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root error - aborted. now arc won't start anymore, nor flash. help me plz

I was trying to root my xperia arc.
i started flashtool, everything went alright. then error -aborted.
now phone can't start anymore, I can't do anything with it.
plz help me

You have to tell a little more to get the right help.
Bootloader locker or unlocked?
What firmware did you use when rooting the device?
What did you use to root, Gingerbreak?

i'm sorry
bootloader locked, never touched that
i never touched anything. I'm on 2.3.3, so I was trying to get back to rootable version.
its when i was trying to flash it to previous version that flashtool aborted. saying : power on go to settings and turn on ressources and debugging.
but i can't do anything with. It doesn't even start up.
thx

no prob, can imagine you're upset
did you try to flash it again?
How was your battery when starting in the first place?
Did you try to start up with power cable plugged in?

wow i just tried sony ericsson update service, and now the phone seems to start up.
the mistake i did i think is that i forgot to reinstall the sd card before starting to flash it.
as i'm writing this the phone is correctly working. so now was the sd card remove the mistake ?

1st option
I would say unlock the bootloader and reflash with the newest firmware, or you could just try this
2nd option
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126358
I had the same problem (but my boot loader was unlocked) and it sorted it out, I thought it was just flashtool but it isnt theres special files in the firmware folder that unbrick the arc, let us know how you get on. try the 2nd option first
If its working now then it was a semi brick, option 2 fixes them no problem, try reflashing if you get the same problem just use the 2nd option afterwards and it will work fine

@grat_master
dunno bout the sd card, but glad SEUS did the trick for you.
@yusuo
can you unlock your bootloader when the device won't even start?
anyways, things worked out, no need to do more i think

ok so now the phone is working correctly.
but i tried it a second time to flash with flashtool, and it did the same thing. flash aborted, power on go to settings and turn on ressources and debugging.
what am i doing wrong ? i'm following namaste guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133650
but it just doesn't work.

yes you can, you put it in fast boot mode (turn phone off, then hold back button and plug usb in while still holding back button)
If is still doesnt turn on after use the brick fix (option 2)

Seemingly others have had problems too..
Common reasons:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1162492&page=2
And try running flashtool as administrator and make sure you have the lt15.sin in loaders directory..
Unlocking bootloader is good if you want to install a custom ROM.. But u void your warranty and loose DRM (If you care bout those that is..)

LT15.sin is already in loader directory
and I'm also running it as admin, I also disabled user control.

Which firmware are you trying to flash, the UK or HK version? Maybe it's a corrupt file?
Sent from my LT15i using xda premium

i live in canada, and i'm using a rogers branded phone, samething as in the video of namaste guide.
i am trying to flash north america generic and world generic, neither worked.

Have you tried removing the battery after flashing, and then putting it back and then boot up?
Sent from my LT15i

it can't flash !
i am not able to flash anything, it stops before end and the phone remains in flash mode even if I deconnect usb cable. I can connect it back to pc without pressing back button and the green light is on again. that's after the flashing crash.
now the phone is ok, I can go internet, receive give calls, but I still have my sms problem that I have since beginning. I'm sending it back again to sony for repairs. HAHA I received it from repairs yesterday, and I got exactly same problem as before. I hope they change it. I think my phone is broken /end of story. Broken from beginning.
Anyway, I'm heading back to my Rogers detailer now to see what they can do again.
Thx for help. I'll try to root again when I get it back.

Okay, good luck, hope you get a replacement!

my service provider Rogers Canada is sending me a new Xperia Arc, should receive it in 3-4 days. As soon as I receive it, I'm gonna try root.
I'll let you know if it's working or not.

ok so i received my new xperia arc. now my sms problems are solved ! hourra
but i still can't flash it to root. It just don't want to do it.
what am I doing wrong ? I'll try a new ftf file. Can it be related to a bad sd card ?

Please help me! (root related)

i cannot post in the developer section yet so im posting it here.
hello! about two weeks ago i booted my xperia play r800i on 2.3.3 with this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312859
today i tried to access a superuser app. my xperia freezed like a screenshot.
when i try to boot it it shows me the SE logo for about 3 minutes then goes to a static-ish picture. i cant access the os. ive tried everything (removing sd or sim). also when it is plugged into the outlet (charging) its stuck on the SE logo
i cant boot it D: D;
is is bricked?! and if not is there anything i can do to fix this?!
please answer!

maksiitis said:
i cannot post in the developer section yet so im posting it here.
hello! about two weeks ago i booted my xperia play r800i on 2.3.3 with this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312859
today i tried to access a superuser app. my xperia freezed like a screenshot.
when i try to boot it it shows me the SE logo for about 3 minutes then goes to a static-ish picture. i cant access the os. ive tried everything (removing sd or sim). also when it is plugged into the outlet (charging) its stuck on the SE logo
i cant boot it D: D;
is is bricked?! and if not is there anything i can do to fix this?!
please answer!
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Try a repair update using SE update service or use flashtool.
Sent from my R800x using Tapatalk

ohhh......shhiiiiit
i tried the SE Service update AND the flashtooll .................
i should consider that i AM bricked , or is there SOMETHING else i could try?

maksiitis said:
i tried the SE Service update AND the flashtooll .................
i should consider that i AM bricked , or is there SOMETHING else i could try?
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Have you tried wotanserver.com
Otherwise, my guess is it might be a hardware issue, not a software one (because flashtool/update service/wotan server return your phone to stock. meaning if something was f*ed up, it should be fixed...)

Just use the Sues tool (aka. sony's flashing tool) and have it flash the latest update. If that doesn't work just tell your carrier that it did this after you installed and OTA update and maybe they'll give you a new one.

Yes!
Last Evening I tried the SE update service . right away it didnt work , so i posted , that my phone is still bricked. Today at school about 12 hours after i used the SE update service and the phone was "dead" it FINALLY booted to the os! Yay! im no longer bricked!
Thanks For the help! I appreciate it!

Not Again!
So........ the issue has continiued , after two weeks of perfect performance.
well....i guess the screen is to blame here , because when i touch it in places , that i know a button exists i can feel the vibration!
Ive been playing paintball and running around with the phone in my pocket , so i guess ill have to start saving money for a screen repair
So root wasn't here to blame.

[Q] Arc cant wake up, deep sleep issue???

hi guys!
im a happy owner of an Arc, it makes an interesting issue. first time i cant get it back from sleep, dont responded for power button, or any other. i put the battery off, than on and it started correctly. i thinked maybe something was wrong but nothing more. after i had the same about 3 times in that day. i thinked it just some battery calibration issue, but yday i cant wake up the phone again. i noticed the green indicator is blinking, cos a have same unread messages from fb. the first time the phone has unrooted 4.0.2.A.0.62, than i tried the .42 aganst root, but i also cant wake it up. now i use the Arconium with .062. its rooted and the bl is opened.
OTHER: it has a dead pixel, i can see it only at black and blue screens, so i think thats gonna be a blue one. this phone is bought about 6 monts, so it has warranty, but its acceptable for dead pixels?? thanks

Kinda same problem here.
Usually i'm an iOS fan and used to work with that.With android i'm a bit new.
I got this Xperia Arc LT15i.the problem is that it doesn't power ON,in fact nothing happens no matter what.
I tried the "take the battery out,put it back in" etc.but nothing.
First time when i tried to connect it to the pc it gave me the "usb not recognized" error but then i tried with a new usb cable and could detect the phone.
I installed "PC companion" and "update service" (latest versions)and update service did saw my phone.I tried a "software update>recommended" option but nothing.
Then i tried the "clean install and software update" still nothing.
Then i read some posts and went for Flash tool (from the official website)
Tried to flash it to "4.0.A.2.368" Generic Trade European all went well,it skipped the "simlock" step and got the "flash finished,phone will reboot,etc" but the phone didn't reboot and then got the "phone in flash mode" message after all that.
Took the cable out,tried to power on but nothing,took the battery out and back in,again same thing: nothing!
The green light seems to be ON only when i try to power the phone.it seems the phone vibrates a bit and then silence...
I don't know much because i got this as a present,the things i know for sure are:
Xperia Arc was running android 2.3.4 and was working ok,then someone tried to update the software via wi-fi and after update was finished it remained like this no matter what you try.
It has never been opened,of refurbished,etc...phone is almost brand new!
Any advice,would do just fine.Thank you for you time!

LOL! @cxr_2 for hijacking the thread.
BTW, was your bootloader unlocked? And did you try too update OTA (Over The Air)? Because that would brick your phone. There's a solution for that in the forums.
And are you sure that your battery isn't drained?
Swyped from my SE Xperia arc (LT15i) using Tapatalk 2

xtacy! said:
LOL! @cxr_2 for hijacking the thread.
BTW, was your bootloader unlocked? And did you try too update OTA (Over The Air)? Because that would brick your phone. There's a solution for that in the forums.
And are you sure that your battery isn't drained?
Swyped from my SE Xperia arc (LT15i) using Tapatalk 2
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Well,xtacy! in the "xda video intro" it said to find a simillar thread and post there (here) instead to make a new one,cuz it would be the same thing twice,etc.
If by "unlocked bootloader" you mean if the phone was unlocked i think YES,it was.
Yes,from what i know the update was done from the phone,via wi-fi or web from the network operator.It does look like it's a brick one.
As for the battery,i thought about that too and recharged with universal charger and checked it with a voltmeter and all seems fine.
I've read now the homebrewed fix by Jerpelea and will try it later on to see if that helps.

xtacy! said:
LOL! @cxr_2 for hijacking the thread.
BTW, was your bootloader unlocked? And did you try too update OTA (Over The Air)? Because that would brick your phone. There's a solution for that in the forums.
And are you sure that your battery isn't drained?
Swyped from my SE Xperia arc (LT15i) using Tapatalk 2
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Yes, my bootloader is unlocked. the guy who sold me, said he is absolutely beginner for android, but it was already unlocked. i noticed it, when i tried to open the already opened bootloader i didnt tried to update, but from the beginning i cant use the flashmode i down after updated the .042 and .062 over fastboot. so anyway, i cant make a clean flash. so now i just want to make a clean flash, have u some idea how can i enter to flashmode?

wat is the minimum frequency you are using?

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arpith.fbi said:
wat is the minimum frequency you are using?
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that was 134Mhz, but yday i tried at 249. still turns off i get it to warranty, but my bootloader is opened. as i remember correctly the general warranty is still alive, Sony just takes me the repair cost due the unlocked bootloader causing firmware problems etc: some deeper malfuncions. or just the operator dops the warranty? mint is "factory unlocked". what u think?

vinibali said:
that was 134Mhz, but yday i tried at 249. still turns off i get it to warranty, but my bootloader is opened. as i remember correctly the general warranty is still alive, Sony just takes me the repair cost due the unlocked bootloader causing firmware problems etc: some deeper malfuncions. or just the operator dops the warranty? mint is "factory unlocked". what u think?
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u can relock the bootloader...and "factory unlocked" is related to sim...and they dont care about it..just relock the bootloader and give it to them..

arpith.fbi said:
u can relock the bootloader...and "factory unlocked" is related to sim...and they dont care about it..just relock the bootloader and give it to them..
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and how can i relock, without flash mode?
im absolutely unable to get on it. i also tried on Ubuntu 12.04 flashtool, pcc and seus cant recognize the phone. when i connect the cable(and hold the back button) the doomkernel logo comes in than it starts to charge battery
OTHER: one cwm backup contains just the "system.sin". just because i can flash via fastboot the boot.img(kernel) and system.sin for example the 4.0.4, but the *.ftf files has many others(adsp, amss) i also need these to use the ICS correctly. or that gonna be a solution to restore a backuped 4.0.4 via cwm than flash the kernel and system via fastboot. what u think?

cxr_2 said:
I got this Xperia Arc LT15i.the problem is that it doesn't power ON,in fact nothing happens no matter what.
I tried the "take the battery out,put it back in" etc.but nothing.
First time when i tried to connect it to the pc it gave me the "usb not recognized" error but then i tried with a new usb cable and could detect the phone.
I installed "PC companion" and "update service" (latest versions)and update service did saw my phone.I tried a "software update>recommended" option but nothing.
Then i tried the "clean install and software update" still nothing.
Then i read some posts and went for Flash tool (from the official website)
Tried to flash it to "4.0.A.2.368" Generic Trade European all went well,it skipped the "simlock" step and got the "flash finished,phone will reboot,etc" but the phone didn't reboot and then got the "phone in flash mode" message after all that.
Took the cable out,tried to power on but nothing,took the battery out and back in,again same thing: nothing!
The green light seems to be ON only when i try to power the phone.it seems the phone vibrates a bit and then silence...
I've read now the homebrewed fix by Jerpelea and will try it later on to see if that helps.
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Late reply :
The fix worked,i would say thanks to Jerpelea,but it seems i'm not allow (yet)to post there.
Works like charm now.I'd recommend to anyone who are/will be in the same situation as i was to try this fix.Don't know if i'm allow to post links here but just google it or search the forums.Cheers!

I think I killed my Arc. Is there anything I can do?

What is is:
Docomo Xperia Arc LT15i, flashed ICS LT18i firmware a while ago, which has worked fine.
I currently use a GNex as my primary phone, and decided to convert my Xperia Arc into a portable music player, just running ubermusic with a microSD card.
What happened:
Yesterday when I connected it to wifi there was a system update notification. I thought, sure, let's see what it does. Perhaps that was stupid, not sure. It downloaded the update, rebooted and started to update. Got about a quarter of the way and then went blank. That was the last I saw anything on the screen.
What is does now:
I tried to power it on but nothing happened. It won't even boot. When I hold the power button down, the led light blinks green (about one blink per second, very brief blinks). I plugged it into USB, and flashtools recognized it in flash mode (without holding down the back button when plugging it in...). I then tried to flash the newest generic global (4.1.B.0.431), which flashtools showed as completed and successfully flashed. But it also said "please wait a moment, the phone will reboot", which it never did. Flashtools showed it as still connected in flash mode. I unplugged it and tried again, same as before. Won't even boot. I tried a couple more times flashing the same and previous firmwares (4.0.2.A.0.42), but still nothing.
It seems totally bricked, and I think I killed it. All I can get is flashmode.
Any suggestions or ideas? Or am I just stupid for trying to see what the update would do? I figured there's always some way to fix the system, since the hardware is fine.

I invited myself to the same problem but in a different way, result is same bro
please help us folks

Did you unlock the bootloader?

Is ur Bootloader Locked or Unlocked ??
I think you could be suffering from the 0% battery Issue (just a guess).
Try reflashing LT15 firmware with Flashtools & when it says flashing finished device rebooting ,then unplug the device & turn it on.

noim said:
Is ur Bootloader Locked or Unlocked ??
I think you could be suffering from the 0% battery Issue (just a guess).
Try reflashing LT15 firmware with Flashtools & when it says flashing finished device rebooting ,then unplug the device & turn it on.
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Bootloader is unlocked. So yes, trying to accept the OTA system update with an unlocked bootloader was stupid.
I've tried flashing several times, and of course I try turning it on at that point, but nothing. I'll look into the 0% battery issue, haven't read about that.
Here is the thread, sorry I didn't find it in my previous searches. This solution worked for me. We can close this thread.

You can attempt using s1tool and test point to relock the BL then use sues to fix.
Sent from my LT15i using xda app-developers app

[Q] My ZL become brick after OTA 4.4 update

Hi,
I have my xperia zl c6502, I just bought and when I connected to the internet it show that I have a new system update, I push to make the update, was for the new version 4.4. After I made a restart my phone was dead. Now when I press the power button it only vibrate once and nothing else. I saw that this is mean it's a soft brick. I tryed to flash another ftf file, but no result. Same with PCC, it work , say that it's ok but nothing happend after restart. I can connect in fastboot mode or flash mode. I think the BL is locked. I gues that the check for usb debbuging mode was not made in settings before the brick (I don't know if is matter or not this). The charging is not work. I opened the back cover and I measured the voltage on battery and is low now. I try to charge it with an external power source. What can I do to restore the phone. I see not sign on screen from than, like the display is dead, only the LED is get in red or blue (fastboot mode). Other interested thing is that I try to connect in flash mode the LED is get green for 1 sec after that is off but flash tool say that the device is connected in flash mode Not interested for data, was nothing inside because was new. It have not warranty.
Can somebody to help me?
Thanks.

I see nobody can help me.
OK.
I discover other thing. Each time when I want to flash a new ftf say all are ok until the end, but when I want to flash again and say the status for the ftf from device I see always is the same ftf version, not what I tryd to flash last time. To undestand better can have a look at a log file what I saved. I think that there is no flashing, I have the first ftf when the problem appeared. I unlocked the BL too but no change, only in the status I can see that the BL is unlocked (say ROOTED).
Realy nobody can have an ideea what to do next?

Hi, i have E X A C T L Y the same problem, i dont know what to do. Ive been searching similiar problems in XDA and i think i found something, maybe the TA (Trim Area) is damaged and it causes the phone doesnt boot. For more information visit this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1252019