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[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Do Not connect the phone until after you have started the flash process. Flashtool does not need to recognize the phone before you start to flash.

Leave it unplugged then start flashtool, select flash with flash-mode, pick your firmware and start the flash. After files are processed flashtool will say to connect phone in flash mode. Then hold just volume down and plug in.

From Jaramie's LT28at
[Sony Cross-Device General] sl0e:
Those are some really useful links and a good reading. I didn't manage to get to fastboot mode though.

I really lost all my hopes, so I just took the phone to the service center. I talked to the guy for a couple of minutes, and he, speaking from past experience, was pretty sure that my phone has a hardware failure, although he isn't going to take a thorough check until tomorrow.

I took his phone number though, so if he manages to recover the device somehow, I'll be sure to pass on his knowledge of the problem, or whatever he has to say about this specific issue.

Again, thanks to everyone who takes time to help people and respond to this fantastic thread. :highfive:
[Sony Cross-Device General] CollectoR13:
Help please!:p:crying:

I dont know what to do next.....

Every help is appreciated!!!:good:
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Do you get any response from trying a reset, power & volume up for about 10 seconds?

Unfortunately I cannot unlock my bootloader so I have no experience with Fastboot-mode. :(

Have you tried the rubber band trick using Flash-mode and not Fastboot-mode? Try flashing just the kernel from your stock .ftf file. (see the OP for details)

Read about charging cycles in my OP. You may be missing many chances to enter Flash-mode. Try right after the red led goes out.

Make sure you have flashtool waiting for you to connect your phone in flash-mode after starting the flash process. (read about FlashTool setup in the OP)
[Sony Cross-Device General] sl0e:
I've been stuck in a similar situation with my phone for five days now, so I'll just share my point of view on the situation.

First and foremost, regarding flashtools and/or fastboot mode, run both flashtools or cmd.exe (for fastboot) in admin mode. Second of all, set them up properly (install drivers from flashtools folder; for fastboot, there are drivers that come with the download) and make them wait for device prior to connecting the phone. If any of the methods work, you should get the green/blue LED and you'll know that you've done things properly (and that device works like it is supposed to). I guess that you know all of this, but lets just call this a reminder.

Now!

Seeing that you fail to get anything but the red LED, take time noticing what's going on with the phone during charging. My phone had the red LED which is generally a good sign, but it just remained in that low power charging loop where the phone charged enough to get to kernel controlled charging mode, but never really got past the red LED (thus staying in the red LED on and off cycle). I also noticed that, when I plug in my phone to a pc, I'd only get the device discovered when the LED was off, when connected with red LED, no hardware was detected. When connected to a pc, I got a QHSUSB_DLOAD device, and with the right drivers installed, this becomes a SEMC flash device. Which kind of makes sense, since the red LED means that there's not enough power for the boot process (as mentioned by ToledoJab).

I'd suggest that you leave your phone on a wall charger for a good charging session, and then proceeding with the flashmode trials. Also, see if you can try to get your device detected with some of the Sony tools (PC companion, SUS, Emma). You weren't really clear about what happens when you connect your device to a computer, so a bit of writeup on that matter wouldn't hurt.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Thanks for your instructional post.

I have gathered a vast amount of information in my OP.

I only hope that anyone needing to recover reads the post completly.

For the topics I discuss I also provide links for additional information. For example, if the section on flashtool is seen, and they have no idea what flashtool is, there's a link to the flashtool original thread. There they should ask related questions. Also they would see the directions about the drivers.

Again thank you for your help and I dont voice this at you but for others needing help.

Sorry for my rant

~Jaramie

From Jaramie's LT28at
[Sony Cross-Device General] CollectoR13:
Hi!

No, I am getting no response at all.:rolleyes:

Only thing that is changing is the led.

I am trying flashmode now!

Could be that only fastboot doesn't work, so flashmode is my last chance...:confused:

Hope it works, otherwise I'm screwed and have to buy a new phone......:crying::p
[Sony Cross-Device General] xXMollaXx:
thanks .. you helped me
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
It may also be possible that the battery never went dead, to allow the phone reset.

If you have no warranty help then you may try to unplug the battery, after taking apart the phone.

From Jaramie's LT28at
[Sony Cross-Device General] CollectoR13:
Yes, I already unplugged the battery for 10 min and plugged it back in.

Nothing changed till then.

I am still trying fastboot mode.

red led turned off and now i got a device called QHUSB_DLOAD under devices, which turns out to be SEMC Flash Device.

But Flashtool only shows this:

05/037/2013 22:37:35 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

05/037/2013 22:37:35 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

What should I do now?

Hard-Brick?:(

EDIT:

Now I tried EMMA, no luck at all.

Seems like I have exact the same situation as sl0e.....

No way to enter either fastboot or flashmode....

Any advices what to try next?
[Sony Cross-Device General] sl0e:
Yep, this was the exact same situation I was in. I couldn't get to flashmode/fastboot no matter what I tried, there simply was no way to flash my phone. Finally I took it to the service center where they suspected a hardware fault. I got a call from them today, and they said that the service report will be available on monday, I can then report to you the status of my device, seeing that we are in the same "sauce" together.

Untill then I doubt someone can help you, seeing that the phone being unable to get to flashmode/fastboot mode is really unordinary, and based on my modest knowledge and a lot of forum and internet information reading, I doubt that you can do anything yourself, unless you are able to do a JTAG or something. I may be wrong, again, this is just from my point of view.
[Sony Cross-Device General] droidaem:
I was an owner of an LG Optimus One for 2 years, modded it a lot, but now I'm a complete noob with my XS. Bought it a week ago and already managed to soft-brick it. :D Something went wrong with CWM and got stuck at the Sony logo. Recovered my device with flashtool, thanks a lot for this great tutorial. First time the flashtool showed "Installation aborted", but the second time it went well.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Aultex:
Can hard-bricks be fixed? my earlier nokia 5230 was bricked really bad but I still could flash it with stock. Is that possible on my sola?
[Sony Cross-Device General] plasmid09:
My Xperia S is bricked. I think its a hard brick due to bad flashing with flash tool. I've followed every tutorial in this thread but no luck.

Symtoms:

Black Screen.

No hard or soft reset vibration.

When charging only Red LED. Its Red LED cycle.

No green LED after very long charging.

No flash mode/Fastboot mode

PCC/SEUS/Emma nothing recognize phone.

When I connect to my PC, Red LED shows but couple of minutes later it went off. Then If I press both Vol + and - button, PC recognizes it as QHUSB_DLOAD/SEMC flash device and Flash tool as USB debugging OFF.

With test point attachment, flashtool recognize as USB debugging OFF.

I've never used SEtools as I don't have this device.

I've read some posts that QPST regonize this device when QHUSB_DLOAD mode is active. But I don't know how can I use this tool to recover it. I am asking Flashtool developers whether it is possible to add some support for QHUSB_DLOAD mode.

If any body knows any thing helpful that will be appreciated. thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
It looks like your flash was successful.

I noticed you have unlocked your bootloader.

You may need to use fastboot-mode and flash a working custom Kernel.

I seems like flashing just a stock kernel will not fix an unlocked kernel gone wrong.

I have a thought that relocking the bootloader may also work. No one has confirmed this yet though.

From Jaramie's LT28at
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
You can try having flashtool waiting for a device in flash-mode, then connect with test point attachment.

Like you stated above.

I will add that your the first person that posted in this thread to have & use the test point device.

Would you mind posting some pictures?

Thanks

~Jaramie

From Jaramie's LT28at
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Maybe.

Please give more details

From Jaramie's LT28at
[Sony Cross-Device General] sl0e:
Basically, it is the same problem that has been discussed on the top of the page and the page before. You find your device in a "red LED" cycle, where the phone is in red LED low power charging mode. When the battery level reaches a point where it has enough power to switch to kernel controlled charging mode (and thus booting up kernel and all of its features), it fails to start up properly, therefore remains with the collected power until it discharges to a point where red LED will be active again.

No device driver can fix the device specific issue, because the problem lies either in a major hard brick, or faulty phone hardware. I returned my two days old Xperia SL because of the exact same problem and requested a replacement. There aren't many options left for the end user; it is either a service center, or, if you are adventurous enough, battery charging test with the cut usb cable trick and a JTAG.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Zap_12100:
Really? I bought the phone parallel imported, and have not rooted or unlocked the phone myself. Strange.

I have no idea about what to do with custom kernels. Would something like this work? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2002202

I'm also not sure about relocking the bootloader. If no one else has confirmed it I might prefer to stay away from that, I don't have the money to replace the phone in the event of an accidental hard-brick.

Or should I just send the phone in for warranty repair? The warranty is for one year and the phone is just over two months old.

If I use fastboot to flash this custom kernel, how will I be able to revert to stock afterward? (I presume there is a way to.) I have a backup on PC Companion that I would like to restore once my phone is back up and running, it holds some stuff I hope is scavengeable.

Sorry for all the noob questions! I'm pretty much new to this side of android and this is my first android phone.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Sorry I miss read ROOTABLE for rooted.

Try flashing a different ftf file. Like an older version, or different region.

From Jaramie's LT28at
[Sony Cross-Device General] Zap_12100:
Ah, okay.

Some searching reveals that the .550 firmware I used to have before the flash is Vodafone customized (my carrier). Unfortunately the downloads on the xda topic are down, so when my phone battery drains and I charge it, I will use PC Companion/Update Service to repair the phone (again). If that fails then send it to Sony for repair I guess :s

Thank you for your help so far!

EDIT: Battery has run dry, plugged it in and checking back after twenty minutes or so the LED is now orange. Pressing the power button reveals the all too familiar black backlit screen for a few seconds. I'm presuming this is where the offline charge indicator should be, except my kernel is stuffed up.

I flash just the kernel this time. Flash is successful. The phone is back to the god damn black backlit screen again, but I'm hoping that once it runs dry offline kernel charging will work.

It occurs to me that this could potentially be a hardware fault. If it comes down to that warranty should cover it, but this is a very annoying inconvenience.

EDIT2: Offline kernel charging didn't work and reparing via Sony Update Service worked, but in the end did not help. I'm beginning to hate the sight of a black backlit screen.

What an unusually persistent brick. This has been three days now and I'm running out of patience, so I think I'll just send it in for repair :/ At least it should be covered by warranty, I guess.
[Sony Cross-Device General] BreckZeBoulay:
@ ToledoJab :

Do you authorize me to translate in french your tutorial for Phonandroid ? ( http://www.phonandroid.com/forum/ )

(of course source will be quoted !)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
No problem at all, please do.

When your done send me the link and I will add it to the OP

Thanks :D

From Jaramie's LT28at
[Sony Cross-Device General] BreckZeBoulay:
Is this tuto also works for Xperia 2013 ?

Generaly for unremovable battery models ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
This guide has been proven working on most 2012, and should work on all.I have read about at least one V (I think it's a 2013)

It can work for any Xperia with non-removable battery, with the correct flashtool files.

I will look for the V thread I read about.

It really comes down to letting the battery go low enough to let the chips power down and erase. And having a way to flash the chips again. Like flashtool for Sony & Odin for Samsung. (please dont flame me for the very basic terms)

So phone model shouldn't matter.

I own a 2012 Ion so I help here :D

Jaramie
[Sony Cross-Device General] 3lok:
Xperia S bricked!! but could solve it with this thread!

Hi ToledoJab,

First of all thanks for your post!! it stole a night of my sleep, but finally my Xperia S is working again... :D

Problem

I had Xperia S with .50 firmware, RaymanFX Elite Kernel and XZX2 installed... Due to some issues with my phone, i wanted to reflash the firmware and all the software from scratch again. So after a backup, I went to CWM, wiped cache, system and dalvik cache... and before connecting to flashtool, i hard reset the phone ( power button + VolUp button till three vibrations) to switch it off.

The problem began when i tried to go to flash mode by pushing in the USB with the VolDown button pressed (as required by flashtool). MY mobile refused to go to flashmode and flash too kept saying the following:

9/051/2013 00:51:02 - INFO - Selected Sony Xperia S LT26i_6.1.A.2.50_Italian NO BRAND by tsukeyomi.ftf

09/051/2013 00:51:02 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

09/053/2013 00:53:23 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

09/053/2013 00:53:23 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

Thats when i remembered that i had used the SD mounter app to convert the sdcard to MTP mode...

SOLUTION

AS mentioned in your post, i had to wait till my phone charging died out or i had to open my phone and rest the battery manually. Not having enough patience (gods knows how long it would have taken for the phone to die out!) I opened the back panel of the mobile following this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OqQdwTtB_E

Anyway, the moment i removed the battery and re-inserted it after a few mins, the mobile beeped and the start screen "XPERIA" was displayed!!!

:D

I immediately put the phone back on charge and after 40% charging, flashed the firmware back on!!

Thank you very much once again!!
[Sony Cross-Device General] fitrihani:
Help!!!!

my phone wont respone....no respond..i already try to charge it....still..my phone model is xperia tipo st21i...please help..

FYI.. the phone has latest firmware,android version etc..
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Did your battery go completely dead?

From my Xperia LT28at ION :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] MacSmokie:
Dis does not work
[Sony Cross-Device General] fitrihani:
...

well...it suppose to have more than 80% battery life berore it 'dead'...it happen when i try rooting the phone..well it not my first time to root a phone..
[Sony Cross-Device General] kamson:
I have opened the back cover, disconnected the battery and after few minutes i have put the phone on charging. Red light appeard but after a while it went off again so i have measured the voltage. It's going from around 3.08V (red led off) to about 3.25V (red led on) and after that point red led is off, the battery is discharging and the process starts again. What can I do?
[Sony Cross-Device General] buncit8:
yessss.... i did it bro..

after pressing volume - button about 12 mins, my ion entering to flashmode and now my ion back to normal...

thanks alot for help
[Sony Cross-Device General] Greenarcher707:
I'm gonna try charging it for a long time either overnight or a full 24 hours and see what happens. #crossing my fingers
[Sony Cross-Device General] Spectre51:
Mines been plugged in since last night around 9pm. I have the solid red light now. Letting it charge overnight and will see where it stands in the morning.
[Sony Cross-Device General] accts:
Spec, if you have solid red light - can you try this:

Run flashtool until it asked for the device then hold vol down plug in usb - wait & see if flash actually start - maybe in a while.

I want to see if it worked. I charged my phone until the red light is off - I wonder if needed to charge that long.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Spectre51:
Wouldn't do anything for me with the red light on. Charged it ore overnight and this morning I had the green light. Am flashing now with no issues. Phone is back from the dead.
[Sony Cross-Device General] accts:
weird, I never got a green light - solid red then no light :D, even charging for a day & half. Seem like everyone is different, some were able to get the sony graphic charging % and you did get a green light :confused:. Anyway, glad you got it resurrected.
[Sony Cross-Device General] kye71:
Unresponsive phone

So to make sure I'm doing the right thing here, my phone is completely unresponsive. Won't turn on or anything. Did a soft reset, phone vibrated once, then vibrated three times and now it's dead.

So soft-brick? Or is this thing really screwed up? Thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] Spectre51:
Leave it plugged in for a couple days. Wait foe the led to turn green. It takes a while so be patient.

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ ion
[Sony Cross-Device General] kye71:
Well great news phone is back and running great :)

I had it plugged in for about 18 hours then the Red light came on.

24+ hours later the Red light was off. So I tried to flash, nothing. It was just a wasted attempted and I nothing happened.

Plugged it back in, ~2 hours later the Green light came on and I could press Power to have the Battery Screen come on.

Flashed it and it worked! Thanks for the support!

I'm not sure why the Red light went off. I'm thinking maybe the cord was bumped and the charger wasn't plugged in all the way?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ganeshbiyer:
Bricked Again

Not again.

My phone is bricked again.

Flashed Xperia S kernel.elf by mistake. Any one done this by mistake or knowingly?

The phone is dead now. Charging it. Hope, it comes back to life.:fingers-crossed:
[Sony Cross-Device General] jeriku:
Didn't do that, but I did mistakenly restored a cwm backup from a different firmware than I had flashed at the time. Soft bricked it but discharge /recharge worked fine. Just that long wait.

Sent from my LT28 w MIUI
[Sony Cross-Device General] ganeshbiyer:
Hope, it is not serious?
[Sony Cross-Device General] jeriku:
Yeah, worked out fine for me. Hopefully you'll be alright.

Sent from my LT28 w MIUI
[Sony Cross-Device General] FanDroid09:
Im having a similar yet different issue. I had the problem with zero response from the phone, no LED, backlight, No button response.

I pluged it in for nearly 24 hours... i got a solid red light but then the light shut off... no green. I tried getting in to flashmode but no luck.

Next i tried plugging it back in and i get a red light imeadiatley, for about 20 min but it then boots to the sony logo and starts looping again instead of going green. So i figured ill just let it drain and start over but that didnt work it shut itself off after about 15 min of looping.

So i plug it back in and there's the red light, i have no idea what to do!
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
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 :)

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To recover your phone you need to have FLASHTOOL ready and waiting at a specific spot.​

If you need help with setting up & using FLASHTOOL {>>CLICK HERE<<}

DO NOT CONNTECT YOUR PHONE

First you need to have FLASHTOOL installed from {HERE}

Now run FLASHTOOL.

From FLASHTOOL home, select the flash/lightning bolt button

Select FLASH MODE

Select your stock firmware file

WIPE: everything

If available EXCLUDE: TA. (this option is not available for all stock.ftf files, if it's there just exclude it)

Now click START button

After FLASHTOOL prepares files, you should get this screen (or similar depending on version of FLASHTOOL)

>>>>>STOP<<<<< FLASHTOOL is now ready for TRICKS

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For help with finding your phones STOCK.ftf file

CLICK HERE​

You can use the file for your XPERIA model below to recover from SOFT-brick.

To make your models specific .ftf file after you recover, you will find instructions {IN THIS POST}

MAKE SURE YOU USE A STOCK FIRMWARE FOR YOUR MODEL XPERIA. Each phone model has a different file. Using the wrong file will give you the very SOFT-brick your trying to fix. If your not sure then ask for help.

Links to STOCK FIRMWARES

XPERIA P{LT22}

XPERIA V{LT25}

XPERIA S{LT26}

XPERIA SL{LT26ii}

XPERIA Acro S{LT26W}

XPERIA ION{LT28}

XPERIA TX{LT29}

XPERIA T{LT30}

XPERIA TL{LT30at}

XPERIA TIPO{ST21}

XPERIA TIPO DUAL{ST21_2}

XPERIA MIRO{ST23}

XPERIA U{ST25}

XPERIA J{ST26}

XPERIA GO{ST27}

XPERIA Sola{MT27}

Special THANKS go to the following XDA members for providing and maintaining links for the STOCK.ftf files above. Please click their THANKS button in the post you download from.

{dimon2242} {championswimmer} {Yakandu} {NomNomM} {zhuhang} {Spectre51} {hhlong89} {gregbradley} {Jozinek} {TeamMex} {Deadmask} {irontech}

PC Companion can interfere with FLASHTOOL. Make sure it is NOT running when using FLASHTOOL.​

The Rubber Band Trick

Here are some links to help describe the rubber band trick.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37562298&postcount=301

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37844592&postcount=317

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39835850&postcount=527

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[Sony Cross-Device General] Spectre51:
Or let it charge another day till you get the green led.

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ ion
[Sony Cross-Device General] FanDroid09:
Ya i tried flash mode after the Red led, it just starts "charging" again bringing up the Red led when i plug it in to the computer. I tried getting back to recovery on the logo to with no luck :(
[Sony Cross-Device General] AntonioRodrigues:
Hello

I'm with my sony ion on soft brick finally I put it to charge after some time begins to appear in the logo of sony INFINITE LOOP when I connect the phone using USB cable but as the computer recognizes the phone restarts as this in the computer LOOP shall not recognize the phone.

I wonder how to recover from this error?

Thank you.

Antonio Rodrigues
[Sony Cross-Device General] FanDroid09:
Man... got home from work and the LED was off, not green, tried flashmode and no luck... plugged it back in and the red LED came back on.