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[Sony Cross-Device General] nosidefcp:
i dont know what else to down. phone is unresponsive at all. only thing it will do is red led for about 2 seconds and it goes out. nothing on screen, no vibration. tried rubber trick, all button combinations, red button...etc.

flashtool detects the phone and says "device conected with usb debugging off". the pc detects the phone in SOMC FLASH DEVICE instead of SEMC. if i disconnect the battery ribbon, it detects the phone in QHSUSB_BOLK device.

This happened when i was updating firmware trough the app Update Center, it entered in the official recovery and i got the message UPDATE FAILED, then the phone turned off and its like this for two days now.

ive let it charged two nights already and nothing.
[Sony Cross-Device General] TheAnon:
Geez, I manage to flash the FTF and connect the device through fastboot and flashmode. Problem is the Xperia S doesn't bootup, just stays connected with the red light and gets in bootloop each 10mins more or less. I did the hard reset yesterday without knowing I should've done it, is this THAT important?

Should I let the battery die and repeat the process?

Thanks!
[Sony Cross-Device General] Tanuj97:
how to find that which model i am using i.e a 2011 version or a 2012 version ??
[Sony Cross-Device General] Prasad98:
Here :

www.google.com
[Sony Cross-Device General] caanda45:
Okay guys need some help. I have a Z3 that failed a water test. The phone charges etc, turns on and the emails come and I hear them, but the screen is blank. It happened 6 hours ago, I used a hair blower on cool to push some air to it. Still the same, works but the screen is blank... Any advice would be appreciated.

The not so waterproof Z3, and yes all the ports were closed.....
[Sony Cross-Device General] Ahmed:
I currently have a custom rom and I want to revert back to stock. I have 2 questions:

1. My device is Xperia SL. Can I use the .ftf file provided here?

2. The .ftf file for Xperia SL has got "Singapore" in it. So would this work in my country? I wanted something World Generic that would work everywhere.
[Sony Cross-Device General] aidy.lucas:
I'm running a Taiwanese 4.4.4 on my UK Xperia no problem.

Xperia M2 D2303 stock 4.4.4 kk rooted l/b philz touch recovery xposed mods
[Sony Cross-Device General] Ahmed:
What happens if I not Exclude TA from flashtools? I am asking because I it was not mentioned in most other threads and websites regarding recovery.
[Sony Cross-Device General] android404:
Hello and welcome to my issue.

Status:

Z3, Locked bootloader

When plugged in wall charger, phone shows constant red led and charging animation.

When turned on, it goes into a bootloop (Sony Logo --> "powered by android" --> Bootanimation, freezes after 3 seconds, after two seconds boot sequence starts again.

Bootloop can be stopped by pressing volume up + on/off --> 3 vibrations.

Not shown in windows 7 or windows 8.1

Not shown in clean install of flashtool on those windows machines

No recovery (?)

No flashmode (?)

What I tried:

Complete discharge (by letting bootloop run for hours)

Get to flashmode between two bootloops.

Flash only Kernel

Plugg into PC and press volume down a million times

Press every button combo by plugging/unplugging a million times

How I got myself in this situation:

I was on stock kit kat rom and flashed this prerooted lollipop rom with dual recovery http://xdaforums.com/z3/development/d6603-5-0-2-flashable-stock-23-1-0-690-t3056361

Then I run this fix http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=59879026&postcount=3837

and everything worked fine.

I set up my phone and went in and out of recovery.

I then read that to get xposed to work I have to flash http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3034811 right after the rom without booting.

So i flashed the rom again, wiping only cache and dalvik, flashed superuser flashed xposed, wiped caches and rebooted.

Booting worked fine and I wanted to reboot into recovery again. I forgot to flash the recovery-fix before doing so. That's when I started getting bootloops.

I really hope somebody can help me out here. I do have insurance on the phone and will get a new one if I have to, but I'm on vacation for the next two weeks and need the phone. If you have any idea, please share it with me.
[Sony Cross-Device General] magico18:
hi everyone , my friend have an xperia E andd he told me that when he try to turn on it, it shows the "waves" . is it bricked?

can i use the 1st post guide for this model? everyone could link me the original firmware?

thanks to everyone will help me

sorry for my bad english
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
No it's not bricked. Check your device forum section (in general subforum I guess) and you'll find FTFs
[Sony Cross-Device General] magico18:
hi everyone i'm tring to repair my friend's xperia E.

i have a question: when in this guide it says:

XPERIA phones have 2 different modes that are used in recovering from SOFT-brick. FLASH mode & FASTBOOT mode.​

FLASH mode, is used by FLASHTOOL and can be used on every model of XPERIA phone with a locked or unlocked bootloader. FLASH mode will give a soild GREEN notification led when connected. To connect in FLASH mode:

Start with the phone turned off (or in between loops for some tricks)

Press and HOLD the volume DOWN button. (don't let go ;) )

Now connect to a PC using USB

If all went correctly you will get GREEN led, then let go of button :)

​

after connected the phone to the pc , have i to use odin to flash the firmware?

thanks

sorry for my bad english​

​
[Sony Cross-Device General] Monipeev:
What Odin, this is not Samsung device, it's Xperia device. Use Flashtool to flash firmware. Download Flashtool from here: http://www.flashtool.net/downloads.php
[Sony Cross-Device General] magico18:
Sorry, this is not mine phone, and it's the first time that i try to flash a rom on an xperia :silly::banghead:

Inviato dal mio GT-S7500 con Tapatalk 2
[Sony Cross-Device General] Monipeev:
Well, use the program Flashtool and follow the steps from OP to install the firmware on Xperia devices. Use flashmod option to install stock Sony Ftf.
[Sony Cross-Device General] magico18:
I tried to use flashtool, but is says that he can't identify my phone, what i have to do?:confused:

Inviato dal mio GT-S7500 con Tapatalk 2
[Sony Cross-Device General] casouzaj:
Flashtool is meant to work with Sony phones only!
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
I think you need drivers.

They are available in the folder you installed flashtool.

There is a Windows program in the.... /FlashTool /drivers/ folder.

Just run the file with administrator rights (right click the file ;) )

Then I just install all of them or you can select you specific model.
[Sony Cross-Device General] magico18:
Thanks , i repaired it :D :thumbup:

Inviato dal mio GT-S7500 con Tapatalk 2
[Sony Cross-Device General] vns.rockkers:
@ Toledo_JAB sir and other seniors please help me, i installed [XZDualRecovery] latest a month back on my xperia zl c6502 , then installed eXistenZ Ultimate | 3.5.0 , nightmare started after a mistake that installed stock rom, after that phone didn't bootup and in bootloop, in the mean time i request sony for unlock code for unlocked bootloader.

i already unlocked bootloader using fastboot.

but still the problem remain same

currently phone is continuously in flash mode (got to know from flash tool ).

now suggest me steps that can be taken to revive my phone (it becomes 11 days my phone is nonfunctional).
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
Hard shutfown it (power +buttom + vol+ or a button on the rear to press woth a pen) and connect it to the computer afterwards
[Sony Cross-Device General] vns.rockkers:
Thanks mirhl for reply!!!

i did that but know no vibration after that, yello back button not responding
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
Try to press them for ten seconds. It has to vibrate if it can power on
[Sony Cross-Device General] bettencourt90:
my xsp only blinking light red twice when powered up

I dont completely understand of all the trick, my phone only blinking red light twice if i try to powered on.

Is this mean my battery is dead, or not yet? And which trick i should do first?

My xsp is unlocked boot loader

Pls help me...
[Sony Cross-Device General] The Hitman18:
would you please explain How did you get this problem? :confused:

I don't know the exact problem but from the above description I think it can be solved by rubberband trick. you can find about it on the first page.
[Sony Cross-Device General] bettencourt90:
once my xsp gets battery drain so bad, and only can saty alive while charged.

and i try calibrate the battery using apps from play store, and i have flash it to stock rom, and do unlock bootloader, but then my xsp wont wake up anymore, when i try to turn it on, all i got just blinking twice red light, and i keep the power button on hold and plugged in the charger the light is now stay on red light like it charging, but in few minutes it will disappear and get nothing, then i try to turn it on, its vibrate once and green light blinking, and the screen showing kernel logo just a second then back dead.

i flash it again using flashtool and success but then my phone still wont boot.

can i use rubber trick on my xsp?

i try cycle battery. but i dont understand the condition battery fully dead.
[Sony Cross-Device General] The Hitman18:
Is your PC detecting your phone in PC companion? if yes than try to repair it, if it is not detecting than try Rubberband trick. It might work. In the second post of this thread there is a description about battery and rubberband trick so you can follow that steps. It might work in your case.
[Sony Cross-Device General] bettencourt90:
Do i need relock the bootloader first?

Or i can using pc companion with unlocked bootloader.
[Sony Cross-Device General] hitman333:
drained battery wont charge

Trying to root my Acro S the other day. Flashed the 211 kernel with Flashtool. Tried to root with DooMLoRD Easy-Rooting Toolkit, but won’t succeeded. Flashed back the 96 kernel. I repeated the procedure several times with no success. Somewhere in the process I installed Root Checker to verify my results. I tried some different methods including Root Genius software. I couldn’t say which kernel was flashed at the time, think I tried with both. No success at all. Meanwhile, the battery was discharging unusually quick. I lost my patience and I did, as it seems, some stupid things… When the battery drained almost entirely, I tried both soft and hard reset (three vibrates). Soon, the battery was (almost) fully discharged. No charger won’t charge battery (tried both usb and wall adapter). I tried to fully discharge by starting it all over again after it turns off by itself. When it didn’t start at all, I presumed the battery was fully discharged. When I connect it to charger the red led lights and seems to be charging in low battery level charging mode. After few seconds it automatically starts the Kernel controlled off-line charging mode and the battery sign appears but with no animation (just a battery at a low red level). I leave it like that for few hours. When I start the phone, battery level show something around 0%, sometimes even 1%... And eventually it ends by turning off by itself (even connected to charger). I think the kernel is broken and it prevents all types of charging. Maybe the battery gain some juice only while it is in low battery level charging mode. When kernel loads, the charging process is not functioning at all, although the red led stay lighted. When connected to wall charger it is possible to boot the system for a while (battery still indicates 0% and the red light flashes once at six seconds). I realized just now that I made a mistake from the beginning. When I first flashed the kernel I was using the LT26i kernels instead the correct LT26w. So I tried to flash the right kernel with Flashtool. As it starts in flashmode (volume down pressed, then green light). I succeeded flashing the right kernel (Xperia Acro S_LT26w_6.2.B.1.96_KernelOnly.ftf). Unfortunately nothing changed. I still can’t charge the battery no matter how I try… I know I’m a stupid rushed ignorant, so no need to remind me that, BUT IS THERE ANY SOLUTION?
[Sony Cross-Device General] The Hitman18:
You can repair it via PC companion with unlocked bootloader. no problem.

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I am not sure what to do in this condition but you can take a risk or you have to ask someone who is very experienced.

Actually I m also somehow confused after reading your problem, but you can give it a try with this:

1) Try to get a battery of Acro S from your relative or friend circle or get their Acro S. and check it with vice-versa(If you get battery than check in your phone & if you get phone than check your battery with their phone.) just to check that the battery is dead or phone is dead?

2) And other thing to try is that if you are able to enter to Recovery mode(CWM or TWRP) & you habyd backed up your original ROM than try to restore it Recovery mode.

it might reset your kernel & solve your problem.
[Sony Cross-Device General] bettencourt90:
Are u sure it will not hard bricked my device?

Just to make sure it will be fine, there alot people say it will hard bricked my device forever if i use pc companion in unlocked bootloader
[Sony Cross-Device General] The Hitman18:
Once I have tried it but it didn't affect my device at all. but if you have any doubt than please relock the bootloader from here and than go forward. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24136222#post24136222
[Sony Cross-Device General] Monipeev:
Pc Companion will not brick your device, because the repair with Pc Companion will stop before it and will inform you that the software is modified, because of unlocked BL.
[Sony Cross-Device General] edy101edy:
Was able to flash. But now my Sony Xperia Z1 Compact is stuck in Sony Xperia Logo. I flashed the 14.5.A.0.242 FTF. I have already flashed different official stock rom and still the same effect. Help please. Thanks.

Used pc companion in another PC. phone repaired with stock rom. thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] bettencourt90:
repair stopped after detect my phone, it wont run with unlocked bootloader

how i repair it using pc companion without relocking it????

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yes it is, so how i using pc companion without relocking it first????
[Sony Cross-Device General] Monipeev:
No way with Pc Companion. Use Flashtool to flash stock firmware.
[Sony Cross-Device General] bettencourt90:
good news. my xsp had revive...

but the old issue is back, my xsp only stays on when i plug it on charger, when i unplug the charger, its sudden turn off.

and if i try to turn it on again, the phone only boot to kernel when kernel boot finished, its back off, if i connect to charger, it can boot normally...

can u help with this issue..

*sorry for my bad english
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
Try to enter flashmode with it attached to computer and drivers installed
[Sony Cross-Device General] bettencourt90:
not working, issue still happen. phone still can keeps on while charging...
[Sony Cross-Device General] BPinard:
Does anyone have an idea to expedite the battery draining? I have an Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact that is soft bricked (I did a hard reset while it was booting and messed it up). I get no LEDs when plugged in, the display doesn't come on, and no amount of button pressing will get anything to happen. i've never dropped the device, and the recovery I had was working fine until I hard reset it while it was booting. I have come to believe that my only hope of resolving this issue is to either wait for the battery to drain, or open the device up and physically unplug the battery long enough for the capacitors to drain and 'reset" things so that I can get the device to come alive again. The problem is that I can't find any guides or teardowns online, and I'd rather not risk breaking something by trying to open it up (and compromise the waterproof glue) in the process.

I'm going to leave my device plugged into the computer overnight using the rubber band trick and flashtool (with the appropriate .ftf firmware for my device model) and pray it resolves itself overnight.

I'm merely asking here since the issue I'm having seems to bear great similarity to what users of other Sony Xperia devices are experiencing.
[Sony Cross-Device General] sublinker:
A very good detailed information. I hope one day I might need this. Thanks.
[Sony Cross-Device General] martangelocs:
Thanks for this thread, I was able to recover my acro s (lt26w) using the rubber band trick. :) After discharging the battery for a day. Finally installed a custom ROM (lollipop) ;). Thanks again.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Peaceful Droid:
Thanks a lot

Rubber band trick worked for me. It took 32hrs to recover phone.

Thanks again guys.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Dadovvv:
Need help , xperia z2 tablet, battery was arround 70% i did simply restart, after shutdown tablet wont turn on anymore, no respond at all, connected to wall charger nothing happened even led light stay off, the only thing that is show some life is when i connect tablet to pc, front led light turn (red collor) on 2sec and go off, in flashtool i can see "device is connected with debugging off" but thats all i cant even connect on fastboot or flashmode, flashtool always says device is connected with debugging off.

I try hard reset with key combination (but there is no vibrate at all)

I was on stock 4.4.4 rom

No root, and locked bootloader.
[Sony Cross-Device General] maxi65:
is it worked or not?
[Sony Cross-Device General] sl0e:
Actually, for that particular case, it turned out that the phone died on me due to overheating in the first 24 hours of usage. You can read my posts on the matter and look into the problem, if you're experiencing something similar I'll try to help if I can (and if I remember correctly - it was a long time ago). Cheers.
[Sony Cross-Device General] maxi65:
my phone is hard bricked.....! due to custom recovery

actuallyy no bootup, no recovery no led no vibrations...

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my phone is hard bricked.....! due to custom recovery

actuallyy no bootup, no recovery no led no vibrations...
[Sony Cross-Device General] maxi65:
i'm using rubber band trick right now but still no luck :(

1st: when i connect my phone to pc, in device manager *QHSUSB_BULK* is shown in other devices

2nd: windows starts the installation and after installation SEMC flash device is shown in USB posts but when i connect my Phone with flash tool it says in info *phone connected with usb debugging off for 2011 devices make sure u r not in MTP mode.....!
[Sony Cross-Device General] Dadovvv:
SOLVED

First off all big thanks to OP

After trying every steps in tutorial, rubber trick, charging over 3 days (or discharge) +3 days charging hoping that tablet will woke up, connecting with charger and magnetick charger at same time, charging on pc with usb, charging with sony portable charger, everyting and without luck.

The only thing where tablet show some life is on flashtool "device connected with usb debugging off" this is why i didnt give up, so the last thing was to disassembly tablet, so much pain for me,,im not newb in disassembly but after using heatfan and tool to remove lcd/digitizer the touchscreen (digitizer) cracked aaaa, next i disconnect batterry from mainboard, then i connected tablet without battery to pc with pressed volume down button and boom blue led was appear (flashmode is enabled), no i didn flash anything, just plug back battery conect tablet to charger and finally battery start to charging, after minutes tablet booted up, Now i have working tablet withouth touchscreen (digitizer) bcs its cracked by my fault. Next step is ebay for searching new touchscreen and boom shock again, cheapest touchscreen is 70$ even not OEM. How can be that touchscreen is expensive then LCD unit. LCD price is 40$. Can someone tell me where to buy touchscreen only for better price?

Sry for long post and bad eng.
[Sony Cross-Device General] maxi65:
When you connect your phone with your pc what is shown in device manager?

bricked xperia C3 :( :'( :(

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Hello sir!

When you connect your phone with your pc what is shown in device manager?

bricked xperia C3 :( :'( :(
[Sony Cross-Device General] Dadovvv:
It show only "USB device" nothing more, flashtool says device connected with debugging off.
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
http://www.parts4repair.com/
[Sony Cross-Device General] Dadovvv:
Tnx for link but there is no touchscreen part there...
[Sony Cross-Device General] maxi65:
My phone shows SEMC flash device

And flashtool says

Device connected with USB debugging off

For 2011 devices make sure you are not in MTP mode

bricked xperia C3 :( :P :(

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Ebay is most trusted and cheap market

bricked xperia C3 :( :P :(
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
Then it should be recognized in flashtool
[Sony Cross-Device General] sedinix:
Dead Xperia T

Hello I try already many things to recovery my xperia T (lt30p) here the story:

1s I flash rom for locked bootloader (all go well)

2nd I flash recovery dont remember what recovery that was but 1 from most popular (all go well and Im boot into recovery)

3rd I teake off sd card to copy some ROM on it and flash via recovery (leave phone with opened recovery)

4th after I'm back my xperia was dead black screen and no response

What I do to restore it:

1. Use pc companion and all finish sucessfully but phone stay with black screen

2. use flash tool and flash about 3-4 diferent ROM's but still screen stay black

ah and I find service pin if this can help

What else I can do ?

After I plug phone to pc i get normal wiev of phone i explorer but after couple of sec it disaper just like pjone restarts again and again.

sorry for my English hope someone have some ideas
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
Are you trying to flash stock rom?

Also, are you sure something is not being skipped?
[Sony Cross-Device General] The Hitman18:
Ok, now I am also don't know the solution for your problem, but you should go via try and error method. first you said that your device is recovered. so do you have stock rom? if yes, than try to repair it via PC companion and than factory reset your phone.

if above thing will not work than you should follow below thing:

I think you should try Rubber band trick as described in post number 2 by the thread admin(first page). Read all the links given for that trick carefully and follow them. It will surely work in your case.

sorry I was very busy, so was not able to online.
[Sony Cross-Device General] kxf41:
Hi i have soft bricked my z1c and i tried to follow your instructions and i've tried downloading 2 different uk .ftf's but they are showing in the box on the left side of the flashmode window as normal but when i select one nothing appears in the boxes on the right?? Please help anybody as bootloader is unlocked so i can't use pc companion !!!

i have successfully flashed firmwares before with this installed version of flashtool and i went in and deleted the firmwares and it said something about cleaninng up files modified by user, do i need to reinstall flashtool ??
[Sony Cross-Device General] fe2k7:
Hello guys,

Sorry my bad English , I had to use Google translate .

I have a problem in Bootlooping Xperia S ( LT26i ) , posted elsewhere but if anyone here can help will be grateful .

http://xdaforums.com//showthread.php?p=62025732
[Sony Cross-Device General] raveeshwadhawan:
no led,black screen tried pressing alll the keys combinatons nothing worked it only shows red led when connect it to wall charger ,pc and powerbank ....when i connect it through pc it shows solid red led light and sound of connecting to pc it doesnt go to flash mode ,, plz help should i charged the battery or drain the battery??