Hello,
I was in the process to install a new rom in my tablet,
I first root, the tablet, everything was fine
I unlock the bootloder, and again everything was ok
So I extract the boot.img from a Cyanogen rom as describe in one tutorial and put it in the tablet with a fastboot instruction.
After that my tablet seems to be dead.
The only life trace is when I push power and + during a certain time, a violet ligkt blinked one, then a blue blinked one, and after a blue blinked twice.
Nothing more
Mot possible anymore to go in fastboot mode.
Any kind of help is welcome, thanks in advance
gpga said:
Hello,
I was in the process to install a new rom in my tablet,
I first root, the tablet, everything was fine
I unlock the bootloder, and again everything was ok
So I extract the boot.img from a Cyanogen rom as describe in one tutorial and put it in the tablet with a fastboot instruction.
After that my tablet seems to be dead.
The only life trace is when I push power and + during a certain time, a violet ligkt blinked one, then a blue blinked one, and after a blue blinked twice.
Nothing more
Mot possible anymore to go in fastboot mode.
Any kind of help is welcome, thanks in advance
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just put it into flash mode and flash the stock sony ftf file on it :fingers-crossed:
power off your tablet (in your case it is already done)
hold the volume down button while connecting it to the computer
download and install the sony ericcson flash tool
download the ftf file for your tab z
flash it
done
hassanman1997 said:
just put it into flash mode and flash the stock sony ftf file on it :fingers-crossed:
power off your tablet (in your case it is already done)
hold the volume down button while connecting it to the computer
download and install the sony ericcson flash tool
download the ftf file for your tab z
flash it
done
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Thank you so much for the information, it's work. I recover my tablet, not exactly the same but it is completely usable
no problem at all ....
gpga said:
Thank you so much for the information, it's work. I recover my tablet, not exactly the same but it is completely usable
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Im really happy to know that i could help
always remember, it is really hard to fully brick a sony device
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Hey guys,
I've got the xperia z tablet (16gb wifi only)
and I had unlocked it, the other day I saw it finally got an OTA update, so I let it update.
apparently that was a bad idea?, I was stuck with the broken android symbol every time i attempted to start the tablet..
I tried the sony software, the recovery thing it has. That has only made things worse, now the tablet refuses to start whatsoever.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'd appreciate it very much.
dempster said:
Hey guys,
I've got the xperia z tablet (16gb wifi only)
and I had unlocked it, the other day I saw it finally got an OTA update, so I let it update.
apparently that was a bad idea?, I was stuck with the broken android symbol every time i attempted to start the tablet..
I tried the sony software, the recovery thing it has. That has only made things worse, now the tablet refuses to start whatsoever.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'd appreciate it very much.
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Tried to flash with fastboot an boot.img from CM or an other AOSP ROM, and then enter recovery...
zeus2602 said:
Tried to flash with fastboot an boot.img from CM or an other AOSP ROM, and then enter recovery...
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My tablet won't give me so much as an led indicator of it charging.
dempster said:
My tablet won't give me so much as an led indicator of it charging.
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If your not able to flash with fastboot (connect tablet over usb (push the boot button) an load an image file on the Tablet.
HARD-BRICK!!!
dempster said:
My tablet won't give me so much as an led indicator of it charging.
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Yould could try and have a look at the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170
Hi
I had the same issues when I flashed the wrong ROM. Nothing worked no power light or anything.
Now I can't remember exactly what I did but I started to press buttons and I'm sure that holing the power button and the vol up for a while made it start again and it displayed an error and then went into flash mode .
As I said I'm not sure which buttons I pressed but I know that I held them in for a while
Try using Flashtool... Im pretty sure you can rcover it by flashing a FTF file.
Z Ultra Z1 hardbrick
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2646405 :good:
So there is hope. :highfive:
I think I found the testpin. My sgp311 has started to blink after being dead since November, when I bricked it.
I don't have the device pack though.. Do you have any clue on how to find it? I think I just need the sgp311 SEMC package to resuscitate it now... Hopefully...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 4
get the stock ftf file and flash it using flashtools, I was in a bootloop and it worked
i know its an old post but i have to try
i m in a boot loop and i want to find the Fed file in order to do a fastboot....
Can someone give them??
I test my tablet SGP321 with many ROMs.. I end up going to boot loop... Crashes and stuff but I always recover from it.
The things I do before doing anything insane with my tablet
1. Take backup off apps/data
2. Always enable debugging and Unknown Sources
3. Keep the backup of the ROMs
4. Always have the xperia flashtool on my computer
Here's what you can do..
Press and hold the Power button and the Volume Up button for ten seconds until you see a white light flashing three times. While doing this somewhere around in 5 seconds you'll see white led flashing once, but keep on pressing those buttons till it flashes next three times.
After that your tablet will be turned Off.
You can put your device in flash mode and flash a new ROM from Xperia flash tool.
If you get the error "Unknown sources and USB debugging must me enable for flash mode, then your option can be to flash the ROM from fastboot.
Download a ROM (CyanogenMod or any with custom recovery).
Flash the boot.img via fastboot and reboot your device.
Once done you should see a led lit up while the device is booting (pink/magenta color in case of CyanogenMod).
Press the volume up/down button and you should be able to go to recovery mode.
From here you can recover your device easily
And before you do anything make sure you've charged your device well.
Good luck
Hi guys,
I have mk16i(xperia pro), and installed latest lx cm11 build. Then, I tried dark's kernel. But I wanted to revert to the stock kernel.
Now at that point, i couldn't enter the fastboot or flash mode anymore. The OS running w/o any problem. But i'm stuck with the dark's kernel(which is very battery unfriendly,10 hour standby)
When i try to connect the phone to PC while pressing menu(or back button) the LED blinks for miliseconds and the phone continues switching on normally (enter OS).
I know it is my fault to install nonstock kernel but I really need help. If anyone experienced this issue, it will be great to hear the advice.
Thanks in advance
Try taking out the battery for a few seconds, reinserting it, pressing the button for fastboot mode (I don't know which one you have to use for the xperia pro) and then you connect it to your PC while keeping the button pressed. This should work
Sent from my Nexus 4 running Android 4.4
mihahn said:
Try taking out the battery for a few seconds, reinserting it, pressing the button for fastboot mode (I don't know which one you have to use for the xperia pro) and then you connect it to your PC while keeping the button pressed. This should work
Sent from my Nexus 4 running Android 4.4
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Thanks for the reply.
I tried it many times. But no chance... The LED blinks then the phone goes into OS.
I tried to reboot fastboot via adb commands. Again same result. Directly goes to OS.
Flashtool also stucks at "Device will soon enter fastboot mode" nothing happens. Phone stays on...
Is it hw fault? I will be very disappointed if so I replaced its digitizer recently by paying too much money.) It was expensive when i bought it also... I cant stand buying a new phone these times... pff too many issues...
Sounds weird. I have made the experience that it sometimes helps to take the battery out, then keep pressing multiply and long the power button. Wait ~10 minutes. Insert the battery and try again!
Hopefully it helps!
Otherwise could maybe be kernel related. Try to flash another one (with recovery).
Depressed T.Bear said:
Sounds weird. I have made the experience that it sometimes helps to take the battery out, then keep pressing multiply and long the power button. Wait ~10 minutes. Insert the battery and try again!
Hopefully it helps!
Otherwise could maybe be kernel related. Try to flash another one (with recovery).
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We are not able to flash kernel thru recovery in XPeria devices i think.
That is the main problem actually. I m stuck with this kernel...
datumdatzgr said:
We are not able to flash kernel thru recovery in XPeria devices i think.
That is the main problem actually. I m stuck with this kernel...
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i think you done it allready but better than have adead phone:
- re check if all drivers installed (android sdk with its google driveer, flashtool drivers)
put out battery , put in & hold volume down while plugging cabel in. (if led not stays blue, pull out abttery, put in & reconnect but hold other button like menu key) --> try all buttons
i cant imagine flashing darks kernel broke yr bootloader. theres sth wrong with your machine / setup / whatever.
datumdatzgr said:
We are not able to flash kernel thru recovery in XPeria devices i think.
That is the main problem actually. I m stuck with this kernel...
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Yea my fault... my main phone's a galaxy s3
If nothing works, you can still "emergency" flash a stock firmware with SEUS, or not?
Depressed T.Bear said:
Yea my fault... my main phone's a galaxy s3
If nothing works, you can still "emergency" flash a stock firmware with SEUS, or not?
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if he unlocked his bootloader DONT USE SEUS! --> you get a brick...
use flashtool to flash stock ICS ftf .
bejunk said:
if he unlocked his bootloader DONT USE SEUS! --> you get a brick...
use flashtool to flash stock ICS ftf .
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That goes without saying! But he hasn't said that he unlocked it.
bejunk said:
if he unlocked his bootloader DONT USE SEUS! --> you get a brick...
use flashtool to flash stock ICS ftf .
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Depressed T.Bear said:
Yea my fault... my main phone's a galaxy s3
If nothing works, you can still "emergency" flash a stock firmware with SEUS, or not?
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bejunk said:
i think you done it allready but better than have adead phone:
- re check if all drivers installed (android sdk with its google driveer, flashtool drivers)
put out battery , put in & hold volume down while plugging cabel in. (if led not stays blue, pull out abttery, put in & reconnect but hold other button like menu key) --> try all buttons
i cant imagine flashing darks kernel broke yr bootloader. theres sth wrong with your machine / setup / whatever.
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Thanks for the answers. Yes unlocked bootloader.
Since the device doesn't boot into "flash" mode also, i am not able to flash ftf through flashtool or any firmware via SEUS.
I had managed to enter fastboot mode once!
Happened with USB3.0 port via "adb reboot-bootloader" command.
Still, I am not getting into fastboot again...
I will inform you, thanks guys.
EDIT: I did it once again thru adb in recovery and flashed a stock kernel. Let me see the battery drain is due to kernel or some hw damage.
I am sure hw is damaged...
Ultimately solved...
After i am able to enter fastboot mode via some funny method described above, i erased system partition and flashed kernel.sin of the official .587 ftf file of Sony Xperia Pro.
Now the device is able to enter flash mode and fastboot mode via normal ways...
Thanks guys...
EDIT: I dont understand how is it related to kernel? I thought that bootloader files are damaged which i cannot correct them.
There are many .sin files in the stock .ftf which i cannot flash any of them without flash mode.(i was able to enter fastboot mode only)
datumdatzgr said:
After i am able to enter fastboot mode via some funny method described above, i erased system partition and flashed kernel.sin of the official .587 ftf file of Sony Xperia Pro.
Now the device is able to enter flash mode and fastboot mode via normal ways...
Thanks guys...
EDIT: I dont understand how is it related to kernel? I thought that bootloader files are damaged which i cannot correct them.
There are many .sin files in the stock .ftf which i cannot flash any of them without flash mode.(i was able to enter fastboot mode only)
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The problem started occuring again. LED blinks again.
This time i am not able to enter fastboot via adb while in recovery mode or another mode. I can't enter fastboot or flash mode, cant install kernel. Tried two pc's many usb cables...
I don't know what to do...
datumdatzgr said:
The problem started occuring again. LED blinks again.
This time i am not able to enter fastboot via adb while in recovery mode or another mode. I can't enter fastboot or flash mode, cant install kernel. Tried two pc's many usb cables...
I don't know what to do...
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Guys please help. I am very confused now: When i connect the phone to charger(AC) when the phone is OFF, the phone tries to enter flash mode!?! Led blinks green then the phone continues to open and offline charging animation comes as usual.
Sometimes the phone connects the charger in flash mode! But doesnt connect to usb in flash mode or fastboot mode. I know it is a bit confusing but that is the situation.
Thanks...
Last night, i accidentally swiped to restore to an older ROM that i had. Not meaning to do this, and beginning to panic, i attempted to stop it, while it was still at 0%. I did this by holding the red button down. As i have now realised how stupid that was, i am wondering if there is any chance to fix it. It is now stuck on the Sony logo. Although i have seen many problems here, i cant find anyone that had the same problem as me. I was running the existenz ROM, and the ROM i was accidentally restoring to was the official ROM. Please help me
Thank you
thetechant said:
Last night, i accidentally swiped to restore to an older ROM that i had. Not meaning to do this, and beginning to panic, i attempted to stop it, while it was still at 0%. I did this by holding the red button down. As i have now realised how stupid that was, i am wondering if there is any chance to fix it. It is now stuck on the Sony logo. Although i have seen many problems here, i cant find anyone that had the same problem as me. I was running the existenz ROM, and the ROM i was accidentally restoring to was the official ROM. Please help me
Thank you
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Does the phone go into flash mode?
sam_conrad said:
Does the phone go into flash mode?
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yes, i can access it by holding the up button and power button while insterting the USB cord into the phone
thetechant said:
yes, i can access it by holding the up button and power button while insterting the USB cord into the phone
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Enter flash mode and flash the stock firmware
thetechant said:
Last night, i accidentally swiped to restore to an older ROM that i had. Not meaning to do this, and beginning to panic, i attempted to stop it, while it was still at 0%. I did this by holding the red button down. As i have now realised how stupid that was, i am wondering if there is any chance to fix it. It is now stuck on the Sony logo. Although i have seen many problems here, i cant find anyone that had the same problem as me. I was running the existenz ROM, and the ROM i was accidentally restoring to was the official ROM. Please help me
Thank you
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I had the exact same problem, I created a guide to help other people with this problem. Here it is. I can't post links yet but if you want to have a look, search for this on google ( oneplus : Xperia z2 bricked help!! ) It's the first link ( fourms Oneplus Net )
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To get Sony's UI/ROM back:
Download and Install Flashtool from here.
Download a proper ( official ) ftf firmware for YOUR phone ( eg Sirius ).
Now copy the downloaded ftf firmware file to ( C:\Flashtool\firmwares )
Open the Flashtool and click on the little lightning rod and choose Flashmode.
Now a window will pop up and ask you to choose firmware for your device, Choose the one you downloaded and click flash.
--------Choosing a wrong one WILL further brick your device--------
Meanwhile, turn your phone completely off, To do this hold the Power button and the volume UP button until you feel your phone vibrate 3 times.
Flashtool will pop up saying you need to put your phone into flash/fastboot mode.
Now put it on fastboot/flash mode ( connect the usb to your computer and hold down the volume up button while plugging the other end to your phone. Your phone's LED should be blue at this stage.
The flashing process will start and once it's done, Flashtool will ask you to unplug the device and restart the phone.
The first boot takes 5-10 minutes.. CONGRATS YOU HAVE UN-BRICKED YOUR PHONE.
Now if you want to root your phone and install a custom recovery ( TWRP ), Download this package and extract it on your desktop
Make sure you have usb debugging turned on ( on your phone )
Navigate inside " to root" folder and run install.bat
Once thats done, to install recovery, navigate inside the " recovery folder " and run install.bat
Make sure to follow on-screen instructions. ( your computer and your phone )
Now you have Rooted sony ROM.
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ArrowHunt3R said:
I had the exact same problem, I created a guide to help other people with this problem. Here it is. I can't post links yet but if you want to have a look, search for this on google ( oneplus : Xperia z2 bricked help!! ) It's the first link ( fourms Oneplus Net )
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To get Sony's UI/ROM back:
Download and Install Flashtool from here.
Download a proper ( official ) ftf firmware for YOUR phone ( eg Sirius ).
Now copy the downloaded ftf firmware file to ( C:\Flashtool\firmwares )
Open the Flashtool and click on the little lightning rod and choose Flashmode.
Now a window will pop up and ask you to choose firmware for your device, Choose the one you downloaded and click flash.
--------Choosing a wrong one WILL further brick your device--------
Meanwhile, turn your phone completely off, To do this hold the Power button and the volume UP button until you feel your phone vibrate 3 times.
Flashtool will pop up saying you need to put your phone into flash/fastboot mode.
Now put it on fastboot/flash mode ( connect the usb to your computer and hold down the volume up button while plugging the other end to your phone. Your phone's LED should be blue at this stage.
The flashing process will start and once it's done, Flashtool will ask you to unplug the device and restart the phone.
The first boot takes 5-10 minutes.. CONGRATS YOU HAVE UN-BRICKED YOUR PHONE.
Now if you want to root your phone and install a custom recovery ( TWRP ), Download this package and extract it on your desktop
Make sure you have usb debugging turned on ( on your phone )
Navigate inside " to root" folder and run install.bat
Once thats done, to install recovery, navigate inside the " recovery folder " and run install.bat
Make sure to follow on-screen instructions. ( your computer and your phone )
Now you have Rooted sony ROM.
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Thank you so much, as i have a mac, instructions had to be changed a little, but i was able to revert to a proper ROM again, and now have a fully functioning phone again. Thank you so much again.
thetechant said:
Thank you so much, as i have a mac, instructions had to be changed a little, but i was able to revert to a proper ROM again, and now have a fully functioning phone again. Thank you so much again.
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No problem Always here to help.. if i can
Currently, I'm making a toolkit for all xperia z devices, just hoping it goes according to plan
My xzu was hard bricked while trying to install a custom rom. Had rooted my phone with no problems ,thnx to xda, now my phone c6802 is not booting at all, all it does is vibrates when i press the power button ,no led light flashing nothing at all except vibrate. I tried the s1 tool using the test point on the motherboard but it always gave an error' resource msm8247 rom nt found' finally i tried to go to service centre but they denied reparing it even when i was ready to pay for it. Guyz help me out here
razorine said:
My xzu was hard bricked while trying to install a custom rom. Had rooted my phone with no problems ,thnx to xda, now my phone c6802 is not booting at all, all it does is vibrates when i press the power button ,no led light flashing nothing at all except vibrate. I tried the s1 tool using the test point on the motherboard but it always gave an error' resource msm8247 rom nt found' finally i tried to go to service centre but they denied reparing it even when i was ready to pay for it. Guyz help me out here
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You flashed ROM without unlocking the bootloader. Use flash tool and flash ftf
RealityFails said:
You flashed ROM without unlocking the bootloader. Use flash tool and flash ftf
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Thnx for ur reply, as u must have noticed I tried to flash it using the s1 tool in emergency boot mode but it was always giving error n pic companion isn't detecting the phone cause it's not going in recovery mode using the given buttons. Is there any other tool I can flash my hard bricked device with to start it , if yes please do send me the link as I have tried to search every where with no luck, n the Xda forum is the best place to do so , if I can't find a solution here then I guess there is little or no hope elsewhere
razorine said:
Thnx for ur reply, as u must have noticed I tried to flash it using the s1 tool in emergency boot mode but it was always giving error n pic companion isn't detecting the phone cause it's not going in recovery mode using the given buttons. Is there any other tool I can flash my hard bricked device with to start it , if yes please do send me the link as I have tried to search every where with no luck, n the Xda forum is the best place to do so , if I can't find a solution here then I guess there is little or no hope elsewhere
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Download flashtool, download a xzu ftf connect and flash you'll get phone back
RealityFails said:
Download flashtool, download a xzu ftf connect and flash you'll get phone back
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I tried it but the the flashtool is not detecting the device..... im still stuck where i was before... Anyone who has a better soln then above plzz let me knw.....
It definitely sounds like a hard brick, especially as you don't have the flashing Red LED (which is the indicator of bootloader conflict).
It would seem that you will need the services of someone who can use a JTAG cable to get your phone back to life.
Out of curiosity, what was the file name of the ROM that you were trying to flash?
pTeronaut said:
It definitely sounds like a hard brick, especially as you don't have the flashing Red LED (which is the indicator of bootloader conflict).
It would seem that you will need the services of someone who can use a JTAG cable to get your phone back to life.
Out of curiosity, what was the file name of the ROM that you were trying to flash?
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its not hard bricked... the phone vibrates indicating power to the device. It can't boot the kernel.
OP has to install the actual drivers to the phone in order to get the phone to be discovered in flashtool.
Install file is located in C:\flashtool\drivers\blablabla.exe
The solution is here,
First of all find and save .ftf Official ROM for your country or International version
Plug in your USB cable to PC ( Drivers for ZU must be installed in System).
Press down volume button and connect ZU with USB cable.
Open FLASH TOOL and after clicking on flashmode find the ( OEM ) original .ftf ROM and press down flash.
After successful completion process power ON your device by pressing Power Button.
Enjoy
Hello guys.
Hoping on your truly support. Have the problem, which cannot solve by myself.
Was trying to flash boot.img from CWM recovery 6.0.3.0 via fastboot. It flashes succesfully, but after rebooting the tablet it doesnt show any signs of life. Was trying EMMA for solving , Flashtool to change kernel, but when plug it through usb, it haven't launched and PC don't recognize any device connected. When i press Vol+ Vol- Power at the same time LED lights with white 3 times and that all.
Was using rooted Lollipop 5.1.1 with unlocked bootloader.
Is there any possibility to reanimate it or its finished totally.
Regards.
Edit.
Many thnx 2 Alok Bajaj for his solution:
Here's what you can do..
Press and hold the Power button and the Volume Up button for ten seconds until you see a white light flashing three times. While doing this somewhere around in 5 seconds you'll see white led flashing once, but keep on pressing those buttons till it flashes next three times.
After that your tablet will be turned Off.
You can put your device in flash mode and flash a new ROM from Xperia flash tool.
If you get the error "Unknown sources and USB debugging must me enable for flash mode, then your option can be to flash the ROM from fastboot.
Download a ROM (CyanogenMod or any with custom recovery).
Flash the boot.img via fastboot and reboot your device.
Once done you should see a led lit up while the device is booting (pink/magenta color in case of CyanogenMod).
Press the volume up/down button and you should be able to go to recovery mode.
From here you can recover your device easily
And before you do anything make sure you've charged your device well.
Good luck
Cheers mate!
hi,
thanks for the tutorial, I try it but*don`t see the second three blue blinks how long usually*takes to wait for them
Hi there! I think I have hardbricked my tablet (SGP321) too. The thing is, mine won't start, no matter what I press and do. If I press the power button it blinks white and if I press the UP button with it, it blinks three times. After that nothing happens. If I connect a USB to it, it just flickers first red and then green. And thats it.
I tried to flash [7.1] CyanogenMod 14 [POLLUX/POLLUX_WINDY][UNOFFICIAL] by CaHbKaUp and chose the Pollux Version from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-tablet-z/general/rom-cyanogenmod-14-t3496758. I also flashed the recommended GApps.
I whiped the sd-card in recovery (twrp) first and then flashed the new rom and GApps.
I think I chose the wrong version, maybe? I flashed my tablet once and I thought I could do it again, the same way as before. Guess I was wrong.
If there is anything I can do to get this back to work, please respond!
with regards
PsyPax
seems like no one is looking at this thread anymore.
edit: Solution found. forgot to unlock bootloader... ^^;
Hardbrick too
PsyPax said:
seems like no one is looking at this thread anymore.
edit: Solution found. forgot to unlock bootloader... ^^;
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Just ran into the same problem. So there are stil people looking
Didn't know about the bootloader.
Has Android 5.1.1 Stock rom,
rooted it
installed XZDualrecovery from here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261606
Then it showed up twrp and I flashed lineage-14.1-20170417-UNOFFICIAL-pollux.zip
ticked "reboot" and ??? nothing
So what are the steps now to get it running again?
baarbaar said:
So what are the steps now to get it running again?
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Reflash device with Flashtool.
You can't flash custom ROMs with XZDR recovery.