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[Sony Cross-Device General] kuna_st:
Yes, I can get into the flashmode/fastboot(green/blue light), but the problem is that when I want to flash the stock.ftf, flashtool is telling me that my devise is disconnected :eek: .

Here's the log...

28/012/2014 11:12:54 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized

28/012/2014 11:12:54 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.9.13.0 built on 2013-06-04 22:50:00

28/012/2014 11:12:59 - INFO - Device disconnected

28/023/2014 11:23:07 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

28/023/2014 11:23:12 - INFO - Selected Xperia P_LT22 / 6.2.A.0.400 / World Gerneric

28/023/2014 11:23:13 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

28/023/2014 11:23:15 - INFO - Device disconnected

28/024/2014 11:24:12 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

28/024/2014 11:24:23 - INFO - Flash canceled

28/024/2014 11:24:40 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

28/025/2014 11:25:07 - INFO - Selected Xperia P_LT22 / 6.2.A.0.400 / World Gerneric

28/025/2014 11:25:07 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

28/025/2014 11:25:24 - INFO - Device disconnected

28/025/2014 11:25:28 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

28/025/2014 11:25:34 - INFO - Flash canceled
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Does computer recognize the device at Device Manager? It could be cable problem try a new or different one or switch from one port to another
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
2 words:

missing drivers

Sony PC companion or the flashtool drivers inside the corresponding folder should help

install them and your phone will fly
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
I also have a feeling that drivers haven't installed yet but not assuming and waiting for his reply
[Sony Cross-Device General] kuna_st:
You mean "flashtool/drivers/flashtool-drivers"? Already did that :confused:

PC comapnion uninstalled long time ago.
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
Open Windows's device manager

When you connect the phone you'll probably see a device with a yellow triangle warning. That's where your work is needed.

This is the only problem 95% of people has (thanks windows!)
[Sony Cross-Device General] kuna_st:
Problem solved with the proper driver installation!! Thank you guys so much!!
[Sony Cross-Device General] kingviking:
Xperia miro bricked ..help me

plz bear me for so long description..:)

here is the story ...what Happened...

i wanted to flash a new rom [Jelly Bean Mini Project BUILD 2 | Android 4.1.2

FOR MIRO]

i downloaded it[http://lfdesigns.servfr.net/index.php?file=Download&op=description&dl_id=12]

and installed using CWM [ did all wipe ,cache,dalvik cache, before installing]

but when i rebooted it nothing happens ,just one vibration ..and its bricked

so i decided to use flashtool to unbrick it..

but before that i installed a new program om my win 8.1 named SUPER antispyware which somehow deleted all the flashtool files in my C: drive...:(:(

I again installed Flashtool( after deleting the Super antispyware)

installed the drivers from flastool's driver folder ( i am using miro but have to use Xperia U drivers as ther is no miro option...i used it earlier also and its worked)

BUT HERE is the Problem

when i connect miro to my pc it shows window doesnot recognise your device same happens in flashtool

but when i press VOL UP button and connect to pc ..miro shows blue light( that is for flashmode i guess)

when i press VOL DOWN button and connect to pc ..miro shows Green light (that is for fastboot i guess)

WHAT TO DO PLZ help ... :(:(:(:(
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Do you remember or recognized if the light was still on at 31? Try again it might be just a glitch

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Vol up(blue light) is fastboot and vol down(green light) is flashmode. Yhats how it is on my SOLA. I believe that is standard for all Xperias
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
Plenty. of. tutorials
[Sony Cross-Device General] sachdevajaspreet:
help plz help

i m using xperia sola...unfortunately i flashed wrong boot.img and my phone didnt started there after...not even bootloop

i tried to connect it in flashmode or fastboot mode but unfortunately...noluck for me...

i have done the hard reset as well...but still no fastboot/flashmode for me...and not even bootloops yet

I have read this whole unbrick guide and tried so many different power and up/dwn combinations...but no success for me yet...

there are the few things with which im still in doubt

1) whenever i connect my phone to wall charger there is always RED LED but just for 3-5 minutes, after that no LED even for so many hours if phone left untouched and undisturbed but if again i restart my wall charger again RED LED appears but again for 3-5 minutes again no LED for hours......and this process repeats on every restart of wallcharger

2) also when i connect my phone to pc...there is just red light but no detection nothing....So plz help

So plz tell me in what stage m currently at...??

plz help its already more than 3 days with my phone bricked :(
[Sony Cross-Device General] kingviking:
thanks man ...it helped....:good::good::good::good::fingers-crossed:

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thanks man ..it helped a lot...........:good::good::good::D:D:D
[Sony Cross-Device General] SladeZero:
My phone suddenly bricked on me while playing a game... went to flash... everything was fine until it started restarting... WELL... after 4 days of pain and torment... I got it back. Thanks for your guide. REALLY... I to pulled it apart and unplugged the battery manually... as I have no patience for battery draining.

I had to dust off my old Samsung Captivate... activate it and etc. I flashed the xperia ROM on it earlier today... Working great ... but i would rather be using my TL... with European version of the OS.
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Sorry to say this but that sounds like hard brick to me or maybe battery problem, I hope it is just battery. If you think its battery issue then battery needs to be replaced. It is not easy to do assessment about such issues.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Captain Droid:
Yes the light was Green , then suddenly this Error comes and the phone LED turns Red.

It was not a GLITCH, i got the same error 3 times when i tried to flash my phone using Flashtool.

I was on locked boot loader, but then i unlocked mine and flashed a kernel with TWRP.

so now i have a working kernel with access to TWRP. I flashed Stocked Rooted .211 Zip but when i tried to boot im getting a screen showing Triangle and Exclamation mark and i phone.

I am posting the image.

Im really screwed now, i can flash any ROM successfully but when i boot im getting this stupid ERROR SCREEN.

PLEASE HELP SOMEONE.

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[Sony Cross-Device General] SharpnShiny:
Hi my phone won't turn on, I'm pretty sure the battery died completely.

I remember one time before that if you disconnect the battery and jump start it with a 9v battery it can do the trick, get the red led back and charge from there. That isn't working this time. Any ideas?

Thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Is that sim card? Could it be problem with sim card or its hardware or software. How about trying a FTF? or it could be the fastboot driver wasn't installed that is why green led only appears in a short period of time. but I don't know why there is such error
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
is power + vol+ not working?

If phone doesn't vibrate it means it's completely out of battery. So connect it to the battery charger until red light appears

[MENTION=4992529]Captain Droid[/MENTION]

Boot into recovery, charge the phone until it's at least at 50%

then try flashing rom via flashtool
[Sony Cross-Device General] SharpnShiny:
Yep once before when I left it plugged in for an hour, it recharged eventually, but not this time. I've left it in for several hours in different sockets and no red LED. I even tried the hidden reset button near the battery and disconnecting the battery but no luck yet. The home+power does nothing this time.

I was trying to refresh the software via PCC but the battery died before it even started installing.
[Sony Cross-Device General] sachdevajaspreet:
help

:( :(

i hope it wudnt be hard brick or battery problem...since dis problem started after i flashed a wrong kernel...

whenever i am charging it...red led wirks for 2-3 minutes but not thereafter....and no response while trying for flash or fast mode..

i also unplugged my battery cable from motherboard for5-10 minutes still no change...

so

shud i let my battery to drain?

or shud i try to charge it in more intervals so that it may connect in flash mode>?
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Though I haven't encountered this but have you tried the rubber band trick? try rubber band trick while charging and try all possible wild but safe ideas you have until the red light becomes stable if charging intervals is you think can help you try it. I wish it is just so drained battery.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Captain Droid:
I can boot into Recovery. Im on TWRP. But when i connect my phone to charger , the LED turns green automatically and SONY LOGO appears and then this screen appears

and again Reboot and boot loops.

I really cant see my phone charging. Im not getting RED LED or any indication that my phone is charging.

So tell me if i boot in to recovery and put the phone on wall charging will it charge ??? :confused::confused:

I tried hard reset / soft reset nothing is working. I dont think i can access to Flash mode.
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
thanks

omg thank you so much !! you just revived my phone :D :victory:
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
Ok, so your battery is already full. Pressing no buttons let the phone charge. And since you have to be already at 100% you get the green led

you have to connect to a computer, while pressing vol- . This way you can enter flashmode

did you actually ever tried flashtool?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Captain Droid:
yeah bro, the battery was not full. I flashed the phone with flashtool and luckily it worked. After flashing it was 44%. Anyways now working fine.
[Sony Cross-Device General] sagarabhiwant:
Plz help Me

My sony IOn has been soft brick..when I am putting my mobile for charging it shows red led constant but after 5-10 min mobiel automatically starts and again bootloop for 3 min ...again it switch off and red led constant ....due this I am not able to boot in Flashmode...PC is not detecting my phone....Plz help me.....due charging cycles I am not able to boot in flashmode..is there any way that I can charge y mobile completly without boot loop..as par my knowledge..as soon as my mobile charged enough to boot..it automatically start...for 3 min again battery drains..

I have tried all options like rubber band...disconnecting power cable of chip set..still unble to recover my mobile..
[Sony Cross-Device General] irebmy:
help me please

hi there friends..

i'm new in xda,i hope you'll guide me..

i have problem with my xperia ion..

i have follow your guide,

1st i got red light constantly when connect to the wall charger,

after 2 days i left it the RED LED is off..,then i try to flash via flash tool and my phone cannot be flashed,

the LED comes to RED again with SONY logo and then shut off.. then RED LED again...

what should i do? i also cannot get to the battery charging screen..

:crying:

any help i would appriciate..:D

still now i still connect my wall charger to the phone and my LED not showing any colour (shut off)
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
That's impossible that you can't put device in flashboot or fastboot modes. Since you only encountering bootloop it is still possible that you can enter fastboot or flashmode. Bootloop happened to me also. Don't worry.

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Try if you can enter fastboot and flashmode and PC can detect your device while in flashmode or fastboot. Let us know what happened next
[Sony Cross-Device General] Steph310:
Maybe your help...

I bricked my Xperia SP...

I used a new app (flashify) and test flash my CM rom.

No uncompatibility alert, I run flash rom/kernel and disaster...

Phone no restart, black screen. I did soft and hard resets,... nothing.

I can't take off battery in this device.

Now:

Screen stays black, power button seems do nothing, device doesn't vibrate, no led when plugged (AC and PC).

When I connect device to PC:

Flashtool doesn't detect device, no information when I connect it, flashmode and fastboot mode doesn't work.

I noticed, however, something:

When I connect phone to PC, nothing, no sound

If I press power button and I connect once again phone to usb, I hear PC sound!

I disconnect, sound too,

If I wait, disconnect sound comes after some minutes (phone still connected).

Despite these sounds, nothing works (phone, flashtool,...)

what should I do?

Leave the phone off several days while the battery drains completely and then plug in and charge, hopping red led?

It is sure that if I plug the charger now at least the phone will not charge?

Thank you in advance for your advice ...
[Sony Cross-Device General] dangeradit:
i faced a somewhat hard brick situation while flashing .ftf on my xperia sola device recently where there were no viberation,neither soft or hard reset,only red led when connected to pc or wall charger for a while,then it use to give no signs of life,but somehow after charging it for 24+ hours it initially showed red light,but still wasn't successful in entering in flash or fastboot mode.

then what i saw is,once i kept it on charging,after a interval of 20 min it goes on fashmode for 20 sec,then goes back to charging,so what i did is flashed the sony kernel so atleast i could get sony logo while starting the phone and actually it did work and now by gods grace its showing flashmode and fastboot lights,BUT the problem is now i cannot connect it to flashtool,,,,,all the necessary drivers are installed,usb is fine,still no commands comes on screen when connected to flashtool

any help would be appreciated.
[Sony Cross-Device General] sachdevajaspreet:
Thanks...it worked :) :)

Thanks a lot sir, rubber band trick worked....:)

though i had to try this method for so many times since always i faced ERROR FLAHING..aborted

but atlast i suceeded....thanks a lot for ur help..:)

but a little more problem i m facing is that my wifi,bluetooth,radio cant turn on anymor,,,whenever i try to turn it on..it displays error...and i dnt think that this is a software issue since i flashed ics and gb stock roms..and this problem still persists...

do you have any idea regarding this issue?
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Yup but nott all you mentioned happened at the same time. What I usually do is either I reboot or wipe everthing from CWM or reinstall stock ROM. but if it still doesn't work I don't know now what to do hehehehe maybe some files are missing or wasn't able to flash well during the installation procedure. Good to hear that I was able to help :)

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[Sony Cross-Device General] dangeradit:
Actually I don't know how to do it on Xperia ion but for SOLA or most of Xperia 2012 devices is just by holding the volume down button while connecting the USB from PC. Maybe try holding both power and volume down together then connect it to USB (while USB is connected to PC)[/QUOTE

did that sir,still no success,all i can hear is connecting beep,although no info comes on flashtool.
[Sony Cross-Device General] irebmy:
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try reflash again... found on other thread,he try reflash and its works... :) or you can redownload the rom again (mayb corrupted -just guess)

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thanks MAN,it works,

i pull out the wall charger and use rubber band to help me push the volume down... :victory:

i open flash tool then wait till the picture to enter the phone appear,

then i connect the USB to my phone and PC..

suddently for about 5 to 15 minutes i heard a sound something connected,yeay great its GREEN LED then start flashing

ITS DONE.... tq friends :good::victory:
[Sony Cross-Device General] dangeradit:
1.cannot connect my xperia sola in flash or fastboot mode,all the necessary drivers are installed,after this soft brick finally i made it to land up on reboot,tried rubber band trick,till now no success,

2.all i can see the flash and fastboot lights on my Xperia,can hear connecting sounds from laptop,even sometimes get error of debugging off and mtp mode,but don't know how to resolve this?

3.is it necessary for rubber band trick that bootloops let your battery drain and then only when its fully discharge then only it will go for flashmode?if thats the case,why can't we just drain the battery by hard resets and then try connecting?

although even in that case i get sounds and no info on flashtool :confused:

can someone plz guide?
[Sony Cross-Device General] nycdream:
Hi I bricked my XP. I got no LED's, no response on any buttons pressed, can't get into flashmode or fastboot... I already tried opening my XP and disconnecting the battery and reconnecting again. Still won't boot or no LED. Should I wait for hours of charging? The last time my XP worked, the battery level is at 85%.
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
what did you do?

does it actually do something? does it vibrate sometimes?

[MENTION=5221946]dangeradit[/MENTION]

open windows device manager and check if drivers are missing
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
What is android version?
[Sony Cross-Device General] dangeradit:
intially flashed KITKAT rom,it ran preety sooth,but due to flue glitches i was reverting back to official ICS firmware,flashed through flashtool,but the process got interrupted and i ended up like this brick.

till now i can just hear connecting sounds only,even device manager doesn't shows anything,all the drivers are installed from flashtool as well as sdk developer tool.so really don't know what to do.
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Usually it happens on stock ICS like even you wake the phone up it still remains black and I think due to its buggy kernel or whatsoever. This happens to me when I was on stock ICS when it happens I always do hard reset(hold vol up and power until it vibrates 3 times) then when it reboots as if there is no problem. I bet you know how to put device in flashboot mode just in case here it is how

- download flashtool and install driver from flashtool's driver folder

- connect usb cable to the PC (phone/device not connected yet just the cable)

- operate Flashtool

- click the lightning bolt sign

- choose FLASH mode

- choose your desired FTF if you have downloaded any yet(put the ftf in the firmware forlder of Flashtool, you will see that folder in C:\Flashtool\firmwares)

- click FLASH, then wait for prompt of connection

- turn off device

- while off press and hold volume down button while connecting USB cable that is connected to the PC

- you will see green light, meaning you are already in flash mode

if going to flash mode fail then use rubberband trick
[Sony Cross-Device General] Aman1238:
Hey, so I may be in a bit of a problem here..

Last night my phone didn't respond to anything. No charging, no power button, nothing. So I left it alone to discharge the battery while plugged in, and now I get a flashing red light while its on charge.

I am trying the rubberband technique but my PC has brand new OS, with no Sony drivers. I have installed PC Companion, but the PC probably does not know my phone exists.. It's also Windows 8.1, so I'm not sure if this would work.

I'm going to leave it with the rubberband on while I am at work, and see what happens when I get back.

Does anyone have any idea about using techniques with new PCs which didn't have drivers?
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
PC companion works only when phone is booted

And you didn't had to wait the battery to discharge.. You only needed to press power+vol+ for about 10 seconds before soft rebooting your phone

If it's only a battery problem.. then you should only have to wait until phone quit "deep charge" mode. But sometimes this requires hours

Otherwise check something like flashtool and follow Windows 8. drivers. tutorials
[Sony Cross-Device General] Aman1238:
Ah, thanks for that Windows 8.1 drivers link. What do you suggest I do now?

When I charge, I have a red LED.

VolUP + Power doesn't do anything right now either..

I'm at a total loss right now, never had this happen before.

EDIT:

It finally worked! Had to install Windows 7 on my spare HDD.

What I did:

1. Hard Reset (Hold Vol UP and Power until 3 vibrations)

2. Let the battery discharge. The time for this depends on the battery condition. Mine took a 3-4 hours.

3. After that, let the battery charge until you see battery meter when you press Power button for less than a second.

4. When it is charged about half way (any green battery is fine, just dont keep it on red) unplug it and start flashtool with your desired OS

5. Then hold Volume Down, and plug it in. If you don't have drivers, Windows 7 will pick up the drivers (considering you have installed flashtool properly with drivers) and then it will run once more automatically and start flashing!
[Sony Cross-Device General] 3andala:
the same any help PLEASE [MENTION=3506348]Toledo_JAB[/MENTION]

that what i did Xperia ion

Let the phone charge for 4+ hrs on wall charger (No LED).

After few hours, Red LED appeared. Continue charging for 25+ hours on wall charger until Red LED disappears

Unplug from wall charger

Run flashtool from PC, flash a stable firmware. Do not plug in phone to PC until it asks to.

again (No LED)

using THE RUBBER BAND TRICK after less than hour

RED LED APPEARED

charged again red LED disappeared the same forever !!

HARD Reset not works phone fully dead

Flashtool drivers installed already used it before

i'm not noob

NO GREEN LED appears at all :(

Thanks in advance

Any help appreciated
[Sony Cross-Device General] mirhl:
you need to charge the battery before you can do anything

So:

1) leave the phone attached to the usb charger

or

2) open it and external charge the battery

then after you pass this step, you could appeal to flashtool's powers
[Sony Cross-Device General] nycdream:
so I just have to charge the phone until I see a green light? because my phone shows red light for 10mins after i plug to a charger then the red light turns off after that. i don't know if it's charging properly when the red light is off.