Hi everybody.
I have this weird problem. The phone does not start after upgrade to 2.1.
I have tried all ROMs for 2.1. Any 1.6 Rom works just fine. Whenever I flash 2.1 (either directly with flasher available on the forum or update through seus) the phone only vibrates once when I press the power button. Any 1.6 ROM works. Any 2.1 does not. Did anyone have this problem and if so are there any ways to solve this issue?
Thanks
simply repair it with PC Companion.
That did not help. All it does is that it flashes the phone like SEUS, it seems.
bumb anybody?
It does take an abnormally long time to load the first time but im assuming that you have waited a great deal. It doesnt make sense that it wouldnt load any of them unless there was some user error...
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I left the phone overnight 3 times. Last time it drained all the battery from 90% to zero. 2.1 did not boot. I thought I completely bricked the phone because it would not charge without the working ROM. I went to a store with a laptop, borrowed their battery and flashed 1.6 and it booted right away. I have tried everything. I don't know what can be wrong.
By abnormally long how long do people usually wait untill the phone boots after flashing 2.1? 10-20 min?
Out of curiosity I flashed boot.sin from 1.6 with 2.1 f/w. Now I do see Sony Ericsson image on the screen but it reboots every minute or so. So maybe it's the bootloader that isn't compatible with my phone
I think the 2.1 gives the option to do a full wipe correct? Make sure you are doing that. I flashed to nordic 2.1 when it popped on the forums but i never had any problems so im kinda shooting in the dark at this one.
And by long time i mean 5+ mins for the boot. Nothing too outrageous.
Has the update been released for your area or are you with me on att? If your in another area many of the phone stores will flash it for you. Just an option.
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Where does it give an option to fully wipe the phone? in the flasher I did wipe user data. I did use 2.1 before, but it would sometimes not boot at all. So I removed the battery and it booted. Sometimes it took 20 min to startup. Now it doesn't at all. I think there's something wrong with the phone, why 1.6 is working tho?! Very strange...
So, sort of long story, i'll cut it short
-Got an old X10, had stock 2.3.3
-Rooted it
-Did not unlock bootloader, got kinda scared.
-Tried to install FeraLab custom ROM, it failed probably because of sdcard permissions; i accidentally wipe /system /data /cache
-stuck at first Sony Ericsson screen
-Somehow managed to flash a 2.1 stock rom with flashtool, after an hour of different combinations of enterring flash mode and pulling the battery
-Tried to install FeraLab again, this time it went through
-After install, rebooted, phone shut down during boot up process
-Will not turn on at all. Even when plugged into a PC, wall, not plugged in, pulling battery, etc.
I think what happened is that FeraLab needed a newer baseband than the 2.1 stock rom had. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get this sucker to even turn on? Not a single LED is on when plugged in, giving me the impression that it's not charging.
If the battery has drained out, it might take some time before it kicks in and indicates that it is charging.
If the ROM has failed somehow, it might not show that it is charging at all, but might be charging.
Either way: Let it charge "blindly" for a while, and see what happens.
Once it does boot up to some level or shows life-signs, let it charge fully before you'l attempt a ROM flash.
The flash/recovery mode needs a full battery, and reason is that the external power isn't used even when connected while in flash/recovery mode.
If you happen to be in bad luck, and the ROM failed as a result of a drained battery, you might have to charge the battery externally. Use an external battery charger made for 3.6 volts Lithium Polymer batteries, and make sure to align the + and - terminals properly.
I can recommend the multicharger from Powerbase, called C-734U:
http://www.powerbasehk.com/product.php?id=148
Using it myself to charge the X10 battery, as well as other batteries from other devices I have.
EDIT:
(For some reason, powerbase has taken back that it'll charge Lipo batteries, but when I bought mine, it was described as a li-ion, li-poly and Ni-MH charger, and it't ability to charge li-poly batteries was the very one reason to why I bought it.
I suspect PowerBase does not want to take responsibility if anything happens to the li-poly-batteries, as they are known to be more dangerous than other types.)
I've left it on the wall charger all night, no response or anything. Luckily, I bought a new battery a few days ago, so when that comes in, hopefully it will be charged enough for this thing to boot.
Do me a favour are u able to take screebshot of settings, about phone menu and post it here? Need to see ur baseband and kernel
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laneyofdeath said:
Do me a favour are u able to take screebshot of settings, about phone menu and post it here? Need to see ur baseband and kernel
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Dude his phone wont start up. How come he'll be able to take a screenshot
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Dude his phone wont start up. How come he'll be able to take a screenshot
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Yeah, i'm not sure what he expected. But, good news! Now for some reason my phone started blinking red whenever I tried to turn it on! I guess the battery completely ran out or something. It also blinks every now and then when plugged in, so I guess it's charging. The previous owner of this phone said that it had some battery problems, so that's why I ordered that new battery. I'll let it charge for awhile and let you guys know what happens.
Okay, after getting my new battery, the phone will still not turn on. I think i've figured out two behaviors:
1. If the battery is nearly completely out of charge, it will flash a red light
2. If the battery has charge, it will not do anything at all.
Anyone know how to fix this?
While trying to turn on the phone, after long-press power button, do you get a flash from status led & short vibration?
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ToledoJab said:
While trying to turn on the phone, after long-press power button, do you get a flash from status led & short vibration?
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No vibration, the red LED flashes three times, and that is , as I said before, what happens when the battery seems to not have any charge. If I have a charged battery it does absolutely nothing.
Have you removed sim & sd card and tried. I know it sounds dumb but when I flashed a bad kernel I had to try to connect flash mode like 10 times. Finally I left the phone unplugged from pc, started flashtool and started flashing. I only put battery in phone just before holding back key. I never connected USB until tool said to dis-connect phone and connect in flashmode.
i wish you luck, I know how I felt when it went wrong
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FireFreek said:
So, sort of long story, i'll cut it short
-Got an old X10, had stock 2.3.3
-Rooted it
-Did not unlock bootloader, got kinda scared.
-Tried to install FeraLab custom ROM, it failed probably because of sdcard permissions; i accidentally wipe /system /data /cache
-stuck at first Sony Ericsson screen
-Somehow managed to flash a 2.1 stock rom with flashtool, after an hour of different combinations of enterring flash mode and pulling the battery
-Tried to install FeraLab again, this time it went through
-After install, rebooted, phone shut down during boot up process
-Will not turn on at all. Even when plugged into a PC, wall, not plugged in, pulling battery, etc.
I think what happened is that FeraLab needed a newer baseband than the 2.1 stock rom had. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get this sucker to even turn on? Not a single LED is on when plugged in, giving me the impression that it's not charging.
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Try to flash any latest kernel via flashtool . Go for doomkernel . I think its software issue . Try this first .
Almost same here please help..
Last night battery ran out of charge & phone switched off.. then i plugged the charger it doesn't charge.. after some time i tried turning on.. Vibrates with the green LED but nothing happens then..
Note: This is not the 1st time i'm letting my phone drain, but facing this problem for the 1st time..
Rom : Spikelabs GB Gaming rom
Kernel : Ferakernel v23 beta6
I tried another battery, charger, data cable.. Tried flashing stock & spikelabs kernel., but of no use..
Any help is greatly appreciated..
Thanks in advance.. :good:
Something like that happened to me not long ago!
I was trying to flash some ROMs and I messed up then my phone wouldn't turn on!
But Miracously, I could flash a Stock 2.3.3 which fixed the problem!
At first, I used Sony PC Companion, which helped a lot- and after I screwed it for the second time, I used FlashTool-
I don't know if this was helpful, but I hope your x10 will be fixed soon!
yeah try the PC Companion first, it helped me too a couple of weeks ago
No luck...
Hi friends..
Tried to repair using PC companion, but was able to connect only in flash mode, unable to proceed software update..
I previously tried flashing stock GB using flashtool thrice. Still couldn't switch on the phone.. What else may i try..
Thanks friends..
ashok weird said:
Hi friends..
Tried to repair using PC companion, but was able to connect only in flash mode, unable to proceed software update..
I previously tried flashing stock GB using flashtool thrice. Still couldn't switch on the phone.. What else may i try..
Thanks friends..
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try flashing kernel other than spikelabs (e.g. feravolt,doom,achotjan,zkernel..etc.)
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try flashing kernel other than spikelabs (e.g. feravolt,doom,achotjan,zkernel..etc.)
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Tried Ferakernel, Stock GB kernel, etc bro.. No luck..
Flashed Stock GB firmware more than 3 times still no luck :crying:
SEUS not working _ couldn't connect to network..
SUS does not have x10 enlisted
Went to 3 service shops at - Ritchie street, Chennai. They simply said harware issue (Short in board) and gave back the phone.
Now given at a better service centre. Will get back on monday it seems. Will update the status friends..
Thanks..
Here also they said the same reason friends.. Short in board..
Is there any way i could recover the phone???
My Acro S is running a stock 6.1.A.2.45 with CWM, rooted an bootloader unlocked, it has been working fine with this firmware for almost 2 weeks, today out of nowhere i switch the phone off for a reboot and it refuses to come on, it can go into fastboot and and flashboot however it does not power on, it's been plugged in the charger for almost an hour but it dosen't show any sign of life, no led blinking no Sony logo, nothing and when i try to force reboot by holding up and power off it just gives a little vibration and nothing happens, please help! sending back to the service center is not an option as in my country Sony service is crap as it's done through a third party company that hire retards exclusively, not to mention that they will rip me off as i got my phone from another country.
Does it enter CWM? If nothing works Flash the same ROM using flashtool
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Does it enter CWM? If nothing works Flash the same ROM using flashtool
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Nothing mate, no led, no log, no nothing as i said it just vibrate when i force reboot and can go into flash/fastboot mode, anyway the battery was almost dead when i turned it off to reboot and now i am not sure if it's charging to begin with hence why i am too scared to flash it and risk permanent bricking, do you think i should leave it for a while on the charger first?
Also would it be too much if i ask for a link to the stock rom as the one i had is not on this pc anymore?
Yeah you should leave it for charging for an hour or two.
I'm not too sure about the link. Browse through the dev section you'll find one
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Yeah you should leave it for charging for an hour or two.
I'm not too sure about the link. Browse through the dev section you'll find one
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Okay thanks,
Regarding the ftf i don't think that it has been posted before, the one on my phone is russian and i don't recall where i got it from, i found another that's Malaysian however i really need the international version this time, do you think i should start a thread requesting it?
Okay i fixed it however the flashing didn't work and until now for the life of me i am trying to figure out what happened, anyway here is what happened and how i got it back working, maybe it will help someone in the future.
1.The first 2 flashing attempts failed without any explanation in the log, i then tried to re-install the flashtools drivers and went for a 3rd attempt, this one did not fail although it did not succeed either it remained stuck on retrieving device information.
2.I went to Sony software update standalone software, it requested from me to put the device into flash mode, i did but then it refused to update as my device had modified software, then i went to the pc companion and made an attempt to fix the device but of course i got the infamous server busy error.
3.My last hope was to go into fastboot mode and attempt to flash back the stock kernel.sin, that did the trick, the phone went back up and as i suspected it wasn't charging during the incident as the battery was down to 1% and it turned off as soon as it went on, it's now turned on and charging without any issues however i am really curious to find out what happened, i will charge the phone back to 100% then i will flash back the previous kernel that caused the issue,
For reference both kernels are found in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30276627&postcount=7
Good that its working now
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Good that its working now
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It happened now again after i tried to boot into recovery using the xparts app, i had to reflash the kernel to unstuck it and this time i flashed the old kernel that had CWM, the one that initially got stuck and everything is back to normal, but i am really curious to know what's wrong.
Did you ever find out what was wrong with it? My phone won't charge no matter what I do to it. Kernels, stock ftfs, all custom roms I could find. I'm thinking about replacing the battery cause I can't keep the phone on for more than a few seconds....
Hi guys can anyone help me, yesterday nite i installed AnunoV5 rom, Couple of minutes it was run finely i went to put in charger..After fully charged, i keep a side the phone and went sleep..After 3 hours when i saw the phone is bootloop keep on rebooting & so hot. After that when im trying to go cwm , its still rebooting.after a while already fully format the phone still keep on rebooting ( I think the motherboard or processor spoiled) cant work even via odin. I wanna sent to claim but how i can erase the chainfire recovery so it can be look as factory release.Thanks
If it was your motherboard or processor your phone wouldn't even turn on let alone boot loop. And you say you can't flash with Odin?? Why not? What error message are you getting??
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Hello
I got this phone some years ago, then i gave it to my mother she said one day it got out of battery then after many hours trying to charge it did not charge.
I tried to charge the phone, i get some flashing red light then it tries to boot
shows the sony logo then it goes black and does it again about 5 more times then it just go off.
I flashed the stock rom using sony software it was successful but it still does the same.
The phone is not rooted / not bootloader unlocked.
After one day charging still does the same. I am able to get green light to flash but i am not able to recover it.
Any ideas? i was thinking maybe if there is a gingerbread ftf rom i could fix it, but everything here is zipped and there is not ftf rom no custom
....thanks
Zirdark said:
Hello
I got this phone some years ago, then i gave it to my mother she said one day it got out of battery then after many hours trying to charge it did not charge.
I tried to charge the phone, i get some flashing red light then it tries to boot
shows the sony logo then it goes black and does it again about 5 more times then it just go off.
I flashed the stock rom using sony software it was successful but it still does the same.
The phone is not rooted / not bootloader unlocked.
After one day charging still does the same. I am able to get green light to flash but i am not able to recover it.
Any ideas? i was thinking maybe if there is a gingerbread ftf rom i could fix it, but everything here is zipped and there is not ftf rom no custom
....thanks
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Just force reboot your phone with Square button+Power button and reflash with SEUS or Flashtool. It worked for me. Try it. I don't think that there is a GB.ftf file, only the stock 2.1 one. Press thanks if I helped you in some way.
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