strange brick for official 4.0.3 - Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A

I upgraded my phone to official ics with pc companion. It was working perfectly about one month but then suddenly it bricked. yesterday I had low battery (3 %) and I pluged it in charger and left so and in the morning I saw it's charged and unpluged. but then in 5 min I went back to phone and I saw it's OFF. I wanted to start it and when I pushed power button only sony logo appeared and then black screen, then I removed battery and did that again (did so 2 times) and then when I inserted battery again and pushed power button it didn't react at all. no vibration no screen light. when I plug it to charger it doesn't react as well... so It doesn't react to any flashtool or smth.. please if you can,help me with it I'll really appreciate your help..
p.s I have locked bootloader and was always running official roms..

I think your the 3rd person this had happened on this site. But unfortunately, nobody has figured it out.
I may of had an idea, did you charge your phone under your pillow? As my gets really hot and discharges under mine. So I thought maybe yours had overheated and burnt out?
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it was on the opened aria but I've checked already nothing is burned there.. but anyway thanks.. bad that it(brick) comes from nowhere and no solution so far....

is Your phone is working on fastboot mode
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can your phone go into flashmode? or fastboot mode? have u tried flash again? seems like a case of flash error IMHO

syin16 said:
can your phone go into flashmode? or fastboot mode? have u tried flash again? seems like a case of flash error IMHO
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it doesn't react to usb even in flash mode (with flashtool ) any ideas....?

Hmm, I had the same problem on my phone.
I just wiped batterystats and it worked fine.
Maybe try that?
Or check your usbcable, or change it.
Or do you use any third party usbcable?
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DevStaffAndroid said:
Hmm, I had the same problem on my phone.
I just wiped batterystats and it worked fine.
Maybe try that?
Or check your usbcable, or change it.
Or do you use any third party usbcable?
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how can I wipe batterystatus when I can't even start phone.. when I push power button it even doesn't vibrate,doesn't start at all.. and no pc is recognizing it.. I'm using it's own usb which came with phone so.. It looks like phone really died.. I have android phones 2 years almost and I have never seen such thing..

gtsik said:
how can I wipe batterystatus when I can't even start phone.. when I push power button it even doesn't vibrate,doesn't start at all.. and no pc is recognizing it.. I'm using it's own usb which came with phone so.. It looks like phone really died.. I have android phones 2 years almost and I have never seen such thing..
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have you tried changing the battery? try finding anyone of ur frens that have the ray and sway their full battery with yours. Since from your previous post seems like the battery didnt charge at all.

I think the problem with 4.0.3 (and cwm) is that sometime it can not charge while off. But I think your case might be different if it is not recognised at all. Can you try borrow someone battery?

I have some external battery charger and I'm charging battery with it but anyway thanks guys I'll try it today.. will find another ray battery..

guys I identified problem.. bootloader is dead.. but it can be repaired with a setool.. I'm connecting phone with using testpoints to pc and windows recognizes it but no other software.. just setool, for what I need some cards and it's paid.. so if somebody can help me with setool please contact me.. I'd really appreciate and will consider donation..

gtsik said:
... and I pluged it in charger and left so and in the morning I saw it's charged and unpluged...
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Does the 4.0.3 update bring auto unplug upon full charge, or is it a hardware mod?
...somebody thank me for a good question, I'm dying for a thanks.
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same problem here
Hi, I have a bricked Ray. When booting y can see Sony logo and then a black screen.
No adb nor fastboot can see phone, Flashtool detects phone is connected but can not do any action. Can not acces recovery or bootloader
Is there any chance for me other than technical service?

gtsik said:
guys I identified problem.. bootloader is dead.. but it can be repaired with a setool.. I'm connecting phone with using testpoints to pc and windows recognizes it but no other software.. just setool, for what I need some cards and it's paid.. so if somebody can help me with setool please contact me.. I'd really appreciate and will consider donation..
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i had same problem but my boot loader is unlocked dont know if that makes any difference all i did was restore using setool my rays working fine now

gtsik said:
guys I identified problem.. bootloader is dead.. but it can be repaired with a setool.. I'm connecting phone with using testpoints to pc and windows recognizes it but no other software.. just setool, for what I need some cards and it's paid.. so if somebody can help me with setool please contact me.. I'd really appreciate and will consider donation..
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Brother Try s1tool its free
and try to restore the bootloader may something is messing up with the bootloader
hope this will work:good::good:
Maybe i don't know if it can happen but still
i think problem can also happen because of KERNEL problem

soft brick solved
got it finally working, i managed to flash firmaware ST18i_4.1.B.0.431_Nordic with flashtool :laugh:
thanks all

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[Q] my phone restarts when i power off

My phone is only a month old and recently started doing this..
when i plug my phone to the charger it goes straight to kies/ active driving mode/ voice commands
same thing happens when i plug it to computer via USB
and when i power off the device it restarts by itself.. same thing happens when i remove the battery, it starts immediately when i return it without pressing the power button.
My phone is rooted and I can't take it back to the retailer, I don't know if there's any way to unroot the phone so the retailer dont find out that my phone was rooted. I have seen many people online facing the same problem but it seems like none of them have found a solution. if there's any please let me know.
Model number: GT-I9100
Android version: 2.3.3
Baseband version I9100XXKF1
Karnel version: 2.6.35.7-I9100JPKG2-CL342890 [email protected] #2
Build number: GINGERBREAD.JPKG2
Thank you
hey
i got htc desire restarting when become hot.
check if ur phone gets high in temperature when it restarts.
if so, u need to change it.
hardware problem.
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webmoly said:
hey
i got htc desire restarting when become hot.
check if ur phone gets high in temperature when it restarts.
if so, u need to change it.
hardware problem.
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no mate it's not.. i even removed the battery for the entire night yesterday and when i put it back nothing changed. thanks anyway
Okay just tell me how to unroot it and make it not visible to the company that my phone was rooted. Anyone?
Just flash your Stock firmware again, you will be un-rooted. Use USB Jig to reset ROM counter if you need.
Regards.
umm thanks for the reply.. is there's anyway i can reset the counter without that USB jig? it's kinda hard for me to get it since my country is almost a warfare now.
Hassanx said:
umm thanks for the reply.. is there's anyway i can reset the counter without that USB jig? it's kinda hard for me to get it since my country is almost a warfare now.
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...nope...but I don't think you need for it...it seems an hardware problem so I do not think that service people will go to check counter if they find an original samsung firmware on booting
Hassanx said:
umm thanks for the reply.. is there's anyway i can reset the counter without that USB jig? it's kinda hard for me to get it since my country is almost a warfare now.
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Your country is almost at warfare, and you are more concerned about a phone...
Anyways, you can easily get a 300k resistor. Grab a spare MicroUSB cable, then cut the plug out, plug in the MicroUSB into your phone, then use the resistor and connect to PIN 4 and PIN 5.
You don't need to buy one, just make one.

[Q] help bricked/dead phone

My friends just bought s2 for 5 days and didnt do any mods on it. So can say his phone is still a virgin. And suddenly this morning his phone can not turn on. Cant get into download/recovery mode. Hold down power button for 10seconds also no use. Is it using Jig is the only way to save his phone beside using warranty?
Obvious one first - sure the battery is charged?
Sounds daft, but seen it happen (and done it myself )
B3311 said:
Obvious one first - sure the battery is charged?
Sounds daft, but seen it happen (and done it myself )
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Yes the battery is fully charged
You say "no mods" so why would you think about using a jig?
idi0t said:
My friends just bought s2 for 5 days and didnt do any mods on it. So can say his phone is still a virgin. And suddenly this morning his phone can not turn on. Cant get into download/recovery mode. Hold down power button for 10seconds also no use. Is it using Jig is the only way to save his phone beside using warranty?
Jig will only boot to download mode once in download mode its a question of flashing a stock Samsung rom.
5 days old no contest return to seller .
jje
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Maybe a jig will work, but there's no backup to reflash.. I'm still jigless, there are many better qualified here than me, but I'm pretty sure a jig won't help if the phone is 100% hardbricked.
Anything at all happen when connected via USB to pc? Again, doubtful it will work, but worth a try
Sounds like a major hardware failure - I'd send it back pronto.
Edit - jj beat me too it. Is the phone new or second hand?
What i mean no mod is everything still running stock firmware original from factory. No roots etc. Nothing happened when attached to computer/laptop using cable data. I also guess its a hardware failure.
Anyways thank you all very much for all the infos. Guess my friend have to use his warranty. Never used my warranty although my phone counter already reached 70 hehehe
what i did when this hapened to me was charged it for couple hours plugged it into pc left it a few mins unplugged re-tried the same thing over and over and eventually pc gave me the connection sound which put a smile on my face which then booted into download mode and flashed stock rom through odin, if that fails to work then get it sent back to seller if it hasnt been flashed modded then a return and exchange/repair wont be a problem at all
idi0t said:
What i mean no mod is everything still running stock firmware original from factory. No roots etc. Nothing happened when attached to computer/laptop using cable data. I also guess its a hardware failure.
Anyways thank you all very much for all the infos. Guess my friend have to use his warranty. Never used my warranty although my phone counter already reached 70 hehehe
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Just a question: How is the phone going to get bricked if you didn't do absolutely anything flashing related? Just give it back to the shop and get a new one if it's faulty, before it's too late. Also, maybe the battery was faulty and died; have you tried with another battery?
iamsloany said:
what i did when this hapened to me was charged it for couple hours plugged it into pc left it a few mins unplugged re-tried the same thing over and over and eventually pc gave me the connection sound which put a smile on my face which then booted into download mode and flashed stock rom through odin, if that fails to work then get it sent back to seller if it hasnt been flashed modded then a return and exchange/repair wont be a problem at all
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Thx alot for your info. Will ask my friend to try it.
Astrofrigo said:
Just a question: How is the phone going to get bricked if you didn't do absolutely anything flashing related? Just give it back to the shop and get a new one if it's faulty, before it's too late. Also, maybe the battery was faulty and died; have you tried with another battery?
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Its my friend's phone. Not mine. So i really dunno what happened. Not yet try with other battery.
Easy fix.....send it back!
Assuming it has warranty.
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[SOLVED!] No storage mount anywhere, not odin, not in phone or cwm

Hi!
I Have a Gt-i9100 Wich have been running onto a big and very difficult problem..
It started with my battery was drained down to 0% and after that my phone got crazy, when i am NOT charging the charging message goes on and off regardless of witch cwm flashed rom i am using..
AND when i turn my phone off it either restarts OR the battery icon with the charging dots appear..
AND when i put my phone in download mode, NOTHING happens on any computer, it doesnt even "beep" and say that an usb host is connected..
AND when i plug my usb in when phone is on, NOTHING happends..
I have tried to clear dalvik/batterystats, new battery, many different CWM flashable roms..
I have a hunch it has something to do with the bootloader??
When i click "show log" in cwm it says bootloader: 0
What shall i do??
I have even tried a jig but nogo..
And i am NOT a NOOB!!!
So dont come and tell me how to flash or enter downloadmode or install drivers.. i know that..
But i have tried everything please help me..
SOLVED!
It was dirt in the usb port on my phone...
Working flawless now..
slitex said:
Hi!
And i am NOT a NOOB!!!
So dont come and tell me how to flash or enter downloadmode or install drivers.. i know that..
But i have tried everything please help me..
Are you able to format the sd card as zero battery can mess up the sd card
But maybe you already know that .
jje
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My dx had a similar problem, a piece of something metallic (I work in satellite field, it looked like a braid of the shield of a coax cable) got into my USB port on my phone and caused all sorts of very weird issues. Once that was removed everything went back to normal, have u tries to shoot the port with a can of compressed air?
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Fixed
runandhide05 said:
My dx had a similar problem, a piece of something metallic (I work in satellite field, it looked like a braid of the shield of a coax cable) got into my USB port on my phone and caused all sorts of very weird issues. Once that was removed everything went back to normal, have u tries to shoot the port with a can of compressed air?
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Thanks man u helped me like a charm!!
slitex said:
Thanks man u helped me like a charm!!
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Awesome! I take it that was the root issue?
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[Q] Please help!!!

Hi Guys!!,
I have an S2 and sadly while doing an update through ODIN, it was interrupted in between and got "ODIN FAIL " message. After that, I tried doing a hard reset, soft reset and even connecting my phone to different computers but somehow there seems to be no life in the phone. Good news is, I know there is nothing wrong with the hardware(as i got it checked by a technician). I just want to know how to start the phone, just to see the symbol, so that i can have it reflashed.Battery has also been completly charged , yet no change
Model:- i9100
Please help.. you guys are the only ones who can help
binsuthomas said:
Hi Guys!!,
I have an S2 and sadly while doing an update through ODIN, it was interrupted in between and got "ODIN FAIL " message. After that, I tried doing a hard reset, soft reset and even connecting my phone to different computers but somehow there seems to be no life in the phone. Good news is, I know there is nothing wrong with the hardware(as i got it checked by a technician). I just want to know how to start the phone, just to see the symbol, so that i can have it reflashed.Battery has also been completly charged , yet no change
Model:- i9100
Please help.. you guys are the only ones who can help
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1. Is there any sign of life at all in the phone? Can the phone light up at all?
2. Remove the battery for few minutes ( up to 10mins), the try again if there is sign of life)
If after trying 1 and 2, there is still no sign of life in your phone, then you can simply conclude that Your bootloader has probably been messed up, and therefore your device is hardbricked!
Solution 1:
1. JTAG repair
2. Samsung service repair (free if your device is still under warranty)
Jokesy said:
1. Is there any sign of life at all in the phone? Can the phone light up at all?
2. Remove the battery for few minutes ( up to 10mins), the try again if there is sign of life)
If after trying 1 and 2, there is still no sign of life in your phone, then you can simply conclude that Your bootloader has probably been messed up, and therefore your device is hardbricked!
Solution 1:
1. JTAG repair
2. Samsung service repair (free if your device is still under warranty)
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Thanks for the quick reply. Sadly, in the middle east, Service centers are not that great and my hone is not under warranty as it got expired on 30/08/2012.
I have a feeling that you are right about the boot loader being messed up.. so how do i get it working??? I mean what is JTAG? Thats something i havent come across
binsuthomas said:
Thanks for the quick reply. Sadly, in the middle east, Service centers are not that great and my hone is not under warranty as it got expired on 30/08/2012.
I have a feeling that you are right about the boot loader being messed up.. so how do i get it working??? I mean what is JTAG? Thats something i havent come across
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Have you tried a USB Jig? If you can get into download mode with it you can flash a new firmware through odin, and if not then Jtag probably the only thing that would help.
Scarface1991 said:
Have you tried a USB Jig? If you can get into download mode with it you can flash a new firmware through odin, and if not then Jtag probably the only thing that would help.
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No i havent tried USB Jig or JTAG.. And its not available here in Bahrain.. So there is no actual way of fixing this apart from these 2 options??
Man... Im so screwed..
Have you tried removing the battery for a while (10 minutes) and then reinserting n charging via wall charger (not via computer's USB)?
If yes, what happened?
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iiiadoableiii said:
Have you tried removing the battery for a while (10 minutes) and then reinserting n charging via wall charger (not via computer's USB)?
If yes, what happened?
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like i said earlier... done all the basic checks... no life what so ever, do mention something else other than the ones i have originally posted
If that's the case, then i am really sorry mate.. U can order a USB jig / jtag from Ebay.
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try usb jig.
try usb jig. it will help you i think.

[Q] Problem with x10...

Hi everyone im truly sorry.. i dont want to search through huindreds of threads for this issue... i have looked but cant find anything
Got a nx10 today from danny23 and the probles are liek this
small vibration with no led
The battery is somewhat chraged as it works in my x10 with broken usb
Flashmode works but i cnat flash anything managed to find out it is lockedbootloader
seus wont do anything doesnt give me option of repairing....
Any help? wsoudl liek to get phone working...
I don't know what's wrong with your SEUS, because when I start SEUS, first I must choose phone model (X10i), then SEUS ask me to check that my phone isn't connected with PC, and was I backup everything, and was my phone charged over 50%. When I click NEXT button, I get asked to connect my X10i in Flashmode (by holding Back button while connecting USB cable with phone. Then SEUS check my phone for software version, and if there is available update for my phone. Because, there is no available update for my phone, SEUS ask me, if something wrong with my software etc., to reflash my phone with existing update.
And that's it. I always menage to reflash Stock Rom if something goes wrong with it.
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I cnat flash anything i get sin headrer verification.. since the phone is from holland im am trying a uk ftf is that correct?
No luck anoyne know of a method to bypass sin header ****? as i have searched but there are no answers that work just people saying to relfash rom...
In SEUS you get Sin header verification???
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Dzufa said:
In SEUS you get Sin header verification???
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Flashtool
In Flashtool thread, under Development section, you have many others complaining on Sin header verification. The main answer is that your ftf file may be corrupted, or you try to flash ftf file that isn't made for your phone or. ..
Try to redownload a Ftf file, from another place...
In SEUS, what happens when you try to reflash Stock Rom???
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Dzufa said:
In Flashtool thread, under Development section, you have many others complaining on Sin header verification. The main answer is that your ftf file may be corrupted, or you try to flash ftf file that isn't made for your phone or. ..
Try to redownload a Ftf file, from another place...
In SEUS, what happens when you try to reflash Stock Rom???
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The phone came from holland and i tryed uk generic but didnt work:/
Uhh just dint let me repair it..
If the red light is blinking three times.....
Will post this Battery charge "fix" here for you.
This will work on any phone with removable battery. But don't blame me if you do something wrong......
If the red light is blinking thrice, it just means your battery is goind to be dead soon (or already dead may be). So, just put it on charger. I'm not saying it will solve the problem, but you will reach the stage where it blinks once. And then you should be able to charge the phone normal.
By putting on charger try charging like in this video.
Seams like if the battery is totally drained you cant use it in flashtool or seus.
If it did not help you then i might help any one else with battery that wont charge. Or if the phone has a broken usb port.
cpumaster said:
Will post this Battery charge "fix" here for you.
This will work on any phone with removable battery. But don't blame me if you do something wrong......
If the red light is blinking thrice, it just means your battery is goind to be dead soon (or already dead may be). So, just put it on charger. I'm not saying it will solve the problem, but you will reach the stage where it blinks once. And then you should be able to charge the phone normal.
By putting on charger try charging like in this video.
Seams like if the battery is totally drained you cant use it in flashtool or seus.
If it did not help you then i might help any one else with battery that wont charge. Or if the phone has a broken usb port.
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Yeah ive done that but still wont falsh... if i leave it in the charger all night after its doe blinking red will it still charge? even though there is no indication of it charging..
mcsqwizzys98 said:
Yeah ive done that but still wont falsh... if i leave it in the charger all night after its doe blinking red will it still charge? even though there is no indication of it charging..
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According to other people ho have tried it still charges when it stops blinking. After some time it should get to a steady red light though.
But don't you know any one else with a X10 so you can try that battery just so you know if it is something wrong with the phone as well?
I believe the owner,tried unlocking the bootloader and messed it up.
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z28tovette said:
I believe the owner,tried unlocking the bootloader and messed it up.
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Damnit:/
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