Hi all,
It seems my X10 mini pro is bricked.
Briefly: When I turn on the phone, it vibrates. About 8 seconds llater, the screen lights up, but doesn't show anything, then goes dark again. It then keeps repeating this: once in a while, the screen lights up, but shows nothing, and then goes dark again.
When plugged in to charge, the LED light doesn't come on (and actually hadn't for a while when charging, even though the phone was still working).
I've deleted all the contents of the SD card and updated the firmware with SEUS and PC Companion; both don't come up with any errors and claim everything has been installed, but there is no change in the phone's behavior. Also tried to install the French stock ROM (the only link that seems to work in the Flashtool+ROM thread) using Flashtool, but to no avail.
Does anyone have any other sugggestions?
I was wondering whether it could actually be a battery problem, as I've had some issues with charging the phone for a while before this happened; e.g. the LED didn't work when charging, and on more and more occasions the phone didn't seem to charge when plugged in. Could this be caused by a problem with the battery? (Have ordered a new one from ebay, so will see what happens when it arrives.) I'm not aware that I did anything unusual with the phone software-wise that could have caused it to be bricked. (Phone was rooted, but I did that ages ago.)
Many thanks for your help!
could be the battery going bad since you mentioned you have it ages ago or so. or could be the cable as well.
demoniacs said:
could be the battery going bad since you mentioned you have it ages ago or so. or could be the cable as well.
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I've had it for about 15 months. Is it normal for the battery to go after that amount of time?
Which cable do you mean?
i cannot really tell about the battery but the usb cable for your charger.
Ok, it's not the battery. I tried it in a shop with one of their batteries, which worked in their phone, and the phone still won't turn on.
Is there anyone who thinks it could still be a software issue?
Otherwise it seems my options are to send off the phone, which might cost a bit, or to start digging around in the phone myself for a bit. I found a disassembly guide online, but it scares me a bit, since the first step seems to be to lift off the keyboard, and I'm a bit worried about damaging it and about how to put it back. Has anyone else here got any experience with taking their X10 mini pro apart?
Thanks!
Charging issues etc are nornally to do with the dodgy USB port in the phone. Try wiggling the cable at the port end see if you can get it to charge then try a SEUS
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No, it wasn't a charging issue.
Took it to be fixed, and it turned out it was the cable inside that connects the screen etc to the low part of the screen.
Now that the phone is working again, I've got to figure out how to get rid of the French keyboard layout that I got onto it when trying to fix the firmware ...
Why not flashing mine in my signature, it's QWERTY! ;-)
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I have a problem with my three year old Samsung S2 (international version), running Android 2.3.
The phone sometimes does not charge at all when I connect the charging cable, at other times I have to turn off the phone before it will charge, and most of the time it will not swtich off when I try to power it down (it simply reboots). Basically, the charging is sporadic and unreliable.
Does anyone have any idea what causes this behaviour?
I have tried two batteries and two charging cables and these make no difference to the problem.
Thanks in anticipation.
Thats interesting. I have alot of problems with charging my S2 as well. Ive shipped it off to samsung twice, they replaced the bad hub/port or whatever the call it, have gone through 4 micro usb cables and i have another battery in the mail headed my way as we speak. A month later and its still doing exactly what you describe. I can barely charge mine anymore. Its only a year old but its No longer reliable. I cant seem to fix the problem so Im giving up on mine and getting myself a nexus 4.
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First off, if this has already been addressed I am sorry I couldn't find anything about this.
My wife's Sony Xperia U has been behaving quite weirdly lately and is about to be thrown in the garbage very soon, it is (or the battery is) most likely 87.35% dead but I want to ask here in case it would be something else and could be fixed before she buys a new phone.
Short backup story, she works at a farm and gets a lot of dust and stuff on her phone, and once when she cleaned it up it died for 2 days and the water indicators are now red (duh). It wasn't booting up or charging, the red DEL wasn't lighting up either. But then after a while I toyed with it (literally torn it open because I broke a screwhead and had to force it open to see if there were any apparent damage, but I didn't break the components, just forced on the plastic frame), I didn't find anything, but when I closed it down I tried to plug it in... And it charged. Then it worked perfectly fine for about two weeks. Two days ago it died again.
Here's the real problem: When the battery is completely depleted I can charge it (the red DEL shows up and all) but as soon as it got enough charge to boot up I am unable to charge it in any way whatsoever. If I boot it up the DEL won't show and it doesn't charge, if I don't boot it up the DEL shows for 2 seconds when I plug it in then it goes off and the screen shows the Sony logo for a few seconds then turns off. I am no longer able to charge the phone until we wait for the battery to be depleted again, then I can charge it (after over 30 minutes of trying). I did a factory reset but no changes. Oh and computers no longer detect the device, it worked last week but not anymore.
I suspect that the battery is the issue, however it does charge completely when I plug it in while it is depleted so it is not dead (could be damaged though). Since it charges sometimes it must not be the USB port (I have inspected it and cleaned it, looks fine). The cable/charger is all right, it works perfectly fine on everything else (and we did try another cable to be sure).
Does anyone have any idea of what could be done to fix this if it is possible to do so without buying/changing parts? The phone is no longer under warranty and my wife doesn't want to invest money in the device, if it can't be home fixed then she'll buy a new one. I know it is most likely that nothing can be done but I'm still hoping since she really loves this device and I want to fix it for her if I can.
TL;DR: Phone is all right, battery is most likely almost dead, I need to know if it can be fixed or not before we buy a new phone.
Sorry for the long post, and sorry again if it is obvious that nothing can be done (I still hold on on my hopes, just in case). And yes I'm Canadian, sorry for being sorry.
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In case anyone wants to look at my issue here is a video of what happens when I plug the charger in when the battery is charged and the device is turned off. You can see the red DEL for a few seconds when I plug the cable in.
If anyone needs more information (in the event that there is still hope) feel free to ask, of course.
I didnt think battery could do such a mess like that. Im afraid your phone charge controller had been damage by the water. Could you enter fastboot or flashmode?
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I didnt think battery could do such a mess like that. Im afraid your phone charge controller had been damage by the water. Could you enter fastboot or flashmode?
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Of all the things I have thought of, I didn't try these two options, but the device is rooted and its bootloader isn't even unlocked, can I still enter fastboot or flashmode?
You should be able to enter flashmode regardless of bootloader condition. Did you try it?
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You should be able to enter flashmode regardless of bootloader condition. Did you try it?
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Just tried, but after the DEL bar turns green nothing happens (the phone either boots regularly or not at all), I have read that it needs to be over 70% charge and it is around 40% so I need to wait for it to be depleted to charge it again to 100% (because for now I can't charge it at all as I explained in my first post)... What would you suggest me to do once I can enter flash mode?
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Just tried, but after the DEL bar turns green nothing happens (the phone either boots regularly or not at all), I have read that it needs to be over 70% charge and it is around 40% so I need to wait for it to be depleted to charge it again to 100% (because for now I can't charge it at all as I explained in my first post)... What would you suggest me to do once I can enter flash mode?
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By DEL did you mean LED? Im sorry just confused. If the led turn green an stay like that for around a minute then your bootloader certainly not damaged. I suggest you flash stock firmware using either Flashtool or SEUS.
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By DEL did you mean LED? Im sorry just confused. If the led turn green an stay like that for around a minute then your bootloader certainly not damaged. I suggest you flash stock firmware using either Flashtool or SEUS.
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Haha yeah I meant LED, DEL is in my native language and I switched them up, sorry! I have fully charged the phone now, and I can't seem to enter flash mode (or w/e the name), I am supposed to connect the USB cable to my PC (but not to the phone), power down the phone, press and hold volume down then plug the cable in, but the only thing that happens is the LED bar turning green for a few seconds then nothing (if I keep on holding volume down then the phone boots normally, if I release volume down then the phone shuts down after showing the Sony logo).
On the side I am trying to download the Oneclick root thing I've heard about, see if rooting the device and installing a new ROM can help...
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Haha yeah I meant LED, DEL is in my native language and I switched them up, sorry! I have fully charged the phone now, and I can't seem to enter flash mode (or w/e the name), I am supposed to connect the USB cable to my PC (but not to the phone), power down the phone, press and hold volume down then plug the cable in, but the only thing that happens is the LED bar turning green for a few seconds then nothing (if I keep on holding volume down then the phone boots normally, if I release volume down then the phone shuts down after showing the Sony logo).
On the side I am trying to download the Oneclick root thing I've heard about, see if rooting the device and installing a new ROM can help...
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Seems like you dont have proper driver on your pc. Btw if you succesfully rooted your phone and in case you had unlocked bootloader, i suggest using latest nightly CM11.
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It seems that the version of my wife's phone cannot have its bootloader unlocked so I can't root it, however I did use the provided program by Sony (PC companion or something) and have upgraded the device to Android 4.x, it has been working fine for nearly two days now, I hope that it will hold. Last time I had "fixed" it it had stopped charging after about a week for no discernable reason.
I was unable to enter flash mode but I still want to thank you as it were your advice that made me think of upgrading the phone.
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Other device: Asus Transformer TF300T (No longer used, LCD is broken)
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It seems that the version of my wife's phone cannot have its bootloader unlocked so I can't root it, however I did use the provided program by Sony (PC companion or something) and have upgraded the device to Android 4.x, it has been working fine for nearly two days now, I hope that it will hold. Last time I had "fixed" it it had stopped charging after about a week for no discernable reason.
I was unable to enter flash mode but I still want to thank you as it were your advice that made me think of upgrading the phone.
Sent from my LG Optimus L7 running on KitKat Prime.
Other device: Asus Transformer TF300T (No longer used, LCD is broken)
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Good to hear it. Hope it will stay that way. Btw, if you are unable to unlock bootloader you still can root it in case you had sim-free phone. After you root it you can still install custom recovery and other custom rom that can be use on stock bootloader.
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It seems that the version of my wife's phone cannot have its bootloader unlocked so I can't root it, however I did use the provided program by Sony (PC companion or something) and have upgraded the device to Android 4.x, it has been working fine for nearly two days now, I hope that it will hold. Last time I had "fixed" it it had stopped charging after about a week for no discernable reason.
I was unable to enter flash mode but I still want to thank you as it were your advice that made me think of upgrading the phone.
Sent from my LG Optimus L7 running on KitKat Prime.
Other device: Asus Transformer TF300T (No longer used, LCD is broken)
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Question... How were you able to update the phone through PC companion if the phone is not being detected and only charging when connected to the PC?
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Question... How were you able to update the phone through PC companion if the phone is not being detected and only charging when connected to the PC?
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Sorry for taking so long to answer! Well when the phone's battery is full it gets detected by my computer so I could upgrade it. But unfortunately it did not fix the issue. The phone would work as normal for a while then suddenly die and I have to wait a couple of hours before I can charge it up and open it again. So I guess it is officially dead.
My wife just got a new device (Moto G) so I guess that all's good now. She was able to back up her pictures and data, gladly.
Thank you a lot for your help!
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Pupsterface said:
Sorry for taking so long to answer! Well when the phone's battery is full it gets detected by my computer so I could upgrade it. But unfortunately it did not fix the issue. The phone would work as normal for a while then suddenly die and I have to wait a couple of hours before I can charge it up and open it again. So I guess it is officially dead.
My wife just got a new device (Moto G) so I guess that all's good now. She was able to back up her pictures and data, gladly.
Thank you a lot for your help!
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Oh well its a paperweight then haha. Seems like its a problem with the phones board, sony has really gone to the dumps after parting with ericsson. I never had any issues with my X10 back in the day cept for bricking it myself time and again with bad flashed lol.
Yeah, what makes me sad is that she really loved the device (Sony's UI and all), she wanted another Sony but there were none at the shop and got the Moto G but she seems to like it too! I got a Nexus 5 to replace my LG Optimus L7... Damn thing was slow as hell! Now it's almost faster than my 1300$ laptop haha!
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Hello guys.
I have a Redmi Note 3 PRO with Cyanogen 14.1.
Everything was working fine. Last week I realized that I could not charge the device anymore using my USB cable, I had to shut down the device in order to be able to charge, then after that I realized that my compuer (or any other) does not recognizes my phone anymore (only recognizes in fastboot mode) and last night I shuted down the phone and pluged in to charge and I saw that the battery was stuck in 82%.
I reflashed the Stock ROM after performing a lot of tests and the results are the same. Does any one faced this before? Thanks.
Note: my phone is Redmi Note 3 International (kenzo)
MuriLOCO said:
Hello guys.
I have a Redmi Note 3 PRO with Cyanogen 14.1.
Everything was working fine. Last week I realized that I could not charge the device anymore using my USB cable, I had to shut down the device in order to be able to charge, then after that I realized that my compuer (or any other) does not recognizes my phone anymore (only recognizes in fastboot mode) and last night I shuted down the phone and pluged in to charge and I saw that the battery was stuck in 82%.
I reflashed the Stock ROM after performing a lot of tests and the results are the same. Does any one faced this before? Thanks.
Note: my phone is Redmi Note 3 International (kenzo)
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Your charging port is gone bad. No software can fix it. Hardware problem. So get it repaired from a mobile repair shop.
I was facing similar problems. My phone stopped getting recognised by PC. But it used to get charged, so I ignored the issue. After a few weeks, it stopped getting charged as well. So I got it repaired yesterday. Cost me Rs 700 which is around 10 dollars.
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1emrys1 said:
Your charging port is gone bad. No software can fix it. Hardware problem. So get it repaired from a mobile repair shop.
I was facing similar problems. My phone stopped getting recognised by PC. But it used to get charged, so I ignored the issue. After a few weeks, it stopped getting charged as well. So I got it repaired yesterday. Cost me Rs 700 which is around 10 dollars.
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Thanks sir, I will do that and give a feedback. Thanks again.
1emrys1 said:
Your charging port is gone bad. No software can fix it. Hardware problem. So get it repaired from a mobile repair shop.
I was facing similar problems. My phone stopped getting recognised by PC. But it used to get charged, so I ignored the issue. After a few weeks, it stopped getting charged as well. So I got it repaired yesterday. Cost me Rs 700 which is around 10 dollars.
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Ok, the problem is not my USB Port, is something on the motherboard. I am asking for a refund for the seller. I am very frustrated.
I would not recommend anyone of buying this product, is a good hardware but bad quality. Thanks.
I bought the phone one month ago and it was fine until two days ago the phone didn't recognize the charger! I tried another cable and another charger and doesn't seem that anything is working. the phone charges only when switched off... I also tried to hard reset it and didn't work either. what's the problem?
It could be a hardware issue. Try visiting their Carlcare office so they can handle it.
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What android version are you on?