Hey guys, i bought an x10 yesterday, the seller told me straight up that it wont boot, red led flashes 3 times thats it. (he tried to restore his unit with seus after it randomly crashed). When i met him, i swapped his battery for mine and no more red led but still wont boot. I was able to get it in flash mode so i figured, restore with seus and all would be ok. When i got home, tried restoring with seus and when i got close to the end, it failed. Keeps telling me my battery is dead but when i pop it in my other x10, its at around 80%. So, started flashtool and tried it that way but fails towards the end of the process. Even the new flashtool 3.0 didnt work. Gave up for a bit but then retried. seus failed twice but on 3rd try, it worked. Now, the phone will vibe when i hit the power button, green led flashes and screen kinda turns on but no SE logo, then powers off and restarts the boot (still no SE logo). I put in a full battery and left it that way all night. this morning, red led blinking 3 times again. I changed the battery and it still tries to boot but ends up in a loop. Ive been searching all kinds and no fix is available from what i understand. im really confused atm. hardware issue?
Could be motherboard..
This may not apply to the X10 but my sister's X10 Mini Pro went through a fairly similar issue. The phone was stuck in a bootloop with the SE logo, bootanimation, repeat. No matter what we tried, we could not get it to boot properly. She hadn't made a backup and banned me from doing a repair flash of the firmware so I was trying a load of other options (all the while telling her that the only way out was a flash).
I have an EP900 battery charger so randomly decided to charge up her battery to 100% and give it a try. Boom, booted up perfectly. Used the battery down to 20% and tried to reboot, bootloop again. For some reason the phone doesn't boot without a fully charged battery (didn't try charging it with the phone, only the external charger).
Dunno if this will apply to you, but it may be worth a shot. Otherwise, I'm inclined to think you have a mobo problem. Maybe the seller tried unlocking the bootloader and bricked it?
so.say.we.all said:
Maybe the seller tried unlocking the bootloader and bricked it?
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Thats what i thought at first, who knows.... Bout the battery, i tried a fully charged one too but no go. Also,tried to repair my phone with pc companion but still wont boot up... out of options, im 99% sure its the mobo as well...
Not sure, what the issue is, but you can try the following:
1. Try charging the battery for quite a while, and forget about the phone for 2 hours, for me a few months back. I slept while xrec was on, and in the morning it was showing me the red light......I charged it for two hours which brought my phone back to life.
2. You can use SEUS to update your phone, which will wipe the entire thing and get you a fresh new GB stock. Then you can play with it.
sudip.h said:
Not sure, what the issue is, but you can try the following:
1. Try charging the battery for quite a while, and forget about the phone for 2 hours, for me a few months back. I slept while xrec was on, and in the morning it was showing me the red light......I charged it for two hours which brought my phone back to life.
2. You can use SEUS to update your phone, which will wipe the entire thing and get you a fresh new GB stock. Then you can play with it.
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1. Battery isnt the problem, as i have 2 to play with
2. Tried that, but either it fails, or if it does go thru, it still wont boot.
It wont even show the "Sony Ericsson" when its powered up. Can it be possible, the guy played around and messed up the files required for this unit to boot? Is that even possible?
slikk76 said:
1. Battery isnt the problem, as i have 2 to play with
2. Tried that, but either it fails, or if it does go thru, it still wont boot.
It wont even show the "Sony Ericsson" when its powered up. Can it be possible, the guy played around and messed up the files required for this unit to boot? Is that even possible?
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if you destroy tthe kernel - yes.
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I went to bed and plugged it in at 3am (battery was at 30%).
I woke up at 11am and my X10 was frozen and showing the time as 7am and notification showed a missed call (phone never rang).
I pulled battery and it is now stuck in at reset loop.
All I get is: Rogers Splash screen>"Activating phone">Reset>Rogers Splash screen>"Activating phone">Reset>Rogers Splash screen>"Activating phone">Reset>Rogers Splash screen>etc....
If I hold menu while it resets it says Safe Mode at the bottom, but still resets.
If I leave it after it resets a few dozen times it just completely freezes on the "Activating Phone" screen and I have to do a battery pull.
I tried it with and without SIM card and with and without memory card. No change.
It is possible that when I went to sleep and plugged it in I didn't actually plug it in as the extension cord I have my charger plugged into is tempermental. The reason I mention this is because I have found a bunch of examples of this same thing happening to other people when their battery completely drains (no solutions, just other people that had the same thing happen). Also the first time it was looping it was saying that my battery was less than 2%, so I replugged it in.
What can I do? Any ideas?
run pc companion or seus and repair the phone.
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run pc companion or seus and repair the phone.
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Thanks for the help.
When I google "PC Companion" the first link is for Sony Ericsson PC Companion, so I assume that is what you meant, but when I follow the link the SE website tells me it is not compatible with the X10. (?)
So I just downloaded SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Service) and it is installing now, but since my phone is only active for 0.5 seconds at a time I doubt it'll work...
follow the instructions for SEUS completely. as i remember, you don't even need to have the phone turned on for it to repair the software.
the program allows you to choose the phone and then repair the phone by pressing the back button (hold it) while inserting the usb cable into the phone, the program will then tell you to release the back button and it will give you the option to repair.
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How would he run repair in PC companion if he can't mount?
so use SEUS.
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How would he run repair in PC companion if he can't mount?
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Mounting it is not a requirement for SEUS, it needs to be in flash mode which is achieved by holding down the back button whilst using SEUS as rightly pointed out by arcticreaver..
Hopefully it works for you! Keep us updated!
OK, SEUS is wiping and updating my phone now. As mentioned since it does not need to be on to initiate the update it bypassed the loop.
And now I will be spending the next few hours redownloading all my programs and resetting up all my Email accounts. Yay.
And then I get to look forward to doing it all again the next time my battery dies. Double yay.
keep us posted with this issue. might be something that we have to look out for.
resetting issue
Hi
I had the same issue. Currently I am on Ultima 5 rom. Changing to default rom via seus don't help. Phone is randomly resetting. Sometimes reset loop cause completely battery discharge, sometimes reset loop takes 10 minutes and phone is ready. I thought battery is broken so i bought a new one, but still i had the same problem.
Now I'm thinking about warranty fix, have you better idea ?
its the heat from ur phone. I kept my phone in my pocket and tried to make a call in my car (which was hot), it kept resetting.
I then blasted my A/C at my phone to cool it down and it worked just fine.
So if you're going into this kind of loop, its a good idea to let your phone cool down for 10-15 minutes, especially in the summer.
Its a motherboard/hardware problem for sure.
Thanks for your opinion
I'll try it and write if your suggestion was right
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Phone was still rebooting so I flash brand software and after half an hour running on original software the phone dead. I have got a new one from service point
Hey xda crew!
i was hoping you might be able to help me out with this problem i have
I tried to root my phone recently using the "newbies guide to rooting x10" and well when i turned my phone back on it wouldn't turn on and just vibrated constantly untill i took the battery out.
after that i decided to try and reinstall software using SEUS and it told me that it worked. But when i tried to start my phone it again wouldn't start. but this time instead of vibrating the screen light just turned on and sort of flashed every now and then.
I left the phone on all night charging while the screen was doing funny things, in hope that it would eventually start up. but when i got up in the morning the battery had gone dead and all that was happening was the red led light was flashing.
I tried to get it back into flash mode, but because the battery was so dead all the phone would do was the red lights would flash when i plugged it into the computer.
As im not sure that i can claim it on warranty.. i was wondering if my problem lies in the USB cord/charger or the phone its self? or the battery?
Can anyone help me with this problem?
Would be a amazing help.
Thanks heaps in advance.
Well, something probably went wrong when you tried too root it, so it turned into a brick.
You won't be able to claim it on the warranty because you lost that when you tried rooting it.
Get your battery charged (maybe in someone elses x10), and search the forums here, i'm pretty sure that there is a de-brick guide somewhere, although i haven't tried it.
To get into flash mode, your bttry need to be on 50% charged... Your phone must've been booting all night, find a way to charge your battery mate, n then bfore flasing, take out ur battery, hold the back key n insert it back.... Hope this will b helpful...
maguyver it take an old charger cut the end off strip the wires now touch the red to the positive and black to negative of your battery and plug it in... i had to do it for my buddies droid x when i bricked it when it was it it reads as full charge but you only wanna have it plugged in like that for like 10 min tops
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Hey xda crew!
i was hoping you might be able to help me out with this problem i have
I tried to root my phone recently using the "newbies guide to rooting x10" and well when i turned my phone back on it wouldn't turn on and just vibrated constantly untill i took the battery out.
after that i decided to try and reinstall software using SEUS and it told me that it worked. But when i tried to start my phone it again wouldn't start. but this time instead of vibrating the screen light just turned on and sort of flashed every now and then.
I left the phone on all night charging while the screen was doing funny things, in hope that it would eventually start up. but when i got up in the morning the battery had gone dead and all that was happening was the red led light was flashing.
I tried to get it back into flash mode, but because the battery was so dead all the phone would do was the red lights would flash when i plugged it into the computer.
As im not sure that i can claim it on warranty.. i was wondering if my problem lies in the USB cord/charger or the phone its self? or the battery?
Can anyone help me with this problem?
Would be a amazing help.
Thanks heaps in advance.
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Guess there's not many to help in this issue. I just faced the same man. Don't know what to do. It won't go to flash mode, SEUS don't recognize, neither the flash tool. Reinstalled PC companion thinking the drivers have gone wrong but that don't seem to be the issue.
So im here with a bricked x10, lol but not funny ppl
Someone(recognized developer) in the forum said that the X10 can't b hard bricked. Also, i got this problem 2-3months back. But now its alright.
SEUS did't find the drivers for my x10. Then i went to my friends home(who also has x10) and flash my x10 using seus. I found drivers because drivers were already installed on my friend's pc.
So, i just want to tell you that:
Flash your X10 from that PC which already has drivers installed.
Remember your x10 can't b hard bricked. It will be semi-bricked.
Sorry for my bad english
chadf said:
Hey xda crew!
i was hoping you might be able to help me out with this problem i have
I tried to root my phone recently using the "newbies guide to rooting x10" and well when i turned my phone back on it wouldn't turn on and just vibrated constantly untill i took the battery out.
after that i decided to try and reinstall software using SEUS and it told me that it worked. But when i tried to start my phone it again wouldn't start. but this time instead of vibrating the screen light just turned on and sort of flashed every now and then.
I left the phone on all night charging while the screen was doing funny things, in hope that it would eventually start up. but when i got up in the morning the battery had gone dead and all that was happening was the red led light was flashing.
I tried to get it back into flash mode, but because the battery was so dead all the phone would do was the red lights would flash when i plugged it into the computer.
As im not sure that i can claim it on warranty.. i was wondering if my problem lies in the USB cord/charger or the phone its self? or the battery?
Can anyone help me with this problem?
Would be a amazing help.
Thanks heaps in advance.
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I'm not a DEV
But I played and bricked and de-bricked my x10 a lot and I literally installled and tested almost all ROM's the dev's posts
So, this is what I feel would've happand.
First of all, u didnt mention if u were on 2.1 or 2.3.
Because rooting 2.3 is not as easy as 2.1.
Now, like what most people commented, you root must have been broken.
Also, what I feel is that your battery stats were wrong.
That means, your battery was not holding the proper charge what it was actually "showing" (charging is infact is software based).
Now, what you actually can do is, find another person who has an X10 near your place.
Put ur battery in his cell and check whats happening.
If its really out of juice, then use "his" phone to charge your battery.
Charge it to full and then put it back to ur phone and try starting your phone.
If the vibration thing is happening, then ur battery is good.
Now open flash tool, and remove battery from ur phone.
Connect USB to phone and comp, and press the back button and hold it, and while holding it, insert the battery.
From my experience, you should be seeing the green light now, and my openion is that u flash the 2.1 generic firmware and then rroot the phone first, install recovery and after doing these, install any of the custom ROMs available.
I'm using Wolf's ROM v 4.04 and its very stable.
All the best and report back if your problem is fixed.
I bought a X10i a few months ago, then the USB port broke. I sent it back to the eBay seller for a new one. I picked it up yesterday. At first, it was ok.
When I started rooting/flashing 2.1, I started getting random crashes while booting. Tried other ROMs, including official Gingerbread, but it always crashed at the lock screen. Tried to take the SD card out, and it didn't help. Then I took the SIM card out and that worked for a bit. It seemed like a bad SIM card.
Then, it started crashing even without the SIM card. I took everything out and it was still crashing. After repairing the gingerbread, the screen stopped working.
Currently, when I press the power button, the green LED flashes briefly and the unit vibrates (sometimes short, sometimes long). The screen, however, is completely dead. It doesn't light up at all, not even with "SONY ERICSSON".
Any help? I'm wondering if there's a problem with the screen.
I may end up ditching this and getting a Xperia Neo from Newegg. Ironically, it's $50 cheaper now than the price of this X10i on eBay back in July. I'd rather not have to switch, though.
Edit: I took the case apart to check the various ribbon connectors (I don't plan on returning it anyhow). They were ok. What the eBay sellers do is they take apart the entire kit and resell the original components at a higher price. When you buy one, they grab a mainboard, stick it in the case color you want, throw in some OEM charger/cables/battery, and then ship it in the original box. That's why you might receive a black X10i while the box and its IMEI label say that it's white.
Were you able to complete a flash successfully? If so what Rom and BBand are you on?
Well, after the screen stopped working, I used Flashtool to successfully flash generic gingerbread. After it didn't work, I used PC Companion. PCC successfully repaired, but the screen still doesn't turn on. I know it is running something, though. The battery gets warm.
Edit: After repairing, I think I should be on BB 71.
Edit 2: I should mention that I have two batteries (one official, one OEM that came with the phone) and the EP900 charger. Both batteries were charged overnight, so it's not a dead battery problem.
Edit 3: I was looking at some Xperia Neo/Arc threads and they mentioned that the Trim Area may have been damage (or something like that). I'll try flashing the device with the same generic Gingerbread after I get home to see if that helps. My bootloader is still locked. Might even try a 1.6 ftf.
I've tried 2.1.A.435, 2.1.B.0.1, 3.0.1.G.0.75, and SE PCC. None are working. I'm still getting a single green LED flash and vibration. No more, no less.
Edit: Also tried SEUS. No dice.
Edit: No problems flashing anything, so it is clearly some sort of soft brick. Changing thread title to reflect this.
I hate to say this to anyone, but I think you may have a hardware problem. I hope I'm wrong but the things you have done should have fixed the problem, in my thoughts the main power board," mother board" may be faulty.... Hope I'm wrong.
Yeah, I thought all that flashing would have fixed it. I'm leaning a bit towards a bad flash or something. I'll probably return to the X10 one day and replace some parts.
I just hope the Neo I just ordered won't be as temperamental. I guess I just got lucky and never had any problems with my trusty G1.
My friend's X10i also have this problem, it will connect in flash mode ONLY when I took the battery out for 10 seconds then put it back in.
The phone doesn't have sim or sd. After I flash the generic 2.3.3 it will boot, but it will randomly shuts off and does not turn on.
I have to take out the battery for 30 minutes+ then it will boot, but it will still randomly shuts off while charging or just idling for an hour or so..
x126 said:
My friend's X10i also have this problem, it will connect in flash mode ONLY when I took the battery out for 10 seconds then put it back in.
The phone doesn't have sim or sd. After I flash the generic 2.3.3 it will boot, but it will randomly shuts off and does not turn on.
I have to take out the battery for 30 minutes+ then it will boot, but it will still randomly shuts off while charging or just idling for an hour or so..
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By "Does not turn on" do you mean at all, or won't boot?
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By "Does not turn on" do you mean at all, or won't boot?
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You are right, the phone died again just now. When I press the power button it does NOTHING at all, if I take out the battery for 10 sec and put it back in it will vibrate and still doesn't turn on. If I take the battery out for 30 minutes then it will boot and run perfectly fine only for an hour before it dies again.
Hi,
My x10 mini pro started to act "funny" (restarting and shutting down by it self) so I found this forum. Kept reading a lot of posts for 6h until I decided to try flashing it with a costum rom to fix it.
Flashed via flashtool the Sony Style's 1.1 by paul-xxx; it worked for a while, then shut down again. But this time, with flashing red light (3 times, with hard-reset [home+power button] when trying to turn on and a looping red light (every 3~4 seconds) when trying to get to flash mode.
After some time, it vanished from existence and was presumed dead. No lights, nothing at all. Send to repair, they couldn't fix it, but they restored the lights (red loop again).
So, now it got dead again. I have two batteries, both charged, but still nothing.
I really don't know what to do. I thought it was HW damage, but the repair guy said it was software corruption.
So, any light on my head ? :/
Mazzocato said:
Hi,
My x10 mini pro started to act "funny" (restarting and shutting down by it self) so I found this forum. Kept reading a lot of posts for 6h until I decided to try flashing it with a costum rom to fix it.
Flashed via flashtool the Sony Style's 1.1 by paul-xxx; it worked for a while, then shut down again. But this time, with flashing red light (3 times, with hard-reset [home+power button] when trying to turn on and a looping red light (every 3~4 seconds) when trying to get to flash mode.
After some time, it vanished from existence and was presumed dead. No lights, nothing at all. Send to repair, they couldn't fix it, but they restored the lights (red loop again).
So, now it got dead again. I have two batteries, both charged, but still nothing.
I really don't know what to do. I thought it was HW damage, but the repair guy said it was software corruption.
So, any light on my head ? :/
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If You're still able to enter into flash mode, try the SEUS restore.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17458289&postcount=8
Then show it to Your repair guy...
Cheers,
M.
mum_laris said:
If You're still able to enter into flash mode, try the SEUS restore.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17458289&postcount=8
Then show it to Your repair guy...
Cheers,
M.
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No flash mode. That's my curse ç.ç
If I could just get it up, SEUS is waiting for it.
Mazzocato said:
No flash mode. That's my curse ç.ç
If I could just get it up, SEUS is waiting for it.
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Dont know if it can help. .but give it a try with a new connecting wire.. maybe the connecting wire/port is damaged.. because it was the same with one of my friends.. he replaced with a new battery n a cord n it got fixed.. give it a try.. till then will search for u.. if found will post back..
Used a new one, from my girlfriend's 2011 mini pro, bought a new battery and fully charged on another phone. Still, no flash mode.
I would say that the port of the phone is out, but the repair guy used it with no problems... as he said.
The phone was hers, but she bought a new one. once this turned into a brick.
If I fix it, is mine... but, maybe there is no solution... :/
Just confirmed: Battery isn't the issue here. Recharged them to 100% and still the phone won't give a single sign of life.
Apparently, I'm doomed. I don't have money to buy fixing boxes and cables, but it really pains me out.
I already downloaded all the cooking material to start working on it, but... I guess it's dead.
As I searched, x10 mini pro doesn't have a test point, but a cable set up in the back board. But I couldn't find the schematics, just boxes... that will cost me a LOT.
I'll be watching the thread and test new options you guys give me... but that's all.
Sorry to bother you all with this issue..
Red light blinking again. 3 with home+power and constant bliking red connected to PC or trying flash mode. I'm confused now >_>
Mazzocato said:
Red light blinking again. 3 with home+power and constant bliking red connected to PC or trying flash mode. I'm confused now >_>
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but if You:
- open flashtools on Your pc
- connect phone by cable - also powered-off, what did You read from flashtool?
Here You can find it...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=826455
Let me know...
Cheers,
M.
Phone isn't detected.
EDIT: It doesn't respond with or without flash mode. But when I disconnect it from the cable, he blinks a red light 3 times in sequence. Same with home+power.
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Phone isn't detected.
EDIT: It doesn't respond with or without flash mode. But when I disconnect it from the cable, he blinks a red light 3 times in sequence. Same with home+power.
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You've also installed the Gordons Gate drivers before doing Your tests?
from the flashtool folder install <flashtool folder>\drivers\gg-????.exe
Then reboot pc and re-try...
Yep. GG-setup.exe installed. Restarted.
Phone looks "dead". But it blinks red lights without the charger / cable usb.
Odd.
EDIT: Left charging on the wall with red blinking light. Dead again. No sign of life whatsoever.
Update:
Noticed that it "ignores" my attempts on the screen buttons. Back and home = same reaction... as if I wasn't pressing them.
I'm thinking that I've got hardware problems... or some HARD software issues. =/
Help NO gsm!!!
Hi I tried to unlock bootloader but after going through the tests my gsm failed to start working phone just says please insert sim card but there is nothing wrong with the sim. Please need advice
Hey
A while ago, i tried to update my X10 mini. I used SEUS to do it, but somehow, during the update process my phone turned itself off. I tried to turn it back on, but no success. Trying to charge it, i saw a red light blinking, thinking that the battery must have said bye bye. Whenever i tried to turn it on, red light blinked as when it was empty. No mather how long i charged it the phone was still unable to turn on
I later red an article on bricked devices and noticed that bricking devices can easily be done by interupting the device while updating it, and thats exactly what happened.
Is there anyway to unbrick it? IF that is the case. If not, is it the battery that is completely drained?
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Hey
A while ago, i tried to update my X10 mini. I used SEUS to do it, but somehow, during the update process my phone turned itself off. I tried to turn it back on, but no success. Trying to charge it, i saw a red light blinking, thinking that the battery must have said bye bye. Whenever i tried to turn it on, red light blinked as when it was empty. No mather how long i charged it the phone was still unable to turn on
I later red an article on bricked devices and noticed that bricking devices can easily be done by interupting the device while updating it, and thats exactly what happened.
Is there anyway to unbrick it? IF that is the case. If not, is it the battery that is completely drained?
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Can you get back into flashmode? if so then just reflash the update. How charged was your battery when you started? If the battery does seem dead or no longer usable then try and charge it overnight or buy a new one, BST-38 batteries are very cheap on amazon and ebay
x10man
x10man said:
Can you get back into flashmode? if so then just reflash the update. How charged was your battery when you started? If the battery does seem dead or no longer usable then try and charge it overnight or buy a new one, BST-38 batteries are very cheap on amazon and ebay
x10man
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Iv acually been able to get into flashmode, but i then tried to us SEUS to update, but it wouldnt recognize it.
grimsonfart said:
Iv acually been able to get into flashmode, but i then tried to us SEUS to update, but it wouldnt recognize it.
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Hmm, there should be some files for flashtool floating round the forum, try and find the one for the update you were doing and maybe jump ship to unlocked bootloader if you can
x10man
What you should do is getting into recovery and put in usb storage mode, then is probably that SEUS detect the phone
icerebro said:
What you should do is getting into recovery and put in usb storage mode, then is probably that SEUS detect the phone
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He never said he had recovery and that would be in USB mode. Absolutely useless for flashing
X10man
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