After an unsuccessful CWM flashing attempt, my phone it getting the infamous "SECURITY ERROR" message. Now, I tried the offline KDZ method, but like many other JB users, the flashing got stuck at 15%. So, finally I decided to use the online flashing method using the new LG Support Tool. But the sad part is that I am suffering from a low battery issue.
So, does anyone know how to charge a soft bricked Optimus L9?
Any help would be highly appreciated.
I'm just guessing but you could try removing battery for 15-20 sec then inserting it and connecting your phone to charger. If that doesn't work, try installing x and u using fastboot that try same process with removing battery...
You can always use another phone to charge your battery
aod990 said:
If that doesn't work, try installing x and u using fastboot that try same process with removing battery...
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I tried the fastboot method too, but I face a problem while doing it. The OAMP device which shows in the devices manager keeps disconnecting and reconnecting. So then I unplugged the USB and clicked on "show hidden devices" and then installed the drivers by clicking on the OAMP shown there. But when I plug in the USB again, the same reconnecting starts happening. Do you know a solution to this?
You should follow this post...
Connecting and disconnecting of OMAP device is normal, but it is important that it's recognized in device manager...
FINALLY UNBRICKED....
Sincere thanks to all those wonderful people who have made so many tutorials. I failed to do the offline KDZ flash as well as the fastboot method (as I have mentioned above). But anyway, I did unbrick my phone. I flashed using the online method as follows:
Download the latest LG Mobile Support Tool.
Connect your phone in "Software Upgrade" mode (by holding the Vol UP button while connecting the USB).
In the LG Tool, click on "Options > Recovery". Getting the recovery to open is a confusing task. You have to fiddle around with the USB Drivers options a bit.
Now, let the LG Tool do it's magic [In my case, it downloaded a 592MB file]
CAUTION: When the upgrade tool is in it's last stage, the phone will restart at around 93%. When it restarts, you quickly need to press and hold the Vol UP button to again enter the "Software Upgrade" mode, otherwise the upgrade will not succeed and you will get an error. If you get that error message, don't worry, the Tool will tell you how to "RETRY" (don't worry, no file will be downloaded from the internet this time )
REGARDING THE BATTERY ISSUE:
When my phone got bricked it was at around 65%. Now, when I finally unbricked it, I am seeing 83%!! So, either the phone charged when it was connected in the "Software Upgrade" mode, or it charged when I plugged the charger in the wall socket for half an hour. In any case, if your battery is dead (and phone is bricked) try to charge using a wall socket first. When you do this, the phone will automatically switch on and you will again get that sad "SECURITY ERROR" message. Just switch off the phone when you get this. Let the phone be plugged in for some time to let it charge. [NOW I AM NOT SAYING THAT IT WILL CHARGE AS I HAVE MENTIONED THE TWO POSSIBLE WAYS ABOVE, but hey, it's worth a try!] If your phone switches on, good job! Otherwise, try to charge via the USB by connecting to your PC/Laptop by going into "Software Upgrade" mode.
I just hope that the above points will help some unlucky soul who was stuck like me Remember, never give up!
Thanks to all for the tips my optimus was running fine at about 65 percent charged and just shut off. I bought a new battery charged all night in the wall still nothing. I can't get my computer to see it. when i hold power and vol down I can hear the computer make sounds like it recognizes it though
david244us said:
Thanks to all for the tips my optimus was running fine at about 65 percent charged and just shut off. I bought a new battery charged all night in the wall still nothing. I can't get my computer to see it. when i hold power and vol down I can hear the computer make sounds like it recognizes it though
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Can you enter s/w upgrade mode? ( Press and hold VolumeUP button and insert USB cable into phone )
aod990 said:
Can you enter s/w upgrade mode? ( Press and hold VolumeUP button and insert USB cable into phone )
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I don't think so, just now did it and I can here the computer making sounds like it recognizes it but nothing shows on the phone
p.s. guessing my board went bad, no worries though just first time I ran into something I couldn't fix if the cpu would read it or any software I might have a chance
If you still have warranty you should take your phone to service, if not then try installing fastboot drives and flashing x and u then try offline kdz flash...
aod990 said:
If you still have warranty you should take your phone to service, if not then try installing fastboot drives and flashing x and u then try offline kdz flash...
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well I did the fastboot option i found but not sure if I did it right, I downloaded the omna files but not sure if the right ones but I did get the screen to show a faded out lg symbol not sure if that means anything
Use fastboot from here. You have here how to install fastboot drives. Then follow instructions from this page.
Read instructions carefully and you should be able to successfully unbrick your phone.
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my note froze up for 5 minutes so i took the battery out and tried to power on by button but no response have been on the charger for hours and nothing. I plugged it in to the computer and is recognized but phone wont show any life. I tried all physical button combos and took battery out for 10 minutes. Phone is and has never been rooted. please any help.
can you get it into download mode?
1. Disconnect the phone from your pc or wall socket
2. Plug a usb cable into your pc, but not into the phone yet
3. Remove and replace the phone battery
4. while holding the volume down and power buttons, connect the phone to the usb that is connected to your pc
If you're in download mode you'll see a big green android guy with the word "Downloading..." underneath.
Not sure what could've gone wrong, but if you can get into download mode, then there is still hope yet for your device.
If you can get into download mode, and you are willing to try some things, it may be possible for you to flash a stock recovery using a tool like Odin. There are guides available for this, like the one here. I would wait on some of the more experienced folks to put in their 2 cents still...like i said, that has never happened to me, so i'm not sure what could be the problem...
KodeRiter722 said:
can you get it into download mode?
1. Disconnect the phone from your pc or wall socket
2. Plug a usb cable into your pc, but not into the phone yet
3. Remove and replace the phone battery
4. while holding the volume down and power buttons, connect the phone to the usb that is connected to your pc
If you're in download mode you'll see a big green android guy with the word "Downloading..." underneath.
Not sure what could've gone wrong, but if you can get into download mode, then there is still hope yet for your device.
If you can get into download mode, and you are willing to try some things, it may be possible for you to flash a stock recovery using a tool like Odin. There are guides available for this, like the one here. I would wait on some of the more experienced folks to put in their 2 cents still...like i said, that has never happened to me, so i'm not sure what could be the problem...
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I just tried and the same thing happens on my computer it say new hardware found, trying to install software "QHSUSB_DLOAD" as it did before. thanks for response
derricke123 said:
I just tried and the same thing happens on my computer it say new hardware found, trying to install software "QHSUSB_DLOAD" as it did before. thanks for response
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U sure u never tried to root it or anything? Either way that's a hard brick my friend, it can't be fixed with software, you have to send it in for repair, or warranty that sucker. I suggest u just warranty
Let me prefice this by saying that my son doesn't know how to flash files, know what super user is, or know how to do much on his phone at all other than watch youtube and text.
He is running either official CM7-RC2 or RC3 for his P500, installing Link2SD and linking a few games is the only tweak I did.
He says it just started boot looping in the morning after charging all night.
My son was complaining his P500 was not starting, I figured it was a very low battery which ended up in a boot loop pattern. The next morning he said he charged it all night and it still wasn't working. Now I knew something was not right.
I pulled the battery, tried to offline charge it, gets stuck at lg logo. Tried to boot with no battery, just the usb plugged in, same bootloop.
Tried to boot into CWM by holding vol up/home and this screen somes up!
Now every time I turn on the phone I'm greeted with this Blue Error Handler message.
Code:
[Blue Error Handler V1.2] Arm 9 Crash!!
[Press Volume up key] To get Ramdump!!
[Press Volume down key] Reboot&savelog!!
:Excep
MODEM Excep :PROXY_00
...
...
<CallStack>
<Additional Info about this crash>
Build ID: P500-M76XX-V20i-DEC-06-2011-XX
Time of crash (m-d-y h:m:s): 06-15-2012
Uptime (h:m:s): 0:00:04
Error in file hsu_mdm_apis.c, line 557
REX_TCB ptr: 0x01ea5640
tcb.task_name: PROXY_00
I can get into emergency mode but lsusb shows nothing, adb sees nothing, kdz says phone not found. I've tried shaking the phone like a fool over and over.
The computer and usb cable work fine on my two other P500s.
I'm kind of out of ideas.
This should help
I bricked mine yesterday...KDZ did not work for me either...
the second post in the link below solved mine...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710559
You also might need the p500 drivers installed to use the lg thunder 1.5
You can download it from here
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/46581752/LGUnitedMobileDriver_S4981MAN36AP22_ML_WHQL_Ver_3.6.exe
LGMDP doesn't connect to the phone, it waits at the select port screen. The drivers are installed since LGMDP can see my other P500s.
*edit* I was just thinking, I haven't tried connecting my other phones in emergency mode. Perhaps it is the drivers.
You boot to CMW with home+VOLDOWN+power... you mentioned volup.
Sent from my LG-P500 using Tapatalk 2
Try this
mrplowdan said:
LGMDP doesn't connect to the phone, it waits at the select port screen. The drivers are installed since LGMDP can see my other P500s.
*edit* I was just thinking, I haven't tried connecting my other phones in emergency mode. Perhaps it is the drivers.
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It did not detect mine either at first place... follow this.
1) close the LGMPD
2) plug the usb into a different port you are already doing
3) put the phone into emergency
4) connect
5) then start LGMPD
hope this helps
you could try flashing a new kernal/rom through the computer?
try to put phone in recovery with volume down button
ankitwashere said:
...the second post in the link below solved mine...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710559
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basically ends up with my trying to use lgmpd and seeing no phone at the select port screen
ankitwashere said:
You also might need the p500 drivers installed to use the lg thunder 1.5
You can download it from here
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/46581752/LGUnitedMobileDriver_S4981MAN36AP22_ML_WHQL_Ver_3.6.exe
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thanks, same version I already had installed though
ankitwashere said:
It did not detect mine either at first place... follow this.
1) close the LGMPD
2) plug the usb into a different port you are already doing
3) put the phone into emergency
4) connect
5) then start LGMPD
hope this helps
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thanks, tried all 8 ports still no detection, changed my bios settings to use usb 1.0 only, didn't help, tried usb 2.0 highspeed didn't help, tried usb 2.0 full speed, didn't help
-DarkKnight- said:
you could try flashing a new kernal/rom through the computer?
try to put phone in recovery with volume down button
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I wish I could get recovery going, but it always just hangs and the first lg logo if I hold any buttons down during boot. The only way I can get emerg mode going is to wait for the Blue Error Handler message to come up then hold vol down and back.
Once my phone got bricked and yes nothing detected my phone in emergency mode...so I just kept my phone turned off and plugged in and started doing what the thread said...then it automatically detected my phone and my phone's problem was solved
Please do it at ur own risk...I wont hold any responsibilty.
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA
mrplowdan said:
Let me prefice this by saying that my son doesn't know how to flash files, know what super user is, or know how to do much on his phone at all other than watch youtube and text.
He is running either official CM7-RC2 or RC3 for his P500, installing Link2SD and linking a few games is the only tweak I did.
He says it just started boot looping in the morning after charging all night.
My son was complaining his P500 was not starting, I figured it was a very low battery which ended up in a boot loop pattern. The next morning he said he charged it all night and it still wasn't working. Now I knew something was not right.
I pulled the battery, tried to offline charge it, gets stuck at lg logo. Tried to boot with no battery, just the usb plugged in, same bootloop.
Tried to boot into CWM by holding vol up/home and this screen somes up!
Now every time I turn on the phone I'm greeted with this Blue Error Handler message.
Code:
[Blue Error Handler V1.2] Arm 9 Crash!!
[Press Volume up key] To get Ramdump!!
[Press Volume down key] Reboot&savelog!!
:Excep
MODEM Excep :PROXY_00
...
...
<CallStack>
<Additional Info about this crash>
Build ID: P500-M76XX-V20i-DEC-06-2011-XX
Time of crash (m-d-y h:m:s): 06-15-2012
Uptime (h:m:s): 0:00:04
Error in file hsu_mdm_apis.c, line 557
REX_TCB ptr: 0x01ea5640
tcb.task_name: PROXY_00
I can get into emergency mode but lsusb shows nothing, adb sees nothing, kdz says phone not found. I've tried shaking the phone like a fool over and over.
The computer and usb cable work fine on my two other P500s.
I'm kind of out of ideas.
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Mind if I ask how long have ur son been using this phone? To me, it looks like it is due to age. Well that is how I see it.
a cheap trick
This is what i tried on some other phone with similar situation...
use KDZ updater....to update v20g
put to emergency...
start the update (even if the phone is detected or not)
it may or may not install the rom correctly ......but after that LGMDP will start detecting your phone..
allenwalker1998 said:
Mind if I ask how long have ur son been using this phone? To me, it looks like it is due to age. Well that is how I see it.
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It was a Christmas gift but its been used quite a bit.
ankitwashere said:
This is what i tried on some other phone with similar situation...
use KDZ updater....to update v20g
put to emergency...
start the update (even if the phone is detected or not)
it may or may not install the rom correctly ......but after that LGMDP will start detecting your phone..
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ya I've tried updating using KDZ updater many times it always hangs at the point where it says phone not found.
I use Ubuntu on my machine and its a pain to have to reboot to windows to try to flash it, are there any linux alternatives to LGMPD or KDZ? Maybe I'll try the official LG updater full program thing next time I reboot.
I just bought an atrix 4g for myself so I'm busy playing with my new toy
I just got the error it looks like you overclock too high of a frequency u got that instead of the kernel panic. I think it is because that our processor can't handle the oc and crashed.
But somehow I got out of it and no bootloop. Will investigate.
allenwalker1998 said:
I just got the error it looks like you overclock too high of a frequency u got that instead of the kernel panic. I think it is because that our processor can't handle the oc and crashed.
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He's never overclocked it on purpose, I just asked him, he doesn't know what overclock means.
Thanks for the input though
mrplowdan said:
He's never overclocked it on purpose, I just asked him, he doesn't know what overclock means.
Thanks for the input though
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Have u tried using kdz and update ur son's phone back to stock?
allenwalker1998 said:
Have u tried using kdz and update ur son's phone back to stock?
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Should try. I think it is a corrupt rom or something.
Went to researched and found out that the error happens wipe the /system isn't wiped properly. Try kdz first then install a custom recovery and wipe /system using amora recovery instead of cwm.
not to sound rude but have you read this thread? I've tried kdz multiple times in many different ways. Do you have any kdz tips I haven't tried?
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not to sound rude but have you read this thread? I've tried kdz multiple times in many different ways. Do you have any kdz tips I haven't tried?
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Yeah I have. Uninstall usb drivers. Reinstall them turn off LG USB modem. Connect it to ur com. Shake the phone like crazy and hope it connects once connected just update.
allenwalker1998 said:
Yeah I have. Uninstall usb drivers. Reinstall them turn off LG USB modem. Connect it to ur com. Shake the phone like crazy and hope it connects once connected just update.
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Uninstalled-reinstalled, rebooted, lg virtual modem doesn't appear on the list until you get the phone to connect at least once, I shook shook shook, while in emerg mode, it never seems to connect, I tried lgmdp and kdz, both never connect. Tried with and without the battery in, never connected.
First off I searched the forums and looked at the thread suggestions as I was posting this but nothing is like what I'm experiencing.
I was in the process of using Odin to flash a ROM to my phone. My phone was in download mode but before I could start anything, my wife said she needed the phone. Now I know it said "do not turn off target" but at this point I had done nothing other than enter download mode. I figured I was safe so I unplugged the phone from the PC, tried to restart the phone, anddddd nothing. Black screen.
When I get home from work I try charging the phone. Not even the charging icon appears. I try plugging it into my computer and it IS recognized but the phone only shows a white screen. And then it reboots. White screen again. It keeps doing this. I have tried all kinds of button combinations and taking out the battery/putting it back in. I took a video of my problem but it appears I can't post links where I am a new user. If you would be so kind as to google "youtube geiger9" you should get to the video pretty quickly.
What can I do about this?
geiger9 said:
First off I searched the forums and looked at the thread suggestions as I was posting this but nothing is like what I'm experiencing.
I was in the process of using Odin to flash a ROM to my phone. My phone was in download mode but before I could start anything, my wife said she needed the phone. Now I know it said "do not turn off target" but at this point I had done nothing other than enter download mode. I figured I was safe so I unplugged the phone from the PC, tried to restart the phone, anddddd nothing. Black screen.
When I get home from work I try charging the phone. Not even the charging icon appears. I try plugging it into my computer and it IS recognized but the phone only shows a white screen. And then it reboots. White screen again. It keeps doing this. I have tried all kinds of button combinations and taking out the battery/putting it back in. I took a video of my problem but it appears I can't post links where I am a new user. If you would be so kind as to google "youtube geiger9" you should get to the video pretty quickly.
What can I do about this?
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I think it's important to note that your phone is a T959P Telus.
Yeah, if you had not tried to odin anything yet it would be safe to unplug
I'm not super familiar with this model but I'll try and offer some help
Will it go into download mode with battery out and then connecting to a charger?
I would try and remove your sd card, sim card (i believe this model has one?) And your battery when connecting up to use odin.
After you have safely made an odin connection you can reinstall your battery
Also, try rebooting your pc with phone usb unplugged,,,
If still fails
try different usb port,,,
If still fails
Try different usb cable,,,
hhp_211 said:
I think it's important to note that your phone is a T959P Telus.
Yeah, if you had not tried to odin anything yet it would be safe to unplug
I'm not super familiar with this model but I'll try and offer some help
Will it go into download mode with battery out and then connecting to a charger?
I would try and remove your sd card, sim card (i believe this model has one?) And your battery when connecting up to use odin.
After you have safely made an odin connection you can reinstall your battery
Also, try rebooting your pc with phone usb unplugged,,,
If still fails
try different usb port,,,
If still fails
Try different usb cable,,,
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First off thank you for replying.
I tried the steps you suggested but it isn't working. Without the phone plugged in to the computer pushing the vol up/down and power buttons does nothing. I can't seem to enter download mode again no matter what combination of buttons I press.
geiger9 said:
First off thank you for replying.
I tried the steps you suggested but it isn't working. Without the phone plugged in to the computer pushing the vol up/down and power buttons does nothing. I can't seem to enter download mode again no matter what combination of buttons I press.
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Yeah It is only supposed to go into download mode by:: if you remove battery and connect to a charger/usb to it,,, or by having battery in and holding volume down while connecting charger/usb
Ok, hi guys... yesterday I misinterpreted some instructions before flashing Rajeev's PureX v4.1 rom... was on Niaboc79's ExistenZ Y v2.6.0... so went on, wiped and factory resetted... then, instead of formatting system/data, I formatted data AND system so obviously now it gets stuck at the Sony logo when booting because it has nothing to boot up and the only way to shut it off is with the small red button on the left side until it vibrates, resets then shuts off...
I then told myself I could simply flash a .FTF back from FlashTool, but alas, not this time... ok, I'm on D6503 Z2 with locked bootloader which is not unlockable... and now, when my phone's off and FlashTool asks to connect phone in flash mode the phone doesn't act as it normally would. when plugging usb cable, instead of the original green led, it quickly shows red, then green then nothing and on flashtool we can now see an error which is shown in the screenshot below.
Drivers are installed and I guess the problem now has to do with the bogus leds as they are the same just trying to connect in flash mode out of FlashTool... I Googled and read a lot about it yesterday on XDA and the only potential answer I could find was telling to flash a .ftf whrough FlashTool which was my first bet anyway but now, I really can't think of anything and would please appreciate your assistance about that... I hate to say this but I must admit what I'm requesting now is some help to get me through my own f*** up, please...
Might be a corrupt .ftf , try downloading another one or build your own with xperifirm+flashtool.
You can also try repairing with sony pc companion app...
Thanks for the quick answer... In fact I tested with 4 different ftfs I know are working... and as I said the problem is with the inability of phone to enter flash mode and its wrong leds when connecting to flash mode; not a software issue... I also tried with PCCompanion but it fails at detecting the phone since it freezes at the Sony logo and doesn't boot anything...
EDIT it also doesn't charge when I plug usb or ac. Instead it quickly toggles leds red, green, none one time and stays off... same way as when I try connecting it to flashmode holding vol-...
I've flashed many sony phones that don't boot / bootloop with flashtool and they always come to life again unless there's hardware problems
You phone is beeing detected in flashtool as beeing in flashmode so it's entering the correct mode. As a last resort i would try flashing on another pc/os , i still think it's pc related... are you using any android emulator on the pc? bluestacks / andy or that kind of stuff?
They cause loader.sin errors too... had that happen once on my work computer, uninstalled bluestacks and flashed fine afterwards.
Sorry i can't think of anything else right now...
I don't have another pc, but I reinstalled a pc backup so it is as when I originally set it up... reinstalled flashtool, reinstalled drivers and launched FlashTool to flash a .FTF. It just did the same as before flashes red, flashes green then nothing but the same errot message in FlashTool... but I noticed one thing, everytime I just plug phone to pc, Flashtool states it's in Flash mode as it is not. it was simply plugged in... and I don't use such as BlueStacks... and anyway the phone's leds react wrongly first then the asked action, flashing, cannot be applied hence the error message in FlashTool... thanx for your help...
I'm really used to flashing stuff and I know my mistake now was to format the system partition. From that time, it became impossible to flash any .ftf and the only info, signal I've got is the led quickly displaying red then green led intead of just green then starting to flash, when cable is plugged in, holding VOL-...
Damn formatting the system partition should not hard-brick your phone bro i've done exactly the same mistake on my also unlockable BL Z2 a long time ago, wiped everything and rebooted the phone without flashing the rom xD phone would only show sony logo (can't remember led status) but it flashed normally and came back to life. maybe you got really really unlucky and your bootloader got messed up somehow :| You already did everything i would have done without success, i'm also out of ideas... but xda is full of great minds, maybe someone else can help you better.
You are absolutely right... I had done the same mistake on my xperia T, a while back, and a simple flash from flashtool had taken care of it... I don'T even come to ask for help, usually... when I mess things up, I have always succeeded in bringing the thing back to life... until now...
thanx a lot for your help.
EDIT: Oh, even worse now... when flashtool is done preparing the FTF to be flashed and asks to plug in phone holding VOL-, I tried just plugging the phone WITHOUT holding any button and it did the exact same error I screenshotted earlier, with same red/green/none scheme... So computer really sonsiders phone to be in flashmode from the moment it's plugged in...
No problem, wish i could help more. It does seem like your phone is stuck on fastboot or flashmode. If you just power on the phone and connect it to pc (no flashtool running) does your pc device manager detect your phone? what device does it detect? If you connect in fastboot mode (vol up + plugin usb cable) what do you see in the device manager? Maybe try completely discharging your phone, leave it powered on for a day or so until the battery dies completely, maybe it'll "reset" to normal mode? Just throwing some ideas now, at least we're keeping the thread alive, maybe someone more expert will look at it too
Why you guys quoting every post? Makes it tedious scrolling on mobile.
@rubiicon59 old habits lol xD i edited my posts and removed the quotes, since no one else is participating in the thread they aren't really needed...
ptmaniac said:
No problem, wish i could help more. It does seem like your phone is stuck on fastboot or flashmode. If you just power on the phone and connect it to pc (no flashtool running) does your pc device manager detect your phone? what device does it detect? If you connect in fastboot mode (vol up + plugin usb cable) what do you see in the device manager? Maybe try completely discharging your phone, leave it powered on for a day or so until the battery dies completely, maybe it'll "reset" to normal mode? Just throwing some ideas now, at least we're keeping the thread alive, maybe someone more expert will look at it too
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first, sorry for the late answer... ok,,, when I only plug usb cable into phone, it is not detected... However, I can boot into fastboot and then it's detected in device manager as in the screenshot below... But, it does flash red just before turning blue for fastboot... just the same quick red flash as when I plug USB in...
ptmaniac said:
No problem, wish i could help more. It does seem like your phone is stuck on fastboot or flashmode. If you just power on the phone and connect it to pc (no flashtool running) does your pc device manager detect your phone? what device does it detect? If you connect in fastboot mode (vol up + plugin usb cable) what do you see in the device manager? Maybe try completely discharging your phone, leave it powered on for a day or so until the battery dies completely, maybe it'll "reset" to normal mode? Just throwing some ideas now, at least we're keeping the thread alive, maybe someone more expert will look at it too
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first, sorry for the late answer... ok,,, when I only plug usb cable into phone, it is not detected... However, I can boot into fastboot and then it's detected in device manager as in the screenshot below... But, it does flash red just before turning blue for fastboot... just the same quick red flash as when I plug USB in... it also doesn't charge when plugged in... no orange led... was at about 90% when it stopped working...
Just a quick tip- don't use the red button, it is only for emergency and it is annoying to open the flap everytime. Instead, use the Power + Volup and hold for a few seconds.
WOW! reallly can'T say why it didn't work first time, but I tried reinserting sd card and retake it out, started one last time to flash a .ftf and it worked.... Great, now back on my backup... everything working as it should now....
thanx to @BlAckXpeRia for the reminder tip... Red button should only be used when everything else failed to shut the phone down...
and of course, thanks to @ptmaniac for your help all along these stressful last 2 days... THANKS!!!
oh yeah, SOLVED
Nice!! i really really like this phone, i would be very sad if it died on me like that, good to hear you got your phone back
M having same issue without any SD card, what should I do ? :'(
Hello,
I've bricked my phone after a TRWP recovery. I've tried the solution provided on the forum (wait until the battery dies, unplug the battery....). Nothing worked.
I've tried to connect my phone to the PC and it cannot be detected. I have flashing red light when first connected and after few seconds a constant red light that stay for 30 seconds and flashing red light again.
I've tried to use adb devices command and nothing shows up. On linux, I've did "lsusb" command and the phone didn't show up.
Is that my device definitively broken or there is still option that I didn't explore?
Thanks for your support
Once time this happened to me but with my Z1, after desperately search for a solution and read many tutorials, the only solution was reinstall all drivers and connect device to be repaired with Sony Pc Companion, but is necessary have some of battery, if you drained completely, then charge it at least 50%
This works for me, and maybe works now, as long you device led indicator works and Pc sounds when plug in USB, then there's hope.
As @BalamXDroidhe said, charge your phone, put it off and try the program Pc Companion or Xperia Companion, but DO NOT WAIT for the computer to recognize the phone, why still remains the operating system is not loaded.
Just go to repair the software and i believe that everything will be fine.
yofranch said:
Hello,.............
Thanks for your support
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Thanks for the reply. I did try Sony companion. Unfortunatly this is not the software that is not recognizing the device, the computer itself don't shows any Z2 on USB port. Furthermore, I went to a repair shop and said that the battery is not charging at all. A mother board problem to his point of view.
I'm afraid that is not much to be done at this stage
If you have any suggestion....
Thanks
first of all you need to charge the battery or swap it with another one if the phone isn't charging it at all. then try to boot the phone in flash mode with flashtools in order to try to flash a new .ftf (use the guide below for flashtools).
http://www.gizmobolt.com/2015/04/09...z3-23-1-a-0-690-ftf-using-flashtool-manually/
This is the first step to do in a such situation.
yofranch said:
I've bricked my phone after a TRWP recovery. I've tried the solution provided on the forum (wait until the battery dies, unplug the battery....). Nothing worked.
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Never wait until the battery dies, that is not wise at all.
How did you unplug the battery? You completely disassembled the device? That is not wise at all.
You should have simply pressed Vol up plus power for 3 seconds, that would have forced a power disconnect. It is that easy.
The 2 things you did are somewhere close to the worst things to do when your device has a problem.
You could try a charged battery from another device as said but you will likely physically damage the device when you open it. or simply leave on wall charger for a few hours and see if it can charge.
Ensure your USB cable is a "data" USB cable, not a cheapo charge only cable.
Even try another windows computer.
May I ask how did you brick your device? What did you do in recovery?
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Hello,
I've had a problem while updating a custom ROM and I had to restart the rooting process from scratch. All went well (Kit kat install, rooting, TRWP install) until I've used a previous TRWP backup. Since then, only red light
Is there an hardware problem occured at the same time that I flashed the device... Very unlikly. My feeling is that the kernel is corrupted and don't allow the device to start the early stage boot and so no more charging and no connection possible. It's just a feeling.
Thanks for your support
yofranch said:
Hello,
I've bricked my phone after a TRWP recovery. I've tried the solution provided on the forum (wait until the battery dies, unplug the battery....). Nothing worked.
I've tried to connect my phone to the PC and it cannot be detected. I have flashing red light when first connected and after few seconds a constant red light that stay for 30 seconds and flashing red light again.
I've tried to use adb devices command and nothing shows up. On linux, I've did "lsusb" command and the phone didn't show up.
Is that my device definitively broken or there is still option that I didn't explore?
Thanks for your support
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What do you mean by "after a TWRP recovery"?
Your bootloader is locked or unlocked?
Use a wall charger to charge your phone.
Hello,
"Never wait until the battery dies, that is not wise at all." => I did not at a first, I've tried to flash with flash tool the stock rom with roughly 80% battery. The phone was already not detected by computer ( I tried Linux, Windows 8 and Windows 7 computer).
"How did you unplug the battery? You completely disassembled the device? That is not wise at all.
You should have simply pressed Vol up plus power for 3 seconds, that would have forced a power disconnect. It is that easy. "
=> I couldn't agree more that is not wise to disassemble the device, I've done it after I tried the Vol up+ power technique.
"The 2 things you did are somewhere close to the worst things to do when your device has a problem." => The next time...
"You could try a charged battery from another device as said but you will likely physically damage the device when you open it. or simply leave on wall charger for a few hours and see if it can charge." => No charge at all over night with genuine Sony charger and cable. I brought it to a repair shop and with a magnetic charger, not better.
Thanks for your reply.
"What do you mean by "after a TWRP recovery"?" => I've made a backup before flashing my custom rom, just in case. As I said, the rooting process went well until I launch the backup recovery.
"Your bootloader is locked or unlocked?" I'm afraid that is the step I've missed after flashing KitKat and rooting. Is that possible that locked bootloader can lead to that mess?
"Use a wall charger to charge your phone" => No charge, just blinking red light even with battery level at least 50%.
Thanks for your reply.
Same thing happened to me. My phone got bricked.
Its not androxide flashtool or sony companion
Use this.
Its official sony xperia flashtool.
Its called 'Emma'
http://developer.sonymobile.com/open-devices/flash-tool/
All process shared in link..
Good luck
Hello,
I also tried Emma without any success.
Thanks again
The exact same thing happened to me when i flashed a kernel, what i did, was just open xperia companion, click on repair software, and follow the instructions, connecting in flash mode and that stuff, and boila, brand new. i almost cried when that happened to me tho:crying:
it seems that you are using locked bootloader phone, and flashed custom kernel or twrp image, can you connect in fastbooot mood of in flash mood? (by pressing vol+ and connecting usb or vol- and connecting usb respectively),