[Q] Phone probably bricked ! - Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So, I had my full cautious guts. I backed up everything needed and so. I decided I could have some fun customizing my phone and getting a "Custom Rom".
So, I got a TWRP recovery, made a Nandroid backup. Then flashed RR 5.5.6 (After wiping Data/System/Dalvik/Cache), then flashed GAPPS. IT WAS ALL OKAY, until I pressed "reboot". BOOM Phone dies.
Well, if disconnected from PC cable, it only vibrates once when I keep holding power button. But it doesn't even blink LED or show anything up.
If connected to PC cable, it begins "automatically" to blink RED 3 TIMES, then it turns into blue "assuming it's charging" and stays like that, but nothing happens after that. If I keep pressing the power button alone nothing happens, but if I press it with UP volume key "down does nothing", 2 things happen. One: The PC detects a reconnecting of the phone, Two: the same procedure happens again "RED 3 TIMES then Blue". NOTHING SHOWS UP AT ALL.
NOTE: My recovery was installed from this link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647480
Help please
Also please tell me if this a SOFT or HARD brick? So I can know where to search for help.
UPDATE: Now sometimes my phone instead of blinking 3 times red then blue just gives all LED colors then doesn't do anything.

Cereal_ said:
Help please
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To get it to power off you hold the volume up and power button until it vibrates three times. It must be off before you can flash boot any recovery.
Download and install Sony PC companion, start the support zone, start Phone/Tablet software update, click on repair my tablet. Follow the instructions. It will ask you to have the phone off then put the USB jack in while holding the volume down. Follow the instruction exactly.
I'm sure that if the lights are flashing then the phone is ok, it just needs the boot sector repairing.
The other way to repair it is with the flashtool, and this is the way forward if you want to get it ready for a custom rom, but there is a lot of reading to do
Did you check that your phone can be unlocked,?
It doesn't sound like you unlocked it, and RR rom is CM based so it was always going to end in tears until you'd unlocked the bootloader.
XperienceD has compiled a great thread on how to here
I nearly made the same mistake. If you come from a Samasung or similar where all you have to do is root the phone and flash, the Sony can be a bit fiddly, there's a whole other process to go through.
Don't panic, it will work again, and don't flame Nuts recovery thread because you didn't read up on how to do it right.

Didgesteve said:
Did you check that your phone can be unlocked,?
It doesn't sound like you unlocked it, and RR rom is CM based so it was always going to end in tears until you'd unlocked the bootloader.
XperienceD has compiled a great thread on how to here
I nearly made the same mistake. If you come from a Samasung or similar where all you have to do is root the phone and flash, the Sony can be a bit fiddly, there's a whole other process to go through.
Don't panic, it will work again, and don't flame Nuts recovery thread because you didn't read up on how to do it right.
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First of all, thank you a lot of comforting me.
I actually read your comment and currently following the PC companion method. About "turning it off" it only worked (gave vibrations) when the phone was connected to PC through cable, otherwise nothing happens. Yes it did give me 3 quick vibrations. I am waiting now for the firmware to be downloaded, let's hope it work.
Yes, sir. I did NOT unlock my bootloader, I was afraid to lose my DRM keys even after backing them up. But it seems I have lost them anyways, lol.
I will give a look about that thread you gave me the link to. Once again thanks for comforting me. I will let you know what happens.
Cheers.

Didgesteve said:
The other way to repair it is with the flashtool, and this is the way forward if you want to get it ready for a custom rom, but there is a lot of reading to do
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Sorry just noticed that. Can you give me a link into that ? I love to read.

Didgesteve said:
I nearly made the same mistake. If you come from a Samasung or similar where all you have to do is root the phone and flash, the Sony can be a bit fiddly, there's a whole other process to go through.
Don't panic, it will work again, and don't flame Nuts recovery thread because you didn't read up on how to do it right.
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I tried this, and it's not working at all. It shows the "prepare" screen, then I hold the voldown button and connect it, then a window flashes "appears and then disappears for 1 second" as if it's attempting to reconnect. "Check attachments".
SONY PC COMPANION still eats my connection though, the update progress bar has a lot of bugs.
Help ?

Cereal_ said:
I tried this, and it's not working at all. It shows the "prepare" screen, then I hold the voldown button and connect it, then a window flashes "appears and then disappears for 1 second" as if it's attempting to reconnect. "Check attachments".
SONY PC COMPANION still eats my connection though, the update progress bar has a lot of bugs.
Help ?
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Oops. I should have replied to you on this thread.
Anyway, check out my reply on NUT's thread.
It includes instructions on how to use flashtool to flash back to stock.
Good luck! :fingers-crossed:

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Help... *Sigh*

I've been hacking dash' for a long time now... my friend gave me his phone to hack...
Thought it was easy...
I mustv'e messed something up... now every time i boot my device up it gets stuck on the screen with three colors... red, green and blue one
i have try hard resseting it - two soft keys power button...
i have tried leaving the battery out... no good
any help would be greatly appreciated
the tri color screen is the bootloader. you need to use that to flash back to a stock rom, then try to flash again.
because I am stuck on this screen my phone will not connect to the computer and sync... what should I do?
Nano3 said:
because I am stuck on this screen my phone will not connect to the computer and sync... what should I do?
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Turn the damn thing off.
Press and hold in the camera button.
After 10 secs or so, plug in your USB cable.
You can now install an Official, (from your provider), ROM available at a Sticky near you.
Once an official ROM is back on, you can continue with your evil plans.
You have to use an OFFICIAL ROM first.
thanks for that help... i did as i was told, advance to a white screen where it said "checking sd contents" still not being able to connect to my computer via activesync so i can run the original factory rom
Remove your SD card prior to flashing. It's really a very simple process man, so if it's not working for you, you're making a rather minor mistake. Just follow the information in the stickies. You may even find a video on Youtube of someone flashing from the bootloader. Oh, and if you'd read the stickies, you'd know that you don't need to connect via activesync when in bootloader mode. The PC should automatically connect and install whatever driver it needs to communicate with your phone so you can flash.

[Q] Bricked x10 mini. completely dead except for red led

Hi i had just flashed my phone back to standard rom with seus, and had rooted and was removing bloatware.
i used ADB Mask Controller for removing files because it was faster, but on the list of non essential apps i chose the ones a i wanted to get rid of, and accidentally clicked "delete all", because i thought it meant the all the files on the list. after that, i rebooted and the phone was dead, seus cant find it or anything, but now a day later when i press the power button, the led on the front blinks red a couple of times...
is it completely dead or is there a chance of getting it up and running again?
try flashtools
you should try bin4ry's flash tools it works most of times, there are a few tutorials around the forum but in general you just have to turn the phone off completely start flash tools select flash, select firmware and connect your phone pressing the back button just like in seus , also try posting problems like this in the general section, i know i'm no mod, but it helps keeping th forum clean , but don't sweat it, i think we all have done this when we started (i know i did XD)
Sorry if i posted it the wrong place, didnt think of other places cuz my bookmark leads me there.
Thanks for replying, but my problem is that i cant turn it on, when i press the power button, the only thing that happens is the led flashes red a few times.
Blinking red means that battery is empty. You can to charge it a bit with AC charger and then try to boot the phone.
yeah, sorry for the scolding , and i think it flashes red a few times because the battery drained, and flashtools is a pc program like seus, you don't have to turn your phone on, you connect it turned off, it is for flashing firmware to your phone and i recommended it because i think the reason your phone died is because of the missing apps, think of flashtools as a much MUCH better program for repairing your phone than the pc companion one or seus
also, here is a link to the main post for flashtools
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825664
edit: wiilweer beat me to it , and great port by the way, haven't tried it myself because my xrecovery is not working, but it looks great, specialy the 1000 in benchmark =O, excellent work men, thanks for the froyo port and your work
Thanks ill take a look at it again, hadnt seen the thread u linked now.
its been charging for a few hours and still just blinking... and it was at 100% when i started messing it up
maybe it is a stupid thing but...
have you tried
1) center hardware button + power for a few seconds?
2) disconnecting and reconnecting battery?
in the worst case you can try charging it with an external charger
but this means disassembling your mini:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Sony-Ericsson-Xperia-X10-Mini-E10i-Teardown/3124/1
Gx3 said:
maybe it is a stupid thing but...
have you tried
1) center hardware button + power for a few seconds?
2) disconnecting and reconnecting battery?
in the worst case you can try charging it with an external charger
but this means disassembling your mini:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Sony-Ericsson-Xperia-X10-Mini-E10i-Teardown/3124/1
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Yea i tried that, but it didnt do anything.
maybe it just cant charge the battery. i could try to connect the battery from my gf's x10 mini
PressEsc said:
Thanks ill take a look at it again, hadnt seen the thread u linked now.
its been charging for a few hours and still just blinking... and it was at 100% when i started messing it up
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The issue is not batery, its system files.
Do you have recovery instaled?
If no, download the flash tool and e10i firmware from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10879519&postcount=2%22SE%20Firmware%20Files[/URL][/B]%3Cbr%20/%3E[URL=%22http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10879528&postcount=3
Happy flashing.
Looks like its working now.
it wouldnt charge the battery, so i took the battery from another x10 mini, and then i flashed it. pc companion could find it and flash, with power from another battery
Dunno why it wouldnt charge the battery, maybe i deleted stuff that had something to do with power management.
Thanks for helping, i was already looking to buy another phone.
Thread belongs in the general section.
i have the very same problem !! ... WHAT did u dooo 2 fix this ?? am hopeless
try charging it and not with usb, if it wont start, try an external power source.
does it blink red when u press power botton?
Just want to share this, I do not create this procedure, and I forgot where I seen this.
1. Open SEUS, one it ask you to disconnect and connect. follow the next procedure.
2. Connect your X10 mini or Pro. Disregard SEUS Procedure
3. Press the Middle+Right+Power Button at the same time.
4. Once Screen Goes Blank, release all button except the middle.
5. now you could Update using SEUS.
Hope that help.
Sira. said:
i have the very same problem !! ... WHAT did u dooo 2 fix this ?? am hopeless
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if the procedure above is not working you should try to recharge the battery or use one from another mini charged before trying that cause if battery is drained you won't be able to repair firmware...
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Sony-Ericsson-Xperia-X10-Mini-E10i-Teardown/3124/1
PressEsc said:
Looks like its working now.
it wouldnt charge the battery, so i took the battery from another x10 mini, and then i flashed it. pc companion could find it and flash, with power from another battery
Dunno why it wouldnt charge the battery, maybe i deleted stuff that had something to do with power management.
Thanks for helping, i was already looking to buy another phone.
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would u like 2 help me then >??
what is it doing?
I spent the whole yesterday afternoon and night and this morning trying to figure out what happened to my 'dead' x10 mini.
It has been lying there for over a year since I last tried reviving it.
Long story short, I forgot that I had flashed miniCM kernel on it. For some reason it just entered boot loop with Sony Ericsson logo and restarting and refused to charge. Then tried SEUS and Sony Update supposedly 'flashed' successfully, but I still could not get it to boot nor charge. Flashtool also was used to try a couple of other ROMs, until it dawned upon me I should flash back miniCM ROM since I think I had last used it year ago.
Voila it worked and I pressed BACK several times while the nAa logo came up. CWM was back. I jumped for joy... now I'm charging it and also downloading miniCM10 with gapps.
I really hope this helps - and that it would work for some of you out there in deep frustration. All the best! :good:
mcmlxxvi said:
I spent the whole yesterday afternoon and night and this morning trying to figure out what happened to my 'dead' x10 mini.
It has been lying there for over a year since I last tried reviving it.
Long story short, I forgot that I had flashed miniCM kernel on it. For some reason it just entered boot loop with Sony Ericsson logo and restarting and refused to charge. Then tried SEUS and Sony Update supposedly 'flashed' successfully, but I still could not get it to boot nor charge. Flashtool also was used to try a couple of other ROMs, until it dawned upon me I should flash back miniCM ROM since I think I had last used it year ago.
Voila it worked and I pressed BACK several times while the nAa logo came up. CWM was back. I jumped for joy... now I'm charging it and also downloading miniCM10 with gapps.
I really hope this helps - and that it would work for some of you out there in deep frustration. All the best! :good:
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Looks like I went ahead of myself.
It managed to stay on in CWM... and I even managed to install update.zip and gapps, but once out of it the phone simply refuses to boot.
SEUS managed to flash stock ROM on it as well. However, even after leaving it hooked to the USB overnight (it only gets warm from this, not wall plug charger), it constantly looping in a flash mode (green LED) and then low batt mode (blinking red LED), it failed to boot up successfully on its own. After flashing the sony ericsson or custom ROM logo, it would go into a boot loop until the battery drains. Upon connecting back to wall charger, the first time it actually flashes real quick split seconds battery indicator of 2 out of 3, then go into the said boot loop again.
I really dunno if the battery's fried or did I do something wrong to hard brick it.

need help with my bricked xperia play r800a

first, I will explain my phone condition.
from off power. If I try to turn on by holding power button, I can feel it vibrates as normal when it turn on to boot up. But for my xplay, its screen show nothing and it seem that the screen does not turn on at all. Then if I plug it to pc from this condition, the pc will ring detect device sound and unplug device sound and detect device sound and unplug device sound, repeat and repeat forever. So I have to pull off battery to turn the phone off. But flash mode and fastboot still work with flashtool.( as you all know plug usb with back button and search button)
what I have done so far to solve this is :
- I have tried to flash stock rom R800_4.0.2.A.0.79 and r800a_2.3.3_US Generic via flashtool in flash mode. flashing is complete but my xplay still remain unbootable.
- flash doomkernel via fastboot with flashtool. process complete but again, problem is not solved.
any help ?
So let me get this straight, you flashed a firmware and your phone is still unbootable and just has a black screen? hmm strange.. Have you tried Sony PC Companion?
Xplay21 said:
So let me get this straight, you flashed a firmware and your phone is still unbootable and just has a black screen? hmm strange.. Have you tried Sony PC Companion?
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PC can not recognize my device just as I told on the thread that PC ring the sound of detect and remove, detect and remove on and on...........
still wait for solution.
so quiet.......
kokcona said:
still wait for solution.
so quiet.......
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I'm sorry no one could help you out as of yet, this issue does seem quite rare so we can expect why you haven't gotten any help and sorry bout that. I would probably flash the different types of firmware and see if theres any hope there, or you can send your phone to repair and that should be your last to resort solution.
When did this happen and how? Such things do not happen without a history, we need to know what you did/tried before to see if we can fix it!
Gesendet von meinem D6503 mit Tapatalk
Remove phone and insert it then hold back button(or search button i dunno, but don't turn it on) until the power button shows blue light(or green) and insert the usb cable into the computer. You must tick the two box when flashing stock rom. Check No final verifications and Reset Customizations. Are you trying to use stock rom with doom kernel?
I had this problem too.
Have you tried flashing different Kernels and ROMs?
Bin4ry said:
When did this happen and how? Such things do not happen without a history, we need to know what you did/tried before to see if we can fix it!
Gesendet von meinem D6503 mit Tapatalk
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I had used several custom rom before, the last custom rom is something with lupus kernel (sorry I cannot remember its name). At that time, I have many problem about performance such as when I got a call (the phone start to ring and vibrate) the screen won't show anything, I have to wait for several second before screen show up and I can recieve the call.
One day during on a trip, I designed to turn the phone off and pull out sim card. and used my friend's iphone4 during the trip. When I back home. I tried to start my xplay again. But the phone won't start anymore, it become the state as I mention in this thread.
ryanperez said:
Remove phone and insert it then hold back button(or search button i dunno, but don't turn it on) until the power button shows blue light(or green) and insert the usb cable into the computer. You must tick the two box when flashing stock rom. Check No final verifications and Reset Customizations. Are you trying to use stock rom with doom kernel?
I had this problem too.
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I have not tried 'No final verifications and reset customizations' yet. So I will tried this when I got my phone back.
ps. I sent it to sony service center last week. Yesterday, they call me that it is hardware failure, and they don't have spare part. But I think they just cannot figture it out what is the problem and don't want to bother with old phone. So I call it back. still wait it to be back in my hand.
kokcona said:
I have not tried 'No final verifications and reset customizations' yet. So I will tried this when I got my phone back.
ps. I sent it to sony service center last week. Yesterday, they call me that it is hardware failure, and they don't have spare part. But I think they just cannot figture it out what is the problem and don't want to bother with old phone. So I call it back. still wait it to be back in my hand.
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Atleast good news for you, i just read your answer and have to tell you that i have no idea too sorry ... Maybe it is really hardware failure.
Regards

[Q] bricked xperia ion after flashing firmware

So.. my xperia ion kept said there was new system update. Which was 6.2.b..221 i think. But i unlocked the bootloader so i had to flash firmware on computer. So i downloaded on website where it said lt28h/lt28i latest firmware. I flashed it and my phone went reboot loop. It turns on, show sony logo, went blackscreen, reboots and repeat. So i did hard reset which made situation worse. I let it drain for 3 hour and charged it for 5 hlur.(red led showd right when i put charger.) It got on charge screen but i was stupid, hoping it to turn on normally and be my friend forever as it used to. But got on reboot loop again so i did soft reset because i didnt want let the battery drain for long time and charge it again. But it stuck at blink screen. Or black screen. You know how does this screen look like? It's not real black but the screen has little bit of light. So i could even use it as mirror.
I drained it overnight and now im charging it again(red led shows right when i put charger)
Anyone please help?
JustinBushke said:
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I drained it overnight and now im charging it again(red led shows right when i put charger)
Anyone please help?
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I think You flashed the wrong ftf file. Try downloading one from xda and flashing it again.
Mirhawk said:
I think You flashed the wrong ftf file. Try downloading one from xda and flashing it again.
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I charged it for 3 hour and now it's on boot loop. Turns on, sony logo, black screen and repeat. So any guide for it?... I have to press volume down and connect it to PC immediatly right? What if it just keep turns on,show logo,blackscreen and repeat..?
(Sorry. It's my first time doing stuff with sony devices.
JustinBushke said:
I charged it for 3 hour and now it's on boot loop. Turns on, sony logo, black screen and repeat. So any guide for it?... I have to press volume down and connect it to PC immediatly right? What if it just keep turns on,show logo,blackscreen and repeat..?
(Sorry. It's my first time doing stuff with sony devices.
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Yes, You have to connect immediately to pc. Don't let it be in continuous bootloop, it will drain out the battery. Did You try downloading a different ftf and flashing?
Mirhawk said:
Yes, You have to connect immediately to pc. Don't let it be in continuous bootloop, it will drain out the battery. Did You try downloading a different ftf and flashing?
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well, now i just have to boot into flashmode and try flash. My ion is charged. And ready for flash. I live in Fairbanks in Alaska, is it possible for my ion to be roger's? Or do i download international something firmware? The thing is it said i have new update. The last few number was .221 i think . Mine is lt28i if that helps
JustinBushke said:
well, now i just have to boot into flashmode and try flash. My ion is charged. And ready for flash. I live in Fairbanks in Alaska, is it possible for my ion to be roger's? Or do i download international something firmware? The thing is it said i have new update. The last few number was .221 i think . Mine is lt28i if that helps
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I don't know much about carrier firmwares, I would recommend waiting for someone who knows to reply. But I don't think flashing a world generic firmware would do any harm, still wait form someone to reply!
Mirhawk said:
I don't know much about carrier firmwares, I would recommend waiting for someone who knows to reply. But I don't think flashing a world generic firmware would do any harm, still wait form someone to reply!
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my friend came back alive! thank you!
for those who got same problem like me
[IMPORTANT]
(make sure you get battery with thunder icon on the screen when you charge your ion after it died.(it will appear after battery got charged enough. it took me about 1hour i think.
make sure the screen goes off when unplgued from charger.
DO NOT touch anything before you boot into flashmode or fastbootmode otherwise you gotta drain the battery and charge it again!
1.download your device's firmware and put it into flashtool/firmware. in my case,(lt28i) i downloaded 6.1.E.3.7 stock frimware on xperia ion development section.
2.run flashtool,click thunder icon,click okay,select firmware that you downloaded and click flash. it will say it's preparing for flashing and say boot your device into flashmode.
3.NOW. Carefully. really Carefully press only volume down button and keep press it until you connect your device to computer. this is where i messd up and startes over.
4.there will be green LED if you got into flashmode. than the onlything you have to do is wait for the flashtool to finish flashing.
5.when it's done, take a deeeeep breath, disconnect, and press power button till you feel one single vibrate.your device will reboot and work as it used to!
i didnt lose any data(in every storage like built-in storage(?) or sdcard? and ext sdcard.) except that the apps that i installed was missing.
JustinBushke said:
my friend came back alive! thank you!
i didnt lose any data(in every storage like built-in storage(?) or sdcard? and ext sdcard.) except that the apps that i installed was missing.
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Glad I could help. Only Your "system" and "data" partition would be formatted, not the internal(sdcard) and external(extsdcard) memory.
And "data" is where Your apps are installed, so those will go too.

I've Made a BooBoo :(

I was so excited to buy a Z5 quite cheap from online store (GumTree Australia). Received it and went to turn it on, it was locked to someone's account (not the last owner I assumed). No biggee I thought, so I did a bit of research to find out how to factory reset wipe my phone and find the Sony app 'EMMA'. Booted my phone into that app and it showed that this phone was locked and I couldn't do anything other than visit a couple links it suggested to update my phone or contact Sony to unlock my bootloader. I did all that it suggested waiting on Sony to no reply.
3 months later, I decided to give this phone another go and came looking at XDA. Impatiently wanting to unlock, I found a flashtool on XDA https://forum.xda-developers.com/z5-premium/general/firmware-32-3-0-372-certified-android-7-t3537948 and decided to wing it with this image https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_14958424411279&key=f0a7f91912ae2b52e0700f73990eb321&libId=j36hx1cx01000n4o000DAnhl9jzwv&loc=https%3A%2F%2Fforum.xda-developers.com%2Fz5-premium%2Fgeneral%2Ffirmware-32-3-0-372-certified-android-7-t3537948&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Fdrive%2Ffolders%2F0B9es25_rAF5bbnhPZ2pLQjQyd2M%3Fusp%3Dsharing&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fforum.xda-developers.com%2Fz5-premium&title=Firmware%20Android%20N%207.0%2032.3.A.2.33%20link%20.ftf%E2%80%A6%20%7C%20Sony%20Xperia%20Z5%20Premium&txt=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Fdrive%2Ffolde...2M%3Fusp%3Dsharing.
Long story short, my impatience and winging it after following onscreen instructions from the tool has now made the phone unbootable. Screen turns on but it's all black. I plug my phone in to the computer and it is recognised by EMMA and Windows. But I can't do the recovery boot with volume down.
I just want to put it back to how it was with a simple wipe. Is there a way I can get it back to just "normal" please.
My excitement has now left me with anxiety issues lol. Please help....
Use flashtool and go to XperiFirm and download the full ROM by browsing to the correct phone model and country (Use somewhere like Custom Indonesia, Custom UK, Custom Germany, etc.)
Then simply click flash button, choose the ROM, make some checkbox such that it flashes absolutely everything, and then follow on-screen instruction to do a full flash. Volume Up and Power force turns your phone off, and then plug the USB and press the instructed volume button right away to enter into flash mode, and then things will work on its own.
I would just use XperiFirm to download the ROM image. But do make sure you're downloading the ROM for the correct phone model.
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Then simply click flash button, choose the ROM, make some checkbox such that it flashes absolutely everything, and then follow on-screen instruction to do a full flash. Volume Up and Power force turns your phone off, and then plug the USB and press the instructed volume button right away to enter into flash mode, and then things will work on its own.
I would just use XperiFirm to download the ROM image. But do make sure you're downloading the ROM for the correct phone model.
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Life saver!! Thank you so much. I've got the phone working now and I understand how XperiFirm works.... sort of.
I'm now stuck on FRP lock where I have to enter the last email used to sync the device. I've tried the instructions from this thread and watched the video and mine doesn't do what is shown on the video to get into the settings to switch users.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/z5-premium/general/how-to-tottaly-unlock-xperia-z5-premium-t3585640#post72448042
I'm gonna keep reading and see if there's another way around. But if anyone is reading this, please feel free to guide me.
Thanking you DarkSilent again.
UPDATE
Found this video and it helped me to bypass FRP.
Thank you once again. I'm very happy now.

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