So I have been trying to root my phone and have been following the directions posted on the forums here, the problem is, no matter what I try I can't get it to download mode. I've tried volume up + volume down while plugging in USB, tried volume down + power button while plugging in usb, and while not plugging in usb. Nothing gets it into download mode. All the buttons and the phone works completely normally outside of this, and I can get it into 3e recovery mode easily enough. Any help?
Take out the battery from the back to ensure your phone is completely off, then put the battery back in. Now hold down on both the Up and Down Volume buttons and plug the USB coming from your PC into your SGS2. Once you see a warning screen let go of the volume buttons. Hit the Up Volume button to continue into download mode.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1288112
I tried that, and did it again just now with taking the battery out. It doesn't work, after like 5 seconds of having the usb plugged in it just starts charging the phone and brings up the battery filling up graphic...
Never mind, maybe this should have been obvious, but I was trying to do this with a generic microusb cord made by At&t (it was what i had closest at hand) and it wasn't working. I just tried it with the microusb cord that came with my phone (samsung made) and I got into download mode right away...go figure.
Interesting...I wouldn't have thought it mattered. Glad you figured it out.
justlaxin13 said:
Never mind, maybe this should have been obvious, but I was trying to do this with a generic microusb cord made by At&t (it was what i had closest at hand) and it wasn't working. I just tried it with the microusb cord that came with my phone (samsung made) and I got into download mode right away...go figure.
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I think some of the microusb cords AT&T sells are specifically designed for charging-only - they short D+ and D- together to force the phone into AC Charger mode.
Which of course makes them useless for data...
(The stock MicroUSB cord is OK - but additional cords can be charger-only.)
Hello, is there a script or a method where I can get my HTC One Max T6 to boot when plugged into the charger? The power connector is broken inside so I have no power or volume button functions. I am running CyanogenMod 12.1 and the phone is rooted, s-off and unlocked.. I know it can be done, because some ROMs I have used in the past caused the phone to boot when the charger is first plugged in. Thanks.
Sorry a bit confused. You mean the USB power connector on your phone is broken ("The power connector is broken inside") but you need to have the phone boot when a USB charger is plugged in the broken USB connector?
Anyway, if the problem is not having power and volume keys function, then I think there are some kernels which has "tap to power" function which you can turn on your phone by specific tapping pattern on the screen. Since I don't change kernel so don't have a link but just search this forum and you shall find some. One Max forum is not too big...
Though you need the USB to be functional enough to deliver power and connect to PC .
lssong99 said:
Sorry a bit confused. You mean the USB power connector on your phone is broken ("The power connector is broken inside") but you need to have the phone boot when a USB charger is plugged in the broken USB connector?
Anyway, if the problem is not having power and volume keys function, then I think there are some kernels which has "tap to power" function which you can turn on your phone by specific tapping pattern on the screen. Since I don't change kernel so don't have a link but just search this forum and you shall find some. One Max forum is not too big...
Though you need the USB to be functional enough to deliver power and connect to PC .
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Thanks, I didn't make it clear, my power and vol buttons ribbon connector is broken internally, so I don't have those functions. The phone USB functions properly. I did have a ROM installed, some time ago, that used to boot the phone into recovery when I plugged in the charger through USB. Annoying at the time, for sure, but I need it now
Again, thanks for your help.
I believe the custom recovery/kernel or the bootloader determines what happens when you plug in the phone. So you would have to flash one that does that.
Well my elephone p9000 ribbon cable for the power buttons snapped and i cant turn it on.
is there any way i can use a app on my pc like sp flash tools or something so i can power it on just enough to grab a inportant file i needed of of it or a way for me to read from the user storage partition on the device so i can get my files off of it that way?
I am getting a replacement power and volume button from somewhere in china but it will take 40 days.
Also how (when i do get the replacement) do i plug the new ribbion cable in the socket, i know how to safely open it and i can see the port but just dont know how to properly insert the ribbion cable into it.
Hi,
Please, be patient while reading this post, this is a looong explanation of the brick I am facing...
I recently was given a non working XTZ SGP311 and tried to get it back to life. As I have another one SGP311 (this one is perfectly working), I am able to check many things.
I read most of topics about XTZ unbrick but can't find any way to get it back working.
The problem is that I can't have any signal from usb (data or power). I use a genuine Sony USB cable and genuine Sony charging adapter (coming from the working SGP311). The led always stays off.
I tried the different combos as described (vol- and power ; vol+ and power ; vol+ and vol- and power) during 5, 10, 20, 30 seconds (yes, quite complete tests).
I did a cross check of batteries and inside usb connector ribbon (yes, had to open both tablets for that), the working tablet continues to work with the 2 parts coming from the faulty one (battery coming from dead tablet was 0% charged), so the problem is not on the side of the inside usb connector neither on the side of a supposed dead battery. The faulty tablet doesn't boot, even with a fully charged battery inside.
I luckily own a XTZ dock (SGPDS5) that allows to charge without using usb connector (it uses the 2 contacts located on the left side of the tablet). That's the only way to get something...
Soooo, when I put the bricked tablet on its dock, the red led flashes very slowy (say, 1 second off, 1 second on red, and so on).
When I press vol- and power, nothing happens (no matter 5/10/15/20/25 seconds).
When I press vol- and vol+ and power, idem.
When I press vol+ and power : I got the sequence blinks once white led / blinks 3 times white led (after that goes to slow red blinking about if I keep the keys pressed). So not completely dead.
If I unplug it from the dock right after the third white blink, plug the usb cable to the tablet, plug it to my laptop (with emma running, tried with pc companion too), and press vol-, then....nothing happens. Really nothing. No led lit. No detection of anything from the laptop (or device manager as well). It would have been the same if I would have kept it unplugged.
To sum it up, the only thing I can have is 1 or 3 white blinks after having plugged the SGP311 on its docks.
IMO, the trouble comes from a faulty component inside the tablet. Maybe the one that manages the connection from the usb ribbon plug. I checked the tiny plugs inside the tablet (once dismantled and back repacked too), all seems in order.
Your help is welcome !
This is similar to an issue I have it sounds like, you can still flash stock rom by holding power + volume till it blinks 3x then plug USB in and hold volume down immediately.
This gives flash mode, you can use flash tool to put stock rom on with this. The issue happens when it's acting like there's no OS it seems. Problem is mines doing this everytime I flash a custom rom, it's fine with stock aside from **** wifi
Thanks for your help. I tried that yesterday and it did not work.
This may be related to the way of reset I use (but I can't have any other).
As I can't get any white blinking led when connected by the tablet micro-usb port, the one and only way to get the 3 times white blinking led is when the XTZ is on its dock (SGP DS5, power connection only by lateral contacts).
What I tried yesterday was to get the 3 time white blinking led (vol+ and Power), then output the tablet off the dock and connect a usb cable to a laptop running Sony Emma (from micro usb tablet port to usb laptop).
Precision : I kept VOL- pressed when pluging usb cable to laptop.
No result at all. No detection (either Emma nor windows).
Any idea ?
jzk01 said:
Thanks for your help. I tried that yesterday and it did not work.
This may be related to the way of reset I use (but I can't have any other).
As I can't get any white blinking led when connected by the tablet micro-usb port, the one and only way to get the 3 times white blinking led is when the XTZ is on its dock (SGP DS5, power connection only by lateral contacts).
What I tried yesterday was to get the 3 time white blinking led (vol+ and Power), then output the tablet off the dock and connect a usb cable to a laptop running Sony Emma (from micro usb tablet port to usb laptop).
Precision : I kept VOL- pressed when pluging usb cable to laptop.
No result at all. No detection (either Emma nor windows).
Any idea ?
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let it charge for a night period. Then try to flash again.
Rootk1t said:
let it charge for a night period. Then try to flash again.
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Thanks for your advice, I appreciate.
But I swapped batteries from the working XTZ to the non-working one and put a (about) 60% charged battery into the bricked XTZ (both batteries are charging when set into the working XTZ). I will try anyway.
The problem is that the non working XTZ does not charge either through usb or through the dock. The only interest of the dock is that this is only situation where I can have the "triple white led blink" (but nothing more).
That's why I need the working XTZ for charging before doing anything with the non working one.
What I could try would be to connect the lateral contacts with wires to the dock in order to keep an access to the usb tablet micro port and connect it to a laptop.
But this may be hairy as this would give 2 ways for power (one by the dock and the other by the USB port), and may produce a short circuit...
Any XTZ power experts around ?
Hello, Did you find a solution to this issue ?
Hello, did you find a solution for this issue ? Look like that I had the same.
jzk01 said:
Thanks for your advice, I appreciate.
But I swapped batteries from the working XTZ to the non-working one and put a (about) 60% charged battery into the bricked XTZ (both batteries are charging when set into the working XTZ). I will try anyway.
The problem is that the non working XTZ does not charge either through usb or through the dock. The only interest of the dock is that this is only situation where I can have the "triple white led blink" (but nothing more).
That's why I need the working XTZ for charging before doing anything with the non working one.
What I could try would be to connect the lateral contacts with wires to the dock in order to keep an access to the usb tablet micro port and connect it to a laptop.
But this may be hairy as this would give 2 ways for power (one by the dock and the other by the USB port), and may produce a short circuit...
Any XTZ power experts around ?
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Canhobix said:
Hello, did you find a solution for this issue ? Look like that I had the same.
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Well, not a real solution...
I bought a cheap xtz with broken screen and got its working motherboard and put it instead of the other one.I got the lte component too with its antenna and put it into the 1st xtz that was not supposed to have lte.
So now, on one side I have a xtz with faulty motherboard and broken screen, and on the other side a refurbished xtz with LTE !
I like very much this tablet. Very handy, easy to dismantle and easy to swap its components.
The only drawback is no more support for Sony.
Thank you for the answer
So, you are saying that if I replace the motherboard I can fix that ? I'm looking for motherboard on ebay and I found one for $28 usd + shihpping.
Thank you for answering and take care.
jzk01 said:
Well, not a real solution...
I bought a cheap xtz with broken screen and got its working motherboard and put it instead of the other one.I got the lte component too with its antenna and put it into the 1st xtz that was not supposed to have lte.
So now, on one side I have a xtz with faulty motherboard and broken screen, and on the other side a refurbished xtz with LTE !
I like very much this tablet. Very handy, easy to dismantle and easy to swap its components.
The only drawback is no more support for Sony.
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Canhobix said:
So, you are saying that if I replace the motherboard I can fix that ? I'm looking for motherboard on ebay and I found one for $28 usd + shihpping.
Thank you for answering and take care.
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Yes. I think this should be good.
Don't care about the exact matching of the product code: as long as it'll be xtz, it'll be good (16 or 32 gb, with or without lte, and any region should match).
Did you opened it already ?
Yes, I opened 2 years ago cuz my son broke the power jack connector then I replaced that twice.
I'm also tech guy, I can replace that, but won't expend more than $50 for a new motherboard. I'm looking on ebay now.
Thank you
jzk01 said:
Yes. I think this should be good.
Don't care about the exact matching of the product code: as long as it'll be xtz, it'll be good (16 or 32 gb, with or without lte, and any region should match).
Did you opened it already ?
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hey guys, sorry for making yet another new thread (think this is my third one) but i recently ordered a deep flash cable from aliexpress (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Dee...lgo_pvid=a160a4d6-9954-4385-a0eb-59a59c5ce8ec) sorry super long link but that's the exact cable i ordered,
anyway i plugged in the cable and still have just red flashing dots, not edl of course just regular flashing. no ports in device manager or anything. any ideas?
1- Connect deep cable to pc
2-press button
3-Connect to phone with button-press
4-wait 8 seconds and release the button
5-phone enter in edl mode
Important, phone needs to be completely off.
I have exactly the same cable.