Hello,
My tablet S shuts down for no reason. I turn it on, and after a while (the time is always different) it shuts down. Does not reboot. Just shuts down.
Sometimes it shuts down right on the unlock screen, sometimes it let's me work with it for around one minute / one minute and a half - it depends.
The strange thing is that if I delete some apps, after it shuts down and I turn it on again, the apps that I deleted are there again. I tried to reset to factory but with no sucess.
Does anyone have a similar problem, or knows why this happens. Sony did not know how to repair it, neither 3rd party houses. One of them said it was the graphic driver, but i found that strange. Could ir be?
Thanks in advance.
lipico said:
Hello,
My tablet S shuts down for no reason. I turn it on, and after a while (the time is always different) it shuts down. Does not reboot. Just shuts down.
Sometimes it shuts down right on the unlock screen, sometimes it let's me work with it for around one minute / one minute and a half - it depends.
The strange thing is that if I delete some apps, after it shuts down and I turn it on again, the apps that I deleted are there again. I tried to reset to factory but with no sucess.
Does anyone have a similar problem, or knows why this happens. Sony did not know how to repair it, neither 3rd party houses. One of them said it was the graphic driver, but i found that strange. Could ir be?
Thanks in advance.
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I have exactly the same issue, also started around mid Sept 2015. Also not possible to remove apps or do a factory reset. Tried Condi's unbricker: nothing changed. Tried AIO scripts: nothing changed. I am clueless.... If you know more about this issue, please let me know. Factory warranty has just ended and Sony is charging me 195EUR pickup & investigation cost. Ridiculous!
JPPR1980 said:
I have exactly the same issue, also started around mid Sept 2015. Also not possible to remove apps or do a factory reset. Tried Condi's unbricker: nothing changed. Tried AIO scripts: nothing changed. I am clueless.... If you know more about this issue, please let me know. Factory warranty has just ended and Sony is charging me 195EUR pickup & investigation cost. Ridiculous!
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Well, hell. Looks like we are doomed. It's really a shame because despite everything I liked the tablet and used it a lot to read e-books.
I guess all hope is lost.
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Hi. The phone application was not functioning well and the F/C dialog showed up. I powered off the phone and from that point, the phone won't turn on.
The battery was fully charged before this happened.
When I press the power button, the phone vibrates for half a second, the screen brightens up but does not show anything but a black screen.
I removed SIM and SD cards, removed the battery and performed the above steps but nothing happened.
I also tried to put on the charger to see what's going on. Once I plug the charger, the phone's screen brightens but shows only blank (even without pressing the power button)
When connected to the charger, the green light for charging is on for some minutes, then goes off automatically.
I tried to connect it to the PC, and PC Companion finds the device as usually. It even shows the dialog on the pc screen to mount the device.
I tried a hard reset, but does not work
On some point, the sony logo appeared and then a dialog saying: "sorry process system is not responding". The first time I pressed Force Close and the phone turned off. Immediately after that, the phone turned on and showed the exact message. I pressed "Wait" but nothing happened in the next 15 minutes.
I called Sony's support center and they suggested a software update. Did the process exactly as it should, but again, even after the software update the screen shows nothing but black. It is all the time brightened for some reason.
I tried to turn off the phone for some time by removing the battery, but as soon as I put the battery back on, the phone's screen brightens and stays that way forever.
The phone was functioning perfectly up until this issue. The only application I had installed apart from some games, was AWDLauncher. On the screen I had only a TASK widget and a battery status widget.
The phone is 3 months old and has been always in perfect condition.
ANY help would be appreciated!!!!
Many Thanks
Try to format phone with this method hope it should work as it seems the issue is with OS only ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717949
Many thanks for the prompt reply. I will try to do so and let you know how it goes!
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Try to format phone with this method hope it should work as it seems the issue is with OS only ..
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I tried the steps found in the link you gave me, but I couldn't go any further after step no (5) from the tutorial, as it would require to enable Debugging mode and I cannot access the OS (since the device won't turn on).
Is there a way to format all the contents of the device and have them replaced by running SEUS (as it always says that my device is up to date now)?
Was it this:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/sup.../detailed/updateservice/xperiax10?cc=gb&lc=en
That Sony Ericsson told you to do?
If not, use that.
Download it, follow the steps when it says you have the latest version, press "Install Anyway".
Hope this works.
Hi itTim. thanks for the response
this is what i did but no improvement at all ((
Sounds like you broke your LCD screen somehow.
That would suck because I broke mine and it cost me $200 to fix.
Hi Hypercore.
Yes that could be the problem. The thing is that I always took rally good care of the phone, always carried in a leather pouch and never droped it. How sensitive is this lcd anyway?? Did you notice any cracks on your lcd or was the problem simillar to mine?
Thanks
When you turn on the phone does the lcd backlight turn on?
If so, look for any faint lines of color (usually a hairline size). If you see any of those then your screen is cracked.
the backlight is on, but there are no lines of colour on the lcd screen.
another weird thing is that the green light on the top blinks one or two times every time i put on the battery. even if the phone is off, once I insert the battery turns on automatically after a couple of seconds.
If all else fails you could try to flash back to your original fw with the tools here:
ht tp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683793
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If all else fails you could try to flash back to your original fw with the tools here:
ht tp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683793
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That won't do anything.
I had almost the same issue. Nothing worked. But, when I removed the battery and left it for a day (24h) without it, it just started working again. Still working without issues..
Good luck!
Devtone said:
I had almost the same issue. Nothing worked. But, when I removed the battery and left it for a day (24h) without it, it just started working again. Still working without issues..
Good luck!
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Phones are very wierd pieces of technology. I once bricked my k610i and that's a phone that's supposed to be impossible to un-brick, but out of nowhere a month or so later i picked it up, hit power and it turned on perfectly. Made no sense at all, but it worked.
Taking the battery out for a long time probably took all the electrical charges from it (kind of like how a computer power supply / monitor can hold power charges) and reset your handset.
Hypercore said:
Phones are very wierd pieces of technology. I once bricked my k610i and that's a phone that's supposed to be impossible to un-brick, but out of nowhere a month or so later i picked it up, hit power and it turned on perfectly. Made no sense at all, but it worked.
Taking the battery out for a long time probably took all the electrical charges from it (kind of like how a computer power supply / monitor can hold power charges) and reset your handset.
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Indeed. It could be a frozen chip, memory fault, power-regulator and so on.
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That won't do anything.
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Ah, debug mode needed- I see now
tasaki said:
I tried the steps found in the link you gave me, but I couldn't go any further after step no (5) from the tutorial, as it would require to enable Debugging mode and I cannot access the OS (since the device won't turn on).
Is there a way to format all the contents of the device and have them replaced by running SEUS (as it always says that my device is up to date now)?
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if you have done this and did not worked , then it is the LCD.
send it to workshop and check it there.
Guys i Really need the solve of this problem , my xperia has blank screen now without backlight and the phone completely doesn't work . when i put the battery and prees the switch botton it gives me 3 red signals , i've updated and hard reset but it didn't work , and btw the LCD is fine , any idea. did removing the battery worked???? . please answer
After a looooot of time since my latest post, finally my Xperia came back to life. There was a battery failure which means the phone was ok all the time. Weird thing is that the led light showed that the battery was charging ok. I removed the battery and after a lot of time it is working ok again. This was really really odd.
FYI for anyone else that gets this issue.
I just had this for the past hour after trying to change my baseband....could not get it back for anything.
What I did finally try was run another baseband via flash tool, connected to usb and it started flashing....after flash phone powered on again...yeah I agree with everyone, that is freaking scary when it happens.
Hi I have been having this tablet for almost a month now. I have been experiencing when I press the power button to wake the device up, the screen won't turn on to the unlock screen. Its random but it happens to me at least 4-5 times a week. Any of you have the same issue? Is this a known issue cause I'm seriously thinking of returning this device and get an ipad instead.
I have only had my tab for a couple of weeks now, but I have had this happen to me once so far. Was slightly concerning, as I thought it had died for a moment.
EDIT: running version 3.2
Happend to me when I was still on 3.1. Update to 3.2 solved it.
my tablet came with 3.2. i have just written an email to sony. will let you guys know how it goes
happened to me three/four times in total and I had it since the launch. I used reset pin hole to fix.
Hi. I have the same problem. It can happen for 10 times a day. It's really annoying, and I don't know what to do.
Tried hard reset, but problem still remains, even when using only pre-installed programs.
Please help
Yep, I have had mine for about 2 months, never had an issue, went to go turn it on yesterday..... nothing.... so i figured the battery was dead, plugged it in.... nothing.... let it charge all night..... nothing.... tried to reset.... nothing... the light by the power button comes on when plugged in... orange charging, green ready, flashes orange when i reset it, but when i hit the power button, nothing, and the screen doesnt come on. I have had it with Sony and their piece of **** equipement, everything they have came out with since the PS3 has been junk!
I have had my tablet since it launched and this has only happened to me once. Using the reset pinhole fixed it right away. I would exchange it if this happens frequently.
After two months, this just happened to me for the first time about an hour ago... Odd. Pin hole reset fixed it.
Yeap sony suggested me to do the same it's been going ok so far. Another small issue happens to me is that it sometimes hiccup from sleep I had to press the power button twice to turn the screen on
I went to store and just ask for replacement. Now, with the new device it seems everything to be fine
The help guide is very useless yet useful for the Tab S because it says "You must access this page from your tablet." <-- It's broken, so how are we supposed to do that Sony?
But you can find a version of the help guide through loads of 404 errors, and it says prod the reset button with a paperclip (not a needle, a paperclip) and the power button will flash. Then boot up the tab like normal.
This worked for me, which is good because I thought the screen broke as I dropped my alarm clock on it. No physical damage so if I wanted to, the warranty would've covered it
I finally got my tablet back from Sony.... they said they found nothing wrong with it, but it works now, so far no issues. (this is after 2 days of me trying to get it to turn on, and about 3 hours at the store with the repair tech trying to get it to work, hence why they sent it in, and magically Sony found nothing wrong)
Try turning the screen brightness down to 98-99% and not 100% I found that worked for me
Last night I received the 4.0.3 update from Sony in Europe. After installing successfully everything was working perfectly.
I left it out overnight. I put to charge this morning while I was out (it was still working at this stage).
I came back at 6 o'clock and now it won't turn on. I've tried holding down power but nothing happens. It must be fully charged because it was at 70% when I plugged it in. The green light is still on but I can't even get to recovery, the screen is completely black.
What should I do? I'm somewhat experienced in flashing but if I can't even get the screen on then there's not much I can do.
Suggestions?
if this is all gone wrong due a official update it can't be fixed, this is certainly a software problem and it must be repaired by sony, i'm sorry to tell you this..
You could try to press the reset button with a needle or something under the volume buttons. don't know if this will help you but at least you could try
Good luck.
Ps: if you wil send it back to sony, it will take no longer then 10 day's.
YF,
Mahaco.
Thanks for your help. The issue resolved itself, don't know what was wrong.
They do lock up from time to time and you have to reset it with a pin in the reset hole.
I got the lockup myself. First time ever, but only a week after using ISC. I have used table S more than half a year already. So this is probably caused by ICS 4.0.3 upgrade. Not good. Reset helped.
tablet s not booting past sony logo
sony sending box.... hope they canot fix and I get a newer model. I even choose to reset to factory, just more lines of failed to mount and reboots back to sony logo
Finally got box, called yesterday to where it was, they put rush 24 hr. Got home and had two! LOL! all boxed up going out tomorrow to Laredo, TX. Guy said bunch tablest returning backed up a little.
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They do lock up from time to time and you have to reset it with a pin in the reset hole.
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Have a pin handy when you go out with the tablet!lol
Has there been any word, whether official or not how this happens?
I'm curious if it has something to do with a specific app/wi-fi/push notifications.
I don't do anything crazy with my app. Basic web, books, games are pretty much it. I've had my tablet for about 3 months now and up until this weekend it never locked up. I've had to reset it twice now. I'm not gonna walk around with a paper clip so that I can reset my tablet and hope there's a fix for it in the works.
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i think bad flash
I got a similar bug. Every time i turn off my tablet S and i want to turn it back on, i have to wait for the battery to drain on the starting screen. thatn when it's drained i charge it and viola, It's working. Can anyone confirm this ?
Hi,
Just few minutes ago my brand new phone just broke on me. I was holding it in my hand, locked screen, like minute later I tried to unlock it to no avail, screen just stayed black. There was a sound when I touched it by the fingerprint sensor, but no light up from behind the screen. I tried holding down power, then power+volume up, phone only vibrated, no reaction on the screen. I've connected it to the charger, and now it seems to be in bootloop - screen is turned off, and every few seconds phone vibrates. I've managed to somehow turn it back on once, phone booted to system, everytthing worked just fine, then I locked screen and it just stayed black, now I can't reproduce that, can't even turn it off, it's just vibrating every so often. Did it really brick in my hand? Software of Hardware? Everything worked just fine, maybe battery was draining a little bit too much for my taste, (15-20%/hour with screen on+lte/wifi) but 120Hz refresh rate+bright setting and AOD turned on 9am-9pm could do that. Do you guys have any suggestions, or I'm expecting trip to the service?
Sorry, but i cannot guess any reason. I am stumped as this bootlooping shouldn't beb happening... Very strange. May be its better to show it to service center guys.
Btw, i had tried this on my previous android phone to shut it down, like a hard shutdown. I had pressed power + volume down + volume up keys together to shut it down completely. Basically by pressing all the 3 keys. If you want to try, you can try it. I have not tried it on my GT, but had used it on Oneplue 2 and Honor View 10.
Hope your issue gets resolved asap...
Okay, I've contacted support via livechat, they told me it's definetly just software glitch, and to resolve this I have to wipe dialer cache (?) and all system settings - I did it, everything worked just fine, but today, again, same thing happened. First time phone just died in my hand, second time it was while listening to music via Pulsar, today I was just sharing wifi as a hotspot, phone randomly broke connection and would not unlock, but still I could tell it was on, because of vibrations and sounds. Not a software glitch after all? If I manage to unlock it I'll just recover it to factory settings, we'll see if that helps, but I don't like the sound of that.
What apps are -you- installing?
Launchers and power management apps are prime suspects...
Otherwise, mobo failure. It may be firmware but how far do you want to take it?
It should run fine out of the box.
Last time I played with launchers was with good old SGS about 5 years ago, only app out of ordinary was AccuBattery to check that SoT drain, but could it make such a damage without root privilages?
d4m4in said:
Last time I played with launchers was with good old SGS about 5 years ago, only app out of ordinary was AccuBattery to check that SoT drain, but could it make such a damage without root privilages?
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Accubattery isn't the culprit...
It just stopped turning on and everytime I tried, I got a toast that said to try again after reattaching the dual screen. This only temporarily fixed it and after a few times of reattaching it the phone doesn't even recognize the case anymore.
The magnetic charging still works.
Anybody encounter this or know how to fix?
Something else. I've had massive battery drain since my dual screen stopped working. At a rate of 6-7% an hour without usage. I have to recharge it twice a day once in the morning and once at night to keep it from dying on me (again without even using the phone). The battery usage only shows system as using battery.
Things I've tried.
1. Rebooting
2. Factory reset (retore with drive)
3. Factory reset (setting up from scratch)
4. Deleting LG message and installing textra. Deleting LG contacts and installing google contacts. Installing and using Google phone as default over LG.
None of these has worked. I'm wondering if it was due to the latest T-mobile update which i took a couple of weeks ago and only noticed it later.
Anybody on T-mobile having battery problem? Any suggestions?
I've had this too. Only thing I haven't tried is a hard reset (vol down + power button) but not sure if will work or not. It's annoying.
Have tried a a hard reset and it‘s still happening. I think mine is a loose connection somewhere. It will stay on and play a movie all the way through if it’s left on the table but if I’m holding the phone while using it it will turn off. No idea if it’s fixable though?
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Have tried a a hard reset and it‘s still happening. I think mine is a loose connection somewhere. It will stay on and play a movie all the way through if it’s left on the table but if I’m holding the phone while using it it will turn off. No idea if it’s fixable though?
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So your problem didn't start after taking the latest T-mobile update then? Turning off while holding sounds bad i hope you can get it figured out.
Now I'm convinced mine had something to do with the dual screen case. It started right after my dual screen case stopped working. I'm guessing it loosened the usb connector or maybe something from the magnet charging adapter itself.
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So your problem didn't start after taking the latest T-mobile update then? Turning off while holding sounds bad i hope you can get it figured out.
Now I'm convinced mine had something to do with the dual screen case. It started right after my dual screen case stopped working. I'm guessing it loosened the usb connector or maybe something from the magnet charging adapter itself.
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I'm in the UK. My problems started after I upgraded to android 10. It worked flawlessly up until then. I then updated to android 11 hoping that might solve the problem but it didn't. I'm now thinking it's a fault with the screen after it played the whole of the eternals film without turning off as it was sat on the table and not touched. As soon as I try and do something with it while holding it, it turns off, but there's no specific time limit. Sometimes it's on for 20 minutes before it turns off, sometimes it's 20 seconds.