So right now i don't know if i bricked my phone already or what coz i'm really new to this flashing and i just want to flash my phone coz it is slow as hell, i just have basic google apps install on the stock sony ROM but still is slow. What i did in order is this:
1. Unlocked the bootloader [success]
2. Downloaded the Cyanogenmod 10-pepper and uploaded it to the sdcard together with gApps [success]
3. Copied the boot.img to fastboot folder [success]
4. Boot to fastboot [success]
5. Using fastboot --> fastboot flash boot boot.img [success]
6. Using fastboot --> fastboot reboot [success]
This is where the problem occurs, from what i've followed, after reboot i will see the boot screen (which i did, the FreeXperia boot screen displayed) and i should press the volume+ to enter the recovery screen, but nothing happens, screen just goes black.
I re-flash the boot.img again and reboot but still it's not booting to recovery.
What did i miss here? I hope you can help me and be a little not harsh coz really, i just woke-up this morning got tired of my phone and researched all afternoon and then now i just don't know what happened. Thanks and much appreciated in advance.
@kurliyon
Use volume down button. Press it several times when your phone boots and you will enter in cwm.
Wipe data, cache and dalvik cache( from advanced menu/.
Flash cm10 amd gapps.
Enjoy
kurliyon said:
This is where the problem occurs, from what i've followed, after reboot i will see the boot screen (which i did, the FreeXperia boot screen displayed) and i should press the volume+ to enter the recovery screen, but nothing happens, screen just goes black.
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bro, isn't volumen +, IS VOLUMEN -- or down, press sometimes until u feel a vibration
Thanks all! I got it working now
Thanks.
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I flashed my xperia s with recovery.img and then disconnected the cable. Then i tried turning it on from the power button nothing was displayed on the screen. So how do i boot my xperia s in the recovery mode so that i get an option "wipe data/factory reset"?
Turn on the phone and keep pressing volume up
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bhanujallandhra said:
I flashed my xperia s with recovery.img and then disconnected the cable. Then i tried turning it on from the power button nothing was displayed on the screen. So how do i boot my xperia s in the recovery mode so that i get an option "wipe data/factory reset"?
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Reboot and as soon as Sony logo appears press the screen a few times (sometimes its better to keep pressing until it appears, to save trying again):good::fingers-crossed:
Still stuck
smallz2k said:
Reboot and as soon as Sony logo appears press the screen a few times (sometimes its better to keep pressing until it appears, to save trying again):good::fingers-crossed:
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I tried all the methods but none of the above works. as soon as i flash my fone with the recovery image the and disconnect it from the usb cable and try turnin it on. it doesnt turn on. theres no sony logo. Please help what shall i do?? i want to root my fone with stock kernel only dont want to root it by custom roms.
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bhanujallandhra said:
I flashed my xperia s with recovery.img and then disconnected the cable. Then i tried turning it on from the power button nothing was displayed on the screen. So how do i boot my xperia s in the recovery mode so that i get an option "wipe data/factory reset"?
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I think this recovery.img was not walid... I did that with my phone too, and nothing appear in screen. U have to flash another kernel (i suggest, the doomlords kernel). After that turn on the phone, and press the volume up, when doomlord logo appears.
hope it helps.
How are you getting on is your phone back on?
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If you tried the methods above with no joy it obviously isn't installed. With the cwm you are trying is there a .bat file in the download on your computer. If so while your phone is plugged into PC run the bat file and follow onscreen instructions. Then try launching cwm again.If you havnt managed it yet leave a message and I'll find it.
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I am posting here as I am facing the same problem.
I have been following this guide to flash my phone with CM10 from ICS stock rom.
h#ttp#://androidlegend.com/xperia-s-update-to-android-4-1-jelly-bean-with-cyanogenmod-10/
I have successfully followed everything done previously, including Unlocking the bootloader, getting root access, installing busybox, using RecoverX to install CWM.
I copied the FXP150-cm-10.1-20121209-UNOFFICIAL-mint.zip to sdcard, is it this that is required to flash to ROM or the boot.img that is inside the zip?
And I am stuck on that part where I have to reboot into recovery mode. I have tried
a) Connecting my phone and opening fastboot mode and then try to keep the vol up pressed to open recovery mode.
b) Without connecting, powering my phone on and pressing volume up. But there is no blue LED
c) Without connecting, powering my phone on and continuously tapping on sony logo. After that Xperia logo.
But I can not enter the recovery mode.
A little guidance please?
Flashing CM needed a seperate kernel. Keep following the instructions to use fastboot to flash the boot.img
Power the phone off. Hold vol + then plug the USB cable in. There should be a blue light.
Poorly written tutorial IMO. Should be flashing kernel first then the rom to save some panic.
I asked the Sony-Support, they say that there is no recovery-mode.(for Xperia U, but they are the "same")
dirtydevil783 said:
I am posting here as I am facing the same problem.
I have been following this guide to flash my phone with CM10 from ICS stock rom.
h#ttp#://androidlegend.com/xperia-s-update-to-android-4-1-jelly-bean-with-cyanogenmod-10/
I have successfully followed everything done previously, including Unlocking the bootloader, getting root access, installing busybox, using RecoverX to install CWM.
I copied the FXP150-cm-10.1-20121209-UNOFFICIAL-mint.zip to sdcard, is it this that is required to flash to ROM or the boot.img that is inside the zip?
And I am stuck on that part where I have to reboot into recovery mode. I have tried
a) Connecting my phone and opening fastboot mode and then try to keep the vol up pressed to open recovery mode.
b) Without connecting, powering my phone on and pressing volume up. But there is no blue LED
c) Without connecting, powering my phone on and continuously tapping on sony logo. After that Xperia logo.
But I can not enter the recovery mode.
A little guidance please?
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Snowstormzzz said:
Flashing CM needed a seperate kernel. Keep following the instructions to use fastboot to flash the boot.img
Power the phone off. Hold vol + then plug the USB cable in. There should be a blue light.
Poorly written tutorial IMO. Should be flashing kernel first then the rom to save some panic.
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MasterBolle said:
I asked the Sony-Support, they say that there is no recovery-mode.(for Xperia U, but they are the "same")
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Guys, dont ask Sony cause stock ROM doesnt have recovery.
If you want to flash CM you must fastboot the boot.img inside the zip file, before that put the ROM into your phone memory, power on the phone and keep pressing vol up, enter into CM recovery and flash rom from phone memory. Wipe before and after.
Agree, stock ROM doesn't have Recovery Mode. When you turn your phone with VOL_UP, nothing happens :cyclops:
bhanujallandhra said:
I flashed my xperia s with recovery.img and then disconnected the cable. Then i tried turning it on from the power button nothing was displayed on the screen. So how do i boot my xperia s in the recovery mode so that i get an option "wipe data/factory reset"?
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try flashing it again, maybe your first flash had an error.
Met the same problem and here what I did:
-Take off the battery in 10 minutes and put it back
-Plug the charger into the phone and do the logging in CWM steps (press and hold the volumme up, press the power button).
Finally it worked, hope this can help
Hi, i just installed FXP 150 on my Xperia U(ST25a, unlocked BL) and everything was fine until I restored my apps using titanium backup. After a reboot everything started to FC and I went to recovery did a wipe and rebooted. Here is the problem: In the robot animation it started to randomly freeze and it refused to boot up completely, I still can go to recovery but after several wipes and flashes I just don't know what to do.
I also used flashtool to flash stock ICS, It booted once, did a lot of FC's and died... Flashed again FXP 150 using fastboot and recovery...
Do you have any ideas about what is happening to my phone?
Wrong kernel maybe
Most probably you have not flashed the CM kernel. Extract and Flash the "boot.img" in the cm9 zip using flashtool.
To flash a kernel-
1. Turn off phone
2. Open flashtool
3. Click on thunder icon
4. Select fastboot mode
5. Once fastboot toolbar opens up, connect your phone with volume up pressed(blue LED should ight up)
6. Select "flash kernel"
7. Chose the CM boot.img and flash.
Reboot again and when the initial logo appears, keep presseing Vol UP to reach recovery and flash the CM9 ZIP again.
Hope I helped.....
PS- Make sure you have bootloader unlock
Thanks but I already did that, and as stated before I have unlocked BL. I believe that something has gone wrong with the flash...
try this .
make sure you have a way move data to your phone from recovery ( i dont know how to do this i dont have a u only a go with sd)
follow the instructions in post 2
then boot to recovery go to mounts
mount /system , /cashe
format both of them
go back to main cwm screen
advanced
wipe davik
then run fxp flash the rom zip
clear cashe
wipe davik again
reboot and just leave it for 5
Ok, this has gone from bad to pretty messed up... Now the phone won't enter flash mode or fastboot mode(no button combination works!). The only thing that works is the small notification led on top of the phone that goes red every time I charge the phone or I plug it to my PC. Any ideas?
Pull the battery out and put it back after a few secs. Load up a stock Rom on flashtool. Start flash and connect your phone by the flashmode button combination when prompted. This should start flashing
Tapatalked !
if yout try to power on the phone do you get blinking led if you do this means theres not enouh charge so give it 10 mins on charge then do a hard reboot hold (vol+ and power or vol- and power)
then try to enter fastboot or flashboot
my device was rooted and custom recovery after i unlocked my bootloader and yes i did back up ta.
im trying to install cm11 and i flash the boot.img across using fastboot and then reboot trying to go torecovery to flash zip. but! soon as i flash boot.img and reboot it hangs on sony logo no recovery working or anything, any ideas guys? atm the device on bed as im about ready t throw it out window... ( i wouldn't but its tempting)
Did you press the volume keys when the purple LED showed
Hold the red key under the left flap, powrr up the device and hit the volume up key a few times
You may need to install CWM to recovery (general section > recovery thread)
installed a recovery and done a key test it looks like the volume up key wasnt working properally, it s now working thanks anyway bro
My phone has problems after calibrating the battery with an app I think that was the beginning, the phone when I turn it off is stuck on the power off does not let me enter fastboot or recovery mode. It does not turn on with just pressing the button I have to press it several times or for several seconds to start it, when the same restart is left off it does not restart only, I try to restore it from the system and it does not stay off, I have a rom 6.0.1 The truth is that I do not want to reinstall the stock rom but I can not get into fastboot mode because of the problem and it always costs me to turn it on, everything started when installing a program for. Calibrate battery.
The phone is not brick i used al day long but i have this problem..
norbertoramones said:
My phone has problems after calibrating the battery with an app I think that was the beginning, the phone when I turn it off is stuck on the power off does not let me enter fastboot or recovery mode. It does not turn on with just pressing the button I have to press it several times or for several seconds to start it, when the same restart is left off it does not restart only, I try to restore it from the system and it does not stay off, I have a rom 6.0.1 The truth is that I do not want to reinstall the stock rom but I can not get into fastboot mode because of the problem and it always costs me to turn it on, everything started when installing a program for. Calibrate battery.
The phone is not brick i used al day long but i have this problem..
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Press both volume up and down for 10-15 seconds, u will get in fast boot then go to recovery and clean flash
ayushg1214 said:
Press both volume up and down for 10-15 seconds, u will get in fast boot then go to recovery and clean flash
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This solve mi problem to enter in fastboot mode i flash the firmware KitKat 4.4.4 un evereything OK put when i turn of the phone the same problem don't restart the phone i need to pulse for many time the button for my moto e turn on why this happen even if i reinstal the firmware don't solvet
Try to erase cache from fast boot itself, ( fastboot erase cache) and remove the recovery (fastboot erase recovery) then flash the latest twrp again( google the procedure if u don't know)
Then again wipe ALL partitions except the SD card where u have put the custom ROM( I recommend using a custom ROM like lineage os(stable)(latest nightly) instead of stock)
Also don't restore any previously backed up data from twrp, and after successfully flashing the ROM let it boot. It might take time( 15 mins). Also ensure that your phone is charged > 50%
@norbertoramones You can have a look at my XDA DevDB project: Unbrick hard bricked Motorola Moto E - Aravind V. Nair (XDA)
It might be of help. If you can get fastboot to work, use the 'Fastboot Unbrick.bat' script I have made and everything will be back to normal. ARe you able to boot to the OS?
Hello,
I have just tried to flash my SAMSUNG A20e with TWRP trough ODIN.
I have put the phone in developer mode and did all the things acording to the tutorials. I rebooted through bootloader and tried to upload the TWRP file. At first, it didn't quite work - it always failed in ODIN. Then I tried one that finally worked (ver. 3.3.1-0) but when I tried to boot into TWRP it is just stuck on the loading screen with the TEAMWIN logo and thats it. I have tried to restart it, connect it back to the PC, get to the recovery, leave it for a long time ect., but nothing helped. I cannot even turn it off - when I press and hold the power button or power and volume up buttons together nothing happens. When I try to pres and hold power + volume down buttons it restarts and it gets back to the loading screen with the logo.
If you have any more questions let me know.
Thanks in advance.
I have the same problem can you help me please??
I suggest to flash a matching version of TWRP over the existing one.
Code:
fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery <TWRP-IMAGE-NAME.img>
If this fails to boot into TWRP, try
Code:
fastboot devices
fastboot boot <TWRP-IMAGE-NAME.img>
This should reboot the device into TWRP directly and from there you should be able to reboot to recovery again as this is is not a permanent TWRP.
jwoegerbauer said:
I suggest to flash a matching version of TWRP over the existing one.
Code:
fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery <TWRP-IMAGE-NAME.img>
If this fails to boot into TWRP, try
Code:
fastboot devices
fastboot boot <TWRP-IMAGE-NAME.img>
This should reboot the device into TWRP directly and from there you should be able to reboot to recovery again as this is is not a permanent TWRP.
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I got the same issue...
There is no adb or fastboot connection when in TWRP splash...
The only solution in my mind is to wait for the battery to drain out and then boot into download mode (vol UP + vol DOWN + usb cable connect).
Will wait and report back
Edit: And BOOM! Done!
Downloaded official firmware, flashed via Odin and it's alive again!
I'm having a similar issue but I am unable to get to download mode or boot the phone, my computer doesn't connect to it in the current state it is in.
the phone has been recovered from this state but the person that did this is very busy now and doesn't get much time to hang out anymore, if I don't get an answer before I contact him ill update my post with a fix for anyone else that is having the same issue.
edit: ok so I feel like an idiot as my cable only did charging as I don't have my original cable so I found another cable and it was all good.