[Q] Xperia Play not booting only vibrating - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

OK so I have had Sony Ericsson Xperia play for about a year its been a good phone but about a month ago I started having to press the power button more than once to turn it on. From there it only got worse I started having to press it 6 or 7 times but i knew it wasn't the power button because when it was off fully and i held down the power button it would vibrate as normal but would not boot. Its got the point now that it wont boot at all and the PC wont recognize it. So when it turned on after 27 goes I tried resting it with Sony update service it completed with success and reset my phone but didn't remove the problem so I tried following a guide on how to return it to stock using flash tool once again successfully completed the reset but didn't remove the problem. I've spent hours looking for a fix and found many people with the same problem but they fixed it with a update I hope I don't need to buy a new phone I liked this one any suggestions would be helpful thank.
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I think the failture comes from an app.
an app could also be the reason for a verly long boot time.
her some info's about the save mode: androinica.com/2010/08/06/how-to-activate-android%E2%80%99s-safe-mode-to-get-out-of-a-force-close-loop/
hope this can help you with your problem.
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morgy2190 said:
https://vimeo.com/194087533 link to video showing what's happening
So my sister's samsung galaxy s6 edge is in a weird type of bootloop freezing cycle, where it won't actually turn on but it can be restarted over and over again using the buttons.
A few days ago it restarted itself and froze a few times so she used the volume up and power key to restart it and it worked so she turned it off and left it for for a few hours and it worked again until yesterday.
Yesterday it started freezing again but the volume up and power keys no longer worked for restarting so she started to use volume down and power keys and by holding them in it restarted the phone. The phone would only stay on for a few seconds and then freeze again and she would have to restart it again.
Now it's got to the point where it won't even turn on and every time it's restarted it gets stuck on the Samsung opening screen like I've shown in the video.
I know the option here is to hard reset it but she has alot of videos and photos with sentimental value, so if there's a way to back it up before hard resetting it id love it know
Can anyone offer up a solution or 6 please? Appreciate it!
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First thing... what model is i? G925? After i have this i can give you the best steps to take.
Its stuck in a bootloop and the easy fix is to boot to recovery and wipe data/cache then if not fixed flash the stock fimware. But there is a way to save the data. But i need the model.
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Hello.
First of I'm a fan of this forum for a couple of years now but never had a chance to have an account until now (Still a total newbie), anyhow I tried to fix it myself for weeks now searching and looking for almost everything I can both Google and here but no avail. desperate as I'm now I decided to start this thread.
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My goal.
I know people will tell me just be done with it and re-flashing or use a Sony PC companion. but in this phone, there's a data that hold dear to me, I know this sounds stupid in some aspects and yes it's totally my fault for not backing up some of these data and still relying on a 5-year-old phone. But I hope to fix it without losing all of these data and at least be able to access it for backing up.
More info on my phones.
None root.
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