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[ion] Brick

My ION got brick.
I had my bootloader unlocked. I was trying to update my phone via flashtool. But unfortunately that my computer unexpectedly shutdown when flashtool is on about 50%. Then my phone become bootloop (at the SONY logo).
I soon restarted my PC and hold Vol+ & power for 8 seconds to hard reset my phone. But when I tried to get into the Flashmode, I found it was not only unable to get into the Flashmode but also unable to boot. I even tried to hold Vol+ & Power for about 2 minutes but nothing happened.....
Idk what to do now... Now I have my ion charging with EP850 for about 50 minutes but nothing happened. (No LED, No Screen lighted, No button lighted) Anyone who can help me?
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After charging for 5.5 hrs, the LED light shown. But still no resonsive....

NoobTW said:
My ION got brick.
I had my bootloader unlocked. I was trying to update my phone via flashtool. But unfortunately that my computer unexpectedly shutdown when flashtool is on about 50%. Then my phone become bootloop (at the SONY logo).
I soon restarted my PC and hold Vol+ & power to shutdown my phone. But when I tried to get into the Flashmode, I found it was not only unable to get into the Flashmode but also unable to boot. I even tried to hold Vol+ & Power for about 2 minutes but nothing happened.....
Idk what to do now... Now I have my ion charging with EP850 for about 50 minutes but nothing happened. (No LED, No Screen lighted, No button lighted) Anyone who can help me?
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You need to pull the battery somehow. Try holding volume and power again
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mrsatan said:
You need to pull the battery somehow. Try holding volume and power again
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Holding volume+ & power doesn't work.

Unable to enter FLASHMODE by any means to unbrick ION
I HAVE EXACTLY SAME PROBLEM.Plz someone help how to enter flashmode.tried all xda methods.flashboot tool with .ftf firmware is ready BUT XPERIA ION is just NOT BOOTING INTO FASTBOOT OR FLASHMODE BY ANY KEY COMBOS,(EVEN BATTERY REMOVAL N REINSERT).
Does any developer listening,we know how to flash firmware but how the hell we enter FLASHMODE .THE PRESS VOL DOWN BEFORE CONNECTING TO PC IS NOT AT ALL WORKING.HELP HELP HELP.:crying:

aliascruise said:
I HAVE EXACTLY SAME PROBLEM.Plz someone help how to enter flashmode.tried all xda methods.flashboot tool with .ftf firmware is ready BUT XPERIA ION is just NOT BOOTING INTO FASTBOOT OR FLASHMODE BY ANY KEY COMBOS,(EVEN BATTERY REMOVAL N REINSERT).
Does any developer listening,we know how to flash firmware but how the hell we enter FLASHMODE .THE PRESS VOL DOWN BEFORE CONNECTING TO PC IS NOT AT ALL WORKING.HELP HELP HELP.:crying:
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Use the recover from soft-brick thread sticky'd in the general section. Or click the link in my signature. Read the OP for help then post with info about phone. Like is it rooted, unlocked, current Rom, what happened, what you have tried. You will get help there.
~Jaramie
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I also had this problem. I disconnect the battery and reconnect while ready for connect in fastboot mode. Otherwise it can't be done. So try disconnecting and reconnecting.
Sorry for my English.
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[SOLVED] I think my Xperia Ion had a hard brick , any help!!!

Hi:
In the last day i was trying to flash the LEAK 4.1.2 build 6.2.B.0.203 , using DooMLork kernel , the problem was facing me is that my phone still do reboot after the first logo.
Then my phone turned off and i can't do any thing like flash mode or fastboot or charge of vibrate , even no led.
After like 4 hours of charging my phone show red led apear and disapear evry 20 second.
Today in the morning i can see a red led that still apear all the charging time and nothing happen.
From 2 minuits suddenly i saw that my phone turned on and show the first logo "Free Xperia" and after 5 second getted dead again and the same , only red led.
Any help to get into flashmood?​

Again i had the boot logo , i tried to press VPL up + Power bottom and it do restart , tried to get 3 viberates and after i had it dead again.​

Hi folks, i bricked my phone too. i was on leaked JB too and its worked like a charm. i founded an article about Chainfire so i tried but the phone went bootloop and then i red how to uninstall it. need adb mode on recovery. but the leaked twrp kernel cannot be on adb mode so i decided i flash a regular ics cwm kernel. so i flashed than tap tap tap on sony logo but nothing happened but bootloop. tried a lot times but same. so i decided i flash back the leaked twrp and flash the rom again so pressed the power and vol up until 3 vibrations it powered off and thats all. doesnt respond. cant power off cant flash mode cannot fasboot mode. now is on wall charger but nothing happen. what should i do for now? please help i love my ion especially with JB. :crying::crying::crying::crying:
edit: and its full charged because it was on wall charger while i slept :/
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i couldnt wait so i disassembled and unplugged the battery cable than plug and its working!

goodnightPal said:
Hi folks, i bricked my phone too. i was on leaked JB too and its worked like a charm. i founded an article about Chainfire so i tried but the phone went bootloop and then i red how to uninstall it. need adb mode on recovery. but the leaked twrp kernel cannot be on adb mode so i decided i flash a regular ics cwm kernel. so i flashed than tap tap tap on sony logo but nothing happened but bootloop. tried a lot times but same. so i decided i flash back the leaked twrp and flash the rom again so pressed the power and vol up until 3 vibrations it powered off and thats all. doesnt respond. cant power off cant flash mode cannot fasboot mode. now is on wall charger but nothing happen. what should i do for now? please help i love my ion especially with JB. :crying::crying::crying::crying:
edit: and its full charged because it was on wall charger while i slept :/
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i couldnt wait so i disassembled and unplugged the battery cable than plug and its working!
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Lol i am not going to disassemble my phone. From some minuits i had my phone on and it showed Free Xperia logo but after 3 viberates i died.
I am waiting it to come on again and then i will try to flash the software without turn it off.​

The $niper said:
Lol i am not going to disassemble my phone. From some minuits i had my phone on and it showed Free Xperia logo but after 3 viberates i died.
I am waiting it to come on again and then i will try to flash the software without turn it off.​
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phone is for you not you are for your phone... have a tutorial on youtube, and its safe if you are do it smartly. i was impatient.. its your choice, your phone.

goodnightPal said:
phone is for you not you are for your phone... have a tutorial on youtube, and its safe if you are do it smartly. i was impatient.. its your choice, your phone.
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The reason why i don't want to do it because if i did it my phone will be cheaper because it will called "Fixed Phone".
Now i got the first logo again while it's connected to the PC , i tried to press VOL- but flashtool didn't detect it and came dead again.
Maybe the next time i can get into recovery , but what can i do?​

The $niper said:
The reason why i don't want to do it because if i did it my phone will be cheaper because it will called "Fixed Phone".
Now i got the first logo again while it's connected to the PC , i tried to press VOL- but flashtool didn't detect it and came dead again.
Maybe the next time i can get into recovery , but what can i do?​
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if its not working now is cheaper. but you have to tell nobody that you disassembled it to fix ur phone.
but if you have time try this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31618617&postcount=32

Thats what i am trying to do.
Now i get my phone on again , and i got into recovery and reboot it to fastboot , flashed stock kernel.sin.
Then i turned it on and it show sony logo then i did 3 vibrates to get it off to flash a stock rom but dead again.
Now i am thinking how to get to flashmode?​

The $niper said:
Thats what i am trying to do.
Now i get my phone on again , and i got into recovery and reboot it to fastboot , flashed stock kernel.sin.
Then i turned it on and it show sony logo then i did 3 vibrates to get it off to flash a stock rom but dead again.
Now i am thinking how to get to flashmode?​
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that what i tried me too, flashed stock with cwm tap tap tap but nothing happened.. once is working once not... try flash stock with twrp it is working.

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All what i can get ofter connecting to PC for a long time is the device start up and show Sony logo then the logo disapear and reboot then do it again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again then stop booting and got dead.
Edit 1: When it show Sony logo i tried to press VOL+ and connect the usb but no fastboot , the same with flash mode.
Edit 2: When it start rebooting wave again i tried to press VOL+ and - then it got stuck with black screen , Flashtool can detect it in USB debigging off mode and it can't be turned off with the 3 vibrates trick.
Edit 3: By removing the sim card the phone turned off. Now back to the first stage with only red led and after long time connecting to PC it show Sony logo then reboot.​

The $niper said:
Last updates:
All what i can get ofter connecting to PC for a long time is the device start up and show Sony logo then the logo disapear and reboot then do it again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again then stop booting and got dead.
Edit 1: When it show Sony logo i tried to press VOL+ and connect the usb but no fastboot , the same with flash mode.
Edit 2: When it start rebooting wave again i tried to press VOL+ and - then it got stuck with black screen , Flashtool can detect it in USB debigging off mode and it can't be turned off with the 3 vibrates trick.
Edit 3: By removing the sim card the phone turned off. Now back to the first stage with only red led and after long time connecting to PC it show Sony logo then reboot.​
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I think: you should turn off but when it trying turning off it goes brick, get stuck... i dont know you have to turn off manual ( with disassemble) and connenct usb and vol up because now it cannot be in fastboot or flash mode. or you should leave it to full discharge than it will turn off but it may take several weeks.

goodnightPal said:
I think: you should turn off but when it trying turning off it goes brick, get stuck... i dont know you have to turn off manual ( with disassemble) and connenct usb and vol up because now it cannot be in fastboot or flash mode. or you should leave it to full discharge than it will turn off but it may take several weeks.
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Now it's not stuck , it's off and connecting to the charger with red led.​

Than i don't know what should you do srry
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goodnightPal said:
Than i don't know what should you do srry
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No problem , thank you for trying help.​

Charging for 10 hours , only red led.​

while on a loop, press the volume down button and connect it to the PC. If it doesn't work, press power+vol up till it vibrates once keeping the vol down button pressed as well. if it goes into flashmode, forget everything and flash stock ftf.
on a red led situation, hold the vol down and connect it to PC. It will show no led but keep holding it for long, it will go into flashmode
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ARNOB said:
while on a loop, press the volume down button and connect it to the PC. If it doesn't work, press power+vol up till it vibrates once keeping the vol down button pressed as well. if it goes into flashmode, forget everything and flash stock ftf.
on a red led situation, hold the vol down and connect it to PC. It will show no led but keep holding it for long, it will go into flashmode
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I tried that to make it restart with one vibrate but no flashmode , i will try it again with holding the VOL- before i do the vibrate.
For the led when i connect it to the PC holding VOL- the red led apear , why?​

**** **** **** **** **** **** me , whn it start the rebooting i pressed the VOL+ and = and the power bottom and it start to connect and dis connect again on MTP debugging off mode and after a while i got the green led and flash mode but the ftf waz compressed and while it's extracting the green led gone....​

Fixed!!!!
This is small guide what to do:
1- Charge your phone with PC or wall charger until you get a stable red led (Stable led not flashing led) maybe that will take hours.
2- Now connect your phone to the PC , you will find the red led back again.
3- The idea now is that your phone will auto start after some time , you need to be holding the VOL- bottom before it start up that you can get a green led and you can flash the rom with flashtool.
Some times it got start up after like 4 minuits after you connect it to PC , and other times maybe it will take like 20 minuits to start. So you have to hold the VOL- bottom almost the time and there is no problem if you let the bottom for some seconds , but be carefull that it will suddenly boot up so you have to be holding the bottom.
If you success with rom flashing , connect your phone to the charger and wait until it will start first time and get dead , then start again normaly ​

Charge ur phone with wall charger (its faster than pc) until u get green led. After that, hold Vol - and connect the phone to pc.

[Q] Xperia Arc S Lt18 died after flash boot.img

Hey buddies,
I have a big issue:
My Xperia arc S is rooted, I did the bootloader unlock with sucess, and, when I flashed the boot.img (I had sucess by ADB), after ask to "fastboot reboot' my device died :/
It can't be recognized anywhere (USB-PC, wall charger, vol up + usb but it doesn't enter in fastboot mode), it doesn't turn on anymore.. When I hold "power button + vol up + vol down + camera button it's vibrate, but nothing happened in display. I had just this feedback.
Any ideas?
Thank you!

Try using flashtool. Hold down "menu" key and plug your phone into the usb. You will get into fastboot mode and then flash custom kernel.
After flashing kernel get into CWM recovery. Once you get in there its easy to install the ROM you want.
Make sure you flash kernel according to the ROM you selected or else you will get bootloop.
CHEERS!!

same issue
rohan170890 said:
Try using flashtool. Hold down "menu" key and plug your phone into the usb. You will get into fastboot mode and then flash custom kernel.
After flashing kernel get into CWM recovery. Once you get in there its easy to install the ROM you want.
Make sure you flash kernel according to the ROM you selected or else you will get bootloop.
CHEERS!!
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still i cant friend ...but my phone dont give me any response..when i click power button it vibrate and no other response so kindly help me. if its ;power on only i can go into flash mood..kindly help

hari_winsss said:
still i cant friend ...but my phone dont give me any response..when i click power button it vibrate and no other response so kindly help me. if its ;power on only i can go into flash mood..kindly help
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No, you don't need to press power button.
Switch off your device(which is already in your case) then while holding down the "menu" button on your phone, plug the phone into your computer via USB cable. If blue LED lights up, means you have successfully placed your phone in fastboot mode.
If its not working then probably your device battery is empty. You will need to charge it bro. And this might be a big problem unless you have got one more arc/arc s.

Sounds like the chargemon has been corupted of wiped! That could explain the charging issue. Try vol down & plug in usb for flash mode(green led if good) connect to pc companion and repair phone, or flashtool and the rom of your choice. If not it may be a jtag job im afraid n thats pricey!!!
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[Q] Phone in not starting after installing custom rom

I have installed CyanogenMod 11 custom rom to my Xperia Arc S. After flashing boot.img through flashtool, device got shutdown. Till now everything was fine. But after this the tutorial said to start the phone and after the phone vibrates, start pressing the volume down button. I did the same. But after vibration, phone is not showing anything. It shows dim light on screen but its not showing either the logo nor its starting. The LED light on side turns to purple but nothing happens after that. I did this with every button but its not starting. Pls halp me out....
Thanks...

vishalsitapura said:
I have installed CyanogenMod 11 custom rom to my Xperia Arc S. After flashing boot.img through flashtool, device got shutdown. Till now everything was fine. But after this the tutorial said to start the phone and after the phone vibrates, start pressing the volume down button. I did the same. But after vibration, phone is not showing anything. It shows dim light on screen but its not showing either the logo nor its starting. The LED light on side turns to purple but nothing happens after that. I did this with every button but its not starting. Pls halp me out....
Thanks...
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Did you flash the kernel for your device?
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vishalsitapura said:
After flashing boot.img through flashtool, device got shutdown.
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Tell more about this. How did you do it, what happened, what buttons did you press etc etc.

Yes. I have installed kernel for it via flashtool. Initially after doing this it was not going to recovery mode and also it was not getting connected to flashtool. But now it is getting connected to flashtool in fastboot mode. So tried to flashing with 10.2 version, it showing finished but again the same problem. Its not going to recovery mod.

as in, HOW did you flash the kernel exactly. Dont just say you used flashtool, how did you use it? What combination did you use to get into fastboot? Any errors in flashtool? How did you boot into recovery (I.e. which keys did you press) and does the LX kernel logo even appear on boot?
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vishalsitapura said:
Yes. I have installed kernel for it via flashtool. Initially after doing this it was not going to recovery mode and also it was not getting connected to flashtool. But now it is getting connected to flashtool in fastboot mode. So tried to flashing with 10.2 version, it showing finished but again the same problem. Its not going to recovery mod.
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First check does that kernel has built in recovery...If nothing works,to get your phobe to work flash stock .ftf file with flashtool.
Do you have unlocked bootloader?
And try one more thing,when you turn on the phone start pressing volume down (-).)!
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I think i have the same problem as OP.
I decided to try out LegacyXperia CM11 and installed it yesterday. It went well, but it is still kinda buggy so i decided to go back to besttt's Slim Bean. I copied rom files on SD card and went to flash kernel (darkanzuEOL). I flashed it through Flashtool like every other time and it went without errors so i proceeded to boot into recovery so i can flash the rom. This is where everything stopped working normally. After i power on the phone and press voldown to enter cwm it just gets stuck on cwm loading screen. If i dont try to get into recovery it just bootloops. I tried several kernels i have on my HDD and always the same result.
I'm downloading stock img to flash and see if that will help. will let you know what happens.
EDIT:
Stock img worked, now i'm back on slim. Only other thing i changed ( which i think is the cause) is i used original sony usb cabel instead of my Nexus 7's i used originaly

[q] phone stuck in sony logo . Need help !!

I have xperia M which i think is bricked now. It gets stuck ay the sony logo and later a black screen appears with a white horizontal bar at the bottom of the screen and restarts all over again. it is rooted but the bootloader is still locked. while connected to pc it shows qhsusb_dload and detects only fastboot mode in flash tool. it still runs the stock jelly bean which i updated using pc companion. Earlier i installed xposed framework and went goofing around in build props, may be thats what caused it. Please someone help me fix this.

nellizer said:
I have xperia M which i think is bricked now. It gets stuck ay the sony logo and later a black screen appears with a white horizontal bar at the bottom of the screen and restarts all over again. it is rooted but the bootloader is still locked. while connected to pc it shows qhsusb_dload and detects only fastboot mode in flash tool. it still runs the stock jelly bean which i updated using pc companion. Earlier i installed xposed framework and went goofing around in build props, may be thats what caused it. Please someone help me fix this.
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have you tried reflashing the Stock ROM with Flashtool?

AndyPhoenix9879 said:
have you tried reflashing the Stock ROM with Flashtool?
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cant enter in flashmode. when i connect the phone pressing the vol down button , the led turns red only for a fraction of second and turns off. the pc shows it connected in qshusb_dload . please help!

nellizer said:
cant enter in flashmode. when i connect the phone pressing the vol down button , the led turns red only for a fraction of second and turns off. the pc shows it connected in qshusb_dload . please help!
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Okay I did some research about this "qhsusb_dload", it means Qualcomm High Speed USB Download Mode and it doesn't translate to a good condition at all
It usually happens because your phone's bootloader is corrupted:... meaning hard-bricked..some recover from it by miracles.
From what I've researched, try putting the phone connected to a charger and full charge it, then try attempting to turn it on, keep trying, and also try pressing the power button for 15secs if it still won't boot up properly.
If all fails, then I'm sorry, I can't help you on this.. send it to the service center..
I'm so sorry for your device usually goofing around a compatible xposed with only root won't bring the phone into a total hardbrick....
This happens most commonly, from what I've researched, if you drain your phone completely to 0% and try to boot it up again..

AndyPhoenix9879 said:
Okay I did some research .....
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You, my friend, are a real heartbreaker...

Ouu, sorry..

nellizer said:
cant enter in flashmode. when i connect the phone pressing the vol down button , the led turns red only for a fraction of second and turns off. the pc shows it connected in qshusb_dload . please help!
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same happens with me but it is still in flashmode and lets me flash stock rom when i bricked it, wouldn't worry about it as long as the led was green it doesn't matter if it goes off after.