Trying to access flash mode to flash a working firmware. Phone will only blink red/green for a half second before shutting off. Cannot access the phone via flash mode to flash using flashtool. When I connect the USB cable holding the Vol up button the light turns blue and remains blue until I unplug. Am I missing something here?
Volume up gets you into fastboot mode, with the blue light. That's what you are getting. Volume down while plugging is how you get to flash mode. There will be no light, but you should hear or see a notification on your PC when it is recognized, if you have drivers installed.
Also be sure that you first choose the firmware and wait for flashtool to prepare it for flashing and then connect the phone with vol down, otherwise it will not work.
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I just had my first scare with the Xperia Mini...it constantly rebooted without getting past the SE logo, SEUS, PC Companion and the flashtool did NOT detect the phone....
so what I did was...take out the battery for about 1 minute. Make sure the phone is not connected to a pc/electricity and press the power button a few times, without the batter in. Now put the batter back in and connect the USB holding EITHER the top or bottom volume button, depending on whether you want fastboot mode for kernels or CWM for restoring...
Good luck!
Probably a faulty or wrong kernel I think...
phoneyericsson said:
I just had my first scare with the Xperia Mini...it constantly rebooted without getting past the SE logo, SEUS, PC Companion and the flashtool did NOT detect the phone....
so what I did was...take out the battery for about 1 minute. Make sure the phone is not connected to a pc/electricity and press the power button a few times, without the batter in. Now put the batter back in and connect the USB holding EITHER the top or bottom volume button, depending on whether you want fastboot mode for kernels or CWM for restoring...
Good luck!
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Volume UP button enters fastboot.
Volume DOWN button enters flashmode.
Just turn off phone, click one of these buttons and connect USB cable. These been always so.
Reason for rebooting might be either custom ROM without custom kernel or faulty kernel.
Exactly.
And I will add this other:
You must press the right button when Blue notification LED on left corner will come up during booting, next you will have this 2 conditions:
Blue > Fastboot
Green > Download mode (Flashmode)
Hi All,
Actually, i was trying to update my xperia s firmware from .67 to .73 by using flashtool but after i connected my phone to the computer in flashmode (green led), the green led just stayed for about 10 seconds and then turn to red led and out of the flash mode automatically. And in Flashtool, it said device disconnected so the flash process was stopped immediately. I dont know what is wrong with my phone. Please help!!!!!
You need to wait when you press the flash button till you see a message telling you to connect the phone.
After thay connect your phone by pressing vol down+ plug the cable.
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gm007 said:
You need to wait when you press the flash button till you see a message telling you to connect the phone.
After thay connect your phone by pressing vol down+ plug the cable.
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Yes, i did that. After a notification of flashtool show saying to connect phone to computer, i press vol down + plug cable, the phone showed the blue led and the flashtool show "phone connected in flashmode and "preparing to flash" but after 10 seconds, the blue led turn to red led and the phone is out of flash mode so flashtool stopped the process. thats so weird...
You need to press volume down not up and will be green led not blue.
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jimnguyen87 said:
Yes, i did that. After a notification of flashtool show saying to connect phone to computer, i press vol down + plug cable, the phone showed the blue led and the flashtool show "phone connected in flashmode and "preparing to flash" but after 10 seconds, the blue led turn to red led and the phone is out of flash mode so flashtool stopped the process. thats so weird...
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try installing the drivers from directory of flashtool installation
for eg, for me c/flashtool/drivers/flashtool-drivers.exe
install the exe file select all the drivers and then try to enter in flasmode
i want to enter fastboot mode to unlock bootloader
but i press volume + and plugin usb,it won't blink blue led,it blink green and orange,and nothing happened
help.....
and another problem,isn't you can't unlock bootloader when you already rooted
beucase i success for using boot manager to enter fastboot mode, it blink blue led
The LED should be blue and that's it, so if it shows any other color when you hold VOL UP, then I have no idea what's going on, or what you've previously done to your device.
Hi
I have same problem.
no solution ? i really need this.
Use the cable that came with the phone.
rickgillyon said:
Use the cable that came with the phone.
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I used 3 cable such as my phone's original cable but not working.
It directly boot into flash mode if i press and hold volume up/down
I can flash ftf , but can't root or unlock or flash recovery
Any idea ?
I have the same problem here. When i want to unlock bootloader at the step "connect to fastboot Mode" i connect, whatever i do. My Phone boot in flashmode. I go to philz touch recovery, and reboot Phone in fastboot Mode, he is booting automaticly in flashmode. Anyone have A idea how i can fix this?
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tenkokuugen said:
i want to enter fastboot mode to unlock bootloader
but i press volume + and plugin usb,it won't blink blue led,it blink green and orange,and nothing happened
help.....
and another problem,isn't you can't unlock bootloader when you already rooted
beucase i success for using boot manager to enter fastboot mode, it blink blue led
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Do you already instal fastboot driver in your pc for your device...?
When I plug the phone into a wall charger, I don't even get the red light that says its charging. But I am able to get it into flashmode when its connected to a computer. I have already tried flashing a new .ftf file. Previously, the phone wasn't charging so I put it into fastboot mode to override the charging stuff which worked once. but now, I can't get any charge and the phone boots straight into flashmode
Try doing a full-blown "pmic oblivion" shutdown
Power button + Vol up (normally ~ 15 secs for "emergency shutdown") but keep it pressed for 45+ seconds
So in a nutshell:
Power button + Vol up (for 45+ seconds)
Then see how it behaves ...
Still doing the same thing. what does that mean?
Hello there,
first sorry for my bad English, if you cannot understand me please ask
My friend asked me to (factory) reset his M4 Aqua because it won't start anymore (boot loop).
I used the flashtool and flashed the 26.3.A.1.33 (Customized DE for E2303) with standard settings (without flashing the userdata)
It worked without problems and the phone started until it said, "Android is starting...". Some seconds later the phone rebooted and stuck at the Sony logo with a glowing red LED.
After a half an hour I put it off by pressing the power and volume up button until it vibrated three times.
I tried to put it back into flash mode but nothing happened (LED doesn't blink, PC don't recognises the phone - just nothing). Same for the bootloader.
I've read something about holding the volume buttons and the power buttons for 30 seconds to reset the phone, but it doesn't help. (Flash mode and bootloader still haven't worked)
I pressed the off button near to the sd slot for ~15 seconds and after that, I was able to put the phone into the flash mode, but the PC still doesn't recognize the phone.
After removing the USB-cable the phone doesn't exit from the flash mode, so I press the off button again until the green LED went off.
I've noticed that the bootloader works, but the bootloader is locked and I was not able to unlock it.
So by now:
The phone stuck at the Sony logo with a bright shining red LED,
flash mode doesn't work (green LED lights up, but the PC doesn't recognize it),
the bootloader is locked (but works).
Please tell me, if you know how to revive the phone.
thank you in advance
You will have to flash the firmware again with flashtool maybe try and download another ftf file from a different source and try again.
Remember to only connect your phone in fastboot mode when flashtool prompt's you and all should be good.