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[Sony Cross-Device General] AntonioRodrigues:
Got some positive effect believe I'm in the same situation

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Hello Guys

I'm following the steps seguites

1) I left my xperia ion charging the battery for 18 hours the LED turned red fixed unblinkingly as long as you can see in the video (VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuG3eMtd5eE&feature=youtu.be)

2) I tried to connect via flashmode without success and at this point was the red led not get the green in no time.

3) I removed the phone from the wall charger and put again and the result was that the red light went out and the phone turned on automatically but in Brick mode where we have several reboots of the system as we can see in the video (VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9TPAKx_4FY&feature=youtu.be).

4) Again I removed the unit from the wall charger and after a few minutes again and put red light started flashing as we can see in the video ( VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnGu_zZkblQ&feature=youtu.be)

5) I kept the charger into the wall and the red light stopped blinking but not on this wall and carrying up to now with the red light without flash. My question is should I wait for the green light again? What should I do?

Thank you.

Antonio Rodrigues
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
What have you done?

That could be read as a rude post, after many have recovered.

From my Xperia LT28at ION :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] IonicAndrioid:
RE:

So, somehow I've managed to brick my LT28I Xperia Ion. I used Bin4ry's root tool, everything went fine with that. I started experiencing problems where I couldn't sign in to the play store, and was told to factory reset.

I tried, and the problem persisted. I used PC Companion to try and fix any issues, I recieved an error from it after about 5 minutes, then my phone went into a bootloop,

I tried holding the Vol + and power button, it turned off. Now it won't turn back on, and nothing happens when I plug it into my PC.

It would be amazing if someone could help me resolve this issue, thanks!
[Sony Cross-Device General] fitrihani:
help

help please
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
The first thing that has to happen is the phone must be reset. This can be done by unplugging battery or letting the battery die. It took 51 hours for mine to go dead.

What happens when you plug in charger? Leds light up? Does the phone screen light up?

From my Xperia LT28at ION :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Once you have unplugged and plugged back the battery, you need to flash then.

Setup flashtool, as described in the OP. Make it ready and waiting for a device in flash-mode. Then connect while holding volume down.

Do not try to charge after unplug. The phone needs to be flashed.

If you have unlocked the bootloader, you may need to use fastboot and a good custom kernel.

From my Xperia LT28at ION :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] sl0e:
So today I called the store and asked about my device status, and surely enough I've got some bad news. My Xperia SL died irreversibly, it needs a motherboard replacement, which is just a major bummer simply because I got to use the phone just under 48h before it died. I got the info that the processor fails to start and is presumably "fried".

I contacted Sony directly today, and they've told me that there is in fact a 50% processor power down failsafe mechanism along with the phone turn off mechanism, but it is implemented to work in a way that it only does what it does when the phone is charging. So, if the phone does overheat during charging, there are mechanisms to prevent a hardware fault. If the phone is overheating during regular use, there are no mechanisms active to scale down processor power or to turn off the device. I will check this info one more time, but I find it to be very informational. Either Sony believes that the device will overheat only during charging and will work properly with the extensive 3D application usage, or they are simply insane for not implementing the turn-off feature at all times.

Either way, I was in charger at the time of the brick, in Astro manager, so I have my case pretty much going, although the store is at the moment trying to discredit my warranty by saying that the hardware fault happened during "bad end user handling/usage". I hope I will get a new phone because I refuse to have a repaired device, just because the old one died after 48h of usage. :mad:

If I get any more interesting technical info, I will be sure to post back.
[Sony Cross-Device General] IonicAndrioid:
Well, you cannot remove the battery from an Xperia Ion. Also, the phone is stuck off, so I don't think it would die..?

When I plug in the charger nothing happens, no screen, no led.
[Sony Cross-Device General] BreckZeBoulay:
ToledoJab speaks french ! :D

http://www.phonandroid.com/forum/debricker-son-xperia-t51503.html

Thanks again ! ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
It has to go dead to reset the memory chips.

If you get no response when it's plugged in, then you should be able to leave it on a charger. Even when its plugged in the battery will go dead. When the phone has reset you should get the red led.

It took me 51 hours to get the red led and my battery was around %80 before brick

From my Xperia LT28at ION :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Yep it looks like French :D

I couldn't find any link back to this thread in XDA, but I dont speak/read French so I could have missed it

From my Xperia LT28at ION :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] BreckZeBoulay:
You missed it ?! It's in bold at the end of the 3rd post :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
I think it wants me to register to use the link. It keeps taking me to a sign-up page.

It looks good though.

Like I said before however, I dont know any French ;)

From my Xperia LT28at ION :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] fitrihani:
....

the red led flash when i press on button......what should i do next???
[Sony Cross-Device General] Dominus Taurus:
Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge with us ToledoJab!

I just saved my GF's Xperia S by drawing upon your guidelines (specifically the USE FASTBOOT TO ACCESS FLASHMODE). Who knows, I might get lucky this weekend after all. :highfive:

You saved a phone and a... well, you know. ;)

You're doing a cracking job writing these guides, so thanks again for taking the time to make them easily accessible.
[Sony Cross-Device General] BreckZeBoulay:
You're right.

See screenshot ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] xaboren:
Keep getting green led after flashing

Hey guys, I really hope you can help me, because I can't find any working solution...

Anyway here is my problem:

First of my xperia J is unlocked and was rooted.

I went back to stock firmware A.21.

So far everything was fine.

I then tried to root my phone again with this xda tutorial

I got all the files, Flashed the boot.img, but then stupid as I was unplugged the battery to restart the phone. After I realized my mistake I left the battery to completely die for 2.5 days.

Since then I have been succesfully flashing the stock firmware over and over again and here is why:

Everytime I try to restart my phone I onlz get the 3 blinking dots.

I know that's supposed to happen when the battery isn't charged enough.

So I tried charging it, now as sool as I plug it into a wall charger the green flashmode led turns on.

I have tried leaving on the pc to charge, in flashmode, in fastboot, but nothing seems to be able to charge it.

So I looked through your tutorial and I can remember in the first post it said something about pushing the power button until the phone vibrates once, meaning a soft reset, but that doesn't work either. The phone just won't vibrate.

I have also tried the trick specifically for the xperia j, but that one doesn't work either.

I have also tried rebooting the phone with the Flashtool after successfully flashing.

I have also tried rebooting the phone with adb.

So now I am stuck with a freshly flashed phone, that instantly goes into flashmode as soon as I plug it in.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Zap_12100:
Woo hoo! My phone is back from the dead!

I did previously say I would hand the phone in for repair, but I kept getting an irritating feeling that my phone was savable. After all, there were people with far more unresponsive phones than I that got theirs back.

So what I did was let the phone battery drain again, but once it was drained, leave the battery empty. I left it for a bit over 24 hours. After I plugged it in again, kernel charging worked! I repaired it in SUS one more time and the phone is back! I guess the phone's bad memory needed more time to clear.

I think it might pay to add to the guide: if your phone is still not working after an attempted flash, try leaving the battery empty for up to 24 hours after draining it before plugging it back in. A long time to wait, but patience is key!

I have to reinstall my apps and whatnot, but my internal storage was saved, so I kept the photos I was worried about losing.

Thank you ToledoJab for helping me!
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
If you had changed to a custom kernel, then flash a good working (has offline charging) kernel using fastboot.

Once you flash a custom kernel then, just flashing a stock kernel may not repair the phone.

The custom kernel changes files that are not written by a stock kernel.

Again, find a good custom kernel and flash using FASTBOOT-mode

From my Xperia LT28at ION :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] xaboren:
Will try that, thank you for the quick response!
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
What did you use to tell when the battery went dead? Before you let it sit for another 24 hrs.

I am glad that you stuck with it. I frequently mention that having patients and staying calm are ways to help.

Everyone wants a one-click software for a fast recovery but, that is just not possible. Maybe I should also add some meditation steps to the guide :)

I say often how my first soft-brick lasted 54 hours & 50 of them was just letting the battery die. ;)

From my Xperia LT28at ION :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] MegaSharkXDA:
LT28h - softbrick or hardbrick?

Hi guys,

yesterday I tried to flash a generic ftf to my LT28h (latest stock ICS) using flashtool. The phone was correctly recognized, the LED was on and green as expected, but the flashing process never got past 0%.

After about 7 hours, flashtool gave an error message and quit. I tried to turn on the phone, but it didn't turn on. I tried to hold the volume down key and plug in the USB cable, but I never got to the green-LED mode again. I just get a red LED as soon as I connect the USB cable, and I tried several times yesterday and today.

I'm kinda not knowing how to proceed now. I can't access the blue-LED mode as well. If I'm trying to fully empty the battery, how will I know it is empty before I proceed as described in the first post?

Thanks in advance!
[Sony Cross-Device General] Zap_12100:
My phone, when soft-bricked, had a black backlit screen that was visible in the dark. And yeah, a lot of patience and persistence helps, it took me one whole week to get my phone back.
[Sony Cross-Device General] RHBH:
Thanks for the tutorial, very helpful!
[Sony Cross-Device General] minchaca5:
How long do i have to charge xperi tl?

well ive been tryng to flash my phone back but it will not be recognized when i press volume down keY....i already have the RED LIGHT but im thinking what should i exactly doo.....will it turn green ?? or how can i know when it will be ready to flash it....will a phone in these SOFTBRICK state reach full charge????:eek:
[Sony Cross-Device General] ganeshbiyer:
Usually it will not turn green by it self. If the led is solid red, try going into flash mode. If no success, then use the rubber band trick. It works 100% for sure.

From my ION using MIUI v5
[Sony Cross-Device General] minchaca5:
and whats the rubber band trick.......can you please tell me how to make the rubber band trick
[Sony Cross-Device General] tangosierra_:
Supposedly put a rubber band on your phone at the volume down button to hold it down to get it into flashmode.

But now I really have to use that same trick to unbrick my friends P, I've wrapped the rubber band around thrice already but yet I still can feel the slight "click" when I depress the volume down button by itself; is it normal?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ganeshbiyer:
Please go thru the previous posts. It is mentioned in detail.

From my ION using MIUI v5
[Sony Cross-Device General] minchaca5:
xperia tl still not responding!!!!!!

Well ive tried again...and again...and no luck....cant flash phone even once i leave it for 24 hours after red ligth comrs on.....for some reason flash tool will give me errors ....im getting frustrated as ive tried everithing and nothing seems too work....i hope someone can help me please...its said that you get certaun vibration combo and your set to go and flash but the only time was yesterday i pushed vol up and power it vibrated 3 times....only way i can see some tipe of answer is pushing vol up+vol down+ power button....and it doesnt vibrate it only starts flashing 2 times red every 2 seconds....someone help me please....
[Sony Cross-Device General] apkraven:
please assist, my friend brought me an ion, on which i installed miui previously very unsatisfied with it and asked to get it back to stock. i had a locked bootloader and cwm installed. i downloaded a stock firmware

LT28i_6.1.E.3.7-Stock-Rooted.zip

and proceeded through cwm, rebooted it and got continous "xperia home had stopped working" instantly. i can't get to options to turn on the usb debug and such. when it boots, it's always like this, whenever it's soft reload or hard reload.

it enters the flashtool mode but i get the "usb debugging off error" always and can't proceed with flashing some ftf file

it doesn't enter fastboot mode. when i insert the cable pushing the vol up button, it shows sony logo and then the battery charging logo and stays off.

it doesn't enter cwm when pushing the sony logo, seems like it was uninstalled, blocked or something. please advice any other method to change the usb debugging to on to use flashtool, the way to flash stock ftf or something. thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Flashtool does not need to recognize the phone to flash it.

With the phone off and without the phone connected to PC, start flashtool and start flash-mode flash.

Select your stock.ftf file.

Wait for files to process.

When flashtool says to connect a device in flash-mode, this is the time to connect your phone in flash-mode.

Plug in while holding volume down.

The phone should flash.

From my Xperia LT28at ION :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Can you post a copy of the log text please

From my Xperia LT28at ION :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] apkraven:
thank you kindly. in half an hour of useless clicking here and there and trying to reach options, the flashtool worked for me when i did the opposite as to usual my attempts of choosing the flash with phone connected and it worked okay.working with my sensation is much more pleasant always. :highfive:
[Sony Cross-Device General] minchaca5:
Well now ive opened my xperia tl and im triyng too charge it externally but i dont now exactly where to attach the wires...any idea how to do it......

And the errors in flas tool said device not connected in mtp ....

And usb debugging error....

Thats what flash tool said
[Sony Cross-Device General] wtfshouldidonow:
Thanks for the guide, but I still need to ask a lot of questions. Here is my story though, my dad's sola is on the .10 ics firmware, I just wanted to update it to .54 because I'm a real flashaholic with my own One X. Because I got used to the One X, I though it would be fine to flash a custom rom based on .54 directly over the stock rooted .10 firmware already installed on the Sola because I thought the boot.img waas the same since it was stock. So I did a nandroid backup to ext sd in the Sola, then flashed the Project GX 2.5.1 rom through the cwm recovery after the backup process, I only wiped cache partition and dalvik cache, then chose to reboot system now. The first boot was always taking longer, I knew. But after about 6 minutes, my mind started doubting, and finally after 10 minutes, I pressed Power + Volume Up and waited till three vibrations were done. I then went back to recovery to wipe data, cache, and dalvik then rebooted. Still no boot up. So I just decided, screw it I'm just going to not update this phone. So I decided to restore the nandroid backup, to my surprise though, it kept on telling me that restore of boot.img has failed or something. I tried again and again and still it failed. I then chose reboot system now again. But no Sony logo, just a black but illuminated screen with the Red led constantly on. I decided to Power + Volume Up again and the 3 vibrations. When it turned off, I tried turning it on, but now no screen at all, not even the black illuminated screen.

Whenever I charge the phone, the Red led lights up, but when I take off the charger, the Red led stays lit up and I have to do the Power + Volume up and 3 vibrations for the Red led to turn off. Now, I'm downloading the stock .54 ftf to try flash mode, I have confirmed that flashtool detects it during flash mode. Gonna wait till the download finishes, but for the mean time, do you have any idea as to how or why this happened?

EDIT: Flash tool finished. It got me worried somewhere at 93% though, it took quite a bit, but then 94% to 100% was pretty fast. Sony logo showed (finally) and now at the XPERIA cool animation, waiting for it to fully boot up. Thanks so much for the guide!

EDIT2: It booted up! But it shows a bubble stating something about Factory Startup Service - Please wait for POWER OFF button. Then on the status bar, when I pull it down, there's a progress bar in blue saying something about New boot, new media detected, and app installer finished. Is this normal?

EDIT3: After the weird progress bar, there was this huge button saying POWER OFF and a slightly smaller button below it saying Use Phone. Chose Power off, then powered on the sola back on again, and now it's running like normal. THANK YOU for this guide. :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
Flashtool does not need to recognize the phone to flash it.

Do not connect the phone until flashtool is ready for a phone in flash-mode.

With the phone unplugged,

Start flashtool and select flash using flash-mode,

Select stock.ftf and click start,

After files are processed you should be asked to connect phone in flash-mode.

Now hold volume down and connect phone.

If you get errors when flashing, try flashing just the kernel. Just exclude all but kernel when selecting ftf file

It should work even without charging.

Not to be rude but in my OP I tell you how to ready flashtool for a recovery flash.

I hope you recover your phone.

From my Xperia LT28at ION :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
@ All,

Sorry for not responding as often as normal.

I have been ill for the past few days and I am still recovering. I normally only get sick 2 times a year, mid fall and mid spring. However it usually last 6-9 days with flu like crap

I am glad that users are able to use this guide to help recover there phones, even without others help

From my Xperia LT28at ION :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] minchaca5:
Well i was triyng to flash it witj the latest generic software for the xperia t....you think thats my error?

Im downloding rigth now att stock firmware hoping this will solve my problem...

And yes ive followed your instructions on how to flash the ftf but no luck....it will not vibrate 3 times or nothing ...just hoping its not a hardbrick....

What do you think?

Ill try att xperia tl stock firmware tonigth

By the the way how ive bricked my phone was flasing xperia v latest firmware by error....
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
I think your issue was connecting the phone to soon.

From my Xperia LT28at ION :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] mark cyrush cabral:
dude can i do this process with CM 10 jellybean on my xperia acro S?my phone does not boot only the "Free Xperia" logo appears then after that it stuck like that,,,or is this only applicable to the stock firmware of the phone which is ICS 4.0.4?
[Sony Cross-Device General] cities516:
Yes it should work on all soft-brick xperia devices:)
[Sony Cross-Device General] tangosierra_:
This is a universal tutorial applicable to all xperia.... So yes
[Sony Cross-Device General] Jake_boo:
Guys please help.. This is how I bricked my xperia ray, I just rooted my phone (Bootloader still locked) then i changed root permissions in /SYSTEM folder to rw-r-r- when suddenly a force close loop appears so i turned off/on my phone but it became stuck on Sony Ericsson logo.

I tried reflashing the stock rom using Flashtool, update/repair using SEUS and PC Companion. I've waited 30 mins - 1 hour for it to boot up but with no luck still stucked on sony logo. Soft reset doesn't work so i remove the battery to restart. I'm running out of options here. is there still other way to unbrick my phone?
[Sony Cross-Device General] tangosierra_:
Are you sure you've flashed the whole ROM and not just the kernel only?
[Sony Cross-Device General] TSC Yoda:
Hello.

Ive soft-bricked my Tipo with a false ROM.

It waas rooted and bootloader locked.

So i downloaded the Flashtool and my Stock-ROM.

After starting the tool, going to flash-mode, applying to the stock-ROM, checking exclude CA and no final verification i clicked okay.

Then i began flashing but a error occurs:

22/019/2013 13:19:00 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized

22/019/2013 13:19:00 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.9.10.1 built on 2013-01-09 19:49:47

22/019/2013 13:19:00 - INFO - You can drag and drop ftf files here to start flashing them

22/019/2013 13:19:02 - INFO - Device connected in fastboot mode

22/019/2013 13:19:25 - INFO - Device disconnected

22/019/2013 13:19:31 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

22/020/2013 13:20:13 - INFO - Device disconnected

22/020/2013 13:20:14 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

22/020/2013 13:20:29 - INFO - Device disconnected

22/023/2013 13:23:00 - INFO - Selected st21i_11.0.A.4.22_Generic.ftf

22/023/2013 13:23:00 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

22/023/2013 13:23:31 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

22/023/2013 13:23:42 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

22/023/2013 13:23:42 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

22/023/2013 13:23:43 - INFO - Reading device information

22/023/2013 13:23:43 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.

22/023/2013 13:23:43 - INFO - Current device : ST21i - BX90353SNL - 1264-6194_R7D - 1261-1516_11.0.A.4.22 - WORLD-i_11.0.A.4.22

22/023/2013 13:23:43 - INFO - Start Flashing

22/023/2013 13:23:43 - INFO - Processing loader

22/023/2013 13:23:43 - INFO - Ending flash session

22/023/2013 13:23:43 - ERROR - Error in processHeader

22/023/2013 13:23:43 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

What am i doing wrong???

Greetings

Markus

Okay i got it, i had the wrong Stock-ROM ...
[Sony Cross-Device General] cities516:
Try to connect your device to AC charger for whole night.

Then Hard Reset.

Then repair it via SUS again.

If still no luck... It is better to use your warrenty
[Sony Cross-Device General] minchaca5:
What do you mean....can please be clear
[Sony Cross-Device General] stifilz:
Hey guys, I have an Xperia Acro S aka LT26w I also have an LT26i (working :)). Anyway with the Acro S I had to charge it via a wall adapter as it was too low to be detected by phone (i.e. Red flicker light). Anyway the battery is fully charged and it can boot my LT26i (by holding the bat against terminals) so the battery is good. Problem is I can't get Flash mode or fastboot. When I plug into pc i get no led but devices shows SEMC FLASH DEVICE :(.

I plugged a usb into phone and nothing at the other end overnight. Then I plugged charger into pc and got a RED (solid) LED YAY (no recoginition from pc). After a while the LED went out and tried to get flash mode and fastboot to no avail. Still got the SEMC FLASH DEVICE.

What can I do??? I have searched high and low. any thoughts :silly:

Stifilz