hi guys, first time poster, long time lurker,
any way hi from New Zealand,
first off phone : xperia active ST17a
running android 2.3.4
rooted
unlocked etc
basically i want to"de-brand" my phone using the wontanserver,
easy me thinks,
downloaded all necessary drivers etc,
followed the instructions on the server program..
thats when i faced the stumbling block,
it states after the removal and re-installation of the battery
to plug the usb in whilst holding the "service button"
well i'll be buggered if i can find out what or where the service button is,
on he xperia active there is no physical buttons on the front of the phone
and on the sides there is the power, volume, and camera buttons,
none of those seemed to work,
any clues for me,
cheers
Volume down?
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grrrr,
it worked,
lol, your a gent and a scholar
i swear i tried it last night
maybe you were wrong to use the kernel
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Hi! Im finally bringing this up to the general community after a month of suffering from this thing my Sony S Tablet is experiencing through. My Sony S Tablet randomly touches itself on the screen, to be more specific the lower function buttons ( Back key, Home Key, and Recently used app Key). Its really annoying when im browsing the net either stock browser/dolphin HD or watch videos on Gallery/Quickpic the tab touches the back button or home button and repeatedly does that and wont stop until i lock the tab or even turns it off. Its getting more worst as each day passes by. I think i noticed this one after doing this one:
stifilz said:
Then you are very, very, very, very lucky. LOL One of the only regions left that we can root (as Sony removed 3.2.1 from servers when 4.0.3 ICS R1A/R2A came out.
You are on 11000 version so flash this:
0035
http://www.mediafire.com/?cti11ejoxpxx4cm
This will give you 3.2 (newer than 11000) kernel 10 (don't worry about the k10 issue, not relevant with 3.2)
Then flash this:
0042 (under kernel 10 3.2.1 : ) )
http://www.4shared.com/zip/03dah__B/signed-nbx03_001-ota-0042001.html
or
http://www.4shared.com/zip/8nuDXOQZ/signed-nbx03_001-ota-0042001.html
There are the files to install:
Move to SD card (not possible without SD)
Insert SD card
Turn off tab
Hold VOL DOWN BUTTON
Turn on tab, while still holding VOL DOWN
TAHDAH recovery menu. Flash as above
NB vol up, down are up, down and use power to select, install update from SD card, choose update from zip.
Chur
Stifilz
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mawnstermew
Same as above to you if you are US. You may or may not need to flash 0035 if you are allready 0035. If you are not US tab then please post your model and I will look.
Chur
Stifilz
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When i first recieved this one all was well. but only when i tried rooting/upgrading it for the first time and it became worst when i successfully upgraded from HC to ICS 4.0.3 RC5
I tried:
1. Factory reset via Recovery Mode
2. Factory reset via settings
3. Erasing everything on the external storage
4. Changing into "Medium" the touch and hold delay
but still the problem persists. Anyone got any clue regarding whats happening on my Sony S Tablet? I also got queries
1. Could this be a problem with virus? i tried clearing up the external storage but its still there
2. How could i revert back to the original ROM i was in when i first recieved it? i dont care if its HC as long as the annoying problem disappears
3. What if i lost my Original receipt of my Tab could i still avail its warranty if i finally decided to send it back to the service team?
4. And is there any cure to this madness my tab is into?
5. Anyone knows whats the specific name my tablet is experiencing? Google cant be my bestfriend if i wont give him specific items to be searched
Any forms of help, suggestions and advices are warmly appreciated. Thanks!
Do you have a screen protector installed? Had the same problem about one week after installing the protector. The problem disappeared after some air escaped after rubbing the screen protector. Looks like there was some sort of static interference with the touch screen. Haven't had this problem again since. Good luck!
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arnedielis said:
Do you have a screen protector installed? Had the same problem about one week after installing the protector. The problem disappeared after some air escaped after rubbing the screen protector. Looks like there was some sort of static interference with the touch screen. Haven't had this problem again since. Good luck!
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Tried removing the screenprotector but the problem still persists
anybody has ideas how to fix this one? called the service crew today and they only suggested reformatting the tablet, which obviously didnt solve the problem
Sell it. Get a nexus 7.
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Probably from Heating
Touch screen recognizes touch from heating. I had the same problem too, and here is what I noticed:
when the battery level goes to ~<20%, the problem starts. charged it to full, and it was gone. checked 2 times. Doesn't cause problem when fully charged.
when the battery level goes down, the tablet slightly overheats at the bottom. I think that is what causing it. Try charging it to full and report it here if the problem still persists
Have that issue also. Don't think it's too common actually. The reps. at my local Sony Center just laughed at me, and said they never heard such thing before.. Never noticed if it's battery related, but will look for it, next time it occurs. That'll mean it's a hardware defect that can't be solved without changing to a new unit.. =(
Batery is probably at the same location.
If thats the case i be worried, sony has bad reputation when it comes to batery's if they become hot verry rapidly they can explode.
Sony vaio team is the one that made this tablet and the xperia tablet s.
my batery is in top near camera can become warm, i defiantly put my tablet upside down next time it becomes warm to see if i can re produce this, if thats the case others probably have same issue also.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sony-Exploding-Batteries-Chronicles-37848.shtml
I have the Same Problem. I can't use it anymore.
Still waiting A Response from sony support.
Any clue how To Solve this?
Even with full batery, the tablet is crazy.
-bump- the problem returned... anyone else experiences the same thing?
Still present after JB update. This time though, it is more aggressive than before.. :S
Sent from my Xperia Z
anyone tried sending it back to sony or has found some answers to this annoying presses?
I have had Mine to service at Sony Center twice. They replaced The mainboard both times and The screen The second time. Definately not hardware related.. Will send it back a third time tomorrow and Ask for a refund. Will be cheaper for Sony, as the mainboard probably costs almost as much as The device it self..
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up anyone found anything to fix this problem?
I got solution for the issue
mawnstermew said:
up anyone found anything to fix this problem?
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You go search to internet and search for the previous OTA firmware of STS (Sony Tablet S)... for examples 4.0.3 Release 1a (signed-nbx03_001-ota-120803002).
- Download it (in zip file)
- put it into your sd card (in zip file)
- switch off your STS
- switch it back on while holding button 'ON' and Volume + button (hold together)
- Once the Sony logo appear, release the button 'ON' but not the volume +
- Once the blue screen appear with menus then release the volume + button
- Choose 'Update via sd card' ( scroll with volume - & select by pushing 'ON' button )
- Once choose then wait until it reboot.
- tadaaaa...finish...you are now downgrade from 4.0.3 Release 5a...and the screen touch by itself will no longer appear.
pssst : STS will ask for update to 4.0.3 Release 5a..... i don't think you would since previously we having the issue.
Good day.
Zhyril ZA
[email protected]
Hi everyone!
This is my first post unfortunately, I'll try to keep things short and clear. I'm in pretty deep $#&@.
My Prime:
-4.1.1
-WW sku
-firmware 10.4.2.18
I was happy with it for two years I have never touched it other than updating it from HC all the way to JB. Two years later out of nowhere the screen gets garbled the tablet started to give screaming sounds through the speaker at max volume and then it went dark. I couldn't switch it on only after a whole night on the charger although it had enough juice on it. Since then every time I boot it it tries to install an OTA camera firmware update, but it fails each time, it gives the exclamation mark once in android, same result.
Issues after the incident:
- SD card slot not working,
- USB port not working,
- whenever the tablet has to make sound through speakers the screaming goes on until I shut it down or it goes dark by itself,
- the tablet recognises false power and volume button presses only in android in the recovery they work fine,
- sound through any type of external speaker, headphone earphone works, but occasionnally there is noise in the background
- the camera firmware is completely missing, upon opening the app it says it can't work without the firmware and asks me kindly to update it (in the about tablet the firmware version is X-ed out)
- if I close the tablet with the dock, it can't be unlocked again, it must be rebooted in oder to use it
- te tablet doesn't get recognised by my and any other PCs although it charges fine (that was an old issue i bought another cable with the same result)
- varoius little bugs, wifi switching on and off, gps weakness, notification bar not opening
What works:
- microSD card slot (i have a fat32 formatted microSD with 4GBs of storage)
- keyboard with all keys
- touchscreen
- all apps & games
How I tried to solve the problem:
I factory reset it about 4 times since without success obviously. The device is no longer under warranty so I unlocked its bootloader with the ASUS tool. It worked fine. I can't achieve root however because of the connectivity issue, Framaroot says my device isn't vulnerable. I tried to update the firmware through my microSD card, but the exclamation mark doesn't appear even after a reboot or hard reset (maybe because I had the latest already installed). There is no RMA in my country, and the fee of the service and the transport all the way to and back from the Czech Republic is way too high for me to pay.
So here I am with a more or less functional Prime robbed of nearly all the features, helpless and not knowing what to do next.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, although I really do think that it is beyond saving.
Cheers,
Peter from Hungary
Try to install a new rom. It seems like a software problem.
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Tudor1999 said:
Try to install a new rom. It seems like a software problem.
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Hi!
Thanks for the advice, I would gladly try but given the state of my tablet I am unable to do so.
Any suggestions on how do I install it step by step?
Buricsavo said:
Hi!
Thanks for the advice, I would gladly try but given the state of my tablet I am unable to do so.
Any suggestions on how do I install it step by step?
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It does sound like hardware failure to me but when it is powered off and you hold down Volume Down and the Power button the same time fir a few seconds do you get into a screen with icons on it ?
flumpster said:
It does sound like hardware failure to me but when it is powered off and you hold down Volume Down and the Power button the same time fir a few seconds do you get into a screen with icons on it ?
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Yes, the stock recovery works perfectly if that's what you ask!
IS there a slight chance of making it work again?
Alright so I gave my One S (on jelly bean) to my girlfriend a few months ago after she dropped her Nexus 4 in the toilet. Fast forward to now, and the power button is not working anymore. The plunger thing that presses into the microswitch broke off somehow. I got an app that can shut the screen off and another app that lets me use the volume buttons to wake up the phone (this one seems to have impacted battery life a little bit as its a persistent service that runs). Anyways, she asks me what to do now about screenshots and I figure a software method might work. Wrong. Nothing I can find in the play store worked, complaining of no root or invalid method or something like that. Ok, I figure i'll root it. Nope, cant do the power button + volume button combos to get into recovery mode or any of that.
So now what? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Helgaiden said:
Alright so I gave my One S (on jelly bean) to my girlfriend a few months ago after she dropped her Nexus 4 in the toilet. Fast forward to now, and the power button is not working anymore. The plunger thing that presses into the microswitch broke off somehow. I got an app that can shut the screen off and another app that lets me use the volume buttons to wake up the phone (this one seems to have impacted battery life a little bit as its a persistent service that runs). Anyways, she asks me what to do now about screenshots and I figure a software method might work. Wrong. Nothing I can find in the play store worked, complaining of no root or invalid method or something like that. Ok, I figure i'll root it. Nope, cant do the power button + volume button combos to get into recovery mode or any of that.
So now what? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobikasa.screenshot.lite
This might work. Most of the 1 star ratings are from people that can take screenshots normally so don't understand the point of the app. But yea, you're out of luck with rooting if your bootloader isn't unlocked already. And if it isn't, you can't because you need the power button to select the agreement for the unlock.
Not a big fan of having to redo the hack any time the phone is restarted. Oh well. Is there a toolkit based one click root solution by any chance?
Dear All,
I have been using xda for long time as a user of the huge amount of knowledge in these pages...
Thanks to this community I got the most out of my samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy SII, Galaxy SIII and LG G2.
Now I have an Xperia Z2 D6503. I've been using it for a month and I love it.
But this is my problem.
2 days ago I was using the phone normally, I checked google maps and I put the phone under charge.
An hour later, I went to check the phone, and the phone was unresponsive: black screen, impossible to turn off/restart, no sound, no apparent activity. The only sign of life is a red led when I press the power botton.
The phone is with the original stock (firmware 17.1.A.2.69), I rooted it with a guide I found here (of course) just to use an app like android firewall.
I tried to search the forum for something like this, but honestly all I could find was something similar for the Xperia Z and what was proposed there to restart the phone didn't work (power+volume up).
I also tried to restart the phone with the off button inside the slot where the sim card is. That didn't work either.
Please let me know how can I move forward. As anybody else experienced something like this?
Thanks for your support!
Try flashing official firmware with flashtool maybe? Maybe this will help, I don't know man.
and what about hard reboot, by maintaining power and volume up until the 3 vibrations?
MrYous said:
Dear All,
I have been using xda for long time as a user of the huge amount of knowledge in these pages...
Thanks to this community I got the most out of my samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy SII, Galaxy SIII and LG G2.
Now I have an Xperia Z2 D6503. I've been using it for a month and I love it.
But this is my problem.
2 days ago I was using the phone normally, I checked google maps and I put the phone under charge.
An hour later, I went to check the phone, and the phone was unresponsive: black screen, impossible to turn off/restart, no sound, no apparent activity. The only sign of life is a red led when I press the power botton.
The phone is with the original stock (firmware 17.1.A.2.69), I rooted it with a guide I found here (of course) just to use an app like android firewall.
I tried to search the forum for something like this, but honestly all I could find was something similar for the Xperia Z and what was proposed there to restart the phone didn't work (power+volume up).
I also tried to restart the phone with the off button inside the slot where the sim card is. That didn't work either.
Please let me know how can I move forward. As anybody else experienced something like this?
Thanks for your support!
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I suggest you go back to stock using flashtool, use it for a while just stock and see if this happens again. If it does, there's something wrong with your phone, but i don't think that's the case.
Try and tell us.
diego9016 HugePotato thanks for your answer! is there any way I can save my data first before flashing?
sensei_sai how do I perform the hard reboot? if I press power and volume up the phone does 3 vibrations, then nothing. what next? how do I hard reboot?
thanks for your help!
I'm currently travelling but when back home in a week I'll definitely go back to stock. But in the meantime, I'm so anxious to save the data stored in the phone.
thanks again!
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hi RocketSauce83 thanks!
yes. as I said in the first post, I did try the reset button. Unfortunately nothing happens....
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When I put it on charge the red led blinks regularly as usual. Apart that, nothing else.
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Have you tried to repair using Sony PC Companion?
That usually helps me if I get stuck
RocketSauce83 said:
Well that sucks
Here is another thread with something similar issues. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2744371
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Thanks, I read that post. Interesting, but basically no solution except getting the phone replaced under warranty. I'd go for that, but I wish there was a way to save my data first. I've something in the phone only with no backup.
MotoXoom said:
Have you tried to repair using Sony PC Companion?
That usually helps me if I get stuck
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I haven't tried that yet, as I'm currently travelling.
for my phone was also blinking with a red light when put for charging through the usb or even the charger and then i later found out is because i locked my bootloader when i was in root and had to reflash the stock rom to get it back up
shockerz1z said:
for my phone was also blinking with a red light when put for charging through the usb or even the charger and then i later found out is because i locked my bootloader when i was in root and had to reflash the stock rom to get it back up
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Did your pc recognize your z2, because I can't seem to get it work on my pc to flash a stock Rom. I only get a blinking red light and when I press the power and volume up I get 3 vibrations that's about it.
malek777 said:
Did your pc recognize your z2, because I can't seem to get it work on my pc to flash a stock Rom. I only get a blinking red light and when I press the power and volume up I get 3 vibrations that's about it.
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shockerz1z malek777
when I connect the phone to the USB I see that the laptop tries to install the drivers and it fails.
But this is my work laptop and I cannot install sony drivers. I don't know if my desktop at home would recognize the phone. I'll try when I get back.
For the rest, the experience is as discribed by malek777, doing power and volume up I get 3 vibrations and that's it.
I fortgot to mention, I rooted the phone without unlocking the boatloader.
MrYous said:
shockerz1z malek777
when I connect the phone to the USB I see that the laptop tries to install the drivers and it fails.
But this is my work laptop and I cannot install sony drivers. I don't know if my desktop at home would recognize the phone. I'll try when I get back.
For the rest, the experience is as discribed by malek777, doing power and volume up I get 3 vibrations and that's it.
I fortgot to mention, I rooted the phone without unlocking the boatloader.
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I figured out a way to use the companion app to go back to stock. When you get to the part in repair my device to connect your device, phone must be plugged in.
Hold the power button and volume up, once you hear the 3 vibrations let go of all and hold volume down. You will see a red light and then a green one. You're phone now in download even though there nothing on the screen.
Let me know if this works for you.
malek777 said:
I figured out a way to use the companion app to go back to stock. When you get to the part in repair my device to connect your device, phone must be plugged in.
Hold the power button and volume up, once you hear the 3 vibrations let go of all and hold volume down. You will see a red light and then a green one. You're phone now in download even though there nothing on the screen.
Let me know if this works for you.
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Thanks malek777 I'll try it when I got home.
Something similar happened to me, I know that's a little silly answer but can you tried charging with another charger/cable?
tel033 said:
Something similar happened to me, I know that's a little silly answer but can you tried charging with another charger/cable?
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hi tel033 I tried to plug it with a different cable. What should happen? The only thing that happens is the red led blinking.....
thanks again.
Same thing happened to me. week 22. Got a replacement. Stock Phone, no root.
Hello people,
I've been into android root, unlock BL etc stuff a long time, I'm still a beginner though, but I do know some stuff to help myself, or do basic roots/unroot etc.
I had an Xperia PRO, and later bought an Xperia Z1. My Z1 is (kinda) OK, expect that when I submerged it into a pool, just to have some fun underwater pictures, my screen stopped responding in the middle (its annoying, probably the digitizer has stopped working there, ill send it to sony nvm). For the time my Z1 is at Sony's I'll use my old Xperia PRO, It had Ultima Kernel and Stock 4.0.4 Android, and it had an update availiable. I was so not in the mood to check it out, and i just clicked mindlessly the install button... My phone powered off.. And never turned on again. No power on, no LED when pluged to PC/Charger, no vibration, no hard reset, no nothing. It was totally dead. And i remember how i unlocked the BL using test point method, i still had that cable (handmade), so i connected Xperia PRO like when i tried to unlock BL. And guess what!? My PC read it as QHSUSB_DLOAD, I was pretty surprised it's still alive. Well, I can't find any working drivers or figure out what to do with it, but that's why i came here.
I would really appreciate some help on what to do, anyone knows how to restore it.
hi
DeejayTelis said:
Hello people,
I've been into android root, unlock BL etc stuff a long time, I'm still a beginner though, but I do know some stuff to help myself, or do basic roots/unroot etc.
I had an Xperia PRO, and later bought an Xperia Z1. My Z1 is (kinda) OK, expect that when I submerged it into a pool, just to have some fun underwater pictures, my screen stopped responding in the middle (its annoying, probably the digitizer has stopped working there, ill send it to sony nvm). For the time my Z1 is at Sony's I'll use my old Xperia PRO, It had Ultima Kernel and Stock 4.0.4 Android, and it had an update availiable. I was so not in the mood to check it out, and i just clicked mindlessly the install button... My phone powered off.. And never turned on again. No power on, no LED when pluged to PC/Charger, no vibration, no hard reset, no nothing. It was totally dead. And i remember how i unlocked the BL using test point method, i still had that cable (handmade), so i connected Xperia PRO like when i tried to unlock BL. And guess what!? My PC read it as QHSUSB_DLOAD, I was pretty surprised it's still alive. Well, I can't find any working drivers or figure out what to do with it, but that's why i came here.
I would really appreciate some help on what to do, anyone knows how to restore it.
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it can only be restored by setool .... contact me on gtalk i can help [email protected]
Holy mother of Jesus, I did it. Not with setool, but with s1tool. I found the drivers, it recognized my phone when connected via test point as zeus flash device, I restored at s1tool, and then flashed via flashtool a stock rom and voila! It's aliiiiveee!!!
Thank you for givin me the idea and for responding.