Hi there
I have recently been given a broken Sony Xperia Tablet Z. When the power button is pressed a red light flashes 3 times but nothing happens. When the vol+ and power is pressed nothing happens. When the vol- and power is pressed the red light flashes three times again.
Is there anything I can do to fix it?
Many thanks!
mustango said:
Hi there
I have recently been given a broken Sony Xperia Tablet Z. When the power button is pressed a red light flashes 3 times but nothing happens. When the vol+ and power is pressed nothing happens. When the vol- and power is pressed the red light flashes three times again.
Is there anything I can do to fix it?
Many thanks!
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charge it for several hours, and then try to switch it on or flash with flashtool..
Rootk1t said:
charge it for several hours, and then try to switch it on or flash with flashtool..
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Hi there!
I've had on charge for a while now and still nothing. Would I need to be able to get into Download mode to flash with flash tool?
Thanks!
After charging the tablet for several hours, do this.
Press vol up + power button and hold until white led blinks 3 times.
(This will make sure the tablet is properly powered off. If after a long period no 3 blinks of white led, then it might mean that tablet state is already off. Press and hold just the power button and see if white led will blink just once then let go power button. The Sony logo should follow. All this is to see if tablet can shut down or power up properly or not. If it cannot do even the basic, then I have no idea how to proceed. This is why I don't trust my important data's in the internal emulated sdcard. I prefer my data to be in removable microsd. If tablet becomes dead and cannot be switched on, then any data that is stored in the unremovable internal emulated sdcard will be trapped. )
If you are lucky, the white led blinks 3 times it means that the tablet can be properly shut down, then ..
Then, connect a usb wire to the tablet. Do not plug the cable to the pc yet. without pressing power button, plug the cable to the PC WHILE you press and hold vol up button.
If you get a blue led at the side of the tablet, it means your tablet can be put into fastboot mode.
Do this first. I believe that once the tablet can be put into fastboot mode, then the tablet can be restored by flashing a recovery boot loader.
If you cannot get the tablet into fastboot mode, then I do not have enough knowledge about how to proceed. You will need to bring it to a service center for repairs.
cphilip said:
After charging the tablet for several hours, do this.
Press vol up + power button and hold until white led blinks 3 times.
(This will make sure the tablet is properly powered off. If after a long period no 3 blinks of white led, then it might mean that tablet state is already off. Press and hold just the power button and see if white led will blink just once then let go power button. The Sony logo should follow. All this is to see if tablet can shut down or power up properly or not. If it cannot do even the basic, then I have no idea how to proceed. This is why I don't trust my important data's in the internal emulated sdcard. I prefer my data to be in removable microsd. If tablet becomes dead and cannot be switched on, then any data that is stored in the unremovable internal emulated sdcard will be trapped. )
If you are lucky, the white led blinks 3 times it means that the tablet can be properly shut down, then ..
Then, connect a usb wire to the tablet. Do not plug the cable to the pc yet. without pressing power button, plug the cable to the PC WHILE you press and hold vol up button.
If you get a blue led at the side of the tablet, it means your tablet can be put into fastboot mode.
Do this first. I believe that once the tablet can be put into fastboot mode, then the tablet can be restored by flashing a recovery boot loader.
If you cannot get the tablet into fastboot mode, then I do not have enough knowledge about how to proceed. You will need to bring it to a service center for repairs.
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charge it for several hours, and then try to switch it on or flash with flashtool..
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Hi there!
Thank you both for your help! I can successfully get the device into fastboot mode.
When trying to enter flashmode the device flashes green then goes back to red.
Is there anyway of fixing the device?
Many thanks!
First thing you need is a recovery boot loader.
This link helped me but I use Ubuntu linux to install recovery boot loader into my Tablet z wifi. (I think it is also possible to do it in windows but you will need to install proper drivers)
Before this step, I also used Flashtool under windows 7 to unlock my bootloader. It is not difficult to use Flashtool and unlock bootloader but you must decide how important it is to you to backup TA before unlocking bootloader. In my case, I didn't feel I need SONY bravia engine, so I didn't backup my TA.
1. Use Flashtool to UNLOCK
2. Use Fastboot to install TWRP recovery loader
3. Download a Custom Rom (CM11/CM12/Omnirom./PAC) and save it to microsd
4. Boot into TWRP Recovery, clean data / cache partitions and flash custom rom from microsd
http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/93490-soft-bricked-my-xperia-installing-cm/
To fix the problem, I downloaded CMB from http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=2463423. I unzip'd it, and used fastboot to install the boot.img: "sudo ./fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot pollux-windy/cmb/boot.img". Then I rebooted into TWRP recovery, and wiped/reformatted everything (including /data, which CWM wouldn't mount or wipe). I then sideloaded the CM11 ROM, booted back into TWRP, and installed CM11 from within TWRP. I ended up reflashing the CMB boot.img back on, even after installing CM11, and everything seems to be running great now.
Hi, same problem. Good answer was here : https://fr.ifixit.com/Réponses/Afficher/273255/black+screen+and+red+led+blinking+3+times#
In fact, my Aukey Quick charger did the thing: https://www.amazon.fr/AUKEY-Charge-Chargeur-Secteur-Samsung/dp/B01AHY1XAY
So out of the blue when I unlocked my bootloader and started flashing ROMs. When ever I restart my phone the LED turns orange for like 3 to 5 seconds then reboots.
1. What's the last thing you did?
2. If you flashed something, what was it?
3. Does it get stuck on the Sony logo and then reboot?
4. Have you tried to press VOL UP when the LED lights up? Might be recovery.
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.
Please help me
I FLASHED TWRP ON MY MATE 10.AND NOW DEVICE STUCK IN PAGE (YOUR DEVICE IS BOOTING NOW).I CAN NOT GO TO FASTBOOT BY(VOLUME DOWN AND POWER)NO RECOVERY NO FASTBOOT.AND PC NOT RECOGNISE MY PHONE.WHAT SHOULD I DO?IS THIS SOFTWARE PROBLEM OR HARDWARE(CHANGE MAINBOARD).WHEN I PRESS VOLUME DOWN AND POWER PHONE RESTARTED AND I SEE LOW VOLUME BATTERY ICON AND RED LED VOLUME BLINKING.AFTER 2 OR 3 MIN HUAWEI LOGO COME AND STUCK AT (YOUR DEVICE IS BOOTING NOW) AND RED LED BLINKING .I PUT IS CHARGER AND PHONE STAY BLINKING AND GET WARM BUT NOT HELP ME
Try to flash stock rom again.
And don't write in caps.
Guys my Mi Pad 1 was running on Remix Rom based on shield blobs. Suddenly it hanged up upon reboot it only went into FASTBOOT, could never boot into bootloader. I did not have the time to fix it right away, now the situation is it does not boot up even to the fastboot screen. Only when connected to power outlet, first red led notifications blink then the Mi Logo comes up and then it goes into fastboot, but in the fastboot mode when connected to PC it does now show up.
Looking for some advice and help on how to fix this situation.
Get new USB cord and leave on charge hold power button down like 20 30 seconds plug it in while tapping power ..
Try holding volume down when off and plung in pc ..