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[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] HvdW:
Experia T stuck on SONY logo

Help, another help

I read about the leaked 4.3 and the latest 4.4

Did much flashing with HTC Desire.

Now I made a big mistake trying something with my Xperia T

Using DooMLorD flashtool I got into fastboot mode and then clicked on 'Reboot device into system'

I WISH I HADN'T

Now my Xperia T is dead.

Starting up it gets stuck on the SONY logo, nothing, nothing happens.

Please help me recover the device!
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] St.Jimmy90:
It's just a soft brick. What did you wanted to flash? Just flash a stock .ftf file with flashtool, or a kernel with recovery.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] HvdW:
Well, first of all I want the phone to start up normally again so that I can use it.

What I did achieve up till now is that I can get it connected to flashtool in Fastboot mode.

I guess this gives me the opportunity to flash a boot.img first so that I can install 4.4 or 4.3 later.

But first things first.

Do you think flashing a boot.img could restore the phone in a state that it functions as a normal phone again?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] fizstarrr:
My xperia t has gone in for repair. Before considering this though, could you try one thing to see if it'll help restore phone? Go to your PC companion (and no, its not a standard recovery which i'm going to suggest so keep reading!). Once you have done this, click on "Support zone". Click "Start" on the "Phone/tablet software update" option. Note, you do not need to plug in your device yet!. You should get an error message coming up saying device not connected. And once you get this, there should be a message asking you whether you are having "severe problems with your phone/tablet". There's a "repair my phone/tablet" hyperlink. I want you to click that and NOT the connect button. Once you have clicked that, please follow the on screen instructions. Tell me if this works for you :) I hope it does!
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] HvdW:
No it dod not.

Why?

Because SONY decided that I have made changes to my phone and SONY now refuses to repair my device.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] fizstarrr:
Ah that sucks! Are you not on windows 8? I've heard that windows 8 and flashtools don't get along, but if you're saying you've got your device into fastboot you should be able to flash it using flashtools!
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] HvdW:
Sony Xperia T LT30p dead resolved

OK, here it is for those interested on how to revive a dead Xperia device.

Yesterday my phone stalled at the SONY logo.

Nothing could be done anymore.

My phone has returned into normal state thanks to SonyXperiakiasT :good:

Follow this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2315572

Howto get into a state that one can flash the phone.

- download: LT30P_9.1.A.1.141_PL.ftf (the original firmware)

- install and activate flashtool-0.9.13.0-windows.exe

- at the SONY logo push on/off, vol-up and vol-down together

- when the phone vibrates an the logo disappears release all buttons and immediately after push on/off and vol-up button

- when phone vibrates release on/off button, keep pushing vol-up button and plug in USB cable from computer

- you will be in a state with a blue light at the top left of your phone.

- however you want to get in a state with a green led

- push vol-down and on/off

- unplug the USB

- wait for the phone to vibrate

- release the on/off button and plug in the USB

- Follow the instructions in the thread mentioned above and your phone will be revived.

All the pushing, releasing, plugging and unplugging is a quite delicate affair.

I tried it during several hours before I got a bit of grip on it and still I am not shure how I got into the green led state.

Try it, be patient and be shure that repair is within reach as soon as you have a green LED on your phone.

Good luck!

Hein
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Silentstalkr:
Hey so I ran into this same problem! my phone wouldn't do anything except boot up to the Sony screen, no lights no charging nothing

I figured it out, at least for me

>Have your flash ready to go via Flashtool

>Have your phone plugged into your computer via USB

>Hold the volume down button and then while holding it turn it on

you should have your green light and may have to hold the volume button the whole time until its done flashing.

Hope this works
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] leonsandroid:
FIX!

Hey the same thing happened to my xp T few days ago. My phone was rooted with UB. I was stuck on SONY LOGO too n my phone was rebooting from there repeatedly but I was managed to get into cwm n I installeddifferent kernels + Rome but it was no good. Like u said in your OP I couldn't get into flashmood too. When I select the firmware flashtools say preparing files then the phone reboots! Then flashtools say device disconnected!! The solution for this is when flashtools says device disconnected pull the usb cable n press vol up with power button n turn off phone. Then once turned off straight away press vol down n plug in usb cable n flashtools will start flashing. The important thing here is not to close the window that pops up when flashtool say device disconnected in red. Hope this helps, same prob worked for me so should work for you! Peace
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giwrgos:
Hello everyone, i'm trying to solve a problem that I'm having with the Google now on the new nexus 5. The slide from left to right option on the home page to open the google now is not available on the nexus 5. I have uninstalled the updates, reinstalled the updates, cleaned the data, removed and re-add the account in the Google Settings - Search - Account & privacy - Google Account, but still i'm not having the option of google now and google cards to enable it. How i can fix this issue and enable the google now? Have in mind that the location services inside the location-settings says not available in Cyprus. is it this the reason or takes time to enable the google now from google because the gmail that is on the nexus 5 was on gingerbread phone before?

thank you
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombicidal maniac:
Have you tried long pressing on the home screen for the options and selecting Settings and enabling through there? I'm not sure about your location settings but this should enable Google Now.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giwrgos:
yes and also is the same to go from google settings-search etc
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fergie_uk:
Are you a Google apps user? If so you need to enable Google now in the Google apps administration.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoopsdavis:
Have you changed your launcher? Google Now (slide from left) is only available on the stock launcher. (I don't think anyone has created a launcher with this option yet. (If so please share the info)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giwrgos:
the email is not. can i enable it without to be google apps user?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giwrgos:
no im not
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alacrify:
It's a Google service - you need a Google account. Create a Gmail account and log in to phone with that (or play store at least) and it should work - otherwise I would try the Google support forums.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giwrgos:
im using a gmail on the nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markdapimp:
From the home screen, tap the google search icon (or aka the google now bar)

you should see something that says get google now

tap it and follow the steps and select your account

i had to do that on my nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shotta35:
I think people are trying to give you options to enable it from it's defaulted disabled state. It first needs to be activated (available) and since it isn't in your country then you can't do it via the normal methods. Your IP address is what enables or disables it based on country laws.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giwrgos:
when i had the galaxy nexus and i was in Cyprus it was working fine. also on my nexus 5 is working fine as well
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shotta35:
Did you also have the latest Google Search on your phone then too? Are they side by side? It might have been disabled since an older update especially being built into the phone now vs something you manually download and install.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctbear:
Have you tried removing your Google account and setting it up again? It happened to me once (when I was setting up the phone without logging in to my Google account), and that was the only way to get Google Now back.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rames:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2585018
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giwrgos:
thanks you all . i have tried everything that you said, before i create the post. i will try to try what rames said. thanks anyway to all!!
[HTC Desire S] psmstfrkn:
Hello friends I just want to ask something KitKat construction for these devices or have something created
[HTC Desire S] lovinaakash:
Check development its started
[HTC Desire S] psmstfrkn:
Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] raminux:
Hi,

I want to change my android device to only support EFR speech codec and to disable other codecs. How can i do it?

many thanks in advance
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crk1995:
I have tried zillion times to access builds for xperia z1 while being in India, but with no luck. I even asked the same question in their respective thread, but no one replied. Any assistance will be helpful.

When I visit the unrestrict.li/FXP/ , I cannot find a branch for CM10.2 or later, and I cannot access even the mirror for their builds.

I know it is possible to access their builds by using VPN services but isn't there a straight way to do that.

Please Help, as I'm being doomed.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkMRL:
My father is complaining a lot lately that the phone is even slower than usual and that apps are not installing. I checked it out myself and while I find stock ICS on these devices literally unusable even after a fresh install, this time it's worse than anything I've ever seen, apps take several seconds to open and the phone chugs along at a snail's pace. On top of that, I can't install **** even though I have over 100Mb free internal memory, yet the Play Store keeps complaining about not enough storage available.

I have no idea how the phone became this slow, like I said before, ICS is a clunky sluggish mess on 2011 xperias, but now it's even worse, and my father other than the stock apps only installed Whatsapp.

So yeah, how do I make this piece of crap usable and how do you fix the storage issue? Google gives me a billion different solutions and not a single one works.

Phone is rooted on stock ICS latest, model is ARC S.

Formatting the phone is not a solution, so I can't install another rom (unless you can keep the data partition).
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgeiulian89:
Go back to GB. In the end, this phone was made to run smootly on GB, not on ICS.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Someguyfromhell:
Stock ICS is just a huge fail. Custom ROMs make it a little better, but GB works the best.

EDIT: Just a note, for Play Store issue, try clearing data for the Play Store app.

Sent from my LT18i
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdlol123321:
You can try flashing a new ROM without wiping Data...

Nevertheless, IMO, the best solution is to save all the data on the SD Card and reflash the stock Arc S TFT through FlashTool. This will normally solve lots of bugs.

Hope I helped.

Cheers.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pren22:
Stock ICS sucks on arc,custom ROM is a little better than stock but still it's pretty slow.I recommended you to use the ROM that i use it's custom,everything works perfect and it's fast.It's based on GB.Gin2KitKat 3.0.0 the ROM is themed to look like kitkat but it's GB and it runs perfectly on this phone,that ROM you can install without wiping data,just follow the steps(Gin2KitKat is the ROM that that works for me,there are different people's with different need's but this is the ROM i always come back to).But almost every ROM you can flash without wiping data,but ROM's works better when the phone is clean.But just in case make a nandroid backup with CWM and backup data with an app,if you can't install from market google for it...I think titanium backup would be perfect for this job i think the free version can do the job.Good luck!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkMRL:
Thanks guys, I think I'll just flash an GB based rom. He wanted to avoid having to reset the phone (even with the backup it takes some time to restore everything as it was before) but there doesn't seem to be any other solution. I remember that when I had the Xperia Ray I used a rom that was the same as Gingerbread on Xperia S and had no bugs whatsoever, is there something similar for Arc? And can I flash Arc roms on the Arc S no problem?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Someguyfromhell:
Most (if not all) ROMs are built for Arc and Arc S both, they will work on both as well.

There are some GB ROMs available, most known now is probably Gin2KitKat (using it myself), but look in the Development section to find more.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rcaridade:
Hi,

With many tools and a lot of time I build a Portuguese Operator TMN Extended ROM with 1.42 patches.

ftp://xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/Blueangel/BA WWE TMN Portugal 1.40 Extended ROM + 1.42 Patches/

Only the file ms_.nbf with TMN splash screen.

Rui.

===========================================

Boas,

Com muitos utilitários e muita paciencia consegui fazer uma Extended ROM para os QTEK 9090 com base na versão 1.40 e coloquei os patchs que vêm com a versão 1.42 dos outros paises.

Ver em ftp://xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/Blueangel/BA WWE TMN Portugal 1.40 Extended ROM + 1.42 Patches/

Só contem o ficheiro ms_.nbf com os splash screen da TMN.

Rui.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Niendertal:
QTEK 9090 - Blue Angel

Hello,

Im trying to do an update from a WM2003SE to WM6 TMN Portugal Operator but its impossible to do a Hard Reset. I think its a protection.

I have already change the memory configuration and I cannot do the step with the Hard Reset to press CAM+REC and Reset to change the bootloader settings to Yes.

Can any one help?

Thankz
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnequickiii:
I was just wondering about this. I swear I used to be able to use my One on my PS3 to copy stuff back and forth before one of the recent updates.

I'm on Sprint 3.04.651.2 FW Android 4.3 I believe and Sense 5.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RomanHelmet:
I have not been able to either. I tried googling around a little bit but never came up with anything. If you want to research the issue, look for how to connect an MTP device to a ps3. The One uses MTP mode over usb to connect rather than the normal way such as a flash drive. PS3 seems to be incompatible with MTP from what I have found.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Shibby87:
I recently switched from CleanROM 7 to CM 10.2 and switching between 4G/3G and WiFi seems buggy, sometimes a reboot is required when leaving a WiFi hotspot to get data working correctly. Is there a fix or radio I should flash? Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RobinDean:
Hi all.

I just bought my (Verizon) Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, so of COURSE I'm going to root the daylights out of it. That part is done. Not only that, it's setup and running as I wanted with one exception: no CWM recovery.

This is the part where now my phone won't even power on. Here's what I did:

(1) I thought "I reeeally want CWM recovery".

(2) I went here and downloaded the touch version of CWM recovery ... labled Samsung Galaxy S4 (Verizon) ...

http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager

(3) Not knowing how to install the .img file, I made an attempt to learn how via the following page:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130925031702AAqdm7f

after renaming the .img file to simply "recovery.img" and putting in the SD card root, I read on ...

The page reads

Answerer #1 answered 3 months ago

You need to use Terminal emulator.

Instructions:

1. Put it on the root of the internal sdcard

2. Open Terminal App

3. Run :

Code:

su

Then

Code:

dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 bs=4096

4. Reboot and now it would work !

Source(s):

Knowledge

... and now I'm stuck.

My phone refuses to power on. Am I legitimately bricked? Is it over? Is it dead?

I sure hope there's a way to fix this. Can someone please help? I'm good with instructions and willing to Odin if need be.

Model = SCH-l435
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdfzhi:
I'm 99% sure u just nuked a partition on your phone. While on s4 verizon, that mmcblk0p6 is really a correct recovery partition, on your s4 mini it might just be other partition, system, data or kernel partition. Dd is really a dangerous command to be use, moreover when u don't know what you're doing.

Since u mentioning Odin, did u already tried to flash stock rom with Odin?

And what does "and now i'm stuck" means? Not turning on? Stucked at kernel logo? Stucked at bootanimation?

Softbrick usually easy to recover, just flash stock rom with Odin and phone should be booting again afterward.

Sent from your phone
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RobinDean:
By "stuck", I mean it's behaving like a hard brick. Nothing happens when I attempt to boot it. There's no logo ... nothing. The phone simply doesn't respond to power buttons at all. Now, I'm on a Mac - and - maaaybe the phone can be accessed via usb? When I plugged it into my wife's PC, the pc did respond with the installation of *some sort of* driver.

Is that a good sign?

I've got both a Mac and a PC at my disposal. Would you be game to throw me links/processes so that I might attempt to see if repair is even possible?

Otherwise, I'll be going into a repair shop as I paid for this phone in full not a week ago.

I really, REALLY both appreciate and need help in diagnosing what must happen to get 'er back up and running.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RobinDean:
Fixed!

My S4 Mini was the first that they've worked on. All is well. She was hard bricked, for sure.

Go here. They were well worth it: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lepa71:
I'm rooted on stock JB 4.1.2. Did anybody able to patch their systems to bypass exchange security?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DiSiD:
I'm pretty sure there is a module available for use in xposed installer that does exactly just that. I don't use it, but I just took a look and found this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lepa71:
Thank you, but not on AOSP rom. I'm on stock JB 4.1.2. Actually this worked http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1117452
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] Pezmet:
Why after the release of 4.2.2 UK build the rollout was stopped while the update for the P3100 continued ?
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] :
There is a problem with the Email app

Send from my Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] Pezmet:
For 3 months now ?
[Shield Q&A] acem77:
these are booth listed as supported and crash.

Final freeway 2 (downloaded from the amazon app store)

Fractal Combat (downloaded from google play)

latest version crashes.

amazon app store (using an old version but the login is never remembered)
[Shield Q&A] _Motoki_:
Do you know where I can find an old version or otherwise an apk for the Amazon app store that won't crash on Shield?
[Shield Q&A] Doodle210:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/82yxhbtbxqewwts/AmazonApps-release.apk
[Shield Q&A] fern420:
is there anyway to browse "my apps" with this version? I cant seem to get it to show me my apps, I can however install the ones I own if i just search for them in the general area then install from there.
[Shield Q&A] Doodle210:
Sadly, there is no way to even view account info...
[Shield Q&A] fern420:
is it a licensing thing between amazon and nvidia about getting the app store to work or just amazons slow process of adding device compatibility?
[Shield Q&A] Doodle210:
The second one I'd think.
[Shield Q&A] cunnyrydah:
There is a way to access "my apps" press Y on the Nvidia Shield and that will bring up the menu just as it does on phones that have a menu button...you can access more than just "my apps" as well such as settings adding gift cards etc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ElementalWindX:
i545 s4 Verizon.

I fixed my broken screen myself but however I toasted the digitizer and probably some other sensor towards the top. Now when I am in the middle of a phone call, if I have to turn on the screen to get it off speaker phone or navigate to take notes or whatever, the screen will not turn on until the person hangs up the phone or until I power cycle it with the battery.

Is there some kind of option I can turn off to stop this sort of action? Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gallenhaven:
Have you tried to clean out the sensor right above the Samsung logo? A blast of compressed air will do the trick. I had a similar problem with the screen not coming on while on a call after removing the phone from my ear and this fixed my problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ElementalWindX:
I'll give that a try. Knowing my luck I got the adhesive on it. :/. Is there any way to disable it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gallenhaven:
Not that I know of.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ElementalWindX:
Just tried it and first trial run it appears to have worked. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thesoldier:
Nice! For future reference there is a way to turn it off on TW. It's under call settings > Turn off screen during calls.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] scottb7708:
Im trying to go from mf3 stock 4.3 rooted to 4.4 based roms using safestrap. I understand I need to flash the rom as well the gapps package. Do I need to flash any modules or build props? Would love an answer as I have read many forums and havent found the answer? The rom im trying to flash is unofficial carbon 4.4.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] graydiggy:
You have read nothing apparently. You keep asking this same question and I myself have told you you can't do it.

I am reporting you for spam. All you are doing is cluttering up the threads and the forums.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/97632/action/auth

this website said a update for camera that "Enhanced the "touch to focus" option with a new circular, on screen control that can be dragged by your finger around the viewfinder to adjust a photo's focus and exposure."

but I do not see this option:(
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruslanche:
Yes, interface the same as in JB, but this Enhanced the "touch to focus" option working great — focus time become faster, and focus quality better. But still remaine ugly jpg compression.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I thought it should be like such as focus on anywhere I touched, now it still take a photo when I touch screen:(
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruslanche:
First you should activate button "Control focus & exposure", after that drag green ring anywhere on screen to focus on objects.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
that's it! thank you:) it is I want

I overlook this tip:(it has existed on 4.3 but I don't know
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JoeFCaputo113:
Any help would be appreciated! Trying o Odin to 100% stock MJA. Need the original stock recovery before I can do anything... Thanks to anyone that can help. Merry Xmas (eve)! :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Darnell0216:
Just Odin in the stock MJA.tar.md5. You can find a link to it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2509605
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JoeFCaputo113:
Yes I already have that, but I want to use Triangle Away first... and to use that you need to have he stock recovery lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] theheathen:
Shoudn't need to, when I ODINed back to stock, it removed the text from the bootscreen.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JoeFCaputo113:
Guess I'll just Odin the stock MJA tar then. Thanks brotha.