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[Xperia Z General] akauanyuri:
SUS Refuse my Xperia ZQ

The SUS is refusing my Xperia ZQ with this message: "Your smartphone have a alternate room" after that nothing happens. Have anyway to return phone to stock and solve this problem? (I only use rooms of official of Sony)
[Xperia Z General] [NUT]:
Yes, use repair options from PC Companion.
[Xperia Z General] Clauculo:
Great post, very useful in the past!Thank you!
[Xperia Z General] bigboss50:
Hi, my phone turns on in the sense that I can hear incoming calls, messages, email but the display never turns on and I never see anything on the display so no bootup animation nothing. I got this problem since I had a replacement screen but the phone lost its waterproof quality. Some water got into the phone I quickly shut it down at this point the display was still working I let it dry in rice for a few days then I turned it on and there is no display is it likely that I can recover it through the instructions in the OP or is this likely to be a hardware fault?
[Xperia Z General] SXZdabbler:
Holding power button and volume up button for 20 seconds will switch it off completely. Leave it off for a while and see what happens then. If it doesn't switch on normally then it is most probably damaged.
[Xperia Z General] r_bol:
Please please help

Hey can someone upload only the stock kernel for 4.4.2? I'm stuck and in my country the internet speed is really slow to download the whole ftf PLEASE :crying:
[Xperia Z General] mervluk:
Have recovered from a bootstall via flashtool to .434 and re-rooted using dual recovery method 3, following an unsuccessful attempt to upgrade from a rooted 4.3 deodexed stock to 4.4 eXisten Ultimate which failed due to sys link error. Then trying to restore my nandroid 4.3 backup in twrp, it constantly hangs in data recovery. If I switch the phone off I have to go through the entire process again, with the same result. How else can I escape twrp when it hangs? The bars are still moving, but the restore has so far taken 4 hours which looks interminable. EDIT: sorted, used power/vol up, fortunately was able to re-enter twrp, so restored without data then I just downloaded and installed a clean 4.4 rom, and restored apps and data from TB.
[Xperia Z General] mR.[hyDe]:
Hi sir could u pls help me ? im having a UB xzu c6833 with monxDIFIED ★ ZUltra™ (442.757) ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2606414 ) which having soft brick now

i have read thru ur thread and also ( http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37562298&postcount=301&nocache=1&z=7695590492803603 ) for tonnes of times, i used around 36 hours to fix it, but it is now dead again

and yesterday it bootup after i flash kernel and full stock , it boot into the homescreen with 1%

then i do some setup then leave it to charge, but then it off it self then then continue with softbrick again

i read thru many case and solution, but i cant rmb all of them but i find out that maybe i didnt let it charge until 50% *before flash full ftf *after kernel flashed succeed.

what i learned from this 36 hours is the soft bricked phone may start

1.the phone vibrate 3 times

without

red led blink

-i let it charge

with

usb and charge

2.a few minutes later the red led will blink

very fast

-the more u charge the slower it blinked

-until the battery empty

after >4 hours

it will get the

constant

red led)

3.constant led

-will stay charging for 10~15 mins

-then can enter flash mode

4.with tiny bit of battery

-flash kernel

recomended

-flash full ftf

thats what i learnt so far, please correct me if im wrong, one more condition is

-the led red and green blink for (0.5each)

-may get to fastboot for < 5 seconds which i assume it

depends

on the battery percentage

-may get to flashmode for <5 seconds

this condition show up

-first time i softbrick my phone

-after the succeed resurrection at 4 august 4am

my phone is softbrick again at same day 410am

i need a clear guide from i short of time , i having both exam and competition at the same time , this is i use to carry all my important notes and files and my case is quite different from the other which my set

dont respond

to the power+vol up and reset

what happen next is

1.red green led blink which can access to fastboot and flashmode shortly

2.only vibrate 3 times, no led, no hard reset also

3.connect to both usb mode and charger randomly 5mins later red led come back

4.red led flash rapidly

5.for charger red led blink twice and vibrate 3 times

6.for usb red led blink do not blink but vibrate 3 times

7.continue charge until the red led stay for 2 mins and go back to the (1.)

8.i re read all the thread again and i give up

9.and so i ask for help with expert like u

PS: in between of all processes i used

1.rubber bank trick

2.usb charge

3.charging mode thru AC

i wish u could please help me this poor and angry teenager :-/ i love sony phone and it never treat me so bad before
[Xperia Z General] [NUT]:
[MENTION=4628448]mR.[hyDe][/MENTION]

If you have a charging dock or have anything to use the charge dock port on the side of your device, connect it and leave it connected, while turned OFF (it will try to power up by itself, just ignore that!), for a night WITHOUT touching it in the mean time.

I'm sure it will kick back in to life then. To me (because of the RED LED messages you get, blinking it means something!!) your mobile screams for juice because the battery is too empty for it to even boot to the charge cycle using the USB port.
[Xperia Z General] mR.[hyDe]:
Alright , will get one magnet charger asap

But case is this case happen frequently on sony?
[Xperia Z General] rustyballz:
I have got a bit of trouble I'm trying to sort out.

Managed to get my phone stuck on the Sony logo.

I've had a fiddle, and managed to get FlashTool to see it in fastboot mode, but not in the other mode.

Where can I find a stock sony kernel to flash to try and save this phone?

Any help greatly appreciated.
[Xperia Z General] kulvertti:
May I suggest here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2834142
[Xperia Z General] rustyballz:
I have the phone up and running now, however, it now does not read my sim, and has no wifi functionality.

Getting there, slowly!
[Xperia Z General] mR.[hyDe]:
so for my case izzit i have to charge it, or let the battery empty first?
[Xperia Z General] [NUT]:
Charge it, if the battery goes totally empty it can get damaged and the only solution then is to replace it.
[Xperia Z General] [NUT]:
What model do you have?
[Xperia Z General] rustyballz:
Z1
[Xperia Z General] mR.[hyDe]:
alright, im charging it for 5 hours already but one question, i shall charger it until what stage ?
[Xperia Z General] [NUT]:
What firmware are you trying to flash? If using an FTF, did you flash ALL of it? (and I really mean, ALL of it!)

Well, 2 things:

First: IF it fixed your battery predicament, it should now show you a battery charge icon on screen when you short press your power button, if so, you can power up your mobile, while it still is in the dock, by long pressing the power button. It will continue boot from that point.

Second: ALWAYS have your mobile charged 100% before you start tinkering and flashing stuff in the future. Your battery does not get charged while you are in flash- or fastbootmode... XZDR included recoveries do however allow you to charge from within the recoveries. Just remember that the charge cycle is the slow one, so if the recovery is performing very CPU intensive things (which really is just about everything except sitting idle!), it will still deplete your battery.
[Xperia Z General] mR.[hyDe]:
What is a XZDR?

I wont touch the phone until it has 12 hours of charging.

But there is some changes .

The pattern now change from 1. (red led short blink ) + 2. ( red led stay for 5 seconds) → 3. (red led short blink) + (3 vibration) (the cycle very fast after every 3 second)→ 4. (red led short blink) + (3 vibration) (the cycle very long like once in a minutes) → 5. Nothing happens but the charging seems weird ( I uploaded short video link http://youtu.be/_Qx5t13Oj9g thats a third party 4 port charger which supply 2.1A. Red light indicate charging, blue light indicate ready, it keep on blink or flash like so)

I wonder how can u know all about this (behaviour of the soft brick) ? Experience ? Hahaha
[Xperia Z General] [NUT]:
Unfortunately, yes :angel:

If your mobile won't power on after this, you will have to use a guide how to open up your mobile and charge the battery pack directly. It will be your last chance to resurrect your mobile before having to replace the battery.

The Guide to open up your mobile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4jQzuSOXM8

You'll have to find the guide how to charge the battery yourself :)

-EDIT-

Bonus: if you have to replace your battery: http://www.witrigs.com/oem-battery-for-sony-xperia-z-ultra

-- EDIT 2 --

XZDR is XZDualRecovery ... one of my projects on XDA :)
[Xperia Z General] [NUT]:
[MENTION=4628448]mR.[hyDe][/MENTION] glad you got it fixed, happy to have been of help :good:
[Xperia Z General] mR.[hyDe]:
But I still have a lot of question regarding the process , I will ask one by one when I finish my exam ?
[Xperia Z General] mR.[hyDe]:
After around 30using my xzu its softbrick again, same like first time , sudden shut down while im using , then i boot up , work fine for few mins and **** down again with 3 vibrations

>power on , no led three vibration

>no hard reset

>plug in to pc will be red green led
[Xperia Z General] [NUT]:
Well... sounds to me it might be wise to replace your battery then... That's not normal behavior in any way, shape or form... I think your endless attempts to resurrect your device before opening it up damaged the battery... :(
[Xperia Z General] mR.[hyDe]:
yea , i guess so, will leave it first until i finish my exam then repair it by myself
[Xperia Z General] lostseraph123:
Stuck at the sony logo

i got this newly bought xperia zl and while trying to root it. using this program ROOTGENIUS, it just restart and stuck at the sony logo and always restarting. Please help me.. i dont know what to do. :confused:

i thnk i brick it.. dont know if soft or hard brick.

because it is new.. it doenst have custom recovery or unlocked bootloader.

please help me.

Sorry of my english
[Xperia Z General] fofo00o:
battery problem ??

in my XZ i flashed a kernal and i tried to decrease cpu volt

after that my phone got crashes every 10 minutes even when i restore everything and use the official rom with the official kernel

so now what should i do to fix this problem ? is it a hardware or software problem

update :

the phone is stable if i set max cpu to 1026mhz
[Xperia Z General] Rdlgrmpf:
I used my Xperia Z for navigation on my motor bike. At some point it just turned off and was very hot. The battery was also getting low, so I thought it just died because of that.

However, I am not able to turn it on anymore. In the beginning it just randomly turned off (like pulling the battery if that was possible) to the point where it would do that while in boot animation.

I can access and use fastboot and flashmode. I tried flashing stock rom with flashtool but that only leads to bootstall.

I have UL and can access recovery if I flash it with fastboot.

Any ideas what else I can try?
[Xperia Z General] [NUT]:
Sounds a bit like an empty battery or heat damage (vibrations while getting very hot can jolt connections loose...).

I'd put it in recovery and connected to the charger with the screen as dim as possible (preferably off) to fully charge it. Then when 100% charged run a backup a few times in a row using compression... If it doesn't switch off then try flashing a stock rom and boot it once you have recharged the battery to the same full 100%.
[Xperia Z General] asadkhanduhh:
hi guys,

im having huge problems with my xperia z.

the phone keeps restarting, and when ti starts up the screen will just fade to black, & then restart again on its own.

ive tried the flash, and ive tried the sony pc companion updates.

no luck.

someone please help!

thanks
[Xperia Z General] Rdlgrmpf:
Thanks for the reply. I already tried EMMA (http://developer.sonymobile.com/services/flash-tool/how-to-download-and-install-the-flash-tool/). It said the device needs attention, then flashed. It worked once for a few minutes. The battery is fully charged.

While restoring a backup it also just turned off so I fear it is a hardware defect.
[Xperia Z General] jdeiro:
I had the same issue with my Xperia Z Ultra and flashing an FTF with Flashtool solved it for me.

Beware that Flashtool does not work properly on Win8.1. I actually had to install Win7 in order to make it work.
[Xperia Z General] kulvertti:
Flashtool works perfectly fine here with Windows 8.1. Only needs driver's installed correctly.
[Xperia Z General] SeanyC:
Excellent thread. Got me out of a jam this weekend.
[Xperia Z General] jrbxx7:
Great guide. Thanks for sharing!

NoTe III'd
[Xperia Z General] bleedink:
still stuck in soft brick. tried the red button on my xperia z2 tablet and so far nothing. no haptic feedback, no ability to turn on, no ability to install a custom rom to fix it. I was directed to this thread but thus far nothing to help. its bricked so bad the haptic feedback wont even acknowledge its there.
[Xperia Z General] [NUT]:
Sounds to me your battery might have died. Are you still able to get it in flash- or fastboot modes?
[Xperia Z General] bretzke:
dies too

Great thread. I think I have a battery problem too.

A couple of days ago it just started bootlooping out of the blue. I can get into Recovery and reflashed ROM (beanstalk). Didn't help. I flashed stock (newest .283) in flashtool. It flashes ok but still will not boot past SONY screen.

After doing several times here's what I see: It will boot fine and allow me to setup/install/update without problem, but *only* when connected via USB to my computer. The moment I unplug (even though battery reads 50% or 72% or 99%---I've done this many times now) it shuts off like you flip a switch. I reset (via power and vol up) and I get a SONY screen and then all goes dead again.

Maybe a red herring, but it seems consistent now.

Any thoughts? No recent drops/water/new app install prior to problem that I'm aware.

Thanks--

Dave
[Xperia Z General] Siki2086:
problem

problem

Hi, sorry bad english...

I tried to instal some ROM with CWM. I got some errors...and now my phone is bricked.

I can only use fastboot mode. My BL is UL so SonyCompanion cant help me.

When I use flashtools to flash stosck system i get this message and thats all...

- INFO - Selected system (system.img or system.sin): C:\Users\Siki\Desktop\system.sin

-INFO - Flashing selected system

- INFO - Please check the log before rebooting into system

Any help, please? Thanks
[Xperia Z General] kekni:
Any ideas on how to enter flashmode with a broken down button?
[Xperia Z General] shoey63:
Get Ndr utils from playstore. It has reboot to flashmode option. Requires root.
[Xperia Z General] kekni:
Thanks I did have NDR utils but after flashing I now have what appears to be a soft-bricked phone so anything which requires a boot is out. Can get flashtool to recognise my phone in fastboot mode. However flashing the stock ftf requires me to switch from fastboot to flashmode without using my volume down key. I think I'm screwed!
[Xperia Z General] shoey63:
If you have an unlocked bootloader, you are golden :) If it is locked, I think you are screwed :(
[Xperia Z General] kilosub:
need help here

Hi, any help. please. Thanks!!
[Xperia Z General] adipPL:
Hard Brick

Sory for english.

Could you help me with my harbricked xperia z? I followed this tutorial http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z/general/guide-xperia-z-c600x-hard-brick-fix-t2828585

My pc detect xperia as (S1 service with Vol-) or as S1boot fastboot. Flashtool can detect my phone in flashmode and in fastboot when I attach testpoint, but when i flash ftf everything i flashtool is ok but phone does not work. I bricked my phone by installing meow kernel (2.07.14) on Pac-rom -nightly 20141022 and phone rebooted with constant error com.android.phone has stopped ( just crash). Then I rebooted to recovery and tryed to restore backup witch i made before installation and i got md5 error:(. I rebooted and phone was dead. :crying:
[Xperia Z General] Rabia:
urgent help

could someone post build.prop for 4.4.4 6602, and teach me how can i push using flashtool to replace my old one, apparently i have messed this file up and i need a stock one
[Xperia Z General] m@x-84:
Hello everyone, I apologize in advance for my English.

My xperia z (c6603) fell to the ground: now my LCD ok but my touch and glass are broken.

I have bought a new full display (lcd + touch + glass + chassis)

I reinstalled everything but now when I turn on my phone lcd panel LEDs light up but the screen REMAINING ALL BLACK.

I have already tried to restore the firmware with flashtool following the guide (soft-brick) on this forum but unfortunately the phone doesn't work.

I tried to connect the old LCD that worked before, but now even the old lcd lights but remains black.

what can I do?

Thank you
[Xperia Z General] m@x-84:
Up for me!
[Xperia Z General] Joans:
My xperia Z seems to be dead, but I can still get into fastboot/recovery so I'm hoping there might be something I can do.

Whatever ROM I flash (lollipop), it just keeps booting indefinitely (after the first flash it gets to Android is updating, but just gets stuck on Starting Apps. If I reboot, the boot animation carries on forever.

I used flashtool to flash some old 4.x ROMs, which did finish booting, but would reboot before the system was useable. (Different ROMs gave different results, one was just a black screen with a clock, battery indicator, service indicator and navigation bar, another managed to give me a lock screen and notification bar too).

I'm thinking some sort of corruption of the storage, because if I try to flash a system.sin file through fastboot, I get a data too large error, and if I try to format system,

I get "formatting is not supported for filesystem with type ''."

It's frustrating, because I still have access to everything I need to fix the phone, I just can't get anything to work.

Any ideas before I give up?
[Xperia Z General] amuzavali:
:) :good:
[Xperia Z General] marcko90:
soft brick changing battery ?(help me please)

hi im sorry for my bad english but im triing to explane my problem.

after i said that i will explain my problem i have a xperia z and i was canging battery (that comes from another device) but unfortunatly it dosen`t starts, when i try to turnit on its vibrating and the screen is not turning on at all or sometimes when i push the power button its makes just 3 red led.

i trided to connet it in fatstboot (pushing power button + vol up)and flash mode (vol dwn and usb plugg in ) whit flashtool and it recognize the phone (both in flashmode and fastboot). i tired to flash the firmware (both whit sony pc companion and flashtool ) but the phone is still "dead" just vibrating. i was reading that i have to connect the phone in fastboot and to flash the stock kernel image but i dont know where i find the stock inmage kernel on internet. (i was searcing everywhere on internet)

i hope someone can help me and i hope i havent broke my phone just changing the battery :(

Ps i havent unlocket any bootloader or changed rom or kernel.
[Xperia Z General] vns.rockkers:
really disaster!!!!

[MENTION=410007]Nut[/MENTION] ,sir i installed [XZDualRecovery] latest a month back on my xperia zl c6502 , then installed eXistenZ Ultimate | 3.5.0 , nightmare started after a mistake i did that installed stock rom, after that phone didn't bootup and in bootloop, in the mean time i request sony for unlock code for unlocked bootloader.

i probably unlocked bootloader using fastboot.

but still the problem remain same

currently phone is blinking 3 times red and no bootup and continuously in flash mode (got to know from flash tool ).

now suggest me rom and steps that can be used to revive my phone (it becomes 5 days my phone is dead).

one thing i want to add in this regard is that now sony pc companion do not flashes this phone..
[Xperia Z General] johniee_1:
Hey guys,

I got an Xperia Z with broken screen. I already have the replacement.

I opened the phone, took out the battery, but it maybe damaged while I was tooking it out.

Can I not turn the phone on without battery? Anyone tried it?

I have only a SONY logo with blacklight on and off in bootloop

when I connect the phone to charger without battery.

With battery I see only the red LED is blinking, the phone can not switch on.

I flashed it already with Flashtool, it works with blue led when I connect to PC

and green while I connect to flash it.
[Xperia Z General] Rusty_Gunn:
totally saved me from a soft brick, thanks!!!
[Xperia Z General] dettol123:
Same problem but can't solve it

guys i have the bootstall issue and the sus isnn't available anymore please help :(
[Xperia Z General] [NUT]:
You can use flashtool as a replacement for SUS, as it can now also download firmwares for all models it supports.
[Xperia Z General] 5_Card_Dud:
Locked Bootloader - Soft Bricked. Please help.

If this post is in the wrong thread, please tell me and I'll move it. I thought I'd put it here since I tried many of the things listed in the first few posts.

Phone is a C6606 (T-Mobile Xperia Z)

I had been running Rajeev's Ultimate XZ ROM (v5.1) for the last several months.

Phone began acting strangely a couple days ago. I would randomly power down without warning. Only way to get it rebooted was to take out the external SD card and plug in the USB cable then power it on. Sometimes even that would take a couple of attempts.

I assumed the power issue was hardware related and have ordered a new phone. But, thought I'd try to get her up and running by installing the ROM again - thinking it might be a firmware issue. Anyway, I was in the process of re-installing the ROM and had the phone unplugged. It powered down on me again. :(

Now it won't get past the SONY logo. I can get a blue LED light when I try to get it into fastboot. But, when I try to flash the stock boot.img at the fastboot prompt all I get is a message that its waiting for the device - like fastboot doesn't see it.

I can also get Emma (latest SONY flashtool) to recognize it. Problem is, it's a locked bootloader and SONY says it cannot be unlocked. So, Emma says I can't install the FTF file because the bootloader is locked.

Question is can I get the thing to accept a ROM with the bootloader locked and the phone in this condition, or is it something I have to go to a professional to get fixed? If I can do it... please tell me how.

Thanks for all your help, guys. I appreciate it.
[Xperia Z General] 5_Card_Dud:
Figured it out.

I apologize. I just realized I was supposed to be using the Androxyde flashtool and not the SONY flashtool. Got that straight. Now I got her up and running. Problem is the unit still powers down at varying intervals when not connected to a charging cable. AND it isn't recognized by adb when connected to my PC - even though all drivers are installed and the unit is in debugging mode. I'm thinking it's most likely a hardware problem.

Sorry I bothered you guys.
[Xperia Z General] ALEKSDKS:
flashtool error

hello guys. i have a seripous probvlem with my XZ as you can see on the screenshot. anyone can help me please?