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[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] Budaz187:
i dont know exactly whats happened.

1 day my phone just got frozen and i could not turn it off or restart anymore and because straight after i started at my workplace and i used to use my phone for navigation i just connected to a brand new noname usb car charger with its original sony cable (it was the very first time to use this noname sh*t) and from the noname charger some smoke came out.....

-i really think that the motherboard is over cause this car charger so im not gonna be able to bring it back to life.

but some people have the same problem without using cheap charger and smoke so i wanna give a try with the scatter file.

how can i find out if the motherboard is working?
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] Budaz187:
i will,

but i dont have much free time and its gonna be the first time for me to create a scatter.

and i still dont have that xperia in my hands....
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] wrundawan:
Lot of people have bricked their Sony Xperia xa device and their is only way to fix this is to get scattered file based ROM and flash via sp tool.

For scattered file based ROM first need working device, then take backup of ROM through miracle box or any other in which you can create scattered file based ROM and then flash it on your bricked device via SP tool or similar.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] Budaz187:
yepp but many of them say also that their device is recognised as "vcom port" (or something like that) not?

how can i check if my device recognised like that? device manager? i dont see any changes during connecting/disconnecting in the device manager. :(
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] wrundawan:
Need to install drives manually to get it detect as VCom device in device manager
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] Budaz187:
i did, i have the mediatek and mtk ports under the ports part in the device manager.

should i see any changes during connecting/disconnecting my xperia?

is it possible that my motherboard burnt but i still have the red light if its on charger?
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] wrundawan:
Have you got scattered file based ROM from working Sony Xperia xa?

If yes then you should proceed with sp flash tool and flash it on your dead device.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] rrvuhpg:
No, no and no!! Don't claim that XA can be unbricked with a scatter file and SP flashtool or prove it! Show me a working scatter file for any XA or Ultra, show me that we can flash them with SP Flashtool.

Look at this links: http://forum.androidurdu.net/showthread.php?tid=1157 and http://forum.androidurdu.net/showthread.php?tid=943

It's you too??

You have successfully unbricked your device if you explain to Xda users how to do?? Can you release your scatter file?

You are giving fake hopes, and it's bad. :mad: (and make me very angry)
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] wrundawan:
Not fake hopes. Sony Xperia xa is mtk6755. And can be fixed with sp tool.

If you have another way then explain here. If not then keep quite. As your making angry without any hopes and no help at all.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] rrvuhpg:
It's not because XA have an MT6755 that it works like any other MTK device and I know what I say (not you). I fully know how to unbrick a MTK device and Sony devices are an exception. Show me a working scatter file for a Sony device with SP Flashtool, the model you want!! Show me a Sony firmware ready for SP Flashtool!!

You speak like you knew it works and you did it but you are just an user with a bricked device, nothing more. You really think that nobody tried to extract a scatter file from Miracle box and use it with SP Flashtool? I repeat again, you are giving fake hopes!
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] wrundawan:
How you can say SP tool won't work for Sony Xperia devices without trying. You must Google their as other users who had fix their devices with Scattered file based ROM. If you have tried Sp tool for Sony Xperia then show me.

As about me no need to prove you and don't think your only expert here. As other have much knowledge than you. Instead of fighting better you should help users who had bricked their devices.

If you can't then better stay away.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] rrvuhpg:
You are a troll and I will not answer you anymore.

To other users, excuse me for the "flood" but I can't let unskilled users waste your time for nothing and potentially aggravate your problem. Some of you know that I search for a long time how to unbrick the XA and specially the Ultra. As said before you can unbrick your phone only if the preloader is not corrupted because you can't flash it again with SP Flashtool and Vcom drivers.

The only way to repair your phone is to send it to Sony.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] wrundawan:
Even Sony can't fix. They will say for motherboard replacement. And for your kind info I work for Sony itself.

It seems you don't knowledge about Sony and your wasting my time here as you don't have skills to unbrick Sony lolz..

By saying yourself as an expert no use, you need to prove it.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] wrundawan:
Fix for bricked device..
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] aidy.lucas:
Only Sony service centre can resurrect a hardbricked device for both qualcomm and mediatek xperia devices... By replacing the motherboard either under warranty or by payment from the device owner.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] wrundawan:
Yes agreed,,, why an user can't fix it as it's a software brick and have to go for motherboard replacement only.

No other solution.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] cybershotwalkman:
Hi, I also bricked my XA. After reading this forum, it seems that if there is no solution to unbrick the phone?
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] rikkygrimm:
yes , there is no way to unbrick your device instead of replacing motherboard. i got replaced my device mb and its working fine now.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] wrundawan:
yes I have solution but its paid
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] rrvuhpg:
No proof of this! How to be sure that you are not a scammer?
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] wrundawan:
I have everything but nothing is free. Till now I fixed lot of devices most of them are dubai, sri lanka and india users and their is nothing to prove As my customers knows that I am genuine. Trust is important.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] rrvuhpg:
Post a link here in the language you want, Google traduction is working fine or show me some users who repaired their phone with your solution, nobody reported good feedback or trusted you. You can't show us anything, video or any kind of proof, for me it's a big scam!
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] wrundawan:
Read my post once again and repeatedly if you don't understand what I had mentioned. I know your curious in finding free solution which I have.

Your saying me as a scam so show me who had reported me as a scammer. No use of simply barking useless and raising your heat.

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You prove me. How I am scammer? If you have solution then why till now you didn't post it here. Your words make no sense.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] rrvuhpg:
My solution is the same as explained to you in December when you claimed that the only solution to repair your phone was to send it to Sony and when you tried to flash your died device with a scatter file and "SP Flashtool" :silly::silly:. I need to post links to your threads to refresh your memory??
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] wrundawan:
Ha ha ha that was the time when I am needing solution. Now is the time that I am with the solution. Seems you need to grown up little.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] MisterPetje:
Xperia compaion

Sometimes a bricked phone can be worse than it seems.

Always try relocking phone in flashtool

Then use Xperia companion - software repair

It's always worth a go
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] GILemon:
Possible Fix?

Hi man,

I was wondering if you found a solution at all. I had the same issue, i ain't burned or got smoke, but had the same issue (black screen and red light while charging) after flashing something. Xperia XA F3111 went death. In my way to fix it, i got to this thread. I just tried something to fix it and it apparently worked for me. I didn't had Xperia companion installed, so it did to try it in a way. Phone was disconnected, no charging, no pc, and while press volume down i connect the phone with pc. After plugging, hold the volume down and around 5-10 seconds my phone respond to flash mode (blue light). I don't know exactly why, if it was because of the drivers from companion or the combination hold volume down and connecting to pc, but i was able to flash the firmware again.

It might be useless for you, but anyway somebody might read it here and can have the same luck i had.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] cybershotwalkman:
Thanks for the tips. Will try and see whether I can revive my XA or not
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] Djmarcroy:
Try this

You can try this, it worked for me. Remove the battery, plug it without the battery, then put the battery back. After i did that the red light was gone and it the phone started to work again. Hope it work for you.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] tyroneballz:
mtk scatter

:D:D:D
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] bledzerah:
hi i found a driver of bricked xperia xa.. and a paid tool to revive but for me it cost much https://ibb.co/nEzSz7 and cant afford it..
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] robotek31:
Hi! How to use scatter to bring back to life my Xperia XA? Please write the user manual
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] stanneon:
Question, what will I do if my device goes Connected then Disconnected again and again. I can flash my phone :(

I got the same problem of having the red light and black screen, won't turn On.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] aljo2207:
Replace motherboard
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] matidx:
THANKSS!! That worked for me too :D:D:D
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] fusionunlocking:
worked for me too

worked for me too
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] shivasharmaarya:
Official eui based on Nougat was scheduled this Feb but due to the the ongoing crisis at LeEco I don't think so it's gonna happen anytime soon(confirmed delay) while Every similar bracket priced devices are receiving nougat officially. Just wanted to check with xda folks if anyone's working on custom Nougat for Le2 ?
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Njishi:
Obviously nougat via Lineage OS and RR is in its way. Currently developers are working on Lineage OS 13. And after the bug fixes they will build Lineage OS 14 and RR. So be patient, it will arrive by feb 2017(hopefully).
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] vicky727r:
if eui with android 7 without bugs and with user request features means it will be welcomed
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] piku 123:
I would happily use eUI if le solves major issues else will likely switch to lineage OS even if it voids my warranty.
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] CYB3R0ID694:
till June End :D
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[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tahaosama:
Hi ,

I can't update my device to os 3.5.6 automatically

This message appears.

Restarting the device doesn't help.

Here is the message,

Thnx
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manthan29jamdagni:
I've downloaded this update multiple times but still facing the same Problem. :crying:
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dyablos:
Be more specific, are you root, recovery custom? Or stock ROM, maybe the download is damaged

Enviado desde mi ONE A2005 mediante Tapatalk
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tahaosama:
No I'm not root

How can I download it again ??
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dyablos:
You can download manually from oficial oneplus forums and flash it from recovery

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[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manthan29jamdagni:
I am on Stock. Everything Stock, non-rooted. :confused:
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tahaosama:
Yes non-rooted ??
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dyablos:
Can you try the official full firm and flash. Or with reset and try update

Enviado desde mi ONE A2005 mediante Tapatalk
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tahaosama:
I should reset my phone ??
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dyablos:
You can try do that. But, do a backup of your data

Enviado desde mi ONE A2005 mediante Tapatalk
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manthan29jamdagni:
I Just changed my network (a different wifi connection) and downloaded the update again. It worked like a charm.

Updated.

Enjoying 3.5.6 great update :D:D
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dyablos:
excellent, the file was corrupted
[MTCD Android Head Units General] Nomader0:
I have been struggling with a slow MTCD unit..

What i did is a little bit unconventional

1. Download an app called disable Application

2. open it and do a search for google

Disable google play services, google play store, google sync, google account management, google play framework. etc.

3. Close it and test it

you will see that the unit is no longer slow.. Actually it feels like a modern android phone..

Now with that you will lose all google functionality. (sync, play store etc.) but whenever you need it you can just unfreeze those same apps... you will have to reenter your account information as it is going to be reset..

The above actually gave me a clue that the reason these units are slow is the google play services, and i am not very sure that it is the 1 GB RAM that is the problem but the CPU which is being completely overwhelmed by that app..

something is not right with the play services in our units

just food for thought and easy to do and undo
[MTCD Android Head Units General] gumanov:
My MTCC unit becomes extra laggy when updated to the latest Google Play Services. If I stick to the older version that it came with from the factory, there is no serious lag.

But the latest version is required for certain apps to work - such as YouTube.
[MTCD Android Head Units General] Nomader0:
i wish there was a way to have an old version of play services so i can test it...
[MTCD Android Head Units General] gumanov:
I posted about the issue previously in a BMW forum http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showpost.php?p=17132075&postcount=758

I tested several custom 5.1.1 ROMS, and the one by Booroondook was best. But I ended up downgrading my MTCC unit to 4.4.4 KitKat - no lag there at all. But as far as I know there are no 4.4.4 ROMs for MTCD.. correct?
[MTCD Android Head Units General] Nomader0:
Yes as far as i know there is no way to downgrade an MTCD unit to android 4
[MTCD Android Head Units General] wangcl116:
Can you still use Google maps after disabling google service?
[MTCD Android Head Units General] Nomader0:
no.. you can not.
[MTCD Android Head Units General] UC_Royke:
Thnx. I'm gonna give this one a try later on this week..
[MTCD Android Head Units General] marchnz:
Consider changing CPU governor, adding headsink to RK3188 and lastly upgrading RAM to 2GB.
[MTCD Android Head Units General] dude-nl:
Last step is enough and solve it all... Done it, love it...
[MTCD Android Head Units General] larppaxyz:
I think issue here is Google Play services. After upgrading it from stock, problems start soon. On my unit, it takes around 5 minutes before unit is fully responsive after boot. Killing Google Play service while it's lagging, instantly makes unit faster.
[MTCD Android Head Units General] Pocoloco73:
I tried everything to make my unit faster and it's frustrated me a lot. After disable all google services, the unit is fully responsive. I wish i did it earlier... And i can always sideload apps, so playstore is not really needed.
[MTCD Android Head Units General] runningslow:
How is this done?
[MTCD Android Head Units General] dude-nl:
Check the 2GB upgrade topics in the MTCB topics. RAM and instructions are the same...
[MTCD Android Head Units General] runningslow:
Yeah, I did some looking after I commented. I'd love to do it, but I'm not sure how I feel about the soldering part.
[MTCD Android Head Units General] JordanB:
Did you use the Disable Aplication app?

I noticed that if you go into settings, under storage, you can disable various services as well. I disabled a thing or two, but then I noticed upon next boot I got a screen "android is starting apps" or something like that, similar to after you upgrade the ROM.
[MTCD Android Head Units General] Pocoloco73:
Hello Jordan, yes i used the disable aplication app on da-anton rom, i also get 'android is starting apps' once.
[MTCD Android Head Units General] derpderpy:
Freezing Google Play Services did, in fact, work wonders for the speed of my MTCD unit with 1GB RAM. I've been struggling with the speed of the unit for a long time, especially at first boot. Another 'tweak' was to use Kernel Adiutor to lock the cores to their highest speed, set the governor to performance, and the I/O to noop. Seems to absolutely haul ass now.
[MTCD Android Head Units General] Nomader0:
I am glad to help. I also use kernel adiutor. But I wouldn't use performance.. that would lock the cores to the highest value and will eventually cause damage. Use interactive, but increase the maximum value it can reach to 1.6, this is more than enough, it will give the cores the opportunity to chill down to 0.8 when it is not demanded.
[MTCD Android Head Units General] derpderpy:
Since the RK3188 is designed to be stable up to 1.8 Ghz, there's absolutely no problem locking the cores at 1.6 Ghz. I get your thought process here, but interactive is a governor meant to conserve battery life, and that's not a concern given this device's application. It doesn't exist to prevent damage to the CPU, and using the 'performance' governor and locking the cores to their ideal clockspeed is not something that will damage a CPU. They only way the CPU would become damaged is if there isn't sufficient cooling, and the load is high enough to cause the CPU to overheat. If that's the case, it doesn't matter which governor you're using, because it would have ratcheted things up to 1.6 Ghz anyhow, based on the load cycle.
[MTCD Android Head Units General] marchnz:
I can say having just had the memory replaced with a 2GB upgrade, resolves the stuttering and slow downs. Prior to thr upgrade these slow downs were pronounced at cold boot.

The upgrade was noticable from first boot - immediately responsive UI, open multiple apps such as google maps, igo, youtube without any slow down.

Question is - is it worth doing now that there is the potential to swap out the SOM rk3 to rk5 with 2gb - this is yet to be proven but the video I saw on youtube posted by hotaudio suggests this is a direct swap.

In my opinion the upgrade is probably not cost effective if a new SOM RK5/2gb board is available or where there is zero tax/import duty for a new unit.

If you have access to professional, skilled BGA soldering at a low cost then probably. It is a risk and will need to make this assessment for your situation.

All that said - go for it!
[MTCD Android Head Units General] _javi_:
i like the idea of using the cores at 1.6ghz, but the HU is already hoy as it is... Are there any improvements to cooling that can be done? i havent opened my unit yet to check for coolers or passive dissipation.. but heat is a concern now, and will be even more if overclocked.

BTW, disabling google services works wonders here.

thanks!
[MTCD Android Head Units General] larppaxyz:
Not sure if this has anything to do with memory or heating up. My unit is dead slow on boot even when it's -20C degrees inside car (it winter here). Also when it's lagging, there is nothing really running on background, it's show there are hundreds of megabytes free RAM. Another thing to mention is here, that there are lot of things going on kernel logs while it's lagging, processes are killed and restarted and killed again. They seem to timeout waiting for something. As a reminged i like to mention that problems only seem to start when i update Google Play.

So, overheating and overcloking and things like that surely make unit more responsive but i don't see how they could fix this software issue.
[MTCD Android Head Units General] gumanov:
Disable google play services
[MTCD Android Head Units General] larppaxyz:
No, actually we should find out what is causing it to freeze on bootup, but not after that.
[MTCD Android Head Units General] dude-nl:
Android 5.1.1 in combination with Google services...

Android 5.1.1. has RAM leak problem. Googel services uses a lot of RAM and background services.

You need at least 300mb free RAM to work good on Android and combination of 5.1.1. and Google services won't let you keep 300mb free on a 1GB unit...

Options:

upgrade to 2GB

disable Google services

Find a away to work with 4.4 (not sure how 6.0 is gonna be...)

Last option, live with it...

I am a reseller of Android IPTV / Kodi boxes and I stopped working with 1GB ram boxes just because of this reason.... And that is even without the Android Auto part...
[MTCD Android Head Units General] Nomader0:
Actually the leak was in early android 5.0... In android 5.1.1 the leak is supposedly fixed!! (NOT)
[MTCD Android Head Units General] nyogtha:
Wow! Disabling Google services (and the other Google stuff, since it doesn't work without services anyway) has mage a HUGE difference. My Erisin es3015 (1gb ram + 1gb rom, so just 1gb I guess) suddenly feels like a modern android device instead of a sluggish piece of crap. I also set the CPU to performance to allow it to run at 1600mhz when needed. Hopefully we can get Google working without the insane performance drop at a later time, but for now the trade off is well worth it for me! Now, to find a launcher that actually looks like a designer has designed it...
[MTCD Android Head Units General] jorjax:
I disabled google services too and is a huge change!! Now i can run spotify much faster and have no problems with spotify and navigation app (here we go/waze) before that, it was impossible to run both of them at the same time. Have you installed alternative app for play store? Btw im just downloading the apk bust i thinking on installing amazon ground.
[MTCD Android Head Units General] gersrt:
Sounds Really Cool!!!! cant wait to try. My only problem is I depend to much on Google maps for traffic. Tried here we go and apart from the awful voice Navigation the traffic was way off. It should 0 min delay where Google maps where showing 20 mins which was correct.

I'm wondering if there is any way of just getting maps to work with some sort of modified Play services???
[MTCD Android Head Units General] nyogtha:
I was looking for launchers today and stumbled over this on the file server... Think it could be related to our issue?

http://huifei.fs-fileserver.de/content/Play Store Fix/
[MTCD Android Head Units General] dude-nl:
Use Sygic or Tomtom.

I use Sygic instead of Google maps now. Also better voor speedtraps

---------- Post added at 12:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:56 PM ----------

No, that was because of a Google update where you couldn't logon into services and had to manually update.