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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?
From my XPERIA X10S v8.2 on kCernel @ 1.19ghz
ToledoJab said:
While trying to turn on the phone, after long-press power button, do you get a flash from status led & short vibration?
From my XPERIA X10S v8.2 on kCernel @ 1.19ghz
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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
From my XPERIA X10S v8.2 on kCernel @ 1.19ghz
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.)
sanababitz said:
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???
Hi there. First of all, sorry about my english, but i'm spanish
I was reading a lot, and i cant find a solution to my phone. It sudently becomes a brick just when charging (with anothers phone charger) and the battery was lower than 10%
It doesn't work, and don't response to any of all solutions i've read (Take out SIM, SD card, remove battery and wait... ) no way... Screen never come back to iluminate again. Just, when pushing power buttom, the phone's vibrates.
So tired of the brick, i've arrived at this page. And I read this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568792
And try to become my phone back...
At least, the phone enter in flashmode, and i can flash with flashtools... but the phone never come back... just the brick
I tryed to flash with the Xperia_2011_FreeXperia_ALL.ftf file and OK
Afther that, take out the USB and flash again with one ROM i get from here:
Xperia Mini Pro (SK17i)
4.0.2.A.0.42 - http://www.mediafire.com/?hevz3x5w9pqt24q
4.1.B.0.431 - http://www.mediafire.com/?j0bdx06zz5skvzt
But the phone never works. One time afther flashing with 4.0.2.A.0.42 i noticed, that trying to power on the phone, the red led shyne 3 times, and thats supposed to be the battery. But i don't know if the battery now is charged. I've left it hours charging, and hours too to the USB...
Supposedly, i cant flash without battery in the phone, but flashtools finish correctly
So... any idea?
There is something i can do?
Thank all of you who read this!
Its probably battery empty. recharge battery or get a friends and try
Sent from my X8 using Tapatalk 2
First make sure that your battery is really fine. Try another one.
If that fails, see if you can get your device into flash mode?(Switched off+Vol Down + USB cable)
If yes, try flashing a custom ROM. For example, download CyanogenMod from here, use Flashtool (guide) to flash the kernel provided in the downloaded ROM's ZIP file. Then, boot again into Clockword Mod Recovery(Keep pressing Vol DOwn button while boot or google for how to enter recovery for your phone). Copy the downloaded Cyanogenmod ZIP to SD card and install it via ClockwordMod recovery.
See if the above works.
bandarigoda123 said:
Its probably battery empty. recharge battery or get a friends and try
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But, if it was problem of battery, i suppose, that i can't finish flashing with flashtoolts. Not?
Milven said:
But, if it was problem of battery, i suppose, that i can't finish flashing with flashtoolts. Not?
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Try booting up your phone with the USB connector plugged in the PC (maybe it will charge the battery then)
Milven said:
But, if it was problem of battery, i suppose, that i can't finish flashing with flashtoolts. Not?
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At least my phone (LWW WT19i does not work without the battery with Flashtool. I'm not sure about your device.
Anyway try flashing a custom ROM like I said. Try unlocking bootloader first though from here
U said that red light show when try to on the phone.
Just try another battery.. It should work
Sent from my X8 using Tapatalk 2
You said LED blinks 3 times so if the color of LED is RED then it indicates empty battery..
Hey, my problem wasnt the same as yours, but it helped for me when i got only service logo on screen.
On this link you find a "Play_v1.01_TA brick fix UPDATE" zip.
Download, unpack and flash it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126358&page=10
I hope it will help u.
Milven said:
Hi there. First of all, sorry about my english, but i'm spanish
I was reading a lot, and i cant find a solution to my phone. It sudently becomes a brick just when charging (with anothers phone charger) and the battery was lower than 10%
It doesn't work, and don't response to any of all solutions i've read (Take out SIM, SD card, remove battery and wait... ) no way... Screen never come back to iluminate again. Just, when pushing power buttom, the phone's vibrates.
So tired of the brick, i've arrived at this page. And I read this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568792
And try to become my phone back...
At least, the phone enter in flashmode, and i can flash with flashtools... but the phone never come back... just the brick
I tryed to flash with the Xperia_2011_FreeXperia_ALL.ftf file and OK
Afther that, take out the USB and flash again with one ROM i get from here:
Xperia Mini Pro (SK17i)
4.0.2.A.0.42 - http://www.mediafire.com/?hevz3x5w9pqt24q
4.1.B.0.431 - http://www.mediafire.com/?j0bdx06zz5skvzt
But the phone never works. One time afther flashing with 4.0.2.A.0.42 i noticed, that trying to power on the phone, the red led shyne 3 times, and thats supposed to be the battery. But i don't know if the battery now is charged. I've left it hours charging, and hours too to the USB...
Supposedly, i cant flash without battery in the phone, but flashtools finish correctly
So... any idea?
There is something i can do?
Thank all of you who read this!
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Hi Milven,
I got the same problem with you yesterday. Few hours sitting in front of my PC and hopeless.
I tried everything same as yours, finally I found and solve the case.
Install this http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/tools/update-service/
And let it update your phone.
Done. It's back to brand new.
Hope you read this.
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Hi Milven,
I got the same problem with you yesterday. Few hours sitting in front of my PC and hopeless.
I tried everything same as yours, finally I found and solve the case.
Install this http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/tools/update-service/
And let it update your phone.
Done. It's back to brand new.
Hope you read this.
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That's true. Try fixing it by using sony repairment. I did it and it worked for my phone. I hope it does for you
Sent from my Xperia, Asri Aisyah El Zahra
i've the same problem as you. charge your battery with desktop charger. not too long, i put the battery and flash firmware in flashtool. and it work. when the flashing done and the device on, my battery just 3% lol. flashing with flashtool only takes a few minutes
OK Im pretty new to Android flashing etc, so go easy please
Customer brought in X10i locked to Orange-UK and running firmware 1.6
I used flashtool to flash 2.1 rom and after flash completed, phone boots to SE logo (writing) and then is stuck.
I have tried updating using both SEUS and PCCompanion. Both say that they have updated the phone successfully but phone still does not start.
After flashing with PCC boot process was same problem as before except I briefly saw an image of a camera and a blue arrow pointing down to a phone.
After flashing with SEUS, the phone does not start at all. When I press the power button I see red led flash 3 times repeatedly.
I thought maybe battery has died, so I have connected to mains charger.
Now the phone seems flashes red led once (repeatedly) for about 2 minutes, then led changed to solid green for about 2 minutes,then powers-up to SE logo/writing and camera/blue arrow image briefly, before repeating the process again.
I am not sure if the phone is charging or not? (or maybe battery is not even depleted?)
I am trying to unlock the phone for my customer using SETool or (Omnia?) but both say that 1.6 is not supported and handset must be flashed to 2.1
Seems like I have fallen at the first hurdle
I have searched the www and read forums and tutorials etc and have been at this for nearly 7 hours solid now
Please help.
Thanks.
MK5
The red flashing light sounds like battery issue! Do you have another x10 to charge the battery?
Have you rooted the device and unlocked the bootlaoder?
If so and you can enter xrecovery and flash a custom ROM wolfs for example?
Simply power off the device unplug USB cable and just press back button repeatedly while it starts up!
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---------- Post added at 08:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:16 AM ----------
For future reference this application unlocks the sim lock of xperia x10i its free and simple to do
http://www.x10unlocked.com/
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Thanks for replying
Hi,
Thank You for replying.
You are absolutely right about the battery/flashing lights. I have charged the battery externally and the red flashing light issue has gone.
The phone now powers up to SE writing, then camera and blue arrow, then back to SE writing and stops.
The phone was fully working on Orange-UK before I flashed it. It looked as though everything on it was stock and it had never been flashed or updated ever.
I have not tried to root it or unlock bootloader (Im not even sure what unlocking bootloader means?)
What can I try next to bring this back to life?
Should I just keep trying to flash different roms?
Maybe I should try to flash stock Orange-UK firmware?
Thanks for your help so far, and look forward to your reply
MK5
help
Sorry I dont mean to double post or annoy anyone but please can someone help me with this.
Thats nearly another day and still I am stuck at SE logo/writing
I have flashed 5 or 6 different roms now, all with same end result.
I think I am missing something somewhere?
Do I need to upgrade/downgrade kernel?
and what is usb debugging setting? I set it to 'on' when phone was working at the very start, but I think now it is off.
Do I need this to be on before flashing? and if so, how do i do this if the phone is not booting?
Thanks.
MK5
You will need the phone to boot up to put debugging on! This needs to be on to root the device! It wont root without it. It makes sense why your stuck at se logo im sure if you flash the wrong firmware to the phone it wont boot up flash the orange firmware 2.1 or 2.3. British orange version then root using flashtool and use the program in the link above to unlock the sim
Let me know if it works?!!
Good luck!!
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1eyedmonster said:
You will need the phone to boot up to put debugging on! This needs to be on to root the device! It wont root without it. It makes sense why your stuck at se logo im sure if you flash the wrong firmware to the phone it wont boot up flash the orange firmware 2.1 or 2.3. British orange version then root using flashtool and use the program in the link above to unlock the sim
Let me know if it works?!!
Good luck!!
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Thanks m8, I'll give that a go. Battery has just died again, so giving it another charge just now.
Just a point to notw? - When i update the phone in SEUS, the process tells me that the update has completed successfully, but phone doesnt boot, and if I connect to SEUS again, it tells me that an update is available and this goes 'round in circles'
Is it possible that the phone somehow isnt actually getting flashed properly?
anyways will try the Ora-UK firmware first.
Should I look for stock 1.6 as that is what wason it originally? or can i go right ahead with 2.1?
Also where can I download these from? The only links I found for 2.1 orange were dead (megaupload)
Thanks for all your help so far m8. I appreciate it
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m8 you are a star
I got firmware from omnius and unzipped and made a couple of modifications (as per tutorial on the site)
flashed my newly created ftf file and the phone booted
Back to running stock 1.6
I need to make sure I do things properly this time.
Can you give me any pointers as to the correct tutorials to follow?
I just want to unlock the phone so it will accept a Vodafone sim card.
Not too bothered about debranding and custom roms etc.
Thanks.
MK5
Hello guys, it's been a long time since my phone got bricked. Not sure if it's soft or hard bricked. I was on the plane and using the phone just fine and I turned it off for landing and the phone is stuck at the Sony Logo ever since. I was able to get into the CWM recovery and reinstall the rom I was on, which I had for months and even use the AROMA installer (touching didn't work though so I used the volume buttons). I unlocked the bootloader. I installed other kernels. I relocked it. I flashed many official roms. Seus would not let me update the phone because I have the latest version even though I install old versions using Flashtool. Could it be a hardware problem? Should I just throw the phone in the trash?. I don't want to buy a new phone right now because I am studying abroad in 3 months and I will be getting a branded phone (can't decide between HTC ONE and S4 )
Do you know anything about testpoints and such? Also is this considered a soft or hard bricked phone? thanks
neofyt05 said:
Hello guys, it's been a long time since my phone got bricked. Not sure if it's soft or hard bricked. I was on the plane and using the phone just fine and I turned it off for landing and the phone is stuck at the Sony Logo ever since. I was able to get into the CWM recovery and reinstall the rom I was on, which I had for months and even use the AROMA installer (touching didn't work though so I used the volume buttons). I unlocked the bootloader. I installed other kernels. I relocked it. I flashed many official roms. Seus would not let me update the phone because I have the latest version even though I install old versions using Flashtool. Could it be a hardware problem? Should I just throw the phone in the trash?. I don't want to buy a new phone right now because I am studying abroad in 3 months and I will be getting a branded phone (can't decide between HTC ONE and S4 )
Do you know anything about testpoints and such? Also is this considered a soft or hard bricked phone? thanks
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I think its a hardware problem.coz the touch screen is not working.
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neofyt05 said:
Hello guys, it's been a long time since my phone got bricked. Not sure if it's soft or hard bricked. I was on the plane and using the phone just fine and I turned it off for landing and the phone is stuck at the Sony Logo ever since. I was able to get into the CWM recovery and reinstall the rom I was on, which I had for months and even use the AROMA installer (touching didn't work though so I used the volume buttons). I unlocked the bootloader. I installed other kernels. I relocked it. I flashed many official roms. Seus would not let me update the phone because I have the latest version even though I install old versions using Flashtool. Could it be a hardware problem? Should I just throw the phone in the trash?. I don't want to buy a new phone right now because I am studying abroad in 3 months and I will be getting a branded phone (can't decide between HTC ONE and S4 )
Do you know anything about testpoints and such? Also is this considered a soft or hard bricked phone? thanks
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The touch in aroma won't work I guess, as far as I know you have to use the volume buttons/home button in aroma, that's normal
So did you try to flash the stock gingerbread/ics rom and it even didn't boot up? Have you tried charging the battery?
mihahn said:
The touch in aroma won't work I guess, as far as I know you have to use the volume buttons/home button in aroma, that's normal
So did you try to flash the stock gingerbread/ics rom and it even didn't boot up? Have you tried charging the battery?
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I managed to flash a rom using aroma with the volume buttons and everything went ok but the phone still got stuck at Sony logo. I have tried everything. Charging, full decharging, installing roms and kernels. Still nothing.
neofyt05 said:
I managed to flash a rom using aroma with the volume buttons and everything went ok but the phone still got stuck at Sony logo. I have tried everything. Charging, full decharging, installing roms and kernels. Still nothing.
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not sure.. but try this one below.... flash a ics kernel of your choice first then using latest version of flashtool connect your phone to pc in Flashmode and flash this ftf file below
DOWNLOAD:Unbrick Your Xperia
let me know if it works!!
aneel3692001 said:
not sure.. but try this one below.... flash a ics kernel of your choice first then using latest version of flashtool connect your phone to pc in Flashmode and flash this ftf file below
DOWNLOAD:Unbrick Your Xperia
let me know if it works!!
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thanks but it didn't work
Hi,
My x10 shut down today after experiencing massive battery drain. When I plugged it into the charger, it didn't restart. I've tried flashing two different kernels, the FeraKernel for GB and DoomKernel. I also tried flasing the evervolv ftf file as a last resort. No change.
Is it dead? Anything I can do?
Flash original firmware with flashtool, also try to charge the battery and check if it isn't broken.
Sent from galaxy n7105
jakuburban said:
Flash original firmware with flashtool, also try to charge the battery and check if it isn't broken.
Sent from galaxy n7105
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I checked the forums for the ftf file of the original firmware..I haven't found it till now. Anybody have it? Or could someone point me in the right direction?
inadequate said:
I checked the forums for the ftf file of the original firmware..I haven't found it till now. Anybody have it? Or could someone point me in the right direction?
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Here's some: http://www.4shared.com/file/4xFnQHGj/sony_ericsson_x10i_21a0435_ora.html
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Here's some: http://www.4shared.com/file/4xFnQHGj/sony_ericsson_x10i_21a0435_ora.html
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Thanks. But when I flashed that, it wouldn't start up properly. I saw the Sony Ericsson logo for a second or two before the screen turned off again. WHen I tried to turn it on again, the red led flashed three times.
EDIT : after plugging it in, it woke up again. Looks like the X10 really won't die!
P.S you forgot to mention that that was an Eclairs ROM
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Thanks. But when I flashed that, it wouldn't start up properly. I saw the Sony Ericsson logo for a second or two before the screen turned off again. WHen I tried to turn it on again, the red led flashed three times.
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From what you're indicating it sounds like your battery is dead/not holding a charge.
[a] You probably need a new battery, or charge the existing one for a good 12hrs and then see if it still holds a charge,
If not then go back to [a]
If possible you can just use SEUS (Sony Update Service) or PC Companion to flash the stock GB 2.3 Sony firmware.
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Thanks. But when I flashed that, it wouldn't start up properly. I saw the Sony Ericsson logo for a second or two before the screen turned off again. WHen I tried to turn it on again, the red led flashed three times.
EDIT : after plugging it in, it woke up again. Looks like the X10 really won't die!
P.S you forgot to mention that that was an Eclairs ROM
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Well, I have always used this ROM to repair my Xperia.
The name was 2.1, so You could have seen that it's eclair.
And if You're still having problems with phone shuting down then it's for sure the battery, I had this problem.