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[Sony Cross-Device General] gave012:
try this mate i also had the same problem as yours when my ion got sot bricked.

just dont panic you can recover you phone since its giving you a red led.

try this instead of plugging it on a wall charger for hours plug it in your pc while your pc companion is open. now leave it there for let say 2 hours? mine got recognize for just 30 mins i think. i just go down in the kitchen after i plugged it in my pc then get back in my room then voila my pc companion recognized my ion but not as ion it say's (Phone/Tablet connected.) then i start my flashtool quickly and ready to flash the kernel of the jb .211. then i connected my ion via flash mode(Reminder: i kept the pc companion open because at first run without pc companion flash tool wont start it gives me error.) then i try it with pc companion open then voila my ion is back and kicking ass again.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Lusto:
okay, ill give it a shot...
[Sony Cross-Device General] Lusto:
Okay, this has not worked for me, can i have just killed battery?!??
[Sony Cross-Device General] benalla:
Please help met out!

Yesterday I tried to relock my bootloader with Flashtool, I used the new BLU method.

Flashtool logged that this was succesfull.

When I unplugged the phone I tried to power it on, it failed. It kept booting with Sony logo.

I have done a lot of reading since.

Last what I did is leave the phone on the wall charger for hours, flashed a new kernel succesfully (LT30p_9.1.A.0.489_Kernel).

Left it to charge again for about 2 hours and flashed again (Xperia T_9.1.A.0.489_Europe).

This was not compleet, gave error: ERROR - Read error :31 : Een apparaat dat op het systeem is aangesloten, werkt niet.

Now it keeps booting with Sony logo and something like a triangle with warning remark, like

Can anyone help me further?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Lusto:
omg, rubber band trick... if u got bootloops, read sticky dude.
[Sony Cross-Device General] benalla:
If I am correct the rubber band trick is when the phone can't get to into flashmode, or am I wrong?

I have no problem getting the phone into flashmode.

I will give it a try anyway.

Anyone else other tips?
[Sony Cross-Device General] nCuXaPaA:
Thanks alot man u saved my phone !
[Sony Cross-Device General] Lusto:
insolvency aryphy

Try google on your error, anyways, flashing stock firmware should totally help your phone...
[Sony Cross-Device General] Lusto:
So after i purchased brand new battery from store i discovered, its not that problem, my point is, why flashtool cannot recognize my device...? any advices???
[Sony Cross-Device General] benalla:
I used the rubber band. Let ik connected for over 12 hours:

8/026/2013 05:26:54 - INFO - Device disconnected

18/027/2013 05:27:03 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

18/027/2013 05:27:03 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

18/027/2013 05:27:08 - INFO - Device disconnected

18/035/2013 05:35:07 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

18/035/2013 05:35:50 - INFO - Device disconnected

18/036/2013 05:36:24 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

18/040/2013 11:40:52 - INFO - Device disconnected

18/044/2013 11:44:22 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

18/045/2013 11:45:05 - INFO - Device disconnected

18/045/2013 11:45:39 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

Any other tips/tricks I could try?

Flashing Kernel gives no errors, only flashing new firmware.

Who can point me to a stock, working firmware I could try out.
[Sony Cross-Device General] derrickdroid:
Are you trying to.flash jb or ics?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ezamry:
Try charge your phone at wall charger for a few hours.. After that try flash new firmware... What version flashtool you use?
[Sony Cross-Device General] benalla:
I have been charging for several hours, did not help.

I use the latest flashtool, 0.9.11.0

I tried several firmwares:

Xperia T_9.1.A.0.489_Europe

E] LT30p_7.0.A.3.195_Generic.zip by Spectre 51

Yesterday I tried to open the phone to disconnect the battery, could not open it nicely.

So now I left the phone aside to discharge, wonder how long it would take.

After it is completly discharged I will charged it up again and give it another try.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ezamry:
maybe you should try flash firmware with previous flashtool version. *e.g : v. 0.9.6.0

just give it try, maybe it would work.. who's know? ;)

because last time, i soft-brick my phone :silly:

latest flashtool, 0.9.11.0 not really help me to flash firmware so i uninstall flashtool & install previous ver 0.9.6.0.

luckily i can flash the firmware with flashtool v 0.9.6.0 :victory:
[Sony Cross-Device General] Mevoxede:
thank god!

ah.. this saved my phone from a boot loop.. it's good to see the phone alive again. :good:
[Sony Cross-Device General] kumbar55:
My sony xperia tipo is struck at SONY logo while startup.

i tried to goto CWM, but it didnt go.

i tried with flash tool, it didnt read my phone information. giving error.

please tell me what to do?
[Sony Cross-Device General] max.steel:
Thanks for providing this valuable information, i can see many people benefiting from this...I think/hope my Xperia P is soft bricked

current status:-

can't start it up

no sony logo, no battery charging logo

when i plug in to wall charger i get red led for about 2 mins than a brief green led than immediately back to red than goes out i.e. No led.

if i connect to PC i get red led, after 2 min green led, flashmode, Flashotool/Sus/ all identity it than goes out almost immediately

What i did:-

unlocked my bootloader to get root access after that i had smooth run for about a day

tried to take Nandroid back of my stock rom it completed successfully however i got stuck in bootloops

tried to restore the backup, completed successfully, still bootloops

relocked the bootloader using "Xperia_Relock_bootloader.ftf", successful,

tried to update\repair my phone using Sony Update Service, i think during this process the battery died and I am having soft brick ever since

what i did to remedy:-

tried soft reset, then wall charger for 12 hours no success, no led.

tried hard reset, then wall charger for 24 hours no success, no led.

tried to unplug the battery cable, its pretty easy, i don't see any warranty seal for unplugging the battery (removing it all together is a whole different story, i haven't and will not do that) if you want i can post pics.

keep it unplugged for 9 - 10 hours than plug it back in, still red then green led than no led as described above

this is my 4 th day, I usually leave my phone on Charger even if there is no led, I am guilty of trying to connect to PC almost atleast once a day however flashed nothing, every time i connect it goes red than flashmode than immediately goes out. however i have decided not to touch my phone if not touching it could be a soln.

my question is 2 fold:-

1. I accept I am a noob, an I am thankful for anybody who helps, but can leaving the phone for 2 - 3 days unplugged, would that worth a shot.

2. Since i re-locked my bootloader( even though i haven't been able to switch on my phone after that) and my phone was getting updated by sony PC Companion/SUS (no "modified software" message) can i send it to service center ( I have about one month of warranty left)

again thanks a lot for your time
[Sony Cross-Device General] mhyke24:
hi Guys

My Xperia Z is still on dead boot mode

still no progress but the RED LED when I connect it to the wall charger or pc

Flashtool only gives out this message

- INFO - Device disconnected

- INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

- INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

what am i doing differently? unable to go to fastboot and flashmode

left it charging for 3 days still red led

left it disconnected for 3 days same result

i have removed the battery for sometime still nothing..

any further ideas?

thank you
[Sony Cross-Device General] TJS2212:
Xperia arc S is bricked/dead --- No LED, no Vibration

Hi All,

It would be really helpful if someone could guide me how I can get my phone working again.

I was trying to Install MIUI ROM v 3.7.19 after which I tried to flash the related kernel.

my phone now does not even show any LED nor does any reset work... (Soft or Hard)

Pls pls pls...help me.

Thanks,
[Sony Cross-Device General] tangosierra_:
And then? What is your phone?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ItBankRock:
HELP! Please keep in mind that my phone's bootloader is unlocked

This happened last Saturday (July 20, 2013)

SATURDAY EVENT:

While I was trying to flash a ROM... the internal sd card got corrupted (this was normal for the ROM because the developer left a MISTAKE on the zip's scripts)... the phone asked me to reformat it but before doing so... I tried some solutions online because MY IMPORTANT FILES ARE INSIDE THAT INTERNAL SD CARD

It told me to input this in the terminal emulator:

su

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0

after that I rebooted my phone... phone won't boot anymore, it was soft-bricked!

I plugged it in the wall charger, after 24hrs, RED LED appeared, I kept on waiting till it turns green or disappears...

NOW:

After waking up in the morning I rushed to my phone, the RED LED is gone! I unplugged it from the wall charger and prepared my flashtool on pc for flashing the 6.2.0.B.211 Jelly Bean firmware FTF file. I plugged my phone to the pc while holding down the volume down button, RED LED appeared after connecting, I kept on holding the volume down button for 10 minutes, but between that, I ACCIDENTALLY UNPRESSED THE VOLUME DOWN BUTTON AND IMMEDIATELY PRESSED IT AGAIN... After that, the RED LED disappeared! Nothing happened! Flash process didn't work! I unplugged it from the computer and plugged it again with volume down pressed, still nothing happened, no RED LED, nothing, I just heard the Windows "USB sound" and SEMC Flash Device appeared on Windows Device Manager.

Is the accidental unpressing of the vol down button the cause of this?

I charged it again on the wall charger using Stock Sony charger and after 30mins... RED LED appeared again... Should I wait for the green LED?

I repeat... I have unlocked bootloader and IT WAS ON cobrato's stock modified kernel for .211 firmware when this happened.

My Acro S charging:
[Sony Cross-Device General] TJS2212:
Xperia ARC S

Hi Tangosierra,

Mine is Xperia Arc S phone. As per my yesterday's post...the phone seemed to be bricked. after going through numerous threads i found out that may be my phone battery had dried out , so i left the phone for charging at night. Today morning i could see that the red LED was flashing also when connecting to the PC through USB port.

Current status:

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1) Red LED is no more flashing

2) On pressing the power button, no vibrations

3) Kept the phone back on charging.

4) Tried Sony Update Service, but the phone is not getting detected.

Kindly advice on the steps to get my phone working. Thanks :)

---------- Post added at 10:10 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:43 AM ----------

Hi Ganesh,

Can you please state the steps to try the rubber band trick ?

My confusion is:

Reading from different threads, the rubber band trick states to use the volume down button. But to get the phone flashmode on Xperia arc S i need to press and hold the Back button on the phone while plugging the phone in USB port.

Please advice on the exact steps as I am totally confused on how to recover my Xperia Arc S.

My phone status:

1) Phone got bricked while trying to flash a MIUI kernel

2) No LED initially but with a Single vibration when i was pressing the Power and Volume Up button

3) Latter no LED, no Vibration

4) Based on Info from other thread i kept the phone on wall charging at night

5) Morning Red LED was flashing intially

6) I tried to connect the phone in flashmode ( Back button and USB port connected) using the flashtool. RED LED was blinking more frequently

7) Later the RED LED was gone and nothing was happening

8) Currently kept the phone on Charging (Wall Charger) & awaiting some tips on how to move from here.

Your help is needed.

Thanks in advance.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ganeshbiyer:
So put the rubber band in such a way that the back button remains pressed. The rest of the process should remain same.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ItBankRock:
Guys help me out, see THIS POST at Page 103
[Sony Cross-Device General] tangosierra_:
Im an arc S user - you cant use the rubber band trick due to the position of the back button...

Is your BL unlocked? Have you tried both flashmode and fastboot, or another computer/battert/flashtool?

Above poster: try to get yourself in flashmode again, just only flash the kernel ftf this time
[Sony Cross-Device General] mhyke24:
Xperia Z

hi all,

I am unable to get my XZ to Flashmode or Fastboot mode..

no green or blue light shows up

phone wont boot and Flashtool only sees it connected with USB debugging OFF

any suggestion please?

Thank you.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ItBankRock:
It is nothing man... I excluded all of the options except kernel... I held the phone's volume down button for 15mins! This time without accidentally unpressing the volume down button, yes my finger was so f*cked up. After that, nothing, The RED LED just disappeared and the Windows "USB Sound" played...

Nothing happened.

Flashtool log:

24/004/2013 05:04:04 - INFO - Selected LT26w_6.2.B.0.200_Philippines.ftf

24/004/2013 05:04:04 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

24/004/2013 05:04:04 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

24/019/2013 05:19:53 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

24/019/2013 05:19:53 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP

Is my phone hard bricked???

PLEASE HELP!!! I REALLY NEED MY PHONE SO BAD :(
[Sony Cross-Device General] michaeliya:
so here is my lil chicken knowledge from bricking my Ion lt28at 4.0.4(ics) flash to stock LT28h 4.1.2(JB)

okay, it was on a friday, 2 weeks into getting my phone new phone the ion ofcourse, it came with 4.0.3 :crying: i was mad because i had a captivate that had andriod 4.2.2 running on it ( i still have that :p and an Xperia play running on ICS the best system for it.. idc what you say Jk :D) something had to be done... so i ventured into the developing world again with my somewhat knowledge of computer programming and what not :cyclops:, i found some pretty good roms but since my bootloader is locked, i was limited to a few :mad:

1st step was too upgrade to 4.0.4 then root(Eroot does wonders until you upgrade to JB :eek:), then install CWM then flash 4.1.2 generic using CWM its doable believe p.s ALWAYS BackUp (p.s if you can upgrade using PCC or SUS save yourself from brickness hehe)

Enough with all these trying to get you to CALM down from the frustration/anxiety of bricking for Phone

I didn't bring my phone thru flashing... i brick try to creating a Bootanimation :o which i did but turned into a bootloop then i HARD RESET<-------- DO NOT HARD RESET WHILE IN BOOTLOOP OR ANY LOOP OR ANY BRICK.. don't learn the HARD way :rolleyes:

SO HERE IS THE STEP I TOOK TO UNBRICK MY Xperia IN JUST 24HRS :D

Step 1: Follow this thread

Step 2: FOLLOW THIS THREAD AND CALM THE !!!!!! Down:laugh:

STEP 3: which is what i did.. and i didn't have to remove the battery or nothing

CHARGE the Phone till GREEN Led IS STILL use a wall charger (if the red light starts to blink then turns off turn it in your PC, a red LEd should come up then unplug and charge with the wall charger, if a red led does not appear you might have damage your MB but that is unlikely sony MB don't break that easily, plug into wall charger and check every 3 hours not every 20mins:rolleyes:)

if you are stuck in a boot loop Plug in your charger press and hold down POWER button and VOL-/down until kernel charging/charging battery icon is displayed.. this will work depending on your calmness :fingers-crossed: with multipule tries you should have this in KCS

after you get a full green LED i recommend you 1st going into flashmode to flash custom then do whatever MOD you want on your phone because fastmode might get you into a bootloop(if your kernel is bad, mostly) press on the power button and see that the battery is charged( not only to verify a charged battery but to also verify your phone is not going to bootloop or turn on before you flash a GOOD firmware,kernel,e.t.c. on it)

BEST tools to use to Flash your phone is SUS or Flashtool

HINT: to save you some time SOFT RESET resets the phone to a previous state so if you were in FASTBOOT/FLASHMODE/BOOTLOOPmode while you soft RESEt you rphone it takes you back into FASTBOOT/FLASHMODE/BOOTLOOP

you should know what to do from here on out.... im tried of typing :silly:
[Sony Cross-Device General] tumal18:
thank you for this very well said tutorial :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] ganapathyraman_s:
Thanks a lot

6 months back was the first time I bricked my phone trying to flash new ROM, That time, I was dependent on Service center who took more than a month to repair and return the device claiming that replacement of mother board was required (Yes, you are right, they told me a lie and it was not true).. This Tuesday night, I again bricked my Ion trying to flash a Kernel. But this time I am more educated and this thread is 'God like'. I had all the patience and the confidence offered by this thread with lucid steps and explanation that after 3 days, my Ion beauty is back in action. Thank you very much Toledo_JB. Long live XDA
[Sony Cross-Device General] Diptags:
Thank you so much

If your device are bricked. I suggest you to charge charge charge the battery with a very long time :o :eek:

When bricked, your device charge very very slowly.

I need 25 hours to get static red LED:fingers-crossed:

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but, some device has removeable battery, and if you remove it, unfortunately it won't reset your phone

like Miro, Tipo, J

from flashtool log, just try to connect it again with flashmode enabled.

And no need to turn on USB Debugging

Ignore the last log line

*sorry for bad english
[Sony Cross-Device General] abhinav.mhjn:
xperia sola help

after unrooting my xperia sola ics ,i factory formatted my phone.. i noticed two things,

1. after sony logo it showed up two options "power off" and "use phone" ..... before it never showed any of these options

2. when i clicked on "use phone" option ,it started the phone and in notificaton bar i noticed "all checkpoints reached"

anyone plz tell me what the heck are these two things and how should i remove this crap out from my phone plz help

help me plz
[Sony Cross-Device General] Mardrom:
Oh my god, thank you so much. :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] bluechelsea:
Can't u use ur phone now?
[Sony Cross-Device General] abhinav.mhjn:
I am able to use my phone, all i want is to store back my phone to the state when it was unrooted

Just help me how to remove those two things which I mentioned above
[Sony Cross-Device General] ItBankRock:
No its nothing man, when I plug my phone to PC with volume down pressed, the Red LED lights up, after 15mins, the RED LED just disappears, no flashmode (Green LED), no fastboot either(blue LED).

I did this after many hours of charging til the RED LED disappears. PLEASE HELP
[Sony Cross-Device General] kisbarbar:
Thx, this is very helpful.
[Sony Cross-Device General] tejasvi1:
hey i also have the same problem can u tell if it worked or not or if i should go ahead with removing the battery manually on my ion
[Sony Cross-Device General] jnsanders:
Acro Won't Charge

I have read every bricked forum on the internet now, and I'm desperate. History: My Xperia Acro S was doing great with CM10. I decided I'd try to make it better with the Nova Kernel. After a couple days it decided to stop charging. That was weeks ago now.

-I tried all the SSpeed Kernels, Advanced Stock Kernel, all other Nova Kernels, I'm sure there's more... (while there was still some battery left and since then). Still won't charge.

-Used Flashtool to flash two different FTFs, 61A255 and 61A258. It will start up and sometimes charge up to like 8%, then stop charging and slowly die again.

-I was also able to flash CM10 again, multiple times. No help.

-Took it apart and disconnected the battery for about 10 minutes, no help.

-I left it on the charger for 3 days straight. Sometimes it boot loops, sometimes it just sits there with the red led, never actually charges.

-I let it sit on a shelf for over a week and then tried all this again, no help.

-I have 4 backups on the phone that I successfully restored, but they still wouldn't charge.

-Done the soft and hard resets (vol up plus power for 1 or 3 vibrates) many many times, no help.

-I want to use PC Companion or SUS, but both say my phone has modified software and it won't do it. I tried using Flashtool to relock the bootloader, but it just sits there saying reading device information and never actually re-locks it. If I re-lock the boot loader would it let me use SUS? Does anyone know how to do that?

Any help is much appreciated. I just want to use my Acro again!! :crying:
[Sony Cross-Device General] wadalmara:
thanx man .. thats what I'm talking about !
[Sony Cross-Device General] tangosierra_:
Is it not the charger or battery's problem?
[Sony Cross-Device General] jnsanders:
I have tried using multiple different outlets and cables, they still make the red led light up, but don't charge. I'm wondering if it might be the battery, but I can't find an example of anyone else having that problem, and really wonder if that could be it.

Edit:

FIXED!! Someone shared an FTF with me that allowed me to successfully relock the bootloader. Then I simply used PC Companion to re-install stock firmware, which fixed my no charging problem! It still seemed broke immediately after PC Companion, but I left it on the charger overnight and it magically works again!!
[Sony Cross-Device General] ItBankRock:
That's it I give up with my Acro S, nothing is happening.

Long charge > Constant RED LED > RED LED disappears > Connect to PC (with Flashtool ready) > RED LED appears > After 15mins, RED LED disappears and nothing happens. Failed 6 times.

Discharging my phone from business, returning to old Xperia X10 forum. Good bye guys! I have contributed a lot to Acro S users, thanks to all the developers who have done a great job for the phone. Keep it up!

I will try to re-recover my phone next 3 months. Next year I'll buy a new phone which is probably Sony again or Samsung.
[Sony Cross-Device General] jnsanders:
You should give this one last shot before retiring it. I had nearly the same problem and it was fixed by using an FTF to relock the bootloader with Flashtool (place under firmware folder in Flashtool program folder), flashed in flashmode, then I used PC Companion / SEUS to restore factory software. I had to leave it charging overnight after that, but it is 100% working again after I had been trying everything for literally weeks!

FTF: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ts1khhal3e...bootloader.ftf

I had to do the rubber band trick to get mine into flashmode. Rubber band trick here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1849170 (half way down)

Good luck!!
[Sony Cross-Device General] ItBankRock:
Will try that trick this Friday... I hope my acro S will be recovered
[Sony Cross-Device General] Xperia_E_Dual:
Help me please, my Xperia E Dual Error!!!

Today i tried to update my phone (Xperia E Dual) using Sony PC Companion 2.1, on step 3 "Update" (step 1 start, step 2 prepare), my internet connection goes down, and then i tried to turn on my phone, but my phone become on and off by it self.

What should I do???

Can anyone help me? Please....

P.S. before i turned my phone on, i press volume DOWN button and by mistake i think i also press POWER button and then followed by 1 vibration.