I have a rooted Xperia Arc S running ICS 4.0.4 and it's not booting. The "SONY" and "XPERIA" logos appear, then the phone shuts down and restarts doing the same thing over and over again(showing the logos and restarting). The only way to stop it is to take out the battery. This happened after I took a photo, then the phone shut down.
(I had free memory, photos are saving on the SD card)
I found similar posts, explaining even for noobs what to do but bootload isn't unlocked and from 10+ threads(on different forums) I've learned that the only way to unlock it is from safe mode/diall pad.
I tried to update/reset/repair from PC Companion but it sais I don't have PC Companion components on "card" and the program can't run properly without those. Now I know from past when I wandered in the root(without touching anything) i saw the PC Companion components. Does that mean my phone is bricked?
I tried fixing it with Fastboot and Flashboot but as far as I know bootload must be unlocked.
Another option I found was to run Emma from SONY but I tried multiple times to register, even with different emails, and it won't send registration mail neither on gmail nor ymail.
What should I do?
(Phone is only rooted, no other changes were made.)
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Hi everyone,
Sorry for the second post but the first one has lost in the conversations, so I think that would be better to open a new thread.
I was using JJ's Hybrid ROM v2.4. And when i heard about sony's original ics upgrade, i decided to install the original one. I found this thread and followed the instructions. As so many have said, i have faced with flashing aborted problem. So I have unplugged the phone try to restart but nothing happened. Led flashes green (very quickly turns off) vibrates (as usually it does when starting) but nothing happens.
I have unplugged phone try to connect it via fastboot mode, but connecting usb cable while pressing menu button has no effect. Also when i connect the phone it always connects with flashing mode (like i have been pressing the back button).
I have tried to flash the other ftf files (on the first post) but nothing happens. Flashing aborts (just before that message it says flasing loaders/null.sin. I guess java application has a null string). I have tricked that changed the LTE15.sin file name to null.sin file, it passes that phase but still it is not bootable.
So is there any way to recover my phone?
Thanks a lot
cptlogos said:
Hi everyone,
Sorry for the second post but the first one has lost in the conversations, so I think that would be better to open a new thread.
I was using JJ's Hybrid ROM v2.4. And when i heard about sony's original ics upgrade, i decided to install the original one. I found this thread and followed the instructions. As so many have said, i have faced with flashing aborted problem. So I have unplugged the phone try to restart but nothing happened. Led flashes green (very quickly turns off) vibrates (as usually it does when starting) but nothing happens.
I have unplugged phone try to connect it via fastboot mode, but connecting usb cable while pressing menu button has no effect. Also when i connect the phone it always connects with flashing mode (like i have been pressing the back button).
I have tried to flash the other ftf files (on the first post) but nothing happens. Flashing aborts (just before that message it says flasing loaders/null.sin. I guess java application has a null string). I have tricked that changed the LTE15.sin file name to null.sin file, it passes that phase but still it is not bootable.
So is there any way to recover my phone?
Thanks a lot
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Hi cptlogos:
Sorry for your problem, the only thing that i can say you is that every times i'd flash and block the cell, everytimes flashing an original tft wiht flash tools resolved the reboot issue after bad flashing, remenber for flash with flashtools, keep pressed the back button, the left one, and plug the usb cable.
Hope you can solve it.
Thanks for your reply jcgechevarria.
Actually I have achieved to some point, now i can boot my phone.
I have tried to run the FlashTool in linux (Ubuntu 12.04) and finally flashed it successfully. But now it can not read sim card. It asks me my pin number, waits for 1 minute then asks me my language, and after all it warns for no sim card.
I have tried with different ones, but no success at all.
Is this because of some kind of wrong region installation (I am living in Turkey and i flashed LT15i 4.0.2.A.0.42 Generic Global World)
So what can i do for my next step
Now you have the phone booting you can always try using pc companion To repair the phone.
Sent from my LT15i using xda premium
zolaisugly said:
Now you have the phone booting you can always try using pc companion To repair the phone.
Sent from my LT15i using xda premium
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I actually upgraded to ICS with pc companion
But it still gives error about sim card. It can not read it.
For now I have tried different ways to get the phone running back:
1) * I have successfully flashed LT15i 4.0.2.A.0.42 Generic Global World rom
* Rebooted, but it could not read the sim card. (all other features, such as wifi, works great)
* Then I connected phone to PC Companion, and upgraded to ICS.
* Rebooted, but again it could not read sim again.
2) * Then I have flashed LT15i 4.1.B.0.431 Generic Global World, rebooted, again it could not read sim card.
* After that I connected phone to Software Updater, re-installed system from there, rebooted, again it did not read sim card.
While trying all these methods, I could not connect phone with fastboot option (connecting phone while pressing menu button). If I could boot phone with fastboot, at least I could try to install custom kernel & rom.
Anybody has any ideas what can I do to get my phone back :/
my computer crashed while i was flashing the generic world update to my xperia arc, now when i turn it on it vibrates as it would normally do and the led(green) flashes as it would normally do but the screen doesnt come on and it doesnt start up,are there any solutions to help restore my phone?im not worried about loosing any data or applications iv ried hard resetting it but that doesnt work and it isnt recognized by update service or sesu
Try using the Flashtool, if you can get the phone in flash mode then you shouldn't have any issues.
thats what i used in the first place which got me in this position, i used flashtool x10 to use a ftf file for generic world lt15i but it stoped half way through, and said error on the log on flashtool
the computer i was using was old because i had to use a windows instead of my usual mac so i used the old windows family computer, it has a problem however with the usb which i did not know about however i plugged in the phone after it prepared to flash(flashtool x10) then it said error in the log of flashtool, then the computer shut down :S now when i try to turn it on it vibrates then the led flashes but thats it, any suggestions?
a while ago i tried installing the Enhanced Stock ROM with flashtool
it stuck at 12% installing system.sin for about 8 hours, so i decided to cancel it
i have read that cancelling the flash can cause softbrick, and must be repaired by sony pc companion
but now, my phone wont charge, and if i turn it on, after sony ericsson text (not logo)
it will only show (!) mark with a phone beside it, and turn off after a while
even PC Companion Phone Repair mode do not detect my phone (i pressed the back button while connecting)
is this what we call hard brick?? if i want to bring this to Sony, have i broke the warranty by flashing with flashtool?
thank you.
sundul
sudnul
I hope you saved your TA with Omnius... That's probably the only way to save it without paying.
As you read here: http://unlock-bootloader.com/
This is what you need: http://unlock-bootloader.com/rebuild-trim-area-change-imei/
Hello guys,
I am new here and thats my first post, please tell me when I do something wrong. But I think this is the best forum to ask :
I had a well-functioning HTC One X. But at once it doesn´t start and stuck in the HTC bootlogo. I googled it and after many days I try to unlock the bootloader. The bootloader starts only after many trys and then shows a red field "battery level is too low to flash"(connected to PC). The red led doesn´t lights up. I leave it in the bootloader and after many hours it starts normally (bootloader still locked). I set the phone back to factory settings (not in the bootloader). I used it like every day, but after hours when I switch to the normal menü it was stucked for 5 seconds and then the screen become black and it wont restart. I buy accumulator for the phone and exchange it (I have a little bit "hardware skills"). I connected it with loading cable to the socket (not the PC!). The red LED flashes for a second and then happens nothing. After many trys the bootloader shows up (connected to my PC) and I googled for almost hours to find a solution. "I have to install a custom ROM". I unlocked the bootloader with the programm "One X All-In-One Kit v2.3". I don´t know why but I shut the phone down. I try to start the phone or the bootloader but it doesn´t work. I try it now for weeks but it is dead (but I´m very sure the problem that it doesn´t starts is not due to the unlocked bootloader, because it is the same problem with the "not starting" like the time before I unlocked it). But the strange thing is... and now comes the important part... when I connect the phone with my PC the PC make the "USB connected"-sound and says that there is a unrecognized device connected. And when I try to start the bootloader the PC makes the "USB disconnected"-sound and a second later the "device-driver software not installed"-sound (I hope you know what I mean) and when I keep trying to start the bootloader it happens again and again the same. I tried almost everything, I use a loading.bat file but it can´t detect the phone (you know "unrecognized device"). Is it the accumulator ? Is the hardware dead ? Or what is the problem ?
I hope you understand this text (I´m sixteen and from germany). If you don´t please ask me every question you have. I really hope you can help me with my really long-term problem.
Thanks for every question, reply, solution or improvement proposal for me
XilentMe
So, what i have deduced is that
1. You are stuck on fastboot with low battery.
2. Your PC does not recognize your device.
For this purpose, first download and install the htc usb drivers. These should work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2211791
Then visit this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1658084
follow the instructions, once your phone is charged enough, unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery, boot into recovery and let it charge for a while, then flash a new rom.
Dont forget to press the Thanks button if i helped
Okay thanks for your proposal, but the problem is now that I can´t boot into bootloader, the phone does nothing. No reaction, no charging LED, no normal boot, no bootloader...absolutely nothing. Only when I connect the HTC to the PC the PC make the "USB-device connected" sound, as if you connect a USB-stick to your PC, but nothing else happens.
Any ideas or similar problems ?
XilentMe
So try to charge via pc. Leave for some time connected to pc and try to power up.
Hey,
I tried it, but it didn´t work. Nothing happens, only the "plug off-sound" when I want to start the bootloader via volume down+power button, while it is connected to the PC. I have no idea what to do.
XilentMe
Hello.
I have HTC ONE X for a long time.
today i suddenly got a notification for update (as far as i remember it was the"heartbleed fix" update).
ive downloaded the update and start the installation.
at the moment i press start the phone turned off and became like a "zombie".
hes not turning on, doesnt show the red led while charging (and also doesnt heat up while charging like it used to).
i tried to connect the phone to my pc but pc doesn't recognize the device, and the phone doen't respond to the connection.
some details on the phone (if you need it): CID_044, the rom was official, official recovery and boot, it was relocked because i did it withot changing anything except the unluck and relock.
i tried to download drivers and re installing them, as well as java.
tried to press power +volume up\down\both.
tried to search for device using adb.
tried to rebbot via fastboot and adb (throught the pc).
all this without any luck.
anyone got anothe suggestions? the phone i completly dead?