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I am trying to hard-reset my phone. I am stuck at a black screen with a magenta LED after seeing the SE logo.
I have held the power button while holding the L/R buttons (I tried to use the s/w method but it froze.)
Now the phone does nothing but sit there like a fingerprint magnet.
What is the correct keypress combination to return this phone to factory?
It has not been flashed to 2.1 but has been rooted and had app2SD installed (the source of my issues...but that is for another day)
L/R then power? (when do I let go of each button??)
Vol down then power?
Camera then Power?
Finger up my butt then power?
Help!!
Take the battery out for 10 seconds then try again.
no difference...
Try a reflash.
17th time the charm
SEUS did the trick
went into flash mode and it's updating the phone
Tks
spoke too soon
guess I have to reflash.
I'd like to reflash to factory fresh.
Is that built into the ROM via keycommands or via ADB shell access?
My phone was working, I had MiniCM7Pro V21 Installed and I tried to install the CWM Recovery Version 5, because in my installed version the Battery Stats Wipe wasn't working and my battery was draining very quickly.
After the CWM Recovery Version 5 Installation my phone got bricked because it's getting stuck in Sony Ericsson Text.
I am trying to Reflash but only Flash button is active and it doesn't show any firmware though I have copied both zip and unzipped files in firmware folder in FlashTool_0.2.9.1
I tried to use SuperOneClick to root but it gets stuck in Waiting for device. Kindly help.
It gives the following error :-
OK
Pushing rageagainstthecage...
error: device not found
FAILED
I have installed it.
ggsetup-2.2.0.10
Press home+power button until you see black screen, then immediately press and hold back button plugging your phone into computer. When you see black screen and green flashlight-> your phone is correctly booted into restore mode. From this mod, you can restore your phone, using SE restore tools: SEUS and Sony Ericsson Pc Companion, or flash stock kernel using flashtool.
P.S. If you wont see black screen and green flashlight for the first time, try it again, again until you putt your phone safely into restore mode.
Thank you for the reply, the black screen do u mean the black screen with Sony Ericsson Text ? When I Press Home+Power Button I can see the Sony Ericsson Text Black Screen and then I press and hold the back buton Pluging my phone into computer I keep on seeing the Sony Ericsson Text Black Screen with no green flashlight.
I am still trying.
Black screen without any logos. Just black screen. Don't forget to hold back button.
Doing that, but it still gets into Sony Ericsson Text Screen, I press home and the power button, black screen for a while and I press back button and try to connect the phone the Sony Ericsson logo appears.
But When the cable connected and back button pressed the I can see the charging image and green light flash.
and in Flasher it shows the following :-
07/007/2012 23:07:36 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
07/007/2012 23:07:36 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
camelgrg said:
Doing that, but it still gets into Sony Ericsson Text Screen, I press home and the power button, black screen for a while and I press back button and try to connect the phone the Sony Ericsson logo appears.
But When the cable connected and back button pressed the I can see the charging image and green light flash.
and in Flasher it shows the following :-
07/007/2012 23:07:36 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
07/007/2012 23:07:36 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
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reflash to stock kernel and ROM
- install PC companion.
- connect phone in repair mode
- install drivers.
- after driver installed, reflash stock kernel using flashtool
- after stock kernel installed, reflash stock ROM using PC companion
- after stock kernel and ROM flashed,your phone should be like just when you bought it.
- bootloader should be locked now
- Root again
- unlock bootloader again
- Flash nAa again
- Flash cm7 again
- DONE!
Thank you for your reply, I have PC Companion Installed, I have a Generic Firmware downloaded, I have no idea what a stock kernel is ?
I am not able to get into this repair mode, I think this mode is when the flash light flashes ?
from the Bootloader part, I think I can do it because I did it before following a tutorial. If you can lease help me with the prior stage to bootloader lock would be highly grateful.
Thank u
Ones again: to enter restore mode you have to power off your phone, using home+power buttons or powering off like I have on picture. Then press and hold back button, while plugging it into computer.
camelgrg said:
Thank you for your reply, I have PC Companion Installed, I have a Generic Firmware downloaded, I have no idea what a stock kernel is ?
I am not able to get into this repair mode, I think this mode is when the flash light flashes ?
from the Bootloader part, I think I can do it because I did it before following a tutorial. If you can lease help me with the prior stage to bootloader lock would be highly grateful.
Thank u
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- To relock bootloader you need to flash stock kernel which is 2.1.0.a.06 kernel.
- You need to flash stock kernel because if you have nAa kernel or any custom kernel installed, you wont be able to repair your phone using pc companion.
- After flashing stock kernel:
1. open pc companion
2. click support zone. (click start below it)
3. after clicking start, there should be a new window which also has a "start button"
4. on the 2nd start button, there should be a button under it which says "repair"
5. after clicking repair, just follow the steps for you to connect your phone in repair mode.
6. complete the repair installation.
7. DONE!
8. Bootloader should be locked now.
Thank you I was able to restore through PC Companion by getting into repair mode, however I didn't use flashtool to flash prior to usin PC Companion.
Thank you both for your kind support, Highly appreciated.
camelgrg said:
Thank you I was able to restore through PC Companion by getting into repair mode, however I didn't use flashtool to flash prior to usin PC Companion.
Thank you both for your kind support, Highly appreciated.
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You are welcome my friend
And how should I proceed if I have a really hard brick (u20a)?
I tried to flash nAn on it, followed some instructions to unlock the bootloader, but something went wrong, the results were not the ones that should had been, and I made the mistake of turning it off. Now whenever I try to power it on, it doesn't do squat.
The only thing that makes me think it's still alive is that (after several months) I plugged it in and it began blinking on red (perhaps really low battery).
I've tried to pull the battery, put it back in, press back (keeping it pressed), and then plugging the cable to the computer and nothing.
Any ideas? Or should I flush it down the toilet? :crying:
x10 mini unbricking
Mrakoris/ said:
Press home+power button until you see black screen, then immediately press and hold back button plugging your phone into computer. When you see black screen and green flashlight-> your phone is correctly booted into restore mode. From this mod, you can restore your phone, using SE restore tools: SEUS and Sony Ericsson Pc Companion, or flash stock kernel using flashtool.
P.S. If you wont see black screen and green flashlight for the first time, try it again, again until you putt your phone safely into restore mode.
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i tried the thing you suggested, but the green light only lasts a while even if i continue to hold the back button. also, i am not able to repair my phone through se pc companion, as it keeps cancelling the repair update the moment the green light stops appearing. any help? thanks!
I've tried to install Cyanogenmod 9 on my Xperia Sola, I've unlocked bootloader official way, flashed kernel from this forum specialy made for sola (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28957468&postcount=412 This One), then boot.img of cyanogenmod 9 (FXP203) and...
When I want to do anything with phone, it just flashes my red led. I mean, that led is still on, when I press Power it just turn off. And when I try to connect my phone in fastboot mode, It don't react at all. Can I already throw it away through window?
I put it under a charger to see if it's just off energy, but i've noticed, that after a while, red led just turns off and that's all.
My god, help me or I'll be back on Nokia 3310
You've used the S kernel, not the Sola.
Download the FXP for Sola (Pepper) here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1876929
Flash boot.img via fastboot. To get in, hold vol up + power. Wait for 3 vibrations.
Hold vol up. Then jam the USB cable in. You should be in fastboot.
Alternatively, flash the stock sola ftf via flashboot.
Problem is, my phone does not react, it does not vibrate, just that red led is on or off. Nothing else. I've tried all of those combinations. I can't get to fastboot mode or anything else.
MelaPL said:
Problem is, my phone does not react, it does not vibrate, just that red led is on or off. Nothing else. I've tried all of those combinations. I can't get to fastboot mode or anything else.
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Happened to me (I use Xperia GO). What I did is (as mentioned above) - Hold the power button and Volume Up button for sometime (it vibrates once after a few seconds, do not leave the buttons - continue to do so and after a few more seconds until 3 vibrations) and then the phone switches off. Now, hold the Volume Up button and plug in the USB cable - you'd be able to get in the fastboot mode. Flash a stock kernal and that should help.
If your phone is completely down (no charge at all), then above won't help. Plugin the charger and and wait for a few mins (before the red light goes off - you should now have a good knowledge on when the light goes off!) and try then try the above step. Once the 3 vibration comes, remove the charger and go ahead with the flash mode.
Hope this helps!
Thanks,
B.
Edit: By the way, I had my SIM Card and Memory card inserted in the phone when the phone was completely down without any charge. I don't know how, but it makes a difference with you try so (atleast in my case) with them.
If it does not vibrate, then it's a hard brick =\ You need the phone to be at least partially responsive to get into fastboot/flashboot.
Keep holding down. It should vibrate after 25 seconds or so.
Otherwise, you have to bring it to Sony and tell them their phone died on you.
Right now It dosen't even blink with Led. It's totaly down. I cant lock fbootloader, so I'm doomned. Hope that won't cost much...
Install Sony Update Service (SUS) and try to recover your phone from there.
Last shot here, but here's to hoping that the PC at least detects your phone.
Otherwise.... Yeah =\
If you unlocked your bootloader Pc companion will be useless for you cause it will not detect your phone,.,,
i think other way is to flash the stock ftf for you device using flashtool.... that wuld be the best shot for you...
please respond if this fix your problem
No, SUS will detect, but will refuse to flash. It will say "Phone has been modified".
Need to see whether it's a hard brick. If even SUS does not recognise, then bring it to Sony =\
None of the above works. It's just dead and sometimes flashes red light. PC Companion says that there's no phone connected. Hope I will be able to gain a varranty or I'll be on Nokia 3310. But I'm not verry cheerful about that...
Flashtool does not react when I plug in my phone in fastboot or flash.
Hey bro,
Its highly unlikely for hardbrick to happen to Sony phones by flashing a differnt Kernel when Flashtool is there Pretty sure that it ought to work, follow the steps below (Note that the order of usb cable connection is the most important thing as doing it wrong will not allow Flashtool to connect to the phone when its bricked ! )
First, try plugging it in to charger for a while to ensure that there's some charge. Follow up with the Vol and power Button to make sure its turned off. Then after that follow this procedure *exactly*
1) Prepare Flashtool and select the FTF. (Flashmode )
2) When flashtool asks yo to connect the phone, connect the USB cable to PC
3) Then, holding down ONLY the Vol Down button (No Power button, Note that ) connect the phone to the USB cable and in a few seconds, Flashtool will start flashing
I know you tried many variations but missing out on one or the other detail during your previous tries might have caused the lack of success Just try it and let us know what happens
Best of luck and hope you dont have to go to Nokia World !
Cheers
Nope, it's still not working. It just dosent detect phone. I'm pluging in, holding only volume key and I'm waiting 5 minutes - nothing happend.
Nokia 5530 for now, but come one...
Hi,
I am currently having the same problem (I have bricked my sola by flashing with fxp boot.img). After digging the internet I found out that you can start fastboot by:
1. holding all 3 buttons (power on, volume +, volume -)
2. the phone will vibrate
3. the phone will vibrate 3 times
4. release the buttons
5. hold the volume + button and plug in the cable
6. you should be in fastboot now (blue light on)
If fastboot does not work then do 1-4 3x. Good luck! Hopefully we will unbrick our phones
Br,
Wermesz
wermesz said:
Hi,
I am currently having the same problem (I have bricked my sola by flashing with fxp boot.img). After digging the internet I found out that you can start fastboot by:
1. holding all 3 buttons (power on, volume +, volume -)
2. the phone will vibrate
3. the phone will vibrate 3 times
4. release the buttons
5. hold the volume + button and plug in the cable
6. you should be in fastboot now (blue light on)
If fastboot does not work then do 1-4 3x. Good luck! Hopefully we will unbrick our phones
Br,
Wermesz
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Lol things u get on the internet!!!
First there is no such key combination to start fastboot k so just dun break ur buttons in an attempt to start it ...
Steps 1,2&3 are steps to get ur device force restart and force shutdown and let me tell you one thing
step 1 is wrong it power button and volume + button. That's it first the phone will vibrate once for force restart and if u keep pressing it will bypass over to force shutdown which is indicated by 3 vibrations..
Sent from my Xperia Sola using xda premium
could work
I have a Xperia U and triying to port JB to it I briked two or three times.
I hold power botom and it vibrate and doesnt happen anything ok.?¿
The possible solution could be this(for my works)
Charge the phone like 1 hour for my doesnt charge with the animation but its for security.
With the nest steps you are going to lose all CWM and tweaks and apks but personal data still there.
You have two options:
Flash a new rom with flashtool, but when you pluged with volum - you hold it for allmost all process becose for my i conect to PC and its goes quikly so i cant do annything.
If the phone is not recognised by Flashtool:
You have to repair it with PC Companion or Bridge for Mac, and also the same hold volum - almost all process.
For my it works, tell my if for you works:cyclops::cyclops::cyclops:
Hi,
it worked !
after doing the steps I have posted earlier I managed to flash my xperia sola with the right boot.img (the one from fxp pepper) and install fxp via CWM. Should work for you too.
One tip: you have to remove the assert from fxp installation script.
Br,
Wermesz
@op, your battery is dead and isn't accepting any external charge. Try replacing your battery with a charged one. That is if sola supports user replaceable batteries.
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Hi all,
I got into some trouble with my XGO. I had it rooted with CWM installed and wanted to install Phantom Kernel 1.0.8 Performance. I rebooted to CWM, installed the Kernel, and it was all successful and told me to reboot phone. That's when I realized I have no way to move back to main CWM screen - there was no ++Go back++ option at the end of menu and touchscreen didn't work either. I could only move up, down and forward.
So I decided to hold some combinations of Power and Volume buttons - when I held Power+Vol Up, my phone turned off.
Here's the problem - now when I hold the Power button it only vibrates shortly as always and that's it. The screen remains black and led flashes but nothing else happens.
Call me a dumb if I messed up something. But what other option did I have on the CWM?
What do I do now? Is Sony Update Service my only option?
Closed
Ok, I restored stock ROM, pls delete thread.
Is your bootloader unlocked?
Best flash kernels with fastboot not CWM because it won't let you flash unless you can (bootloader unlocked)
Hello brickers and others.
Maybe i found THE solution for a hard bricked M4.
I was messing up my phone after flashing roms over each other and wiping several things several times.
So i hard bricked my phone i think because this is what the phone did :
In the first period the phone was starting but shows only the Sony logo for about 30 seconds and then the phone restarted automatically, and so on. That means i was in a boot loop.
I didn't came in to TWRP recovery mode. That did not working anymore
Pressing volume down button and connect to pc for Flashmode did not working too. I came into Flashmode and my pc whas finding the M4 but after 20 seconds or so the phone was rebooting by himself. Thus Flashmode was unuseable.
The volume up button for Fastboot mode was working very well.
Only, my point is i can't flash a firmware via Fastboot. I don't have enough experience that way, if it is possible at all. I don't know.
Okay, i was stuck at that point.
After flashing as a dumbass some kernels via Fastboot mode i came in the second period, a hard brick i think.
The only thing what my phone did now was going on for a few seconds (showing Sony logo) after a long press on the power button, and then it turns off.
TWRP recovery was also that time not working.
My phone was not showing the led when he turns on that few seconds.. I didn't came in Fastboot or Flash mode anymore (no led showing up). Nothing was working anymore except that the phone turns on for a few seconds after a long press on the power button.
THE SOLUTION
I hope for every M4 users i found the solution for this brick. I don't know if it is mentioned yet somewhere. I didn't find it. It feels like a secret combination but it worked for my M4 E2303.
"Press the volume up & volume down button at the same time and keep it pressed. Then press the power button and keep all these 3 buttons pressed, LONG pressed, TILL the following vibrating code has COMPLETED!!!"
Code: rrrrr rrr rrr rrr
Now you can release the buttons and Fastboot & Flash mode should work fine now. You can use Flashtool now to flash a STOCK firmware (tft file) via Flashmode.
After completing your phone is repaired.
Succes.
Greetz Yur.
Anonymous01111289 said:
Hello brickers and others.
Maybe i found THE solution for a hard bricked M4.
I was messing up my phone after flashing roms over each other and wiping several things several times.
So i hard bricked my phone i think because this is what the phone did :
In the first period the phone was starting but shows only the Sony logo for about 30 seconds and then the phone restarted automatically, and so on. That means i was in a boot loop.
I didn't came in to TWRP recovery mode. That did not working anymore
Pressing volume down button and connect to pc for Flashmode did not working too. I came into Flashmode and my pc whas finding the M4 but after 20 seconds or so the phone was rebooting by himself. Thus Flashmode was unuseable.
The volume up button for Fastboot mode was working very well.
Only, my point is i can't flash a firmware via Fastboot. I don't have enough experience that way, if it is possible at all. I don't know.
Okay, i was stuck at that point.
After flashing as a dumbass some kernels via Fastboot mode i came in the second period, a hard brick i think.
The only thing what my phone did now was going on for a few seconds (showing Sony logo) after a long press on the power button, and then it turns off.
TWRP recovery was also that time not working.
My phone was not showing the led when he turns on that few seconds.. I didn't came in Fastboot or Flash mode anymore (no led showing up). Nothing was working anymore except that the phone turns on for a few seconds after a long press on the power button.
THE SOLUTION
I hope for every M4 users i found the solution for this brick. I don't know if it is mentioned yet somewhere. I didn't find it. It feels like a secret combination but it worked for my M4 E2303.
"Press the volume up & volume down button at the same time and keep it pressed. Then press the power button and keep all these 3 buttons pressed, LONG pressed, TILL the following vibrating code has COMPLETED!!!"
Code: rrrrr rrr rrr rrr
Now you can release the buttons and Fastboot & Flash mode should work fine now. You can use Flashtool now to flash a STOCK firmware (tft file) via Flashmode.
After completing your phone is repaired.
Succes.
Greetz Yur.
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Hello there Sir, a very big THANK YOU for this..I tried this for my cousins xperia m4 aqua and its working..I have successfully flash stock rom again in his phone..thanks for sharing again.. :highfive::good:
Thanks for replying that it have worked for you.
i'm not found code vibrator : rrrrr rrr rrr rrr, but i'm found code vibrator : rrrrrrrrrrrrrr. why i'm can't found it
Well,what you did was just shutting down the phone. I think your flashmode didnt worked because you hadnt the divers installed
MY issue is same but different as i can go into recovery and flash mode too i flashed the stock firmware also but its booted once properly but no wifi and nothing and all of sudden its restart automatucally and stuck there at sony logo rebooted again and then sony logo.... i think mine is bricked permanently
Mine doesnt even vibrates... Any clue?
Hyoni said:
Mine doesnt even vibrates... Any clue?
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same here
Mine vibrates, once and then thrice and all that stuff, but flashtool isn't working anyway. Any solution?