I got this phone from ebay, and it worked a few days before I flashed it so I know it's not hardware or a bad flash on their part because it was stock when I got it. Anyway, I flashed the generic fw through flashtool and it was working fine for awhile until one day it froze and nothing was responsive. The battery died, and I recharged it and threw it into flash mode to repair the firmware through SEUS, and it got it working for awhile until it happened again. So instead I went ahead and used flashtool to put AT&T's fw back on the phone. After I did that, the phone now only vibrates when I turn it on and then does nothing. If it does do something, it just continuously vibrates until I pull the battery. I tried using SEUS and Flashtool to flash another fw because I can get it to flash mode, but it says failed everytime no matter what firmware I use. And SEUS fails right up front when trying to repair. Any ideas?
Pull out the battery....plug the usb cable...run latest flash tool...click on flash button..when it is searching for the fone then put back the battery with pressing the return key.
Recheck the latest driver for 2.3.3
Did it work?
Dude are you aware of rooting procedures?
First you should flash the stock rom back in, then you flash some pre-rooted GB rom. Threads on X10 Android Development are full of options.
jeancca said:
Dude are you aware of rooting procedures?
First you should flash the stock rom back in, then you flash some pre-rooted GB rom. Threads on X10 Android Development are full of options.
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Dude did you even read my post?
I've been a member here for 3 years and have been flashing Android to phones ever since then. I have looked at the troubleshoots but they were all giving a failed flash. Not to mention this has nothing to do with root or GB, I was talking stock firmware, this brick happened before SE pushed out the GB update.
To subhanker.ds, thank you for the input, I'll give it a shot.
EDIT: Just got the same error
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As per your screen shot, debugging mode is of....but it is not possible to on now as ur phone is dead.
I think somehow jeancca is correct...use rooting process..(no need to flash any rom)..it will automatically turn on debugging mod & then you flash ur rom...
Hope ur prob will be solved dear...
I've tried several rooting methods that and they all state I should turn on Unknown Sources and Debugging. But I cannot do this, is there a way that will force it into usb debugging as you said?
Actually at the time of flashing debugging mode automatically turn on...
Anyway i'm not getting any clue...although you can try to flash only system.sin file.then see what will happen....best of luck...
I've tried everything I can think of and I still can't get it to work. A new symptom has came up though, when I try and connect it to my PC, it will go into flash mode but after awile the LED goes off but is still recognized by the PC as being in flash mode. Same goes for when I plug it into the charging cable.
Bump.
Sorry for doing it, but is there anyone out there that can help me?! I had to think I have a $200 paperweight.
Hi..... I mentioned this on another post but thought I might see if this might help you. Although I didn't mention the use of other Flashtools in the other thread, I did end up trying Flashtool 2.8.0 and 2.9.1 and the latest edition. In the end I ended up going with the 2.8.0 to start fresh and since that was the one that was used for An Android 2.1, I flashed back to 2.1. With a few instances like those you mention I tried this and worked out.
What I did was open my devices and printers (control panel) and noticed the SEMC USB or IDE blah blah......The device pops up when connecting my phone. I would flash my phone and the go to the "Turn on phone and check debug" and ..... Same as you green light (Flash) would go on and then nothing.
What I did was unplug my phone and Uninstall the device used (SEMC USB or IDE, it named itself differently on an occasion or two) and then started my Flashtool then tried again. Goto Flashtool and prepare your Flash and wait for it to load up (took some time once or twice but....) connect your phone and try again.
I have been messing around with a bunch of apps and FW's and ROMS and lately Unlocking the BootLoader.
Some you can just goto Task Manager and Stop the ADB.exe processes but this uninstall worked excellent for me when needed.
Hope this solves your issue. Good Luck. Oh you may not need the other Flashtools but I have them on file just in case because 2.9.1 gave me a problem before when doing something. You might be able to do with whatever Flashtool you are using but just thought I would share my experience.
I have the same problem . i I flashed it with X10i rom but work for while and after 1 or 2 hours hanged and when i remove the battery it's hang in sony ericsson .
After that I flashed it with SEUS and upgrade to official rom 2.3.3
and has the same problem .DO THINK IT IS A HARDWARE PROBLEM
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Hi..... I mentioned this on another post but thought I might see if this might help you. Although I didn't mention the use of other Flashtools in the other thread, I did end up trying Flashtool 2.8.0 and 2.9.1 and the latest edition. In the end I ended up going with the 2.8.0 to start fresh and since that was the one that was used for An Android 2.1, I flashed back to 2.1. With a few instances like those you mention I tried this and worked out.
What I did was open my devices and printers (control panel) and noticed the SEMC USB or IDE blah blah......The device pops up when connecting my phone. I would flash my phone and the go to the "Turn on phone and check debug" and ..... Same as you green light (Flash) would go on and then nothing.
What I did was unplug my phone and Uninstall the device used (SEMC USB or IDE, it named itself differently on an occasion or two) and then started my Flashtool then tried again. Goto Flashtool and prepare your Flash and wait for it to load up (took some time once or twice but....) connect your phone and try again.
I have been messing around with a bunch of apps and FW's and ROMS and lately Unlocking the BootLoader.
Some you can just goto Task Manager and Stop the ADB.exe processes but this uninstall worked excellent for me when needed.
Hope this solves your issue. Good Luck. Oh you may not need the other Flashtools but I have them on file just in case because 2.9.1 gave me a problem before when doing something. You might be able to do with whatever Flashtool you are using but just thought I would share my experience.
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Thanks a lot, I will give this a shot as soon as I get home. I'll keep my fingers crossed that this may help me and the others having this sort of issue.
Mobark, I don't think it's a hardware issue. For awhile I was thinking it was a dead screen, but from the people I have heard that did indeed have dead screens, they have lines in the center of the screen while my screen just doesn't turn on.
Hi everyone i am having the same problem my phone only vibrates for sec and the green led just flash for sec than nothing but my phone goes into flash mode but the flash aborts i have also made a thread in which i fully listed my progess and software i used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257581
Nope, didn't seem to work. I think my problem is the phone doesn't want to stay in Flash mode for some reason.
I fix this error, i download and flash this, next i updated in SEUS, my phone is Xperia Play
Sorry for my bad english.
Ok, so I upgraded to 3.0.0 and tried flashing the generic fw again to no avail. And as far as above, the firmware isn't for the x10, it's for the Play, Arc, and Neo.
This is what i did
Not sure if this will work for you but this is how I fixed my phone.
When I first changed the rom on my phone i was on baseband 435. I never changed the baseband with the custom rom install.
My friend factory erased the phone and then it would take 45 - 50 mins to finish booting (would turn on i would see se logo and 50 mins later I'd get to a stock "slide to unlock screen" upon doing so i would get a black bg with the custom batt meter and clock at the top. it also dected the sd wasnt plugged in.
While the phone was on, Sony Ericsson pc Companion would say please mount sd card, and that i couldnt do.
While trying to use flashtool 2.9.1 it would say please put the phone in debuggign mode.
At this point, your ss shows you making it further than i did. because mine wouldnt make it past the date/time (yours starts flashing an fails some way through).
I tried 4 roms and none of them worked.
Then i found http://www.multiupload.com/9H20YEXEHR and After updating to flash tool 3.0.0, and using the stock rom that i posted the link to, It worked. but i had to try a few times. At http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920746 There are 3 different stock roms for x10a (I used the first one in the x10a list)
I used the one that matched my baseband. Try an match yours if you know it.
When i connected usb, the phone would not turn on. The phone would only turn on with batt in. So i connected usb, held back and put batt in.
Doing this worked, I held the back button until the flash completed.
Also as a note, I did not change the bootloader, that could be why it would boot after 50 mins or so.
I hope this helps.
-Mike
Hi guys, I've had a look around for this, but I can only find the solution for bootloaders that are unlocked. I suspect my Ray WASN'T unlocked. I accepted the OTA 2.3.4 update, thinking it would be fine. But the phone now shows the exclamation mark. I can get into both the recovery and fastboot modes (green/blue LED).
None of the recovery solutions are working for me. Is there a way for me to fix this, or will the phone have to go to a Sony Ericsson shop.
The official PC software from SE won't restore it either.
it is wise to go to sony shop , they will fix it
Not sure if this will solve your problem, but it solved mine:
The problem was with the bootloader. So I tried FlashTool_0.2.9.1_FOTAUnbrick which brings a small firmware information to reset the bootloader.
The problem I was having was to be able to correctly connect the phone to the flash tool. My phone's USB connection was constantly going up and down. So I decided to uninstall all the tools and drivers and install them from scratch.
In short, here's what I did.
Installed Update_Service_Setup-2.11.10.7.exe from sony ericcsson in order to get the USB drivers to work.
Followed the instructions of the Update_Service and flashed the latest update available for my phone (2.3.4). This didn't solve the startup problem, just installed the latest update.
I ran the Update_Service again and restarted the process has if I was going to flash again, but after the Update_Service detected the phone I canceled the installation. (I did this just to make sure the phone was connected in FlashBoot)
Then I installed FlashTool_0.2.9.1_FOTAUnbrick.exe, opened the folder of the application and ran X10FlashTool.exe
Hit Flash button and the program opens a Firmware Selection window with a preloaded firmware with two reseting contents (loader.sin, preset.ta). Hit OK button and waited until the program indicated the flash process was finished. The process of flashing takes a few minutes and we need to be patient. It might even seem like it's doing nothing but we just have to wait.
After finishing the flash process the program invited me to disconnect the phone and turn it on. I did so and the phone took probably a minute or so to startup. At first I thought it didn't solve the problem, because it was taking so long to start, but it did solve! So I waited patiently and the Sony Ericsson logo showed up giving me a new hope. After that I had to wait another 4 or 5 minutes for the phone to finish applying the new firmware mentioned in point 2. (There's no visual information of the conclusion process so you might wonder the phone might have hung.) Just waited and everything got back to normal with the benefits of the new firmware 2.3.4 (instead of the previous 2.3.3).
I hope it helps someone having the same issue.
xperia ray said:
it is wise to go to sony shop , they will fix it
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Might not fall under warranty.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568792, check my tutorial, there is a guide to unbricking.
Hello there,
I'll tell you what I did..
My phone is new & I wanted to root it
So I Opened the Bootloader & when I finished I couldn't find a root for my firmware which was I guess 75
So I didn't root!
When i found out that ICS was about to released I decided to close the boot loader so I can update my phone from PCC
So I followed the steps here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527159
Only I downloaded the re-locker from another link (in Arabic forum)
I used Flashtool 0.8.0.0
Any ways I faced some errors relocking the bootloader
So I redownload the re-locker from the previous (xda-developers) link
& I chose loader.sin when I flashed it
& it worked fine!
But it said that my phone will reboot & it hasn't I reboot it my self & everything was OK..!
When I tried to update it to ICS via PCC & Update Service
I faced errors like everybody else
But when it finally was able to update my phone via Update Service
It downloaded the system & it started to install & from all of the sudden it failed
After that my phone is died for about 21 hours now
No matter how I charge it, How I try to turn it off, turn it on
It's either hang on Sony logo on the screen or turned off
either no light even when I charge it or red & sometimes green
I left it charging during my sleep for 8 hours & nothing has changed same issues
I just wanna see a life on my phone
It's totally new
Anyone can help?
I think this issue is kinda similar to mine
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1724591
cause I have tried the 3 times vibrate thing & only it helped to turn off my phone from the Sony logo & it turns it self again
& now it's not even working
I got a new xperia active st17i yesterday, it was on gingerbread fw.
I used flashtool to unlock the bootloader. I reset the phone but it hung on the sony logo, which was odd. (I have unlocked and flashed around a dozen xperias and this has never happened). I pulled the battery and turned it back on and it boot looped on the sony logo. (left it for several minutes to be sure). Every time it was switched on after that the screen powered on but remained blank.
I flashed the Rage kernel for GB. Turned the phone on and the sony logo came up, went bright, and I got into CWM recovery ;0) all good I thought. I rebooted the phone. It started up, the sony logo came up, went bright, the animation started but then crashed/hung. I left if for a few minutes and nothing, so I pulled the battery. After this, no screen function at all, no back light, completely dead. ;0( When I power on the phone it vibrates and after a few seconds the front led flashes blue and goes out.
Fast boot works, Flash mode works, Flash tool lets me lock and unlock the phone, flash kernels (rage/X-kernel and Lupus) and ftf firmwares ... S1 tool sees my phone, pc companion updates the phone perfectly, but still no screen.
I read the other ST17i bricked threads here and looked at trying the Wotan server method but the phones date code is not covered, its newer than the ones Wotan cover (maybe an issue?).
I have not idea right now, apart from I have hard bricked it somehow. (searching for 'st17i dead screen' gives a few results from Sony's service forum with similar sounding phone activity, with no resolutions). Searching for bricked st17i all relate to soft bricked devices.
As the phone is brand new, I am not sure about the bootloader issue, is it still covered by warranty? The phones current state is locked and fully updated via pc companion, as it was out of the box.
Any advice and help will be greatly appreciated!
Fixed!!! ... (see edit)
I started from 100% scratch. I use an old laptop with winxp to do all my phone work. I did a factory reset on it (begrudgingly) and reinstalled everything*. ADB, flashtool, drivers/kernels etc. (Its now working a lot better I have noticed).
Bear in mind my phones state was factory stock ics 4.1.B.0.587 and locked.
I unlocked the phones bootloader in flastool, it turned on?! Resurrected.
I flashed the ics rage kernel and installed a custom rom, backed up x2 ;0) I AM HAPPY :0D
I honestly tried everything methodically beforehand, hence my post!
*Is it possible to install a corrupt zip? I noticed when downloading files that some were showing as downloaded but were not the correct file size. I only noticed this when grabbing a kernel file, its size was around 6.7mb but the file I had on my desktop was 633kb, it unpacked and came up with the correct size of 6.7mb? (downloaded on my main work laptop with windows 8.1). I had so many bits and pieces on my xp laptop, swapping files from usb pens etc I will assume this could have been my issue!
lol... I must have spent near to 6+ hours reading about tespoint method flashing, TA restoring/backup up, and a whole range of other bricked device issues... I am educated a little bit more now, in more ways heheh...
Update....
The phone worked for about 30 minutes and then a blank screen again. No CWM, because of blank screen. Had fastboot and flashmode still.
So from scratch again, I relocked and flashed with original ftf CE (I have two CE ftf's of different sizes (will need to do homework on these)). The phone was still dead? When plugged into my pc (tried all three USB ports), sometimes when in fastboot/flashmode the device keeps connecting/disconnecting randomly, which is definitely wrong. Possibly my problem is a bad port or maybe the micro usb cable, or loose connection somewhere? Irdk? So now I tried a brand new sony, original, cable and all seems fine again. So, used flashtool to unlock, flash kernel, get to CWM, use my backup and the phone is working again.... but for how long? There's definitely an issue with the ftf files (mabye something to do with my corrupt file size problem? Will go to another place to grab these from and if the phone goes off again will try). odd.
**last edit**
The phone is now running okay. I had a dud battery, which I was using/swapping between several phones that I was returning to stock. It was showing 100% charged but upon disconnecting USB the phone died. Took me the best part of two days to figure that one out... I know! (I'm very busy). So it was possibly the bad battery all along!
Good Morning,
I am looking for someone to help me figure out what I have done to my phone. I recently purchase a ZU GPE and it worked fine. It did not want to update to Lollipop. I start doing research on how up update the phone after receiving no help from Sony or from Google. I would get the notification it was ready for an update however, every time I tried to update the phone, I would get an error message and the phone would restart. After doing the research here, I decided I needed to flash the new firmware on the phone. I unlocked the bootloader, and tried to flash 5.0 on the phone using flashtool. When the phone restarted, it gave me a new error "no command". I have tired to reboot the phone several times, flash the boot/fotakernel/system on the phone and none of them are working with the flashtool. I tried rebooting the phone into recovery mode and nothing happens.
If someone lives in the DC/Maryland/Virginia areas have any experience with these type of phone I sure need your help and assistance.
Jon