Hi,
I have an Xperia X10 and it was working fine until last night. I had put it on charge overnight but when I woke up in the morning, I could see RED LED blinking and the phone will not boot up (re-start).
I have tried many suggestions found on the blog (taking out the batter, putting the phone on charge and then putting back the battery). This has not helped and my phone is till dead.
Any clue/suggestions on how to get this issue resolved?
Thanks!
Would try different charger / charger cable or charging from pc sounds like flat battery more than anything else
Kieron
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Sounds like a flat battery.
Could be faulty battery/charger. Try different ones.
Sure, will try out your suggestions and use a new battery.
Does any one know what it means when the RED LED flashes for continuously three times when the phone is getting charged via the main (and not USB)?
The red flashing led pattern does not indicate more than something is not working accordingly so there's no way to tell from this exactly what has caused this.
I would try a different charger if possible and if this does not help, bring the phone to the store for a warranty repair. Hope it can be sorted easily and quick.
-Markus
Sony Ericsson Answers Team
Markus-SEAnswers said:
The red flashing led pattern does not indicate more than something is not working accordingly so there's no way to tell from this exactly what has caused this.
I would try a different charger if possible and if this does not help, bring the phone to the store for a warranty repair. Hope it can be sorted easily and quick.
-Markus
Sony Ericsson Answers Team
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If you're from SE why are you on freakin XDA?
i found it was my charger that was the problem. i would leave it for ages and never recieve charge but if i shifted the cable or wiggled it a bit the charge would start
red flashing light means its on power but recieving enough charge to switch on i think. like when you try to turn your phone on when the batteery is completely flat
Or simply a dead, malfunctioning battery.
Had one of those battery, and it did that when charged..
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If you're from SE why are you on freakin XDA?
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He's scouting to see if the bootloader has been compromised! Lol.
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Red light issue happened to me once.i fixed it by leaving the cable in(while charging) and removing the battery. I then put the battery back in and green light!
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Could be a broken USB port. It's a fairly common problem.
I just had the same problem with my X10. I left it charging overnight and now the phone won't turn on. All I get are 3 red lights blinking when I try to turn it on. I already tried a different charger and still no luck. Once when I plugged it into my PC I got it somehow to turn on, the deviced booted up but when it got into the initial screen it turned off
Wasn't the phone supposed to turn on even without the battery? I mean, can't I plug the charger and try to turn on my phone or it will only work with a battery?
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I need help with this NOW if anyone can. I figured I'd go ahead and make a thread for it so it would get seen. I was trying to update to 2.1 and something went wrong. Long story short the battery drained and now even when it's plugged into the wall all it does is flash its little red light. If I can get it to charge I think I can get things working again but as it stands I don't even know if it is charging. If I have it plugged into the wall and remove the battery the led turns green. If I put the batt back in afterwards it will go off after a bit and eventually "turn on" (in this case that just means that the screen comes on but is completely black but backlit) but there is no led indication at all so i don't know if it's charging or what. It doesn't seem to be. I really need help asap. Thanks in advance.
Silly question perhaps.. have you tried putting it into flash mode for SEUS (phone off hold back key, plug in USB cable)...?? does it register the phone?
Open pc companion hold back button and insert the micro Ian until it says stop it should then tell you your software is already the latest but if there's a problem you can use the repair option. Hth
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Not the micro Ian but the micro ish. Damn sausage fingers!
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Dear god how hard is it to write micro USB !!!
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im_iceman said:
Silly question perhaps.. have you tried putting it into flash mode for SEUS (phone off hold back key, plug in USB cable)...?? does it register the phone?
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Tried it just now, nothing.
My suggestion would be to plug it in for a few hours then try again. Or take battery out completely and try the back button without a battery. Might work. Might not. Sorry. Doubt the phone is bricked tho.
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adamwilliams said:
My suggestion would be to plug it in for a few hours then try again. Or take battery out completely and try the back button without a battery. Might work. Might not. Sorry. Doubt the phone is bricked tho.
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I tried without the battery and it didn't work. I'll leave it plugged up for a while but if it doesn't charge i don't know what i'm going to do.
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I need help with this NOW if anyone can. I figured I'd go ahead and make a thread for it so it would get seen. I was trying to update to 2.1 and something went wrong. Long story short the battery drained and now even when it's plugged into the wall all it does is flash its little red light. If I can get it to charge I think I can get things working again but as it stands I don't even know if it is charging. If I have it plugged into the wall and remove the battery the led turns green. If I put the batt back in afterwards it will go off after a bit and eventually "turn on" (in this case that just means that the screen comes on but is completely black but backlit) but there is no led indication at all so i don't know if it's charging or what. It doesn't seem to be. I really need help asap. Thanks in advance.
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Just out of interest how long have you left it on the charge for? Because the red light flashes while charging until 10% and I remember once when my battery fully drained it did that for a few minutes until phone turned on again. Leave it for a while if you haven't done so.
The reason I ask is, incase you saw red light flashing and took it off charge straight away thinking its faulty? Like I said it sometimes takes a while to turn on fully when battery has died.
Edit: I know this is unhelpful, but that's why when you update via SEUS it says to ensure battery has 50%
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I got he same problem 3 weeks ago. i could not get the phone to boot anymore even after trying all the unbrick method available here. so i sent it to sony ericsson service and they changed the motherboard.
okay, been charging for a while now and still have the red light. Pretty confident it isn't charging.
Plz try another usb cablr. I know about 20 people whoms usb cable accidently died and the phones cannot charge anymore ....
Regards
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Bin4ry said:
Plz try another usb cablr. I know about 20 people whoms usb cable accidently died and the phones cannot charge anymore ....
Regards
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+1 - this happened to my wifes vivaz and my x10. changed cable and started charging again.
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+1 - this happened to my wifes vivaz and my x10. changed cable and started charging again.
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But the phone won't even boot. Will the battery charge while it's off? or when it's on a black screen? I know 2.1 lets it charge when it's off now, but the OP said the update screwed up.
Other suggestions that may take some time:
1. Find someone else who has an X10 and charge it in their phone.
2. Bring it to your phone provider and ask them to charge it.
3. Bring it to your phone provider and exchange the battery (temporarily?).
4. Buy an external wall charger (one that lets you charge the battery directly, not in the phone).
I ended up bypassing the phone and charging the battery directly via a macgyvered usb cable. Don't ask. lol. But I got it charged enough to use the se update tool and restore it back to the original rom. I'll try the update to 2.1 later after I get this thing charged all the way up. Thanks guys.
Hi,
Yesterday I was lying on my bed, when suddenly my X10 Mini Pro died . I was just installing some apps, and then it froze for about 3 minutes. Then it shutted down. At first I tried to charge it, but it didn't do anything. The screen didn't even turn on. Then I ran SEUS, didn't work, used the flashtool, didn't work, because it didn't recognize the phone when I plug in the charger while holding the back button...
When I plug my charger in my phone the LED flashes a red light though (like when your battery is low), and after a few minutes the red light stops. When I try to power him up, the red light flashes faster (like it's battery is dead). So I thinkl it's not entirely dead.
Maybe this is a battery issue or something? Maybe my charger broke? Something else?
Please help me, I'm begging you. I can't afford a new phone, I'm broke as hell
heya, from the info you've given I don't reckon it's something obvious that caused this?
gordon's gate should force your pc to recognize your phone so it'll work with SEUS.
just install it, then open it so it says usb id's have been resetted, and connect your phone holding back button.
hope that helps you solve it
No, does not work . Really big thanks anyway.
I ordered a new battery, maybe that will solve the problem. Or is it possible my charging cable is defect or something?
hagen1993 said:
No, does not work . Really big thanks anyway.
I ordered a new battery, maybe that will solve the problem. Or is it possible my charging cable is defect or something?
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If when your phone crashed battery was still good, then it is your battery. If it just went off because your battery was empty then it can be your charging cable but I doubt it.
judging from the symptoms, i think battery is the most plausible cause as well.
sorry i couldn't help tho
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If when your phone crashed battery was still good, then it is your battery. If it just went off because your battery was empty then it can be your charging cable but I doubt it.
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Battery was good when he crashed... It wasn't empty also. I'll let you know if the new battery works once I have it.
Nope, does not work..
Now I'm stuck with an extra 2430 mAh battery and a dead X10 Mini Pro. Hooray. If someone thinks he can help, please reply.
Oh wow, it suddenly worked! I'm a happy person again!
Good morning all, :laugh:
I have this weird problem with my HTC touch pro 2...
A couple of years ago i bought 2 of these phones and i actually never used them until 2 weeks ago. (so brand new)
This, because i decided to flash them with android NAND ROM's which seemd to be working fine up until one point where i got this issue.
Some background info about the phone:
Both of them are HardSPL unlocked, have WinMo removed and instead have Anrdoid 2.3.7. installed. (which is working fine btw)
At first both of the phones seem to run fine and both of them where able to charge.
After a week of using the phones one of the phones stopped charging. (i tested some VOIP app from Aastra)
When the phone was powered on and the charger was plugged in, the Amber LED was lid but the battery was still draining... altho in the Android menu it stated "AC - adapter, Charging".
Because the charger i use is the original HTC charger which is brand new and so is the USB cable my first thought was.. well the battery could be defective since it has been in the box for some years..
At this point i changed the battery from one phone to the other to see if it would charge, but no luck still the same issue.
Then i replaced the AC adapter and USB cable with the ones from the other TP2, since that phone was charging fine...
Also no luck, the TP2 was still showing a Amber LED but did not charge at all.
After this i tried plugging in de USB cable in my PC to see if the PC would charge it, but as i expected, again no luck.
Then is switched off the phone and plugged in the AC adapter, the LED goes to Amber which indicates charging.
But now the weird thing, when i unplug the cable the LED remains amber !
And then the even MORE weird thing.... when i at this point remove the battery, wait 30 seconds and re-insert the battery the LED becomes amber right away !!
And when i trie to turn on the phone it does nothing, there is no respons at all to pressing the power button...
Just that amber LED....
Then i tried removing the SD-card and SIM, left the battery out for over an hour and tried to re insert the battery, but still the amber light goes on The AC-Adapter is not plugged in at this point !
At this point i was not sure anymore what to do, so i disassembled the phone to look if there was some bad / loose soldering on the USB plug.
But sadly enough i could not find any bad or loose soldering points, i also was not able to find any burnt or other bad looking circutes.
Then i reassembled the phone and made one last attempt to re-insert the battery, then the LED did not start to illuminate !
So for a verry short period of time i had good hopes that it was oke now... but then i plugged in the AC-adapter, the LED was amber again..
But the phone again will not turn on, and when i remove the battery and re-insert it it still shows the amber LED without the AC-adapter plugged in...
Right now i am at the point where i am not sure what to do anymore.
I was wondering if any of my fellow XDA visitors have experience with such an issue, or maybe even know a fix for this..
Some ideas to test or how to fix this are verry welcome ! :good:
BR Maikel
maikel049 said:
Good morning all, :laugh:
I have this weird problem with my HTC touch pro 2...
A couple of years ago i bought 2 of these phones and i actually never used them until 2 weeks ago. (so brand new)
This, because i decided to flash them with android NAND ROM's which seemd to be working fine up until one point where i got this issue.
Some background info about the phone:
Both of them are HardSPL unlocked, have WinMo removed and instead have Anrdoid 2.3.7. installed. (which is working fine btw)
At first both of the phones seem to run fine and both of them where able to charge.
After a week of using the phones one of the phones stopped charging. (i tested some VOIP app from Aastra)
When the phone was powered on and the charger was plugged in, the Amber LED was lid but the battery was still draining... altho in the Android menu it stated "AC - adapter, Charging".
Because the charger i use is the original HTC charger which is brand new and so is the USB cable my first thought was.. well the battery could be defective since it has been in the box for some years..
At this point i changed the battery from one phone to the other to see if it would charge, but no luck still the same issue.
Then i replaced the AC adapter and USB cable with the ones from the other TP2, since that phone was charging fine...
Also no luck, the TP2 was still showing a Amber LED but did not charge at all.
After this i tried plugging in de USB cable in my PC to see if the PC would charge it, but as i expected, again no luck.
Then is switched off the phone and plugged in the AC adapter, the LED goes to Amber which indicates charging.
But now the weird thing, when i unplug the cable the LED remains amber !
And then the even MORE weird thing.... when i at this point remove the battery, wait 30 seconds and re-insert the battery the LED becomes amber right away !!
And when i trie to turn on the phone it does nothing, there is no respons at all to pressing the power button...
Just that amber LED....
Then i tried removing the SD-card and SIM, left the battery out for over an hour and tried to re insert the battery, but still the amber light goes on The AC-Adapter is not plugged in at this point !
At this point i was not sure anymore what to do, so i disassembled the phone to look if there was some bad / loose soldering on the USB plug.
But sadly enough i could not find any bad or loose soldering points, i also was not able to find any burnt or other bad looking circutes.
Then i reassembled the phone and made one last attempt to re-insert the battery, then the LED did not start to illuminate !
So for a verry short period of time i had good hopes that it was oke now... but then i plugged in the AC-adapter, the LED was amber again..
But the phone again will not turn on, and when i remove the battery and re-insert it it still shows the amber LED without the AC-adapter plugged in...
Right now i am at the point where i am not sure what to do anymore.
I was wondering if any of my fellow XDA visitors have experience with such an issue, or maybe even know a fix for this..
Some ideas to test or how to fix this are verry welcome ! :good:
BR Maikel
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I had a tp2 do something similar to this after it was hit with a power surge. Data would work, but no charging. Sadly the best suggestion at this point is to get a battery charger off ebay for like $5 and/or look for a replacement phone on Ebay/Craigslist. If the chip controlling the usb port is damaged it may work partially, and there is no way to repair it.
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I had a tp2 do something similar to this after it was hit with a power surge. Data would work, but no charging. Sadly the best suggestion at this point is to get a battery charger off ebay for like $5 and/or look for a replacement phone on Ebay/Craigslist. If the chip controlling the usb port is damaged it may work partially, and there is no way to repair it.
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The chargers i got seem to be fine since i can charge my other TP2 with both of the chargers and cables.
I guess my only option is to leave it be.. cry... and move on with life...
Maybe, someone else has an other idea...
maikel049 said:
The chargers i got seem to be fine since i can charge my other TP2 with both of the chargers and cables.
I guess my only option is to leave it be.. cry... and move on with life...
Maybe, someone else has an other idea...
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If you have a known good fully charged battery, and you can't make the phone work with it, then you sadly are probably out of luck.
That is a hardware failure, or a software failure requiring something along the lines of a jtag repair.
I was reading the text as though the phone would turn on with a charged battery, but wouldn't recharge the battery. I guess I misunderstood.
Hi Guys I have spent past 5 days searching google watching videos on youtube and I still have issue with my Ericson Xperia X10
I have downloaded Flash tool and that stuck on reading device part and does not go any more.
I have downloaded updates service but it cuts of after url downloaded the software need it, and when it tries to update the phone it self.it says fail I tried this few times.still same thing.
I have downloaded Sony PC Companion same thing it will not update.
I tried videos on youtube from plugin phone in to main charger not the PC and sticking down the on button still nothing happens
I also tried pressing Volume and on button same time still nothing happens.
if I plug the phone in main charger it blinks with red light if I try and turn it on it will blink 3 times with red light and nothing happens
on some occasions it will have steady green light for about 5 minutes and then it just goes off and no green light and no blinking.
This is really frustrating for me and any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have Sony Ericsson xperia x10 ( white version ) please advice.
Thanks guys.
The red flashing LED generally indicates the battery is completely depleted.
Plug the phone into a wall charger and leave it for a few hours, after which (hopefully) you should see an solid red/orange light as it charges.
If it does start to charge when the red LED stops flashing and you get a solid red/orange LED I would suggest to charge it for a good 12hrs+
If may take over an hour before the red flashing LED stops and turns a solid red/orange depending on battery state.
For best charging(and if you still have it) use the original Sony EP800 charger with Sony EC600L cable that came with the phone, as this 'pumps' the largest amount of Amps into the battery and charges quicker.
If you don't get a solid red/orange LED on the phone after approx 3-4hrs charging, then you may need to look at purchasing a new battery.
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The red flashing LED generally indicates the battery is completely depleted.
Plug the phone into a wall charger and leave it for a few hours, after which (hopefully) you should see an solid red/orange light as it charges.
If it does start to charge when the red LED stops flashing and you get a solid red/orange LED I would suggest to charge it for a good 12hrs+
If may take over an hour before the red flashing LED stops and turns a solid red/orange depending on battery state.
For best charging(and if you still have it) use the original Sony EP800 charger with Sony EC600L cable that came with the phone, as this 'pumps' the largest amount of Amps into the battery and charges quicker.
If you don't get a solid red/orange LED on the phone after approx 3-4hrs charging, then you may need to look at purchasing a new battery.
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Hi thank you for your reply
My issue is this when I plug it in to main charger and not PC solid green light comes on for about 2 minutes and then nothing no blinking lights or anything any ideas or suggestions on this please?
oOSTAROo said:
Hi thank you for your reply
My issue is this when I plug it in to main charger and not PC solid green light comes on for about 2 minutes and then nothing no blinking lights or anything any ideas or suggestions on this please?
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Try removing the battery from the phone and leaving it out of the phone for 2-3hrs.
The green LED indicates it's in 'Flash mode' and thinks it's waiting to start/complete a firmware install.
I'm guessing you don't have a Sony EP800 charger and Sony EC600L cable and that you using some other combination of charger/cable.
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After the battery has been removed from the phone (overnight would be good) then insert the battery back in the phone and see if you get a solid red/orange/green charging light and if so, charge for 12hrs+
The reason I ask about the Sony EP800 charger and cable, is that I know it provides over 900mAh draw which means the phone 'should' know it's a AC wall charger, but many other charger/cable combinations only provide a USB ~500mAh draw which could prompt the phone to think it's still attached to a PC and thus remain in it's last connected state. i.e. Flash mode.
Just an idea.
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Try removing the battery from the phone and leaving it out of the phone for 2-3hrs.
The green LED indicates it's in 'Flash mode' and thinks it's waiting to start/complete a firmware install.
I'm guessing you don't have a Sony EP800 charger and Sony EC600L cable and that you using some other combination of charger/cable.
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Thank you for your reply again this is the charger I have
ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Mains-Home-Micro-USB-Walls-Charger-For-Sony-Ericsson-Xperia-X10i-UK-/140647228895
It is genuine sony ericsson charger usb can plug in to charger it self or in PC as seen on above link. I have removed battery now and will wait for few hours and will try again as you advised above.
Thank you again for your prompt reply will update this thread tomorrow see how it goes. Have a good night.
oOSTAROo said:
Hi Guys I have spent past 5 days searching google watching videos on youtube and I still have issue with my Ericson Xperia X10
I have downloaded Flash tool and that stuck on reading device part and does not go any more.
I have downloaded updates service but it cuts of after url downloaded the software need it, and when it tries to update the phone it self.it says fail I tried this few times.still same thing.
I have downloaded Sony PC Companion same thing it will not update.
I tried videos on youtube from plugin phone in to main charger not the PC and sticking down the on button still nothing happens
I also tried pressing Volume and on button same time still nothing happens.
if I plug the phone in main charger it blinks with red light if I try and turn it on it will blink 3 times with red light and nothing happens
on some occasions it will have steady green light for about 5 minutes and then it just goes off and no green light and no blinking.
This is really frustrating for me and any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have Sony Ericsson xperia x10 ( white version ) please advice.
Thanks guys.
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Hi did you install the driver's for flashtool from the folder?
If your SEUS file failed during download then re-download it and go back to stock.
It will update itself and restart be patient :good:
After the install is finished Sony Update Service start's up then follow the on screen instruction's. Agree to license - click Start - Choose x10 - press next etc
Just Follow onscreen Instructions
If your phone has trouble with back key and plug in usb,
Then leave the usb plugged into both phone and computer with your battery out!
Then hold back key and put your battery in :good:
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Hi did you install the driver's for flashtool from the folder?
If your SEUS file failed during download then re-download it and go back to stock.
It will update itself and restart be patient :good:
After the install is finished Sony Update Service start's up then follow the on screen instruction's. Agree to license - click Start - Choose x10 - press next etc
Just Follow onscreen Instructions
If your phone has trouble with back key and plug in usb,
Then leave the usb plugged into both phone and computer with your battery out!
Then hold back key and put your battery in :good:
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After trying everything as suggested still have issues so I have ordered original battery for my xperia x10 when it arrives I will try again see if I can turn my phone on. Thanks for all the great suggestions
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Last night before I went to sleep my phone battery died, woke up and now it wont turn on at all and it doesn't charge. I tried different chargers but that didn't help, i just tried it in my computer, it's on the charging screen right now, there's a battery icon with a yellow triangle next to it. When the screen goes off, there is no red LED light to show it's charging, any help please?
Edit: the led light is flashing red now.
Try another battery, or wait and see if the charger recovers the damaged one. You may find partition damage, search and read for hundreds of similar threads.
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I bought a new battery, but now I think the charging port is damaged. There was a lot of dust in there and i managed to get it out, but still no luck. I can connect to PC and it recognizes my phone, my phone is connected to my pc right now and i'm using it at the same time and the percentage goes down very slow.