I totally think I brick my Venue. Here's what happened, I pushed the - volume(down volume) and then the power. I got a nice little list of options. I then push the download SD option, out of curiosity,and then it started to do a factory reset.
Obviously I didn't want this, but It started to shutdown the phone. I thought hell I'll have to put everything back on the phone, but the phone never came back on.
You can see the power come on at the bottom when the buttons light up, but nothing not even the dell screen.
I can't even push the two volumes and power button to boot, or the down volume and power to boot. Any Ideas?
Ok since no one wants to reply to this thread I will.... After looking a little further on this site I found a thread that someone removed the apps that were installed on the SD card and then their phone booted just fine. I didn't have a chance to try this as Dell had my replacement phone delivered to me within two days.
Hi, I have the same problem here, I think my phone is bricked. The phone won't start and Dell logo loops when I boot the phone, nothing else happens.
So can someone tell me what I can do from here to get it boot again? I can't seem to get the update.pnk to the memory stick and try run it from there. What can I do ???
help
1st thread does it boot at all?
2nd guy sounds like you can adb to fix it. i did the same thing messing with the boot.ini
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DavidNelson said:
Ok since no one wants to reply to this thread I will.... After looking a little further on this site I found a thread that someone removed the apps that were installed on the SD card and then their phone booted just fine. I didn't have a chance to try this as Dell had my replacement phone delivered to me within two days.
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just reread yours David,
you hard bricked it, i did that to my vibrant 4g/sgs4g. i had to send it in to be reflashed with a jtag sodderless machine. i found one online for $30 that included return shipping!!!
Hello,
Have the same problem, and yes, I'm curious. So I have the same problem. And what I have achieved. So if I plug usb cable and power with volume down, I can load the system. And all working but battery indicator with question and no indication of charging. I try to calibrate battery with no result. May be some one know what can I do with battery?
astiava said:
Hello,
Have the same problem, and yes, I'm curious. So I have the same problem. And what I have achieved. So if I plug usb cable and power with volume down, I can load the system. And all working but battery indicator with question and no indication of charging. I try to calibrate battery with no result. May be some one know what can I do with battery?
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It is likely that you plug/unplug your USB cable quite frequently -> the device thinks that there are problems with your power supply and to save the battery's life the device stopped charging.
I think you can remove the battery, then insert it again + attempt to recharge. Please try!
hi everyone, I have the same scenario with the first..and now it won't boot...the dell logo doesn't show up....please help....thanks
hey so I was transferring files from my pc to my sg2, after I pulled out the usb the phone froze so I pulled the battery and since my phone has not turned on.... ive tried hard resetting and a usb jigg but nothing.... can anyone help me out?? thanks.
ps. Ive tried different batteries.
dw9999 said:
hey so I was transferring files from my pc to my sg2, after I pulled out the usb the phone froze so I pulled the battery and since my phone has not turned on.... ive tried hard resetting and a usb jigg but nothing.... can anyone help me out?? thanks.
ps. Ive tried different batteries.
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Try of you can get in download mode (volume down + power button + menu button). If so reflash the rom you need with Odin 1.85.
gee2012 said:
Try of you can get in download mode (volume down + power button + menu button). If so reflash the rom you need with Odin 1.85.
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Still doesnt turn on from the looks of it my phone is completely dead.
dw9999 said:
Still doesnt turn on from the looks of it my phone is completely dead.
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If that and a jig doesn`t work i guess you have to take it to a repair centre .
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You can try to pull the battery for half an hour or so and try again, sometimes that helps.
what happens if you plug it in to a charger or something?
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It's very strange that your phone wouldn't turn on just because you were transferring pictures... it goes against common sense.
I'm in the same situation dude.
Don't turn power on, no reaction with USB Jig, no reaction to battery charger, no reaction to power+voldown+home and power+volup+home either....
This happens after try to wipe data-cache... stuck there... and then the sgs2 dead
I try everything here... and nothing happes... even a single pixel on
fix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN7le4GmxZs
but you need a riff box
i know you dont have one but you never know,
how much is your device worth to you, and if might have a friend who owns
a RIFF service tag box
how can i fix this problem?
the phone is already dead, and it won't recognized by USB.
thanks.
Earsugar said:
how can i fix this problem?
the phone is already dead, and it won't recognized by USB.
thanks.
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what is the problem exactly? SDS? why did you decide so?
Earsugar said:
how can i fix this problem?
the phone is already dead, and it won't recognized by USB.
thanks.
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If its SDS take to a service centre if you are just guessing that its SDS then post exact problem
I'm not just guessing.. I've read about it for like 2~3 hours and tried to find a fix.
but the only fix is by flashing the 4.1.2 + roms but it can't even recognize my phone
when i worke up today, my phone wouldn't respond and the blue light just flickered. (i mean i couldn't turn the screen on.)
then i just took the battery off, and when i put it back and tried to boot my phone, nothing happend.
and now my phone is probably just dead.
so.. anyone can help me please?
You are guessing .
Their is NO FIX .
You require a new motherboard no ifs and or buts .
jje
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1) Complete eMMC failure. This usually happens over night whilst on charge* - The LED may be lit but the phone will not wake. Subsequent removal of the battery will turn off the LED. You will never get the LED back on. The phone will never turn on again. It needs to go to a service centre and have the motherboard replaced
Samsung Galaxy SII SGH-i777
OMNI 4.4 Nightly
I've been having charging problems ever since installing this ROM. When I plugged it in before, it would show a battery with a question mark. The phone eventually died and it won't boot up. I am not really sure what else to put but just ask and I'll answer.
yeah, that's a weird bug with OMNI right now -The phone isn't really OFF when it's off. It shows the questionmark and gets very hot, and it won't boot while it's plugged in. I have submitted a jira report, which just got downgraded to minor. You have to unpplug the phone from any usb charger or port and hope that it has enough juice to boot. Then leave it charging while it's ON.
I'm not sure how to recover from a dead battery in this case, unless the battery-out download-mode thing works? give me fifteen minutes and I'll try it...
jmsato said:
Samsung Galaxy SII SGH-i777
OMNI 4.4 Nightly
I've been having charging problems ever since installing this ROM. When I plugged it in before, it would show a battery with a question mark. The phone eventually died and it won't boot up. I am not really sure what else to put but just ask and I'll answer.
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sorry @jmsato,
if your battery really is too low to boot the phone, then the only option I'm aware of is to ODIN it to stock and start over.
1)remove the battery
2)plug the phone into a pc usb port
3)hold vol+ & vol- & power until the warning appears
maybe someone else knows some trick way to charge a battery out of the phone.
cyril279 said:
yeah, that's a weird bug with OMNI right now -The phone isn't really OFF when it's off. It shows the questionmark and gets very hot, and it won't boot while it's plugged in. I have submitted a jira report, which just got downgraded to minor. You have to unpplug the phone from any usb charger or port and hope that it has enough juice to boot. Then leave it charging while it's ON.
I'm not sure how to recover from a dead battery in this case, unless the battery-out download-mode thing works? give me fifteen minutes and I'll try it...
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sorry @jmsato,
if your battery really is too low to boot the phone, then the only option I'm aware of is to ODIN it to stock and start over.
1)remove the battery
2)plug the phone into a pc usb port
3)hold vol+ & vol- & power until the warning appears
maybe someone else knows some trick way to charge a battery out of the phone.
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Oh, No Problem! I appreciate you trying though, I just need it to work. I'm gonna re-root and download another 4.4 rom. BTW, Do you know how to get ActiveDisplay on CM?
Hello XDA.
Update.
Changed battery. Nothing changed.
Tried the suggestions posted Here no change.
Before I started this process, I was able to turn the phone on, hear the startup sounds, and charge it, no problem.
Yesterday I changed my cracked LCD (and digitizer) with one of these witrigs .com/oem-lcd-with-digitizer-for-sony-xperia-z2 (I'm not allowed to post links)
Followed the instructions provided by witrigs.
However, after having put it together again, when I try to turn it on all I get is 3 red blinks. (This would indicate low / empty battery, right?)
So I connected it to the charger (tried both wallsocket, and USB from two different computer, and different cables.) and all it gives me is a red light.
Normally, this would mean that it's charging, as far as I know, but it stays like that for hours, without any changes. So I was puzzled by this, googled to no avail.
I can not get it in flashmode, nor fastboot mode. However, here is the interesting part. When I disconnect the battery from the back and connect the phone to a charger (or USB from PC) the screen lights up, and shows me the charging animation.
In addition to this, when the battery is disconnected, I can get it into fastboot (Blue led, if I've read correct, I can not get into this with the battery connected.)
With this information, and my lack of real knowledge about how this technology works, I assumed the battery was broken, so to test that a bit further, I checked it with a multimeter.
It's currently showing 4.2v. I don't have another battery I can try with as of now, nor do I have other readings from other batteries. Maybe some of you do.
Anyway, have any of you encountered anything like this before? and or have any suggestions as to what I can / should test or try next? - I'm running out of ideas. (I will buy a new battery when I have money, but it probably will not be here in 5-8 weeks, due to when I get money and shippingtime.)
Thanks in advance for your time, and I'm terribly sorry if this has been talked about before. I searched, but maybe my searching skills are bad, as I could not find anything like this.
Edit: For the sake of trying wild things, I tried to un-brick it using flashtool and a custom FTF. Exact same condition.
-- Zaek
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Lorep ipsum
Solution (?)
I have the same problem and I'm going to try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/help/hardware-fix-xperia-z-charging-booting-t2760911
Better late than never...
Zaek2 said:
Hello XDA.
Update.
Changed battery. Nothing changed.
Tried the suggestions posted Here no change.
Before I started this process, I was able to turn the phone on, hear the startup sounds, and charge it, no problem.
Yesterday I changed my cracked LCD (and digitizer) with one of these witrigs .com/oem-lcd-with-digitizer-for-sony-xperia-z2 (I'm not allowed to post links)
Followed the instructions provided by witrigs.
However, after having put it together again, when I try to turn it on all I get is 3 red blinks. (This would indicate low / empty battery, right?)
So I connected it to the charger (tried both wallsocket, and USB from two different computer, and different cables.) and all it gives me is a red light.
Normally, this would mean that it's charging, as far as I know, but it stays like that for hours, without any changes. So I was puzzled by this, googled to no avail.
I can not get it in flashmode, nor fastboot mode. However, here is the interesting part. When I disconnect the battery from the back and connect the phone to a charger (or USB from PC) the screen lights up, and shows me the charging animation.
In addition to this, when the battery is disconnected, I can get it into fastboot (Blue led, if I've read correct, I can not get into this with the battery connected.)
With this information, and my lack of real knowledge about how this technology works, I assumed the battery was broken, so to test that a bit further, I checked it with a multimeter.
It's currently showing 4.2v. I don't have another battery I can try with as of now, nor do I have other readings from other batteries. Maybe some of you do.
Anyway, have any of you encountered anything like this before? and or have any suggestions as to what I can / should test or try next? - I'm running out of ideas. (I will buy a new battery when I have money, but it probably will not be here in 5-8 weeks, due to when I get money and shippingtime.)
Thanks in advance for your time, and I'm terribly sorry if this has been talked about before. I searched, but maybe my searching skills are bad, as I could not find anything like this.
Edit: For the sake of trying wild things, I tried to un-brick it using flashtool and a custom FTF. Exact same condition.
-- Zaek
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Same problem help us guys
What THE?
Your situation is exactly mine :crying:.
Always dreamed of this phone model, bought a cheap one with broken glass, it was working fine, I tried with a controller and was working.
Bought a high quality screen replacement that wasn't so cheap (quality seems pretty good actually).
Opened the phone using a hair dryer, it was easier than I thought and actually easier than any phone I ever opened.
Changed screen, and SAME PROBLEM AS YOU, 3 red lights, no boot. I also tried everything you tried, it shows up the battery charging icon without the battery.
ps: There got to be something pretty wrong with this, PLEASE SOMEONE HELP.
Keep Cool
guily6669 said:
What THE?
Your situation is exactly mine :crying:.
Always dreamed of this phone model, bought a cheap one with broken glass, it was working fine, I tried with a controller and was working.
Bought a high quality screen replacement that wasn't so cheap (quality seems pretty good actually).
Opened the phone using a hair dryer, it was easier than I thought and actually easier than any phone I ever opened.
Changed screen, and SAME PROBLEM AS YOU, 3 red lights, no boot. I also tried everything you tried, it shows up the battery charging icon without the battery.
ps: There got to be something pretty wrong with this, PLEASE SOMEONE HELP.
Keep Cool
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I also am in the exact same situation. I was very carefull when I changed the display and I took my time for it (two hours!)
I used a hairdryer to make the glue soft. Maybe this overheated the battery? That is the only thing I can Think of.
Anyone else with the same problem?
Anyone else with some tips?
update: ordered a new battery. If I overheated it, it will probably work again.
Does any one now if there is some intelligence that checks if the battery has problems / damage / too high of a temperature?
Try flashing kitkat ftf without the battery. I think this is a firmware failsafe thing due to difference between display panel and display firmware on the device. Battery even when damaged should not prevent boot if the device is connected to a power source.
This is just a wild guess, too. Try flashing older ftfs that may be free of these failsafes.
5ageman said:
Try flashing kitkat ftf without the battery. I think this is a firmware failsafe thing due to difference between display panel and display firmware on the device. Battery even when damaged should not prevent boot if the device is connected to a power source.
This is just a wild guess, too. Try flashing older ftfs that may be free of these failsafes.
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Thanks for the good tip! Sounds like that could be something too.
I tried/will try it in this order :
1) original loader, load the phone for 2 days (no success)
2) wait three days without loader ( I read about others that were about to send their phones away and then they started working again)
3) change the battery with a new one (its on its way)
4) your idea, flash the phone
I was thinking about overheating sensors in the battery. Maybe it "says" to the phone "I will not charge myself. I am damaged" (because of the high temperature when using the hair dryer).
Maybe the battery has to forget that it once was too hot?
I also thought about that the phone does not want the battery because the battery reported the high temperature to the phone (and probably an unique ID).
Maybe the phone stores somewhere that that battery is a battery with problems and thus has a "ban list" somewhere?
Any way, thank you for the tip! As a final solution, I will do that.
If that does not work, I will probably look for another phone
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5ageman said:
Try flashing kitkat ftf without the battery. I think this is a firmware failsafe thing due to difference between display panel and display firmware on the device. Battery even when damaged should not prevent boot if the device is connected to a power source.
This is just a wild guess, too. Try flashing older ftfs that may be free of these failsafes.
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I was thinking more about the things you wrote....
What about if it is a failsafe that is written in the firmware. So that it does not matter what battery you put into it afterwards. That is just is a "WTF! HALT! BSOD " and that this is permanent untill you flash it (because you Clean the flash then).
I will follow your device right away. You gave me hope again
Update 19:26 GMT+1 : I can unlock the bootloader, I can boot in flash mode and fastboot mode, but only without battery.
With battery in it nothing works. Only the red light.
The only thing I can get on my screen is the battery logo, and only if the battery is not in it.
As soon as the battery is in it, nothing works.
I think the Z2 cannot boot without a battery?
update : 20:24 GMT+1 : I read that someone could not charge the phone i normal mode, but it worked in fastboot mode.
So i now booted the phone in fastboot (without battery) and then plugged in the battery while in fastboot mode. The system does not hang itself, so maybe it is charging? Maybe it is not...
I will reboot in an hour and see if I can notice any difference...
demesmaeker2 said:
Thanks for the good tip! Sounds like that could be something too.
I tried/will try it in this order :
1) original loader, load the phone for 2 days (no success)
2) wait three days without loader ( I read about others that were about to send their phones away and then they started working again)
3) change the battery with a new one (its on its way)
4) your idea, flash the phone
I was thinking about overheating sensors in the battery. Maybe it "says" to the phone "I will not charge myself. I am damaged" (because of the high temperature when using the hair dryer).
Maybe the battery has to forget that it once was too hot?
I also thought about that the phone does not want the battery because the battery reported the high temperature to the phone (and probably an unique ID).
Maybe the phone stores somewhere that that battery is a battery with problems and thus has a "ban list" somewhere?
Any way, thank you for the tip! As a final solution, I will do that.
If that does not work, I will probably look for another phone
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I was thinking more about the things you wrote....
What about if it is a failsafe that is written in the firmware. So that it does not matter what battery you put into it afterwards. That is just is a "WTF! HALT! BSOD " and that this is permanent untill you flash it (because you Clean the flash then).
I will follow your device right away. You gave me hope again
Update 19:26 GMT+1 : I can unlock the bootloader, I can boot in flash mode and fastboot mode, but only without battery.
With battery in it nothing works. Only the red light.
The only thing I can get on my screen is the battery logo, and only if the battery is not in it.
As soon as the battery is in it, nothing works.
I think the Z2 cannot boot without a battery?
update : 20:24 GMT+1 : I read that someone could not charge the phone i normal mode, but it worked in fastboot mode.
So i now booted the phone in fastboot (without battery) and then plugged in the battery while in fastboot mode. The system does not hang itself, so maybe it is charging? Maybe it is not...
I will reboot in an hour and see if I can notice any difference...
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I sure hope you'll fix your Z2, this is indeed a weird issue. I can only add that I have repaired Z, Z1c and Z2 devices with heat gun and hair driers with battery inside and never had any issues with batteries, not even weakened capacity. Of course in your case it only remains to exchange the battery for a new one. If that fails then IDK, logic board is next, but that is just not economic anymore. Hope you sort this out, GL
5ageman said:
I sure hope you'll fix your Z2, this is indeed a weird issue. I can only add that I have repaired Z, Z1c and Z2 devices with heat gun and hair driers with battery inside and never had any issues with batteries, not even weakened capacity. Of course in your case it only remains to exchange the battery for a new one. If that fails then IDK, logic board is next, but that is just not economic anymore. Hope you sort this out, GL
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It looks like it is another problem, maybe the logic board
I took out the battery again and measured it using a multimeter. It says 4.3 volts.
On the battery, it says 4.35 volts, so I assume the battery is fully loaded.
I am running out of tricks
demesmaeker2 said:
It looks like it is another problem, maybe the logic board
I took out the battery again and measured it using a multimeter. It says 4.3 volts.
On the battery, it says 4.35 volts, so I assume the battery is fully loaded.
I am running out of tricks
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And now I changed the battery. Same problem.
Long story short: Some z2 owners around the world have changed the broken LCD screen and now they get the "red light of death" (I googled "changed lcd / digitizer" "red light" and found a few with the same problem. Not just Z2, but also Z and Z3
Its not the battery. Its not the screen (without battery ,you get the battery logo on the screen when you try to turn it on, so the LCD screen works).
The facts :
- 3 flashes when you try to turn on the phone without charging cable + battery in it
- i can lock and unlock the bootloader without problems
- nothing happens when you try to turn on the phone with charging cable in it. (The red light stays on)
- with the charging cable in the phone, you get the red charging light, but thats all.
- holding in on/off + volume up with the battery does give 3 vibrates, but nothing more
- without battery I can flash and fastboot. Without errors. Even the Sony tool can flash the phone.
- if I give fastboot commands I get three dots as an answer and then nothing more. It just hangs there
- a new battery does not solve the problem
- magnetic charger does not solve the problem
- original sony cable + sony charger does not solve the problem
- dock-loader from sony does not solve the problem
- flashing the phone with the oldest firmware and the newest does not solve the problem
- the battery is fully loaded and the voltage does not drop if I measure it during a "power on"
I guess I am out of luck It feels crappy to but a new phone. Not that I cannot afford it, but it feels like such a waste of money.
Another thing is that I really like my dedicated camera button, so I am kinda stuck to the brand too
If any one has any tips, or things I can try, please tell me!
After some more googling, I discovered that there is a japanese version of the Z2. It is called "Docomo SO-03F". This seems to be real Sony (so not a clone). This phone has its own firmware too! Maybe this is the problem? That people with the same problem are installing a Docomo screen in stead of a real Z2 screen?
Does any one know if this could be true? That the hardware is too different?
Just found out about an older post about this phone, but it does not specify about the hardware that much.
[email protected] u have the same problem!i disconected the baterry and i able to flash without baterry ...now then i conected cablu usb don't work i can't flash again.....you fix the problem?
intcpr said:
[email protected] u have the same problem!i disconected the baterry and i able to flash without baterry ...now then i conected cablu usb don't work i can't flash again.....you fix the problem?
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No... I hate to say it, but no... :crying: :crying: :crying:
If you take out the battery again. Then you can flash again (holding the volume button down). But as soon as you put the battery back in, it is the same problem. It is so strange.
First I was concinved that it had to do with the battery, because if you take out the battery, and put the cable in the charger (not the computer!), then you get the battery logo on the screen. Do you have that too?
hello i flash 3X and is working! now i take out the battery but when put de charger led red is on....and when i try to flash on usb pc dont'reconize
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now when put de charger don't apper logo ... I was thinking to buy battery but after I read that you bought and you just do the battery and let it go .... I sell it for parts despite the fact that the first phone that really liked ..
intcpr said:
hello i flash 3X and is working! now i take out the battery but when put de charger led red is on....and when i try to flash on usb pc dont'reconize
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now when put de charger don't apper logo ... I was thinking to buy battery but after I read that you bought and you just do the battery and let it go .... I sell it for parts despite the fact that the first phone that really liked ..
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What firmware did you flash? I flashed android 4.x (two different versions). Then I also got no battery logo.
I think the logo is included in the firmware.
When I flashed android 5 again, then the battery logo came back again. Of course, ONLY when the battery was not in the phone. Else I only get the red light.
Android5.1.1 but now when try to flash no reaction when plug the usb cable. Is dead
intcpr said:
Android5.1.1 but now when try to flash no reaction when plug the usb cable. Is dead
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Try this :
1) take out battery
2) start flashtool (download the latest)
3) hold down powerbutton and then plug the cable in the computer
4) Does it say device connected then? Then you can probably flash it using Flashtool
I assume that you have all the correct drivers (ADB drivers) installed and that you flashed before using Flashtool
Greetz,
Demesmaeker
Don't working ia dead but led red is on
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you buy a new baterry?
Yes. that made no difference
I think this is a firmware compatibility problem. The screen is not compatible with the phone and thus creating a kernel panic on startup. But,Im just guessing. I am sure I did not destroy anything in the phone when changing the screen. I was extremely careful.
Did you also buy it from China. Does it have the Sony Logo on it? (mine does).
There are also version with the sony logo on it, but there is some black stuff over it, that you have to scrape off. Mine was not like that.