Hello guys,
I hope you can help. I'm having issues with my Arc running cyanogenmod 7 (.2 I think). I've been using cm on the device for over a year and one morning it would not turn on. I thought it's out of battery so I charged it. Later I tried to turn it on but it still wouldn't start. I further noticed that when plugged in to charge the LED was not illuminated. I tried a different battery from another arc device, but didn't change anything. (Mine worked on the other device.)
A week later or so, I tried to charge it again and suddenly the LED lit up and I was able to turn it on. Unfortunately, this was only temporarily. I checked the phone later and it was off again.
So I thought, I try to send it back to Amazon where I bought it, and maybe they don't get that I modified the software. But they did...
Any thoughts on what I could do?
Cheers,
Diophantus
Can you get the phone into flash mode or fast boot mode or have it detected by any computer?
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I tried flasboot (0.9 linux) and it did not work. I'll try to get a windows machine and test fast boot
Fastboot doesn't work either. Nothing pops up when connecting the device while holding the fastboot key.
Any other suggestions?
So the LED won't turn blue if you hold the menubutton and connect the USB?
And no green LED on flashmode?
Did you do something special with the phone before it happened?
8BitExplosion said:
So the LED won't turn blue if you hold the menubutton and connect the USB?
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No.
8BitExplosion said:
And no green LED on flashmode?
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Negative.
And no LED when charging.
8BitExplosion said:
Did you do something special with the phone before it happened?
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Nope, it just happened over night. Didn't flash or anything. I had been using the Wifi a lot more than usual, but nothing else.
It is strange, that it turned on that one time.
Can they ask Sony if I unlocked the bootloader or how could they know this?
So heres the story .... i backed up my phone 2 days ago just incase lol . i installed CWM for xperia ion just incase aswell before i installed an app so i can change my fonts and boot animation on my xperia ion. I downloaded and use "Rom Toolbox Pro" and from their on i use the "Boot Animations" app to change the original At&t startup to the Razr M bootup. and after i restarted it , it worked just fine. Then after i went back to the app and went to the Font installer i backed it up as well as my boot animation. I installed a certain font i think it was " " after i restarted the phone , again, it worked perfectly fine , then after a couple uses of the font i got tired of it so i went and hit restore , i didnt know what i was really doing from their. a menu popped up with all these things checked so i went ahead and clicked ok, and it said to restart , so then i did. After it was restarting , upon booting up it would just shutoff or shutdown or do this fading away power off thing as it finished the boot animation. After the third time i did the " soft reset trick" and it still happened again, but by mistakenly doing a ":hard reset trick" it just completely vibrated 3 times instead of 1 not realizing and it shutoff. nothing was happened i pressed a few buttons but it still didnt budge. and i read online that to let it die while plugged in to the factory WALL charger. so then i did that.......after a few 15-16 hrs i had a constant red LED light come on and then after another few 2-3 hours there was this red LED blinking i guess? it was as if it was trying to turn on or something. but all i saw was the screen come one but nothing showing and the LED staying on for a few then going out .....so as of right now it stopped doing that. and its now at a constant RED LED LIGHT nothing else. i dont what else to do. i have my Flashtool already good to go with the stock f/w ready to wipe data /cache and everything i guess.
and what did i do that ruined the phone?
How long should it take?
will it change led colors so i can flash it?
so what do i do for now?
IAmTechFreq said:
So heres the story .... i backed up my phone 2 days ago just incase lol . i installed CWM for xperia ion just incase aswell before i installed an app so i can change my fonts and boot animation on my xperia ion. I downloaded and use "Rom Toolbox Pro" and from their on i use the "Boot Animations" app to change the original At&t startup to the Razr M bootup. and after i restarted it , it worked just fine. Then after i went back to the app and went to the Font installer i backed it up as well as my boot animation. I installed a certain font i think it was " " after i restarted the phone , again, it worked perfectly fine , then after a couple uses of the font i got tired of it so i went and hit restore , i didnt know what i was really doing from their. a menu popped up with all these things checked so i went ahead and clicked ok, and it said to restart , so then i did. After it was restarting , upon booting up it would just shutoff or shutdown or do this fading away power off thing as it finished the boot animation. After the third time i did the " soft reset trick" and it still happened again, but by mistakenly doing a ":hard reset trick" it just completely vibrated 3 times instead of 1 not realizing and it shutoff. nothing was happened i pressed a few buttons but it still didnt budge. and i read online that to let it die while plugged in to the factory WALL charger. so then i did that.......after a few 15-16 hrs i had a constant red LED light come on and then after another few 2-3 hours there was this red LED blinking i guess? it was as if it was trying to turn on or something. but all i saw was the screen come one but nothing showing and the LED staying on for a few then going out .....so as of right now it stopped doing that. and its now at a constant RED LED LIGHT nothing else. i dont what else to do. i have my Flashtool already good to go with the stock f/w ready to wipe data /cache and everything i guess.
and what did i do that ruined the phone?
How long should it take?
will it change led colors so i can flash it?
so what do i do for now?
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is ur pc detecting it??fastboot mode?
Dark Wraith said:
is ur pc detecting it??fastboot mode?
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I have tried a few times but it still hasnt detected the phone in flash or fast mode. app
it would either , when i unplug the phone from the charger and plug it in to my computer it would just do that blinking LED action like it did last time and keep doing that for a few minutes and then back to red LED constant light.
so my issue i think is a bootloop by using that app. and idk how else to fix this.
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I have tried a few times but it still hasnt detected the phone in flash or fast mode. app
it would either , when i unplug the phone from the charger and plug it in to my computer it would just do that blinking LED action like it did last time and keep doing that for a few minutes and then back to red LED constant light.
so my issue i think is a bootloop by using that app. and idk how else to fix this.
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can you get into cwm???
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can you get into cwm???
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Oh at the the 1st vibration , i tapped the sony logo 10 times entered CWM and i think i hit reboot recovery and everything went bad i guess....no i cant at the moment it wont let me , its just a constant red light , nothing else./
what's your method to flash? details. when you are pluginng the phone, pc sound for device connected? and balloon in taskbar? messages in flashtool when you connect or disconnect the phone? tell everything.
rockstar.007 said:
what's your method to flash? details. when you are pluginng the phone, pc sound for device connected? and balloon in taskbar? messages in flashtool when you connect or disconnect the phone? tell everything.
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My method would be having to put the phone in "flashmode" using "flashtool" via when the LED changes to green and thus connecting my phone in and holding down the volume down button.
their is no red led light anymore.......and its plugged into the factory wall charger....... theres nothing on my screen on my laptop , no sound, no pop up , nothing. I have flashtool ready and its awaiting for the device to be connected but sadly i dont even know if its charging or not its stuck i guess with no led or screen up..... its been a day since i left it charging and it had a red consant led idk whats going on now .so idk what to do as of now
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My method would be having to put the phone in "flashmode" using "flashtool" via when the LED changes to green and thus connecting my phone in and holding down the volume down button.
their is no red led light anymore.......and its plugged into the factory wall charger....... theres nothing on my screen on my laptop , no sound, no pop up , nothing. I have flashtool ready and its awaiting for the device to be connected but sadly i dont even know if its charging or not its stuck i guess with no led or screen up..... its been a day since i left it charging and it had a red consant led idk whats going on now .so idk what to do as of now
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like i havent disconnected it , its still on the charger since yesterday, but it had a red led that was constant, and i have flashtool ready on my laptop just incase but as of now the led is gone no colors are displayin gon the led, and im hoping soon after the chips reset i guess, after a few days i let the battery die, i will see an led or somethin.
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like i havent disconnected it , its still on the charger since yesterday, but it had a red led that was constant, and i have flashtool ready on my laptop just incase but as of now the led is gone no colors are displayin gon the led, and im hoping soon after the chips reset i guess, after a few days i let the battery die, i will see an led or somethin.
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what phone is doing when you press the power button? vibrations? how much? is it getting getting into FASTBOOT? not FLASHMODE. are you entering into FASTBOOT mode by manual method? by pressing the volume up button while plugging usb in?
rockstar.007 said:
what phone is doing when you press the power button? vibrations? how much? is it getting getting into FASTBOOT? not FLASHMODE. are you entering into FASTBOOT mode by manual method? by pressing the volume up button while plugging usb in?
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i dont think i should do anything to it right now ,theres no screen but its still plugged into the charger and theres no led anymore........
before when i pressed the power button i would see a red led and then it look like it tried to start , the screen came on but it was pitch black and then it stopped and what it seemed to be that it restarted and it kept doing that. i only did the soft reset where i jheld the power and volume button and it vibrated 1 time. , it didnt even scan the phone or detect as i connected it to my computer, i can only do the flash mode method only. manually i guess......
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i dont think i should do anything to it right now ,theres no screen but its still plugged into the charger and theres no led anymore........
before when i pressed the power button i would see a red led and then it look like it tried to start , the screen came on but it was pitch black and then it stopped and what it seemed to be that it restarted and it kept doing that. i only did the soft reset where i jheld the power and volume button and it vibrated 1 time. , it didnt even scan the phone or detect as i connected it to my computer, i can only do the flash mode method only. manually i guess......
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you are confusing me. do you know what Fastboot mode is?
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you are confusing me. do you know what Fastboot mode is?
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yes i do know what it is, but i cant access it.
IAmTechFreq said:
yes i do know what it is, but i cant access it.
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So how you are accessing it? from flashtool or manually?
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yes i do know what it is, but i cant access it.
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ok so as of RIGHT NOW there is no led anymore..........it had a red led on it since yesterday until i woke up today at 8 am there was no led at all and i didnt try anything
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ok so as of RIGHT NOW there is no led anymore..........it had a red led on it since yesterday until i woke up today at 8 am there was no led at all and i didnt try anything
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LOL man. it looks like you are so worried and having a heart attack. JUST tell me is it going into the FASTBOOT or not.
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ok so as of RIGHT NOW there is no led anymore..........it had a red led on it since yesterday until i woke up today at 8 am there was no led at all and i didnt try anything
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i have flashtool ready up on my screen just incase when the led changes to green i can use flashmode. but i mean i dont want to disconnect it from the charger, im not sure if its still charging or not , theres no led. and im scared if i plug it into my laptop it will have a red led and i would have to wait longer for it to go away or something.
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i have flashtool ready up on my screen just incase when the led changes to green i can use flashmode. but i mean i dont want to disconnect it from the charger, im not sure if its still charging or not , theres no led. and im scared if i plug it into my laptop it will have a red led and i would have to wait longer for it to go away or something.
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is your bootloader unlocked?
rockstar.007 said:
is your bootloader unlocked?
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no my phone doesnt have an unlocked bootloader sadly.
IAmTechFreq said:
no my phone doesnt have an unlocked bootloader sadly.
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your red led is gone right? just yes or no!
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your red led is gone right? just yes or no!
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yes its gone
I have looked into it many time, but for some reason my case is different in some way. my xperia play, instead of turning on blinks red when i hold the power button or plug it into a charger/USB no matter which outlet or port. people say that i can restore the phone with the PC companion, but my computer wont detect it and by extension neither will the PC companion by any means. I've had this problem before and i fixed it on the same phone, but i don't remember how. i need help to revive my phone a second time
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I have looked into it many time, but for some reason my case is different in some way. my xperia play, instead of turning on blinks red when i hold the power button or plug it into a charger/USB no matter which outlet or port. people say that i can restore the phone with the PC companion, but my computer wont detect it and by extension neither will the PC companion by any means. I've had this problem before and i fixed it on the same phone, but i don't remember how. i need help to revive my phone a second time
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Hello,
If you can get the phone into flashmode, you can probably use Flashtool to flash the correct firmware to restore your phone. Here are a couple of threads that should help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38237999
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2054486
Good luck!
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If it blinks 3 times red it means the battery is completely dead and you will have to find a way to charge it externally ..... Some people report that if they leave the phone on the charger for a day that that works but its hit and miss.....if its a solid red led I believe that the trim area is damaged and you will need a j-tag to repair it
Thanks for the help guys, I'll try both methods.
i got a same problem a months ago, i just charge my battery with desktop charger then flash it with S1 tool and connect it with jtag box
Hi, i can't seem to find someone with a xperia ZL with the same problem.. All i can see in the web are for xz.
When i was using my phone, (80% battery), i took some pictures then it suddenly turned off. Now, i tried turning it on but nothing happens, no led blink no nothing.
I tried charging it and voila, the red notification light of death appeared. Mind you that I am using a newly installed OEM Sony Battery (used already for a month) on my phone as the previous one also died.
I was searching and all they say is that charge the phone then reset it.. tried that also, charged it all day then tried resetting, still no action.
Tried SUS, can't connect to phone, tried flashtool, also same thing.
Please help!
troy0926 said:
Hi, i can't seem to find someone with a xperia ZL with the same problem.. All i can see in the web are for xz.
When i was using my phone, (80% battery), i took some pictures then it suddenly turned off. Now, i tried turning it on but nothing happens, no led blink no nothing.
I tried charging it and voila, the red notification light of death appeared. Mind you that I am using a newly installed OEM Sony Battery (used already for a month) on my phone as the previous one also died.
I was searching and all they say is that charge the phone then reset it.. tried that also, charged it all day then tried resetting, still no action.
Tried SUS, can't connect to phone, tried flashtool, also same thing.
Please help!
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Hi
Its looking like hardware problem. If your phone is under warranty, please contact Xperia customer service and get your phone replaced
good luck
Open the sim door. You will see there a small yellow OFF button. Long press it and at the same time hold Power+Volume Up. The phone will vibrate 3 times.
So the combo is: OFF button+Power+Volume UP.
same problem
Battery prob, it happen to me twice and need battery replacement
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troy0926 said:
Hi, i can't seem to find someone with a xperia ZL with the same problem.. All i can see in the web are for xz.
When i was using my phone, (80% battery), i took some pictures then it suddenly turned off. Now, i tried turning it on but nothing happens, no led blink no nothing.
I tried charging it and voila, the red notification light of death appeared. Mind you that I am using a newly installed OEM Sony Battery (used already for a month) on my phone as the previous one also died.
I was searching and all they say is that charge the phone then reset it.. tried that also, charged it all day then tried resetting, still no action.
Tried SUS, can't connect to phone, tried flashtool, also same thing.
Please help!
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I think if u never touch system like root or costum mod / kernel its Hardware problem the battery is died / Ic Power
But if you get root or flash another kernel without support the firmware maybe its Hard brick . Only shown RED LED when you plugged in charger. the solution is Need 30 minutes to charger it and you get the Green LED , so you can Flash Manually again using flashtool and STOCK FTF .283 [4.4.4]
My fathers 5X stop working recently, unable to turn on the phone.
The two red lights was showed if I tried to charge is or start it.
So my first try was to change to a new orignal battery, the old battery seemed to bee very smooth(?).
After I installed the new battery nothing happens at all, even no red ligt and it doesn't respond on a charger either.....
Someone here who have experinced something similar?
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My fathers 5X stop working recently, unable to turn on the phone.
The two red lights was showed if I tried to charge is or start it.
So my first try was to change to a new orignal battery, the old battery seemed to bee very smooth(?).
After I installed the new battery nothing happens at all, even no red ligt and it doesn't respond on a charger either.....
Someone here who have experinced something similar?
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does a pc recognize it when you plug it in via USB?