Hello everybody,
I have a big problem because my Sony Xperia Z Ultra C6802 doesn't work anymore and doesn't respond to touch anymore since i flashed a certain twrp-recovery to the recovery-partition with fastboot.
So that's why i'm forced to connect my wired mouse to it to be able to control it as far as that's possible. I tried to flash another twrp-recovery to it but fastboot doesn't work anymore and is broken, or so it seems. In any case it's impossible to use fastboot or adb for that matter because the phone wont boot into the bootloader-mode. So could someone please help me with this issue??!! Before i started to hack my phone it worked perfectly and the display responded normally to touch input. The only thing i can do with it at the moment is boot into twrp and the rom which is Lineage-os 18.1. But even when i'm booted into the rom the display still doesn't respond to touch anymore and i still have to use my connected wired mouse to use it.
I hope to hear from you soon about this!
Kind regards,
Laurens
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[email protected] said:
Hello everybody,
I have a big problem because my Sony Xperia Z Ultra C6802 doesn't work anymore and doesn't respond to touch anymore since i flashed a certain twrp-recovery to the recovery-partition with fastboot.
So that's why i'm forced to connect my wired mouse to it to be able to control it as far as that's possible. I tried to flash another twrp-recovery to it but fastboot doesn't work anymore and is broken, or so it seems. In any case it's impossible to use fastboot or adb for that matter because the phone wont boot into the bootloader-mode. So could someone please help me with this issue??!! Before i started to hack my phone it worked perfectly and the display responded normally to touch input. The only thing i can do with it at the moment is boot into twrp and the rom which is Lineage-os 18.1. But even when i'm booted into the rom the display still doesn't respond to touch anymore and i still have to use my connected wired mouse to use it.
I hope to hear from you soon about this!
Kind regards,
Laurens
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It seems your Z ultra is soft bricked. All you have to do is download "Xperia Companion" software
and press "Software Repair", then check the option "My device cannot be detected or started...", then follow the steps provided.
As a result you will have your zultra with a fresh stock rom (Lollipop) from Sony.
Then, you can custom mod your phone again.
EDIT: don't forget to lock your bootloader before running xperia companion!
xda_user749 said:
It seems your Z ultra is soft bricked. All you have to do is download "Xperia Companion" software
and press "Software Repair", then check the option "My device cannot be detected or started...", then follow the steps provided.
As a result you will have your zultra with a fresh stock rom (Lollipop) from Sony.
Then, you can custom mod your phone again.
EDIT: don't forget to lock your bootloader before running xperia companion!
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Allright!! Thank you so much for responding to my post!! Finally now i can move on and fix my phone again and start all over again!! : D
xda_user749 said:
It seems your Z ultra is soft bricked. All you have to do is download "Xperia Companion" software
and press "Software Repair", then check the option "My device cannot be detected or started...", then follow the steps provided.
As a result you will have your zultra with a fresh stock rom (Lollipop) from Sony.
Then, you can custom mod your phone again.
EDIT: don't forget to lock your bootloader before running xperia companion!
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I only have one more question: since i can't get access to the bootloader (fastboot), how do i bypass the problem of having to re-lock the bootloader again with (needed) access to the bootloader and fastboot before continuing with Xperia Companion??
Try This:
- Download FlashTool (I'm using version 0.9.30 and it works on my Zultra)
- Extract it to a folder (eg c:\flashtool)
- Go to C:\Flashtool\drivers and install the drivers (FASTBOOT, FLASHMODE and everything with Zultra... )
- Run C:\Flashtool\FlashTool64.exe, and let it update througth github
- Press the BLU botton, follow the instructions on how to connect your phone, then select the model and press Relock
EDIT: The following approach is the flashmode, so you may not have a problem. Please report here if you finally succeed unbricking your phone...
Good luck
xda_user749 said:
Try This:
- Download FlashTool (I'm using version 0.9.30 and it works on my Zultra)
- Extract it to a folder (eg c:\flashtool)
- Go to C:\Flashtool\drivers and install the drivers (FASTBOOT, FLASHMODE and everything with Zultra... )
- Run C:\Flashtool\FlashTool64.exe, and let it update througth github
- Press the BLU botton, follow the instructions on how to connect your phone, then select the model and press Relock
EDIT: The following approach is the flashmode, so you may not have a problem. Please report here if you finally succeed unbricking your phone...
Good luck
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Could you please upload Flashtool 0.9.30 somewhere and post the downloadlink here in this thread? Because version 0.9.30 is nowhere to be found when i search for it with Google. Only version 0.9.34 is available from the official Flashtool-website, or can i use that one also?
Edit: well first i tried to run Xperia Companion while my phone was unlocked (just to confirm if it works or not) and it didn't gave me any errors, but now it does give me an error saying it can't continu because my phone is locked and i first have to unlock it again before continuing. Do you have any ideas on how to proceed now?
Ps: also my phone is now dead since i locked it again and doesn't respond to anything except it vibrates shortly after pushing the on-button but nothing appears on screen!
Ps1: It appears so that Xperia Companion probably means with "that my phone is locked" that i have a screenlock which i need to unlock first before proceeding.
And yet another thing happened namely: the program complaints about me not having a working internet-connection which doesn't make any sense since every other device in my house has a good working internet connection! I have included a picture of the error below so you can see what i mean.
Eventually it worked!! after successfully relocking the bootloader my phone was completely dead and only vibrated shortly after pressing the power-button and that was it. But since Flashtool reported that the relocking-procedure was successfully fullfilled, i then carried on with Xperia Companion but this time on my Macbook Air (because of the error i got on Windows, see screenshot).
Finally i managed to let it install the original sofware and this time it completely reanimated my phone again, and even my display returned back to normal again!!
So now i can finally begin all over with installing the latest Lineage version onto the phone, thanks to you!!
Ps: before i forget: i found eventually a Flashtool website which has the version you got (0.9.30) so i downloaded that and used it in the process!!
So i can't express enough how much i appreciate your help and can't thank you enough for all of this!!
Glad you could make it!
This is the standard procedure when things go wrong with custom flashing with any xperia device that becomes completely unresponsive.
Two things:
- version 0.9.30 is what I'm currently using. Most likely the newer versions are working as well.
- To unlock your bootloader again, you only have to press the BLU button in Flash Tool and then UNLOCK.
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Hello XDA members
2 weeks ago i bought a brand new Neo V and fully updated it from SEUS
1 week ago i started reading your forums [facepalm]
Yesterday i followed a series of tutorials on the Neo V Development forum and i managed to brick my phone [facewall!!!]
What i did :
1) Download lots of stuff!!!
a) .42 ftf file from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19808360&postcount=3
b) flashtool from it's original website
c) DoomKernel's rooting script
d) CWM script from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19733978&postcount=1 (the 1st way)
e) S1tool from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18013064&postcount=44
2) Use them ALL!!!
a) Install and extract where necessary
b) put .42 in C:\flashtool\firmware
c) put everything else in C:\SETools\ to act tidy
3) Feel like McGuyver!
a) used needle & wire to unlock bootloader with s1tool [success]
4) Take the big step!
a) flash .42 firmware with flashtool [all OK]
phone took it's time to reboot, scared me to death! at least 4 full minutes :/
b) use flashtool to root from the Advanced>Root>ZergRush menu [Fail]
it seems flashtool failed after first part.
c) used DoomKernel's script and rooted phone [all OK]
d) reboot and enjoy! [all OK]
.42 firmware was ok, root ok, boot was slow.. other than that everything worked. (except market, could not download anything!)
e) used Upgrade Service from phone menu and found .62 OTA upgrade. [Failed]
phone downloaded the new firmware, i pressed install, that was it.
And thus my Neo V rebooted to complete the upgrade to .62
The upgrade was never completed, the phone never turned on again.
No SE logo, no led, no nothing!
Everytime i press the power button nothing happens, if i keep it pressed for some time the led flashes green every second.
Everytime i connect it to the PC usb it goes to flash mode on it's own, no back key pressed.
When plugged on charger led flashes green every second.
Last thing i tried was to reflash it (since it went on flashmode) with .42 again.
Nothing there
Still, i would like to see it alive once more since 200 euro for a green led is not really a bargain
Any help appreciated!!
Ok if the pc recognizes it you should be able to resurrect it with pccompanion, seus or wotan client
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Will try, though phone is not really recognised..
it functions only as when turned off and pressing back button while connecting to pc usb.
EDIT : Installed SEUS again and tried to do an upgrade (only option available through support zone)
Failed first couple of times, then it popped up a new window asking to repair since update is not working.
Asked me phone model and downloading ATM, will report soon
EDIT 2 : Nothing with Pc Companion or SEUS. It reflashed the phone with .62 firmware but the phone is in the same state.
About Wotan Client, i would love to try it but i have no idea how to install it or run it, it asks for credits and i don't think reflashing will help in this case.
wotan flashing is free bro, just download their client and follow steps most probably u will get ur fone back to ur life. best of luck !
Just a thought, the phone acts as if the back button is constantly pressed and i find that VERY weird..
Also, SEUS discovers the phone as "Sony / Sony Ericsson" (?), is it possible that this has to do with the s1tool driver i installed before while unlocking the bootloader?
wow, thats what i call entire history of your phone
anw you experienced OTA brick. because you have unlocked bootloader.
strange, some people get brick some don't, with un-official(s1tool) method.
but with official, everyone get brick.
Madfysh said:
wow, thats what i call entire history of your phone
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Thanx
I think asking people to help you requires you to help them too so yes, history is all i could do!
Madfysh said:
anw you experienced OTA brick. because you have unlocked bootloader.
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OTA brick? The tutorials i followed requested me to upgrade with OTA to have .62 with root. Where they wrong?
Dodo_the_Bird said:
Thanx
I think asking people to help you requires you to help them too so yes, history is all i could do!
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wow, if only more people would br like you
Dodo_the_Bird said:
OTA brick? The tutorials i followed requested me to upgrade with OTA to have .62 with root. Where they wrong?
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they werent wrong, but if I think on which tutorial you mean, it says its for people with locked bootloader.
now when you have unlocked bl, your life is easier
you can simply use custom kernel which have root included in itself
go to dev section, you can use galaxian or bbooff kernel.
while you are there check sticky threads to see how to flash kernel.
after you read those, ask if you have any question.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1496102
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1520516
Thank you all SOOOOOO much!!!
Wotan worked, my phone is up and running on .42!!!
So now about tweaking a bit, those kernels support official roms only,
if i wanted to go for something more goodlooking, faster, nicer.. what would you suggest?
No, those kernels arent only for official rom's.
And about custom roms, I'm not the one to talk about it much, as I'm not so much into custom roms dont have enough time to test them.
so you will need to go trough development section and find something you like. remember you can also look in neo section, most of the roms can work on your phone with minor modifications.
also remember, first read then install
So.. i managed to have a working phone and now i am trying to flash galaxian.
i went on cmd, started fastboot with appropriate command and plugged in phone pressing the menu button.
Now in device manager i can see "S1boot Fastboot" and it is not recognised, what am i suppossed to do????
-turn off your phone.
-hold menu key(the right one )
-connect cable
-you should see blue light on led on the side, do you see it?
-go to folder where you have fastboot.exe file
-hold shift key and right-click of mouse anywhere in that folder except on files
-sellect start comandprompt here(or something like that)
- type fastboot devices
-tell if it says something.
Seems like you didn´t install drivers for fastboot...
i thought they are included in adb drivers !?
Well i have installed the whole android sdk with it´s drivers.
As long as it is unrecognized in Windows (no drivers installed) S1Tool has no Chance to detect it
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So.. i managed to have a working phone and now i am trying to flash galaxian.
i went on cmd, started fastboot with appropriate command and plugged in phone pressing the menu button.
Now in device manager i can see "S1boot Fastboot" and it is not recognised, what am i suppossed to do????
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u havent installed the correct drivers, connect the phone again in fastboot mode, go to device manager, select s1tool fastboot, click update driver, browse for it manually and point it to the the folder in which you have fastboot, done.
Wow! Wotan client can unbrick a phone that bricked with OTA?
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If you dont want to brick phone with new custom kernel, use ,,hotboot,, function.
That should boot phone with new kernel one time.
If you dont like kernel, just reboot your phone
Sorry for English.
talk about good memory i pity u LoL btw good luck on flashing ur phone and yeah i brick my neo a while back and have to search on google for 6 hrs then fix my neo for half a day thats 12hrs in real life now im happy that im d only in my family tree and clasm8 know how to flash a brick phone hell yeah im proud of it anyways gudluck
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Wow! Wotan client can unbrick a phone that bricked with OTA?
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Yep
I hit the level 100 brick twice or thrice
Wotan server really helps
I bricked my phone yesterday after doing OTA( bootloader unlocked by testpoint method)...wotan server got it back alive and kicking
Gentlemen, I couldn't find a section for Xperia Pro, please excuse me if this is misplaced.
I rooted my MK16i from ICS 4.0. according to a guide here on XDA forum, with no problems (from 4.1.a.435 .. i think).*
Then I installed system tuner and backed up the bloatware and what I believed was obviously named as packages that support them. Things were working great and the phone gained some performance improvements.
UNTIL, I installed Viber and Skype, and niether were working. I thought I would fix it by restoring all the backed up services and apps. Once I did that and rebooted the phone, it became useless
THe phone keeps rebooting. I get to the XPERIA loading screen and then it restarts again
I tried to connect it to the PC to flash another ROM with the Flashtool, but it is not recognized. All I get is in the computer screen a removable disk drive, that is not accessible.
Note: I didnt update the firmware after I rooted.
Can anybody help?
have you worked with flashtool before ? because there hardly could be any wrong with flashtool. use the latest version with proper drivers.
and since you have rooted phone, have you unlocked your bootloader ? if yes, then flash any custom kernel, go to CWM, then place rom zip on sdcard and stright flash rom via CWM.
flashtool should work though. you can try on different computer.
If flashing a kernel or installing custom ROM sounds a bit out-of-reach, you can always go for the repair option in PC Companion. It worked for me when I had soft-bricked my Neo V (it wouldn't go past the SONY logo). However, be advised that this repair option will erase your phone's internal memory. Also, your phone will be brought on the latest stock ROM, so you will need to root your phone again.
Good Luck!!! :good:
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If flashing a kernel or installing custom ROM sounds a bit out-of-reach, you can always go for the repair option in PC Companion. It worked for me when I had soft-bricked my Neo V (it wouldn't go past the SONY logo). However, be advised that this repair option will erase your phone's internal memory. Good Luck!!! :good:
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I tried to do somethingn like this but sony companion itself cannot detect the phone either.
My question is, is there a brick that cannot be fixed? I took it to a shop today and still they cannot fix it.
Have you tried to use sony update service?
How are you connecting your phone to flashtool?
Can you show us log from flashtool?
New development:
Now I tried to flash the phone with flashtool 32bit rather than 64-bit and it detected the phone! I could even flash the only firmware in Aeonworld's post Here.
Now I can see the phone connected in my computer.
However, the phone still won't boot but when I power on it gives black screen and after a short while, the led on the side becomes green.
For some reason though, I cannot continue with the rooting steps in his guide.
So anyways, after the second reboot, not the first for some reason, the phone gets detected in PC Companion, and I installed the update and now it is working again :victory:
Thank you all for your support.
moeness86 said:
New development:
Now I tried to flash the phone with flashtool 32bit rather than 64-bit and it detected the phone! I could even flash the only firmware in Aeonworld's post Here.
Now I can see the phone connected in my computer.
However, the phone still won't boot but when I power on it gives black screen and after a short while, the led on the side becomes green.
For some reason though, I cannot continue with the rooting steps in his guide.
So anyways, after the second reboot, not the first for some reason, the phone gets detected in PC Companion, and I installed the update and now it is working again :victory:
Thank you all for your support.
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Good to hear that bro!!! R&D always makes a man better
I was using XZXperience 2 on my Sony Xperia S, and then sony companion detected that i had firmware 6.1.A.1.45 and 6.1.A.55 was available, so just to give it a try, I installed that update, but that is a failed update, it says unfortunately music player stopped working, or unfortunately xperia keyboard stopped working etc. The main problem is that my system does not recognize my XS anymore, it says USB Device Not Recognized, so I cant connect it to Flashtool or PC Companion for repair. The Sad part is that I cant even connect it in Flash Mode, I tried a hard reset by using power button and volume up buttons, but no use. I should mention that once it recognized my phone when i turned off my laptop and removed its battery too, after restarting both phone and laptop, flashtool detected that phone was connected with USB Debugging OFF, though it was on, but as a try, I unchecked USB Debugging and then checked it again, and it worked. Now my Xperia S was connected in USB debugging mode, I tried to install busybox, rooted it, and tried to install CWM recovery,flashtool said that busy box was installed and phone was rooted, but it could not install recovery and I used another tool to install recovery,which had a bat file and it installs recovery automatically. But it didnt. After restarting my phone, the same issue appeared again, My PC does not recognize my Xperia S, tried previous procedure several times, but no use. Cant even repair it as my set cant go in flash mode. What can I do? have I bricked my Xperia S? I`m in Pakistan and there is no official Sony Mobile franchise as they dont launch their flagships in Pakistan. Please help me, considering I`m used to with rooting,flashing etc. How can I connect my phone in flash mode? Thank you.
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Sewrizer said:
It looks like another strike from the productors. They usually send you malicious updates which cause your device to stop working. This only happens to rooted phones which run custom roms. And since the rooted users only flash their roms in zip format, sending an OTA update patch(designed for stock rom) to a custom rom can only lead to a malfunction. I am not sure whether or not sony did that on purpose, but the truth is that after installing a custom rom NEVER do OTA updates(unless they are from the rom's developer).
If you want an update check your rom's thread and there may be new flashable versions.
As for making your device work, the only thing you can do is to call technical support or go to a phone service(in my country they are called gsm services, and they fix mostly everything, both hardware and software. Some even claim to be able to fix water damage) but given that your warranty is voided, you will have to pay for the reparations. I guess they will only do a re-soft(delete everything, and install the stock version, you may lose your root, i am not sure here.)
I hope this helps, this is how we fix things like this in our country, so it will work in your case too, hopefully.
Sent from Area 51 using my HTC Sensation XE, hit thanks if I helped
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Thanx for your advice. I was almost hopeless, but after spending continous 16 hours, I`m now able to get a solution. I got another data cable, removed battery of my laptop, and made a hard reset to my phone, and after 10-15 min I tried again, and Thanx GOD, it detected my phone, so I hurriedly start repair my phone option and connected my phone in flash mode which was successful and that was not less than a miracle, because i`ve been repeating same procedure and it was not working, this time luckily it worked, now i`m using stock rom with firmware 6.1.A.2.55. Now I would either wait for official Sony JB Update or I would flash a custom ROM XZXperience 2, which I found awsome, as it had no bugs, and it improved battery and sound quality was significantly imrpove + Bravia Engine 2 with improved graphics. I would ask users to not to give up hope, there is always a solution to every problem.
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jibraiel.hassan said:
Thanx for your advice. I was almost hopeless, but after spending continous 16 hours, I`m now able to get a solution. I got another data cable, removed battery of my laptop, and made a hard reset to my phone, and after 10-15 min I tried again, and Thanx GOD, it detected my phone, so I hurriedly start repair my phone option and connected my phone in flash mode which was successful and that was not less than a miracle, because i`ve been repeating same procedure and it was not working, this time luckily it worked, now i`m using stock rom with firmware 6.1.A.2.55. Now I would either wait for official Sony JB Update or I would flash a custom ROM XZXperience 2, which I found awsome, as it had no bugs, and it improved battery and sound quality was significantly imrpove + Bravia Engine 2 with improved graphics. I would ask users to not to give up hope, there is always a solution to every problem.
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I have sony xperia s.....before it was working perfectly fine but than suddenly i got message on my laptop usb device not recognized.. i have not rooted my phone than also.. since then m suffering from it and transferring files via wi fi... please help me.. i tried almost every thing.. but i dont know how to perform hard reset.... and what kind of new data cable are u talking about..as i bought this phone from other country so sony service center is not entertaining....
pratik1315 said:
I have sony xperia s.....before it was working perfectly fine but than suddenly i got message on my laptop usb device not recognized.. i have not rooted my phone than also.. since then m suffering from it and transferring files via wi fi... please help me.. i tried almost every thing.. but i dont know how to perform hard reset.... and what kind of new data cable are u talking about..as i bought this phone from other country so sony service center is not entertaining....
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Get a new data cable, fortunately almost all phone now a days have same data cable, u can try data cable of some HTC, Samsung, Blackberry or even Iphone`s data cable. Secondly, u must turn off your PC, and remove its power source, if it is laptop then also remove its battery. Then after 5-10 minutes, turn on your PC and connect the phone. Also try installing drivers, which u can by using PC Companion. You can also install drivers by using FlashTool. Download it and extract it, then go to the installation folder and look for folder "Drivers" open it and u will see an exe file. Just run it and select Xperia S and follow the instructions.
maybe not new usb cable sometimes usb port is broken
Hey, I had the same problem a few time ago, you can try to restore with flashtool, if you can still get in to flash mode
Sony xperia S not starting
Plzzzz help I m realy worried
few months back i had unlocked the bootloader of my xperia s and flashed CWM 10 on it...Now i Thought of locking the bootloader and to get official updates...i locked the bootloader directly by using flash tool....after i locked it and tried to turn on the phone it is not turning on...a green light just flashes once and the phone vibrates once after that nothing happens...plzzz helppp
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Plzzzz help I m realy worried
few months back i had unlocked the bootloader of my xperia s and flashed CWM 10 on it...Now i Thought of locking the bootloader and to get official updates...i locked the bootloader directly by using flash tool....after i locked it and tried to turn on the phone it is not turning on...a green light just flashes once and the phone vibrates once after that nothing happens...plzzz helppp
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There's nothing strange: you are using a custom kernel and you have locked bootloader
It's impossible it could work
You need to flash official stock rom to boot up
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There's nothing strange: you are using a custom kernel and you have locked bootloader
It's impossible it could work
You need to flash official stock rom to boot up
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the phone has responded and is working now...i unlocked the boodloader using cmd..and the phone worked...One Thing plzz tell that i want to bring my phone to stock ics from sony..and want to get the OTA update...is it possible??
elegantuser29 said:
the phone has responded and is working now...i unlocked the boodloader using cmd..and the phone worked...One Thing plzz tell that i want to bring my phone to stock ics from sony..and want to get the OTA update...is it possible??
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Since you CAN'T use custom kernels with locked bootloader (and so, no cm10)
You only need to flash stock rom and then relocking your bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23180725
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I am also having the same problem
I have sony Xperia S. I updated to the latest stock firmware version(6.2.B.1.96). after this update I rooted my phone using old kernel .200 and update the firmware's kernel again to stock after that I locked the boot loader again. Now I can't use memory stick that I used to use before with OTG cable. And now, if I am trying to enter flash mode by pressing volume down key, the led turn green for a while only about 10 sec while this was happening, my pc say that USB device not recognized. So, now I can't use flashtool or sony update service tool(SUS) as well.
Now I am using stock .96 rom with no error but I want to install CWM and also want to unlock boot loader again to test some custom roms.
Pls help me what I have to do and what should. I am now in Delhi.
aungthumoe said:
I have sony Xperia S. I updated to the latest stock firmware version(6.2.B.1.96). after this update I rooted my phone using old kernel .200 and update the firmware's kernel again to stock after that I locked the boot loader again. Now I can't use memory stick that I used to use before with OTG cable. And now, if I am trying to enter flash mode by pressing volume down key, the led turn green for a while only about 10 sec while this was happening, my pc say that USB device not recognized. So, now I can't use flashtool or sony update service tool(SUS) as well.
Now I am using stock .96 rom with no error but I want to install CWM and also want to unlock boot loader again to test some custom roms.
Pls help me what I have to do and what should. I am now in Delhi.
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To unlock the bootloader you need to enter fastboot (blue led) with vol+ during the boot, not vol-
Or you can also reboot the phone from adb with
adb reboot bootloader
If phone still doesn't stick to fastboot, it has to be a driver problem
There are lots of guide on the procedure (which is really hard on windows 8)
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Yes i use windows 8.1
mirhl said:
To unlock the bootloader you need to enter fastboot (blue led) with vol+ during the boot, not vol-
Or you can also reboot the phone from adb with
adb reboot bootloader
If phone still doesn't stick to fastboot, it has to be a driver problem
There are lots of guide on the procedure (which is really hard on windows 8)
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Yes I use windows 8.1
now. I can't use memory stick with OTG cable but I can only use mouse or keyboard with OTG cable. I don't know why?
I can access fastboot mode but I can't access flash mode. pc said that device not recognized. so, I think it is device error.
aungthumoe said:
Yes I use windows 8.1
now. I can't use memory stick with OTG cable but I can only use mouse or keyboard with OTG cable. I don't know why?
I can access fastboot mode but I can't access flash mode. pc said that device not recognized. so, I think it is device error.
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I dont really understand what you did
But my advice is: unlock your BL and enjoy the magic of aosp ROMs (magic included inside doomkernel for stock sony is fine too)
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Bricked my phone - please help!
Hi,
I think I bricked my Xperia S. I already had cyanogen 10 on my phone, so I thought I could just flash the new Cyanogen 11 4.4.2 ROM and GAPPS over top. I followed the instructions but I skipped the Fastboot step. I cleared the cache and system and then went ahead with the ROM and GAPPS. Once the ROM and GAPPS were installed, I selected "Reboot" and the phone turned off and now it won't boot at all. If I hold the power button, I get a faint vibration and if I hold the up volume and power I get the 3 vibration sequence but no boot. Please help!
This is what I was using:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2555243
I have just been given a Sony Xperia Mini Pro with a broken touch screen.
The LCD works and when I was given the device it was in Airplane mode somehow I was able to access the device but what I did to get it to bypass the slider I couldn't tell you. I then put it into adb debugging and started adding an account etc... anyway at some point the screen turned off and now I cannot access it again. I have tried using moroboro to install other launchers then pressing home button (back button home and menu work but nothing above that) after entering a couple of numbers to activate the emergency dialer. This allows me to choose the launcher that I want to use but it still has the same lock screen slider.
I am trying to either bypass the slider part of the process, I thought I accomplished this by switching to a password to open the phone, but that didn't work and now no matter whether I am using airplane mode or not I cannot get the screen to unlock like I did before. It even connects to the internet because I setup wifi on the device. It is in MTP mode though and one potential fix I thought of for using flashtool to reinstall the rom says MTP BAD or words to that effect. Can anyone help me with this?
I can connect via emmulator when the phone is off but connected to the computer and I can get adb shell su to work, but don't know where to go from there. I found a few things regarding changing the sqlite3 db but am nowhere near knowledgeable to start messing with that.
If you need anything further as to information please let me know.
Thanks
Phone should in flash mode for flash tool to work
machv5 said:
I have just been given a Sony Xperia Mini Pro with a broken touch screen.
The LCD works and when I was given the device it was in Airplane mode somehow I was able to access the device but what I did to get it to bypass the slider I couldn't tell you. I then put it into adb debugging and started adding an account etc... anyway at some point the screen turned off and now I cannot access it again. I have tried using moroboro to install other launchers then pressing home button (back button home and menu work but nothing above that) after entering a couple of numbers to activate the emergency dialer. This allows me to choose the launcher that I want to use but it still has the same lock screen slider.
I am trying to either bypass the slider part of the process, I thought I accomplished this by switching to a password to open the phone, but that didn't work and now no matter whether I am using airplane mode or not I cannot get the screen to unlock like I did before. It even connects to the internet because I setup wifi on the device. It is in MTP mode though and one potential fix I thought of for using flashtool to reinstall the rom says MTP BAD or words to that effect. Can anyone help me with this?
I can connect via emmulator when the phone is off but connected to the computer and I can get adb shell su to work, but don't know where to go from there. I found a few things regarding changing the sqlite3 db but am nowhere near knowledgeable to start messing with that.
If you need anything further as to information please let me know.
Thanks
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Bro,u can use flashtool only in flashmode not in mtp mode
so turn off your device..press and hold vol down while connecting the usb cable and your phone led should turn green..now get yourself a stock ftf file from http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/35239 and flash it..or use SEUS and see if you can get the touchscreen working...
remember that phone data and apps will be lost when you flash but sdcard will be untouched..
may be your touchscreen drivers are corrupted and reflashing stock may solve the problem..i hope so..
regards..
a|\|droid_user said:
Bro,u can use flashtool only in flashmode not in mtp mode
so turn off your device..press and hold vol down while connecting the usb cable and your phone led should turn green..now get yourself a stock ftf file from http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/35239 and flash it..or use SEUS and see if you can get the touchscreen working...
remember that phone data and apps will be lost when you flash but sdcard will be untouched..
may be your touchscreen drivers are corrupted and reflashing stock may solve the problem..i hope so..
regards..
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machv5 said:
I have just been given a Sony Xperia Mini Pro with a broken touch screen.
The LCD works and when I was given the device it was in Airplane mode somehow I was able to access the device but what I did to get it to bypass the slider I couldn't tell you. I then put it into adb debugging and started adding an account etc... anyway at some point the screen turned off and now I cannot access it again. I have tried using moroboro to install other launchers then pressing home button (back button home and menu work but nothing above that) after entering a couple of numbers to activate the emergency dialer. This allows me to choose the launcher that I want to use but it still has the same lock screen slider.
I am trying to either bypass the slider part of the process, I thought I accomplished this by switching to a password to open the phone, but that didn't work and now no matter whether I am using airplane mode or not I cannot get the screen to unlock like I did before. It even connects to the internet because I setup wifi on the device. It is in MTP mode though and one potential fix I thought of for using flashtool to reinstall the rom says MTP BAD or words to that effect. Can anyone help me with this?
I can connect via emmulator when the phone is off but connected to the computer and I can get adb shell su to work, but don't know where to go from there. I found a few things regarding changing the sqlite3 db but am nowhere near knowledgeable to start messing with that.
If you need anything further as to information please let me know.
Thanks
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There is a simple solution flash stock rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43897224
a|\|droid_user said:
Bro,u can use flashtool only in flashmode not in mtp mode
so turn off your device..press and hold vol down while connecting the usb cable and your phone led should turn green..now get yourself a stock ftf file from http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/35239 and flash it..or use SEUS and see if you can get the touchscreen working...
remember that phone data and apps will be lost when you flash but sdcard will be untouched..
may be your touchscreen drivers are corrupted and reflashing stock may solve the problem..i hope so..
regards..
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I don't think you understand about the touchscreen it's physically cracked it was dropped on the ground or something like that. I don't think it's a driver problem. lol. I should have been more specific considering that most of the references to the touchsecreen not working that I found were more software related than hardware like mine.
I know how to get into flashmode but thought that I had to have a bootloader that was unlockable (Rogers would never allow that setting to be overlooked). I can't update via the PC companion because I can't unlock the screen and I don't have a Rogers sim to put in it. The main reason I want to do this mainly is to see if it is working other than the damage to the screen and I didn't get around to checking everything before I shut off the screen which locked it. I don't want to spend $35 on a new screen assembly only to find out that one or more fundamental things on the phone don't work.
I am suprised that there isn't an unlock key-combination that you can use via the slider keyboard.
Does anyone know what it would be that would cause the phone to bypass the lockscreen before and why it won't now?
Alright i got it...
machv5 said:
I don't think you understand about the touchscreen it's physically cracked it was dropped on the ground or something like that. I don't think it's a driver problem. lol. I should have been more specific considering that most of the references to the touchsecreen not working that I found were more software related than hardware like mine.
I know how to get into flashmode but thought that I had to have a bootloader that was unlockable (Rogers would never allow that setting to be overlooked). I can't update via the PC companion because I can't unlock the screen and I don't have a Rogers sim to put in it. The main reason I want to do this mainly is to see if it is working other than the damage to the screen and I didn't get around to checking everything before I shut off the screen which locked it. I don't want to spend $35 on a new screen assembly only to find out that one or more fundamental things on the phone don't work.
I am suprised that there isn't an unlock key-combination that you can use via the slider keyboard.
Does anyone know what it would be that would cause the phone to bypass the lockscreen before and why it won't now?
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Alright I got it..
Install this app ShareKM via adb on your phone and download the share km server on your pc... now you can use your mouse and keyboard as input devices via usb..just google sharekm and you will find it...assuming that you know the screen unlock code or pattern you can fully use your device with you pc's keyboard and mouse
Are we good?
Regards..
prantoroy said:
There is a simple solution flash stock rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43897224
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I couldn't find the SK17A firmware the link you gave me. The list below is from the page
A Guide For New Users 2 Extreme User.
As We All Are Using Any Phone From Xperia 2011 Lineup
Phones Are
1. Sony Ericsson Live With Walkman (WT19i)
2. Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini (ST15i)
3. Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro (SK17i)
4. Sony Ericsson Xperia Active (ST17i)
This Guide Only Tested On These Phones. So, I would Recommend These Only to Users of These Phones.
a|\|droid_user said:
Alright I got it..
Install this app ShareKM via adb on your phone and download the share km server on your pc... now you can use your mouse and keyboard as input devices via usb..just google sharekm and you will find it...assuming that you know the screen unlock code or pattern you can fully use your device with you pc's keyboard and mouse
Are we good?
Regards..
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Yes I know the screen unlock code. I'll try it and get back to you.
Well that didn't work. I don't know what i was supposed to see but I ran it via USB and Wifi and nothing. I didn't even see any Ui other than phone connected. And using the keyboard shortcuts like win+b opened up bookmarks and ctrl+win did nothing and rather than start ctrl+(x) my way through the keyboard I decided to uninstall it.
Also regarding the firmware that I found called "Sk17a_4.1.B.0.431_Generic Trade US" it's not for a Rogers phone and I don't want to flash the myriad of files no matter how tempted I might be until I know for sure that it won't brick the device.
Files included in the package are
adsp.sin
amss.sin
amss_fs_mango.sin
apps_log.sin
cache.sin
fota0.sin
fota1.sin
kernel.sin
loader.sin
simlock.ta
system.sin
userdata.sin
I have an idea though on how I can basically factory reset the phone through flashmode if it will work and it not brick anything let me know. I am thinking that if I check exclude for all the parts that can be installed:
SYSTEM
BASEBAND
KERNEL
FOTA
TA
and also for wipe check:
DATA
CACHE
APPSLOG
I will factory reset the phone while at the same time not flash anything that could harm the device. My device cannot have it's bootloader unlocked.
The only thing that I can see that I am not able to change is the loader.sin from being installed to the phone, (likely the only thing if installed to the wrong carrier version, etc... that will have the phone burst into flames knowing my luck, lol Whimper)
Oh and btw I have managed to root the phone using flashtool successfully but am unable to allow anything to run as root because of the pesky locked screen problem I'm having so I am getting fails for anything I try to do as root.
machv5 said:
I couldn't find the SK17A firmware the link you gave me. The list below is from the page
A Guide For New Users 2 Extreme User.
As We All Are Using Any Phone From Xperia 2011 Lineup
Phones Are
1. Sony Ericsson Live With Walkman (WT19i)
2. Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini (ST15i)
3. Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro (SK17i)
4. Sony Ericsson Xperia Active (ST17i)
This Guide Only Tested On These Phones. So, I would Recommend These Only to Users of These Phones.
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go lower
u will find .ftf firmware list
prantoroy said:
go lower
u will find .ftf firmware list
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ok, will do
prantoroy said:
go lower
u will find .ftf firmware list
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I didn't find the exact firmware for my Rogers device through that page. But I did find a solution to the problem. I downloaded SEUS and used that to update and factory reset my device. First thing I did afterwards was to make sure that I had 30mins for screen off then shut off the slide lock. Now the phone is running Android 4.04 and I did install the sharekm and it works great I'll have to give the dev a good rating. Quite simple to use and the only peev is the overshoot disconnect that happens when you move the mouse too far over the edge. Anyway that is for a review. I haven't done much with it yet and will have to play around some more later on.
It's a pity that I can't unlock the bootloader and flash custom ROMs considering the tutorial for building your own customs specific to this device are available. And that the Flashtool allows you to extract images without having to use Linux commandline (which I am still learning and breaking things more often than not with sudo). That aspect in itself is one more step removed. I have to set up cygwin properly and then I can extract the files properly. I got some errors when trying to do so. Then once i have done that I guess I have a hel of a lot of reading to do.
Thanks for all your help even for the stuff that didn't work it got me reading and learning a few more things than I had erm known before. Have a great day
Hi there!
I am a total greenhorn to flashing android, so after reading this you will call me a maniac to give it a try.
It started with the app f.lux which needs root access. Since I rooted my HTC Desire, HTC One X and Samsung S5 some years ago, I decided to give it a try.
I googled an instruction for rooting my Xperia X. Now this is where I did the stupid mistake. I believed that when I google "Xperia X" Google only gives me results for the Xperia X, but instead it was Xperia Z and I did not check. Yeah, stupid mistake. I told you.
I cannot post the link, but it is a gallery by chip . de giving instruction with 20something screenshots.
This is the instruction I followed. So far, unlocking the bootloader worked well and should be done correctly.
So at picture 15 I started the wrong stuff and following the pictures I flashed "Z_DooMLoRD_CF-Auto-Root-ported_FW-350.img" and "Z_DooMLoRD_insecure_FW-350.img".
Since then I have a boot loop, I tried the fastboot -w command, but not surprisingly that did not made a difference.
What can I do? Try to find the right images and just flash them or is bricked forever?
Hoping for any advice...
press and hold volume up & power untill it vibrates 3 times. It will shut down your device. After download & install flashtool(http://www.flashtool.net/index.php) install the correct drivers for xperia x(option in flashtool) download a ftf(rom) with xpericheck(option in flashtool) after that you can connect the phone in flash mode and restore the original rom
I do not find all neccessary drivers using the flashtool wizard, although it is the latest version of flashtool. Also Flashtool does not show the firmware I downloaded using XperiFirm...
thegooutdude said:
I do not find all neccessary drivers using the flashtool wizard, although it is the latest version of flashtool. Also Flashtool does not show the firmware I downloaded using XperiFirm...
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To get the correct drivers installed download sony xperia companion app. After its installed , conect your phon by usb. start your phone twice, once power off and hold volume up and let drivers install, then power your phone holding volume down and let drivers install.
There is a stand alone xperifirm app, i had a lot more success downloading with that.
Finally, since finding the right drivers and getting flashtool to work properly did not work I found the sony developer flash tool which works brilliantly for an ape like me. Nevertheless, thank you all for trying to help me out
Please research.
thegooutdude;72340 a bit of trial and error - trying out thing. if you don't research said:
Finally, since finding the right drivers and getting flashtool to work properly did not work I found the sony developer flash tool which works brilliantly for an ape like me. Nevertheless, thank you all for trying to help me out
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glad your phone is good. but pleaseremember to research before you do this stuff.. i mean i had some issues is well but it just takes a little bit of research and search the form thoroughly as well as Google as I assure you you will find solutions.
thanks