Phone is not responding, screen black, no charging LED, please help - Sony Xperia Z Ultra

For the first time I am actually afraid I really managed to brick my phone :-/
I recently flashed ResurrectionRemix-M-v5.7.3-20160822 but had some problems with the camera, hence I tried flashing gapps and google camera again, resulting in a boot loop, without the rom on internal storage. since resurrection came with CM recovery which couldnt access the sdcard storage there seemed to be no other way than to flash twrp recovery. After trying fastboot with a successful flash but still only going to cm recovery I flashed a zip with adb sideload containing twrp+stock kernel but possibly for a different device.
NOW my z ultra does not turn on anymore when pressing power, no reboot with vol down + power, no charging led when connected to charger, no fastboot with vol up and plug in and not even flashmode vol down plug in to reflash ftf.
The only thing I can make it do is hold power and volume up to make it vibrate 3 times.
I am really stumped, is this an actual brick or is there something else I can do?
please please please help me
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tried pressing the red button on the inside as well, same behaviour as vol up + power. I have it connected to the wall charger it came with and the usb cable from my shield tablet (which I consider reliable) and hopefully charging.

ok so I let it charge over night and was presented with a continous red LED in the morning. When I connect it to my computer in any way (vol up down does not make a difference)
and flashtool shows repeatedly this:
02/033/2016 13:33:26 - INFO - Device disconnected
02/033/2016 13:33:53 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
02/033/2016 13:33:53 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
02/034/2016 13:34:01 - INFO - Device disconnected
Rebooted the computer, put the phone back on charger, two hours later I don't get a connection to the computer anymore. Right after plugging the phone in there is no charging LED indication whatsoever. I suppose when the battery is "full" it changes to constant red.
Maybe the battery is just dead, although I don't understand how that would have been possible. It did charge via usb now for +12h. Still in only red Led stage. when unplugging the LED blinks 3 times indicating a low battery which seems unlikely. I have switched to the magnet charger now, maybe this might do something, but it might just as well being similar symptoms from an entirely different problem.
I could replace the battery but I wont order one without anyone confirming that it might be the right move
tried reconnecting the battery like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ7nYfN_4eE
in fact with the disconnected battery I get red flashes but on reconnecting the phone does not boot up.
ordered a new battery..

installed new battery
plugged it into the wall charger, no charging LED
volume up + power gives me the force shutdown 3x vibrate pattern
screen does not turn on
connecting it to the pc with vol up, vol down, nothing pressed does nothing
help me please, I don't know what else to try?

Have you tried the original Sony flashing tool, maybe it works at a lower level before recovery kicks in?

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Phone entirely bricked. Won't turn on, won't charge, nothing.

I was taking a video, and finished it, when suddenly the phone froze up and turned off. I've been using MIUI, and while it's mostly pretty stable, reboots and crashes happen, so I just rolled my eyes. But since then it's been completely dead. I couldn't turn it on, even after taking the battery out several times, can't put it into recovery or download modes, and it's been connected to the charger for about ten minutes now and still nothing.
I haven't flashed anything for ages, haven't done anything odd with the phone at all, I have no idea what could have provoked this. Please help, I can't imagine what I'd do if my phone was permanently dead.
Samsung Galaxy SII with MIUI weekly ROM (currently 2.4.27)
Things I have tried:
Long press power button to turn it on (obviously)
Same thing after taking the battery out for ages
Press Vol up + Home + Power to put it into recovery
Press Vol down + Home + Power to put it into download
Plug it into charge
Plug in data cable connected to computer
Take out battery for a while, then replace, plug data cable into computer (but not phone), hold volume buttons while plugging in phone (internet guy told me to)
Everything above shows absolutely nothing on screen. Charging heats it up a little.
IlovemySGS2 said:
I was taking a video, and finished it, when suddenly the phone froze up and turned off. I've been using MIUI, and while it's mostly pretty stable, reboots and crashes happen, so I just rolled my eyes. But since then it's been completely dead. I couldn't turn it on, even after taking the battery out several times, can't put it into recovery or download modes, and it's been connected to the charger for about ten minutes now and still nothing.
I haven't flashed anything for ages, haven't done anything odd with the phone at all, I have no idea what could have provoked this. Please help, I can't imagine what I'd do if my phone was permanently dead.
Samsung Galaxy SII with MIUI weekly ROM (currently 2.4.27)
Things I have tried:
Long press power button to turn it on (obviously)
Same thing after taking the battery out for ages
Press Vol up + Home + Power to put it into recovery
Press Vol down + Home + Power to put it into download
Plug it into charge
Plug in data cable connected to computer
Take out battery for a while, then replace, plug data cable into computer (but not phone), hold volume buttons while plugging in phone (internet guy told me to)
Everything above shows absolutely nothing on screen. Charging heats it up a little.
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Just another try:
Maybe only the screen is "defect".
Boot into download mode - even if the screen keeps black.
And connect the phone via USB cable to your PC.
If the PC recognizes the phone, you could try to flash another ROM (with Odin).
If not ... is your phone still on warranty?!
Good luck !
It_ler said:
Just another try:
Maybe only the screen is "defect".
Boot into download mode - even if the screen keeps black.
And connect the phone via USB cable to your PC.
If the PC recognizes the phone, you could try to flash another ROM (with Odin).
If not ... is your phone still on warranty?!
Good luck !
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Nope. Not a bad idea though. I wondered if the screen was broken, but then there should be vibrate and boot audio when it boots up.
Take the battery out dude, leave it out for 3 mins, then put it back in, then try accessing download mode (vol down + home + power)
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once take it to service center..
Same issue.
Sorry for the thread resurrection, but I have the exact same problem as the OP. Only I wasn't even using my phone when it died it was just sitting on the side.
The 'back story':
My phone died whilst doing absolutely nothing. I tried plugging it in to charge and it came up with theimage I've attached below, and it just flashes on and off the screen at random intervals.
I tried recovery - nothing.
I tried D/L mode - worked once but got the 'battery too low - cannot download' error and it hasn't worked since.
Tried 2 different batteries - nothing.
Removed the battery for 10 minutes and retried - nothing.
Removed the battery while keeping the phone connected to the charger - nothing.
Connected phone to PC with original cable - nothing.
The top of the phone also gets hot when trying to charge.
Cannot attach the image yet as I can't post outside links...
But the symbol is the greyed out battery with the 'loading' ring.
goth1k said:
Sorry for the thread resurrection, but I have the exact same problem as the OP. Only I wasn't even using my phone when it died it was just sitting on the side.
The 'back story':
My phone died whilst doing absolutely nothing. I tried plugging it in to charge and it came up with theimage I've attached below, and it just flashes on and off the screen at random intervals.
I tried recovery - nothing.
I tried D/L mode - worked once but got the 'battery too low - cannot download' error and it hasn't worked since.
Tried 2 different batteries - nothing.
Removed the battery for 10 minutes and retried - nothing.
Removed the battery while keeping the phone connected to the charger - nothing.
Connected phone to PC with original cable - nothing.
The top of the phone also gets hot when trying to charge.
Cannot attach the image yet as I can't post outside links...
But the symbol is the greyed out battery with the 'loading' ring.
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same problem, but more similar to OP, black screen
eminemkh said:
same problem, but more similar to OP, black screen
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same here, can't get it to do anything. tried booting to odin, pressing up after the right sequence (while screen was black). i hear the usb device make a sound on the pc, but nothing shows up on the ID:COM port in Odin.
Maybe your battery is messed up. Try using someone else's battery to see if it will turn on.
Sent from my HTC Ruby using xda app-developers app
you need to use riff to fix it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyiXtFVh6KE
rajaib said:
you need to use riff to fix it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyiXtFVh6KE
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i have the same problem how could it be working 1 min and not the next? mine when you connect it to charger or pc it flashes the battery symble 4 times and then gets alittle hot do i have the same problem? or do i need to just buy a new battery it does have a aftermarket one ...?
^^^
Do you even have an I9100 ?
All you need is a USB jig which will force your phone to enter into download mode. USB jigs are small devices which are very helpfull if something goes wrong while flashing. You can buy a USB jig directly from ebay, it is for about 4$ - 5$ or you can make one home yourself. It's not very hard.
Check out this link to make your own USB jig.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604707
Hit the thanks button if i helped!
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All you need is a USB jig which will force your phone to enter into download mode. USB jigs are small devices which are very helpfull if something goes wrong while flashing. You can buy a USB jig directly from ebay, it is for about 4$ - 5$ or you can make one home yourself. It's not very hard.
Check out this link to make your own USB jig.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604707
Hit thanks if i helped!

[Q] Atrix will not boot up, blackscreen with a green light

hi , i have a motorola atrix that will not boot up at all, it just shows a black screen and when i plug in the usb charger it shows a green light but as soon as i press power the light turns off. i have tried to boot into recovery mode via power button + vol down but nothing shows on the screen , not even a failed to boot message to say its bricked.
after searching google etc , over the 3 days i have tried the following :
1. power + vol down (on battery)
2. power + vol down (wall plug with battery)
3. power + vol down (wall plug without battery)
4. vol down + plug factory cable into computer (with battery)
5. vol down + plug factory cable into computer (without battery)
6. power + vol down + plug factory cable into computer (with battery)
7. power + vol down + plug factory cable into computer (without battery)
and then all of that with Vol up instead , just in case it worked.
the last thing to try is to throw it at a wall and see if anything happens but before that i thought id ask, does anyone have any suggestions on what it could be / what i should do ? from the information ive given above can you tell if its a hard bricked paperwieght or there is hope?
i would appreciate any help given, many thanks!
may sound insignificant but try giving the phone a few hours on the wall-charger, preferably the original one because it has more output than a computer usb port. I had the same behaviour when I completly drained my atrix between two flashs.
If the battery is drained completely, it is difficult to have it hold a charge again. I have read about people putting the device on charge for 3-4 days in such a state and just revive.
I have done the same with agm/gel car batteries by putting them on a low trickle charge for a week.
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the battery is showing full charge when checked with a multimeter but i will try your suggestions, thanks
update?
silvasoul said:
the battery is showing full charge when checked with a multimeter but i will try your suggestions, thanks
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Any luck with this?
Same problem here
Well i have the same problem here, but in my case, it happened while the phone was on and plugged to the wall charger, it was charging normally but after some hours i went back to see how was it going and the phone was off, and nothing happened when unplug and plug again, the greeen led only turns on when plugged to the pc usb port without battery, but when i put back the battery it turns off and nothing happens

[Q] Out of battery - does not charge

Hello
i need help
yesterday, my htc one x+ went out of battery
then, it does not charge any more
i left it all the night plugged, but still cant startup
any idea ?
thanks
its a Stock Phone or customized?
Not even bootloader?
So it's completely dead? Does it boot to the bootloader by holding down volum- and power button?
Are you using a Custom Recovery there are problems with it when the battery gets down to zero. It's happened to me a few times, and I panicked the first time.
Plug it into the wall, hold down volume down, and then power. After 15 - 30 seconds, this should get you into the HTC Menu, I then chose Recovery, and from Recovery launch into System.
-- started up --
Thanks all of you for your help!
sorry for tardive response
it is a standart ROM (no operator) and rooted
here is how finaly :
- must plug it on the wall, not to a PC(dont know why)
- try to switch on with power + volum-down buttons
- after several tries , i get a fastboot menu
- tried all the lines ont the menu : but it never boot, never charge
- finaly, deseperated, i choose "shutdown" line in the fastboot menu
then it restarted correctly with htc animation - ouf - dont understand...
i will never let it go out of battery again
thanks again
:highfive:
It is important to know that the wall charger adapter has a greater current output than just the USB cable in a computer. The wall charger will always be faster (assuming it is relatively modern and has a sufficient amperage) in charging your phone. It may be better to use the one provided by the phone, but generally any wall adapter should suffice in a pinch.
I believe that since the USB is so weak, you either did not wait long enough to let it sufficiently charge, or it simply did not keep up. I've had phones plugged into the computer on charge mode and still have it lose power.
Also, if your computer was turned off, then it wouldn't have been pushing any charge to your phone anyway.

[Q] XperiaP wont power on/charge - no red light - don't want to lose my pics or vids

Hello, been googling this and it constantly brings me to this forum.
However my Xperia P is unmodded/rooted or whatever.
Situation:
Phone won't turn on or even charge no matter what I try. I don't even get a red charging light or any screen activity. Tried an number of chargers, sockets and USB ports. Left it over night, no change.
Trying the various "Hold down the volume button and turn it on" tricks google turns up has had no effect either.
I have not tried using the sony repair option yet because it says it will delete anything on internal storage! This phone has no SD card slot and everything is saved on the phones 16gb internal storage. This is what I care about the most, I have photos and videos from nostalgic events such as a wedding that I really REALLY want to recover. I don't care if my phone goes up in flames, its whats on it that I really want!
Background:
Two days ago it ran out of battery overnight (was pretty sure it was near full before I went to bed.) Left it in the charger the next day after I noticed it was off and came back to it a while later to see it still wasn't turning on HOWEVER I was getting the red light and the sony boot up screen and then back to black screen as there was no power. I was not paying a whole lot of attention at this stage however as I was returning home from a trip. Just assumed the cable was off and it never got a charge.
Came home and began charging it that night, again, red light still worked when I tried to turn it on indicating it had low battery,
But when I came back to it, AGAIN it still had no charge. But by this stage no more red light no more phone activity.
I've no idea what's happened. Phone has been annoying me the past 6 months with randomly running out of battery out of the blue and poor performance but I was not expecting this. Really don't want to lose those photos or vids, is there ANYTHING I can try?????
Thanks for reading.
@Sisko-ire
Have you updated firmware with flashtool or PC Companion before?
Do you know how to and can test if you can connect the phone in flashmode (phone off, connect to USB while pressing volume down key).
Try pressing power + volume up for about 10 seconds, see if you get the (1+) 3 vibrations to turn it off before you try flashmode.
Thanks for the reply.
ChikeD said:
@Sisko-ire
Have you updated firmware with flashtool or PC Companion before?
Do you know how to and can test if you can connect the phone in flashmode (phone off, connect to USB while pressing volume down key).
Try pressing power + volume up for about 10 seconds, see if you get the (1+) 3 vibrations to turn it off before you try flashmode.
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As mention I have tried the various 'hold down button' options mentioned on various posts before. Phone does not respond. Zero vibrations... nothing.
I have used the PC companion to update my phone (android update from what I can guess). Not used flashtool before.
Holding down the volume key and plugging in the USB does nothing.
Sisko-ire said:
Thanks for the reply.
As mention I have tried the various 'hold down button' options mentioned on various posts before. Phone does not respond. Zero vibrations... nothing.
I have used the PC companion to update my phone (android update from what I can guess). Not used flashtool before.
Holding down the volume key and plugging in the USB does nothing.
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One thing reported to fix similar problem was to disconnect the battery, but didn't work for another user, worth a try though.
If you still havent gotten it working, there is a way to force charge the battery. Look at my thread, got some pics there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2644772

Can my Z2 be rescued from the dead?!

Update 2: I've connected the battery's flex cable again with the mainboard and plugged it into a Sony wall charger via USB. The red led is now blinking during charge, which it did not do before, it was only solid red all the time. Is this good?
When plugged into the magnetic charger, the led is constant red.
Update 3:
I can only get the phone into flashmode when I put it into the USB of my PC WITHOUT the battery flex cable attached to the board! I also have it then show up in device manager as "SOMC device" and flashtool shows me a device ID. It then connects and disconnects from flash mode about every 50 seconds, before disconnecting, it seems as if the led shortly flashes yellow or something. It then shows a faint battery icon on the display with a small red bar on the bottom of it. When it connects again into flashmode, the battery icon is gone.
(When I try to connect the phone with the battery cable attached, flashtool doesn't recognize it.)
Still, I've tried to flash a whole 4.4. rom to it (when it was in flash mode) and to my surprise the flashing went through and it didn't disconnect!
But still, I can't turn on the phone after reattaching the battery cable.
When I plug it into the wall usb, the red led blinks. When I plug it into the magnetic charger, nothing happens, no led. If I quickly unplug and plug back in the battery cable and then try again to connect the magnetic charger, the red led stays solid.
I've just discovered, that the back side of my battery doesn't have a QR code or barcode or whatever it should be on it as the original battery should have. I'd like to look at the other side of the battery and see if it's a real Sony but I'm having trouble unscrewing it because my screwdriver is not small enough!
Update 4:
I've managed to repair the device with PC Companion (all the while with the battery unattached to the board, very risky, I know) but it still doesn't boot!
I've hooked it up to a wall usb charger and let it charge for a while - red led is blinking.
It seems that it SHOULD be okay now, because it went throught the PC companion repair, shouldn't it? I can only think of the battery as the only remaining fault here?!
If the mainboard would be broken, it wouldn't let me flash an entire rom or enable a PC Companion repair, would it?
So it could be the battery?? Problem is: I need to spend 12€ for a new battery to try it out, but if it isn't the battery which is broken but something else, I have a useless new battery and a dead phone!
Update:
I have the battery still unplugged and plugged the phone into my PC's usb port. Flashtool recognizes it and shows "device in flashmode", after about a minute or less, it automatically disconnects and says "device not connected", after a while it connects again in flashmode and so on. (I didn't pull the USB out of the USB port). I can also get it to fastboot mode (blue led solid) when pressing volume up.
Also, for the first time ever, when it was in flashmode, I saw a faint battery icon on the display with only the bottom of it filled with a small red bar, then it went away! I had this happen twice already. I still have only the Kitkat kernel flashed. I'm afraid to flash the full rom with the battery unplugged or even with the battery plugged in as there is not enough charge, also flashtool tells me the device connects and disconnects itself from flashmode every couple of minutes and this would be very bad during the flashing process.
I'm not sure, but I believe everytime I plug the battery back in, I can't get it into fastboot or flashmode and flashtool doesn't recognize it, what could this mean?
Ok, here's the deal: I've bought a broken Z2 on ebay for a bargain prize. The seller wrote: "It only shows a constant red LED when charging, and three pulses of the red led when disconnected and pressing the power button."
Also no vibration, no booting, logo or anything.
Of course before buying, I've researched the different methods to bring it back to life and believed I could do it.
Turned ozt, they all didn't work.
I've tried holding power button, power button + vol down, power button + vol up, power button + vol up & vol down. BTW: The small reset button under the micro usb/sim card flap is gone, maybe broken, missing, I don't know.
I've let the phone charge for hours with wall outlet and also magnetic charger as I read this could help when USB is not working (of course not booth at the same time!).
No luck.
When unplugged, the red led stays on for a while after that. When the red led is one, neither PC Companion nor flashtool can register the phone, flashtool says: "Device disconnected" or nothing.
When the red led is on, flashtool registers it and says "device connected with usb debugging off" but I can't enter flashmode. Also no fastboot (I don't know if bootloader is locked or unlocked!)
Now, in my desperation, I've opened up the back cover and disconnected the battery. With the battery still disconnected, I've put it into the usb port, flashtool says "device connected in fastboot mode", for the first time ever, the BLUE LED came on. No more red!!
Then, after plugging out, plugging in, connecting the battery and such (I don't remember which order or what I did) flashtool said: "device connected in flash mode" (Again, for the first time ever!!!).
Flashtool can also sometimes detect the device (maybe depending if battery connected or not or after having it disconnected for a while) and shows me a device ID and "true". System manager says "SOMC flash device" (also, this did not happen before!!).
So, when flashtool said device connected in flashmode, I had an UK generic Z2 D6503 4.4 rom ready (it is a D6503 because the little white slide out slip under the micro sd flap says so), excluded everything but kernel (as I read this is faster and should be okay as a first step in flashing) and started flashing.
To my surprise, the flashing worked without problems! So the kernel should be flashed.
Alas, phone still doesn't turn on!
Do I need to charge it for a long time (USB wall charger or magnetic, I have both available)? Connect it with battery unplugged or plugged to flashtool, trying to flash the whole rom?! Let it sit there with the battery unplugged for a certain while?
Could it be that the battery is faulty and not holding a charge/not being able to charge and that's why it can't boot?
Right now, I have it sitting with the battery unplugged, not plugged into the PC.
It seems the phone has still some life in it, at least a lot better than before unplugging the battery as I could flash the kernel and it sometimes is registered with device ID in flashtool, in system manager as SOMC flash device or even in fastboot/flashmode and the blue led came on.
Could somebody tell me if it is possible to revive the phone under the current conditions and what to do exactly? Should I unplug some other cables from the mainboard as well and let it sit for a while?
Any help is much appreciated!
This is a copy of one of the logs:
05/019/2015 13:19:18 - INFO - Device connected in fastboot mode
05/019/2015 13:19:26 - INFO - Flash canceled
05/019/2015 13:19:29 - INFO - List of connected devices (Device Id) :
05/019/2015 13:19:29 - INFO - - USB\VID_0FCE&PID_0DDE\CB5A1Y7ZF9 Driver installed : true
05/019/2015 13:19:29 - INFO - List of ADB devices :
05/019/2015 13:19:29 - INFO - - none
05/019/2015 13:19:29 - INFO - List of fastboot devices :
05/019/2015 13:19:29 - INFO - - CB5A1Y7ZF9
05/019/2015 13:19:37 - INFO - Device disconnected
05/029/2015 13:29:45 - INFO - List of connected devices (Device Id) :
05/029/2015 13:29:45 - INFO - List of ADB devices :
05/029/2015 13:29:45 - INFO - - none
05/029/2015 13:29:45 - INFO - List of fastboot devices :
05/029/2015 13:29:45 - INFO - - none
drsoran2 said:
Update 2: I've connected the battery's flex cable again with the mainboard and plugged it into a Sony wall charger via USB. The red led is now blinking during charge, which it did not do before, it was only solid red all the time. Is this good?
When plugged into the magnetic charger, the led is constant red.
Update 3:
I can only get the phone into flashmode when I put it into the USB of my PC WITHOUT the battery flex cable attached to the board! I also have it then show up in device manager as "SOMC device" and flashtool shows me a device ID. It then connects and disconnects from flash mode about every 50 seconds, before disconnecting, it seems as if the led shortly flashes yellow or something. It then shows a faint battery icon on the display with a small red bar on the bottom of it. When it connects again into flashmode, the battery icon is gone.
(When I try to connect the phone with the battery cable attached, flashtool doesn't recognize it.)
Still, I've tried to flash a whole 4.4. rom to it (when it was in flash mode) and to my surprise the flashing went through and it didn't disconnect!
But still, I can't turn on the phone after reattaching the battery cable.
When I plug it into the wall usb, the red led blinks. When I plug it into the magnetic charger, nothing happens, no led. If I quickly unplug and plug back in the battery cable and then try again to connect the magnetic charger, the red led stays solid.
I've just discovered, that the back side of my battery doesn't have a QR code or barcode or whatever it should be on it as the original battery should have. I'd like to look at the other side of the battery and see if it's a real Sony but I'm having trouble unscrewing it because my screwdriver is not small enough!
Update:
I have the battery still unplugged and plugged the phone into my PC's usb port. Flashtool recognizes it and shows "device in flashmode", after about a minute or less, it automatically disconnects and says "device not connected", after a while it connects again in flashmode and so on. (I didn't pull the USB out of the USB port). I can also get it to fastboot mode (blue led solid) when pressing volume up.
Also, for the first time ever, when it was in flashmode, I saw a faint battery icon on the display with only the bottom of it filled with a small red bar, then it went away! I had this happen twice already. I still have only the Kitkat kernel flashed. I'm afraid to flash the full rom with the battery unplugged or even with the battery plugged in as there is not enough charge, also flashtool tells me the device connects and disconnects itself from flashmode every couple of minutes and this would be very bad during the flashing process.
I'm not sure, but I believe everytime I plug the battery back in, I can't get it into fastboot or flashmode and flashtool doesn't recognize it, what could this mean?
Ok, here's the deal: I've bought a broken Z2 on ebay for a bargain prize. The seller wrote: "It only shows a constant red LED when charging, and three pulses of the red led when disconnected and pressing the power button."
Also no vibration, no booting, logo or anything.
Of course before buying, I've researched the different methods to bring it back to life and believed I could do it.
Turned ozt, they all didn't work.
I've tried holding power button, power button + vol down, power button + vol up, power button + vol up & vol down. BTW: The small reset button under the micro usb/sim card flap is gone, maybe broken, missing, I don't know.
I've let the phone charge for hours with wall outlet and also magnetic charger as I read this could help when USB is not working (of course not booth at the same time!).
No luck.
When unplugged, the red led stays on for a while after that. When the red led is one, neither PC Companion nor flashtool can register the phone, flashtool says: "Device disconnected" or nothing.
When the red led is on, flashtool registers it and says "device connected with usb debugging off" but I can't enter flashmode. Also no fastboot (I don't know if bootloader is locked or unlocked!)
Now, in my desperation, I've opened up the back cover and disconnected the battery. With the battery still disconnected, I've put it into the usb port, flashtool says "device connected in fastboot mode", for the first time ever, the BLUE LED came on. No more red!!
Then, after plugging out, plugging in, connecting the battery and such (I don't remember which order or what I did) flashtool said: "device connected in flash mode" (Again, for the first time ever!!!).
Flashtool can also sometimes detect the device (maybe depending if battery connected or not or after having it disconnected for a while) and shows me a device ID and "true". System manager says "SOMC flash device" (also, this did not happen before!!).
So, when flashtool said device connected in flashmode, I had an UK generic Z2 D6503 4.4 rom ready (it is a D6503 because the little white slide out slip under the micro sd flap says so), excluded everything but kernel (as I read this is faster and should be okay as a first step in flashing) and started flashing.
To my surprise, the flashing worked without problems! So the kernel should be flashed.
Alas, phone still doesn't turn on!
Do I need to charge it for a long time (USB wall charger or magnetic, I have both available)? Connect it with battery unplugged or plugged to flashtool, trying to flash the whole rom?! Let it sit there with the battery unplugged for a certain while?
Could it be that the battery is faulty and not holding a charge/not being able to charge and that's why it can't boot?
Right now, I have it sitting with the battery unplugged, not plugged into the PC.
It seems the phone has still some life in it, at least a lot better than before unplugging the battery as I could flash the kernel and it sometimes is registered with device ID in flashtool, in system manager as SOMC flash device or even in fastboot/flashmode and the blue led came on.
Could somebody tell me if it is possible to revive the phone under the current conditions and what to do exactly? Should I unplug some other cables from the mainboard as well and let it sit for a while?
Any help is much appreciated!
This is a copy of one of the logs:
05/019/2015 13:19:18 - INFO - Device connected in fastboot mode
05/019/2015 13:19:26 - INFO - Flash canceled
05/019/2015 13:19:29 - INFO - List of connected devices (Device Id) :
05/019/2015 13:19:29 - INFO - - USB\VID_0FCE&PID_0DDE\CB5A1Y7ZF9 Driver installed : true
05/019/2015 13:19:29 - INFO - List of ADB devices :
05/019/2015 13:19:29 - INFO - - none
05/019/2015 13:19:29 - INFO - List of fastboot devices :
05/019/2015 13:19:29 - INFO - - CB5A1Y7ZF9
05/019/2015 13:19:37 - INFO - Device disconnected
05/029/2015 13:29:45 - INFO - List of connected devices (Device Id) :
05/029/2015 13:29:45 - INFO - List of ADB devices :
05/029/2015 13:29:45 - INFO - - none
05/029/2015 13:29:45 - INFO - List of fastboot devices :
05/029/2015 13:29:45 - INFO - - none
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Can anyone please help me with this?
try to find an other z2 and setup the driven needed when the phone is offline
You mean an other working z2, turn it off and plug it into the pc and see if it installs new drivers or other drivers? Then maybe flash the rom again or try another PC companion repair? When I first did the flashing of the complete rom, flashtool said it all went fine, the PC Companion repair afterwards also went successful, PC Companion said.
I don't have access to another Z2, but I have my fully functioning Z1, could this be similar enough to install the necessary drivers? Prior to flashing/the PC Companion repair I had already installed the general fastboot/flashmode and Z2 drivers from the flashtool drivers folder. Is this the same?
I had the phone on the magnetic charger for the past 7 hours with a solid red led but the battery isn't even a bit warm as it should be when it would be actually charging. As soon as I unplugged the charger, the red led went off and phone doesn't boot. Does this confirm that it didn't charge at all or that it can't hold a charge?
I have now the usb charger plugged in, the red led is blinking all the time. The battery is not warm so far.
I don't know if the bootloader is unlocked or maybe wrongly flashed, does this affect flashing a new rom or a successful PC Companion repair? If so, what can I do differently to flash it in this case? Something via fastboot mode? I can get it to show the blue led and into fastboot mode when plugged into the pc.
Oh, btw, when I had the phone in flashmode when flashing the rom (flashtool said so), there was no green led as it should be in this mode. In fact, there was no led glowing at all. Is this important?
same case with me
I hope this issue can be resolved,.
I have z2 with the same case, only red indicator
or may be battery is faulty ?
How did this happen to you? What is your current status, what have you tried already?
I've finally managed to unscrew the battery from the case and look at it. I'm not sure what to make of it. My battery doesn't quite look genuine. It's missing the QR code and lines of text on the lower part of the front and also the QR code on the back. The text on the back is also smudged.
See photos for what I mean. The first two are a original battery, the last two are from my battery.
I don't know if the previous owner replaced the battery with a (non genuine?) one because the phone wasn't booting and he couldn't flash it and thought this would solve his problem or he could flash it but it still didn't boot because of the non genuine/faulty battery.
As I have managed to flash the phone/repair with PC companion, I'm now facing the fact that it could be and hopefully is the battery which is the remaining fault and once I have the battery replaced, the phone should boot.
At least, that's what I'm hoping for.
I just bought a new battery on Ebay. It should be here anytime between tomorrow and Saturday.
maybe that's the problem i also hope the same
Bad news everybody: My replacement battery has arrived but the problem is the same. When the power button is pressed, the phone blinks red 3x. When plugged in it is constantly red.
No life in it, no vibration, won't start. It could be the mainboard which is also defective, but then, why was I able to flash and repair it?! Anyways, a new board is 100€ and that's not worth it. I've given up!

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