yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Cross-Device General] m1trand1r:
Re: {RECOVER SOFT-brick}[2012 XPERIA's]Recover ALL 2012 XPERIAs from SOFT-brick

:victory::D

Sent fom my S-II running Vanilla Rootbox nightly (2013/02/05) powered with DorimanX kernel 7.46
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Charging icon

Alright guys and girls here we go.

After more charging I successfully flashed just the kernel. I turned phone on and it froze at SONY screen. Then the battery died and went back to just red led. HOWEVER ten minutes after the flash the phone booted into offline charging mode. Currently plugged into wall with red led. When I press the power button I get the offline charging icon of a red battery. I will wait till battery charges over 50% to attempt another stock.ftf flash.

I think by flashing just the kernel it was faster for flashtool to complete with minimum battery life available. As the kernel controls the offline-charging, the balance of the rom can come later. I think this could help others that have flashtool freeze before done.

After a hard fought 54+ hours, I execute a devastating attack/flash upon my enemy. The soft-brick monster, lay writhing in pain in a pool of blood on the floor, still clenching my Ion in it's claws. I now sit back exhausted, to regain my strength/battery and prepare to deliver the death blow/flash to the beast. ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] m1trand1r:
Re: {RECOVER SOFT-brick}[2012 XPERIA's]Recover ALL 2012 XPERIAs from SOFT-brick

Good luck ma8:)...beat the brick monster:D

Sent fom my S-II running Vanilla Rootbox nightly (2013/02/05) powered with DorimanX kernel 7.46
[Sony Cross-Device General] Levopron:
Yess!! I Repair.. Thank Youu!!:D:D:D
[Sony Cross-Device General] josephnero:
My Xperia Ion suddenly froze and screen turned gray.after several hours in that state it shutdown.now when i connect to to charger red led turns on but nothing.it doesnt boot nor power up.no vibration,nothing.tried PC companion and update service but they dont recognize the phone.any help is appericiated.

Also its on stock rom with locked bootloader.stock everything.also i bought it second hand and have no recipt so i cant take it to service.

ps:im not stranger to android or flashing and etc etc,so throw me anything you suspect that may work
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
ATTENTION: If your phone is not working but you see led or have bootloops DO NOT USE HARD-RESET. This will make phone lock up until battery dies.(took 51 hours for me to get red led). However if you get stuck on a boot screen a SOFT-RESET may work to reboot.

If you read back a few post you will see I have just come from the same issue you have.

Once you get a red led keep charging with wall charger(it has a higher charge rate).

Make flashtool ready to flash just the Kernel from your stock ftf (I had flashtool waiting for hours). To flash just the kernel, check off all in the exclude box except kernel. I also will say that for just this time only uncheck ALL items in wipe box. At this point your battery is very low and doing this will make the flash process much faster than trying to flash the entire ROM.

Now with flashtool waiting you need to get into flash-mode, green led. For flash-mode unplug from PC, hold volume DOWN button and plug back in. If your phone has enough battery you will get green led.

If you don't get it on the first try, just put it back on the charger and wait about 10-30 minutes and repeat. It may take a while to charge enough to flash.

You may see the red led go out, try for flash mode then.

If you get bootloops, try to flash between loops (that is what worked for me). This part takes quick hands and good timing. You must unplug, hold vol down and plug back when the screen is off. Once the first loop starts you have very limited time to flash before loops drain battery and you need to charge again.

Once you flash just the kernel, unplug and turn on phone then plug into wall charger. After 10-30 minutes you should get the battery icon for off-line charging. Charge until over 50%. when the charge is good then prepare flashtool to flash full stock.ftf and full wipe. (see my first post for help)

hopefully now you will be able to flash the complete stock rom, if not just post what happened. reading the last 2 pages of posts may help.

Good luck

~Jaramie

@ALL: I will be updating the OP soon, just not sure when.
[Sony Cross-Device General] josephnero:
Re: {RECOVER SOFT-brick}[2012 XPERIA's]Recover ALL 2012 XPERIAs from SOFT-brick

Got it working.thanks alot
[Sony Cross-Device General] Jaminpro:
help plz

updated my Sony Xperia T to 4.1.2 a few hours ago via PC Companion 2.1. Everything was good until I restarted my phone and it got stuck in the screen with white triangle and blue bar (after the Sony logo). I waited but nothing happens.

I've tried to force restart using power button + volume up (switching off using the power button alone doesn't respond) several times but it still get stuck in the same screen. I was able to repair it using PC companion and SEUS (both were successful) but when I turned on the phone the problem still persists. Restarted several times but to no avail. I cannot use my phone right now.

What seems to be the problem?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ccrowe3:
Awesome advice! This helped me a lot. My Ion was softbricked from about midnight Eastern Time (US) until just now. It takes a little bit of faith to believe that the charge LED light is ever going to come back on. But it did! My Ion lives!
[Sony Cross-Device General] ganeshbiyer:
The Rubber Band trick worked

The Rubber Band trick worked

:good:

I started the flash tool and set it to flash mode with .68 firmware ready to flash.

Then I put the Rubber band on the phone in such a way that the Vol down button was pressed.

Then I connected the Phone to PC and then went to sleep.

In the morning, the firmware was flashed.

The phone still won't start. So I put it on Wall charger and withing 10 mins the phone was on and booted properly.

Thanks to Jaramie for his tip.:good:
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Re: {RECOVER SOFT-brick}[2012 XPERIA's]Recover ALL 2012 XPERIAs from SOFT-brick

Ganesh,

glad it helped. Did you flash just the kernel? Or the whole Rom?

From Jaramie's LT28at

2012Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread
[Sony Cross-Device General] ganeshbiyer:
The whole Rom.
[Sony Cross-Device General] bukansiapasiapa:
my XIon not turn on..it happen after i fully charge when the HH is off..

when i hold the power button, no vibrate, no LED, no response after all..

when i connect to the charger, no red/orange/green LED is on..

my pc cannot detect the HH, so my ion cannot enter flash mode or fastboot mode too..

any solution for my problem?

please help me..

sorry for my english..
[Sony Cross-Device General] sleizi:
thanks

thanks. You saved my phone.
[Sony Cross-Device General] bb_ed68:
Hey there. My question is as what should the phone be detected in windows7x64 ? it detects qhsusb_dload but won't install proper driver... and all are installed but as i choose manually, it always says not proper driver for this device.

next question : phone don't enter in flash mode, no green led, never. would it be fixed if i select proper driver ?

Thx in advance, any help will be appreciated...
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Re: {RECOVER SOFT-brick}[2012 XPERIA's]Recover ALL 2012 XPERIAs from SOFT-brick

Have you installed Sony pc companion and flashtool drivers?

From Jaramie's LT28at

2012Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread
[Sony Cross-Device General] bb_ed68:
Yes, pcc installed. Flashtool installed with all drivers needed ( Xperia S, fastboot and Flashtool drivers ). Tried on 2 Comps : Desk and laptop with fresh windows installation.

Phone reacts to wall charge, discharge and usb plug, but no flashmode...
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Re: {RECOVER SOFT-brick}[2012 XPERIA's]Recover ALL 2012 XPERIAs from SOFT-brick

Is your bootloader unlocked?

Can you get fastboot mode?

What model phone?

From Jaramie's LT28at

2012Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread
[Sony Cross-Device General] bb_ed68:
Re: {RECOVER SOFT-brick}[2012 XPERIA's]Recover ALL 2012 XPERIAs from SOFT-brick

Sry, yes of course... Xperia S with unlocked bootloader and The only led i got is red. No fastboot, no bootloader, and no proper détection on computer. Means no flashtool and no adb working...
[Sony Cross-Device General] sneakingimperator:
same problem for me. how could I fix?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Semseddin:
This is the best advice and solution for this situation, tested and worked ! Thank you very much m8 !
[Sony Cross-Device General] albuah:
hi there,is the one with black back pieces with 2 small screw ? after removing the outer battery cover ? just remove that and the battery reset ? or need to unplug some cabel attach to battery ?

i remove the alluminium back piece (red ion) , then there is the black pieces ... just remove it then it will reset/off the battery ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Hawstein:
Soft Brick?

Hi ToledoJab,

I'm having problem with my Xperia Tx. i read some of your comments and still wonder if its soft brick or not? And do I have any chance to recover it?

I'm not able to turn it all anymore. Could use SOFT or HARD RESET :(. when I press the power button alone or power button + up/ down volume key, It just blink a bit and then off

I charged the phone on the wall charger and the red light turns on for a while and then off and after a while it turns on again. it's just like that again and again when i charge.

Then after 2 hours of charging, I tried using flash tool as your instruction. Unfortunately, when flash mode required me to plug the phone in, I did but it didnt recognize my phone and flashed the rom. I did that again a lot of time but it still didnt work? Now, I leave my phone on the wall charger for few more hours. Hopefully there is miracle happens :(

p/s: i already installed drivers for xperia tx, flashmode .

---------- Post added at 03:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:47 PM ----------

How did you get it done? Please show me. Many thanks!!!!!
[Sony Cross-Device General] Hawstein:
HELP

This is the log

18/012/2013 23:12:31 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized

18/012/2013 23:12:33 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.9.10.1 built on 2013-01-09 19:49:47

18/012/2013 23:12:33 - INFO - You can drag and drop ftf files here to start flashing them

18/012/2013 23:12:47 - INFO - Device disconnected

18/013/2013 23:13:00 - INFO - Selected LT29i_7.0.A.3.197_vnSony_Vietnam.ftf

18/013/2013 23:13:00 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

18/013/2013 23:13:02 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

18/020/2013 23:20:28 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

18/020/2013 23:20:28 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

18/020/2013 23:20:29 - INFO - Device disconnected

the phone was off when it prepared for flashing. it means that when I held the volumn down and plug it to the PC, there was no LED.

After a while the RED LED turned on and it came up with:

18/020/2013 23:20:28 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

18/020/2013 23:20:28 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

18/020/2013 23:20:29 - INFO - Device disconnected

then the RED LED was on for a while and nothing happened. There was NO GREEN LED :(

PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Sony Cross-Device General] lukasz8504:
I got same problem :( when i connect to wall charger led red appear and after few minutes or hour dissapier. No orange led. when i connect to pc this same, a have flashtool ready and volume down. When red off flashtool say connect with usb debugging off....... mtp mode.... Any body can help me? sorry for my bad english.
[Sony Cross-Device General] kenkie:
^hi Sir, what was the procedure of flashing the baseband thru ubuntu? i'll try to fix my baseband unknown issue...Ü

Thanks in advance
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Re: {RECOVER SOFT-brick}[2012 XPERIA's]Recover ALL 2012 XPERIAs from SOFT-brick

I used flashtool in ubuntu. Just exclude all but baseband.

From Jaramie's LT28at

2012Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread
[Sony Cross-Device General] Lorehaze:
Thanks so much! :33
[Sony Cross-Device General] wafflepancake:
my XS friend got bricked by me :p

when i try to flash a custom rom

i dont know what's the problem, the XS get rooted and unlocked bootloader

but when i reboot it, it only show sony thing

and after a mean time, it only show blank screen with red led (no blinking)

try to flash with flashtool but cant enter fastboot or flash mode

now try to charge it

anyone can tell me why it took a long time to charge the phone when it bricked?
[Sony Cross-Device General] jiten.verma:
Re: {RECOVER SOFT-brick}[2012 XPERIA's]Recover ALL 2012 XPERIAs from SOFT-brick

I also got my ion bricked but after full night charging it shows green led, now what to do.
[Sony Cross-Device General] wafflepancake:
how long you charge it?

try to follow first page intstruction which the same situation with ur phone
[Sony Cross-Device General] wafflepancake:
now the XS show SONY while i am charging it?

what should I do?

anyone can help me?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
follow instructions for flashtool in the OP and flash stock.ftf file
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
is it looping or just giving offline charging icon (picture of battery when press power once)?

If charging or looping following instructions for flashtool in the OP and try tricks to flash stock.ftf
[Sony Cross-Device General] wafflepancake:
its not looping now it turn blank screen with red led again

no battery animation
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
try this trick. It may work fast or like Ganesh leave for a while

If you have problems with flashtool not completing or locking up, set it up to flash only the kernel. That means in the exclude box check all but kernel
[Sony Cross-Device General] wafflepancake:
what is he mean by .68 firmware?

is that about number series?

i will try that

anyway thx for the answer

the very hard part of the repair this is waiting and hope

hahaha

just tell the current condition

The XS cant enter any fastboot or flash mode, but it show red LED when charging

when i connect the cable to XS (to PC or charger),the LED will turn red and after a while it will show SONY(no LED), and then it off again with red LED (no blinking)

the SONY thing will show only after around 5-10 minutes after connecting cable

no looping, i hope it was but it wasnt

Gonna try ToledoJab advice when bed time

Now charging it again
[Sony Cross-Device General] gorkan:
Same problem Please reply ....Helllllllllp
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Re: {RECOVER SOFT-brick}[2012 XPERIA's]Recover ALL 2012 XPERIAs from SOFT-brick

.68 is a stock ION firmware. Like .45, .50, .55 for the S.

When you get the Sony screen and then it shuts off, this is a loop. When Sony turns on do a SOFT reset (don't do a HARD reset, if not sure read OP) quickly after the vibration hold volume down with flash tool waiting. All that is done with it plugged in to PC.

If you hold volume down with rubber band, you can get flash mode in between red led before the Sony screen, meaning no need to do reset.

You need to read how to setup flashtool for recovery flash in the first post of this thread.

Also you don't plug in to PC without holding volume down. Have flashtool waiting then hold volume down button with rubber band or finger and connect to PC. When red led goes out it will go into flash mode

This post my be more helpful.

ATTENTION: If your phone is not working but you see led or have bootloops DO NOT USE HARD-RESET. This will make phone lock up until battery dies.(took 51 hours for me to get red led). However if you get stuck on a boot screen a SOFT-RESET may work to reboot.

If you read back a few post you will see I have just come from the same issue you have.Once you get a red led keep charging with wall charger(it has a higher charge rate).Make flashtool ready to flash just the Kernel from your stock ftf (I had flashtool waiting for hours). To flash just the kernel, check off all in the exclude box except kernel. I also will say that for just this time only uncheck ALL items in wipe box. At this point your battery is very low and doing this will make the flash process much faster than trying to flash the entire ROM. Now with flashtool waiting you need to get into flash-mode, green led. For flash-mode unplug from PC, hold volume DOWN button and plug back in. If your phone has enough battery you will get green led.If you don't get it on the first try, just put it back on the charger and wait about 10-30 minutes and repeat. It may take a while to charge enough to flash.You may see the red led go out, try for flash mode then.If you get bootloops, try to flash between loops (that is what worked for me). This part takes quick hands and good timing. You must unplug, hold vol down and plug back when the screen is off. Once the first loop starts you have very limited time to flash before loops drain battery and you need to charge again.

Once you flash just the kernel, then plug into wall charger. After 10-30 minutes you should get the battery icon for off-line charging. Charge until over 50%. when the charge is good then prepare flashtool to flash full stock.ftf and full wipe. (see my first post for help)

hopefully now you will be able to flash the complete stock rom, if not just post what happened.

From Jaramie's LT28at

2012Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Re: {RECOVER SOFT-brick}[2012 XPERIA's]Recover ALL 2012 XPERIAs from SOFT-brick

It seams like lately I am repeating the very things I have taken a lot of time to put in my first post of this thread. As you see I am more than willing to help everyone recover their Xperia phone.

All I ask is that before you ask for help, please READ ALL OF THE FIRST POST. You may think it is unneeded but it gives in-depth explanations of how and why things work and it defines common terms used in recovery. I have given many hours to collect this information. So help me and others help you.

I am not picking on anyone and mean no offense.

Thank you and good luck to all,

~Jaramie

From Jaramie's LT28at

2012Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread
[Sony Cross-Device General] wafflepancake:
sorry for disturb you

but i read the first post already

when SONY logo appear and i soft reset there is no vibration at all

i faced the looping in the first time i figured it brick, XS can turn on and only SONY logo appear but now it only appear when i charged or connect it to PC after 10 minutes and no battery animation

i ask because so far they didn't work

thank you ToledJob

nearly 20 hours charge and the LED still red

now i got flash mode

i will update again later
[Sony Cross-Device General] xerol:
hello friends, i am flashing a new .ftf firmware into my ion but while flashing i got some error and then my cell automatically boots and it goes into bootloop.

i tried to do soft reset (volume up+power ) while cell is connected to pc via usb and it suddenly goes into FLASHBOOT mode (blue led)

now it doesnt exiting from it. It constatly showing me blue light from past 3 hrs.

What should i do guys?

pls help me asap
[Sony Cross-Device General] wafflepancake:
the XS now is fixed

back to stock rom

charge it abot 18 hours

and follow the instruction

failed in the first flash and flash kernel only

and then full flash with flashtool

thank you ToledoJob
[Sony Cross-Device General] kljb:
xperia ion brick..

Hi.. my ion is bricked when i accidentally flashed cm9 kernel on stock firmware..then it cannot turned on.. i have charged it for 2 days and got the constant red led..but i cannot plugged it into pc or go into flash mode..i have tried many ways in this forum..rubberband method, plugged into pc and wait for bootloop ( no bootloop at all).. sometimes the red led have gone off but still cannot go to flash mode..can some1 help me?really need my ion to recover..wuu... btw i have unlock bootloader..so i guess my warranty is over..:crying::crying::crying:
[Sony Cross-Device General] bartjeh1991:
thank you!

It worked quite easy i must say! thank you very much! phone is working like a charm again :D

much love
[Sony Cross-Device General] jiten.verma:
Don't panic, charging is not enough, so fastboot is not deducting your phone. Charge more, hold volume up then put usb cable in pc, if sufficient charging, flashtool definitely deduct it. Try it on win xp or vista and make sure flashtool driver must be installed.
[Sony Cross-Device General] kljb:
Wuu..

am not panicked at first.. But after 2 days having big hope on recovering it.. Now start to lost hope.. Wuu already miss with android since im using iphone for now.. Btw ive used win 8 and 7 for flashtool..
[Sony Cross-Device General] jiten.verma:
Have you flashtool driver installed and sometime also win 8 and 7 create trouble, as i already said try win xp or vista. As your red led constantly glowing, it must be work.
[Sony Cross-Device General] xerol:
guys now my cell showing red led constant.

but it doesnt go into flashmode what to do?

sometimes it goes into bootloop and then again red light blinks and remain constant
[Sony Cross-Device General] wafflepancake:
my exp in XS

1. charge it all day (min 15 hours), prepare the flashtool(download and install) and the stock rom (.ftf), try to get the suitable one for your phone

2. start to flash, open flash tool (prepare to flash, klik thunder icon, flashmode)

3. select the .ftf file that you download before -> OK

4. connect the phone when the flashtool tell you

5. This is the trick. If SONY logo appear, soft reset it (volume up + power until the logo disappear) and push and hold volume down to enter flash mode (if the LED turn green you are success to enter flash mode) nb : to get it easy you can use rubber band to hold the volume down

6. read the log on Flashtool, if no error and it says like flash finish or completed you can try to turn on ur phone(if it dont response,just charge it), if failed go to 7

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7. if failed try to flash only kernel.sin, when select .ftf file(no. 3) check all option in the right side except the kernel.sin.

8. after finish flash kernel.sin, try to flash .ftf again

9. your phone may work now
[Sony Cross-Device General] d0littl3:
Keep on charging

I have, or had at the moment, an Xperia Acro S with AOKP custom ROM R1-Milestone1.

I bricked my phone while I was partitioning my internal SD card for Link2SD.

Now I'm wondering ... I kept on charging for days now, the LED goes RED, constant, then I leave it for longer and it goes off, never green. Then when it goes off, I disconnect the mobile from the wall charger and connect to the computer where I have Flashtool ready to flash. Plugging in while pressing the Volume DOWN key doesn't work at all! It shows me "Device connected with USB debugging off" but I can't get into Flashmode.

I don't get any bootloops or anything.

Device manager shows my device as "SEMC Flash Device"

Volume UP + Power does reset the phone but no vibrations. I knew about because when I press Voluem UP + Power, it shows me on Flashtool "Device disconnected" then quickly it shows the same above message again "Device connected with USB debugging off".

Pressing the Volume DOWN button inbetween the reset and the "Device connected ....." message also doesn't work.

Now I don't know what to do. Even the rubber band trick doesn't work.
[Sony Cross-Device General] wafflepancake:
try to connect longer

my exp, it takes 10 minutes to make SONY logo appear
[Sony Cross-Device General] xerol:
Finally i recoverd my cell using rubberband trick