[Sony Cross-Device General] kljb:
YEAHHHHHH!!

After a week of hardwork and research.. i finally got my ion recovered.!!!.. i experienced problem because of accidentally flashed cm9 kernel in stock rom..i cannot connect to flashmode or fastboot mode but i got red led and sometimes orange led already(no bootloop at all..simply unresponsive..)..here i would like to share my experience and hope u guys could recover it..for almost a week..i kept constantly charge my phone and wait for any green led..but failed..only the bright orange led..i try several times to connect it to laptop and wait for boot loop and never got any..only red led and after a while it goes off..for a week..i only got one flash mode for 10 minutes and one fastboot mode for 5 minutes..and both failed to flash because of the led suddenly went off..then i try to remember back how did i got my phone for flashmode and try a risk..so yesterday i felt hopeless and just charge the phone..and try to be patience by let it charge for around more than 12 hours..from 2 pm to 6 am..after some prays..i look at it the orange led that usually have went off..i did notice it before..but before,whenever i connect it to flashmode still no response..well i took a shot this time since have charge it more..then i got flashtool ready to flash kernel only..just untick the rest..what i did was try put more rubberband to the phone and put like a small stick at the vol down button so i can sure that the vol down button is pressed .then i just wait for something happen while watching some videos through youtube..this just to ensure that my laptop does not sleep when it flash..then it got flashed..!! i didnt reallize it when it is flashed though..my ion boot for the first time after a week of hard sleep..i turned it on and when xperia logo on i connect it to charger..and saw only 2% of battery...hope u guys could recover yours too..i was already thinking to repair it in sony center if i did not get this right though..thank you guys for helping me and now i try to help you back..:o:D

this is my flashtool log for reference..as you can see.. it did take 18 minutes to connect to flashmode..

02/039/2013 06:39:59 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized

02/039/2013 06:39:59 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.9.10.1 built on 2013-01-09 19:49:47

02/039/2013 06:39:59 - INFO - You can drag and drop ftf files here to start flashing them

02/040/2013 06:40:10 - INFO - Device disconnected

02/040/2013 06:40:47 - INFO - Selected LT28h_6.1.E.3.7_Generic.ftf

02/040/2013 06:40:47 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

02/040/2013 06:40:49 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

02/058/2013 06:58:37 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

02/058/2013 06:58:37 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

02/058/2013 06:58:38 - INFO - Reading device information

02/058/2013 06:58:38 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.

02/058/2013 06:58:38 - INFO - Current device : LT28h - CB5A1L3GZL - 1267-1661_R5G - 1252-5917_6.1.E.0.233 - WORLD_6.1.E.3.7

02/058/2013 06:58:38 - INFO - Start Flashing

02/058/2013 06:58:38 - INFO - Processing loader

02/058/2013 06:58:38 - INFO - Checking header

02/058/2013 06:58:38 - INFO - Flashing data

02/058/2013 06:58:41 - INFO - Loader : S1_Root_de72 - Version : R5C004 / Bootloader status : ROOTED

02/058/2013 06:58:41 - INFO - Processing kernel.sin

02/058/2013 06:58:41 - INFO - Checking header

02/058/2013 06:58:41 - INFO - Flashing data

02/058/2013 06:58:43 - INFO - Processing apps_log.sin

02/058/2013 06:58:44 - INFO - Checking header

02/058/2013 06:58:44 - INFO - Flashing data

02/058/2013 06:58:45 - INFO - Processing userdata.sin

02/058/2013 06:58:45 - INFO - Checking header

02/058/2013 06:58:45 - INFO - Flashing data

02/058/2013 06:58:56 - INFO - Processing cache.sin

02/058/2013 06:58:56 - INFO - Checking header

02/058/2013 06:58:56 - INFO - Flashing data

02/058/2013 06:58:59 - INFO - Ending flash session

02/058/2013 06:58:59 - INFO - Flashing finished.

02/058/2013 06:58:59 - INFO - Please unplug and start your phone

02/058/2013 06:58:59 - INFO - For flashtool, Unknown Sources and Debugging must be checked in phone settings

02/058/2013 06:58:59 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

02/000/2013 07:00:34 - INFO - Device disconnected

here is the picture of my ion when it got it first fastboot mode..same method i use for flash mode..only stick goes to vol down..

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