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Hi guys, this is sort of a last resort thing and I've read the thread with "Xperia Ion bricked. Any fix?".
Basically, I was doing the battery callibration (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760207&highlight=battery) and so did the power + volume up button. I did this around 3 times as it went from 95% to 98% then I was expecting it to go up but it stayed at 98% so I decided to do it once more. However, instead of usually vibrating, the screen just instantly went off. Tried to power up but it didn't work. Took it off from the charger and tried all button combinations (power + volume up/down) and still to no avail.
Then I put it in the wall charger again and the LED seems to have a faint orange light coming when charging so I know it's actually charging... Then I thought it may be possible that for some reason, the battery is drained and followed the "Xperia Ion bricked. Any fix?" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771106. After around 15 minutes, the faint orange LED vanished and so I took it off the charger, did the button combinations again and didn't do anything. I put it back in the charger and see the faint orange LED...
Now it's just charging and I don't know what to do Is my beloved Ion bricked? I just got it a month ago :crying: what should I do with it?
Tried plugging it in the computer and PC Companion didn't see my device
Also I live in the UK and I got the phone from Indonesia... It still has a years guarantee but I can't go spend £500 for a ticket just to fix my phone
I'm extremely desperate, please help!
Hold power + volume up wait for one vibrate, keep holding both you should then get three vibrates in a row now turn it on normally, mine kinda did the same thing and I did this
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At worst you will need to follow the Soft Brick Steps thread instructions.
thanitos said:
Hold power + volume up wait for one vibrate, keep holding both you should then get three vibrates in a row now turn it on normally, mine kinda did the same thing and I did this
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Hey thanitos, I tried that so many times, i held both for 1-2 minutes and it doesnt vibrate or respond!
popfan said:
At worst you will need to follow the Soft Brick Steps thread instructions.
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Hey, my computer can't detect the device so I don't know how to soft brick it :/
Thanks for the replies though guys appreciate it
Leave it sit off the charger over night charge it to 50% and follow the rest
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Leave it sit off the charger over night charge it to 50% and follow the rest
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Okey, I shall try that, thank you so much for replying and I shall post the results tomorrow
I just bought the phone. I want to wish you luck bro!
thanitos said:
Leave it sit off the charger over night charge it to 50% and follow the rest
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Hey again, I've left the phone overnight, well since 7pm to 5am really and yeah, what should I expect when I put it in the charger? Because atm I'm getting just the same orange light... do i keep on charging or wait more till the battery clears out? Thanks again for your help and open to other advice
ericc191 said:
I just bought the phone. I want to wish you luck bro!
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Good choice! It's a really good phone, worth every penny of it especially now with the official ics update enjoy yourself and I hope I can enjoy mine in a few hours
Sorry for posting twice, I forgot to add this input
Zakanam said:
Hey again, I've left the phone overnight, well since 7pm to 5am really and yeah, what should I expect when I put it in the charger? Because atm I'm getting just the same orange light... do i keep on charging or wait more till the battery clears out? Thanks again for your help and open to other advice
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Is the phone on? Meaning it's using power in some way (led on, screen is black but on, button lights stay on)? If so you may need to drain the battery, if the reset trick isn't working. Once the battery is dead (this can take up to 24 hours) and it shuts off, try charging it. Do not turn it on till it's charged more than halfway.
ericc191 said:
I just bought the phone. I want to wish you luck bro!
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Is the phone on? Meaning it's using power in some way (led on, screen is black but on, button lights stay on)? If so you may need to drain the battery, if the reset trick isn't working. Once the battery is dead (this can take up to 24 hours) and it shuts off, try charging it. Do not turn it on till it's charged more than halfway.
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The phone is not on at all, the screen is not on, buttons not lighted or on and everything is like it's shut down. I've left it for like 24 hours now and I put it on charge just now, the situation is the same (( what do you think it is? I really hope I can fix it with patience since I've been patient since yesterday. Thanks for the reply but when I charge, the screen stays blank and the LED is not red, it is a slightly faint orange :/
Thanks again
Zakanam said:
The phone is not on at all, the screen is not on, buttons not lighted or on and everything is like it's shut down. I've left it for like 24 hours now and I put it on charge just now, the situation is the same (( what do you think it is? I really hope I can fix it with patience since I've been patient since yesterday. Thanks for the reply but when I charge, the screen stays blank and the LED is not red, it is a slightly faint orange :/
Thanks again
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Even I'm not owning this phone,but the orange led means that your phone are charging
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UchihaDareNial said:
Even I'm not owning this phone,but the orange led means that your phone are charging
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Thanks for replying uchiha but I've put the phone on charge overnight which was like 8 hours and the light just goes. I'm still having this problem. I wish I could go to the sony store but I can't cause the Ion doesn't and will not come out in the UK and they have no parts for it. For now, I'll just leave it on charge for the whole day and see what happens.
Have you tried getting it to shut off then putting it in flashmode with flashtool ready to flash a ftf? Flashmode is USB+ volume down
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Have you tried getting it to shut off then putting it in flashmode with flashtool ready to flash a ftf? Flashmode is USB+ volume down
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The thing is it's not on in the first place, the screen has no backlight, no sony logo or nothing, it is as if it is shut down! I have tried to put it in flashmode with flashtool, it doesn't detect any device whatsoever! If anyone has a solution please help
I had the same problem with the x10 mini of my wife. I have solve that when I unpluged the battery connector to be sure the photo is off. After I used seus to restaure stock rom. Try this method.
I think it is possible to remove or unplug the battery.
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I found something funny that my phone does, when on charge and it is left for around 20-25 minutes, the red/orange LED flashes ONCE and then there is no more LED lighting or flashing... It's really weird, I don't know what to do :/
pepitto52 said:
I had the same problem with the x10 mini of my wife. I have solve that when I unpluged the battery connector to be sure the photo is off. After I used seus to restaure stock rom. Try this method.
I think it is possible to remove or unplug the battery.
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THe battery is non removeable pepitto! Any other help? THanks for reply
Zakanam said:
THe battery is non removeable pepitto! Any other help? THanks for reply
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On the x10 mini to but it is possible to disconnect the battery.
remove the back cover and see what's possible.
pepitto52 said:
On the x10 mini to but it is possible to disconnect the battery.
remove the back cover and see what's possible.
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The ion battery CAN'T be remove no matter what...and to TS,if your phone still can't be turn on,try to let the battery completely drain,and leave it like that for 1 hour,and after that try to charge back...
I afraid your phone thought it was 'on' but the screen is 'off' like my old x10 Mini Pro which when I turn on,it vibrate and on (yep,alive) but the screen is black BUT I can feel the touch and the vibration of the phone.To fix the problem,I remove my phone battery for 10 minutes and turn it on again,after that it works perfectly...
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Hello,
My Xperia S which I bought in August 2012 doesn't boot anymore. A few weeks after I bought it, I unlocked the Bootlader and installed custom Kernels and ROMs and it worked fine all the time. I was on KA 22.1 SSpeed and Advanced Stock 17 and wanted to try something else, so I installed XZXperience 2 and the Elite V2-Kernel.
Well, after that, the phone worked fine but I noticed some heavy battery drain. Charging took waaay longer than usual (full charge about 4 hours with the plug) and the drain was immense. BetterBatteryStats showed me a Deep Sleep of 98 % while I lost about 15 % of battery life in ONE hour, that can't be somehow. The phone however worked still fine.
So I decided to flash the Advanced Stock Kernel again but the drain didn't stop, it was as before. I thought that the Battery Stats are maybe corrupted, so I let the phone discharge itself completely (didn't take long) and wanted to charge it fully. When I plugged in the charging cable, the first unusual thing was, that the red light appeared instantly upon connecting. Normally it would take a second or so. The second thing is, there was no logo, no battery symbol, just nothing but the red light when I plugged the cable in.
I slept a night and after I woke up, I disconnected the cable and wanted to start the phone, but nothing happened. Still, the only thing the phone does, is lighting red, when it's plugged in. Fastboot or Flash-Mode don't work, the computer doesn't recognize anything.
So...what to do? it appeared after I flashed the new ROM and Kernel, but I don't think it has something to do with them...the drain was also there with the Advanced Stock Kernel. Although I must say, that I often had flashing errors, often the device said something like:
format_volume make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk1p2
To me, it looks like the battery has a deep discharge and is dead, but I don't know, what could I probably do before sending it in? If the battery is dead the warranty should still be there, even with the unlocked bootlader, am I right?
Best regards
when you power on your phone what happen?
Ur phone boots while charging,but not charging.If this the case keep ur phone in ur hands for 10-15 min.Enter into recovery while led is pink.Flash other kernel.Else take the battery out charge it,enter into recovery flash other kernel
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mharckk said:
when you power on your phone what happen?
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The phone doesn't start at all, nothing happens, when I push the power button.
RISHI RAJ said:
Ur phone boots while charging,but not charging.If this the case keep ur phone in ur hands for 10-15 min.Enter into recovery while led is pink.Flash other kernel.Else take the battery out charge it,enter into recovery flash other kernel
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I can't go into recovery, because the phone does nothing, I can't start it. There's still warranty on the phone, so I'd rather not like to remove the battery...
ok so its no screen at all,
when u pressed power+volume up for 10 seconds does it vibrate?
Already tried, it doesn't...even after holding for minutes.
Sliverer said:
Already tried, it doesn't...even after holding for minutes.
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You could open the phone and disconnect the battery, or let the phone sit long enough for it the battery to die.
This will reset the phone.
Only problem is how long to let the battery die, as there is no way to tell.
Once the phone resets make flashtool ready to flash just the kernel, and use a rubber band to hold the volume down button in.
With flashtool waiting and button pressed plug in to PC.
It should give red led for about 10 minutes then flash.
You can read more tips & tricks in the RECOVERY thread in my signature.
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Well, the incident happened a few weeks ago and after I charged it over night and it didn't work, I left it there for nearly two weeks and nothing has changed so far. In your post, you said, that you had to wait for 51 hours until your battery died but two weeks is quite long I think...
What do you suggest? I think, I'll send it in, if the battery is broken, the warranty should cover it.
Sliverer said:
Well, the incident happened a few weeks ago and after I charged it over night and it didn't work, I left it there for nearly two weeks and nothing has changed so far. In your post, you said, that you had to wait for 51 hours until your battery died but two weeks is quite long I think...
What do you suggest? I think, I'll send it in, if the battery is broken, the warranty should cover it.
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I would call Sony and get the ball rolling on a warranty claim.
Sorry for your loss, and good luck
From Jaramie's LT28at
Sliverer said:
Well, the incident happened a few weeks ago and after I charged it over night and it didn't work, I left it there for nearly two weeks and nothing has changed so far. In your post, you said, that you had to wait for 51 hours until your battery died but two weeks is quite long I think...
What do you suggest? I think, I'll send it in, if the battery is broken, the warranty should cover it.
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Simple fix I think. This has worked for Xperia S and Xperia U. Both phone i brought as "DAMAGED". LOL. Battery is toooooo dead for the phone to detect it..... Use a wall charger to charge the battery up . I used a charger off ebay ($2 including post) that was for a Galaxy I9000 battery (old phone) and used wires and taped them to the battery..... Didn't even need to fully charge it! just like a jump start sort of thing...
Came up with the idea as at work we have to "jumpstart" car batteries to trick the charger into charging them
If you have a DC power source that puts out 4.2v at 350mA +/- 50mA then TRY IT and please let me know.
Stifilz
Well, I have a lithium charger for round-type-batteries, but we're talking about lithium here and if the battery is really damaged, it could be quite dangerous to charge it. The output of the charger is 1A, too, quite a bit higher.
I tried a last thing and took the battery out but it still only shows a red light while charging, so I'm going to try to send it in.
R: Xperia S dead?
IT happened The same for Me...
I was very worried..
I plugged to charge for 21h... Unplugged but Nothing!!
So i replugged iT and watched for 1H.. Suddenly IT Booted(But opened only logo Sony And Crashed!) So i Tried to unplugg and power on the phone but nothing.. No booted!!
So after 25m iT rebooted and like a furet i dropped my phone from The table and like a crazy tried to go in recovery.. So it Gone in Recovery i've Wiped ALL And Reinstalled Fw-Kernel.
So now i'm using The Xperia S
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Well, I have a lithium charger for round-type-batteries, but we're talking about lithium here and if the battery is really damaged, it could be quite dangerous to charge it. The output of the charger is 1A, too, quite a bit higher.
I tried a last thing and took the battery out but it still only shows a red light while charging, so I'm going to try to send it in.
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Still not going then??? Might as well order a charger for a couple of bucks off ebay...
All right, I got my phone back from the support, they repaired it and it's working now.
mharckk said:
ok so its no screen at all,
when u pressed power+volume up for 10 seconds does it vibrate?
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i have the same problem, if i put to charge just red led comes.
and if i press power+vol up nothing happens.. some time later the red led went off so then i tried power+vol up i got 3 vibration,
but phone is not booting, so i tried to charge later red led came in while but now power + vol up is also not working.
please help. i have Xperia SL (LT26ii), sorry for bad english.
Thank you
paddukutti said:
i have the same problem, if i put to charge just red led comes.
and if i press power+vol up nothing happens.. some time later the red led went off so then i tried power+vol up i got 3 vibration,
but phone is not booting, so i tried to charge later red led came in while but now power + vol up is also not working.
please help. i have Xperia SL (LT26ii), sorry for bad english.
Thank you
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have you tried this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170
you didnt brick it did you?
Thanks
mharckk said:
have you tried this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170
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Thank u sooooo much buddy..
i got enough knowledge by this link, but i tried different tweak method to get my phone back with help of this link which you suggested..
I have bought a htc one X a day ago, which was imported from some eastern country. The phone ran well for an hour or something.. and after that, it just dropped dead. The battery was about 60% when it dropped dead. And when I charge, the red light keeps on blinking. It won't turn on, or the red light will not be stable.
When i try to boot into bootloader, the phone does go into bootlader. But I have to keep my charging plug on. If i remove even for a second. the phones switches off again.
I can't go to warranty as this is a replacement. Some guidence will be appreciated. Thank you.
vamsi_krishna said:
I have bought a htc one X a day ago, which was imported from some eastern country. The phone ran well for an hour or something.. and after that, it just dropped dead. The battery was about 60% when it dropped dead. And when I charge, the red light keeps on blinking. It won't turn on, or the red light will not be stable.
When i try to boot into bootloader, the phone does go into bootlader. But I have to keep my charging plug on. If i remove even for a second. the phones switches off again.
I can't go to warranty as this is a replacement. Some guidence will be appreciated. Thank you.
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Leave it on wall charger for a few hours
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Hold down the power button and see if it powers on, if it does with no display cover the light sensor and see if the bottom keys power on
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vamsi_krishna said:
I have bought a htc one X a day ago, which was imported from some eastern country. The phone ran well for an hour or something.. and after that, it just dropped dead. The battery was about 60% when it dropped dead. And when I charge, the red light keeps on blinking. It won't turn on, or the red light will not be stable.
When i try to boot into bootloader, the phone does go into bootlader. But I have to keep my charging plug on. If i remove even for a second. the phones switches off again.
I can't go to warranty as this is a replacement. Some guidence will be appreciated. Thank you.
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1. Charge the device for at least 10 minutes
2. With the device truly OFF (NOT ON STANDBY) , push in and hold volume up and volume down AND power button And HOLD for 2 minutes and let go once 2 Minutes has passed.
Doing this will calibrate the Circuit within the battery charging system.
Bro i tried your guide, still cannot turn on my phone.. I want my phone back. any other guide please
Jaheen said:
Bro i tried your guide, still cannot turn on my phone.. I want my phone back. any other guide please
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If the phone doesn't power on & If the red led doesn't turn on while charging your phone then you should take it to service centre.. Might be a problem in battery or the motherboard
There is a batch file running about that helps charge from boot loader.
On phone so can't find it currently.
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daninantro said:
If the phone doesn't power on & If the red led doesn't turn on while charging your phone then you should take it to service centre.. Might be a problem in battery or the motherboard
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Thank you for your reply
There is a thread that discribes step by step method to fix this problem.
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convict_moody said:
There is a thread that discribes step by step method to fix this problem.
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Like that is helping, if you make such a statement then also link him to the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26192390
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Jaheen said:
Bro i tried your guide, still cannot turn on my phone.. I want my phone back. any other guide please
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Did you ever get to the bottom of this? I'm currently in this situation myself. I read the thread suggested here, but it helps very little if you can't even get to fastboot. For what it's worth, I do have a custom recovery, but a stock image. And the mother board is okay - I've swapped in a different battery and that seems to work, but I do want to get my original battery to work...
guys i have a solution i guess .. put your phone connected to laptop or computer for several minutes dont remove . it might take sometime and afterwards you will listen the usb connecting voice and the blinking will stop and will be stable and then you can turn on the mobile
If you have a flashing power light
This is when your device has overheated and wont let you start up your OS.
Plug your phone in for afew minutes then hold down the power, volume up and down buttons at the same time untill a white developers screen comes up, disconnected your device from cable and click on recover and leave for a minute then plug you power lead back in and leave again. When you come back to you phone it the LED should be a solid color and you can then boot your device.
Any problems Message me, any time.
Thanks
daninantro said:
1. Charge the device for at least 10 minutes
2. With the device truly OFF (NOT ON STANDBY) , push in and hold volume up and volume down AND power button And HOLD for 2 minutes and let go once 2 Minutes has passed.
Doing this will calibrate the Circuit within the battery charging system.
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Yes it worked and now i can use my phone thanks 2 u man......!!!!!
use another charger
If the above tips don't work for you, you can try and use another, more powerfull, charger. It worked for me.
Thanks Mate !
daninantro said:
1. Charge the device for at least 10 minutes
2. With the device truly OFF (NOT ON STANDBY) , push in and hold volume up and volume down AND power button And HOLD for 2 minutes and let go once 2 Minutes has passed.
Doing this will calibrate the Circuit within the battery charging system.
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Hey Buddy,
your solution worked perfectly. Thanks a ton! Keep up the good work. Cheers mate !!
daninantro said:
1. Charge the device for at least 10 minutes
2. With the device truly OFF (NOT ON STANDBY) , push in and hold volume up and volume down AND power button And HOLD for 2 minutes and let go once 2 Minutes has passed.
Doing this will calibrate the Circuit within the battery charging system.
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And then?
After doing reset\calibration of battery circuit we put phone on the wall charger and wait until green LED.
Right?
Edit: wrong section, sorry
In most cases, must to change the cable or adapter, or both. I had the same problem twice.
Hello,
My Xperia PLAY is dead. Completely dead:crying: No vibration when power button is pushed, no blue LED in fastboot mode (it won't get detected as well) and no green LED in flashtool mode. This happened after the battery went flat on Friday. It was late when I noticed the dead battery and since I don't charge phones overnight I left it till the next morning. I plugged it in the next morning and left it to charge for about three hours. I didn't see a red LED as usual but I didn't think much of it as I was late. Upon returning I noticed that the battery was extremely hot (burning hot) and the phone would not boot up. I immediately removed the battery and left both to cool. I then tried to power up again but it showed no signs life. Since I had a R800x motherboard lying around, I swapped boards and the R800x fired straight up. The battery hadn't charged fully (it was at around 25%) so I let it charge to 100% and swapped the R800i motherboard back. Still no life.
I tried to connect using flashtool and fastboot but still nothing. It's like the phone is completely dead! The board fuses were OK (I think they were fuses!) and it didn't have any burn marks.
This is what happens now if I connect to the PC-no signs of life on the phone and no detection on the PC (Windows XP SP2). If I leave it connected, I feel the battery heating up very quickly so I disconnect it. I tried flashtool with 0.58FTF but when it says to connect the phone it is not detected. Same goes for fastboot. I even tried connecting the phone via USB and removing and re-inserting the battery (as it had worked for someone with a bricked phone) but no dice.
I had Lupus ICS/GB V5 and ICS Original by DanyXP running. The apps I had were Titanium Backup, No frills CPU control, eBay for android and notification toggle (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1037817). No frills settings were Min CPU 194Mhz, Max 1049MHz (stock value- wasn't overclocked) Governor Intelidemand V2 (unsure).
Is my motherboard beyond repair? I only had it for a couple of months but I love my Xperia PLAY and I want it back!
Thanks for taking the time to read my question.
Regards.
Jay.
Try if it is detected in testpoint. ..
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kanaksharma said:
Try if it is detected in testpoint. ..
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Thank you for replying. How do I do this? I read a topic by Alejandrissimo and he might be able to fix my phone through remote support. I also think that it shut down by itself when something upset the trim area and the battery has nothing to do with it.
So I tried Testpoint and there's no response either. I followed this tutorial and found the testpoint locations for the XPLAY from the internet-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1730874
I tried the S1tool application as well but still nothing. Should I look for another phone now?
Also Alejandrissimo did not reply yet, I PMd him and sent him an email via his Gmail address...
If it is not detected via testpoint in pc means your phone is dead. .. Need to change your motherboard... Btw try a few times maybe it is detected. . If it is detected pm me I can help you remotely
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kanaksharma said:
If it is not detected via testpoint in pc means your phone is dead. .. Need to change your motherboard... Btw try a few times maybe it is detected. . If it is detected pm me I can help you remotely
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Thanks for your reply.
I have a feeling that this board is dead as well. I'm going to try one more time and then look for another R800i with a cracked screen or something and swap them out. I still can't understand how it died out of the blue! I never overclocked it and I'm not a very heavy phone user. It's shut down at the end of each day and I never let the battery run flat either. Happens to the best of us, I guess!
Power ic problem
JAY48 said:
Hello,
My Xperia PLAY is dead. Completely dead:crying: No vibration when power button is pushed, no blue LED in fastboot mode (it won't get detected as well) and no green LED in flashtool mode. This happened after the battery went flat on Friday. It was late when I noticed the dead battery and since I don't charge phones overnight I left it till the next morning. I plugged it in the next morning and left it to charge for about three hours. I didn't see a red LED as usual but I didn't think much of it as I was late. Upon returning I noticed that the battery was extremely hot (burning hot) and the phone would not boot up. I immediately removed the battery and left both to cool. I then tried to power up again but it showed no signs life. Since I had a R800x motherboard lying around, I swapped boards and the R800x fired straight up. The battery hadn't charged fully (it was at around 25%) so I let it charge to 100% and swapped the R800i motherboard back. Still no life.
I tried to connect using flashtool and fastboot but still nothing. It's like the phone is completely dead! The board fuses were OK (I think they were fuses!) and it didn't have any burn marks.
This is what happens now if I connect to the PC-no signs of life on the phone and no detection on the PC (Windows XP SP2). If I leave it connected, I feel the battery heating up very quickly so I disconnect it. I tried flashtool with 0.58FTF but when it says to connect the phone it is not detected. Same goes for fastboot. I even tried connecting the phone via USB and removing and re-inserting the battery (as it had worked for someone with a bricked phone) but no dice.
I had Lupus ICS/GB V5 and ICS Original by DanyXP running. The apps I had were Titanium Backup, No frills CPU control, eBay for android and notification toggle (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1037817). No frills settings were Min CPU 194Mhz, Max 1049MHz (stock value- wasn't overclocked) Governor Intelidemand V2 (unsure).
Is my motherboard beyond repair? I only had it for a couple of months but I love my Xperia PLAY and I want it back!
Thanks for taking the time to read my question.
Regards.
Jay.
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Bro dis had exactly happened to me last month .. ur mother board ain't dead yet.. the only solution to it is by replacing the power ic..
You short circuited the board
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FaiselW said:
You short circuited the board
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Hi Faisel,
You may be right, because the repair technician also said he suspected a short. Is this repairable?
I don't really know. All I know is when it is short circuited, the battery will get very hot and can burn and will damage the board
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So, the technicians returned my phone and said it is unrepairable! Bummer!
I'll be looking for another XPlay but first, how did this short-circuit happen? I didn't reverse battery polarity and no one else handled the phone repairs. Although I installed a new kernel and ROM, I didn't overclock it either. (it was underclocked to 194MHz using 'no frills CPU') I'm beginning to think that the earlier owner of the donor phone may have had too much fun with his phone!
Please tell me your views on this issue so I will be wiser with my next phone!
Regards,
Jay.
JAY48 said:
So, the technicians returned my phone and said it is unrepairable! Bummer!
I'll be looking for another XPlay but first, how did this short-circuit happen? I didn't reverse battery polarity and no one else handled the phone repairs. Although I installed a new kernel and ROM, I didn't overclock it either. (it was underclocked to 194MHz using 'no frills CPU') I'm beginning to think that the earlier owner of the donor phone may have had too much fun with his phone!
Please tell me your views on this issue so I will be wiser with my next phone!
Regards,
Jay.
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Sorry to bump so soon but I really need to know-will installing a custom kernel and ROM affect motherboard durability in any way? I will not be installing any CPU/governor customising apps this time but I really want DanyXP's ICS ROM and Lupus Kernel again! I might be getting another Play very soon so I've got to be prepared!
Regards.
Hello Friends,
I have a year Xperia Ion phone. Recently I have got a problem with the battery of this phone.
A week back the battery status was never going below 100% but will shut off after certain amount of usage. I did not bother as I was able to use the phone normally but only the battery status was a problem. However the problem got more serious. Here is what happened and what I tried:
- A day back phone got switched off and the battery was never going above 1% upon restart, even when it was on charging
- I tried hard restart (holding volume up button + power button). After this it was showing increase in percentage when plugged in for charge and reached 100%. I thought the problem is resolved but not.
- Everytime I unplug phone from charging, battery drops down to 1% immediately and shuts off
- I did service test (by dialing some long numbers) of the phone and it says battery is good and no need to replace it. I assumed there is not hardware issue.
- I had no otherway but to try out battery calibration after rooting- I rooted my device, used 'Battery calibration' app. Charged up till it says 100% and did the calibration. It showed calibration success. I unplugged it from the charger again just to find that the same issue again.
I really do not know what to try now. My phone is just out of warranty (I bought this in another country during a visit). I am ready take paid service if that would solve, but I really appreciate a promising solution or suggestion for this issue.
This phone means a lot for some reason. Thanks in advance for your helpful thoughts!
Note: I found a similar thread where they talked about replacing battery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2450884 I am not sure if this is the same case as that of mine. If so how to replace the built-in battery for Ion.
have you try charging when the phone in power off state ???
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MrGezz said:
have you try charging when the phone in power off state ???
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Every time I plug it in charge only after it goes off and then I turn on. Do you suggest to charge it to 100% while the phone remains in off state?
manoj23.86 said:
Every time I plug it in charge only after it goes off and then I turn on. Do you suggest to charge it to 100% while the phone remains in off state?
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yes , because once I have this kind of issues myself ..
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