I'm pretty new to the whole flashing business, so if whatever I asked does not make sense, please be patient. Thanks!
I recently flashed the Neutrino Rom V2.6 from V2.5p2. Got lazy and didn't do a full wipe before flashing (also my battery was at ~5% ) After the installation, I successfully booted into Android, but realized that the fresh ROM didn't have multilingual or sync support (since the Neutrino Rom is a stripped down CM7), so I booted back into recovery (still with low battery)
I subsequently flashed the addons provided by the dev for multilingual and sync support, and when I selected "Go back" in CWM recovery, it displayed a long string of error messages, I believe starting with E:\"........."
Ignoring the error messages, I selected "reboot system", hoping luck would be on my side, but it wasn't
the result of all this is is that I can only "turn on" the phone with it plugged, and it will go through loops at the Moto bootscreen...also if I try to enter recovery by pressing "power+vol down", the screen goes blank and does not enter CWM recovery. Further, I am also unable to charge the battery for some reason, because as soon as I plug the phone into the wall charger, it will go through the Moto bootloop
My question is, is this a hardbrick or softbrick?
If it's a softbrick, is there any way of fixing it, or has somebody else ran into a similar problem?
Please help me out here, like I said, I'm new to the whole world of flashing stuff, so much advice is needed, and any help would be appreciated!
Thanks a lot ahead of time
pkvlover004 said:
I'm pretty new to the whole flashing business, so if whatever I asked does not make sense, please be patient. Thanks!
I recently flashed the Neutrino Rom V2.6 from V2.5p2. Got lazy and didn't do a full wipe before flashing (also my battery was at ~5% ) After the installation, I successfully booted into Android, but realized that the fresh ROM didn't have multilingual or sync support (since the Neutrino Rom is a stripped down CM7), so I booted back into recovery (still with low battery)
I subsequently flashed the addons provided by the dev for multilingual and sync support, and when I selected "Go back" in CWM recovery, it displayed a long string of error messages, I believe starting with E:\"........."
Ignoring the error messages, I selected "reboot system", hoping luck would be on my side, but it wasn't
the result of all this is is that I can only "turn on" the phone with it plugged, and it will go through loops at the Moto bootscreen...also if I try to enter recovery by pressing "power+vol down", the screen goes blank and does not enter CWM recovery. Further, I am also unable to charge the battery for some reason, because as soon as I plug the phone into the wall charger, it will go through the Moto bootloop
My question is, is this a hardbrick or softbrick?
If it's a softbrick, is there any way of fixing it, or has somebody else ran into a similar problem?
Please help me out here, like I said, I'm new to the whole world of flashing stuff, so much advice is needed, and any help would be appreciated!
Thanks a lot ahead of time
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Before you begin, turn OFF phone, remove battery, and connect to wall charger charger. When ? appears, install your battery and let it charge for a long time. NEVER FLASH WITH LOW BATTERY!
You need to reflash your recovery. Before you start, perform a proper WIPE. SKIP THE FIRST 4 STEPS, read this:
CaelanT said:
boot to recovery (DISREGARD)
Wipe Dalvik (DISREGARD)
wipe cache (DISREGARD)
factory reset/data (DISREGARD)
boot into fastboot
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase webtop
fastboot erase preinstall
fastboot reboot
flash ROM in recovery
wipe Dalvik
wipe cache
reboot
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This is the Recovery you should be using: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
Make sure you fully understand before proceeding! If you do not know about fastboot, read up on it.
NOTE: I believe your device is soft bricked.
i have the same problem i was trying to connect my wifi it showed ..error...flashing 1-cm7 rc 1 ....neurtrino ee....darkside.....then neutrino gt in that order i flashed........i get the same thing u get the phone just continues to turn on n off on boot animation screen.....no cwm i just shows a black screeen ............anyone can assist us with are problem
wsxyz said:
i have the same problem i was trying to connect my wifi it showed ..error...flashing 1-cm7 rc 1 ....neurtrino ee....darkside.....then neutrino gt in that order i flashed........i get the same thing u get the phone just continues to turn on n off on boot animation screen.....no cwm i just shows a black screeen ............anyone can assist us with are problem
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Are you able to select Fastboot from the menu?
Soldier-2Point0 said:
Before you begin, turn OFF phone, remove battery, and connect to wall charger charger. When ? appears, install your battery and let it charge for a long time. NEVER FLASH WITH LOW BATTERY!
You need to reflash your recovery. Before you start, perform a proper WIPE read this:
This is the Recovery you should be using: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
Make sure you fully understand before proceeding! If you do not know about fastboot, read up on it.
NOTE: I believe your device is soft bricked.
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Thanks for the reply!
When I plug in the phone without battery, it just goes to the Moto boot screen, and starts the loop again...the usual "?" symbol doesn't appear at all
I've done battery calibration before, where it was required to plug phone into wall charger without battery, and the "?" has always appeared
Soldier-2Point0 said:
Are you able to select Fastboot from the menu?
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I CAN select Fastboot from the menu, but it says "battery too low to flash"
pkvlover004 said:
Thanks for the reply!
When I plug in the phone without battery, it just goes to the Moto boot screen, and starts the loop again...the usual "?" symbol doesn't appear at all
I've done battery calibration before, where it was required to plug phone into wall charger without battery, and the "?" has always appeared
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Can you plug in your phone, with the battery in, to your pc and get to the fastboot, recovery, etc menu???
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pkvlover004 said:
I CAN select Fastboot from the menu, but it says "battery too low to flash"
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Try getting to that menu and let it charge for a while? Have you tried that? ANd I mean, let it charge for about an hour. Charging might take longer than usual because your screen will be on.
Soldier-2Point0 said:
Are you able to select Fastboot from the menu?
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Soldier-2Point0 said:
Can you plug in your phone, with the battery in, to your pc and get to the fastboot, recovery, etc menu???
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Try getting to that menu and let it charge for a while? Have you tried that?
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trying to charge at fastboot menu now
will try fastboot/recovery via USB soon
pkvlover004 said:
trying to charge at fastboot menu now
will try fastboot/recovery via USB soon
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Good luck!
update: charging on the fastboot screen now - the battery is a little warm, that means it's getting charged up?
pkvlover004 said:
update: charging on the fastboot screen now - the battery is a little warm, that means it's getting charged up?
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It is possible, but remember your screen is on.
I guess you're good now?
Sent from my MB860 CM7 olympus latest nightly 30p Radio. Leave your charger at home!
sorry for the late reply...and thanks for all the help
no actually am not, I still can't get the battery charged up, which is the biggest issue right now...
I think if I can find someway to charge the battery without plugging in the phone, it's possible to enter fastboot with a charged battery
otherwise, even if I get to the bootloader menu (fastboot, nvflash, recovery etc etc), when I plug the phone into the computer and select fastboot, it'll still say "battery too low to flash"
Just a suggestion...trying to help. What if you find out a fresh charged battery before starting the recover procedure? I dunno if it will work because I dunno if there is some kind of serial number checking at this low level in the phone....I see that under no circunstances could you charge your battery again...
Marcelocohenarg said:
Just a suggestion...trying to help. What if you find out a fresh charged battery before starting the recover procedure? I dunno if it will work because I dunno if there is some kind of serial number checking at this low level in the phone....I see that under no circunstances could you charge your battery again...
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pkvlover004 said:
sorry for the late reply...and thanks for all the help
no actually am not, I still can't get the battery charged up, which is the biggest issue right now...
I think if I can find someway to charge the battery without plugging in the phone, it's possible to enter fastboot with a charged battery
otherwise, even if I get to the bootloader menu (fastboot, nvflash, recovery etc etc), when I plug the phone into the computer and select fastboot, it'll still say "battery too low to flash"
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Borrow or buy a battery. Or make a new thread asking how to charge battery. Title on the thread is misleading.
thanks
Soldier-2Point0 said:
Before you begin, turn OFF phone, remove battery, and connect to wall charger charger. When ? appears, install your battery and let it charge for a long time. NEVER FLASH WITH LOW BATTERY!
You need to reflash your recovery. Before you start, perform a proper WIPE. SKIP THE FIRST 4 STEPS, read this:
This is the Recovery you should be using: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
Make sure you fully understand before proceeding! If you do not know about fastboot, read up on it.
NOTE: I believe your device is soft bricked.
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i use this method n it worked thanks..to bad my wifi still shows up error after i attempt to connect it it doesn't reboot thats good i think
low battery
Even i am stuck in recovery. No matter how many times i flash a ROM after wipe data/ cache partition and dalvik and then install the ROM i still boot into recovery when the ROM asks to reboot the device.
Here's what happened
1. Had a nandroid backup of older version of CWM mostly 5.0.2.x
2. Based on Nottachtrix thread installed the romracer recovery(updated flashable zip)
3. Updated to Nottachtrix 1.3.1 and successfully booted
4. Figured out that contacts everything weren't synced. So wanted to go back to older CM7 rom using restore ROM
5. Something went wrong during restoration. Data and other wern't restored and i guess only boot had been restored
6. Endless loop into recovery thereafter.
Trying out different things like flashing boot.img, recovery etc battery drained and couldn't flash.
Fasbtoot and other options triggered by using volume buttons and power button works fine. RDS also detects the device but bootloader unknown and other info all were unknown.
Since battery drained i was searching on methods to charge the battery. Had figured out that custom method for charging the phone needs to be implemented.
While playing around again with phone i powered it through directly through charger and opted for linux cold-booting which gave me the battery icon with the question mark on screen. Popped in the battery and it started to charge. So now i know i can charge the battery using this method.
I am yet to make progress on flashing ROM successfully again. Is my backup lost ? Did the error happen because i backed up using an older version of CWM or flashing to Nottachtrix changed something
I even restored successfully to my previous ROM after deleting .android secure from ext SDcard but still it threw me to CWM only :|
Help appreciated.
Related
Hey I hope this isn't to much of a noob question but I've been looking for an answer and i cant find one...
I have just flashed my first custom rom using rom manager, I went with ninja (im not completely sure what version because i cant turn on my phone as you will see)
and i got a message saying that my battery is unknown and now it wont charge. I didn't realize and the battery died...
I found a post saying that i should fix the permission for /system/bin/bttry. I did this and it still didn't help.
What should i do?
If i flash a new rom will that help?
First off, yes. Just download a ROM **i suggest dorian's redpill v4--http://www.atrixforums.com/forum/motorola-atrix-roms/3282-rom-redpill-beta-v3-7-23-a-90.html#post60301**, put it on your internal SD card (since you're using ROM manager, which i think will only allow you to flash from INTERNAL sd card), then boot yer phone into fastboot mode by holding down the volume down + power button when phone is starting up. Go into fastboot on computer, navigate to fastboot folder in command line, and type:
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase webtop
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase preinstall
fastboot erase boot
fastboot reboot
then reboot into recovery, make sure to hold down volume down + power after phone reboots, and go into CWM recovery. Now do a Factory Reset, and delete your Dalvik Cache under the advanced menu. NOW flash your new ROM and enjoy .
Thanks i will try this, the only problem is that i have no battery power and I need to find one to borrow!
But thanks. I will update you when i can do this
mypcool said:
Thanks i will try this, the only problem is that i have no battery power and I need to find one to borrow!
But thanks. I will update you when i can do this
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Oh my you can't boot into fastboot or anything? Oh. Well wish I would've realized that sorry uhh...What happens if you pull the battery, leave it out for a full minute, then put it back in. Plug the charger in, let it charge for a while, then while the charger is still plugged into the phone, take the back case off and pull the battery. Leave the battery out for 30 seconds, then put the battery back in, the whole time while still having the charger connected. Then try rebooting. FYI I got this information from another post, didn't come up with it on my own. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198333
Nothing, i still get the "grey ? battery" (so frustrating!!) Is it possible that the battery got ruined in the flash?
My Amaze 4G won't turn on...
So this is what has happened:
- I rooted my phone following the guide on this forum and installed recovery successfully
- I then flashed BeastMod 2.3.0
- Wiped out everything, then I tried to turn on my phone it would be stuck on the HTC screen when you first turn the phone on. (only thing that was able to be booted was the bootloader and recovery)
- I was like CRAP! What did I forget?! Then I was like I think I read something about kernel... I was like crap...
- I took the SD card plugged it into my MyTouch 3G Slide and downloaded BeastMod 1.3 (I think, the one without needing a kernel).
- I then proceeded to install it through Recovery. It installed.
- To my amazement, it worked I was like YESSSS.
- Then I proceeded to install the Faux Kernel v007 and then BeastMod 2.30
- IT WORKED, I got to witness the lockscreen of the beastly BeastMod 2.30!!! I was like this is amazing. Then I was like I think it said a full wipe.
- So I went back into the recovery. I wiped/formated everything it let my format/wipe. I was like clean install FTW. (I don't know if I should've)
- To my dismay, when I rebooted it. ONCE AGAIN THE HTC SCREEN ARGHHHH. So I tried factory resetting it (which I don't know whether or not it does bring me back to stock YIKES...)
- Then I was like its late at night, I should go to sleep. I took out the battery. Put it back in. Plug it into the wall charger and went to sleep. I thought I would fix this problem tomorrow.
- Now when I woke up a few hours ago... my phone is not turning on. It was clearly plugged in and everything to the wall charger. Orange LED light on when I plugged it in. I searched this up on Google to no success in solving this problem.
Currently while writing this post I have taken my battery off for 10 minutes to see if it resets the phone's battery stats, etc.
I have some experience of knowing how to root and flash. I have flashed a MyTouch 3G slide (a bunch of times), a G2, and a G2x. The G2x experienced the same not turning on problem, but it was fixed somehow after a while.
The ultimate question is... how do I fix my Amaze 4G by getting it to turn back on and successfully flashing the latest BeastMod (which I have heard has beastly battery life) with a 100% clean install?
Oh and when I have it plugged into my computer. It keeps having that beep (repeatedly in an interval of 5 - 7 seconds) when you first plug the usb in to the computer.
EDIT (QUICK UPDATE): My phone is back on. I frantically pressed the power button like no tomorrow and it finally turned on, but its still stuck on the HTC screen. Right now I'll try reflashing BeastMod 2.30. Hopefully it works. :/
EDIT: ON BOOTLOADER, it says:
"battery voltage is too low
please change a battery."
bad battery already... the heck?
DarxMalFur said:
Oh and when I have it plugged into my computer. It keeps having that beep (repeatedly in an interval of 5 - 7 seconds) when you first plug the usb in to the computer.
EDIT (QUICK UPDATE): My phone is back on. I frantically pressed the power button like no tomorrow and it finally turned on, but its still stuck on the HTC screen. Right now I'll try reflashing BeastMod 2.30. Hopefully it works. :/
EDIT: ON BOOTLOADER, it says:
"battery voltage is too low
please change a battery."
bad battery already... the heck?
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Get back into recovery and wipe battery stats. Should be fine afterwards.
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Remember, if you can get into Recovery...you're OK!!!! Relax! It still sounds like you're shooting in the dark a bit (i.e. could have read up a little more before you took the leap), but...
1) Bad battery issue - really doubt it. It probably drained...why you might ask?
2) Which leads into the question of which Recovery did you install? Some of them apparently have "charging" issues. That might have contributed to the "battery voltage is too low please change a battery" message.
In any case, if you can charge the battery/swap with one of your friends with a compatible one (Sensation and Evo3D I think use the same battery), try that out. Or, try your luck at charging it some. Again, if you can get to Recovery, 99.99% of the time, you aren't screwed.
verkion
I always thought you have to wipe (cache, dalvik and factory reset) prior to flashing ROM because the ROM installs into the freshly wiped partitions.
Sent from my HTC Amaze 4G using XDA App
This is actually a very easy to fix issue.
You read that you needed to wipe after the phone was already on. You the proceeded and wiped/factory reset.
- After you do that, everything erases; therefore, you do not have a ROM installed in your phone anymore.
So the fix is:
1) Go into recovery
2) Wipe/factory reset (yes again, idk what you might have done)
3) Wipe cache
4) Advanced / wipe dalvik cache
5) Adcanced / wipe battery stats
5) Install .zip from SD card / choose .zip from SD card
6) Beastmod.zip (or whatever it might be called)
7) Restart the phone... it all works.
(You don't exactly have to do all those steps, but I would suggest you do to start your phone 100%% fresh for the new rom)
Enjoy!
- Xologist
xologist said:
This is actually a very easy to fix issue.
You read that you needed to wipe after the phone was already on. You the proceeded and wiped/factory reset.
- After you do that, everything erases; therefore, you do not have a ROM installed in your phone anymore.
So the fix is:
1) Go into recovery
2) Wipe/factory reset (yes again, idk what you might have done)
3) Wipe cache
4) Advanced / wipe dalvik cache
5) Adcanced / wipe battery stats
5) Install .zip from SD card / choose .zip from SD card
6) Beastmod.zip (or whatever it might be called)
7) Restart the phone... it all works.
(You don't exactly have to do all those steps, but I would suggest you do to start your phone 100%% fresh for the new rom)
Enjoy!
- Xologist
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I tried all the instructions (except for flashing a new ROM, since I can't get the ROM to flash...) and it's still stuck on the HTC main page, when it first starts...
Help?
Download stock recovery and search for relock bootloader and search for stock ROM. Go to your hot boot and download stock recovery, after relock and put your stock ROM on your SD card. And the phone is going to boot on the factory (the same as you bought the phone).
william.laing said:
I tried all the instructions (except for flashing a new ROM, since I can't get the ROM to flash...) and it's still stuck on the HTC main page, when it first starts...
Help?
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Just saying .. when i first flashed I also was scared on the htc screen but you actullay have to wait..
... Did u atleast wait like 2 to 3 mins... It takes time to load up the first time u install a mod..
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zab911 said:
Just saying .. when i first flashed I also was scared on the htc screen but you actullay have to wait..
... Did u atleast wait like 2 to 3 mins... It takes time to load up the first time u install a mod..
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nvm I see u said u have flashed b4.. so Iam sure u waited long enough..
william.laing said:
I tried all the instructions (except for flashing a new ROM, since I can't get the ROM to flash...) and it's still stuck on the HTC main page, when it first starts...
Help?
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This Happened to me..
I used command prompt and brought the device to the recovery mode and flashed the rom. Now the phone runs ICS and works like a charm.
You need to download android sdk for windows/mac or whatever OS you have on our computer and install it.
1. Download and copy a ROM or TWO on your microSD and put it back in your Amaze.
2. Open the Command Prompt.
3. Type adb devices and hit "Enter"
4. It should display HTC device
5. type adb reboot bootloader
6. Use the volume button to move to "recovery" and select it by pressing the power button.
7. Then select the install zip from SD card.
8. Select one of the ROM's from your microSD and once the install is Complete, hit the return arrow at the bottom of your phone's home screen and press power button to select "reboot phone now".
rahulntinku said:
This Happened to me..
I used command prompt and brought the device to the recovery mode and flashed the rom. Now the phone runs ICS and works like a charm.
You need to download android sdk for windows/mac or whatever OS you have on our computer and install it.
1. Download and copy a ROM or TWO on your microSD and put it back in your Amaze.
2. Open the Command Prompt.
3. Type adb devices and hit "Enter"
4. It should display HTC device
5. type adb reboot bootloader
6. Use the volume button to move to "recovery" and select it by pressing the power button.
7. Then select the install zip from SD card.
8. Select one of the ROM's from your microSD and once the install is Complete, hit the return arrow at the bottom of your phone's home screen and press power button to select "reboot phone now".
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or you can just press volume down + power while turning the phone on.. and it goes into bootloader menu.
I think it's those 2 keys
VOLUME DOWN + POWER
uhg, i came across this thread after searching google. my amaze is down. i cant read the screen because it isnt back lit. i am using my co-workers iphone LED "flash-light" to be able to barely read it. i have done all of this:
1) Go into recovery
2) Wipe/factory reset (yes again, idk what you might have done)
3) Wipe cache
4) Advanced / wipe dalvik cache
5) Adcanced / wipe battery stats
5) Install .zip from SD card / choose .zip from SD card
6) install bullet proof rom zip
7) Restart the phone...
and when it restarted in launched with the HTZ logo, and then went black again.. I will have to wait till i get home to try another battery... let me know if anyone has any more suggestions.. i may need to try to download the stock rom and everything again? i hope my phone isnt FUBAR
he has 5.0.2.6 recovery flash my latest one 5.5.0.4 with working charge off
My Amaze has been off for about a week or two and now it wont even power on.
If I press and hold the power button I get no indication that it is doing anything. However, if I press the buttons on the bottom of the screen I get a slight vibration indication that it is indeed getting power to it. Tried booting into recovery with no luck.
Any thoughts?
What recovery are you using? I know most recoveries don't support charging while off. I suggest 4EXT but you will need to charge the battery externally first in order to flash it. Good luck.
do you have an external battery charger to charge the battery out of the phone?
did you try to charge the battery ?
Here's an interesting update.
Was able to plug it in USB and using ADB restart into recovery. From recovery I hit restart and the phone booted up like normal.
BUT, about 5-10 seconds in Android it reboots again back to the black screen with the vibrating buttons. Had to run back to work so I wasn't able to play around with it anymore than that.
BiznessMan said:
Here's an interesting update.
Was able to plug it in USB and using ADB restart into recovery. From recovery I hit restart and the phone booted up like normal.
BUT, about 5-10 seconds in Android it reboots again back to the black screen with the vibrating buttons. Had to run back to work so I wasn't able to play around with it anymore than that.
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if your running a custom rom maybe it got corrupted somehow, happens to my phone often due to the fact im trying to find a way around to cloning one rom to another phone, try to reset your phone back to stock by flashing a ruu stock rom or a different rom, flash 4EXT and wipe everything from the phone (including sd card) don't forget to check and realign the partitions and then toggle usb mode and put the rom on the sdcard and flash it , hope that helps
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if your running a custom rom maybe it got corrupted somehow, happens to my phone often due to the fact im trying to find a way around to cloning one rom to another phone, try to reset your phone back to stock by flashing a ruu stock rom or a different rom, flash 4EXT and wipe everything from the phone (including sd card) don't forget to check and realign the partitions and then toggle usb mode and put the rom on the sdcard and flash it , hope that helps
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Thanks for the reply but I can't even get it to recognize via USB anymore
Buttons still vibrate, screen is still black. I can't get anything to work on it
BiznessMan said:
Thanks for the reply but I can't even get it to recognize via USB anymore
Buttons still vibrate, screen is still black. I can't get anything to work on it
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Battery pull, hold volume down(or is it up? I work on too many android phones..) and power button and it should boot into bootloader. From there reboot into recovery. Flash a custom rom of your choice after doing a full wipe. Problem should be solved unless there is a hardware issue, at which point it must have been dropped, battery issue, etc..
What it really seems like is your battery doesn't have enough juice to sustain power, (I get bootloops when my battery goes really low and I try turning it on). Just let it charge a bit and if the battery isn't holding its charge, then time for a new battery
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Hi! Can someone guide me into removing or getting access to the battery of this unit. I think the kernel is corrupted coz I think I flashed the wrong one. The battery drained out. So without a working kernel, I cant charge the phone. Even in USB to PC or directly to wall charger. I want to re-insert t the battery to see if that fixes the issue.
Can someone tell me if removing the battery then plugging in the usb without the battery if I can enter flash mode or flash boot to be able to flash the correct kernel or go back to stok room for the phone? Would that work?
Or I just need to reinsert the battery then try to enter flash mode?
SITUATION:
- cant enter flash mode or fast boot.
- can hard reset (Power + volume+)
- Cant turn on the phone
-just red led when plugged in then disapperas after a few minutes (not charging)
- the phone never got wet or never been dropped. (so im hoping this is a software issue)
- phone is rooted, unlocked BL with CWM.
-started when I flashed a flshable version of CWM touch version to upgrade from version 5 to 6.
Help please. Im thinking of opening the phone to access the battery.
The idea of removing non-removable battery is not the best one, unless you really know what are you doing - and i don't think you know it.
And i think this won't help you, really not.
eclpsues said:
SITUATION:
- the battery drained out
- can hard reset (Power + volume+)
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You can hard reset - but battery is drained?
Once, i had problem like this one, but i managed to get into fastboot and re-flashed right kernel.
What were you exactly doing? Rooted and BL unlocked Go? What and how were you flashing (which rom and kernel were you flashing)?
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MyWnm said:
The idea of removing non-removable battery is not the best one, unless you really know what are you doing - and i don't think you know it.
And i think this won't help you, really not.
You can hard reset - but battery is drained?
Once, i had problem like this one, but i managed to get into fastboot and re-flashed right kernel.
What were you exactly doing? Rooted and BL unlocked Go? What and how were you flashing (which rom and kernel were you flashing)?
Sent from my XGO using fingers
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sorry just a typo error, i mean i cant hard reset. I know how to access an embedded bat, tried it before with Xperia S. but I was hoping if can flash without doing that anymore?
Managed to disconnect and reconnect the battery; however I still cant turn it on, or even hard reset, or flash mode or fast boot. Crappppp! help. What can I do to bring this phone's life back. I flashed an update for CWM on recovery. Thats when this problem started.
any help out there?
Same problem
eclpsues said:
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Hi, i am having the same problem. I flashed the kernel for another model out of noobness. So removing the battery did not help at all?
OMG right as i was typing this, the rubber band trick worked and i accessed fastboot and flashed another kernel. It wont start for now, but maybe the battery needs to be charged for a while (red led). In case you dont know (if you still have this problem), i will explain what i did (the computer just detected the device, so i think im in the clear):
1) get a rubber band and put it around vol up button (this is for fastboot; for flash it would be vol down)
2) plug the phone to your computer
3) get the fastboot.exe file (google)
4) put the correct boot.img file (or kernel, i flashed the wron boot.img, so i did it this way. I dont know what the difference is) in the same folder as fastboot.exe
4) open command prompt, go to the fastboot folder (look up commands)
5) type in "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
6) the cmd will say "waiting for device..."
leave it like that; i got purple (i guess blue plus red) led after awhile and fastboot flashed the kernel.
I will keep you informed on success or failure.
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It worked, i have a running phone.
Hey! Thanks for the post and reply, would have done that. However, i sent my phone to a repair center, and they havent got bakc at me until now, its been 3 weeks.
Was your phone unable to go fastboot and flashmode too before? And when you charge it red led appears then goes away after a few minutes? My PC cant recognize the phone, the only indicator i had was the red led when plugged in which goes away after a couple of minutes.
How long did it take for the phone to enter fastboot? Coz, I've tried holding the button (Vol+) for almost 5 minutes and nothing happens.
Can you provide me the exact situation you had? and the clear cut steps you took to fix it? Especially how many minutes for it to go to fastboot with the rubber band on?
TIA!
@ madismet
your rubber band technique actually worked!! thanks a lot!
I was just about to give up on my xperia go, when I came across your post...
thanks!! :good:
how long did it take to enter fastboot?
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Hi! Can someone guide me into removing or getting access to the battery of this unit. I think the kernel is corrupted coz I think I flashed the wrong one. The battery drained out. So without a working kernel, I cant charge the phone. Even in USB to PC or directly to wall charger. I want to re-insert t the battery to see if that fixes the issue.
Can someone tell me if removing the battery then plugging in the usb without the battery if I can enter flash mode or flash boot to be able to flash the correct kernel or go back to stok room for the phone? Would that work?
Or I just need to reinsert the battery then try to enter flash mode?
SITUATION:
- cant enter flash mode or fast boot.
- can hard reset (Power + volume+)
- Cant turn on the phone
-just red led when plugged in then disapperas after a few minutes (not charging)
- the phone never got wet or never been dropped. (so im hoping this is a software issue)
- phone is rooted, unlocked BL with CWM.
-started when I flashed a flshable version of CWM touch version to upgrade from version 5 to 6.
Help please. Im thinking of opening the phone to access the battery.
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Check this out. It's explained in pretty detail here.
hxxp://xperiagobattery.blogspot.in/2014/11/how-to-change-xperia-go-st27i-battery.html
For reasons unknown, I'm able to boot into flash mode and therefore restore my ROM.
Thanks for helping me though, random stranger!
So can anyone close this thread? It isn't needed anymore.
I recently flashed a new stock pure Lolipop ROM on my Xperia Z Ultra from a stock pure Kitkat ROM that I've been using for months now.
However, it is noteworthy that my device has been rooted and custom roms has been installed on this device for about a year now. So my device has its bootloader unlocked.
I followed all of the instructions I can
- Wipe the data and cache ( incl. dalvik )
- Flashing the ROM in question
- Flashing the su and GApps
- Wiping the cache ( again, just to make sure )
And here's where the problem started
When I started to boot my smartphone, it flashes red for a couple of times. At first instinct, I thought it was a battery depletion problem, and sure enough, it was! So I plugged in and noticed yet another problem; my phone started randomly turning on for a brief moment before shutting back down, presumably due to extremely low battery power. And it didn't even bother to wait for my Z Ultra to be charged to a reasonable level of power before attempting to power on. However, I tried using the power+up button fix, and it didn't work and then there's yet another kicker; Fastboot ( Blue LED ) Mode is no longer accessible on my phone. When I plug in while pressing down on my ZU, it does nothing and simply just charges ( presumably ).
I'm currently on my last legs of hope and doing the last resort: to wait for my smartphone to charge substantially enough for a long time.
Which is about 8-9 hours after this post is made.
TL;DR
- Device is currently rooted for a year now and has been installed with custom roms left and right.
- I followed the instructions to the T
- Phone not able to turn on
- When charging, phone attempts to turn itself on, regardless of power level
- Plausibly due to low battery level 15%-24% during flashing
- Fastboot Mode not possible presumably due to low power
- Now waiting it out for 9-8 hours to see if issue resolved
- Will update whether if method works or not
Please help! This is one of my most used smartphones.
Yeah, it might be the battery that's gone bellow the "zone". What I mean is when you deplete the battery completely to 0%, there's still more battery left, but the system shuts it down so not to damage the battery. It's a Li-ion thing. But once in awhile it does happen that it get completely empty, and you'll experience what you've done here. A dead device. It's not only Sony phones that experiences this, but from all OEMs.
Notes:
- So, keep it charging for 15-20 hours and see if it helps.
- You mentioned fastboot not working. Be sure to have fastboot installed on the computer. If it's not, it won't work.
- Blinking red LED also (usually) means there's been a kernel panic
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Klaos3000 said:
Yeah, it might be the battery that's gone bellow the "zone". What I mean is when you deplete the battery completely to 0%, there's still more battery left, but the system shuts it down so not to damage the battery. It's a Li-ion thing. But once in awhile it does happen that it get completely empty, and you'll experience what you've done here. A dead device. It's not only Sony phones that experiences this, but from all OEMs.
Notes:
- So, keep it charging for 15-20 hours and see if it helps.
- You mentioned fastboot not working. Be sure to have fastboot installed on the computer. If it's not, it won't work.
- Blinking red LED also (usually) means there's been a kernel panic
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I'll try to follow your advice on the extended charging thing.
Fastboot is definitely on my computer so ye
Kernel panic? What can I do to remedy that?
LWarrior said:
Kernel panic? What can I do to remedy that?
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Just flash a different kernel. If that doesn't solve anything, then we'll know that it isn't a kernel panic.
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Just flash a different kernel. If that doesn't solve anything, then we'll know that it isn't a kernel panic.
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How though? Flashboot isn't working for me.
LWarrior said:
How though? Flashboot isn't working for me.
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We've got Fastboot and Flashmode. Fastboot is what you use when you want to flash some ROMs and kernels through a terminal (command line), while Flashmode is for flashing ROMs in Flashtool and Sony's PC Companion.
You can enter Fastboot by holding VOL UP while you connect your device to the computer. Remember to hold VOL UP until the LED above the screen turns blue. Once you've achieved that, the either flash/hotboot a kernel with recovery, like NUT's Dual Recovery, and then restore or flash a different ROM. If the device doesn't reboot by itself or do anything weird, then case closed. If it does do something weird, then I'm not sure what's going on.
Remember to have fastboot installed on your computer. Or else it won't work. You can easily install it by using this installer. If you don't know how to use fastboot through a command line, then use Flashtool or QuickIMG.
EDIT: JUST SCROLLED UP AND READ THAT YOU'VE SOLVED IT! JUST PRESS EDIT ON THE FIRST POST, AND ADD "SOLVED" IN FRONT OF THE TITLE, LIKE THIS: "[SOLVED] [Q] Booting Problems!"