Hi guys/girls/undecideds,
My phone made me a sad panda recently when it stopped booting correctly - on startup it vibrates as it should, the screen lights up, but does nothing more - it does NOT reach the sony-ericsson logo that comes up, and the light goes off. It continues to repeat this loop about once every five or so seconds.
Obviously, not being a total moron (i'm only like, 40% moron), my first thought was to reflash the software, but I can't, because every time I connect the phone to flashtool, it disconnects a couple of seconds later and obviously, the flashing fails.
Can you help me find my smile?
sodslaw said:
Hi guys/girls/undecideds,
My phone made me a sad panda recently when it stopped booting correctly - on startup it vibrates as it should, the screen lights up, but does nothing more - it does NOT reach the sony-ericsson logo that comes up, and the light goes off. It continues to repeat this loop about once every five or so seconds.
Obviously, not being a total moron (i'm only like, 40% moron), my first thought was to reflash the software, but I can't, because every time I connect the phone to flashtool, it disconnects a couple of seconds later and obviously, the flashing fails.
Can you help me find my smile?
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It's behind the cupboard on the second floor, you left it there last week
But on a more serious note, have you tried doing a repair using either SEUS or PC Companion? It flashes your phone all the way back to original firmware, but that's always better than nothing
Yes, i've since repaired the firmware and the problem persists.
If you start it up, does the led flash red?
Nothing from the LED. Only time I can see the LED is when it's on charge.
uhmmm... i guess Sony-Ericsson repair center would be an option at this point, wouldn't know what it could be.
Was this just random? Or any damange happend?.. Looks like some harware issue.. If u can find some video's on youtube make for disassmely n check if internal the connection are connected properly. Specially the flex which connects to the motherboard.
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Yes, disassembled and reassembled the phone and checked all the internal connections, and everything seems fine as far as I can tell - I disconnected and then reconnected all the connections anyway just in case, and the problem persists.
Problem just started one day, but I was drunk at the time (surprise surprise) so it's not inconceivable that it MAY have taken some damage, but I'm very much certain it did not.
Ok can u tel which ROM n kernel u are on?? N after connecting ur phone into flash mode ( as u said in the main thread ) it disconnects, can u tell which error it reports from its log..
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No idea which rom and kernel - what's on it currently will be the latest firmware that PC companion repairs with.
I can't tell which error it is, it just says "error: flashing aborted" in flashtool.
sodslaw said:
No idea which rom and kernel - what's on it currently will be the latest firmware that PC companion repairs with.
I can't tell which error it is, it just says "error: flashing aborted" in flashtool.
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Once, I got the same problem as you... I solved it via SEUS... Seeing you said 'PC Companion', I suugest you to use SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Service). Those are two different programs..
Hopefully, it helps..
And, by the way, what happened when you open flashtool, and connect your phone in flash mode ? Does it keep getting errors, or just when you tried to flash some kernel ?
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First, please, I tried tons of different things. I'm a linux kernel hacker too, although I never hacked android related stuff yet.
When I try to turn the phone on, it just quickly blinks the green line, vibrate and nothing else happens.
It was running firmware version 1.6 fine until I tried to upgrade the phone using a windows xp running in a vmware VM. I tried companion, SEUS and FlashTools. All left the phone running with the yellow exclamation mark after.
I continue trying to flash it until suddenly even the exclamation mark stopped showing up.
After that I moved to a native windows installation and SEUS went all the way through updating the phone, but the phone never turned on again. It just happened what I described above.
I already tried everything I came across with in the forums: flashing versions 2.1 and 1.6 from different places, with different versions of the FlashTool, and SEUS, and the companion .... it always goes all the way through, saying all ok, but when I turn on the phone: same-o. just quickly blinks, vibrate and dies.
Any idea? had I really hard broken my phone?
Please, any direction would do.
Interestingly - I have excatly the same situation with my partners phone. Attempted to downgrade to 1.6 using a couple of methods - editing build.prop and then SEUS and flashing this firmware.
Problem I have now is SEUS says I have the latest firmware and doesn't offer an update - I guess this is because the version of the software that is installed is higher than what is currently avaiable to the CDA I have put in the build.prop
Next I tried putting 2.1 back on from this thread.
The phone will not boot still it does excatly what you have said - blinks, vibrates and then turns off!
Thank you for the reply. It is good to know Im not alone
In my case SEUS always says there is a newer version and flashes the phone. It goes all the way to the end and says the upgrading was successful.
Would it be possible that although the phone "accepts" being flashed, it is not actually writting anything to a persistent state?
Is there a way to verify if what I flashed is really there? Otherwise SEUS should way nothing to upgrade, since it already did it all the way through successful.
easy question:
are you sure you have battery remaining to start it up and flash? if not, try to charge the battery on another phone.
I guess so.
I'm using a multimeter to measure the power of the battery, which varies from 3.6 to 4.1 volts, depending on how long I leave it on the charger.
So although the phone gives no indication of being charged, I guess that measure is enough to say it is being charged, right?
I've even just tried Omnius Server, which flashed perfectly fine, but still the phone won't boot Its completely dead now
Yep. I also tried that. Wasted money..
So far no change.. the thing is still a brick.
.. well, a brick is at least heavy enough to actually deal some damage when thrown..
Hah Just getting it exchanged now - tried everything - given up!
well, just in case you have it on warranty, go ahead
take it to the shop
repair
stop wasting time and money... go to a GSM SERVICE... you need service tool to revive your phone if it's deadboot...
i use setool to flash sony-ericsson phones and it's the best flash tool...
if it's bootfcked, then you need jtag's...
@sanyyous
setool will flash the phone just like SEUS or FlashTool will, right? or it will do some other kind of flashing witchery?
and jtag you mean hardware debug and service, right?
the issue is: I bought the phone in London and I'm in Brazil now. So either I fix or I see a trash bin in this little x10's fate.
setool flashes the same way than my tool,but it has more tricks afterwards for some other things.
For me it sounds like :
1.) False USB-Port or Cable
2.) False nand
Please try to following:
Go into your car with a laptop and flashtool on it -> Start the engine and pull down the AC to the coldest state it can do.
hold your phone DIRECTLY with the battery in Front of the cold airstream.
Flash it now
I have recovered a few dead phones so, the problem is that they get too hot and the nand shows errors while temporary placing the flashimages -> If so the loader rejects the image because of checksum fail.
-> Give it a try, if it don't work you have to send it to service.
Regards
Bin4ry
Man.. I will try as soon as I get home... and if it works.. expect a good donation.
Out of curiosity - did it work?
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I still couldnt try.
In Italy now. I'm going back to Brazil only Feb 3rd.
Meanwhile I'm trying to convince my gf that she couldnt break the phone even further for trying. Hopefully I'll lure her into doing it until this weekend.
Firgers crossed.
Bin4ry said:
setool flashes the same way than my tool,but it has more tricks afterwards for some other things.
For me it sounds like :
1.) False USB-Port or Cable
2.) False nand
Please try to following:
Go into your car with a laptop and flashtool on it -> Start the engine and pull down the AC to the coldest state it can do.
hold your phone DIRECTLY with the battery in Front of the cold airstream.
Flash it now
I have recovered a few dead phones so, the problem is that they get too hot and the nand shows errors while temporary placing the flashimages -> If so the loader rejects the image because of checksum fail.
-> Give it a try, if it don't work you have to send it to service.
Regards
Bin4ry
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If this works, it's a miracle.
Maybe trying the fridge would have the same result, but all that ice could damage the phone .
Good luck and I really want to know if it works.
Yeah, on the fridge the moisture would probably ruin the phone even further. .. if thats at all possible.
And believe me, no one would wanna see if it works more than me.
<girlfriend-apeal>
you see, everyone wants to know if that works. please, you wont ruin the phone further just by trying it )
</girlfriend-apeal>
My wife's x10 is OK, so it would just be out of curiosity for me .
Good luck.
I got my gf to try but it didnt work
I'll try it myself when I get home next week, but I dont think thats gonna work..
Anyway, I drop by next week to comment on the final status.
Thanks for the replies so far.
fabioroger said:
First, please, I tried tons of different things. I'm a linux kernel hacker too, although I never hacked android related stuff yet.
When I try to turn the phone on, it just quickly blinks the green line, vibrate and nothing else happens.
It was running firmware version 1.6 fine until I tried to upgrade the phone using a windows xp running in a vmware VM. I tried companion, SEUS and FlashTools. All left the phone running with the yellow exclamation mark after.
I continue trying to flash it until suddenly even the exclamation mark stopped showing up.
After that I moved to a native windows installation and SEUS went all the way through updating the phone, but the phone never turned on again. It just happened what I described above.
I already tried everything I came across with in the forums: flashing versions 2.1 and 1.6 from different places, with different versions of the FlashTool, and SEUS, and the companion .... it always goes all the way through, saying all ok, but when I turn on the phone: same-o. just quickly blinks, vibrate and dies.
Any idea? had I really hard broken my phone?
Please, any direction would do.
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i tried to install the gingerbread theme but after i moved the framework file into system/framework folder my phone rebooted by itself and blocked to SE logo screen.... i wanna flash the phone but i'm unable to switch usb debugging mode on..... any suggestions to turn the usb debugging on or flash the phone witout it....???? tnx in advance 4 any suggestion
Hi,
This is the first time ive posted a thread from my pc in a long time.
Thats because my phone is just not working!!
I was on Achotjan froyo rom, yesterday my phone started behaving very strangely and i kept getting restarts constantly.
For some stupid reason instead of reinstalling through xrecovery I went straight to flashtool and decided to reinstall stock 2.1 firmware.
Halfway through flashing- my 2 year old nephew came running upto computer by my side and pulled USB cable out of port in middle of flashing.
Now phone wont turn on, the LED blinks green once when pressing power button, then screen looks like its turning on and turns to the black boot up screen. But SONY ERICSSON LOGO never shows up it is just a blank screen for about 30 seconds and then screen turns off and then it just loops-LED flash same over and over again.
Initially i connected to SEUS and that downloaded and installed fine, but when it came to turning phone on- no change same as above. I tried other flashtools, one thread suggested 2.1 global by marylandcookie, still no difference. I THEN TRIED PC COMPANION TO SEE IF THAT DOES ANY DIFFERENT BUT NO!!
I even flashed an old R2AB026 1.6 rom i have using old flashtool, but that just makes phone go into a continuous vibration.
***BATTERY IS OK AND IVE LEFT ON CHARGE FOR AGES,
LIKE I SAID SEUS IS INSTALLING IT OK WITHOUT ANY ERROR, SO WHY WONT IT TURN ON????
GUYS PLEASE I NEED HELP, GINGERBREAD IS OUT SOON AS YOU KNOW, AND NOW I THINK IVE KILLED MY PHONE.
I BOUGHT IT MARCH 2010 AND I CANT EVEN FIND MY RECEIPT NOW SO I CANT SEND IT FOR WARRANTY.
I FEEL LIKE CRYING!!
CAN ANYONE HELP?
try taking your battery out for a minute, then do you have a different usb cable? I did this and had to change mine. now reboot your computer, then use SEUS and find the 'repair' option. hope this works, I did the same. if you have an old Nokia, the cable works
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denenatse said:
try taking your battery out for a minute, then do you have a different usb cable? I did this and had to change mine. now reboot your computer, then use SEUS and find the 'repair' option. hope this works, I did the same. if you have an old Nokia, the cable works
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likei said i manage to install fine on SEUS (NO ERRORS) so would that make a difference? Ill try with my spare cable anyway just incase.
jayman1986 said:
likei said i manage to install fine on SEUS (NO ERRORS) so would that make a difference? Ill try with my spare cable anyway just incase.
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OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!!
THIS IS JUST WEIRD SINCE LAST NIGHT I HAVE PROBABLY DONE OVER 30 FLASHES BUT HAVE HAD NO SUCCESS!!!
AND WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
WELL, MY PHONE IS A SIMFREE FROM FACTORY -SO IS UNBRANDED
I JUST DECIDED SINCE IM DOING SO MANY FLASHES WHY NOT DO AN OPERATOR BRANDED? SO I THOSE 3UK AND FLASHED USING AN OLD JERPELEA FLASHTOOL I STILL HAVE SAVED ON PC, ITS android 1.6, but hey phone is working im now gonna root and change build.prop to generic uk.
WOOOHOOOOO,
WOOP WOOP WOOP, im so glad
P.S sorry guys for creating another thread but ive been researching and researching all night and had no success, THIS THREAD was a last ditch, BUT NOW YOU KNOW IF OTHERS HAVE SAME PROBLEM THEY CAN TRY SAME THING!!!!
P.S 2 --IM NOT GOING CRAZY, ITS JUST SUCH A RELIEF!!
bro plz gime me the flashtool link.....
Instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928343
Link in the article:
http://www.multiupload.com/7H4JT35B6G
Hi,
I have an Xperia X10 with Cyagenmod 6 (gingerbread 2.3.3) but it's broken. It won't boot any more. Some days ago it just went out, and it won't start up again. The phone behaves as if it freezes the moment android should load. Like if your computer would freeze in bios, unable to load your operating system.
I'm also not able to repair it with SEUS because although it recognizes the phone, it can't reset because the phone freezes just before the stage in witch it can reset.
I am kind of a noob with these things and therefore hope one of you guys could help me out. I'm not really looking foreward te buying a new phone already
Thanks!
Freekh
kinda same problem..
i'm removing battery, put back and after holding power the phone shows green led for short time and vibrates for a sec and that's.
add:
i've flashed it before the problem occurs.. flashed, phone booted up, everything normal.. put on usb for charging, changed language and time when it suddenly freezed
This is what happened to mine what country u in
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what do you mean with "country"?
freekh said:
Hi,
I have an Xperia X10 with Cyagenmod 6 (gingerbread 2.3.3) but it's broken. It won't boot any more. Some days ago it just went out, and it won't start up again. The phone behaves as if it freezes the moment android should load. Like if your computer would freeze in bios, unable to load your operating system.
I'm also not able to repair it with SEUS because although it recognizes the phone, it can't reset because the phone freezes just before the stage in witch it can reset.
I am kind of a noob with these things and therefore hope one of you guys could help me out. I'm not really looking foreward te buying a new phone already
Thanks!
Freekh
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Try re-flashing the stock rom using flashtool. That solves Every problem for me ^^
freekh said:
Hi,
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I'm also not able to repair it with SEUS because although it recognizes the phone, it can't reset because the phone freezes just before the stage in witch it can reset.
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not able to flash anything
blmn1337 said:
not able to flash anything
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Why exactly are u unable to flash anything? Are you following the proper procedure?
Here's a guide fro using flashtool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10879507#post10879507
fawadmir said:
Why exactly are u unable to flash anything? Are you following the proper procedure?
Here's a guide fro using flashtool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10879507#post10879507
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i've posted some logs in other thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1190540&page=2
umm.. Do u move your mobile when the flashing process is going on? The xperia USB slot is pretty sensitive. Moving the phone can cause it to lose connection and abort the flashing process
28/048/2011 21:48:10 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted
i always receive this error if i move my phone.
Notice if you hear the USB device unplug sound from your PC before this error occurs.
^^
fawadmir said:
umm.. Do u move your mobile when the flashing process is going on? The xperia USB slot is pretty sensitive. Moving the phone can cause it to lose connection and abort the flashing process
28/048/2011 21:48:10 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted
i always receive this error if i move my phone.
Notice if you hear the USB device unplug sound from your PC before this error occurs.
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it doesnt seem to be a connection-problem (no usb unplug sounds).
it seems that the phone is in a state, where bootup is not possible
But the phone is not required to boot during flashing. Did you try changing the USB slot on your PC? The one you're connecting your phone to? Try another slot. Sometimes that works too.
fawadmir said:
But the phone is not required to boot during flashing. Did you try changing the USB slot on your PC? The one you're connecting your phone to? Try another slot. Sometimes that works too.
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same result. can't flash
Me too. Can't flash with Flashtool (latest version), even without moving my phone. It starts flashing, but the progress bar shows of no progress. After a while it just says Error - Abort Flashing. I tried all of my USB port, but nothing changes.
after doing and trying my battery got completely drained (red led blinking) so i left it on the wallcharger for ~1day..
then at sometime it managed to boot up itself.. i left it for charging till 100%
after that i did a few "wipe battery stats" in xrecovery and now it seems to work stable again..
is it possible that messed up battery stats could cause the problem?
Wow, that would be nice.
A question! Was the little led on while charging? Because when I put my phone in the loader, it turns green (as if the battery is completely empty) and after a while it just goes off (when it would normally turn red). Do you have that to?
Putting my phone in the loader now, and waiting till tomorrow! Hope this helps!
yea, i've noticed this with my phone too..
strange led behavior..try to plug the charger first (green led turns on, cant say whether its charging or doing anything else) and then put in the battery and wait
maybe you're lucky and the phone will boot
and report pls
I didn't work. I've put my phone in the loader for over 24 hours, but nothing happened.
But my phone wasn't completely drained. Perhaps that is a condition to make this work. The only question is, how do I drain my battery when I can't turn on my phone?
i have used an 5watt light bulb ^^
connected on + and - and then waited till light goes out
Wel, I connected a little lamp and waited until it went out. Then when I put my battery in my phone and pressed the ON button nothing happend, not even the green light flashing shortly.
When I put my phone in the loader the LED started flashing red. And that whent on for a while until it stoped, and the LED did nothing. Then I waited over 24 hours, but nothing has happend.
When I put my phone in the loader now, it's just like before, the green light burns a little while, then nothing..
it happened to me again.. freeze and then no boot.
but i think i know whats wrong. for my phone i can say, that the battery is ok and the rom/os aswell.
its hardware problem. something is screwed up inside the phone.
when i press the phone at randomly places and hold it + then pushing on-button it boots up
i will open it tomorrow
Hey,
I'm afraid I managed to somehow brick my X10 (although I know you all say that's impossible). But here's the problem:
My phone is on the cyanogenmod 6.1 (gingerbread), and was working perfectly fine for over a few months. But two weeks ago he suddenly went off, and I can't restart him. I think the phone freezes the moment the boot loader should load android. Because when I press the ON button, the LED flashes green, and the phone vibrates (as it would normally do), but then nothing! And the phone doesn't respond to anything else I do then. The only thing I can do is take out the battery, put it back in, and were back in the beginning stage
I tried to repair with SEUS and PC Companion. When it asks to plug in flash mode (plug in while holding the back button), I do so, and the PC recognizes the phone. But when it tries to repair, I get an error after a while. The progress bar shows no process at all, so I think the error is a time out error, because the phone is frozen.
I don't know what to do any more know, and I'm not really looking foreword to buying a knew phone already! So I hope you guys can help me!
Freekh
Have you tried flashtool? Its worth a shot.
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Tried, but I don't seem to find an entire rom to flash. Most roms I find are .zip or .7z, and those files don't contain an .ftf file.
Do know were I could find one?
Im on my phone now so I cant post a link, but search for "flashtool firmwares" in the devs section. It will take you back to stock 2.1 (Or 2.3 depending on the firmware you get)
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Tried Flashtool, but no succes! It says "Error Flashing. Aborted". No luck with that! But thanks anyway!
There must be some other way I can repair my phone..
i have exactly the same problem with my x10i, it only vibrates continuously but won't boot,
i tried everything, flashing with generic firmwares 1.6, 2.1 and 2.3.3 and repair using PC companion and SEUS still nothing ( i make sure that i have 50% battery before flashing)
when flashing it enters flash mode without even pressing the back key, when hooked to charger green LED lit immediately as if (flash mode)
i taught it was the LCD but i tried to use another xperia x10i motherboard and the LCD works fine (i have 2 xperia x10i btw)
any help will be much appreciated.
use the search option on this forum!
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Hi members,
Today morning suddenly my M4 aqua touch was not working.
I restarted phone using volume up + power button as per sony customer care guidance.
But after restarting only sony xperia logo comes and goes.
I repaired phone using sony pc companion. But no use.
After updating again sony xperia logo comes and goes continuously.
Please help me as service center is very far from my town.
Do you have access to your recovery?
Also, is your phone rooted. Gimme some details!
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no..
heinrich.himmler said:
Do you have access to your recovery?
Also, is your phone rooted. Gimme some details!
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No friend...its not rooted
Your phone seems to be stuck in a bootloop.
Press the Power button+Volume up button and hold, till you get a screen which is the recovery screen!
Now, you should be able to see options like Wipe Cache, and Factory reset.
In order to get out of this bootloop situation, first tap on Clear Cache.
Then tap on Factory reset.
THIS METHOD WILL DELETE ALL USER DATA.
But you can't really backup anything since you don't have access to the phone.
Try this out, and keep me posted.
Don't worry, All is Well!
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No use
heinrich.himmler said:
Your phone seems to be stuck in a bootloop.
Press the Power button+Volume up button and hold, till you get a screen which is the recovery screen!
Now, you should be able to see options like Wipe Cache, and Factory reset.
In order to get out of this bootloop situation, first tap on Clear Cache.
Then tap on Factory reset.
THIS METHOD WILL DELETE ALL USER DATA.
But you can't really backup anything since you don't have access to the phone.
Try this out, and keep me posted.
Don't worry, All is Well!
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After 3 hours phone booted normally...worked for 6 hours..
again touch is not working...again stuck at boot logo (comes and goes)
Try the solution I gave above
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heinrich.himmler said:
Your phone seems to be stuck in a bootloop.
Press the Power button+Volume up button and hold, till you get a screen which is the recovery screen!
Now, you should be able to see options like Wipe Cache, and Factory reset.
In order to get out of this bootloop situation, first tap on Clear Cache.
Then tap on Factory reset.
THIS METHOD WILL DELETE ALL USER DATA.
But you can't really backup anything since you don't have access to the phone.
Try this out, and keep me posted.
Don't worry, All is Well!
Sent from my SM-G530H using XDA Free mobile app
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hey i have this prob. too i tried to flash recovery.img and it bricked. im trying to do what you say but phone vibrates once then triple a sony logo comes and closes i need help please ((
sureshkadiri said:
Hi members,
Today morning suddenly my M4 aqua touch was not working.
I restarted phone using volume up + power button as per sony customer care guidance.
But after restarting only sony xperia logo comes and goes.
I repaired phone using sony pc companion. But no use.
After updating again sony xperia logo comes and goes continuously.
Please help me as service center is very far from my town.
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Did you fix it? same as me :crying:
inspektors said:
Did you fix it? same as me :crying:
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Download flashtool, flash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2489955
Set it up correctly and instal;l the drivers.
Download the ftf file for YOUR DEVICE, use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/cro...xperifirm-xperia-firmware-downloader-t2834142 ,or the last tab at the top of the flashtool.
Once you have found it, click it and download it by clicking it on the far right, make sure unpack automatically is checked.
Let it download and then flash tool will assemble it as the ftf file for you, and it will be in the correct folder. Cick the lightning button and select flash mode, select the ftf file that should apear in the list.
Folow the on screen instructions, it will take a while to flash, once finished it will say "unlug and reboot phone£
Do that and your done.
Cant fail with the flash tool
Let me know how you get on. Goodluck.
is your display ok (no small hairline cracks UNDER glass)?
I did all from your instructions and even try repair option in PC Companion but, had no errors but my e2303 remains stuck on the Sony logo (looping). I bought the phone online second hand and it arrived like that. I did bootloader unlock procedure in flashtool successfully and when i run it again it offers relock now so i assume it was good. However, if i try sony official bootloader unlock instructions via adb, i get error. I guess it's debug over usb and unknown sources related but since i can't boot to system there is no way to check that.
I'll mention i did try several ftf versions and all flashing went without errors (as with pc companion repair) but no result. Did i got scammed totally (i know i am as the phone should be working) and bought a phone that even can't get repaired?
Help guys
Do you have deleted or disabled my Xperia app before unlock? Maybe beacause this. I read when unlock and active my Xperia, phone is like paperweight
I got the phone like this, stuck on Sony/Xperia logo so i don't know what happened and what is the cause
Hi,
Apparently this is a more frequent issue than I'd have thought.... A relative of mine brought me his M4 Aqua e2303 with the same symptoms: it tries to boot, shows the Sony Logo (Xperia on the bottom of the screen) and it just loops. Screen goes off-then-on and the same thing. I've tried EVERYTHING. Bootloader was locked, so as a desperate measure I even unlocked it via Flashtool. First I tried Sony PC Companion App and automatic repair. It went smoothly but the phone was still stuck, then I flashed the last ROM via Flashtool. Again, everything went OK, but the phone was still stuck. I flashed a different ROM, the European Press version, since it's a little bit older, and suddenly something changed. The boot sequenced advanced from the Sony Screen to the waves screen, even with the music, but it just freezes and reboots itself 3 or 4 seconds after the blue-ish waves screen appears and the melody starts playing. Fastboot works, and I even pushed a custom recovery image. It boots, works, touchscreen and everything, and I can wipe everything (which I even did) but to no positive result. I've read about theft protection bricking some M4 Aqua phones, but this one had a locked bootloader, so it's out of the question (I think)
I'm absolutely dumbfounded... the only thing that comes to mind at this point is a hardware failure. My relative got the screen replaced, but everything was working fine after that, so I guess some cable/ribbon/whatever could get loose over time? Any idea?
I've learned a lot reading this thread and XDA Dev generally. Thanks, guys, great community.
hi,
i got to this problem too - M4 E2303:
1) unlocked bootloader
2) played around with the infinite possibilities of an unlocked bootloader.
3) killed android one way or another (debloating by hand, etc) - but it all worked again, thanks to the custom recovery
4) repeated step 3 a few times, until i liked the result
5) when creating the backup in recovery mode, the phone overheated constantly - so i submerged it
and this is how it went sour... i am still not sure, if the killing blow was dealt by heat, water or some other action - the phone just shuts down when i start it, while custom recovery works. flashing works also - over fastboot and the normal fashmode.
the interresting part is, that after flashing the bl back to locked even the sony recovery tool accepted it and flashed it again - but it won't boot anything else, just recovery (after unlocking and flashing it again, of course)
the only possibly useful info i got for you, is this log message in the twrp-console, which i did notice since then:
unable to recreate and-sec folder
maybe this helps others to identify the problem/solution for these strange bootloops
p.s.: even though it is only one possibility for what killed my phone: DO NOT use "the waterproof phone"(tm) under water
p.p.s: Cyanogenmod 12.1 works (well, as "well" as on any other m4) - i just installed that from an sdcard via twrp
I have a xperia m4 aqua, it have the same problems, but I´m thinking if a break glass or a crack has something to see with this problem, can you e-mail me? [email protected] please.
Hey, mine is also stuck in a bootloop.
had the wifi of for 3 days straight. Next time switching wifi on the phone just shuts down and gets stuck in a bootloop for like 45-60 minutes. Wifi is off, as soon as I activate wifi again. Same all over.
Any suggestions?
Did a restore from the original software also with other versions.
I guess its a hardware problem. But no glue how and why
got same problem here, could it be because glass is cracked?
tbo85 said:
Hey, mine is also stuck in a bootloop.
had the wifi of for 3 days straight. Next time switching wifi on the phone just shuts down and gets stuck in a bootloop for like 45-60 minutes. Wifi is off, as soon as I activate wifi again. Same all over.
Any suggestions?
Did a restore from the original software also with other versions.
I guess its a hardware problem. But no glue how and why
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Ahm i have the same problem too. Please tell me how to use flash tools on mac os
Hello everyone,
I have the same problem. It started when i saw that i had no 4G internet connection, so i thought lets restart my phone and yes now its in the bootloop .
I tried all kinds of resets, i tried to flash my phone which i did with succes, but still have the bootloop.
Now i have some questions:
- when did your bootloop started?
- Did u play pokemon Go?
- Was your phone warm or cold?
- Could it be a storage thats full?
- Do i have to bring my phone back or do i have to buy a new one?
- Could it be an software update that caused this?
The pokemon go thing is because it is a possibility that the game overheated your phone and maybe some hardware got damaged because of that.
i'm not sure of this, but there is a great change that thats the problem.
Hope we find the answer.