then the screen turned off.... i think i may have stumbled on to the hard reset procedure so for those who are stuck on sony logo u can do the same it works i feflashed stock jb rom and rerooted not life is great and all ir right with the world :angel:
ps for battery drain issues install setCPU on rooted rom and turn down clock it saves a tonne of battery hope this helped
venom1553 said:
hey im minda new here but not new to rooting n so on.... i was attempting to root my ion lt28i with the doomlord kernel and when i was to flash back stock kernel i accidentally flashed it to system lol (i was sleepy)... but when the phone got stuck on sony screen i came here and was told the battery had to drain b4 attemping another flash i left my phone for half a day it was still on i got fed up and pressed the camera vol -, vol + and power keys all at once then the screen turned off.... i think i may have stumbled on to the hard reset procedure so for those who are stuck on sony logo u can do the same it works i feflashed stock jb rom and rerooted not life is great and all ir right with the world :angel:
ps for battery drain issues install setCPU on rooted rom and turn down clock it saves a tonne of battery hope this helped
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What's the use of bumping the old thread?
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UchihaDareNial said:
What's the use of bumping the old thread?
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At least they are trying to help out in the q&a section to get the 10 posts.
Most new users just spam the forum with useless posts.
This thread has had its time.
For more help please check out the sticky threads.
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I was rooted with CM10.1.0 and was casually using the phone until it randomly turned off. I turned it back on and the only thing that happened was the "Galaxy SIII" screen flashed and turned off again. I popped out the battery multiple times to be welcomed with the same problem again. I can't boot into Download or Recovery at all. Anyone know how to fix this? (btw im on AT&T SGH-i747)
Try another battery.
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Sorry my friend!!!
Your mobile phone very very bad dead. Have to repair boot with Riff box...and Not your work
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gholizadeh666 said:
Sorry my friend!!!
Your mobile phone very very bad dead. Have to repair boot with Riff box...and Not your work
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Please don't provide false or miss leading information.
To OP. Fully charge your battery or use another one if its corrupt.
Try booting up into both recovery or download mode using the proper combination.
Use this guide to get your phone fully working again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42996302
In some instance (very rare) your phones hardware can malfunction, but seeing how it still boots up I doubt its that's.
Follow my guide and you should be fine.
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Mr jayrokk
Mobile phone cant into download mode or recovery!!!
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Not without a charged battery. That's why replacing it was the first suggestion.
gholizadeh666 said:
Mr jayrokk
Mobile phone cant into download mode or recovery!!!
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But it boots up.
As long as a phone is able to boot up its fine.
Like I said please do a little more reading and research and don't spread false information.
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What about with it plugged into the charger and try to get to download mode. I thought I bricked my s2, took the battery out but it stayed on. Thought it was possesd bit it was plugged in to USB.
Can't hurt to try.
Definitely recommend download mode with cable plugged in to computer. Are you sure recovery doesn't work while plugged in to power?
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Carsus55 said:
Definitely recommend download mode with cable plugged in to computer. Are you sure recovery doesn't work while plugged in to power?
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Yep. It just loops on the splash screen. I'll try charging it to full and repeating your solutions. (It died off at 80%, very strange). Thanks for your replies though!
Ok guys, seems that my issue isnt the phone being bricked. I left the battery out all night and popped it in the next morning. CM loaded just fine. However after about 10 seconds of it loading, the power menu flashed, i clicked cancel, and then it immediately shut down again, and the usual problem continued. Any thoughts? (btw the phone died at 80% battery the first shut down it had, right now it should have been nearly 100% after charging) Also, connecting it via USB doesn't help at all. Sometimes the blue recovery words flash when i try to boot into recovery, but nothing happens after that.
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Ok guys, seems that my issue isnt the phone being bricked. I left the battery out all night and popped it in the next morning. CM loaded just fine. However after about 10 seconds of it loading, the power menu flashed, i clicked cancel, and then it immediately shut down again, and the usual problem continued. Any thoughts? (btw the phone died at 80% battery the first shut down it had, right now it should have been nearly 100% after charging) Also, connecting it via USB doesn't help at all. Sometimes the blue recovery words flash when i try to boot into recovery, but nothing happens after that.
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It could be a bad battery. Might also be the battery contact points. Worse case is something is wrong with power channels on the Mobo. If it is the last then you will have to warranty the phone if you're still covered. I would borrow a battery first to rule out whether or not it is the battery itself.
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Also make sure the power button isn't stuck!
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Also make sure the power button isn't stuck!
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The power button seems to operate normally, but that could also be one of the things that are causing problems. Once i find someone nearby with an S3 battery i'll see if it's actually a battery problem (most likely the case).
I'd thought i'd mention this as well, whenever i pop in the battery, the phone vibrates and tries to turn on, but doesnt actually do it. Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? power button maybe, but battery?
If the battery out all night boots past the splash screen maybe you could, if you haven't, leaving it out and first thing try download mode. I've been in bad spots but this pretty crappy. Probably to technical for me but Good luck. Let us know how you do if none of the posts help.
Found the problem. The power button is always acting as if it's being pushed down when it actually isnt. The phone starts up perfectly when i hold the phone horizontally with the power button facing down. then when i put it back into portrait mode, the power menu flashes, and its turns off. any knowledge on how to fix this then?
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Found the problem. The power button is always acting as if it's being pushed down when it actually isnt. The phone starts up perfectly when i hold the phone horizontally with the power button facing down. then when i put it back into portrait mode, the power menu flashes, and its turns off. any knowledge on how to fix this then?
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Nice!!!
Um I'd say taking apart the phone or mailing back for warranty even try taking it to an att store.. Its hardware and not software so they should replace it
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Found the problem. The power button is always acting as if it's being pushed down when it actually isnt. The phone starts up perfectly when i hold the phone horizontally with the power button facing down. then when i put it back into portrait mode, the power menu flashes, and its turns off. any knowledge on how to fix this then?
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Warranty it. Mess witht power button some more. Sometimes it will get unstuck.