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[Sony Cross-Device General] gcarmichael:
I got it figured out late last night. I didnt have the updated tool and usb debugging was not on. Its running 4.1.2 and happy.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Toledo_JAB:
sorry for the rant. But you would not even believe how many questions can be answered by reading the OP, BEFORE posting a question

For future reference you could have either edited your post or made a new one with the update. ;)

Glad that your phone works again
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
When entering flashmode the green light only appers for a short period of time once you plugged it to the computer, that's how really it is. Based on your log it seems that you successfully flash it. This tome flash again and once you reboot and reach homescreen try to fix it with PCC see if that will work. Cheers!
[Sony Cross-Device General] AhmedZadjali:
Dead xperia z

Hi everyone, can you please help me with this problem.

yesterday I flashed a rom from goo.im : aokp_honami_kitkat_unofficial_2014-01-02.zip

and everything was fine, so I flashed the rom after wiping and factory resetting, but then when I clicked on reboot my phone didn't open up and load, it just completed flashing process and then turned off, so i thought that maybe my battery is low, so I connected it to the charger and charged it for 3 hours. then when pressing on power button and volume + , the phone vibrated 3 times and has a red led on it then shuts back off again., and the screen can't seem to work.

I tried connecting it to the computer and flashing a custom recovery, but i had no luck, since the phone cannot connect to fastboot or be recognized in the computer, though when connected it to the first time the phone would blink a red light and the computer would start installing a new deice but then nothing happens.

and now whenever I connect it to a power source ( computer or charger) red led appears.

Please help.
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
What's your Xperia? Is the Custom ROM for your device? Have you tried back tracking some recent posts? There are some or few who had recovered their devices with this kind of issue.
[Sony Cross-Device General] AhmedZadjali:
Sony xperia Z (C6603)

-unlocked bootloader

when I try to boot the phone it vibrates once and the screen is blank, but when I try holding the volume + and the power button, red led appears and it vibrates 3 times.

I had no luck with

-fastboot

-flashmode

As only red light appears when I connect it to computer, and flashtool can't detect the device.
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
No surprise you bricked your phone..

Z1 roms aren't good for a z..

Red led means low battery

Try the rubber band trick then and you could be lucky
[Sony Cross-Device General] AhmedZadjali:
unbricked my Sony Xperia Z(C6603)

Thank you for replying, but I figured how to solve this problem by my own :)

What have I done:

- used my other charger to charge my sony xperia z ( Huawei charger and cable), but yet the screen is off and only red led is appearing

-changed the operating system that I used, since I was running on windows 8, I changed the pc and went to try my luck on windows 8.1

- installed flashtool and drivers( sony xperia z, fastboot and flash mode) with disable driver signature

- Installed Emma from Sony website, I think it helped with the drivers(though I didn't signin to the app)

- connected phone and as it only blinked a red light , on the computer it would automatically detect a new driver and install it

- I noticed now when opening the flashtool that it detected my phone with usb debugging off ( at least it found out something, rather than the first attempt on windows 8 it would show nothing ) , but it disconnects as It shows in the flashtool process

- tried every attempt to get into flash mode or fastboot but I failed

- unplugged the device and made sure it was off (because when I unplug it, the red led is still on, so I hold power button and volume + for few seconds until it turns off and then release those buttons)

- connected again the device, but now even debugging task on flashtool won't appear, ( when connecting it, it shows phone disconnected in the task of flashtool)

- unplugged the device again and now I went back to the flashtool drivers and ticked to install ( sony xperia z, sony xperia z tablet, fastboot and flash mode) and installed the drivers again

- plugged the device and on flashtool I hold power button and volume up(+) , so the red light goes off and I hear from the computer the device connecting and disconnecting , Held those buttons for 10 seconds and then I held volume down (-) only, so the phone led blinked red and green light and quickly went off.

-now my device is connected in flash mode , so I quickly flashed a (ftf) official sony rom

- tasks completed in the flashtool.

- booted the device and the screen is now on and the sony logo appeared( yaaaaay)

- phone booted and shows battery 2% , I ran quickly and charged it and now the phone is back on and everything works great.

... I know this was long to read, but It took my way too long to figure this, I hope that if there is anyone there who has a similar problem to try out what have I done and might get lucky.

Note: my phone had a blank screen and I couldn't do anything that time and I read hundreds of forums about this issue and tried almost everything, but it didn't work with me.

ALL OF THE ABOVE were of my own, I tried things around and messed a little and never thought that I would get my phone back running, but whatever I was trying was really tiring and It took me hours, to finally find myself, unbricking my Sony Xperia Z.

Thank me If this helped you:P

cheers.:rolleyes::D:D:D:D:D
[Sony Cross-Device General] Deluxim:
Problem not solved...

Thanks for answering x) I tried to repair it with PCC but still same problem wifi makes my phone rebooting again and again. And I just figured out that I'm not able to activate bluetooth as well.

Now I don't what to do everything is working fine except bluetooth, and wifi that makes my phone rebooting...

Any other solution ?

Thanks :victory:
[Sony Cross-Device General] surfsyco:
Hi guys my Xperia S (locked bootloader) is bricked and I'm not sure if it's soft or hard bricked.

I have followed all of the guides etc on XDA forums but I still have no joy in recovering my phone.

I am getting the red LED when charging but after charging over night the LED turns off, I can't get into Flashmode at all.

It seems that my phone is in a continuous charge cycle if that's possible?!?!

When connected to the PC with LED off, it tells me that my phone is connected with debug mode off - but when plugged into the PC with red LED light on, it is not recognised at all....how is this happening?

Any help or info would be greatly appreciated as I am running out of ideas and (to my knowledge) nobody on here (XDA) with a bricked Xperia S is having the exact same charging problems issues as me, hopefully someone can shed a little light on this for me.

Thanks.
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
Red led is, as it seems you know, when phone as dried is battery

It's not enough charged to start, so this is why it doesn't get detected

As soon as he charged enough to start the kernel-driven charge he will reboot. Here it probably bootloop again.

So you must prevent this by hard rebooting (vol+ + power)

If this still doesn't work try the rubber band trick
[Sony Cross-Device General] Aamirx27:
I am facing the same problem for past 2 months still no solution yet..

But i just wanted to know that what if i buy new battery for my xperia S will that help or not...
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
You could charge your battery with a universal/general battry charger (outside of your phone) too
[Sony Cross-Device General] Aamirx27:
i did that too. And after charging i check the output of battery i charge it upto 4.0 V then inserted into phone. Still no luck ...

What i observed if i charge my battery above 3.5V, and put back to phone LED doesnt lightup But it drains it upto 3.3 or 3.5 V then led lights up again and still no luck...

If i even only give battery a touched with external charger NO LED lights up...
[Sony Cross-Device General] surfsyco:
I also tried a new battery with no luck.

What I have noticed is when my phone is connected to the PC with the LED off, a soft reset seems to work - when I press and hold power and volume + it momentarily disconnects from the PC then connects straight away again.

I did try the rubber band trick over night with no results.

Is it possible that my phone is hard bricked?? and if it is, should I still be getting these minor responses from the (apparent) soft reset working and my PC recognising it at some stages?

If I knew for sure it was only soft bricked then I would stick with it and try to get it going, but if it is hard bricked then I can't really see much point in flogging a dead horse.

Thanks for the replies guys :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
No phone is hard bricked, unless you short circuit, drop it or s*** like these

Probably your computer has not installed the required drivers

Windows 8 maybe?
[Sony Cross-Device General] surfsyco:
Yeah that's what I was hoping :)

I am on Windows 7 64bit and using both 32 and 64 bit versions of Flashtool does nothing.

All drivers are installed for my Xperia S.

Phone is on the charger and still it runs this seemingly endless cycle of red LED for hours and hours and then no LED for hours and hours - the time it takes to switch from red LED to no LED seems to vary, so watching for when it changes is virtually impossible :(

I have disconnected the battery lots of times and left it for 10 mins or so and re connected...still nothing but the charging cycle.

Any other ideas??
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
use the rubber band trick

and leave open windows device manager with phone connected and vol+ pressed

When red led disappear, you should notice some new devices there, for some seconds and that's when you have to give him the right drivers
[Sony Cross-Device General] veljo_81:
xperia s cant turn on

i rooted my lt26i and instal cwm, i didnt unlock bootloader (what ever is that)

i instaled custom rom, do wipe, reset and it want turn on, i have both leds, tried soft reset (vol down + power button), didnt try hard reset

what should i do, im downloading stock 4.1.2, should i try it with flash tool or should i try hard reset first
[Sony Cross-Device General] surfsyco:
So even though my boot loader is locked you suggest trying the rubber band trick with vol+? I thought that was only for Fastboot?
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
Ops, sorry.. My fault.. It has been long time since the departure of mine xperia

I meant vol- of course

[MENTION=3866210]veljo_81[/MENTION] try hard resetting (should be called hard shutdown, actually) and then flashtool
[Sony Cross-Device General] Aamirx27:
well this is what i tried but when red led turns off no new device gets detected but only when i press volume up and vol down then qhusb_dload then i install flash and fastboot driver it gets detected as semc flash device. but flash tool detects it with usb debugging off

---------- Post added at 09:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:22 AM ----------

Also Today i charged my battery Externally and put it back in phone. After an hours i got Orange LED blinking after 8-10 seconds for about ten minutes. then blinking intervals increased from 8 seconds to 40 seconds then to minutes. Now i have constant Orange LED again
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
If you unlock bootloader you can install custom ROMs, I never tried installing custom ROMs or kernels with lock bootloaders and what I have read somewhere if you try to glash custom ROMs and kernels you would brick your device. Just for safety always unlock bootloader
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
Connect the phone to the computer only after flashtool is ready to flash and say you to do so
[Sony Cross-Device General] Aamirx27:
did it when i connected the phone while keeping vol down pressed, orange led flashed and within fractions of seconds turned off, but flashtool didnt detect my device.

drivers installed with driver signature off

i am on win 8.1 64bit

Also if i drain my battery to fullest I am not getting RED LED i always have Orange Flashing and continuous
[Sony Cross-Device General] surfsyco:
Yeah have tried the rubber band trick over night a couple of times still with no luck.

Iv'e tried Sony PC Companion and Flashtool with no luck.

Iv'e tried taking the battery out and leaving it out over night, charging over night with no luck.

Is it possible that when the red LED goes out that the battery is completely dead? meaning there isn't even enough power to run the LED.

To me it seems that when the red LED is on..the phone is charging in low charge mode, when it goes off then the phone is completely dead/without any power at all...is that possible?

Or another idea is that when the red LED is on it means that the battery is actually dis-charging (then completely dead when it goes off).

What exactly does it mean when the red LED goes out?

Thanks again for the help and advice guys.
[Sony Cross-Device General] exp21:
thanks :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] surfsyco:
The point of your post is what exactly?
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
[MENTION=5661368]exp21[/MENTION]

Next time don't quote the entire OP

Just thanks him
[Sony Cross-Device General] tehiaz:
Hello guys, since 4 days i have a problem with my Xperia Z.

Long story short I flashed Cyanogenmod with wrong recovery then tried to restart the recovery, then went to the bootloop, then hard-resetted (...) and now I can't get to flashmode and fastboot, but I can turn on the phone, but now when im turning it I see the SONY logo, then I have 3 red leds. What shall I do now? Please help.
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
If you can enter in flashmode with your current status then flash an FTF of your ROM by flashtool
[Sony Cross-Device General] tehiaz:
i can't.
[Sony Cross-Device General] surfsyco:
The more experienced guys around here need a little more info than that.

I am trying to get help as well for a similar problem but you do need to supply a little more than that - help them to help you ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] tehiaz:
Okay, I just cant start the phone now cause it flashes 3 red leds, when I try to charge it the LED doesn't light (it's blank).
[Sony Cross-Device General] veljo_81:
I flash stock 4.1.2 and my s working but i want to try custom roms, when i unlock bootloader im not be able go back to stock, am i right?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Aamirx27:
yes you can easily go back to stock rom :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] nisu4717:
Try emma by sony......

Official flasher
[Sony Cross-Device General] veljo_81:
ok, i had motorla atrix before xperia s and i read about bootloader, sony have someting different and that is good ;)

i wil unlock bootloader now and try custom rom
[Sony Cross-Device General] giulio_cont:
If you didn't unlock the bootloader you won't be able to install custom roms ( unless stock based). Reflash Sony rom with flashtool and hopefully will start up again.
[Sony Cross-Device General] veljo_81:
which one is best, i need better batery then stock, need hdmi working, and it will be nice to have some speed tweaks, which one is totaly bug free
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
If you really need a stable and hassle free HDMI, then stock based rom are your only options

If you think yout battery discharge too quickly, check my fast dormancy trick

And if you would like to speed things up.. Try changing kernel
[Sony Cross-Device General] veljo_81:
Im using existenZ by niaboc79, its faster then stock, hdmi work, battery same for me like on stock rom, have some features that im not using... maybe it could be something nicer\cooler, interface is like stock

What i have to look for hdmi to work, roms based on semc are without hdmi right? What is aroma instaler? Is that related, i want to try more, find best for me and use it, i will keep this phone for a longer time, its very nice, finally got igo to work on this resolution, only thing left is rom :)

Thank you for helping me, in most cases i got answer use search :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] mehrdad2009as:
Hi

I have xperia z

my phone battery was low about 3%

I went to recovery and wipe system

after reboot system lock up in SONY screen

I have hold volume+ and power for rest (3 vibre)

but phone not connect in flashmod

what must I do?

---------- Post added at 09:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:34 PM ----------

my problem solved:D

I installed old version of flashtools then phone connected in flashmod
[Sony Cross-Device General] Aamirx27:
which version bro
[Sony Cross-Device General] bernddi:
Xperia Tablet Z bricked

Hi,

I hope you can help me here. My Tablet Z is bricked after an OTA Update (locked bootloader). I have no led and tried the two resets. Now I found this thread and was happy that there is hope for my Tablet to recover. But now I waited for a week for the red LED to show, but there is still no sign of it. Connecting to the computer there is also no life sign. Only when I hold the power button I get a QHSUSB_DLOAD device which dissapears again after about a minute. Do you think I should simply wait more for the battery to go low? Or i should I return the device? I also had the idea that I leave the tablet with the rubber band trick only with pushed power button because the recognized device disappears after a minute. What do you think?

I would be very grateful about any help.
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
QHSUSB_DLOAD means flashmode drivers are not installed. And after a minute without communication it's the normal behavior to shut off the phone

download SEUS and/or flashtool and try flashing a new rom
[Sony Cross-Device General] bernddi:
First of all thank you for your help. I also thougt it could be the drivers. But with both of the given tools it wont work. (I also dont get a blue led). Thats the thing which make me think that it is not a driver problem. The normal drivers should be installed because I already used the flashmode when it did work.

The next thing is, that I get this QHUSB_DLOAD only when I push the power button. So I connect the tablet with pushed vol- button I get nothing. But then pushing the power button gives the dload-device.
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Is it still under warranty? If you are try Sony Service Centre. You got bricked due to OTA meaning your tablet hasn't been rooted, am I right?
[Sony Cross-Device General] bernddi:
No it has been rooted. But I thought/hope that won't change a thing. So it should be under warranty.

So you think there ist no chance to repair it myself?

So now I get a new life sign when it is connected to the pc and is not detected. If I now push the power button I get an red LED for a short time and the device manager shows an new HID device. It stays for a few seconds and then there ist the DLOAD-device again. In this short time the flashtool recognises the Tablet with usb debugging off. So I searched in this thread and found similar cases. But no real solution.(?) I suppose I should wait while using the rubber band trick.

The HID device has no driver, but the time is simply too short to click on it and install the correct one (what ever the right driver would be...). I installed several times the drivers of flashtool, but I think there is no difference.
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
you don't have to look the flashtool window

instead open the Windows's device manager and check there for missing driver (try to manually force yours)

if you still have troubles try removing that USB controllers which have a sony signed driver
[Sony Cross-Device General] asd.asod:
very Nice thanks ...:)
[Sony Cross-Device General] bernddi:
So I removed the Sony controller. Connected the Tablet, pushed power, then tried to install the tablet z drivers for the HID-device as well as for the DLOAD device. So for the dload thing I got the driver - no difference. HID has no compatible driver in the Sony drivers. So maybe I don't get your hint and make something wrong. But I want to stress: I dont get these devices when connecting while holding Vol- (in that case nothing happens). So tell me if I am wrong but I think this is not the flashmode?
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Just in case a little help, flashtool driver is in flashtool folder. Fastboot driver, you need to find it separately, for sure XDA has it. Installing fastboot driver should be done very quick as the light goes off in 10 secs.

In device manager, right click your device with triangle then choose update driver.

Once prompt, choose BROWSE MY COMPUTER... The light will turn off at this point but that is ok

Next pop-up, choose LET ME CHOOSE DRIVER.....

Next pop-up choose HAVE A DISK

Next pop-up choose BROWSE,once you found the fastboot driver.

At this point don't hit ok yet instead enter your device to fastboot mode then hit OK immediately

Thats it cheers!!

UPDATE:

Since you mentioned from you early post that your bootloader is locked I am not sure if you can still enter FASTBOOT mode and I have a feeling that you can't. If not possible to fastboot mode your only chance is flashmode
[Sony Cross-Device General] bernddi:
As you said: Fastboot won't bring me much. I installed the driver for the dload device exactly as you said. But I still think that I am not getting into flashmode and that it is not a driver problem. My opinion (following the guide) is that I have to wait more time untill my batterie ist down, or I have a hard brick and have to send it to repair. I was just wondering how long it will take for the battery since I already wait for over a week. What do you think?
[Sony Cross-Device General] kuna_st:
Hello guys, all wanted to do is replace Honami v8 with KitKat carbonbuild on my Xperia P

I did these steps before I unsuccessfully flased new ROM:

"Wipe Data/factory reset , Wipe Cache partition, Mounts and storage >Format/system , Advanced options , Wipe Dalvik cache , Flash ROM."

CWM told me that Installiation is aborted and I tried one more time, nothing.

Did a reebot via CWM-> bump. My screen stucked on NXP( Nemesis v6.3 kernel) picture.

I tried; soft reset (power/volume up, one vibration) =nothing happens, NXP picture is still there

hard reset(power/volume up, one vibration + 3 vibration)= finally, I turned off the phone

-problem is that my phone's "dead" and there's no way I can enter into the CWM and do the backup :(

Please help!
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
NO WAY

you can hard-brick your phone without root and/or unlocked bl

[MENTION=5688717]kuna_st[/MENTION]

your installation was aborted (status 7, i suppose) because you formatted your system partition

practically every old kernel-recovery fails to get phone model after you did so

but it seems weird you can't enter recovery anymore..

no flashmode/fastboot too?
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
I also find that weird. Atleast he should be able to get to flashmode and fastboot. I don't get how others get a random brick or for worst hard brick device. If there is no sign of light for the led light then that's going to be a big problem.