So... I bought my Xperia Tablet Z (16GB Wifi version) about a month and a half ago. Everything was fine till the 4.2.2 update came out... which as many other tablet users might agree, doesn't work for very well for tablets. (Centered back/home button etc)
So since I had already installed Cyanogenmod onto my HTC Sensation (with amazing success - first time the phone had been fast since I'd bought it nearly 2 years ago) I thought it would be best to try the same with my tablet.
So I quickly found out 4.2.2 can't be rooted - so I flashed back to 4.1.2 (10.1.C.0.370 - Japanese version) This was successful, and then I used Doomlords rooting kit to easily root the tablet. The problem I faced later on was that Cyanogenmod 10.2 would not install successfully onto my device in recovery mode... so I attempted to 'try out' some different recovery kernels to see if I could resolve the issue. However, after flashing one kernel my device became pretty much unresponsive... Won't be detected in the computer, won't show any sign of life when trying to charge. However, using the Volume Up and Power button I can get the single blinking light followed by the 3 blinking lights which shows some sign of life.
The question I'm trying to ask really is... Is there any way I can fix my device? - Sorry for the paragraph but I wanted to try give as much detail as possible. Any ideas would be much appreciated!
EDIT: Plugged in the device to charge (although it was at full battery when it stopped working) - Red light now appears. Is it possible the battery drained completely?
If your getting the white blinking light followed by the three white blinking lights its working theres just a problem somewhere and you can recover your tab with a little perseverance, have you tried sonys own flashtool Emma?
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But You can actually root 4.2.2 stock on XTZ. And the fix you should try is using FlashTool , it should help you.
If your getting the white blinking light followed by the three white blinking lights its working theres just a problem somewhere and you can recover your tab with a little perseverance, have you tried sonys own flashtool Emma?
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Sorry I didn't read your reply to the end.
andymg350 said:
If your getting the white blinking light followed by the three white blinking lights its working theres just a problem somewhere and you can recover your tab with a little perseverance, have you tried sonys own flashtool Emma?
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But You can actually root 4.2.2 stock on XTZ. And the fix you should try is using FlashTool , it should help you.
Sorry I didn't read your reply to the end.
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Thanks for the advice guys, but the tablet doesn't even show up when I plug it into the computer... which means flashing it is a bit of a problem :/
EDIT: Used the master reset, then plugged straight into computer while holding down volume down (to boot into flashmode) and the device came up!!! Good to know I didn't waste £400
2nd EDIT: Flashtool just aborts when trying to flash the device. When running Emma, I get the option 'apply service'. This downloaded an 800mb file, then took ages to install it onto the device. At 100%, it just came up 'Execute failed'. I'm trying again with Emma since flashtool certainly doesn't want to work :/ Something else you should know - Emma thinks I have the SGP312 (32GB version).
3rd and hopefully final EDIT: Emma worked the second time round! Not exactly sure why it failed the first time, but hey ho
Glad you got it sorted in the end
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My phone was running z's rom 2.2 for x10 when I took it out of my pocket and the screen was black. The blue lights turned on but not the screen. When I turned off the phone, it wouldn't turn back on.
The computer won't recognize it for flash tool or se fix software or battery won't charge if I hook it up to the charger. what do I do? I have never had this issue before. help would be awesome.
thanks. is it bricked?
Solution sort of: I took my phone in to ATT service center and they said my phone and battery weren't working. So I got a new phone for free. (THANK GOD) Xperia x10 refurbished. So I got to mod it all over again. lol. They couldn't tell me what I did wrong or anything. So I guess I have a solution. So whoever has an issue like me, lets just hope your phone isn't dead like mine The other sad thing was they didn't have a battery for me so they are sending me one through the mail. by tomorrow. one day shipping yess!!!! Thanks for all those who put in helpful ideas. Doing some serious phone pimping pretty soon once I get my battery.
Can you boot into xRecovery?
I have a similar issue here.
I am using the CM6.1.3 custom ROM on my phone (Android 2.2). It ran out of battery(for its first time) this afternoon so I charged it and tried to turn it back on but it wouldn't. It just starts up until the Sony Ericsson logo and just fades out and a white light will turn on at the notification lamp for a while and then reboot again. I tried the Sony Ericsson update service to reinstall the software but I changed the firmware and baseband so it doesn't work and it doesn't seem to be able to boot into xRecovery either. What can I do? Help/advice appreciated!
Problem might be with the faulty offline charging.so your battery's flat.I believe there is a fix for the problem, you might need to borrow a battery, install the fix(check the Rom main page) then you should be good to go :
You could also flash a clean rom using the flashtool version 1.3 I think
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Nope. Can't boot into xrecovery.
omnikam said:
Problem might be with the faulty offline charging.so your battery's flat.I believe there is a fix for the problem, you might need to borrow a battery, install the fix(check the Rom main page) then you should be good to go :
You could also flash a clean rom using the flashtool version 1.3 I think
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can you teach me how to flash a clean rom using the flashtool? i already have the flashtool but i dont really know how to use it
thanks
Look in the development section as there are detailed descriptions on this already, but I can say not to worry as it's impossible to brick this phone, it can always be returned to stock. It's the only good thing about not having a cracked bootloader, we cannot be bricked
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Hi
Today I rebooted my Samsung Galaxy S 2 and for some reason it is not working anymore.
No idea why this has happened
I tried everything Recovery Mode - Cant get into
Download Mode I cant get into
Tried removing the battery then putting it back in still nothing at all
On the back I can feel the phone is getting warm but nothing on the screen
It was working fine yesterday and I havent done anything to the phone yesterday
Please help if you know anything?
Thanks
Sounds like a hardware fail. I hate to say it but it sounds like returning it is the option.
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Did you have any update fails recently? Update fails were the reason some Galaxy S phones would not turn on.
Hi
Thanks for the reply
No.
It has the latest software so there wasn't a need for update
It was working fine for the first hour this morning and then I rebooted my phone because it froze but now won't turn on at all.
Should of backed up my data!
The device gets warm but nothing on the screen tried everything that is available on this forum.
Do I have to pay for this if it's faulty I only had it about a month now I think?
When plugged in on the usb charger, if you toggle the volume rocker will the display turn on and show the battery level?
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I got the same problem, after rooting and trying to format my microSD maybe I 've choosen the wrong partition (mmcblk0p2). Is there a way back???
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When plugged in on the usb charger, if you toggle the volume rocker will the display turn on and show the battery level?
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- There is nothing, no battery indication, everything is black
Any solution yet?
I ordered a JIG, however I don't know if it helps in case the bootloader is dead
fjosef871 said:
Hi
Today I rebooted my Samsung Galaxy S 2 and for some reason it is not working anymore.
No idea why this has happened
I tried everything Recovery Mode - Cant get into
Download Mode I cant get into
Tried removing the battery then putting it back in still nothing at all
On the back I can feel the phone is getting warm but nothing on the screen
It was working fine yesterday and I havent done anything to the phone yesterday
Please help if you know anything?
Thanks
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Were you overclocking?If yes,how much?Maybe you fried something.
Also,if yes,I'm reading about the state of my phone a month from now!
Not sure what's going on there. did u do any recent 3rd party software downloads? I'd return n get a replacement
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Not sure what's going on there. did u do any recent 3rd party software downloads? I'd return n get a replacement
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First I'll try a JIG - if it arrives on time... (desperately need the phone in 5 days)
fjosef871: have you tried a JIG to get into download mode?
I've looked around sufficiently and I have yet to find anything to fix my problem.
I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 MiniPro U20A and I was fiddling with the CWM menu I installed and after a few messages for one of the actions I get a message along the lines of this action will make the menu not work because of an earlier action, I was like oh crap. The damage was done so I decided to continue and just re-flash the original through SEUS.
Long story short I can't access flash mode.<- Yeh see that, that there is a period, I have tried method after method and It wont do it. I guess at times in its current state it runs out of battery and that might be why I get the red blinking light for a while before it continues to the Sony Ericsson logo and stays, it doesn't loop power like when I accidentally soft bricked it my first try at unlocking the boot loader, it just stays until I unplug it and it dies or I pull the battery. Sometimes after I pull the battery and press the power button it vibrates before the logo, but it never goes anywhere.
So that's all of the symptoms I can see, now I want you to tell me if you can help me or if this is just a useless cause so I can go on complaining about the lack of development for the Samsung Vitality a.k.a. Admire that my sister handed down to me when she got her new phone.
Maybe you need a new battery, like I did.
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Maybe you need a new battery, like I did.
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Battery works fine on a full charge but ever since I bricked it I haven't been charging it that much.
I was thinking there could be a way to boot from sd card, but a quick search didn't turn up any results. Any help at all would be appreciated.
Small update, sony pc companion recognizes that it is a sony device but it wont recognize it as an ericsson x10 mini pro it just says unknown device.
so, turns out to access flash mode your phone must have plenty of charge. Sorry for bugging and thanks to munlicar for trying to help.
It's happened alot over past two weeks and it's now done it 3 times in past 2 1/2 days. Screen stays black press any button does nothing and hold down power still does nothing. Only way is to hold volume up and power for 3 vibrations then power back on its really annoying and must be due to some problem....?
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What firmware are you on?
.257 happened when was complete stock aswell @Lordmanhatten
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am going thru this currently ... and i cant do anything to the device at all! urs might work after the restart ... i've done the power button/volume up restart that didnt help ... did the emergency reset using the red button also didnt work ... the phone is running in the background as i can still receive whatsapp msgs but i cant view them as am receiving "inititalbootsetup" isnt responding either close or wait ... and again both of these options arent working ..
Go to settings and disable auto brightness. I'm not sure why it works, but after researching for a while on this same issue, this is the setting that worked for me. Try it and update us if it works.
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Did you guys update to 257 without wiping? I didn't wipe, but there might be some bugs sticking around from 532. Do a factory reset (full wipe if you have recovery) and see if that solves it.
any updates on this issue .the device screen simply doesnt wake-up from sleep ,unless you hard reboot .
i'm on 290 stock ,and testing the auto brightness disable method.
update : issue persists with auto-brightness disabled .
Hmm, it has to be a software bug. I can't see how this could be a hardware issue. Have you tried everything? Wiping? Re-flashing? Flashing a different ROM?
I did still get it on stock rooted rom. Twice in a day
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Happened to me view times when i tried to play movies, weird thing its not all movies, just some of them. Then i tried to remember what did i just installed because it never happens before. For me it was Nooxzoid, i uninstall it, and it back to normal.
So maybe try to remember does it happened before or just recently, maybe some app went roque with your phone.
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Old topic but this just happen to me. Screen went black and couldn't get it back still heard noises from speaker when got message but couldn't get screen on I tried red button and volume up but never worked. I had to remove sim which forced a reboot. Never installed anything recently on rooted. 532. I've had nothing but issues regarding this phone. Regretting getting it thought sony would make a better product then this.
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Xyphir said:
Old topic but this just happen to me. Screen went black and couldn't get it back still heard noises from speaker when got message but couldn't get screen on I tried red button and volume up but never worked. I had to remove sim which forced a reboot. Never installed anything recently on rooted. 532. I've had nothing but issues regarding this phone. Regretting getting it thought sony would make a better product then this.
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I have it just once though two days ago. Force reboot it by the button i almost gone mad when it's still not working, but somehow after a minute, it's normal again. I don't know why. But in case of yours, try to upgrade to the latest ROM first. That might fix it for you. No point for rooting if you can't fix the problem so let it go.
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Hello Good People,
Still having this issue and it seems to be getting worse
Did anyone find a solution?
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Dear All,
I have been using xda for long time as a user of the huge amount of knowledge in these pages...
Thanks to this community I got the most out of my samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy SII, Galaxy SIII and LG G2.
Now I have an Xperia Z2 D6503. I've been using it for a month and I love it.
But this is my problem.
2 days ago I was using the phone normally, I checked google maps and I put the phone under charge.
An hour later, I went to check the phone, and the phone was unresponsive: black screen, impossible to turn off/restart, no sound, no apparent activity. The only sign of life is a red led when I press the power botton.
The phone is with the original stock (firmware 17.1.A.2.69), I rooted it with a guide I found here (of course) just to use an app like android firewall.
I tried to search the forum for something like this, but honestly all I could find was something similar for the Xperia Z and what was proposed there to restart the phone didn't work (power+volume up).
I also tried to restart the phone with the off button inside the slot where the sim card is. That didn't work either.
Please let me know how can I move forward. As anybody else experienced something like this?
Thanks for your support!
Try flashing official firmware with flashtool maybe? Maybe this will help, I don't know man.
and what about hard reboot, by maintaining power and volume up until the 3 vibrations?
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Dear All,
I have been using xda for long time as a user of the huge amount of knowledge in these pages...
Thanks to this community I got the most out of my samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy SII, Galaxy SIII and LG G2.
Now I have an Xperia Z2 D6503. I've been using it for a month and I love it.
But this is my problem.
2 days ago I was using the phone normally, I checked google maps and I put the phone under charge.
An hour later, I went to check the phone, and the phone was unresponsive: black screen, impossible to turn off/restart, no sound, no apparent activity. The only sign of life is a red led when I press the power botton.
The phone is with the original stock (firmware 17.1.A.2.69), I rooted it with a guide I found here (of course) just to use an app like android firewall.
I tried to search the forum for something like this, but honestly all I could find was something similar for the Xperia Z and what was proposed there to restart the phone didn't work (power+volume up).
I also tried to restart the phone with the off button inside the slot where the sim card is. That didn't work either.
Please let me know how can I move forward. As anybody else experienced something like this?
Thanks for your support!
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I suggest you go back to stock using flashtool, use it for a while just stock and see if this happens again. If it does, there's something wrong with your phone, but i don't think that's the case.
Try and tell us.
diego9016 HugePotato thanks for your answer! is there any way I can save my data first before flashing?
sensei_sai how do I perform the hard reboot? if I press power and volume up the phone does 3 vibrations, then nothing. what next? how do I hard reboot?
thanks for your help!
I'm currently travelling but when back home in a week I'll definitely go back to stock. But in the meantime, I'm so anxious to save the data stored in the phone.
thanks again!
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hi RocketSauce83 thanks!
yes. as I said in the first post, I did try the reset button. Unfortunately nothing happens....
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When I put it on charge the red led blinks regularly as usual. Apart that, nothing else.
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Have you tried to repair using Sony PC Companion?
That usually helps me if I get stuck
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Well that sucks
Here is another thread with something similar issues. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2744371
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Thanks, I read that post. Interesting, but basically no solution except getting the phone replaced under warranty. I'd go for that, but I wish there was a way to save my data first. I've something in the phone only with no backup.
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Have you tried to repair using Sony PC Companion?
That usually helps me if I get stuck
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I haven't tried that yet, as I'm currently travelling.
for my phone was also blinking with a red light when put for charging through the usb or even the charger and then i later found out is because i locked my bootloader when i was in root and had to reflash the stock rom to get it back up
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for my phone was also blinking with a red light when put for charging through the usb or even the charger and then i later found out is because i locked my bootloader when i was in root and had to reflash the stock rom to get it back up
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Did your pc recognize your z2, because I can't seem to get it work on my pc to flash a stock Rom. I only get a blinking red light and when I press the power and volume up I get 3 vibrations that's about it.
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Did your pc recognize your z2, because I can't seem to get it work on my pc to flash a stock Rom. I only get a blinking red light and when I press the power and volume up I get 3 vibrations that's about it.
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shockerz1z malek777
when I connect the phone to the USB I see that the laptop tries to install the drivers and it fails.
But this is my work laptop and I cannot install sony drivers. I don't know if my desktop at home would recognize the phone. I'll try when I get back.
For the rest, the experience is as discribed by malek777, doing power and volume up I get 3 vibrations and that's it.
I fortgot to mention, I rooted the phone without unlocking the boatloader.
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shockerz1z malek777
when I connect the phone to the USB I see that the laptop tries to install the drivers and it fails.
But this is my work laptop and I cannot install sony drivers. I don't know if my desktop at home would recognize the phone. I'll try when I get back.
For the rest, the experience is as discribed by malek777, doing power and volume up I get 3 vibrations and that's it.
I fortgot to mention, I rooted the phone without unlocking the boatloader.
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I figured out a way to use the companion app to go back to stock. When you get to the part in repair my device to connect your device, phone must be plugged in.
Hold the power button and volume up, once you hear the 3 vibrations let go of all and hold volume down. You will see a red light and then a green one. You're phone now in download even though there nothing on the screen.
Let me know if this works for you.
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I figured out a way to use the companion app to go back to stock. When you get to the part in repair my device to connect your device, phone must be plugged in.
Hold the power button and volume up, once you hear the 3 vibrations let go of all and hold volume down. You will see a red light and then a green one. You're phone now in download even though there nothing on the screen.
Let me know if this works for you.
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Thanks malek777 I'll try it when I got home.
Something similar happened to me, I know that's a little silly answer but can you tried charging with another charger/cable?
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Something similar happened to me, I know that's a little silly answer but can you tried charging with another charger/cable?
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hi tel033 I tried to plug it with a different cable. What should happen? The only thing that happens is the red led blinking.....
thanks again.
Same thing happened to me. week 22. Got a replacement. Stock Phone, no root.