Hello,
I have an AT&T x10a - which I upgraded to 2.1 using the non-GUI flashtool few months back - and then to the dual-touch update through SEUS. Everything was fine until about a week ago - when my phone started freezing randomly (and would have to remove / reinsert battery to get it to restart).
After a few times of this happenning, I downloaded the latest GUI flashtool (0.2.9) and reflashed the generic 2.1 ROM - no issues doing this - but phone froze again after a day of use. Battery Graph app showed sudden drain in battery charge right about the time when the phone would freeze. So decided to restore this back to AT&T 1.6 firmware -- found instructions in another thread on the forum to modify the build.prop file and change the SI number using root-explorer. Managed to change the SI number in that file successfully -- but since then my phone has stopped working.
Last couple of days - on pressing power button, phone would vibrate for a second - but not turn on - no display - no LEDs.. Couldn't connect in flash-mode (even in Flashtool) or regular USB mode. Now the phone does not even vibrate on pressing the power button - nothing happens (it's not the battery - as my wife has the exact phone and I have been interchanging batteries / making sure its charged)..
I have tried several things I found on this site -- holding back button - then plugging in battery, reinstalling SEUS, PC Comp, Java - etc.. -- no luck. At one point yesterday - I removed the battery, connected wall charger and reinserted battery - green light came on - tried the same by plugging into USB port - and PC Companion recognized phone as connected (still wouldn't turn on) -- but I cannot get that to repeat now.. The phone does nothing.
So - anything else I can try to make it come back to life - or I am hosed?
Thanks in advance for the help -- and this forum is pretty awesome.
--mrcotton73
battery too low i believe!
It seems to me that your battery is on a very low level of charge, since your phone is not working correctly it won't start to charge it as it should.
You can try the following:
Remove the battery, connect the wall charger, wait 2s, place the battery in, leave the phone charging for at least 30min, if the battery or the charger starts getting hot remove the charger and the battery(only charger hot = some sort of short or waste of battery somewhere, battery hot = charge too fast or charge and decharge too fast).
2º charge your battery using a 4,5v DC external connected directly to the battery for at least 20min, the power supply must be at least near 500mah wall charger, even an old mobile charger which you can cut of the wires to connect directly to the battery, remember to test carefully the poles + and -, if you do reverse this YOU WILL KILL THE BATTERY, + goes into + and - into -.
If the battery gets to hot check the poles, if they are correct wait sometime replug the wires and leave it at max 45min.
Put the battery on the phone and test, if it does work try to get to the system and check the battery, if it has more than 70% you can try to reflash everything using seus to make sure you won't get the same error again.
DO not try to reflash the phone with the battery below 30% because if there is any error that is causing your battery to drop too fast it may break your phone.
Thanks for your reply - but as I mentioned in my initial post -- I have tried two batteries (since my wife has the same phone) --- and I have made sure that battery is charged before trying flash mode. I have used both the batteries and the result is the same - the phone won't start - no LED indicators. I have also tried plugging in the charger first and then inserting the battery - no luck.
Thanks.
You seem to have tried everything that I've tried in the many times I've messed up my phone when I've impatiently installed a ROM... I get overconfident a lot =)...
Anyway you seem to be going the right way but have you tried to remove everything from your phone... battery; sim and memory card... for about 5mins.
SEUS is probably your best bet if you can get your comp to recognise it for long enough... I couldn't though... so had to first reflash the baseband using flashtool... which is also a waiting game as it may not recognise it as a X10 anymore, so be prepared to quickly, as the phone will only remain in flash mode for a little while, identify the phone in the popup and then reflash to the right BB first then ROM.
I couldn't though... so had to first reflash the baseband using flashtool... which is also a waiting game as it may not recognise it as a X10 anymore, so be prepared to quickly, as the phone will only remain in flash mode for a little while, identify the phone in the popup and then reflash to the right BB first then ROM.
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Is there a difference between how you flash baseband v/s the complete firmware using Flashtool? Because even with flashtool I cannot get the phone to go into flashmode - when trying to reflash the firmware.
Thanks
mrcotton73
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So, got a phone from a friend, X10 - not rooted, which does not work at all.
Whenever I want to turn it on, LED just blinks 3 times, that's all I "got"
I have tried removing battery, SDCard and SIM Card but still no go!
Any idea or help would be much appreciated
try this
use the flash tool and reflash a 2.1 sony rom you can easily get your phone to dev mode even with out having to turn it on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920746
you must get back on track after that!
Ok, will try it
Not working, Downloaded Flash Tool and 2.1 *.ftf image, when I press flash and select image, I press on back button and connect X10, but no go, Flash toll says: 9/044/2011 17:44:23 - INFO - Searching Xperia....
19/044/2011 17:44:23 - ERROR - Please plug you device in flash mode
And X10 only gives impulsing red LED light!
Try with SEUS, wich will install the flash drivers for X10 in your PC, I assume you're using Windows.
Or look for these drivers, can't give you the link right now, some research will help.
I installed PcCompanion before Flash Toll, will try with this software, but I am sure it will be same...will see soon!
bah....same
a few months back ago i remember someone solving this problem... try searching the forums
NVM. Found it, there you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944322&highlight=red+led+death
Nice one, will try it later today!
Does not help, after I connect it to charger (with removed battery) there is green light, but after I add battery after one/two mins led turns off, and whatever I press Xperia does not respond!
I tried than removing it from charger and turning on, but same, no response, after I remove and add battery, if I try to turn it on Red LED of death is still here.....
...nosi u servis..nema druge ))
If u can mesure the battery voltage, and if is below 3V it seems the battery will not receive any more current and the phone need more power to bootup than charger can provide, or phone detect the low level and don't start. This is a theory. If it's above 3.7V the problem is from other part.
Sent from my X10i using XDA App
the ultima looks like k800i with full touch scree. i like it!!!
hey Benko, if ya dont want it, ill take it off your hands, ill even pay shipping!
had to ask
I tested my theory about battery level and seems to be right at first look. I put a DC power supply instead of the battery an if i put about 3.2 V and below then i connect the usb cable to PC the phone don't start only flash a red led and start pumping about 3.6V for charging the li--poly battery. so the problem seems to be the battery. The problem with li-poly battery is if them drop voltage below 3.4 V is very hard to charge them back.
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
Now what u have is to try to put about 4V on the phone terminals an to see if it starts.
go to ebay and buy a new battery
The evidence points to a bad battery. Head to your local wireless store and ask them for a compatible battery to test it out.
Charge the battery with a 5VDC power source, take one usb cable and cut it to get the wires, then use the computer or the original charger to force some juice into the battery.
//Niclas
Possible solution!!!
nan_a said:
I tested my theory about battery level and seems to be right at first look. I put a DC power supply instead of the battery an if i put about 3.2 V and below then i connect the usb cable to PC the phone don't start only flash a red led and start pumping about 3.6V for charging the li--poly battery. so the problem seems to be the battery. The problem with li-poly battery is if them drop voltage below 3.4 V is very hard to charge them back.
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
Now what u have is to try to put about 4V on the phone terminals an to see if it starts.
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Well, i may be wrong, but as i have been able and still use batteries that already have completed 10 years i can tell that (not confirmed) this battery starts at 3.2v and is fully charged near 4v.
I just checked my battery is charged at 90% and measuring it i got 3,93v
The best way to know for sure if it is the battery or not is to get a source with at least 500ma to supply a recharge directly to your battery, if it starts getting hot above like 40ºc you should disconnect wait to cool and reconnect until gets near at least 3,9v.
To make sure the battery is charging try to measure the amount of current ma it is charging at.
If the battery is nearly dead or dead it will still charge but in speeds like less then 10ma above this it will be charging but will take a day maybe, but you must take care on this, the current will grow as the battery gets charged exponentially.
Once charged at near 3,9v input the battery without closing the back cover and check if it works.
Wait it to cool**** you need to wait really at least a bit so you can notice if it is getting hot again on next step.
Once the phone turns on, check if the battery is getting hot again even a bit.
The battery can't get to hot only by turning the phone on, if this happens your phone can have one of two problems:
Phone has a short, sorry, damm.
Phone has a software(rom) that is draining the power.
Using external power to connect to the phone while it is connect to usb or power source can break your phone, don't do that never.
Charging voltage must be at start near 4v to 4,5v, if it gets to charge to fast keep an eye on it to not get too hot, it can even blow if passes beyond 70ºc (i melt plastic once doing this, rsrs)
I hope this works, took me awhile to check the correct voltage for this, rsrsrsrs
Hi, I have been asked to repair a SGS2 for a friend. The problems he described with it are that it would not turn on, enter recovery or download mode...but would display a battery logo with a circle in it for approx 5seconds with USB power attached. He says this all happened after re-flashing using Kies - he is not very phone / IT literate.
Repair Process:
1) After some research, testing and messing about I made a USB jig for it and it booted into download mode, though only with USB power attached. Connected to ODIN and re-flashed the phone with the stock ICS UK rom (IML74K.XWLP7)...Success the phone accepted the flash no problems, but still had the same non-booting / flashing battery logo only with power error, though it would now go into download mode without the jig.
2) Did more research on here...Thanks to all the useful posts!!! And discovered that the error could be caused by the battery being totally dead, and the phone unable to boot-up enough with USB to be able to charge it - great idea Samsung, to charge the battery you must first power up off the dead battery. Not having or being able to access / borrow a SGS2 myself I decided to try to manually charge the battery by making a charging dock for it. Before charge battery had 3.53v and after 30min on-charge had 3.68v, put freshly charged battery into phone...same problem totally dead unless plugged in then flashing battery logo with USB power.
3) Lots of swearing and cursing at phone, then had a few bottles of Pear Cidre. Decided would be good idea to attack phone again! Took fully charged battery from a HTC Wildfire and for want of better description jump started the SGS2. SGS2 in one hand, Wildfire battery in other and soldering iron in mouth i think, a battery booster was born. Connected booster to SGS2 and without USB power connected turned on phone...Success it lived, finished flashing its self and booted up. Removed booster and phone reported the battery had 98% charge.
4) Passed out in bed... awoke this morning to find phone still on and working well, battery had dropped to 82% in 10h. Decided to bite bullet and turned phone off to see if it will turn back on again and...It did. Repeated process six or seven times through morning as well as using for You Tube and Interned to run battery down, still only got it down to 41%. Though would try my SIM card in to test that all works well and after turning phone off, pulling back off and putting SIM card in without removing battery it all worked great...But then turned phone off, removed SIM and accidentally knocked battery out -D'oh, did not think anything of it until i tried to power back on...dead without power and flashing battery logo with USB power, used battery booster again and phone powered on no problems at all and reports battery power without booster of 29%
Does anybody have any idea whats going on? / Why if the battery is removed from the phone it will not power on at all, even with a charged battery?????
Thank you in advance for your input!
SquithyX said:
Does anybody have any idea whats going on?
Thank you in advance for your input!
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Yeah, you should be a writer
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hello everyone,i have updated GT-I9205 to 4.4.2 (sprint) stock, the first week was pretty good, at the second week my phone suddenly shut down and wont turn back on the battery was about 35-40%, i tried to connect to wall charger but no sign of life also tried from computer the same again under device menager no device was being added, after a day of trying i was nervous and just keept pressing the power button for about 5 minutes and than it turned on and no problems till yesterday, as usual i have putted the phone to charge when i gone to sleep and when i woke up it was 33% and not charging, when i put the charger it says usb connector connected and wont charge, ive tried to go to download mode and maybe flash with an other stock firmware but wont be recognized, i also tried to wipe data/factory reset but no luck, so i thought it was a hardware failure while trying i've found out that when i am in download mode with usb cable connected and take out the battery the phone stays turned on, than realized that if i connect the usb cable while the phone is of and than go to recovery mode then reboot, when it boots it charges the battery but keeps no notification that its charging just the regular battery icon and if i take out the cable and put it back it says usb connector connected but wont charge , does anyone know what to do with this, is this a hardware issue (i know that if i change the motherboard it will be okay because of firmware) or is this a software issue(what im thinking it is), does anyone how can i change the firmware without odin and without being rooted, or is anyway to root 4.4.2 without odin than install an other firmware or what should i do (instead of killing myself hahahahah).
Sorry for my bad English and if i was not clear please let me know than i will record a video and post it here!
Thanks for your time.
Kind regards from Prishtina DB
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thanks everyone who was here, it was a hardware problem I've fixed the connector on the phone now its working fine, so it has not being a software problem.
So here's the Thing last week on a night I put my Xperia X10i on charge while i was watching a video(MX Player APP) which was minimized..........when I woke Up In morning,
the Phone had green LED light on but phone was off.... after that I tried to power it up no response except phone is just vibrating and a green LED.......Tried to change Batteries but
Same result.
Here are following things I did :
*Led is working when charging or USB connected
*Removed SD Card & Sim Card to see if it was to do something with it but no its not the case.
*Had 2 Different Battries installed same results no power up.
*Tried to check if Flash Tool Detected My Xperia X10i and well it did Detected it But all I can do is Flash Roms & Kernels....Nothing helped me even when I flashed different
Kernels,Roms or Even when Flashing The Original Xperia X10i Generic ROM.
*Did Hard Rest and Soft Reset Options that was Pure faliure.....the Power+Volume Up and Power +Volume Down didn't fix nothing!
Was On FERA LAB RU latest GB ROM! it was great experience but damn my luck. Any Ideas? How to make it work?
What happens if you leave the battery out of the phone for 24hrs?
This allows any built in residual power to drain/clears chipset.
Then give it another go.
All else failing, use PC companion to reinstall original 2.3 fw and start again.
Dr Goodvibes said:
What happens if you leave the battery out of the phone for 24hrs?
This allows any built in residual power to drain/clears chipset.
Then give it another go.
All else failing, use PC companion to reinstall original 2.3 fw and start again.
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Gave that a try too thinking i overcharged me phone but another weird thing happened.........When I kept the Battery out for 24hrs the result stayed same no powering up at all........but When I removed the battery the phone kept on the Green LED light when it was charging. What I mean to say is my Phone is charging without battery its very weird cause there is no battery how come connecting to charger make a phone led indicator glow? well ok Will give Sony Ericsson Update a try but don't know how this is gonna go.
Hi,
long story short: I connected my Z5C to a bad (apparently, I don't want to test ) charger and now I have some strange issues. Is there any change that my h/w isn't fried?
Full story: As I said I connected my Z5C (newest CyanogenMod provided here) to a charger and it instantly did a hard reset. Afterwards it did turn on and continued to work for some time. As I was on the road at that time I could not charge it elsewhere and later that day it ran out of power. When I tried to charge it with a known good charger some days later, it did not boot. I suspect the boot process to healthd or whatever draws this cool animation takes more power than my working but small charger provided.
It did charge at my laptop, especially when I put it into fastboot mode.
Now thats where I am stuck; the phone won't turn off completely and keeps rebooting when I turn it off (via os menu or hard reset, no chance).
I can charge it after it runs out of power (managed to charge to 100%), but it won't charge if I unplug and replug it. It is not recognised by a pc after I reconnect it one or two times (checked with device manager and lsusb), only chance to get to fastboot or flash mode again is drain the battery to 0%. It does show a loading animation and I can boot into android from there. Battery drain in Android seems to be a little higher than usual (100 to 0 after 2 1/2 days of pure standby without any radio stuff on).
I have already reflashed the original Sony firmware and erased everything that came to my mind (cache, data....).
Any hope that I did not kill some piece of hardware?
Thanks for your answers, any help appreciated
tell me more about your z5c's software, why you mentioned Cynogenmod? did you flash it with cynogenmod?
seems to me that z5c was running on custom rom and did not support fast chargers and bricked your device!
if that so, try flashing it using flashtool with original stockrom.
i don't wana go in to details however there is possiblity that battery.sys file is corrupt and atleast I was never able to fix my LT18i when it got bricked and battery status use to become zero in 2 seconds and android keep rebooting, later it got silent for good! no charge no nothing and i still have the device sitting. I was running it on coconut (cynogenmod) when all this happened!
Thanks for your reply.
The charger was no kind fast charger, just a common 12V to USB adapter with an output of 800mA (when it worked). I was running CM 13 when I connected it to the bad charger, but as I mentioned I have since then reflashed it with Stock ROM. No real improvement.
I have continued trying and I found out that the device seems to believe it is still connected via usb.
Code:
cat /sys/class/power_supply/usb/present
gives me "1" with nothing connected, can you check if this is normal?
The file is -rw-r-- r--, would changing its value change anything or is it just some kernel thing (can't check, don't have root permissions now as I flashed Stock ROM)?
Also after I charged it on my PC today it still shows me the notifications for USB connection and adb (I can add a screenshot if necessary), also looks like it still believes to be connected.
It seems I found the solution: I was playing a bit with a USB-OTG adapter (the ones to connect regular usb devices like keyboards or storage to your phone). After I connected a USB keyboard I tried (just for fun) if the Linux "Magic" SysRq hotkeys were enabled. So I did press Alt-Print-o, which is the Linux hotkey for "turn off now". It did not turn off, it also stayed off (no instant reboot). After I started the phone again it also properly turned off via the power menu!
I will have to test whether the charging issues are fixed, too, but as far as I can tell the problem seemed to be something software-related
Sadly did not work for long. I think I will go for official repair, think this is still cheaper than buying a new phone (after completely killing it with some DIY "repair" attempt). This annoying brick simply does not turn off, no matter what I do (apart from draining battery to 0%). Guess its my fault, still to afraid to try that broken charger again.