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Phone isn't responsive, I have 2 batteries, both wont work, it has a custom kernel running gingerbread, it wont go into flash mode, help help help please!! phone wont vibrate to turn on, screen wont show, I'm almost crying here, I will cry if it doesnt turn on by tonight help help help!!! pleaseeeeeee!!! WHAT CAN I DO?
I would send it to rogers if it didn't have the free xperia stuff on it... I'm at wits end... I just started to cry...
Have you tried flashing to stock software using Sony Ericsson Tools?
Isn't that impossible without flash mode?
egyptshun said:
Isn't that impossible without flash mode?
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Just wondering are u new to flashing custom roms on x10?
i.e. do u understand what flash mode is?
Sorry to sound patronising.
Also have u actually tried using flashtool? Or better Sony Ericsson update service?
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Does the screen light up at all when you put in a battery? If it lights up slightly but still is "black screen" then try this to get into flash mode: remove battery, insert usb, hold back button and keep holding while you replace the battery.
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are you sure the batteries have a decent charge?
Im not new, and yes I know what flash mode is, no its all black screen, the batteries are either low or dead, either way the phone won't offline charge
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Im not new, and yes I know what flash mode is, no its all black screen, the batteries are either low or dead, either way the phone won't offline charge
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try leaving it plugged in for a little bit with the battery in anyway, an hour or so. If you're on a custom rom it might still charge enough to get it into flash mode
ive been trying, its like it doesnt have a pluse, no response to anything at all!! I'm dieing right now because I need to flash a rogers ROM on it and its kapput, it's so weird. Why me..
egyptshun said:
ive been trying, its like it doesnt have a pluse, no response to anything at all!! I'm dieing right now because I need to flash a rogers ROM on it and its kapput, it's so weird. Why me..
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seriously plug it in with the battery in and leave it alone for a while...
I know it's tempting to keep trying, but you'll just drive yourself batty. Best to leave it alone take a breather for an hour, go have a beer and hopefully by the time you get back it will be responsive
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ive been trying, its like it doesnt have a pluse, no response to anything at all!! I'm dieing right now because I need to flash a rogers ROM on it and its kapput, it's so weird. Why me..
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its probably your motherboard that has burned up so if you can't get three phone in flash mode you are kind of screwed right know and the only option you have is to send it for repair and hope for the best.
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Xperia84 said:
its probably your motherboard that has burned up so if you can't get three phone in flash mode you are kind of screwed right know and the only option you have is to send it for repair and hope for the best.
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not really, if both batteries are dead it could easily be just that....
find an external charger or a friend with an extra x10 and try charging the batteries before trying!
Xstatique said:
not really, if both batteries are dead it could easily be just that....
find an external charger or a friend with an extra x10 and try charging the batteries before trying!
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or that the reason is that the battery seems to be dead because there motherboard is broken.
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or that the reason is that the battery seems to be dead because there motherboard is broken.
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all I'm saying is give it a shot before you send it away, worth trying to charge the batteries before going through all that trouble
try going in store to see if they might have an extra battery you can try, etc...
its been 5 hours
I think its motherboard, im sending it in with gingerbread... I hope its so messed they cant see gingerbread, I have less the minimum wadge so I'm ****ed if they findout... good bye mini laptop, ill miss you
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I think its motherboard, im sending it in with gingerbread... I hope its so messed they cant see gingerbread, I have less the minimum wadge so I'm ****ed if they findout... good bye mini laptop, ill miss you
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Have u actually tried what Xstatique told u or have u just been sitting there crying and going hysterical?
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I hear you can take the back cover off pull the battery and plug in the charger and you might get a light on the phone after a minute or two then with it still plugged in push the battery back and let sit over night.
You can also try this after 5 minutes with no light and leave overnight as I read a few places it allows the battery to charge
yes, if you take out the battery, then plug the phone into a *WALL* charger *NOT COMPUTER USB PORT* the green led should light up. when its green, try inserting the battery, then leave it alone for a while and see if it starts to charge.
good luck
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Phone isn't responsive, I have 2 batteries, both wont work, it has a custom kernel running gingerbread, it wont go into flash mode, help help help please!! phone wont vibrate to turn on, screen wont show, I'm almost crying here, I will cry if it doesnt turn on by tonight help help help!!! pleaseeeeeee!!! WHAT CAN I DO?
I would send it to rogers if it didn't have the free xperia stuff on it... I'm at wits end... I just started to cry...
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I had exactly the same situation, zero battery and also feared that I lose my X10. What do I did?
1) Downloaded X10a_2.1update1_r2.1.A.0.435_Generic.ftf (and put it in the proper FlashTool folder).
2) Removed the battery for 1 minute, put the battery in the mobile again but don't powered the mobile on and also don't used the USB cable.
3) Started Flashtool and choosed to flash the file, and only connected the USB cable while pressing the "Back" button. When it ended flash, disconected the cable and... voila! It was working OK again. After that I installed my fave-super-complete WB ROM again.
So, why I'm being sooo detailed if you aren't n00b? Because when stressed, we sometimes forget something.
Hope the Stock 2.1 ROM in FlashTool helps you like it helped me.
Hi all,
yesterday I used an emergency method for the second time which saved my phone even when SEUS doesn't respond. Please note:
1. This is an emergency method, if ALL other methods fail. If you are not comfortable with this, then don't do it.
2. I don't know if this works for the new Mini or either Pros.
3. You can damage your phone if you do this incorrectly, so take care, and you do this at your own risk.
4. If you are still in warranty, this can void your warranty if they detect what you've done.
5. If you're VERY new to all this phone modification stuff, you probably shouldn't do this. But, if you are new and all other methods don't work, then you can try this if you don't want to/can't afford to send away to repair.
Still in trouble? This is ESPECIALLY useful if your phone won't switch on, SEUS won't detect it and charging doesn't show LED. Do this:
1. Take off the back cover.
2. To the left of the camer lens is a rubber part covering the phone. At first, it looks like it won't move, but use something small and thin (like a pin or tack) to gently lift that up, and take it away. You need this so keep it.
3. Inside you will see a small white connector. This connects the battery to the rest of the phone. Use a tack or pin to gently pull back on the white part. When it does get loose, lift up.
4. After a few seconds, put that white connector back. I do it by laying it down and pushing in with the pin/tack, and push down. You must hear it click. Be very, very careful with this, it's delicate!
5. Put back the rubber connector and case.
Try switch on your phone now. Twice, this has helped me when ALL else failed...
**When you take off the rubber cover to the left of the lens, you will see this white tab as you can see in this picture. You use a pin/tack to drag that back, then press down again and push it into the phone to reconnect. This resets it.**
I have used this on the 2010 Mini, and I don't know about the 2011 Mini or either pros...
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Hi all,
yesterday I used an emergency method for the second time which saved my phone even when SEUS doesn't respond. Please note:
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Try switch on your phone now. Twice, this has helped me when ALL else failed...
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can i add a link to this in my FAQ?
Thanks for the recovery solution!
Will check this method if my mini dont respond in future
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matmutant said:
can i add a link to this in my FAQ?
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Sure!
Honestly, this method has worked twice now (only needed it twice) and if the phone doesn't switch on, PC/laptop/SEUS don't detect it/no LED or anything...this STILL works...! It's a kind of hard reset we need, if soft reset (home and power) don't work.
can anyone confirm whether this works on the pro yet ?
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can anyone confirm whether this works on the pro yet ?
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If I understand it, this disconnects the battery from the phone. On the mini-pro you can just pull the battery.
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Yes, that's right ^^ on the Mini of 2010 you cannot disconnect the battery like normal. This is how you can do it, and it really does fix many of the worst kinds of problems...it re-starts the connection of the phone.
Still not working ;(
i tried this method twice, and nothing happened...
my phone was working fine yesterday, woke up, found it turned off.
i tried to charge it, and it showed no signs of charging, no LED lights, no heat, nothing.
i tried to restart it using the power+home+back buttons, i tried to get it on flash mode, nothing worked.
its still off and NOT charging even though its been connected to the charger for like 2 hrs
anymore ideas?
Hi buddy.
There's something different with these smartphones. This happened to my Mini also. I contacted Sony Eric. and they said make sure your battery doesn't die completely. You must leave it charging in the wall for about 2 hours and wait for an LED (green) to show. If that doesn't work, then I'd try SEUS and repair the phone. If that doesn't work, then I'd try this solution. It really should be the LAST thing you do - if you're not very familiar with this you can break it.
And you tried this method and it did nothing? Really? You disconnected the white wire, waited 10 seconds and reconnected? Then I'd try charging for 2 hours WITHOUT trying to turn it on.
help me plzzzzzzzzzz
Hi!
can anyone help me!
i treied to root my x10 mini pro and something fail
Idont know what happen but i fowlloed the guid but i know that was my wrong i dont know what happend.
My x10 mini pro are breaked now when i try to turn it on it came just SONEY ERICSSON just it, itreied to uppdate by pc.companion but i could not uppdate it becuse the program didnot finde the device.
Can someone help me please.
Tanks!
That is common and you should be able to fix it. If all you did was try to root it, I'm not quite sure what failed. This happens sometimes if you try to put a new operating system (ROM) on the device but something goes wrong.
And PC companion doesn't detect your device?
If not...there is another Sony Ericsson program called SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Companion). Use that instead and tell it to repair your phone. To do so, you connect your phone to the PC, press the power button at the top of the phone AND the middle (menu) button on the front together...then your phone resets. If you have SEUS ready, it will connect your phone, your phone won't boot, SEUS will repair it. The light at the top of the phone will be green if this is working correctly.
Hi, i just bought bricked x10 mini for 20 bucks. I has no sign of life, no led indicator, etc. It's not detected by seus. I also disassembly it to check physical damage( i didn't find any damages).
Phone just won't turn on. Lets check if 2hours charging is working for my case.
Yes, try the charging thing. Sony Ericsson told me to do this by email. I had no idea that smartphones worked like that, but yes. It could have life but not show for 2 hours of charging. (They said DON'T try to turn on the phone while it's trying to charge in this case).
If none of that works then try more extreme methods, like the one I mention with the white cable.
Good luck!
still no luck with charging solution. actualy i've disassembly it so practically i have done your solution. i will go check more deeper about the problem. the worst case is IC failure.
Thank you for the tip phoneyericsson!
I didn't find it hard to do -- I pulled off the ruber thing with a nail, and tweaked out the plug with some small scissors.
I was stuck at the SE logo, and couldn't turn of my phone or enter CWR. I wanted to set it back to standard using SEUS. Instead of using the method mentioned in option 2 here, I simply pulled the white plug to the battery, which turned of the phone. Then I inserted it again and the phone stayed off. Then I simply did as SEUS asked, and now I'm back running, ready to get CMmini on my device again!
That's great to hear! ^^
Hey everybody,
Recently, I got a bricked Samsung Galaxy S2 (I9100 - International) from my brother. He told me that it suddenly began rebooting randomly, when writing SMS or browsing the web, and after some time, it could not boot into android OS (stock ICS). He has not flashed or did anything unusual to his phone, it seems that the phone bricked out of the blue.
As mentioned earlier, I cannot boot into android. The phone reboots itself as soon as Samsung Galaxy logo appears. On the other side, I can boot into the Odin-mode (Download-mode) and recovery. The weird thing is that I can only access recovery and Odin-mode when the phone is connected via USB.
Odin-mode works without a hitch. Although in the recovery mode, the phone reboots itself randomly (sometimes after 2 seconds or even 10 seconds). Therefore the only way, I can install or do something with my phone is via Odin.
I have tried replacing stock recovery (the one that comes with ICS) with CWM recovery (varying from v4 to v6) without any luck (CWM also rebooted randomly). Afterwards, I have tried following this guide "Fix an unflashable or soft bricked GSII":
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
I have succesfully managed to carry out everything in this guide (first with "ICS version" and afterwards with "Gingerbread version"). But the problem remains unsolved. The phone still cannot manage to boot up before it restarts and recovery reboots randomly. Do you have any suggestions what to do (without throwing the phone out )?
Thanks in advance
Go to download mode and flash stock 4.1.2 from sammobile.
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Go to download mode and flash stock 4.1.2 from sammobile.
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Thanks for your quick response . I tried it without any luck. I was thinking: Could a faulty battery be causing all this? (even though when connected to USB the symbol shows that it is 100 % full)
Does it work ok with charger plunged in? How old is the phone/battery
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Does it work ok with charger plunged in? How old is the phone/battery
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With the charger plugged in, I can only access Odin-mode and partially recovery mode (because the phone begins randomly to reboot). The phone cannot boot into the normal Android OS, since as mentioned earlier, it reboots as soon as Galaxy logo appears.
Without the charger plugged in, the phone is completely dead. I can then access neither Odin-mode nor Recovery.
The phone is app. 1 and a half year old, while the battery has been replaced by warranty about 6 months ago (The warranty has recently expired).
Can you get a battery with out buying one? Test it with new battery. Has it bin dropped or water damage?
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Can you get a battery with out buying one? Test it with new battery. Has it bin dropped or water damage?
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The phone has some minor screen cracks on the side, but they appeared long time ago (almost just after my brother bought it) and the phone has fully functioned until a couple of weeks ago.
Talking of the battery, I could eventually try ordering a replacement battery from ebay. But I would only receive it in about 2 weeks.
Do you have any other tricks left up your sleeve? Or should I just go and order a new battery?
Can you flash in with odin? Thinking about it if it crashes half way thought then its definitely dead. Will it stay on if you put it in download mode or does it switch off
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Its Definately a Hardware Problem
As You Said Captain :
Your Phone is-
1/2yrs old (Not Bad)
6 Months old Battery (Warranty)
Completely Dead without Charger (Not Sure About this... it can be a [Battery] or a [Mother Board] issue)
Screen Cracks (Signifies that the phone has been dropped several times and might have damaged the interior parts)
Boots again and again (Must be because the phone has lost some registry files for Boot or this might be a Hardware issue)
Cannot Boot into Android (Definately a Mother Board issue or can even be a fault in software)
If you take a look at all this... this is really very excessive. The phone is in a really bad taste (as all its hardware might be damaged inside) ... If you have tried everything at your level best to change the software, and it dint work. Then this is surely a Hardware problem. Check your Hardware, Mainly the Battery (Even if you got it 6 months before) & the Mother Board. You will definately find a problem in any of these Hardwares inside.
Regards
andrewwright said:
Can you flash in with odin? Thinking about it if it crashes half way thought then its definitely dead. Will it stay on if you put it in download mode or does it switch off
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The phone does not crash/reboot, when it is put in download mode. The download mode functions normally. I can flash the phone without a hitch. :fingers-crossed:
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If you take a look at all this... this is really very excessive. The phone is in a really bad taste (as all its hardware might be damaged inside) ... If you have tried everything at your level best to change the software, and it dint work. Then this is surely a Hardware problem. Check your Hardware, Mainly the Battery (Even if you got it 6 months before) & the Mother Board. You will definately find a problem in any of these Hardwares inside.
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Well, I hope it is a minor problem or something with the battery, or else I would need to spend all my life savings in order to buy a new motherboard (It sucks to live on student grants)
Flash with odin. Keep trying if it holds power. May be a faulty recovery making it reboot.
Try changing Software Before doing any Hardware Changes
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The phone does not crash/reboot, when it is put in download mode. The download mode functions normally. I can flash the phone without a hitch. :fingers-crossed:
Well, I hope it is a minor problem or something with the battery, or else I would need to spend all my life savings in order to buy a new motherboard (It sucks to live on student grants)
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hmm... So i guess its better you first try changing the software (as download mode runs well). If everything you tried fails... Then you better change the Hardware (I recommend)
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Yer I guess so
I know, I know, another bootloop thread. I've been reading dozens of them and I can't find my problem, please forgive me.
My wife's phone was stolen, and so we bought a used one from a stranger after seeing a listing on a local sales site (gumtree). Bad call - they demo'd it for us, but we didn't power it off and on before buying. After parting with cash, we find the phone won't boot unless it's plugged in to AC power (and not USB). All it does is loop grey/green battery logos over and over. Sometimes vibrating, sometimes not, but it would never break the loop, except to enter download mode, unless I connected it to AC power.
If I did boot it, I couldn't do some stuff, like enable USB debugging - it flat out wouldn't allow me to check that box. So I checked the kernel, and it seemed to have a weird kernel installed, so I thought it was time to just re-flash with the official firmware.
Well, first I wanted to try SlimROM, but I couldn't get to CWM Recovery (which was already installed) reliably, and on the rare instance where I could get it to come up, I couldn't navigate to extSD where the slim files were, nor mount USB storage (the PC wouldn't recognize it).
So I decided to try and re-flash to stock, using ODIN and the official samsung FW that worked well on my own GS2. This worked, after a fashion - I could get it to boot if I applied AC power, but things were badly broken. It'd reboot a minute or two after the setup began, and so I was forced to suspect either hardware failure or something that survived a complete wipe and flash.
So I thought kernel. The only one I had lying around that I knew worked was an old jeboo kernel. I flashed it with ODIN, and presto - it worked! The thing booted and stayed stable.
But I still have that accursed battery loop when the phone's off, the battery needs to be yanked to keep it actually powered down. And there are other bugs, like the screen comes on after you turn it off with the power button. Just once, but now it can't be powered down and ignored - you turn the screen off and wait to see if it comes back on and do it again.
And it's confused about charging - this morning it reported the AC adaptor was a USB charger, and this evening it thinks both USB and the AC adaptor are both AC (in the battery info settings screen).
And the only way to get it to boot reliably now is to remove the battery and plug it back in, at which point it boots as normal.
So, after all that long winded four-hours-of-tears-and-anger story, my question is this: What's the battery boot loop all about? Why does the screen flicker constantly when it's charging via AC? Why does it take -twenty seconds- to recognize it has been plugged in to power?
I can't install CWM, it won't enter recovery or boot successfully (no loop, just hangs on the yellow triangle screen). Before I start randomly applying new ROMs via odin, I'd like to find out more about my problem.
Please, can anyone shed light on this? I thought I knew what I was doing but I'm coming up empty here.
Sounds like the USB board/port (tho it might be worse than that; this is what I'd replace first). Relatively cheap/easy to replace; but you do need to check which board is currently in the phone & ensure you get the exact same as a replacement - there's 4 different boards, get the wrong one & you won't fix the problem/waste time & money.
Search for similar threads, there have been detailed threads in Q&A over the past few mths, those threads should have the info you need.
There's also a chance it might be as simple as the battery on the fritz, if you're able, try another one.
But definitely sounds like the USB board (hopefully for you) to me
Thanks for the suggestion. Certainly the flickering while charging issue and the delay to recognize the charger being plugged in point towards a USB board issue, but what I can't figure is the reluctance of the unit to boot without changing the kernel. Wouldn't the stock ROM via ODIN have included the stock kernel? Why does CWM cause the unit to lock up during boot?
Last night the thing stopped flickering on AC and recognized the charger cable instantly - is this a self-calibrating feature? (My research of a thousand similar threads seems to suggest a lot of battery issues correct themselves). For the record, the phone did come with a second 3rd-party battery, but neither it nor my own original GS2 battery make any difference.
So... Yeah, I'm still not sure if this is a hardware problem, software problem, or both.
Also last night I followed a suggestion from another thread and loaded up touchwiz, changed the screen timeout and switched back to apex launcher, and the screen started shutting off as desired. This morning it doesn't work anymore, and the phone is frequently found with the screen turned on. =/
Ok so by flashing full stock rom that practically eliminates the software side of things. Now do what mistahbungle said. My money is also on the usb board. I had to replace mine recently. Click the link on my signature, from there you can get onto a guide by keithross39 on how to DIY if you choose.
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'practically eliminates' indeed. I still can't work out why I had to flash a new kernel to get it to boot. =/
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'practically eliminates' indeed. I still can't work out why I had to flash a new kernel to get it to boot. =/
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Do you want help, or do you want to continue doing what you think will fix the problem? If you're having the same issues on full stock, it indicates hardware issue. The software won't work unless the hardware is functioning correctly. Let me think, what did MistahBungle say was the problem? Oh that's right. The USB board. Hardware.
Oh, sorry, I thought we were having a conversation. Should I not talk until I get the replacement part?
I'm not disagreeing, I'm fully prepared to accept the USB board is part or all of the problem, but I still wonder why etc etc.
OK....so....firstly, flashing a standard single file firmware won't fully wipe the previous software.....all it does is overwrite what it needs to (leaving who knows what untouched). The easiest way to regain a 'clean slate' is to flash a 3 part test firmware which DOES complete a full wipe during the flash..... @Hopper8 s guide provides a link to this test firmware and full instructions as to how to install it.
Secondly.....hardware faults can/do cause unexpected operational issues......some of the issues you describe were appearing on my wife's S2 before I replaced the USB board on her phone (they disappeared afterwards). As @Hopper8 has mentioned, his guide includes a link to my guide concerning the replacement of this part. I personally would hold off doing any more Odin flashes until you have replaced the board......if the USB port fails during a flash (because of a faulty board) you'll end up in a 'whole world of hurt' that will be infinitely worse than it is now.......
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Thanks to both of you for the responses. I've taken the phone to a repair shop and they swapped out the USB board to no avail. =/
Given what you've already spent on it (cost of phone + replace USB board), if I were in your situaton, I'd be cutting my losses & put it down to experience rather than replacing the motherboard (with a 2nd hand board from a 'donor' phone), whilst that's nowhere near as expensive as paying a service centre to put a new board in, it's still likely to cost you >AUD$100. If you can get one for a lot cheaper than that, maybe it would be worthwhile.
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Thanks to both of you for the responses. I've taken the phone to a repair shop and they swapped out the USB board to no avail. =/
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Or...as first measurement, you clean the pins briefly and bend the holder slightly back to the center.
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By 'holder' do you mean the USB port, or the connection inside the phone between the USB board and main board?
It's not a physical problem, at least in the USB port... I mean, we put a new one in it and nothing changed.
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By 'holder' do you mean the USB port, or the connection inside the phone between the USB board and main board?
It's not a physical problem, at least in the USB port... I mean, we put a new one in it and nothing changed.
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Ah the usb board had already been replaced? Okay then forget about my proposal, sorry.
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So the next step is either a motheboard replacement or the bin.
I realise this isn't what you want to hear, but think logically about it...You bought a 2nd hand phone from someone you don't know/had no idea what they'd put the phone through before you bought it, it crapped itself shortly after, giving no indications whatsoever the problems are firmware/software related, and showing a number of symptoms which indicate something major is wrong hardware-wise.
You tried the cheap/obvious & that didn't work, one way or another you need to bite the bullet (both options involve you spending a not insignificant amount of money in all likelihood, unless you can score a donor phone cheap).
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So the next step is either a motheboard replacement or the bin.
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Way ahead of you. Ordered a new (NEW this time) phone. Will be selling the S2 to the next guy, along with the caveat "Sometimes the screen comes on." Will lose a few bucks, but it'll go into the old logbook of lessons well and truly learned. ^_^
Thanks for your help.
Hey XDA,
tried to flash the 17.1.1.A.0.402 FTF on my unlocked SGP511 Z2 tablet and something must've gone terribly wrong. Flashing seemed successful, but it won't switch on anymore, I can't enter Fastboot mode, I can't enter Flashmode and the recharge LED isn't on anymore when I connect it to the charger.
This is the first time something like that happened to me, I had several Nexus devices (and two G1s) before, flashed custom ROMs countless times, but I never managed to get one of them into a state of complete unresponsiveness.
Is there any way to unbrick my tablet?
EDIT: just to clear that up, holding Volume up and power doesn't do anything, so does holding Volume down while connecting it to the PC.
Almost Same problem with me..
Cant get in to the OS no more after installing CWM
qrn said:
Hey XDA,
tried to flash the 17.1.1.A.0.402 FTF on my unlocked SGP511 Z2 tablet and something must've gone terribly wrong. Flashing seemed successful, but it won't switch on anymore, I can't enter Fastboot mode, I can't enter Flashmode and the recharge LED isn't on anymore when I connect it to the charger.
This is the first time something like that happened to me, I had several Nexus devices (and two G1s) before, flashed custom ROMs countless times, but I never managed to get one of them into a state of complete unresponsiveness.
Is there any way to unbrick my tablet?
EDIT: just to clear that up, holding Volume up and power doesn't do anything, so does holding Volume down while connecting it to the PC.
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I've had a similar issues with bad flashes before.
Is it possible you flashed an LTE fw to a wifi only tablet?
I got round it by setting flashtool to be waiting for the device in flashmode (with the picture saying hold the back button and plug in) and then with the tablet repeatedly pressing the power and volume up, waiting for the reboot and quickly plugging in with the volume down until the device was recognised.
It appeared to me to be a timing issue ie. catching the plug before the OS started loading but after the device had started the reset mode.
I know you said the power + vol up doesn't respond for you, this may be due to the battery draining so much that it simply cannot power up anymore. I would suggest plugging it into the wall (not a usb port of a PC) for a few hours first (even if the LED doesn't light up it doesn't hurt to try to trickle some power in and eliminate that from the possible causes).
Basically, keep trying flashtool and trying to reflash your ftf. It might help to redownload it too or double check the md5.
Also, I haven't tried it, but I read somewhere that the red switch under the SIM/SD flap is a hard reset button that does the same as the power + vol up.
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I've had a similar issues with bad flashes before.
Is it possible you flashed an LTE fw to a wifi only tablet?
I got round it by setting flashtool to be waiting for the device in flashmode (with the picture saying hold the back button and plug in) and then with the tablet repeatedly pressing the power and volume up, waiting for the reboot and quickly plugging in with the volume down until the device was recognised.
It appeared to me to be a timing issue ie. catching the plug before the OS started loading but after the device had started the reset mode.
I know you said the power + vol up doesn't respond for you, this may be due to the battery draining so much that it simply cannot power up anymore. I would suggest plugging it into the wall (not a usb port of a PC) for a few hours first (even if the LED doesn't light up it doesn't hurt to try to trickle some power in and eliminate that from the possible causes).
Basically, keep trying flashtool and trying to reflash your ftf. It might help to redownload it too or double check the md5.
Also, I haven't tried it, but I read somewhere that the red switch under the SIM/SD flap is a hard reset button that does the same as the power + vol up.
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Thanks a ton for the help, I definitely flashed the correct FTF, that was actually my second flash and it worked with the same files half an hour before. I also tried all combinations of Flashtool in flashmode, power/volume/power off button/USB cable I could think of repeatedly already, to non-avail.
I'm currently settling with the fact that I somehow managed to hard-brick my tablet and that I have to face the cost to send it in to Sony for repairs.
Most probably you didn't hard brick your tablet.
That is very difficult and unlikely.
Most probably you just didn't do the steps for reanimating the device right.
Hard reset (Vol Up + Power). Then, while holding Vol Down, plug in the USB cable which is connected to your PC. (Do you have the drivers for the tablet installed on the PC?) This should make the LED go blue. (=Flashmode.) Then you can flash a FTF (take the right one for your model!) with Flashtool (not the Sony one, but the xda one with the same name).
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Most probably you didn't hard brick your tablet.
That is very difficult and unlikely.
Most probably you just didn't do the steps for reanimating the device right.
Hard reset (Vol Up + Power). Then, while holding Vol Down, plug in the USB cable which is connected to your PC. (Do you have the drivers for the tablet installed on the PC?) This should make the LED go blue. (=Flashmode.) Then you can flash a FTF (take the right one for your model!) with Flashtool (not the Sony one, but the xda one with the same name).
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Thanks a lot for your help, but unfortunately the tablet doesn't react to anything anymore. Before e.g. the LED lit up when the tablet was charging, that doesn't happen anymore. Hard Reset usually made the tablet vibrate, doesn't happen anymore, either. Same for Fastboot mode. Flashmode doesn't do anything to the LED and FlashTool doesn't recognize it anymore, too, when I boot it with Vol down pressed. I've done all that countless times over the past week and nothing works. I know that manufacturers make it pretty hard for their devices to hard-brick, but this time I'm completely at a loss, there's nothing I've not tried so far.
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Thanks a ton for the help, I definitely flashed the correct FTF, that was actually my second flash and it worked with the same files half an hour before. I also tried all combinations of Flashtool in flashmode, power/volume/power off button/USB cable I could think of repeatedly already, to non-avail.
I'm currently settling with the fact that I somehow managed to hard-brick my tablet and that I have to face the cost to send it in to Sony for repairs.
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After you feel you bicked it, was the device still vibrting when hard resetting? If it was and now ot isn't then you've probably just deadened the battery by asking. Iitt to repeatedly reboot.
Try leavingg. Itt plugged in to a wall forr a few hours and every oncee in a while try the hard reset again to see if it starts to respond.
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After you feel you bicked it, was the device still vibrting when hard resetting? If it was and now ot isn't then you've probably just deadened the battery by asking. Iitt to repeatedly reboot.
Try leavingg. Itt plugged in to a wall forr a few hours and every oncee in a while try the hard reset again to see if it starts to respond.
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Unfortunately I have tried that already, too. It doesn't seem to charge anymore (LED doesn't go on), no matter how long it's connected to the charger. I also tried charging it with a couple different chargers besides the original one already, that's also not the issue. It was completely unresponsive as soon as the FTF flash was finished.
Unless there's an "undocumented" alternative flash mode (JTAG pins? NAND chips exposed somewhere on the board? But how would you open the tablet, anyways?) there's nothing I can do. I've sent an Email to Sony mobile support already, I hope they'll answer with an andress where I can send it to, soon.
I yesterday overcame an issue where I couldn't enter flashmode by using PC Companion and using the repair software feature, but PC Companion needs to recognise your device first so I guess it is out of the question. Nonetheless, I think anything is worth a try.
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I yesterday overcame an issue where I couldn't enter flashmode by using PC Companion and using the repair software feature, but PC Companion needs to recognise your device first so I guess it is out of the question. Nonetheless, I think anything is worth a try.
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No dice, unfortunately. :/
To add insult to injury Sony Mobile refuses to repair my device, at least the hotline guy told me so - even though I explicitly told him I'm willing to pay for it, since there's no warranty due to the unlocked bootloader. Anyone has any experience with that or knows whom to mail in such a case?
qrn said:
No dice, unfortunately. :/
To add insult to injury Sony Mobile refuses to repair my device, at least the hotline guy told me so - even though I explicitly told him I'm willing to pay for it, since there's no warranty due to the unlocked bootloader. Anyone has any experience with that or knows whom to mail in such a case?
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Unfortunately not.
You could try and PM some of the respected devs around here for advice on last resort recovery from bricking. DoomLoRD and maybe Jerpelea (aka FXP who now works for Sony) come to mind.
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Unfortunately not.
You could try and PM some of the respected devs around here for advice on last resort recovery from bricking. DoomLoRD and maybe Jerpelea (aka FXP who now works for Sony) come to mind.
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Thanks for all the help, I finally decided to sell the defective tablet at Ebay (correctly marking it, of course - I hope some repair shop buys it for parts) and bought me a new one. Owning two Z2 tablets right now, feels a bit strange.
Same happened to me today, nothing helped. Going to send it to Sony for repair
qrn said:
Thanks for all the help, I finally decided to sell the defective tablet at Ebay (correctly marking it, of course - I hope some repair shop buys it for parts) and bought me a new one. Owning two Z2 tablets right now, feels a bit strange.
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After reading over your posts, I think that was a good choice to sell on ebay. However, Patience in keeping it on a charger for many many days (i put an hp touchpad 3g with the same issue on for a week before it finally gave response) could have fixed it... A tablet with no response like yours usually will still get a trickle charge over time and in turn revokes a response. Hard bricking a tablet is always misconstrued when in reality it was a soft brick, even in your case.
Anyways good luck with the new one!
The same thing just happened to me last night. It's pretty ridiculous how it happened to. I originally got the tablet a few months ago and rooted it with CWM via Doomlords method. Was working fine for a while. No issues, not using it for anything in particular but regular media. I do believe I restarted the device a few times before this as well. So I was maybe going to start getting more into modding especially since CM11 finally has builds for the Z2. I powered the tablet down, tried to go into CWM recovery (just to make sure it was still there) by pressing volume and power buttons, the thing then just vibrated and flashed a couple different LED colors before dying. That was it, the thing was utterly dead. I've tried all kinds of combinations of the buttons, going into fastboot with a USB connected to the same PC I used to flash/recover it before, charged it for well over 8 hours. Nothing....
I'm a bit of a fighter though. I specifically remember a friends xperia z (phone) dying and showing no life and then just reviving with no noted fix. I'm going to try the constant charge method for a while. I'll likely update with any luck.
Edit: No progress, I called Sony and just played a little dumb. Will be sending it to them soon. I think I may have an actual hardware problem. This happened without any recent flashing/major changes and I can't even get any kind of signs of life in recovery.
Hello guys, same problem here.
Flashed my tablet with a .402 ftf file everything went well. I played with the tablet for 4 hours. After that I tried to flash it again, the flash was successful, I booted at least three times on the tablet. Then it just went off and now I have nothing. No LED when pluging to a wall, it's no recognized by my computer.
I was thinking about dismanteling it, unplug the battery and try to boot it on again. Has anyone tried to do this before?
Also if you have any clue to dismantle feel free to give it to me.
I'll keep you in touch
Syol said:
Hello guys, same problem here.
Flashed my tablet with a .402 ftf file everything went well. I played with the tablet for 4 hours. After that I tried to flash it again, the flash was successful, I booted at least three times on the tablet. Then it just went off and now I have nothing. No LED when pluging to a wall, it's no recognized by my computer.
I was thinking about dismanteling it, unplug the battery and try to boot it on again. Has anyone tried to do this before?
Also if you have any clue to dismantle feel free to give it to me.
I'll keep you in touch
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Sounds a bit like my symptoms. I also flashed a .402, first flash worked and booted perfectly fine, till I decided to flash it again, then everything went off and the whole unit was dead. Problem is, I don't remember flash tool displaying an error, but I also didn't look for one, that's why the only explanation I have is a faulty USB cable. Maybe it's a faulty image? Do you remember where you downloaded that .402 image?
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Sounds a bit like my symptoms. I also flashed a .402, first flash worked and booted perfectly fine, till I decided to flash it again, then everything went off and the whole unit was dead. Problem is, I don't remember flash tool displaying an error, but I also didn't look for one, that's why the only explanation I have is a faulty USB cable. Maybe it's a faulty image? Do you remember where you downloaded that .402 image?
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Yes, I downloaded it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2765250
I'm 100% sure that the flash worked the first time with this image. I haven't modified the ftf file and when I tried to flash it again as I said it went off but not instantly. I was also working on the kernel when it crashed but I don't think I bricked it because it should do something: boot loop or at least the led turning red when plug-in it to a charger.
I bricked tablets before and I know the symptoms, but just having a dead device like this is totally new. And really anoying...
Sony just told me to return it to them.
Syol said:
Yes, I downloaded it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2765250
I'm 100% sure that the flash worked the first time with this image. I haven't modified the ftf file and when I tried to flash it again as I said it went off but not instantly. I was also working on the kernel when it crashed but I don't think I bricked it because it should do something: boot loop or at least the led turning red when plug-in it to a charger.
I bricked tablets before and I know the symptoms, but just having a dead device like this is totally new. And really anoying...
Sony just told me to return it to them.
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Good for you, I hope they'll repair it. I wrote off my ~260 EUR loss already (broken tablet fetched 220 EUR on Ebay).
I'll have a look if that's the same image I flashed in my lunch break.
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Good for you, I hope they'll repair it. I wrote off my ~260 EUR loss already (broken tablet fetched 220 EUR on Ebay).
I'll have a look if that's the same image I flashed in my lunch break.
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I don't think they'll repair it since I've unlocked the bootloader and rooted it :/ but anyway it's broken so it worth a try. If they return it to me I'll just try to dismantle it and see what's going on.
Good luck with your tablet :/