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[Sony Cross-Device General] JaneKimC:
Okay I will stay calm

Thank you very much for replying!!! :D

I installed all the drivers in the Flashtool-drivers.exe file.

However I did not find Xperia Ion there.

Is that okay? D:

By partitions, did you mean partitions in external memory?

Just now, it bootlooped and stopped then the screen lit up but no logo, it's not fading and stayed like that for awhile and then died again but the red led is still up. Is this normal?

(- Do Hard Reset And Quickly

1) Try For Flashmode

Setup Flashtool with Stock FTF (Check ALL availabe wipe options)

Do SoftReset (POWER + VOLUME.UP) Untill You Get One Vibration ,

Quickly After that Press VOLUME.DOWN Button and Keep Pressed , Meanwhile Connect USB Cable to PC. If You Get GREEN LED It will Start Flashing Automatically.)

So I do hard reset while bootloop then do soft reset? Is this while still plugged to pc?

Merry Christmas to you too!!
[Sony Cross-Device General] markelON:
Follow this

When You are in Boot Loop

Make sure your device is unplugged

1) Flashmode

Setup Flashtool with Stock FTF (Check Wipe All partition) And when it asks for connect the phone leave it

Now DO a hard reset (Power + VOL.UP) till one vibration then, Quickly press VOL.DOWN and While keeping it pressed connect the usb cable to Laptop.

When You get Green LED it'll start flashing the phone.

If not then try it few more times.

2)If you failed to get flashmode then try for FASTBOOTMODE

Do Soft Reset and Quickly Press VOL.UP button while keeping it pressed connect usb to pc then You'll get Blue LED

If Not try few more times.And when you get BLUE LED follow above and dont disconnect phone till last operation.

There You need to do some tricky things to flash in fastbootmode.

First Wipe Out all partitions

Goto Flashtool folder Press "SHIFT" key and Right Click "x10flasher_lib" Folder and select 'Open Command Window Here'

type these commands

fastboot -w

fastboot erase boot

fastboot erase system

fastboot erase userdata

Now flashing the ROm

1) Goto Flashtool folder make sure you have extracted stock ftf file (system.sin , kernel.sin etc)

fastboot flash boot %kernel.sin

fastboot flash system %system.sin

fastboot flash %userdata.sin

fastboot reboot

Here % refers to whatever the exact name you'll get after extracting the ftf using 7z.

if you dont get success try it after charging few hrs more.

Dont panic coz you'll get your phone into life eventually.
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
Windows 8?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Aamirx27:
From windows xp to 7 to 8 to 8.1
[Sony Cross-Device General] Archector:
Hey people! Just broke up my kernel, I'll describe what already have done:

Tried with hard reset, then leaved it on wall charger. I didn't leave it until the red led dissapeared though.

I don't know if ithe boot loops described here are the same as mine, because when I connect my ION to my pc with Flashtool ready to flash, it charges and then start displaying the SONY logo (lt28at, locked bootloader), which vanishes in 5-10 seconds and it loops again and again, until the phone finally discharges. Then it will charge until red led dissapears and repeat that process. I gave up with the rubber band thing, doesn't work for me, the green led never shows up.

I had successfully flashed my phone before with my pc.

The OS is never loaded, my kernel just broke. I had no luck getting into flashmode with the soft reset trick, so I'm leaving it to fully discharge and then let it charge completely. I have some questions now:

When we fully charge it, does the red led dissapeas some day or the phone just starts to boot loop again?

I'm really worried for my phone and i can't afford loosing it now.

Thanks in advance for your help!
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Haven't tried charming my Xperia while its off but I think it should turn green once it's fully charged. In using SOLA
[Sony Cross-Device General] NITISH RAWTE:
Flashing Error...

I follow the methods and fortunately I was to able to get flashmode via rubber band trick for first time. But the flashing got aborted by flashtool.

Here is the log

08/058/2014 10:58:19 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized

08/058/2014 10:58:19 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.9.10.1 built on 2013-01-09 19:49:47

08/058/2014 10:58:19 - INFO - You can drag and drop ftf files here to start flashing them

08/058/2014 10:58:27 - INFO - Device disconnected

08/058/2014 10:58:35 - INFO - Selected LT28at_6.1.C.1.111_ATT.ftf

08/058/2014 10:58:35 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

08/059/2014 10:59:15 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

08/002/2014 11:02:09 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

08/002/2014 11:02:09 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

08/002/2014 11:02:09 - INFO - Start Flashing

08/002/2014 11:02:09 - INFO - Processing loader

08/002/2014 11:02:09 - INFO - Checking header

08/002/2014 11:02:09 - INFO - Ending flash session

08/002/2014 11:02:09 - ERROR -

08/002/2014 11:02:09 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

08/002/2014 11:02:09 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

08/002/2014 11:02:54 - INFO - Device disconnected

Now I am waiting for flashmode to show for 2nd time.

I want 2 know, will that error happen again? I think yes Please Help!!!!!:mad::mad:
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Maybe the cable is loose try a new cable
[Sony Cross-Device General] NITISH RAWTE:
The cable is fine. i have flashed several times earlier.

last time when i have the same problem i just restored phone and flashing went fine.

But now phone is bricked and I can't perform a restore!:(:(
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
[MENTION=5464313]NITISH RAWTE[/MENTION]

check FTF integrity

And check windows's device manager for missing drivers
[Sony Cross-Device General] Archector:
But as far as i know, just after the phone exits the first stage of charging, the kernel controls it in offline charging mode, but my kernel is corrupt, so it keeps boot looping on displaying SONY until the battery dies and enter again in critical charge mode. Now i don't know if a hard reset leaving it tu fully charge will help me

Thanks in advance for your answers
[Sony Cross-Device General] NITISH RAWTE:
Drivers are perfect!

Actually the proper drivers are installed since my phone once connected in flashmode.I've installed drivers from flashtool driver folder only.

As far as ftf integrity is concerned, what you want to say I don't understand:confused: Please explain..:laugh:
[Sony Cross-Device General] NITISH RAWTE:
Yipppee My phone Is Back....

After much patience and 7 days of frustration I,finally, recovered my phone from brick.

Thanks to [MENTION=4900593]mirhl[/MENTION] and [MENTION=5473581]johnwilliam_a_k_a_trash[/MENTION] for their response.

Much thanks to [MENTION=3506348]Toledo_JAB[/MENTION] for providing an effective guide.....:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::victory:
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
How did you do it? There are others who are experiencing different types of bricking. Your document might help them revive their device.
[Sony Cross-Device General] FunSucker:
[QUESTION]

Sir, i really need your help.

After installing "init.d universal" and rebooting, my device does not turn on anymore. Can't get into recovery mode, flashmode, fastboot, can't be detected by the PC.

Point 1:

If I press the power button OR connect to a PC OR connect to the charger, lights on the left ONLY are dimly lit, constant. (I don't know the name for that lights)

Then connect to the charger for 2 days (at this time)

I tried to turn it on again.

Point 2:

(Charger unplugged) When I press the power button, the red LED flashes 3 times. only that. But if I press the power button with the charger plugged, the LED not responding. only like the first point.

what should I do now?

Stay plug to the charger? or what?
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Check this link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48969428

If didn't bring you there it is the 6th page(not POST but PAGE) from this page. Somebody got a solution for this kind of problem. It might work for you
[Sony Cross-Device General] FunSucker:
oke sir , i'll be check that link.

between, with this state, what i had ? soft brick or hard brick ?

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oke sir , i'll be check that link.

between, with this state, what i had ? soft brick or hard brick ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] NITISH RAWTE:
After 7 days I recovered my phone.

At first my problem was

1.I was flashing rom on my ion, at about 50% completion my pc turn off due to power cut and got my phone bricked.

2.Red led whenever I connect my phone to pc or charger.(No response from flashtool even using rubber band with vol button down)

3.Bootloop after few minutes connecting to pc or charger, sony logo comes again and again

for 6-7 times then goes back again to charging. After 30-40 min of charging bootloop come again and the process is repeated.

4.I never got a green led i.e. >90% for charging.

What I do

1.I was using rubber band trick to get into flashmode once I got, but flash cancelled. You can read my log at page no. 160 of this thread.(Ignore this)

2.I was frustrated and do a hard reset with vol up+power button until 3 vibrations.

3.Then the phone goes dead no sign.

4.Then I charge the phone for a long time and able to get red led but this time I was not getting bootloop.

5.I did not wait for led to become green, I was loosing my patience, and connect phone with vol down button(with rubber band) and with flashtool ready to flash.

6.Again I got only red led but after 20-30 minutes suddenly the phone goes into flashmode and the rom flashed successfully.

7.When I turn on phone it automatically shut down. Then I charge it again for 1 hr and the phone turn on normally.

Thats all I had done.

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I have shared :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
[MENTION=5539344]FunSucker[/MENTION], which xperia is this?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ayushbaheti:
Bricked

I was installing Xperia Ion .96 ROM. It stuck at triangle for more than 30 min. so i pressed vol up+ power and restarted.

From then its stuck at sony logo. I tried everything vol up+ pwr 3 vibration and all but its stuck there.

Even at charging, connecting to pc its stuck there no red light. I guess Kernel is broken. Please suggest me a direct suitable way out of this. As i am in very much tension I am not in position to understand all these methods. Please HELP ME!

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On trying sony update service they say no new software update available
[Sony Cross-Device General] FunSucker:
Xperia E Dual.

I attach a pict, so that is easy to understand, sir.
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
"no new software update available ". thus flashmode works..

so just flash stock FTF from flashtool and you are done
[Sony Cross-Device General] ayushbaheti:
I gave it to sony centre, have locked boot loader. Will they fix it? I said them for software update.
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
locked bl is usually safe

but many times final verdict depends on sony centre employees' mod
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Branded device. That looks like you hardbricked it. Have you tried asking in Xperia ion thread? They might give you an answer. Hope you can revive your Xperia

UPDATE:

Sorry just reviewed your post. It looks like you successful flash the ROM because I also see the same result on your 2nd try of flashing. I don't know why it doesn't boot properly. Does PC recognize your phone? no triangled w' exclamation mark on Device Manager?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ayushbaheti:
There is some problem with there server. I have to do it on my own. How to flash ftf and where to find it for LT28h
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
That looks like flashmode to me.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ayushbaheti:
When I gave phone to sony centre, it vibrated once and showed SONY and was stuck there, it was also going in fast boot mode and the blue light mode( i don't remember its name). Now, they said that your phone cant be repaired. When I switch ON the phone it starts with GREEN LIGHT and some kind of white screen comes then it goes and then there comes some options for testing HDMI, Vibration and all written in green. I have no idea what are these options for! The phone don't go ahead of that. What exactly is happening? I gave it to them, there is also another issue as my phone is not of India and in spite of this they took it in service centre illegally, they are also in trouble if I complaint against them so i gave it to them giving deadline of Monday to give me back exactly how I gave them. Please tell me what is happening in my phone?
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
FTF can be flashed with flashtool

FTF can be found here
[Sony Cross-Device General] FunSucker:
no, sir. if get into flashmode, green LED are on at LED no.2 (pict)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Drahkarg:
This is driving me up the bloody wall. I've got loads of smokes and coffee but I also have to work tomorrow, and am bound and determined on having a working phone.

No matter how many times I try, I just can't get enough time to flash a kernel. Red light, rubber band trick, green light connected to PC. I already have the .ftf file ready to go and only flash the kernel, device recognized, hit 'Flash' button and the device disconnects then seems to reconnect itself. I then frantically navigate the menus, tick and untick all the desired boxes and by the time I hit 'Flash' for the second time the phone is in a boot loop.

12/009/2014 00:09:33 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

12/009/2014 00:09:37 - INFO - Selected LT28i / 6.1.E.3.7 / Generic

12/009/2014 00:09:37 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

12/009/2014 00:09:41 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

12/009/2014 00:09:42 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

12/009/2014 00:09:42 - INFO - Start Flashing

12/009/2014 00:09:42 - INFO - Processing loader

12/009/2014 00:09:42 - INFO - Checking header

12/009/2014 00:09:42 - INFO - Ending flash session

12/009/2014 00:09:42 - ERROR -

12/009/2014 00:09:42 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

12/009/2014 00:09:42 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

12/009/2014 00:09:43 - INFO - Device disconnected

Tried the directly relevant tricks, nothing changes the amount of time it takes for the device to throw itself back into a boot loop. For the record, I have access to the battery ribbon cable.

I got the phone second hand, and I suspect the reason it's bricked is that the previous owner attempted to flash a kernel without properly unlocking the bootloader.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Aamirx27:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49141703&postcount=1576

I today opened my device and checked the voltage of Phone. I simply Connected the Digital Meter to Phones Battery Connectors. It only Gives 3.68V as output to battery...

Is it ok i think it should give 4.1V or 4.2V..

Is it this that my phone is not able to switch to any Mode

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http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49141703&postcount=1576

I today opened my device and checked the voltage of Phone. I simply Connected the Digital Meter to Phones Battery Connectors. It only Gives 3.68V as output to battery...

Is it ok i think it should give 4.1V or 4.2V..

Is it this that my phone is not able to switch to any Mode
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Maybe try doing a hard 3 vibration reset at various points.

Kinda sounds like it is trying to boot the phone and not go into off-line charging mode.

Have you tried using a wall charger right after unplugging the battery? I think that sometimes when a phone is off then connected to a PC it wants to boot and not charge first.

Just thinking out loud

Good luck

Did you try having flashtool waiting like in the following post taken from my OP?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Drahkarg:
Yes. Flashtool is, as I said, already waiting with the .ftf primed for flashing only the kernel. As soon as the computer recognizes the device I hit enter to start the flash.
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
you don't have to wait to press enter

just start flashing the FTF and flashtool will wait till it see the phone
[Sony Cross-Device General] Drahkarg:
I think the phone is doing this thing where the connection is being cut or restarted when I try to flash. The first flash attempt always fails due to disconnection, then I retry and that fails due to the boot loop starting again. Completely regardless of whether I start the flash before connection or after.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ayushbaheti:
someone please tell me whats wrong with my phone? What have service centre employees done?
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
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Is your device still under warranty? I think the one that you mentioned in green text is the Service menu or something like tgat can't remember the exact term. To enter that thing there is combination of symbols and numbers on the dialpad. I don't know why your phone goes there w/o hitting the correct combination.

Have you tried flashing a stock ROM (the FTF) using FLASHTOOL?
[Sony Cross-Device General] FunSucker:
Day 1:

1. My phone can not responded anything.

2. I plug to charger for 4 hours, but remained the same (only the proximity sensor LED on with dimmer constant)

3. I plug it to the charger for 2 days.

Day 3:

1. Unplugged from the charger, I try to turn on (I plug to the PC as well), the red notif LED flashes 3 times, but the phone still will not turn on.

2. I plugged it to the charger for 4 hours, still no change.

3. Finally, remove the battery for 3 days.

Day 6:

1. I plugged the battery, I plugged to charger for 2 hours, there was no sign of life.

2. Then I tried 'The Rubber Band Trick' for 1 night, but still as day 3.

what happened with my phone? motherboard trouble? :confused:
[Sony Cross-Device General] gcarmichael:
to flash a phone: its open the flash tool, drag the ftf file to the window, wait till it has the window pop, power off my ion, hold down the power and volume down keys at the same time, then plug in and if all went well i should get a green led, then it should start to flash coorect?
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Yup and if FLASHTOOL prompt you to connect that is the time you will only connect device in flashmode.
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
I just tried flashing my phone 2 nights ago because I was having trouble with custom JB on my SOLA and I noticed that the purple light on my phone is fastboot mode and yes the green light(but mine is cabbage green color I am not sure if it changes due to I have flashed different ROMs so many times) is flashmode. Lets assume that it is fastboot mode try flashing a ROM in fastboot.

Also try, hard rebooting/reseting your phone by holding power and Volume up together until 3 vibrations. I just had that red light flashes for 3x only recently then nothing happened so I hard reset it then when I reboot it properly worked.
[Sony Cross-Device General] FunSucker:
I tried holding volume up + power together, notif LED blinking with a red color 3 times, but no vibration sir.

If i connect to PC or charger , and i holding volume up + power , even there is no any response. No blinking LED notif sir. But if i unplug it from the PC, notif LED is blinking again.

do you have other trick, sir?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Deluxim:
Sony Xperia P Issues Wifi

Bonsoir à tous !

When I did flash my phone the green led appears for few seconds then went red during the whole flash.

When I reboot my phone after the flash everything was working properly except when I try to connect on wifi, i just click the wifi button and the phone goes rebooting itself in a row without any possibility to access the homescreen... Keep rebooting on SONY XPERIA LOGO.

Do you guys have a solution ??

Thank you,
[Sony Cross-Device General] gcarmichael:
Im trying to flash LT28h firmware on my 28at. It sees the device, then starts the flash and then quits. and says error twice. Am I missing something, I am only excluding the baseband to retain the LTE support, while trying to get to Jelly Bean official. Any help or ideas would be awesome.
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
I reinstall FTF ROM just to make sure things are ok

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If you are brave enough to try the one on the link provided. I think you just need to short something according to the thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2458685
[Sony Cross-Device General] Deluxim:
Wifi crashes my Sony Xperia P

I did reinstall it but same problems when it comes to use wifi, my phone goes off and reboot in a row SONY XPERIA LOGO...

Here is my log file process during flashing just in case you notice something wrong from it :

15/039/2014 13:39:49 - INFO - Selected Xperia LT22i / 6.2.A.1.100 / Central Europe

15/039/2014 13:39:51 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

15/046/2014 13:46:11 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

15/047/2014 13:47:17 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

15/047/2014 13:47:21 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

15/047/2014 13:47:21 - INFO - Device ready for R/W.

15/047/2014 13:47:21 - INFO - Reading device information

15/047/2014 13:47:22 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.

15/047/2014 13:47:23 - INFO - Current device : LT22i - YT9100NSWZ - 1261-8592_R4H - 1254-4233_6.2.A.1.100 - WORLD_6.2.A.1.100

15/047/2014 13:47:23 - INFO - Start Flashing

15/047/2014 13:47:23 - INFO - Processing loader.sin

15/047/2014 13:47:23 - INFO - Checking header

15/047/2014 13:47:23 - INFO - Flashing data

15/047/2014 13:47:24 - INFO - Loader : S1_Root_3065 - Version : R5E006 / Boot version : R10E013 / Bootloader status : NOT_ROOTABLE

15/047/2014 13:47:25 - INFO - Processing partition-image.sin

15/047/2014 13:47:25 - INFO - Checking header

15/047/2014 13:47:25 - INFO - Flashing data

15/047/2014 13:47:25 - INFO - Processing kernel.sin

15/047/2014 13:47:25 - INFO - Checking header

15/047/2014 13:47:25 - INFO - Flashing data

15/047/2014 13:47:29 - INFO - Processing fotakernel.sin

15/047/2014 13:47:30 - INFO - Checking header

15/047/2014 13:47:30 - INFO - Flashing data

15/047/2014 13:47:34 - INFO - Processing modemfs.sin

15/047/2014 13:47:34 - INFO - Checking header

15/047/2014 13:47:34 - INFO - Flashing data

15/047/2014 13:47:36 - INFO - Processing prcmu.sin

15/047/2014 13:47:36 - INFO - Checking header

15/047/2014 13:47:36 - INFO - Flashing data

15/047/2014 13:47:37 - INFO - Processing modem.sin

15/047/2014 13:47:37 - INFO - Checking header

15/047/2014 13:47:37 - INFO - Flashing data

15/047/2014 13:47:42 - INFO - Processing apps_log.sin

15/047/2014 13:47:42 - INFO - Checking header

15/047/2014 13:47:42 - INFO - Flashing data

15/047/2014 13:47:43 - INFO - Processing cache.sin

15/047/2014 13:47:43 - INFO - Checking header

15/047/2014 13:47:43 - INFO - Flashing data

15/047/2014 13:47:48 - INFO - Processing system.sin

15/047/2014 13:47:48 - INFO - Checking header

15/047/2014 13:47:48 - INFO - Flashing data

15/055/2014 13:55:59 - INFO - Processing userdata.sin

15/055/2014 13:55:59 - INFO - Checking header

15/055/2014 13:55:59 - INFO - Flashing data

15/056/2014 13:56:18 - WARN - This file is ignored : simlock.ta

15/056/2014 13:56:18 - INFO - Ending flash session

15/056/2014 13:56:18 - INFO - Flashing finished.

15/056/2014 13:56:18 - INFO - Please unplug and start your phone

15/056/2014 13:56:18 - INFO - For flashtool, Unknown Sources and Debugging must be checked in phone settings

15/056/2014 13:56:18 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

15/056/2014 13:56:33 - INFO - Device disconnected
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
NO THIS IS NOT CORRECT.

ONLY PRESS VOLUME DOWN FOR FLASH MODE

That may have been written in the 1&2 posts :rolleyes:

power & volume pressed together is called hard reset and could cause soft-brick

This also was written in the first 2 posts. :rolleyes:

Sorry but it makes me think you did not even read anything.

In order for people to help, you have to help by at least reading the information in the OP
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
try and use a different FTF file.

If that don't work then try PCC repair function.