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[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmamedov:
I have the same issue with Xperia Z. I am on OmniRom, so it could be because of nightly versions.

I removed MicroSD and plugged it in and now led is off.

Weird thing is that it was charging when that happened. I plugged it in at night after it said that battery is less than 14%.

If it fixes (hopefully), is there any way to avoid it?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mouhaboo:
help please

hi everyone

i have an xperia z that is gone completely dead.... the phone suddenly died .. not turning on .. no screen ... no led (even when charging )

my phone have been connected to a wall charger for almost 2 days now and no reaction at all ... no screen ... nor led .. just dead

what i can tell you is that the phone isn't charging ... ( i know that from the sound that the charger makes .. a little electricity sound i hear when the charger is connected to the wall and the phone is unplugged ... if i plug the phone ... no difference in sound at all ) i tried it on another working Xperia device and the sound of electricity of the charger does change the second i plug the phone )

i tried volume up + power ( more than 30 seconds )

volume down + power ( more than 30 seconds )

both volume + power ( more than 30 seconds )

but failed to reset my phone ( no reaction at all )

i need help

any idea about the fix ? ... should i wait for the battery to die ? is it even going to die ? and how long does it take?? ( as the phone was 100% charged when it has gone dead )

or if you know anyone that can help fixing this problem i reaaly appreciate it

thanks :')
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the-blind-bandit:
I did say this already but everyone is looking for a quick fix, leave for a day (morning to tomorrow morning) NOT connected to charger, then plug into charger and it will start to charge again. (You will think this can't help because the phone it completely off but its like playstore update fix for htc one x, if turned off and then on again it won't update but if turned off for a day it updates its self when turned on again, strange right) and can I just ask what percentage yours turned off at?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mouhaboo:
thanks for your respond

I will try your fix right now and tell you the feedback..

the phone was 100% charged as it was plugged to a charger for 3 hours when it has gone dead

any recommendations about leaving the phone for more than 1 day without charging or something like this ???
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the-blind-bandit:
I don't think more than a day will make any difference. Anyway, good luck :)

sent from my Sony Yuga
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chronic2k13:
XZ has integrated battery!! Can't remove it physically

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Same thing has happened to me on a few occasion whilst flashing different roms!! You may need to update ur Flashtool to the latest version 0.9.13 i believe!!! That helped me,big time!! I thought i'd proper bricked my Z,but after updating i managed to sort it out,with a little patience too....lol|!!! Good luck!!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mouhaboo:
OK .. I am going to leave it 24 hours without charhing and then try to charge it again ..

thx :)

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I'am going to try updating my flashtool to the latest version and then try to flash an original sony software on the phone ... but how is that going to help if the phone is completely dead ( no screen no led no vibration ) even when charging ? could it be that the latest flashtool can handle a dead xperia z and flash the rom ??

thx :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chronic2k13:
Not sure how i sorted it tbh,but i DID manage to......Revive lol...my Z!! Personally i don't believe you can Hard Brick it unless you really F$*k with it!! I've had mine for a year nearly and any problem i have encountered i have managed to get it up and working again!!! Personally i would leave ur Z on charge overnight,update ur flashtool,and then try flashing ANY ftf just to get it working again,and then work from there!! And when u do get it working,do a nandroid backup and everytime you mod it....back it up!! That way you can always restore through either cwm or twrp!!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mouhaboo:
can you explain how did you fix it after 10 hours ? did you just leave the phone unplugged for 10 hours and then you 've plugged it in and it worked?

or what did you do to get it back to life ??
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chronic2k13:
update your flashtool!! and leave the phone on charge overnight!! I had problems when i upgraded to windows 8,look in the forum and you will find out how to sign drivers and stuff!!! Basically i waited till i had a charge and then flashed 423 fw with flashtool,rooted it,installed cwm and it's still working now!!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mregls:
After a long time it suddenly started to pickup charge and little by little it came back.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mouhaboo:
I left the phone unplugged for 15 hours and then plugged it in and I had a red led for the first time but in less than 1 hour the red has gone and the phone was dead again ... why is that happenning ?? any idea ?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the-blind-bandit:
That's obviously not what you want yet but that's good, this means you have a really good change of getting it going again. Keep trying to turn on and hard powering it off. Also if the red light comes on when plugged in it doesn't mean it will turn on after charging unless later it goes to the charging battery screen.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mouhaboo:
I left the phone 15 hours without charging ... then plugged it to the charger and I had a red led :)

bu after less than an hour the led died ... back to death :')

what do you mean little by little it came back ??
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmeraldTimer:
I just waited 2hours till it discharged all, then i recharged it
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mouhaboo:
one more thing :

anyone who can help me through this :

here is my problem so far briefly explained

I have an xperia z C6603 that suffered from sudden death while on a charger ( it was 100% charged )

I could not get any respond from the device and tried many things like reset and connecting to a charger

( no screen on ... no vibration ... no led ) EVEN WHEN PLUGGED TO A CHARGER !

after many failed attempts to get something... I left the phone without charging for 3 days in order to let the 100% battery die .

now I have a red led when connected to a charger for 10 minutes then the led goes away and nothing happens !!

I believe it is the ( broken rom issue )

I waited again for the battery to die for an hour and then I set up flashtool with the rubber-band trick (volume down) and then connected the device

to the pc when asked to do that again the red led turns on for 5 minutes and then go away without anything happening

( no other led / nothing happens on flashtool)

so I disconnect the device without any patience

is it that I should wait for a certain amount of time in order to get the battery to a suffisiant percentage to make the flash start ? should I set it all up and go to sleep and maybe tomorrow morning it will be flashed ?? or should I try anything else ??

I'am hopping that I'm getting closer to the solution of this problem

thanks :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mouhaboo:
my phone was completely dead ... I left it 3 days without charging to drain the battery ...

then I connected the phone to the charger and It gave me a constant red led ( not blinking ) after 10 minutes the red led goes away ( no led at all )

so I freak out and unplugg it

something that must be clear is that ( the second I unplug the phone from the charger no led ) which means the battery isn't charging

should I wait for the phone plugged in after the red led has gone for an hour or more in order for the phone to boot or start charging ??

thx :)

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red led doesn't turn into any color .. just gone after 10 minutes and no led at all

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hi

I've got the red led after 3 days of waiting for the battery to die but the red led is gone after less than 10 minutes of charging and nothing happens!

did you leave it charging for 10 hours in order to boot it ? and did you see that the red led was on for all 10 hours or you just saw it the moment you've plugged it in ??
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mregls:
Hi my friend, to be honest it was a bit of hit and miss. Left it for about 10 hours charging, try to start. If not work I try again for an hour or so. Eventually I managed to get it to boot. I used no software just charge and try to start every hour. I think I read that Sony brought a fix for this in Android 4.3, not sure about that though.

Good luck and hope you will have your nice phone back soon in working order.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mouhaboo:
you mean after a long time plugged to the charger .. the phone started charging and the screen turned on ?

did you see the red led ?? or you just left it charging and then cameback to see it working ?

how much time of charging did it take ?

I really need your help .. thx :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mregls:
If I remember correctly I had the RED led. It took about 10 hours of charging. During the charging time I just left it alone.

Good luck.

Eric

PS: Sorry you are a bit far from Lithuania otherwise would be happy to help.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mervluk:
I know it's a long shot (and the risk of throwing "good money after bad") but I invested in the Sony docking cradle which charges the phone from the two side contacts, and doesn't require software (hence some charge) as all direct USB charging does. Instead the USB cable goes into the cradle. But I've also had a case with another (non-Sony) phone that a USB charging cable starts to charge and then cuts out up to 10 minutes later - and keeps doing it every time connected, so it might be worth testing another cable/plug too. (They are sometimes interchangeable between phone models which is the solution I'm using, but it can be risky).
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hitman_2010:
for my xperia z neither button combos nor marathon charging worked, it would stay in its red LED state while charging and wouldnt turn on.

out of desperation, i bought that dockingstation by sony and couldnt believe my eyes, it actually was able to revive my phone!!!

hope this is useful for all other guys having this issue with the xperia z!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vibranze:
I am having similar issue as well. A week ago, I did a wipe out including all the storages and it wont boot after that, stucked at Sony logo. I powered it off with the thinking to fix it later via flashtool.

I only have time today and when I tried to power it on, the red led blinking and the phone didnt turn on. I guess it is because no battery anymore so I charge it and the phone turn on itself and stuck at sony logo.

With the phone still on charger, I tried to shut it down by pressing power button + volume up but it didnt vibrate (one time follow by three times vibrate) as usual. It offa while but on again with sony logo.

I will leave it with charger on for a while to make sure it has enough power before using flashtool to reflash the phone,

Any ideas/inputs/suggestions are greatly appreciated.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alisharifi2010:
I have a solution for this problem

OK , after research i figure out how can fix it you need to open back of phone and pull out the battery after that pull back battery and recharge for 30 minute with a orginal charger and tadaaaaaaaa , the device now turn back on after that you need to flash your rom or with changing battery you can fix your problem ...:highfive:

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your problem is your battery ... but i think you can test it , i think with changing the battery fix your problem ...
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nabster05:
i just revived my fone using flash tools.. i flashed a rom and it did not torn on.. symptoms: red light blinks when connected to pc:

Solution: run flashtools, install the drivers,adb shell etc..and select fone ftf and click flash...then wen it shows to connect fone do as it says...press down volume button and connect .. voila it just installed the firmware for you .. hope this helps for people in the future
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anuj_ans:
Help Update failed phone stuck like OP

Hi I was trying to update my Xperia Z with Sony Update Service and the installation failed. now i cannot boot up. Cannot fastboot cannot enter Flashmode. When i connect my phone to computer it does not get recognized thought it shows charging (Red LED light is on) but when i remove the USB it still stays on for 5 min. What is the problem and how to fix it? Please help. I kept the phone without charger for a night and tried again but still the same result!. My phone is not in Warranty. What to do? Please i need help!.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockhopperpenguin:
My Xperia Z got stuck as well. No lights unresponsive right around the time the android-system software OTA came around. It wouldn't respond to charging directly nor by charging via the loading dock. Also tried holding the power button in combination with volume up / volume down / both volume buttons for periods up to 20seconds with no result. I then let the battery drain for two days (it was near full when it went dead on me) then tried to fiddle with it some more. This helped a bit it would now show me 3 quick flashes of red light, but otherwise wouldn't turn on.

Then I put it in the charging dock and then it started working again! Thanks for everyone in this thread with the advice, it greatly helped me.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steven2898:
hi there my xperia z is doing the exact same thing as you have listed i made a request to send it to the repair centre in kent and will be doing so on monday im just wondering did you send yours in and was it covered by the warranty? If not how much did they charge you?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anyaddress:
my xperia z is fall in sea water and water go inside it from charger side (plastic gone red),i dryed my phone using hot air and sun,the phone is working fine except its not charging normally,to charge it while the phone is on put it on sun for one hour or using hot air dryer for 15 min,after i doing that the phone is charging normally,im guessing ther is still humedity inside the phone,is thats right,any sugestions?? knowing that when i turn phone off i can charge it normally (im using orginal two chargers and tried another charger),now for people with red led its happen with me simply turn phone off , put in sun (rear camera exposed to sun ) and open the charger socket and leave it untill it become hot or using hair dryer hot air for about 10 min and try maybe it will work thanxx
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glückspilz:
my XZ does not start anymore, i was on existenz and wanted to try the hackers rom so i flashed the aroma version and choose the hackers kernel.. after that the XZ did not start

i tried flashtool but im stuck at flashing data, when i stop flashtool i get this in the console

Running as root.

JAVA_HOME not set. Using default value : ./x10flasher_lib/linjre64

^Cg_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting.

i tried emma, the device was not recognized

i tried the vol up + power button nothing happened

i tried the sony companion i had this error: Sony Update Engine Falilure (error 100)

can someone help me?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidtweaker1:
Did you wipe system before flashing new rom?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glückspilz:
yes,

this is the log from flashtool

05/002/2014 16:02:17 - INFO - Selected Bundle for Sony Xperia Z (C6603). FW release : 10.5.A.0.230. Customization : CH

05/002/2014 16:02:17 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

05/002/2014 16:02:23 - INFO - Device disconnected

05/002/2014 16:02:27 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

05/003/2014 16:03:04 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

05/003/2014 16:03:07 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

05/003/2014 16:03:07 - INFO - Device ready for R/W.

05/003/2014 16:03:07 - INFO - Reading device information

05/003/2014 16:03:07 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.

05/003/2014 16:03:07 - INFO - Current device : C6603 - BX903FERWN - 1270-7298_R1D - 1269-5309_10.5.A.0.230 - GLOBAL-LTE_10.5.A.0.230

05/003/2014 16:03:07 - INFO - Start Flashing

05/003/2014 16:03:07 - INFO - Processing loader.sin

05/003/2014 16:03:07 - INFO - Checking header

05/003/2014 16:03:07 - INFO - Flashing data

05/003/2014 16:03:08 - INFO - Processing of loader.sin finished.

05/003/2014 16:03:08 - INFO - Loader : S1_Root_5ca3 - Version : APQ8064_39 / Boot version : S1_Boot_Lagan_1.1.1_1 / Bootloader status : ROOTABLE

05/003/2014 16:03:08 - INFO - Processing partition-image.sin

05/003/2014 16:03:08 - INFO - Checking header

05/003/2014 16:03:08 - INFO - Flashing data

05/003/2014 16:03:08 - INFO - Processing of partition-image.sin finished.

05/003/2014 16:03:08 - INFO - Parsing boot delivery

05/003/2014 16:03:08 - INFO - Phone boot version : S1_Boot_Lagan_1.1.1_1. Boot delivery version : S1_Boot_Lagan_1.1.1_1

05/003/2014 16:03:08 - INFO - Boot delivery up to date. Nothing to do

05/003/2014 16:03:08 - INFO - Processing kernel.sin

05/003/2014 16:03:08 - INFO - Checking header

05/003/2014 16:03:08 - INFO - Flashing data
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidtweaker1:
Did you try different firmware build?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glückspilz:
yes, same result
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidtweaker1:
Second solution

Flash recovery from fastboot

Push rom like Rajeev's using ADB sideload

Flash it from recovery
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glückspilz:
i tried to flash a kernel on flashtool in the fastboot mod and got this

05/021/2014 16:21:57 - INFO - Device connected in fastboot mode

05/022/2014 16:22:30 - INFO - Selected kernel (boot.img or kernel.sin): /home/m0/Downloads/Z_DooMLoRD_AdvStkKernel_FW-4.4.2-230_v13/boot.img

05/022/2014 16:22:30 - INFO - Flashing selected kernel

05/022/2014 16:22:30 - INFO - sending 'boot' (10516 KB)...

05/022/2014 16:22:31 - INFO - OKAY [ 0.588s]

05/022/2014 16:22:31 - INFO - writing 'boot'...

05/022/2014 16:22:31 - INFO - FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)

05/022/2014 16:22:31 - INFO - finished. total time: 0.590s

05/022/2014 16:22:31 - INFO - FASTBOOT Output:

sending 'boot' (10516 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.588s]

writing 'boot'...

FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)

finished. total time: 0.590s

05/022/2014 16:22:31 - INFO - Please check the log before rebooting into system

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can you please tell me more how to do it / give the links of the files i should to use? thx
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidtweaker1:
Try flashing from minimal adb&fastboot
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glückspilz:
i, with the help of iHackers, fixed the issue, my XZ came back to live ... kinda zombie:laugh:

it worked under windows 8, not under linux...

but thank you anyway
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] user822:
Mine did not charge and died over night.

It always charged for ~2min and then an icon showing an empty battery showed up and it stopped charging.

I tried countless resets with power+volup and the hardware button.

With a new cable it's charging at ~10mA now and the red led is on. I really hope it does not just light up the led with those 10mA :(

Edit: charges again. no idea what i did
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vampent0026:
try flashing stock kernel from stock FTF files,maybe your device is still in locked bootloader status hence flashing custom kernel is not allowed.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxi65:
Same problem with xperia C3

i having same problem with my xperia c3 dual but there is no Led At all... phone wont turn on or doesnt show or do any vibration no recovery menu even in plugged it to charger still nothing......? is my phone Dead? or there is also a Battery problem with it?

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but it has blinked In red for a small Second when i pressed the reset button!:confused:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kal27:
this happened to my phone just now.

earlier this morning i backup the TA then Unlock the BT then installed the LP after exploring the new os (with root and working cwm and twrp recovery) i played a music then i saw the battery level is just 8% then it just shut itself down.

tried:

*charging it for a while

*vol + & power button

*above ^ while charging to a charger and computer

then suddenly when i remove the cable it won't turn the red light off so i think it probably not the battery.

then i tried starting flashtool then plug it in then hold the power button and vol + for 10 seconds and let it charge. then after minutes it just started up. i hope this help the others and sorry for my terrible english it's not my native language.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balburdia:
Hi

i have the same problem. i connect the phone to the charger and i get a red led, and it goes off after +- 15 min. Now , if i disconnect and reconnect again the red led stays off, no matter how long i leave the phone in charger. In my case, i think the red led goes on when the battery is very very low, and goes off after the battery got some energy, but nothing more happens if i leave the phone charging, the red led just stays off. I think the problem is the battery, or any short circuit.

I'll try a new battery.

Regards
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balburdia:
my xperia its working again.

1 -i took the battery out, cut an old usb cable, and i have soldered the black and red wires directly to the "- "and "+" from the battery and charged on the wall for about 30 Minutes.

2 -Then applied 12V ( from an old router power supply ) directly to "-" "+" from the battery for about 20 seconds and rapidly took the Battery back to the phone... and .. Yes it worked!! Then just charged normally and everything is working great.

You can try just the second option... maybe it works. You lose the warranty if you open your phone and you must be very careful or you can damage the display and flex cables... watch videos first.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephyros10:
there is an easier way....just plug your phone to a pc..which will begin the red led cycle...press and hold the yellow button at the side of the phone and allow the phone to cycle the power up/down...you know you are doing it right if u feel the vibration...let it cycle a few times and you'll suddenly see the Sony screen...when u do, you can let go the yellow button and power up the phone normally. worked for me but hell if I'm on the road without a laptop I'm gone