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Ok i got a wierd one, currently running Flinney Cm 10 test build 121, and today i went to play with phone and battery was dead so i plugged it in and came back a couple of hours later and attempted to turn on phone. It took a long time pressing the power button before it booted. I let it sit to finish loading startup processes, backlights shut off, couple minutes later i hit trackball to wake and nothing, I then proceeded to the power button, still nothing. Ive pulled battery and repeated with no luck. So i started to do some reading and found a thread stating to get into bootloader mode by holding trackball and pressing power, this worked, (only one time) so i decided to just reboot device which it did and i did not let it go to sleep this time. I proceeded over to settings/display/screen timeout and set it to 30 mins. I was kinda thinking that the rom that i am running has got some sort of screen of death or sleep of death so i started to download cm9 and set down phone. With in five minutes i looked down at phone and WTF it was off again.( yes i am sure it had battery life last i looked it was at 67%) Now i cant get it to turn on get into recovery mode,dowload mode, or bootloader. When i plug phone in i get the orange led blinking followed by a green led flashing. Ive tried adb NADA i type adb devices and the phone shows up serial is listed followed by the word "recovery", now when i plug in my other phone to adb it shows up but is stated as "device" not recovery. Anyone have any input. I have been searching for a while and found nothing to help. Are there any one click programs that i might have overlooked ( Heimdall Exe) Sorry for long read but i am stumped
Try another battery. Have had it happpen on an old cliq sorta like your issue and poped in a new battery and no more worries.
what an easy fix DUHH
So, been rooting, fiddling, installing ROMs, etc for a couple years. By no means am I an expert, I can just do research and read. I've had bootloops, and crashes, and all the same issues everyone else on this forum has had over the course of learning this stuff. So, when my phone wouldn't boot up even into recovery, I didn't sweat it at first. But, well, I've tried everything and nothing works. I can't boot, I can't charge it. Nothing works.
So, here's the breakdown.
Lt28i
Was running stock
Phone was rooted
CWM recovery
Bootloader is unlockable via regular means.
Hated it since a recent update. Phone was slow and i wanted JB. So i started the process.
I installed a new kernel, was in the process of installing a new ROM, but the instructions said to delete /system. I did.
From that point on, phone would not boot. Would not charge and would not get into recovery.
I can't connect via adb/fastboot.
It's a brick sitting on my desk. I've since gotten an HTC one, which IS AWESOME guys, but I hate having a perfectly fine piece of hardware just sitting on my desk collecting dust, (not to mention hate admitting defeat) so I'd like to get it working and either give it to a friend or sell it. Can anyone help.
Symptoms. As soon as i plug it in, the red light goes on. After about 15 minutes, the sony logo comes on with the red light off for just under 10 mins or so, then black screen and red light on. So, it's in a kernel boot-loop of sorts, but never gets past it and therefore doesn't charge. I've left it unattanded for over a week to drain the battery, hoping it'll reset, but no change. Immediately the red light goes on when plugged in. No way to boot into recovery. No way to connect to fastboot.
Any ideas?
Have tried the following:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170
and a bunch of others. None has worked.
So your bootloader is locked?
You can't flash any custom kernel on locked bl.
First, connect your phone to a wall charger for whole night.
Then use Update Service or PCC to repair it.
Remember: do not connect your phone to PC until it ask you to do so.
Press vol down when connecting to PC.
cities516 said:
So your bootloader is locked?
You can't flash any custom kernel on locked bl.
First, connect your phone to a wall charger for whole night.
Then use Update Service or PCC to repair it.
Remember: do not connect your phone to PC until it ask you to do so.
Press vol down when connecting to PC.
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sorry, my mistake. The plan was to flash a kernel, but i never got around to it. I had looked into unlocking the bootloader, but wanted to see if I could get any good JB roms first. Sorry about that false info.
I have both let the phone die completely, or so I think, unless it keeps its charge for over a week and charged it for about 40 hours. Like I said, it does the bootloader boot loop which seems to keep it from charging. I never get to the screen where it shows the charging icon, so I can't tell, but I've definitely left it on a charger (not PC) for at least a day and a half. No go.No amount of pressing vol down works.
Does flashtool work on bricked phones?
lewis021 said:
Does flashtool work on bricked phones?
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Yes, Unless your device is hard bricked meaning it wont show any led or wont do anything basically
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Yes, Unless your device is hard bricked meaning it wont show any led or wont do anything basically
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Well, that's why I'm hopeful, cause the led does light up immediately on plugin. And the Sony logo screen shows up for a few minutes, then disappears. I have tried flashtool, but it won't connect. No go.
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Well, that's why I'm hopeful, cause the led does light up immediately on plugin. And the Sony logo screen shows up for a few minutes, then disappears. I have tried flashtool, but it won't connect. No go.
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Your either using flash tool wrong (Hold the down button while plugging in the usb to go in flashmode and then flash the ftf quick before flashmode restarts of being idle) The Sony logo is still there so there should be no reason to send it in until all possible repair techniques have been used
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Your either using flash tool wrong (Hold the down button while plugging in the usb to go in flashmode and then flash the ftf quick before flashmode restarts of being idle) The Sony logo is still there so there should be no reason to send it in until all possible repair techniques have been used
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Well, I've used flashtool a whole bunch of times. Sure from time to time there's an issue with it, but I've tried different versions and none has been successful. And I'm very familiar with the "getting into flashmode" process. And yes, I would agree with you that if the sony logo shows up, then there's gotta be a way, but I'm telling you, it's just not happening. I've tried 100 times.
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Well, I've used flashtool a whole bunch of times. Sure from time to time there's an issue with it, but I've tried different versions and none has been successful. And I'm very familiar with the "getting into flashmode" process. And yes, I would agree with you that if the sony logo shows up, then there's gotta be a way, but I'm telling you, it's just not happening. I've tried 100 times.
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Does Flashtool show anything after you connect your phone to PC with flashmode?
"Drivers have to be installed" or somethimg?
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Well, I've used flashtool a whole bunch of times. Sure from time to time there's an issue with it, but I've tried different versions and none has been successful. And I'm very familiar with the "getting into flashmode" process. And yes, I would agree with you that if the sony logo shows up, then there's gotta be a way, but I'm telling you, it's just not happening. I've tried 100 times.
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If you can see the Sony Logo then it has to work, Hold the down key, while plugging it in and it will show a green led... I had the same problem as you (cause I do things that sony may not like, on my phone)
1. Make sure you have the correct drivers installed.
2. Turn your phone off and unplug USB cord.
3. Hold the VOLUME DOWN button while inserting the USB cord.
4. You should see your small notification light in the top right of the phone turn green.
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If you can see the Sony Logo then it has to work, Hold the down key, while plugging it in and it will show a green led... I had the same problem as you (cause I do things that sony may not like, on my phone)
1. Make sure you have the correct drivers installed.
2. Turn your phone off and unplug USB cord.
3. Hold the VOLUME DOWN button while inserting the USB cord.
4. You should see your small notification light in the top right of the phone turn green.
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Ya, first of all. I can neither turn the phone on or off. I have no control of it. It "turns on" when it wants and off when it wants. But when i say turns on, it only turn onto the sony logo screen after about 20 mins of being plugged in, when I guess the charge is just enough to allow it to start the boot process. Then the sony logo screen turns on, until that tiny charge dies and the phone turns off and the red LED comes on. Process repeats over and over again. I even put a rubber band on the phone to keep the volume down button pressed so that when the charge does reach the right level for the boot process that the vol down button will trigger recovery, but no deal. If this is the only way to get this thing working, is what you've recommended above, then phone is completely bricked, cause the phone has been like this for 2 weeks and nothing has worked. I know i have the drivers, cause up until this issue, flashtool worked fine. But the PC doesn't even recognize that there's a device plugged in at all now, cause the phone never boots. So, it's like plugging in a usb HDD that is off. I didn't really expect anyone to have a solution, cause i've done extensive research and tried almost everything I've read that seemed relevant, but I still had hope. I suspect the only way to fix it is to open it and connect directly to the mobo in some other way, but i don't have the tools or resources for that. Not even sure I can send it in to be repaired cause it's rooted. Unless someone has a eureka solution, my only option is to send it in to a 3rd party repair guy. Any other thoughts?
The most important thing is: what have you done to your phone before?
Flash something or edit something?
To turn off your phone, long press power + vol up until 3 vibrations.
Then connect your phone to a wallcharger for whole night.
(Do not use PC cable... It won't charge much...)
Then flash stock ftf via Flashtool.
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Just read my first 2 posts in the recovery thread sticky'd in the general section.
Then reinstall ALL drivers available in flashtool.
Then use the rubber band trick from my thread. Make sure that the rubber band pushes the button in.
Sit back and wait ,believe me this is the hardest step.
From my Xperia LT28at ION
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Then use the rubber band trick from my thread. Make sure that the rubber band pushes the button in.
Sit back and wait ,believe me this is the hardest step.
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I laughed at the method simplicity, and got amazed on how effective is it.
So when you connect the phone to your PC while holding the volume down key...no green light, and its not recognized by your PC at all, right? Assuming you're using windows; does windows try to install any drivers or anything? Are you prompted in any way that a device has been connected?
and did you try the above mentioned? Hold UP and power button for like 10 seconds...you'll feel it vibrate once...then a few seconds later it should vibrate 3 times...I bricked my phone to some degree Sunday...only I had no response whatsoever...no led while charging, or otherwise...and literally no response from anything...until i tried that vibrate 3 times thing...and it booted right up after...
NO GO!
Well, I've tried it all. @ToledoJab I've read and reread that original post a bunch of times. followed all instructions, in fact, I had read that post many times before even posting in this forum with no luck, but I thought I'd be patient and try again, Used the rubber band technique. Nothing. Seems, when the rubber band is used, the phone doesn't even start the boot process, meaning never shows the sony logo screen.
@jtr what no one seems to understand is, there is absolutely no response to using the power button to turn this on or off. No vibrate, nothing. There are only 2 states. 1. When plugged into wall or PC, LED is red and after 20 mins Sony logo shows up if the vol down button isn't pressed. 2. When not plugged in no led.
Flashtool has been open for 2 days, phone has been plugged in, with rubber band. Drivers installed. Phone is never recognized because it never turns on. it's in perpetual red light on mode.
I don't know guys. I'd say this is an official brick. Not sure there's any way to fix this without opening it up. Still open to any ideas, but please read what I've posted because all the recommendations so far have been things I've already said I've tried, and numerous times. I can't imagine there's anything else to try, but thought I'd update you guys nonetheless.
cool, i understand.
If the volume down key is preventing it from going into that boot loop, though...it seems to be responding to physical input to some degree...
Have you tried any of this without a sim card? I know that sounds trivial, but after a full week of messing with mine a fresh sim-less start knocked out several bugs...and i hadn't read much of that on xda, but the AT&T return directions suggested a without sim boot up as the first thing to do? and at the time, i too, was dealing with some sort of varying degree of brick.
There are also varying ways to drain a permanent phone battery...i wouldn't say thats the best way to go about this, but a friend of mine has a screwed up car charger that does exactly this...which he's kept to bring his samsung nexus out of hard bricks multiple times...i'd say that's definitely a last resort though...the stuff you'd need would only be a couple bucks at radio shack i'd imagine haha.
If you get the Sony screen you should get in to flash mode, and I say should.
With the phone plugged in to PC with flashtool ready to flash, try to do a one vibration reset at Sony screen then immediately press and hold volume down.
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So, after flashing the latest firmware from sammobile for the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 with Odin, I am now the not-so-proud owner of a what seems to be unresponsive - working - device.
Let me explain:
I just downloaded the latest firmware from sammobile.
I followed the instructions from sammobile, which basically says normal flash with Odin.
Plugged it in, started Odin, put the file in the right place and started the flash.
Odin does its thing, everything goes well, device is showing me a nice blue dotted bar which is filling up slowly, good.
And then suddenly Odin reports "FAILED" after is was done with /system.
Device has stopped working, blue bar not filling anymore.
I reset Odin with hope to restart the flash, with no result.
The device is not being recognized anymore by USB, and it's now stuck in the "odin mode" screen.
After seeking some advice on IRC I found that the only way to get the power off is to unplug the battery, which is harder that it sounds.
So after a good 30 minutes of carefully prying and making my way around the tablet I managed to get the cover of.
As I'm looking at the naked device and wondering "how the hell do i get this battery out". This is not like a normal phone or laptop or any kind.
I found a couple of little screws, 4 of them, around the battery so I unscrewed these and the battery came 'loose' but was held in place by 2 flat cables which I couldn't remove.
Put them back in, and all of a sudden my tablet's sceen was 'off', but I'm not sure it's really powered off because the powerbutton has no response.
I'm stuck and it the thought of just binning the tablet is frustrating me.
Anybody got any ideas of what this might be and how to fix it?
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I found out it wasn't powered off, it was just the screen. I could feel the CPU was still emitting heat.
So I unplugged the battery, let it cool down for a couple of minutes, plugged it back in, and now there is nothing.
No screen, no usb recognition, no power.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
You didnt need to take out the battery. Your should have exit download mode by doing power, home, vol down buttons for 30 seconds and it should reboot and you could of tryed again. If that didnt work you could have let it drain. Im not sure about helping with the battery part as i never opened it.
easy fix - check http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50412284&postcount=8
no need for draining the battery. tested and it works. happens once to me, use above method and problem solved.
can use my modded version attached, but, please be aware, it's ONLY FOR RESETTING THE STUCK DOWNLOAD MODE !
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You didnt need to take out the battery. Your should have exit download mode by doing power, home, vol down buttons for 30 seconds and it should reboot and you could of tryed again. If that didnt work you could have let it drain. Im not sure about helping with the battery part as i never opened it.
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I tried that, but didn't work. The tablet was/is unresponsive. Draining wasn't an option, battery was just fully charged.
freaksamael said:
easy fix - check http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50412284&postcount=8
no need for draining the battery. tested and it works. happens once to me, use above method and problem solved.
can use my modded version attached, but, please be aware, it's ONLY FOR RESETTING THE STUCK DOWNLOAD MODE !
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Thanks for this! Am going to try this once my screen works again.
At this point it goes 'on' but the screen doesn't, and there is still no USB recognition so I guess I got a nice expensive paperweight
Hey guys
I was super happy with my Australian Telstra M9 until an hour ago. I plugged it with 3% of battery in for charging and turned it off to speed the process up. When it was off the charging icon showed up just as usual. After a few hours I came back, unplugged the phone and it flashed 100% for a second. After that - nothing! It just won't turn on! I pressed every button and every possible combination of those. I plugged it back in for a bit and connected it to my laptop. But it's not even recognized. I googled for a bit but found no solution. I rooted the phone a couple of weeks ago but didn't do anything like that today. No updates, no new apps only some WhatsApp and 9gag.
What do you reckon? Is it bricked? Will I get a replacement and how long will that take? I have to leave Australia in 9 days so I'm quite on a schedule. -.-
Does anyone have any advice?!
Cheers Max
Edit: is there a chance to recover the data? I'm traveling and forgot to back anything up. Some of the data is quite important. And do you think I'll get into trouble because of the root?
No clue, try a different charger maybe.
I tried three different charges plus my laptop. Neither of them worked. Is there gonna be any way to rescue the data from the internal storage or will the just wipe it after they repaired it?
I would try holding the power and volume up button for at least 2-3 minutes. If it does come on, as soon as you feel it vibrate, move your finger down to the volume down button and hold it until you get into download mode. Then boot to the bootloader and then recovery and restore a nandroid.
Oh my god!!! Thank you so much! I have no idea why but after a minute it booted up just fine an all my data are still there. I'm never ever gonna forget a backup anymore. But what happend? Why did it start again? Battery is down to 50% so it seems it has been running all night and was stuck at some point. What can I do to avoid this from happening again? I don't wanna get a heart attack every time the phone won't turn on
But for the moment I'm alright! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Oh my god!!! Thank you so much! I have no idea why but after a minute it booted up just fine an all my data are still there. I'm never ever gonna forget a backup anymore. But what happend? Why did it start again? Battery is down to 50% so it seems it has been running all night and was stuck at some point. What can I do to avoid this from happening again? I don't wanna get a heart attack every time the phone won't turn on
But for the moment I'm alright! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Hold power + volume up button will work in most cases.
TBH, don't really know what happened to you. Did you flash custom rom, recovery? or only root?
I didn't know that. I only new power + vol down. And I didn't hold it for a minute. I did nothing but flashing TWRP and root the stock rom. I didn't even change much with the root and only use it for titanium backup and adaway. That's why I was so baffled, when the phone suddenly "broke" because I didn't do anything unusual to it.
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Oh my god!!! Thank you so much! I have no idea why but after a minute it booted up just fine an all my data are still there. I'm never ever gonna forget a backup anymore. But what happend? Why did it start again? Battery is down to 50% so it seems it has been running all night and was stuck at some point. What can I do to avoid this from happening again? I don't wanna get a heart attack every time the phone won't turn on
But for the moment I'm alright! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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I'm glad you got your phone up and running. I know exactly how you feel, I had the same thing happen to me. I thought mine died when the screen went black after I flashed a kernel. Its always scary when the phone won't respond.
The phone was likely frozen. Power + Volume Up forces the phone to reboot after being held for a while. It could be some weird software issue due to the rooting and TWRP, but no one can say for sure. It might happen again but now you know how to reboot it If you really want to avoid the possibility of problems, you probably want to run stock and not root the phone or change bootloader... but what's the fun in that?
You're right no risk no fun. I'm actually waiting for cm so running stock is no option anyway
Thanks for saving me lots of headaches
FYI - I thought I had bricked mine as well - no flashing activity in a couple of weeks, all good chargers. Even made an appointment for repair.
Read the "hold power and vol up for a minute or two," and was like... nooooo... 10 seconds is the max you'd do that for... but tried it... bam, worked like a charm at ~45 seconds for me. Got into HTC FTM mode in which no option worked (reboot to bootloader, simlock, couple of others seemed to just pop immediately back to this weird non-download menu). Holding power for a while after that reset the device. Working now.
Thanks for the thread... been doing this for five years and this is the first no-charge no-response event I've had
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I would try holding the power and volume up button for at least 2-3 minutes. If it does come on, as soon as you feel it vibrate, move your finger down to the volume down button and hold it until you get into download mode. Then boot to the bootloader and then recovery and restore a nandroid.
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Worked like a champ, thanks a ton! :good:
Hi All,
About a week ago my M9 powered down while on charge and then wouldn't power on again. No response at all from the standard power button but only holding it for a few seconds at a time.
I knew the buttons to hold to enter bootloader and after several tries it powered on again.... It then ran for a couple of days with no issues.
Then a couple of days later had to power off the phone on a flight - same issue - wouldn't power on - dead.
It took several attempts to bring it back to life. I'm now in a position when every time I power off the phone it just doesn't want to come back on? Thought that it may have been a custom rom issue or a kernel issue - have tried changing both (painful experience by the way - having to wait for the phone to decide when its ready to wake up "when it feels like it after each new installation) but the problem is still there.
I have also found that entering bootloader using the power button and volume button isn't the only solution to "waking up" the phone. Just holding the power button for 10-60 seconds has the same effect - but it sometimes takes several attempts over several minutes - its very random.
Does anyone else have this recurring problem every time they power off? Does anyone on "stock" have the problem?
I'm starting to think that maybe its hardware rather than a software issue?
Try turning off the phone, plugging in the charger, and holding all three buttons for two minutes.
HTC has recommended this as a fix for battery issues like the slow charging bug. Apparently it clears all the battery settings and recalibrates it. The phone will reboot repeatedly while you're doing this, but that's normal. Keep holding the buttons.
I have seen HTC phones do this in the past when the battery system gets confused.
Bricked M9
iElvis said:
Try turning off the phone, plugging in the charger, and holding all three buttons for two minutes.
HTC has recommended this as a fix for battery issues like the slow charging bug. Apparently it clears all the battery settings and recalibrates it. The phone will reboot repeatedly while you're doing this, but that's normal. Keep holding the buttons.
I have seen HTC phones do this in the past when the battery system gets confused.
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My M9 is not quite 6 months old - ALL stock. Went to bed last night , M9 quick charger plugged in with green light and phone power on - just in airplane mode. Woke up 4 hours later and found the phone dead.
I tried 1 button, 2 button, and 3 button holds for 5 minutes each, plugged in and not plugged in - still dead!
Any help would be appreciated.
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My M9 is not quite 6 months old - ALL stock. Went to bed last night , M9 quick charger plugged in with green light and phone power on - just in airplane mode. Woke up 4 hours later and found the phone dead.
I tried 1 button, 2 button, and 3 button holds for 5 minutes each, plugged in and not plugged in - still dead!
Any help would be appreciated.
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Best to run a logger like BetterBatteryStatsor GSam Battery Monitor to find out what is draining it
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Best to run a logger like BetterBatteryStatsor GSam Battery Monitor to find out what is draining it
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I am unaware of any way to do this if the phone wont turn on - it's dead.
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I am unaware of any way to do this if the phone wont turn on - it's dead.
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Ah you cannot even get it charged anymore?
I know HTC phones had an issue that when they are completely drained, they seem to be dead, even not charging or anything. Yet if you keep them in the charger, eventually they would show as charging and being able to turn on again.
aairlinepilot said:
My M9 is not quite 6 months old - ALL stock. Went to bed last night , M9 quick charger plugged in with green light and phone power on - just in airplane mode. Woke up 4 hours later and found the phone dead.
I tried 1 button, 2 button, and 3 button holds for 5 minutes each, plugged in and not plugged in - still dead!
Any help would be appreciated.
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Leave it in connected to the stock charger overnight and see if that helps. If not, you might have a hardware fault and need to return it for warranty service.
I too thank you most profusely!!
Hi,
some weeks, maybe even 2 or 3 months ago, I tried to root my Z1C because I wanted to be able to use tcpdump. I didn't want to use KingRoot because of some warnings I had read about it, so I decided to flash a new image onto the device. I could kick myself for doing this in quite a busy time but I somehow hurried through it.
After that I rebooted the device and it didn't come back. The only thing I saw after booting was the Sony logo which just stayed forever. Even worse, I recognized I wasn't able to turn it off anymore by holding the power key!
Having done that for my job (app developer) and needing a device for testing I bought another phone for about 100 €, and thought of the Sony as a permanent loss. Because there was much stress in my job at that time I didn't immediately try to fix this, but now, after some time has passed, I wonder if I can do anything to resurrect the device. If not, I won't need to bother anymore. The situation right now is unsatisfying, I have it lying around because there might still be hope, on the other hand, I have no clue what to try.
I can only turn it off by draining the battery, which is relatively easy. The screen stays on all the time showing the Sony logo, and the battery drain is high in this mode. I'm not really able to press any buttons on boot because I only have one try at the exact moment the device starts up after leaving it connected to the charger for some time. After that, I have to drain the battery again to reboot it.
This might be a question of the perfect timing, but I'm not sure. For me, the fact that the power button doesn't turn it off sounds like it has been hard bricked by installing a kernel that didn't match. In this case, holding any of the other buttons at boot time won't do anything, too. Unfortunately, I can't remember what thread I followed, so I can't tell for sure if it was a kernel mismatch... Any ideas? Or should I just dump it and forget about it?
Thanks in advance for any advice
Oliver
olik79 said:
Hi,
some weeks, maybe even 2 or 3 months ago, I tried to root my Z1C because I wanted to be able to use tcpdump. I didn't want to use KingRoot because of some warnings I had read about it, so I decided to flash a new image onto the device. I could kick myself for doing this in quite a busy time but I somehow hurried through it.
After that I rebooted the device and it didn't come back. The only thing I saw after booting was the Sony logo which just stayed forever. Even worse, I recognized I wasn't able to turn it off anymore by holding the power key!
Having done that for my job (app developer) and needing a device for testing I bought another phone for about 100 €, and thought of the Sony as a permanent loss. Because there was much stress in my job at that time I didn't immediately try to fix this, but now, after some time has passed, I wonder if I can do anything to resurrect the device. If not, I won't need to bother anymore. The situation right now is unsatisfying, I have it lying around because there might still be hope, on the other hand, I have no clue what to try.
I can only turn it off by draining the battery, which is relatively easy. The screen stays on all the time showing the Sony logo, and the battery drain is high in this mode. I'm not really able to press any buttons on boot because I only have one try at the exact moment the device starts up after leaving it connected to the charger for some time. After that, I have to drain the battery again to reboot it.
This might be a question of the perfect timing, but I'm not sure. For me, the fact that the power button doesn't turn it off sounds like it has been hard bricked by installing a kernel that didn't match. In this case, holding any of the other buttons at boot time won't do anything, too. Unfortunately, I can't remember what thread I followed, so I can't tell for sure if it was a kernel mismatch... Any ideas? Or should I just dump it and forget about it?
Thanks in advance for any advice
Oliver
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It used to be that holding vol up and power for 2 or 3 seconds would power off. I'm not sure why, but with certain AOSP toms starting with LP 5.1, you would have to hold the buttons for 8 - 10 seconds, then it would power off, and without the usual 3 vibrations. Try that out. I would be surprised if it was really hard-bricked just from a bad flash. Try fastboot with a custom kernel and recovery IMG, and see if you can get into recovery.
levone1 said:
It used to be that holding vol up and power for 2 or 3 seconds would power off. I'm not sure why, but with certain AOSP toms starting with LP 5.1, you would have to hold the buttons for 8 - 10 seconds, then it would power off, and without the usual 3 vibrations. Try that out. I would be surprised if it was really hard-bricked just from a bad flash. Try fastboot with a custom kernel and recovery IMG, and see if you can get into recovery.
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Thank you SO much! I wasn't really able to boot using power and volume up, BUT after your encouraging words and the idea that I might just be using wrong keys, I researched some more and found out about this little red button within the sim card slot! It allowed me to reboot, get into fastboot, install recovery and cyanogenmod afterwards! I'm happy again