Note: I have a sony xperia pro mk16, there was no phone selection for it, so i chose to post on arc forum; however, solutions should be same or similar
Note2: i am a bit noob at rooting and cmw and all that
Story: I had ics and finally decide to try to upgrade to jb with custom cm10 rom. i first rooted the device and installed cmw with x-part. I attempted to install the firmware but it quickly gave me a status 7 error. so i just rebooted and it loaded to a reset ics firmware perfectly fine. after an attempt to download another version of cm10 jb, i tried installing that firmware. after a long wait on installing:..., the log finally gave me another status 7 error. so i rebooted again HOWEVER, it is STUCK ON the SONY logo.
i tried pulling out battery and repowering but nothing changes. holding power with repeated volume down or hold volume up button doesnt do anything. i can connect to sony pc companion but it says i need to fully turn on my phone to update/repair.
i can get it to flashmode using flashtool, but when in flashmode it just leaves a blank screen that wont do anything, i would have to pull out the battery and repower it, which would lead me back to the SONY logo.
PLEASE HELP
ilikecloud said:
Note: I have a sony xperia pro mk16, there was no phone selection for it, so i chose to post on arc forum; however, solutions should be same or similar
Note2: i am a bit noob at rooting and cmw and all that
Story: I had ics and finally decide to try to upgrade to jb with custom cm10 rom. i first rooted the device and installed cmw with x-part. I attempted to install the firmware but it quickly gave me a status 7 error. so i just rebooted and it loaded to a reset ics firmware perfectly fine. after an attempt to download another version of cm10 jb, i tried installing that firmware. after a long wait on installing:..., the log finally gave me another status 7 error. so i rebooted again HOWEVER, it is STUCK ON the SONY logo.
i tried pulling out battery and repowering but nothing changes. holding power with repeated volume down or hold volume up button doesnt do anything. i can connect to sony pc companion but it says i need to fully turn on my phone to update/repair.
i can get it to flashmode using flashtool, but when in flashmode it just leaves a blank screen that wont do anything, i would have to pull out the battery and repower it, which would lead me back to the SONY logo.
PLEASE HELP
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My guess is that you tried to flash a JB rom without flashing the custom kernel because your bootloader is locked. Not every rom is working with stock kernel. CM10 and AOKP as far as i know need custom kernels like Lupus and fxp139. To flash a kernel you must have unlocked bootloader. So until you decide if you will unlock your bootloder or not, you can allways use flashtool to flash stock Sony firmwares found here:
stock firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1642480
here
download the original ICS firmware (somewhere in this forum)
add to flashtool and wait till the pop up asks you to attach your phone in flashmode
attach in flash mode and let flashtool do its magic
now... unlock your bootloader using official or s1 tool method
download CM10 again
inside there will be a boot.img
power off your phone, hold down settings button and attach usb cable..
now you should see a blue LED light
FASTBOOT flash the boot.img and the flash the ROM
press thanks if i helped!!
I'm on an R800x Verizon Xperia Play that I flashed to cricKet {but my phone flashing skills are neither here nor there with this issue} running 2.3.3 and an unlocked bootloader. I was listening to iHeartRadio and found that I couldn't unlock my phone after turning the screen on. I figured that the phone was being non-responsive, so I held the power button like I was going to turn it off, and it brought up the power off menu, but the digitizer still wasn't responding to my touch, so I did a battery pull. After turning it back on, it just sat at the Sony Ericsson logo for ten minutes. Figuring that it had something to do with some root changes I'd performed (font change, animation framework-res.apk customizations, new MMS.apk, build.prop changes, de-bloat, etc.), I booted up the latest Flashtool and flashed the 2.3.3 .ftf, but to no avail. I'm still stuck at the Sony Ericsson logo, and even after four re-flashes, I'm getting no change. Obviously, I can get into flashmode and fastboot, no recovery (CWM not installed), and no boot. It just won't proceed to the bootanimation like it should. I figure if it was a hardware failure, it wouldnt have stayed powered on and playing iHeartRadio, so I'm stumped. I don't get it. Somebody help. Any suggestions?
pomeroythomas said:
I'm on an R800x Verizon Xperia Play that I flashed to cricKet {but my phone flashing skills are neither here nor there with this issue} running 2.3.3 and an unlocked bootloader. I was listening to iHeartRadio and found that I couldn't unlock my phone after turning the screen on. I figured that the phone was being non-responsive, so I held the power button like I was going to turn it off, and it brought up the power off menu, but the digitizer still wasn't responding to my touch, so I did a battery pull. After turning it back on, it just sat at the Sony Ericsson logo for ten minutes. Figuring that it had something to do with some root changes I'd performed (font change, animation framework-res.apk customizations, new MMS.apk, build.prop changes, de-bloat, etc.), I booted up the latest Flashtool and flashed the 2.3.3 .ftf, but to no avail. I'm still stuck at the Sony Ericsson logo, and even after four re-flashes, I'm getting no change. Obviously, I can get into flashmode and fastboot, no recovery (CWM not installed), and no boot. It just won't proceed to the bootanimation like it should. I figure if it was a hardware failure, it wouldnt have stayed powered on and playing iHeartRadio, so I'm stumped. I don't get it. Somebody help. Any suggestions?
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Wasnt able to download with flashtools myself. i downloaded sony pc companion 2.1. Go to support zone, then hit the link - **repair my phone** it downloads software to computer ( about 10 mins ) then after you choose the x play from the list - it asks to connect phone...only connect the phone at this stage...Bingo..hope works --
BUMP
Bump for any other suggestions/help. I'm willing to try anything at this point.
Try a new ftf or redownload yours it may be a bad download
sent from my Sony Ericsson Xperia Play™(r800x) Running Slimbean 3.0 using Tapatalk 2™
from what I've read from previous cricket users... if you didn't do a nandroid backup before you started flashing... you either have to flash the available ftf for cricket or go to your local shop & get them to flash their image to your phone... but I'm not too certain.
"We are the fire that will consume them, belly and bowel, head and heart, many flames of us, but one fire."
Been in the same boat.
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I'm on an R800x Verizon Xperia Play that I flashed to cricKet {but my phone flashing skills are neither here nor there with this issue} running 2.3.3 and an unlocked bootloader. I was listening to iHeartRadio and found that I couldn't unlock my phone after turning the screen on. I figured that the phone was being non-responsive, so I held the power button like I was going to turn it off, and it brought up the power off menu, but the digitizer still wasn't responding to my touch, so I did a battery pull. After turning it back on, it just sat at the Sony Ericsson logo for ten minutes. Figuring that it had something to do with some root changes I'd performed (font change, animation framework-res.apk customizations, new MMS.apk, build.prop changes, de-bloat, etc.), I booted up the latest Flashtool and flashed the 2.3.3 .ftf, but to no avail. I'm still stuck at the Sony Ericsson logo, and even after four re-flashes, I'm getting no change. Obviously, I can get into flashmode and fastboot, no recovery (CWM not installed), and no boot. It just won't proceed to the bootanimation like it should. I figure if it was a hardware failure, it wouldnt have stayed powered on and playing iHeartRadio, so I'm stumped. I don't get it. Somebody help. Any suggestions?
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Is your screen cracked or have a major scratch? If yes your digitizer is broke and needs to be replaced.
If no? Its software here is a fix.
The reason your stuck on the screen is simple. the screen you see is the bootloader it boots the system IMG. If it does not! that means their not talking to each other properly.
So in simple terms let's make them talk.
Google stock ftf,s xperia play on the Xda. next download them. next flash the UK version first you will get an Error and yes it will fail. But then flash the Verizon 2.3.3 3.0.1 version it should flash with no error if you do it second.
If you do it first it will fail i think their is files missing in the compile.
Next Google on the xda relock bootloader download the file and flash it too it should with no errors.
Now your phone should boot. Why you ask? Because you put the system back to what it was before you changed it.
Locked boot loader
Restored kernel
Restored system.
Now that its fixed. Unlock it and flash back to cricket and make sure you change you APN to get your MMS working again.
make sure and hit the thanks button .
I was trying to root the Xperia ION phone.
I followed all the the steps mentioned(HERE) & flashed the kernel available HERE.
BootLoader is unLocked
Now after flashing the kernel, the device had gone in bootloop mode.
I could access the recovery, but thats it.
When i tried to boot to system from recovery, it once again started bootloop.
So, from recovery i wiped the whole system partition of my fone {wipe data}.
Now there is not bootloop, when the phone starts it just gets stuck at SONY logo & after that it doesnt go any further.
While starting it displays a pink LED, so i can go into recovery by pressing VOL-UP key & from recovery i can go into BootLoader FastBoot Mode.
But i cannot get the green led to get into flash mode.
I dont know which type of bricked device is this HARD or SOFT BRICK.
But please help.
What should i do further so that i can again use the phone.
Currently the phone's battery is completely dead.
dharmil007 said:
I was trying to root the Xperia ION phone.
I followed all the the steps mentioned(HERE) & flashed the kernel available HERE.
BootLoader is unLocked
Now after flashing the kernel, the device had gone in bootloop mode.
I could access the recovery, but thats it.
When i tried to boot to system from recovery, it once again started bootloop.
So, from recovery i wiped the whole system partition of my fone {wipe data}.
Now there is not bootloop, when the phone starts it just gets stuck at SONY logo & after that it doesnt go any further.
While starting it displays a pink LED, so i can go into recovery by pressing VOL-UP key & from recovery i can go into BootLoader FastBoot Mode.
But i cannot get the green led to get into flash mode.
I dont know which type of bricked device is this HARD or SOFT BRICK.
But please help.
What should i do further so that i can again use the phone.
Currently the phone's battery is completely dead.
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What firmware version were You on? I think using old kernel with new firmware made Your device soft brick. Try using a kernel which is of same firmware version as Your's.
Did You install drivers for flashmode? Because You need to flash the Your official firmware ftf via flashmode.
Else if You are able to access Your device on pc while being in recovery, find a rom with kernel in it and try the command:
Code:
push /pat/to/ROM.zip /sdcard
and then flash the rom.
Thanks buddy.
But i already solved the issue.
By going into the flashMode nd flashing the stock firmWare
Sony xperia arc s
Rooted
instaled recovery menu (but I cant get in)
Hello, I tried to flash new ROM, but after instaling phone booted and stuck on logo picture. When I connect phone to pc any program cant find him. I cant get to recovery menu too.
Is here any procedure how I can fix it?
Thanks for every response.
I have a Sony Xperia M Dual C2004 with root access and unlocked bootloader. Yesterday I opened Sony Xperia Flash tool by Androxyde in my PC, abd under fastboot mode, I accidentally clicked on reboot to system. After this whenever I try to reboot my phone it stucks on the Sony screen, not even proceeding to Xperia animation...... I have also broken my volume button and camera launch button..... PLEASE HELP ME ASAP....!!!!
You have to do a reflash after unlocking BL...
Have you flashed something before reboot?
After unlocking bootloader....it stuck on a bootloop but when I flashed it..... It started working as usual.... But when I accidentally clicked on reboot to system..... It just stucks on sony logo...... Not even proceeding to Xperia logo.....