Dear
My Sony Xperia ( Sony ericsson ST25i ) is blocked. After the children were playing with it, my phone started to ask me to answer question (unlock with security question) or to enter google account details (unlock with google account details).
Thing is that I once made a gmail account for the phone but never really used it, So I don't even know what my email was. the question is 'what is your place of birth?'.
But I did not really put my place of birth as an extra security but now I myself cannot enter my phone anymore!!.
Is there a way to reset my phone? Even if I loose my data on it, but I want to be sure the method is not a risk to destroy my phone. I just want my phone to be back in original state.
Please help me with this.
u will need to use PCC or SUS and repair the software.
u WILL lose ALL your data, except those stored in the storage.
goodluck
i guess repairing wont give u access
i dun remember the hard reset combo for xperia u
i guess all hardware keys pressed simultaneously (i may b wrong m nt sure)
Sent from my Xperia U using Tapatalk 2
Just Google how to reset your phone model I think that'll be the best route to take
Sent from my HTC One X
I just was downloading
The SUS and and PCC to see what is best to use but repairing the original software will not be the solution?
I already googled but only find things as bootloader custom ROM, etc. I just want the original software without risking to end with a bricked phone. I Again searched for reset Sony ericsson st25i or Sony xperia u and tried the suggestions but without avail. Is there a way to enter the phone with my laptop( a program or something?) i'm pc techincian so It Will be not that difficult for me to understand
i can confirm flashing ftf via flashtool will solve the problm bt erase ur phone data (images songs and other things in internal memory will b safe )
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or read this
http://www.phonetipsandtricks.com/tips/sony-xperia-u/hard-reset-factory-reset-14/
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I tried that a few miniutes ago, nothing happens, only the phone just starts normal (and ends wit the question of gmail account to unlock )
About the tft file, I did some quick research, but are you sure this will 100% work , even if phone is unaccessible?
Can I use SUS to backup the original ROM, as the phone is from Belgium. I want to recover it with the same ROM, so I can keep the language.
I'm not sure if I use any tft file, that it's also in Dutch, probably not?
I assume tft file is a ROM file? but I will take some time to look for more infor about this.
haramo said:
Dear
My Sony Xperia ( Sony ericsson ST25i ) is blocked. After the children were playing with it, my phone started to ask me to answer question (unlock with security question) or to enter google account details (unlock with google account details).
Thing is that I once made a gmail account for the phone but never really used it, So I don't even know what my email was. the question is 'what is your place of birth?'.
But I did not really put my place of birth as an extra security but now I myself cannot enter my phone anymore!!.
Is there a way to reset my phone? Even if I loose my data on it, but I want to be sure the method is not a risk to destroy my phone. I just want my phone to be back in original state.
Please help me with this.
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Nothibg more u have to do flash a ftf file & u will only lose apps that all
I m not earning money by helping you so if u think I gave my time so pls press thanx button
I will give it a try
But first: I always have a habbit to backup the device before taking further steps.
Is there a way I can backup the system files (or how I have to name the phones system?) , so Might something go wrong I can load the original system file (image) back so nothing has changed?
I also want to have a backup of the system files , so then I have the language (Dutch from Belgium) for future use.
Because I'm not sure if the tft file will change the software completely and install an English version or something?
When I connect the phone , I can see the folders /files . Would a copy paste be enough?
and before I want to start, I want to know which version(firmware, bootloader, .. ) I have on the phone? Can I find this information in the files I see when I connect the phone to the pc?
U r too much afraid bro be calm & as per the steps flash the ftf file u will not lose data on Sd card or External memory if u doesn't make a mess out of it & for making backups u can make it as u want & last but not the least u cant brick ur phone until u try to flash wrong images or unlock bootloader
I m not earning money by helping you so if u think I gave my time so pls press thanx button
If I understand correctly loading a tft file wil have no harm?
I try to understand what a tft file is.. I was googling it but nobody expain what it is, they just start tellling how to flash with tft file.
What is that file?
well,phone is not mine, I just try to help the owner of it ( a friend of my wife).
I already told her that if I don't succeed with the soft way that there are risks if we try it the hard way. (insurrance )
But really, what is this tft file??
It is a file which is made of Stock ROM(ROM which comes with Mobile).It is just a flashable format which can be flashed via apps I think u have got this mobile from anywhere as far as I understood
I m not earning money by helping you so if u think I gave my time so pls press thanx button
I have found an article of this forum, I'm reading it know...
U first said its ur phone then u said its ur wifes freinds phone I think if its stolen phone then it would be illegal on our part to help u maybe
I m not earning money by helping you so if u think I gave my time so pls press thanx button
How do you mean, from anywere? It's not mine it's from one of my wifes friends. the phone is from Belgium, and we are also living in Belgium (I assume she bought it in Belgium.. )
And no, it’s not stolen , it’s just my way of starting a thread, If I have to start to explain from where I have the phone, it wil be a long article but now you know. And I have a iphone 5 , I don’t need to steal someones phone . I hope you androids fan are not against Apple ,I just start the question in here name, as if she posted it. So everything with I’ in my first post, you can replace with she.
And I think if someone steals a phone, he will know what to do with it.
Don’t worry bro, it’s not stolen!!
Can someone please disable this 5 minutes waiting to post? I'm not an intelligent spam application I think it's clear now, I'm a human being or not?
Then go ahead of all the process
I m not earning money by helping you so if u think I gave my time so pls press thanx button
Then go ahead of all the process? I don't understand this way of speaking but I assume you want to say: 'OK then'?
I was following the step by step on how to make my own ftf file. and while SUS was downloading the files and I copied them to another place.
SUS gave me the opportunity to install the latest firmware without deleting (something) or to delete everything and to flash the newest firmware on the phone.
I have choosen for the last option and quess what? Phone is working again! yoepie. My wife already text her friend to tell her the good news.
and strange, some audio files are still there , maybe nothing is deleted after all? hmmm
But many thanks for those who put me on the right track.
Related
Hello again
Sometimes we can brick our devices by a bad unlock, flashing process, or simply bad luck.
The phone doesn't turn on and there is a Red Led Of Death when pressing power button. Even with a GREEN led when we plug the phone with back key pressed the computer detect the phone as "unknown device" so there is no chance to get fixed by Flashtool or SEUS/PC Companion.
Well this problem normally means that the bootloader is broken or damaged. So, in order to fix it we need to write a new SEMCboot and after this we were able to flash a full and fresh firmware with flashtool and unbrick our Xperia.
This process like unlocking process requires SETool dongle/box and a paperclip to make a testpoint to put the phone in flash mode and be able to write the SEMCBoot.
I can help to anyone with a bricked Xperia Arc/Play/Neo/Pro just make send me a PM.
Like unlocking process you will need this 3 programs:
SETool software for unlocking
USB Over network client for remote dongle
Teamviewer client for remote support and guide
anyway if you want me to buy a Dr. Pepper just
Sometimes even after fix the bootloader the phone doesn't want to boot. In most cases this is by a damaged TRIM AREA (TA).
The trim area is a part of softwere stored in eeprom so it can be read and write with the proper software like SETool.
Read and Write trim area is very easy but you should know that some sectors of the TA are unique for you phone, lets call it Security Units.
The process for repair trim area is indeed very easy.
For sure we need Testpoint like in unlocking or bootloader repair process.
1. Backup Security Units with this script:
Code:
taread:00020851
taread:000207D3
taread:000207Da
2. Write a Working TA backup from another phone (same model)
3. Restore Security Units.
Thats all, now your phone should boot well but is 90% possible that you dont get Signal so for fix that we need to unlocking.
If this last thing is needed you can refer to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232033
huh u
huh u again . plz mention it is not a free tool so everybody can understand what is going on......????!!! you said it is free ?? free as 20 dollars or what i sent u a pm and you said pay . how could it be lol
taliani2 said:
huh u again . plz mention it is not a free tool so everybody can understand what is going on
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need fix bug 0%batery .....
anikill3010 said:
need fix bug 0%batery .....
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There is no fix as of yet for this problem. unfortunately, the devs are still trying to find a solution.
Trim area repair process is now tested and working for NEO PLAY and ARC
Alejandrissimo said:
Trim area repair process is now tested and working for NEO PLAY and ARC
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Hi.
Is repairing the "Trim area" a solution for the 0 % Problem?
greets,
Marco
waiting....
gork1975 said:
Hi.
Is repairing the "Trim area" a solution for the 0 % Problem?
greets,
Marco
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Nup is not
Then... how can it be fixed?
Nobody knows yet.
Thanks Alejandrissimo!!
Alejandrissimo is the best!!
Two weeks ago, I tried to flash cyanogenmod7, but I'm a n00b, so ofcourse it went wrong. My device(Arc) wouldn't boot anymore, I tried some things and suddenly it even wouldn't connect with fastboot..
So I saw this topic and some other ones from Alejandrissimo, Many comments praising him for his patience and help, that's why I contacted him, and that evening he helped me getting my phone working! He really Knowles where he is talking about!
Only problem I had left was NO SIGNAL, I asked Alejandrissimo if he could help me with that and yes he said he could. For almost a whole week, oh well. Much time difference, so it was hard to catch eachother we tried flashing it again and again in different ways. Yesterday he thought he had the answer, we tried it, and it worked!! I'm so happy he helped me getting my phone back! So so many thanks again Alejandrissimo!!
In order to unlock my trim area for my SIM I had to pay 24USD, cause Alejandrissimo had to buy credits at Sony Ericsson, but it was totally worth it!
Sent from my WORKING LT15i using xda premium
happened to me this morning but with a lot of luck i managed to get the phone in the flashboot mode (with a lot of tries connecting to PC) and install the stock FW (as i read FW is light on the boot loader)and tried to boot (with a lot of tries) i got it boot once but stops after Xperia screen i tried and tried until it booted normally i want to get back to the custom ROM but afraid that problem accrued again.
NOTE:last night tried to install True licensed market to get paid apps for free the phone heated and heated i uninstalled it and connected the phone to the laptop to charge overnight.
check your gtalk @Alejandrissimo. i've just send you invitation
i need your help for giving my mini pro back,now its on the dead of red led :crying:
Hi people. Because of work and children I have no much time to visit every thread on xda or check all PM, but you can always can contact me to gmail or hangouts.
Hi there,
i need some help,
i've got my dads sony ericsson xperia x10 mini pro phone, sadly he passed away 13weeks ago
i tried to work out what his pattern lock was but did it wrong far too many times, now its asking me for his googlemail login details, well as u can see i cant ask him... i can not access any part of the phone to do a restore as i need the details to login..
so can any body help me on doing a hard restore as ive tried holding the left and right buttons whilst pressing the power button but no luck...
i need to get in to the phone so i can use it as mine is now broken,
can
anybody shed some light on what to do that s not going to cost me any money,
thanks
Tubby,
Moved it to the right forum for you buddy.
Why you can't ask him? At least ask him to put the password and then you deactivate the security lock.
Felimenta97 said:
Why you can't ask him? At least ask him to put the password and then you deactivate the security lock.
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If you re read my original post you will see that i had said he has passed away..
So asking him is a impossible thing to do
Tubby-mummy said:
If you re read my original post you will see that i had said he has passed away..
So asking him is a impossible thing to do
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Oh, really sorry. Really, really sorry, I didn't get at first. Sometimes my english is awful. Do you know if he had recovery installed? Try to reboot in recovery and do a backup in case you want to keep any app or it's configs.. Then enter factory reset, reboot phone. Everything right, install App Extractor and recover the apps you want from the recovery.
In case he hadn't any recovery, I think the only option is reinstall Android, using SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Service).
Again, sorry for the thing I said in my earlier post.
Sent using Mini CM7 Pro by Paul
I dont know what he had on the phone, ive got his sd card with all his pics etc so not worried about losing anything,
i cant get into any thing on the phone as it says pattern entered wrong too many times please enter googlemail and password, well i can not get past that, all i can do it call 999 ...
ive connected the phone via usb to my notepad but when i click on the usb via my computer it says to insert a disk to disk drive??
i honestly have no idea what to do, ive tried to download the sony ericsson pc suite but where i use a internet dongle it dont download...
i dont want to pay for the phone to b reset when i know i can do it myself some how and places round here have said they'd charge £50-£60 just to do it!!!!
and honestly it fine, no need to apologize so much, was a simple miss read,
Hi there,
this is my 1st post so i hope to be a lucky one...
I installed minicm7 on my phone and everything was ok untill the 1st reboot.
Phone asked me for " Sim unlock network code " or something like that
so i restored my backup and started to use utilities
to unlock bootloader and other staff...
I was so " busy " that i didnt notice that my battery is out of battery
and my phone powered off in the middle of the process.
I cant turn it on now, i cant charge it, pc dont recognise it ( pc companion to ) and power button + menu, or back button etc dont work...
I charged my battery in a phone store, hoping that i could do something
but my phone is dead... it dosent response and i m afraid tha i damaged it.
Any idea / advice ?
ps. Sorry for my english, i hope that i made myself clear enough
ps2. I read similar threads but they didnt helped me at all
I havent managed to turn it on yet...
Any help plz ?
ps. If i send it at sony-ericcson store
will they charge me or warranty applies ?
If your phone doesn't even go into flash-mode there's not much you can do yourself
And I think they will notice you messed with it (rooted, unlocking bootloader), so they will charge you, I suppose
Isnt there anything at all tha i could do
before i send it for service ?
If you can't get it into flashmode, no, nothing at all
ok, thanx
i ll send it when i ll get paid...
unfortunatelly i ll have to wait for 1 more week
Good luck
If the reboot not work, just try it again and again.
if it still doesnt work, just try to flash it again.
I believe, normally the Android will not dead.
Do u try instal SEUS and restore orginal android
Hello
am not a developer or a super user,,,,i have a sony xperia sola (MT27i),,,i bought from a local shop unlocked(Egypt) if that matters!!
i followed all the tutorials i could find here,,,,but since most of the devs here ask us to use google and search more!!!!
i did that and searched till i got my phone bootloader UNLOCKED and also got it ROOTED!!!.......
the problem is when i installed this ROM or whatever it is (eXperience Innovation),,,,,,it seemed okay while downloading but it's not booting the system!!!
and keep on restarting the whole device!!!!!,,,,,so i can't get into the system!!!!
and i can't even put another stock firmware to get it back to default and restore it,,,because on my computer it can't really recognize my phone!!!
i feel really bad because things like that never happens to me,,,,and usually the instructions are more clear than that!!!
i really appreciate your effort everybody,,,,,but you need to be more friendly and offer alittle more instructions!!!! and also offer some options in case of things ****ed up like my case!!!!
i need your HELP ASAP,,,,,i can't live without my phone
and all i wanted is to get a clean system because it was super laggy before i unlock the bootloader
P.S: it was fast after unlocking the bootloader
:crying:
Edit:i found the solution
all what you need to do is downloading the STOCK FTF file(in my case it was MT27_6.1.1.B.1.54_Global) and put it in the c:\flashtool\firmware FOLDER
and then put your phone in flashmode (volume DOWN not up+power button) and wait for it to finish
it didn't work the first few times,,,,but when i restarted my computer it worked!!!!????
i have no idea why,,,,,but it worked and am so happy i have my phone back
Mario1551 said:
Hello
am not a developer or a super user,,,,i have a sony xperia sola (MT27i),,,i bought from a local shop unlocked(Egypt) if that matters!!
i followed all the tutorials i could find here,,,,but since most of the devs here ask us to use google and search more!!!!
i did that and searched till i got my phone bootloader UNLOCKED and also got it ROOTED!!!.......
the problem is when i installed this ROM or whatever it is (eXperience Innovation),,,,,,it seemed okay while downloading but it's not booting the system!!!
and keep on restarting the whole device!!!!!,,,,,so i can't get into the system!!!!
and i can't even put another stock firmware to get it back to default and restore it,,,because on my computer it can't really recognize my phone!!!
i feel really bad because things like that never happens to me,,,,and usually the instructions are more clear than that!!!
i really appreciate your effort everybody,,,,,but you need to be more friendly and offer alittle more instructions!!!! and also offer some options in case of things ****ed up like my case!!!!
i need your HELP ASAP,,,,,i can't live without my phone
and all i wanted is to get a clean system because it was super laggy before i unlock the bootloader
P.S: it was fast after unlocking the bootloader
:crying:
Edit:i found the solution
all what you need to do is downloading the STOCK FTF file(in my case it was MT27_6.1.1.B.1.54_Global) and put it in the c:\flashtool\firmware FOLDER
and then put your phone in flashmode (volume DOWN not up+power button) and wait for it to finish
it didn't work the first few times,,,,but when i restarted my computer it worked!!!!????
i have no idea why,,,,,but it worked and am so happy i have my phone back
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drivers
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hey there im thomas from switzerland and im new here
i cant post the thread in the specific area due to my newbie status. im sorry
my englisch isnt that good; neither is my knowledge in software engineering. i dont know the specific terms like adbpush/pull, cwm, mount and so on. im not even sure what exactly the difference between rooting and flashing is lol and i have no clue about what a kernel is
so thats gonna be kinda funny. i hope
well my problem i quite easy to explain. my wifes galaxy s7 is bricked/has a boot loop whatever. it powers up, doestn vibrate and shows the samsung logo an stocks from that on. it doesnt reboot automatically. its stuck at this point until the battery dies or i enter the boot mode or bios or how u say to the mode (power,home,volup) and shut it down. when i shut it down manually im able to restart it again and enter the download mode (voldown). simple restarting or wiping cache didnt work.
so u see i already tried to fix it myself within my abilities. i postet my acutal problem in some other forums but i didnt really got helped out and mostly was told to contact the xda developers for professional and patient help.
i dont want to get the phone running again, its display is a little broken and i got a guarantee so i can swap the phone via my provier, so thats not the actual point. the only thing i want to have are the many many pictures which my wife didnt cloudshare or save otherwise.
so what can i exactly do to recover the pictures and videos. ive read as long as i can access the download mode im able to do something, but no one really knows how to.
the device is a standard s7 non rooted, i dont know exactly which android is running on it but i think my wife would have updated the version if the notification would have popped up. so i think its android 6.0 or 6.0.1 or something like that. im pretty sure she didnt enter the development settings to enable usb debugging or something else. its just a standard s7 from a german store. i do not know the exact model number of the phone like (gt-123456) hope these informations are neccessary if not sorry lol
ive read a lot of flashing instructions with lots of terms which ive never heard and cant explain to myself.
so is there probably anyone who would so nice to instruct for dummies how to get my pictures and videos from the phone please? just explain what to do in non-it-professional-words. if ure going to use a term just quickly explain in very few words what is meant by that.
ive read somewhere about an samsung usb driver to install first, but everywhere are only parlty described guides which i just dont understand.
i have downloaded odin3, have an usb cable, the device, a very slow win10 laptop, absolutely no clue of the complete matter but much patience haha
thank you very very very much
thomas
I am not sure that you may or may not get DATA from phone Back. But if you flash with stock rom for now you may able to open phone.
Allow me some time to get instruction and firmware and necessary files. Be patient.
Salman
(If I helped you please press Thanks)
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@thomaszurich please give your phone details
Model Number S7-xyz is it edge or ???
and your country name so that i can arrange your country firmware.
Edit:
Country : Switzerland
Please Confirm??
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@thomaszurich
Model : SM-G930F
Model name : Galaxy S7
Please confirm, I got ROM for Switzerland (Swisscom)
Android Version : 6.0.1
hey there
thank you very much. ive found a video which declared what files i maybe need.
i already downloaded the 2.1 gb sized rom from sammobile.com for my model last night, i found the number on the case and i also downloaded and installed the samsung usb driver for the s7.
tonight im going to try out what to do. so what im about to do with that?
i also read that usb debugging must be enabled, which surely has not been done by my wife.
cheers
thomaszurich said:
hey there
thank you very much. ive found a video which declared what files i maybe need.
i already downloaded the 2.1 gb sized rom from sammobile.com for my model last night, i found the number on the case and i also downloaded and installed the samsung usb driver for the s7.
tonight im going to try out what to do. so what im about to do with that?
i also read that usb debugging must be enabled, which surely has not been done by my wife.
cheers
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Good to see that
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/101636/G930FXXS1BPI8_G930FVFG1BPH2_SWC/
Please do reply me once you done or else message me if you got any trouble.
Salman
so the actual question is: what do i have to do now with all these data? try to "flash" with odin3 like in many other descriptions? if it works, does my phone boot as like as nothing ever happened and i can totally use the device again? or is just the bootloader menu extended so that i have to go further steps to get my pictures saved or what?
im sorry, as i said i dont know much about android things like that.
what am i supposed to do now and what exactly is my phone supposed to do afterwards?
thomaszurich said:
so the actual question is: what do i have to do now with all these data? try to "flash" with odin3 like in many other descriptions? if it works, does my phone boot as like as nothing ever happened and i can totally use the device again? or is just the bootloader menu extended so that i have to go further steps to get my pictures saved or what?
im sorry, as i said i dont know much about android things like that.
what am i supposed to do now and what exactly is my phone supposed to do afterwards?
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Your problem's solution is simple...when u flash ur firmware file (2.1gb) through Odin, it will only clear ur system partition and some other partitions but won't touch ur data portion where ur pics are stored... So just flash ur firmware using Odin ..
well i just flashed the phone, odin worked with success but the s7 is still stuck at the same point. it doesnt boot up.
what else can i do to get to my data? is there any option?
thomaszurich said:
well i just flashed the phone, odin worked with success but the s7 is still stuck at the same point. it doesnt boot up.
what else can i do to get to my data? is there any option?
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Be clear with your problem so that we can solve it.
Try to flash with your specific country firmware I already attached in my previous posts.
NOTE: Please reply to our post so that we can receive notification, You need to simply click on Reply on my post.
Hey there,
I did flash the Country Firmware via odin as u told me but the problem is still the same.
thomaszurich said:
Hey there,
I did flash the Country Firmware via odin as u told me but the problem is still the same.
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is s7 have twrp ? twrp have mtp support , and backup all your data , after that flash the firmware via odin and wipe all system