Hi! It's kinda complicated story. But I will try to explain it to you. I bought my xtz 2-3 months ago, I was running android 4.1.2 until the new update 4.2 was released , and here comes the complicated part! My friend unlocked my bootloader, and he didn't root anything(I don't know why). I was running 4.1.2. And everything was fine! Then, after like 1 day using my new 4.2, my xtz had non-responsive screen ,and was a little bit laggy. So I thought that I should restart my xtz. When I turned it off . I wasn't able to boot it up again! I tried charging it(last time it was 96%) and even vol+ + power etc didn't work. But it didn't want to boot up. I connected it to pc and it didn't recognize my xtz. I tried on ubuntu,mac os x, windows. None of these helped me. So my tablet wont boot up. And pc doesn't recognize it. I don't know how my friend did update it. I'm really new to sony xperia devices. And he has like 2 years of knowledge. So my question is. Is Sony going to give me a new one, or fix my xtz even if it has unlocked bootloader? Mostly I'm using my xtz to watch youtube, use Internet, skype, and office things and sometimes play some racing games .
Edit: I have familiar problem to this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2422824
ProtoDeVNan0 said:
Hi! It's kinda complicated story. But I will try to explain it to you. I bought my xtz 2-3 months ago, I was running android 4.1.2 until the new update 4.2 was released , and here comes the complicated part! My friend unlocked my bootloader, and he didn't root anything(I don't know why). I was running 4.1.2. And everything was fine! Then, after like 1 day using my new 4.2, my xtz had non-responsive screen ,and was a little bit laggy. So I thought that I should restart my xtz. When I turned it off . I wasn't able to boot it up again! I tried charging it(last time it was 96%) and even vol+ + power etc didn't work. But it didn't want to boot up. I connected it to pc and it didn't recognize my xtz. I tried on ubuntu,mac os x, windows. None of these helped me. So my tablet wont boot up. And pc doesn't recognize it. I don't know how my friend did update it. I'm really new to sony xperia devices. And he has like 2 years of knowledge. So my question is. Is Sony going to give me a new one, or fix my xtz even if it has unlocked bootloader? Mostly I'm using my xtz to watch youtube, use Internet, skype, and office things and sometimes play some racing games .
Edit: I have familiar problem to this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2422824
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How did you update to 4.2? The Sony developer site warns people not to update by OTA if you have unlocked the bootloader. See here : http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/
Can't your experienced friend help you?
I don't think you've got any chance with Sony giving you a new one if it's caused by you unlocking the bootloader
GretaLewd said:
How did you update to 4.2? The Sony developer site warns people not to update by OTA if you have unlocked the bootloader. See here : http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/
Can't your experienced friend help you?
I don't think you've got any chance with Sony giving you a new one if it's caused by you unlocking the bootloader
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How much is it going to cost, to get my xtz fixed? I'm going to take my xtz to sony in 2-3 days anyway. So we'll see what's the best solution. Thanks for help!
Try using Emma sonys own flashtool but power down your xtz first and then hold vol down while you connect the usb cable from the tab to the pc (Emma restores all default firmware and wipes everything)
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andymg350 said:
Try using Emma sonys own flashtool but power down your xtz first and then hold vol down while you connect the usb cable from the tab to the pc (Emma restores all default firmware and wipes everything)
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I'll try that. But my xtz is dead. I can't turn it on or reset or connect it to pc. But I will try that anyway thanks!
EDIT: I tried to use emma but it doesn't recognize my xtz either , and btw, How to know if bootloader is locked, or not? What should it say? Yes/No/Unlocked/Yes- Unlocked?
Sony gave me a new one! . Mod can close topic.
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Sony gave me a new one! . Mod can close topic.
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WOW Congratulations :good: I didn't think they would - glad I was wrong !
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Well as the title says i rooted the phone a long time ago. I noticed my phone didn't charge yesterday so I started messing with it and realized it would need to be sent back. so I wanted to start unrooting, but I couldn't connect into flash or usb at all. I did manage to start a flash once , but then it lost connection half way through and the phone doesn't turn on at all now. I can't wiggle usb or anything at all to get it to recognize so I imagine the board or something need to b replaced. question is will sony be able to tell my phone is rooted in its condition and if the replace board i'm in the clear right? thanks guys!
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Well as the title says i rooted the phone a long time ago. I noticed my phone didn't charge yesterday so I started messing with it and realized it would need to be sent back. so I wanted to start unrooting, but I couldn't connect into flash or usb at all. I did manage to start a flash once , but then it lost connection half way through and the phone doesn't turn on at all now. I can't wiggle usb or anything at all to get it to recognize so I imagine the board or something need to b replaced. question is will sony be able to tell my phone is rooted in its condition and if the replace board i'm in the clear right? thanks guys!
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i think if it doesnot turn on they dont bother repairing it.it is happen with a printer i giveback to bestbuy and they replace it right away without even plunging to power.
oh yeah when I say doesn't turn on I mean it vibrates as usual when u try to power on, but it goes no where. no sony logo or anything.
Oh no. Just tell them the truth, hopefully they don't care... wish ur phone good luck...
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Well technically rooting the handset does void the warranty. However, if there's no way for it to turn on, I don't see how they'll be able to tell!
Just use sony ericsson update service
I had the same and it worked for me
EDIT: you can download it on the sony ericsson website
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timotuithof said:
Just use sony ericsson update service
I had the same and it worked for me
EDIT: you can download it on the sony ericsson website
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I have tried the SE update service and the phone won't go into flash mode because it seems that the usb port is faulty and loses connection. I'm just sending it in and hoping it gets by them. If not I will just pay for the repair I guess.
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I have tried the SE update service and the phone won't go into flash mode because it seems that the usb port is faulty and loses connection. I'm just sending it in and hoping it gets by them. If not I will just pay for the repair I guess.
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I hope for you its free
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This happened to me too. USB port was faulty, couldn't charge, couldn't flash. Vibrate on power key and red light flash but no Sony logo or anything. I borrowed a friends fully charged battery and got phone turned on. Entered recovery and wiped everything, system, data and cache. Then sent it off for repair as it was then a blank phone. They just sent me a new one
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Thanks....This eases my mind a little. My wife actually has an x10 as well and I tried her battery as well and it won't go anywhere. It just doesn't work so I am fairly confident that they will jsut be repairing or sending me a new one. It goes out tomorrow so my fingers are crossed. Thanks again for the insight everyone.
Update: I called Sony today for an update on my repair and I was told there was no record of my service request. The support agent I spoke to assured me he would call me back by the end of the day with an update. Well I was waiting and UPS arrives suprising me with my phone The packaging was verrrry bad. It was in a flimsy box wrap in some thin styrofoam wrap thing. The box was dented pretty badly, but the phone seemed to be in working order. The best part is they just sent me a straight replacement. So I put sim in and power her up and it's asking for an unlock code...AHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Spoke to Sony, AT&T and Rogers to try and get them to provide one, but they wouldn't give me one. So now I am waiting for a code to be sent to me from an online company. Hopefully will be up and running within the next 24 hours. I'm just happy it was replaced no questions asked. It actually was sent out to me the same day it was received so that's some quick turn around time.
They can always check for root eeven if it doesnt turn on how? Via the sdcard they take it out and plug it into a sdcard reader then onnpc they check for stuff unusual like superuser app or anything revelant lol
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shahkam said:
They can always check for root eeven if it doesnt turn on how? Via the sdcard they take it out and plug it into a sdcard reader then onnpc they check for stuff unusual like superuser app or anything revelant lol
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Before you send it in they tell you to remove sim, sd card, battery and back cover.
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Before you send it in they tell you to remove sim, sd card, battery and back cover.
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And besides, files related to root are not stored on the SD.
From release notes on emma you can see that from 2.11.4 version they added detection of rooted phones..
So answer is yes, they can detect if phone is rooted, ofc if they are able to read data from phone..
I have tried 3 different unlock companies online and none have been able to generate a unlock code for my new phone. This is unreal. I dodged the rooted phone issue easily since they couldn't power on phone, but they sent me back a locked Rogers phone and no luck getting it unlocked yet. This sucks :-(
I upgraded my phone to official ics with pc companion. It was working perfectly about one month but then suddenly it bricked. yesterday I had low battery (3 %) and I pluged it in charger and left so and in the morning I saw it's charged and unpluged. but then in 5 min I went back to phone and I saw it's OFF. I wanted to start it and when I pushed power button only sony logo appeared and then black screen, then I removed battery and did that again (did so 2 times) and then when I inserted battery again and pushed power button it didn't react at all. no vibration no screen light. when I plug it to charger it doesn't react as well... so It doesn't react to any flashtool or smth.. please if you can,help me with it I'll really appreciate your help..
p.s I have locked bootloader and was always running official roms..
I think your the 3rd person this had happened on this site. But unfortunately, nobody has figured it out.
I may of had an idea, did you charge your phone under your pillow? As my gets really hot and discharges under mine. So I thought maybe yours had overheated and burnt out?
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it was on the opened aria but I've checked already nothing is burned there.. but anyway thanks.. bad that it(brick) comes from nowhere and no solution so far....
is Your phone is working on fastboot mode
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can your phone go into flashmode? or fastboot mode? have u tried flash again? seems like a case of flash error IMHO
syin16 said:
can your phone go into flashmode? or fastboot mode? have u tried flash again? seems like a case of flash error IMHO
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it doesn't react to usb even in flash mode (with flashtool ) any ideas....?
Hmm, I had the same problem on my phone.
I just wiped batterystats and it worked fine.
Maybe try that?
Or check your usbcable, or change it.
Or do you use any third party usbcable?
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DevStaffAndroid said:
Hmm, I had the same problem on my phone.
I just wiped batterystats and it worked fine.
Maybe try that?
Or check your usbcable, or change it.
Or do you use any third party usbcable?
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how can I wipe batterystatus when I can't even start phone.. when I push power button it even doesn't vibrate,doesn't start at all.. and no pc is recognizing it.. I'm using it's own usb which came with phone so.. It looks like phone really died.. I have android phones 2 years almost and I have never seen such thing..
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how can I wipe batterystatus when I can't even start phone.. when I push power button it even doesn't vibrate,doesn't start at all.. and no pc is recognizing it.. I'm using it's own usb which came with phone so.. It looks like phone really died.. I have android phones 2 years almost and I have never seen such thing..
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have you tried changing the battery? try finding anyone of ur frens that have the ray and sway their full battery with yours. Since from your previous post seems like the battery didnt charge at all.
I think the problem with 4.0.3 (and cwm) is that sometime it can not charge while off. But I think your case might be different if it is not recognised at all. Can you try borrow someone battery?
I have some external battery charger and I'm charging battery with it but anyway thanks guys I'll try it today.. will find another ray battery..
guys I identified problem.. bootloader is dead.. but it can be repaired with a setool.. I'm connecting phone with using testpoints to pc and windows recognizes it but no other software.. just setool, for what I need some cards and it's paid.. so if somebody can help me with setool please contact me.. I'd really appreciate and will consider donation..
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... and I pluged it in charger and left so and in the morning I saw it's charged and unpluged...
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Does the 4.0.3 update bring auto unplug upon full charge, or is it a hardware mod?
...somebody thank me for a good question, I'm dying for a thanks.
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same problem here
Hi, I have a bricked Ray. When booting y can see Sony logo and then a black screen.
No adb nor fastboot can see phone, Flashtool detects phone is connected but can not do any action. Can not acces recovery or bootloader
Is there any chance for me other than technical service?
gtsik said:
guys I identified problem.. bootloader is dead.. but it can be repaired with a setool.. I'm connecting phone with using testpoints to pc and windows recognizes it but no other software.. just setool, for what I need some cards and it's paid.. so if somebody can help me with setool please contact me.. I'd really appreciate and will consider donation..
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i had same problem but my boot loader is unlocked dont know if that makes any difference all i did was restore using setool my rays working fine now
gtsik said:
guys I identified problem.. bootloader is dead.. but it can be repaired with a setool.. I'm connecting phone with using testpoints to pc and windows recognizes it but no other software.. just setool, for what I need some cards and it's paid.. so if somebody can help me with setool please contact me.. I'd really appreciate and will consider donation..
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Brother Try s1tool its free
and try to restore the bootloader may something is messing up with the bootloader
hope this will work:good::good:
Maybe i don't know if it can happen but still
i think problem can also happen because of KERNEL problem
soft brick solved
got it finally working, i managed to flash firmaware ST18i_4.1.B.0.431_Nordic with flashtool :laugh:
thanks all
Ok so if anyone can help it would be very much appreciated . I bought a Sony Xperia Z WiFi only tablet about 6 months back and only 1 month into having the device it stopped charging and now I can no longer turn it on. I don't know if its the system itself or the minibus port honestly. Ive tried several things but nothing seems to work . Details- Device suddenly shut down while there was plenty of power left . I unlocked bootloader and tried to flash custom rom but couldn't figure out a small part at the end right before restarting but was able to flash a stock rom straight from Sonys FlastTool . I need this device to run my Sonnos App cause I just bought the whole kitten kabudle and my Nokia Lumia 2520 runs Windows RT which unfortunately has yet to develop an app for Sonnos . Any help would be much appreciated!
You may still be able to charge it via the dock connector if you can get hold of one but it won't be as convenient as being able to use a micro USB charger. Personally I'd take it back as it isn't a year old yet and see what Sony say.
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Yeah contact Sony they are really good with repairs
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Hi, I've mistakenly flashed a wrong recovery on my tablet z. Now it is completely unresponsive. No charge led , cannot get it into flash mode, no life whatsoever. my pc won't recognise it's plugged in. need help please
stevehardley said:
Hi, I've mistakenly flashed a wrong recovery on my tablet z. Now it is completely unresponsive. No charge led , cannot get it into flash mode, no life whatsoever. my pc won't recognise it's plugged in. need help please
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Have you tried following the steps in the second post here ?
Have tried putting tablet into flash mode but don't have any power whatsoever. No let's, no charge light. Is completely dead?
Ok, after no joy sorting tablet out, have rang sony support and the advice I received was to try everything I already tried. So was left with no option but to send tablet to sony repair centre... Will keep you posted on the outcome. Thanks to everyone who has given me advice
I've killed my SGP311 several times to the point where I couldn't get the slightest sign of life out of it. It's been a while so I forget the volume up/down/power combination when connecting to my PC to fix it with Emma. But I would sometimes spend 10-20 minutes trying to get any response before the PC recognized it. And some PCs just won't recognize it. I'm sure it must be possible to really mess it up but I had no idea what I was doing and flashed stuff in places where it had no business being flashed. It's like the movie scene where someone is doing CPR and they give up and then they punch the guy in the chest again and slap him and he wakes up. Don't give up.
Ok, we have a result. Tablet was sent to sony. I was worried how much it was gonna cost as warranty was void after unlocking bootloader. Turns out that the mother board had been fried. Sony offered me a replacement, but they didn't have the same sgp321 model in stock. I am now the proud owner of an xperia tablet z sgp321 lte. Don't know if I'm going to try n root it yet. Time will tell.......
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Ok, we have a result. Tablet was sent to sony. I was worried how much it was gonna cost as warranty was void after unlocking bootloader. Turns out that the mother board had been fried. Sony offered me a replacement, but they didn't have the same sgp321 model in stock. I am now the proud owner of an xperia tablet z sgp321 lte. Don't know if I'm going to try n root it yet. Time will tell.......
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Isnn't the 321 already a LTE model? lol
stevehardley said:
Ok, we have a result. Tablet was sent to sony. I was worried how much it was gonna cost as warranty was void after unlocking bootloader. Turns out that the mother board had been fried. Sony offered me a replacement, but they didn't have the same sgp321 model in stock. I am now the proud owner of an xperia tablet z sgp321 lte. Don't know if I'm going to try n root it yet. Time will tell.......
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It's really cool, the same thing happened to me. They replaced it within a week for no charge even though mine was out of warranty by 3 days! Usually I've had terrible experiences with Sony Service Centres in India but this was a very pleasant surprise!
Hi there,
I think my z3tc just died.
I flashed the z3c firmware (only system) via flashtools in order to gain root with giefroot.
The tablet started, but the root process failed, and I had to hard reset the tablet (vol-,vol+,on/off), after that the device would not start again.
I tried the yellow reset-knob (beside the sim slot) for 10 secs ... nothing
vol-,vol+,on/off for 10 secs ... nothing
plugged it to the original wall-charger with the original cable ... nothing, not even the led shows up.
Has anybody an idea, or is my device a case for the wastebin?
Thanks in advance!
Hansifranzi said:
Hi there,
I think my z3tc just died.
I flashed the z3c firmware (only system) via flashtools in order to gain root with giefroot.
The tablet started, but the root process failed, and I had to hard reset the tablet (vol-,vol+,on/off), after that the device would not start again.
I tried the yellow reset-knob (beside the sim slot) for 10 secs ... nothing
vol-,vol+,on/off for 10 secs ... nothing
plugged it to the original wall-charger with the original cable ... nothing, not even the led shows up.
Has anybody an idea, or is my device a case for the wastebin?
Thanks in advance!
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You flashed the wrong firmware. You could be hard bricked. Basically if you can't get into flash mode and flash the proper firmware then your screwed.
For future reference quadruple check your firmware before you flash the ftf file.
If your rooting SGP621 then you should have flashed the D6603 .93 firmware because that's the one with the exploit.
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Thanks for the answer.
I have the SPG611, is it the same firmware to exploit as for the SPG621, namly D6603 .93?
Hansifranzi said:
Thanks for the answer.
I have the SPG611, is it the same firmware to exploit as for the SPG621, namly D6603 .93?
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No the xploit shouldn't work because the system is quite different. SPG621 is the LTE version and I think 611 is the Wi-Fi version. The 621 runs on cellphone hardware very similar to the Xperia Z3 where the 611 has no LTE connectivity. It wouldn't be wise to flash a D6603 firmware on it because the hardware it too different.
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I just found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-...t-rooting-sgp611-giefroot-bootloader-t3017314
So I think it should also work on the WiFi Version (SPG611).
Dead Z3c Tab
Hansifranzi said:
Hi there,
I think my z3tc just died.
I flashed the z3c firmware (only system) via flashtools in order to gain root with giefroot.
The tablet started, but the root process failed, and I had to hard reset the tablet (vol-,vol+,on/off), after that the device would not start again.
I tried the yellow reset-knob (beside the sim slot) for 10 secs ... nothing
vol-,vol+,on/off for 10 secs ... nothing
plugged it to the original wall-charger with the original cable ... nothing, not even the led shows up.
Has anybody an idea, or is my device a case for the wastebin?
Thanks in advance!
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This is EXACTLY what happened to me. No LEDs going on - nothing. Device 3 weeks old from Amazon Germany. I sent it in for repair, got it back today with a notice that because I had the bootloader unlocked the warranty is void and they didn´t do anything with it. BUT: When I got it back it was alive again, I could get it into fastboot mode. So I called the technician to ask how they had reset the hardware. They said they hadn´t done anything. I remember having read about a guy who had the same problem, when he packed the tablet to send it in after a couple of days he noticed it would turn on again.
So here is what I think: If you flashed the wrong boot.img or whatever and the Z3c Tab goes completely dead (no charging, no LEDs, no nothing) just wait a couple of days. May be some capacitator has to run flat or I don´t know what but just wait.
Pleas let us know if this works for you, might help other people here and I sure wonder if just letting it sit there can help when everything seems to be f*** up
Thanks for sharing your experience. I also read the post from the guy, who wanted to return it and discovered that it turned back to life.
How many days did it take from returning it to amazon to receiving it back?
Did you connect it to the computer with vol-, and the blue led came back?
It has been three days now, but connecting it to the computer or to the wall-charger didn't change a thing.
Took about 3 days to get it back. May be we have to let the battery discharge?
When I got it back (volume down + USB plugin) was working again, when I sent it in didn't do a thing, no LED. Once you have it back to fastboot mode it's really a piece of cake.
Doolittle Duckbill said:
Took about 3 days to get it back. May be we have to let the battery discharge?
When I got it back (volume down + USB plugin) was working again, when I sent it in didn't do a thing, no LED. Once you have it back to fastboot mode it's really a piece of cake.
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I also thought about the battery, I will wait at least for monday, and then report back.
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I also thought about the battery, I will wait at least for monday, and then report back.
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Basically the trick here is to let the battery go dead OR disconnect the battery and reconnect it again but I suppose that would be a hastle.
Also, plugging again and again would charge the device especially if you are trying to discharge the battery fully.
If you are certain that all drivers are fully installed and it does not show any sign at all. I would suggest that hold down power + volume up/down depending on which mode you want to boot. The trick here is KEEP HOLDING POWER AND VOLUME KEY while at the same time plugging in the device to your PC. I am sure the LED would blink or something (I do not have the device but all Sony work this way)
I had a similar incident with a Sony Phone, just like your tablet symptoms but this trick worked for me.
Try that and report back to me, I would like to see what happens and if you need any help, do no hesitate to quote me back!
Good Luck and make sure you flash the RIGHT FTF this time
Hnk1 said:
Basically the trick here is to let the battery go dead OR disconnect the battery and reconnect it again but I suppose that would be a hastle.
Also, plugging again and again would charge the device especially if you are trying to discharge the battery fully.
If you are certain that all drivers are fully installed and it does not show any sign at all. I would suggest that hold down power + volume up/down depending on which mode you want to boot. The trick here is KEEP HOLDING POWER AND VOLUME KEY while at the same time plugging in the device to your PC. I am sure the LED would blink or something (I do not have the device but all Sony work this way)
I had a similar incident with a Sony Phone, just like your tablet symptoms but this trick worked for me.
Try that and report back to me, I would like to see what happens and if you need any help, do no hesitate to quote me back!
Good Luck and make sure you flash the RIGHT FTF this time
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Thanks for the answer!
I just plugged the tablet into the usb-port of my laptop while holding VOL- and POWER, the led showed no signs, same as computer, also no signs. I will try again on Monday, the battery is surely dead until then. Hope dies last.
That guy must have been me Had the exact same story happening with a Galaxy Tab S. Looked like hard bricked, back to Media Markt with it, no, no, we won't lift a finger you evil tinkerer - and then it suddenly worked again. I had realized they must have done something. Because how would the see that my device's software had been tampered with if they didn't turn it on?!
Anyway, I tried that convoluted rooting method on my brand spanking new Z3Tc (is that the official abbrev.?) However, managed to get into flash mode somehow. It's embarassing for somebody like me but I'm on unrooted stock now... after about 20 Android devices, none of which wasn't rooted or an alternative ROM all the way
Good luck on reviving your tablet!
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Thanks for the answer!
I just plugged the tablet into the usb-port of my laptop while holding VOL- and POWER, the led showed no signs, same as computer, also no signs. I will try again on Monday, the battery is surely dead until then. Hope dies last.
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Led or any othehr signs are useless as long as the device is detected. Had it ?
Try power + volume up as well while flashtool running. It'd give you a better idea of detection. Even try power + both volume up and down.
Also plug in to Sony Official tool and see if that can help you repair it ? It might detect it as well.
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Led or any othehr signs are useless as long as the device is detected. Had it ?
Try power + volume up as well while flashtool running. It'd give you a better idea of detection. Even try power + both volume up and down.
Also plug in to Sony Official tool and see if that can help you repair it ? It might detect it as well.
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When my Tab was dead none of the above worked, also "lsusb" in linux showed that it was not detected.
Concerning the question of what the technicians at MediaMarkt or support.com might have done: I know they used the "emma" software from the sony developer homepage to read out my z3c Tab. That apparently gave them the readout that the bootloader was unlocked. They sent me the screenshot together with the notice that they did not repair anything. So may be download "emma" for Windoze and hook it up to that... I use Linux with FlashTool which is supposed to be the same software (?). However, when my Tab was dead, FlashTool just said no device connected.
BTW: This is also the first (of many) Android devices that I now use UNROOTED. All others were rooted. It was also DEFINITELY the last-ever Sony device I ever bought. The hardware is nice, I need it waterproof because I use it on my motorbike. But this stupid rooting procedure is so screwed up that I will never ever buy Sony Android again!
I was really up and going for Sony, checking the internet on when the new z4 phone comes out, but my z3c tab user "experience" has now taught me better: Never again Sony!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for all the responses.
Using Windows 8.1 I tried:
USB-Plugging with all combinations of Power, Vol+, Vol- running
PC Companion
Emma
Flashtool
No Reaction at all.
Maybe the battery is still not empty.
Hope dies last.
Doolittle Duckbill said:
When my Tab was dead none of the above worked, also "lsusb" in linux showed that it was not detected.
Concerning the question of what the technicians at MediaMarkt or support.com might have done: I know they used the "emma" software from the sony developer homepage to read out my z3c Tab. That apparently gave them the readout that the bootloader was unlocked. They sent me the screenshot together with the notice that they did not repair anything. So may be download "emma" for Windoze and hook it up to that... I use Linux with FlashTool which is supposed to be the same software (?). However, when my Tab was dead, FlashTool just said no device connected.
BTW: This is also the first (of many) Android devices that I now use UNROOTED. All others were rooted. It was also DEFINITELY the last-ever Sony device I ever bought. The hardware is nice, I need it waterproof because I use it on my motorbike. But this stupid rooting procedure is so screwed up that I will never ever buy Sony Android again!
I was really up and going for Sony, checking the internet on when the new z4 phone comes out, but my z3c tab user "experience" has now taught me better: Never again Sony!!!!!!!!!!!
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I will look into rooting Z3 compact without pre-rooted firmware / flashing any zip via recovery. There are few methods and Lollipop is a bit hard to crack but we would find it out soon enough! I will put up a guide in few hours and you can see if it works for you!
I think the support for your tablet is lacking and a need for an actual developer to sort things out.
I am not sure about EMMA much but usually I know about JTAG is used to recover hard brick devices. Giving it to Sony is always better option with an impression that you left it charge over night and it wouldn't turn on again. Always works!
Don't worry. It wouldn't be the first tablet hopefully!
Forgot to mention in my previous posts: when I got my tablet back from service, the battery was almost empty (<2%). That gives some support to the notion that you have to drain the battery to unbrick.
Note to would-be buyers who need root: stay away from this tablet (and probably Sony in general). The rooting procedure described in several threads here will drive you mad. It´s catch-22 all the way. (... after step 28 do step 11 unless your device is not LTE then do step 31 and you´re screwed with bootloop or hardbrick...) What a pile of sh**t!
Just tried again to plug it in,
sadly neither the computer nor the tablet showed any reactions in emma or flashtool.
Will try again in a few days.
Hope still is not dead.
Doolittle Duckbill said:
Forgot to mention in my previous posts: when I got my tablet back from service, the battery was almost empty (<2%). That gives some support to the notion that you have to drain the battery to unbrick.
Note to would-be buyers who need root: stay away from this tablet (and probably Sony in general). The rooting procedure described in several threads here will drive you mad. It´s catch-22 all the way. (... after step 28 do step 11 unless your device is not LTE then do step 31 and you´re screwed with bootloop or hardbrick...) What a pile of sh**t!
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Nah you just need to read all the threads stick to the one you most understand and be cautious on every step
in my case i thought i needed root but after all the process and setting up my device it didnt feel right so I went back to stock the nice thing is that i have a backup of the TA partition just in case :victory:
I didn't touch the device for a week now.
But nothing has changed, still bricked. I will sell it as broken.
Hope has died. :crying: