Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Bricked, need help fast - Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini

So yeah, so let's me say that first: my phone was a little bricked, the screen didn't work but the small led lights on the Xperia x10 mini worked, the lights were always red, I could not flash stuff then. But after charging it for hours the light turned green, and guess what? I could now flash. I downloaded the original firmware for it. Then using flash tool I flashed the firmware. But I didn't look and the firmware was for India and I bought the phone in sweden. And I saw that while the firmware was flashing. And guess what happened after it said flash successful on the flash tool? My phone now won't boot at all, The screen doesn't work, and the led lights don't work on the phone anymore. Please, someone help me.

Flash the suitable Stock ROM.

jwoegerbauer said:
Flash the suitable Stock ROM.
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I can't anymore because it doesn't show any signs of life and PC doesn't detect it anymore

Then take it to authorized service center and let them try to fix it.

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boot / battery problem

Hi everyone
yesterday I bought a X10 (it wasn't brand new)
I turned it on and it asked me for settings (language, time, etc) (yeah it's not new but they changed the rom before sell it to me)
I worked with it for like 10-15min and I got a big vibrate and it turned off. I pluged it into the charger, there was an orange led for 5min and then nothing, when I tried to turn the phone on I saw SE logo and it restarted. I plugged it to the charger, nothing again, not even orange led
I took it to a store and they shocked the battery, i came back, turned it on, it booted ok everything was fine,I plugged it again to full charge. orange led for 1.5h and then green led.I worked with it a short time then turned it off to put the sim and sd card in
when I turned it on it booted till lock screen and rebooted. again SE logo then boot again
it sometimes boot till lock screen sometimes only se logo and reboot
when it goes to lock screen I see antena has red x on it, i thought maybe that's the problem, i removed sim and sd, still the same
Please please please help me
ps 1: I can't connect it to the pc, I tried but when pc wants to recognize it and install drivers, it stops and says "not successful"
Have a look in the dev section for flashtool (there's a tutorial in the q&a section), look in the firmwares sticky in the dev section and download the firmware for your region. I suggest you pick a generic firmware. Now use flashtool to flash the firmware to the phone.
This should solve the problem.
thank you Frosty for fast answer
but my problem is my pc dosen't recognize the phone
flashtool works even without drivers?
Flashtool works in flash mode. If you can't get your computer to recognise the phone when it is powered on, it should still recognise it in flash mode. If not, there is an option in flashtool to install the drivers.
Sent from my x10, rocking Wolf's 2.3.3 + DooMKernel, overclocked to 1.2 GHz...
good, so I think I still have a chance to fix it
btw, now I have stock 2.3.3 installed
which rom do you recommend? should I install 2.3.3 again or downgrade to 2.1?
I want it to support farsi
X10i_3.0.1.G.0.75_CUSTOMIZEDARO-ARO GENERIC 1241-1846
is right?
You could do 2.3.3 or 2.1. It shouldn't matter.
As for Farsi support, 2.1 supports more languages than 2.3.3 I think. I just checked the list of available languages on my 2.3.3 ROM and Farsi isn't listed. 2.1 might support it.
You could always try both to see which one better suits your needs.
That firmware you have is 2.3.3, by the way.
thank you so much frosty
I asked if i could install 2.3.3 because now have 2.3.3 and i have this problem. installing same version will fix it?
and one question about baseband
should i download one or it comes in firmware pack/zip
if I have to download it, how do I know which one?
Your're welcome.
Oh, in that case, you should be fine.
The baseband is included in the firmware file.
I'm facing a weird problem
I can't turn my phone on, I've been told to try flashtool and install a new rom
my old rom was 2.3.3
I downloaded flashtool and X10i_3.0.1.G.0.75_CUSTOMIZEDARO-ARO GENERIC 1241-1846
first time I tried instrudoction in second post in this topic. it seems flashtool recognized my device and startet flashing but after a few min it said flash aborted
I wanted to try again but this time even before i connect the device to usb cable, flashtool say flashing start and nothing happen
I also tried SE update service, it downloaded the rom and it seem it worked (second green bar went to the end and said disconnect phone and restart)
I restart the phone but it reset after SE logo, sometime it boot till lock screen and reset again
Please help me
Sorry to say this, but you might be out of luck.
If re-flashing stock couldn't fix it, your issue may be a hardware problem.
Do you have any sort of warranty? If it's second hand, you probably don't.
You could try taking it to a Sony Ericsson service center and see if they can do anything.
omg
I'm officially beeeeeep
thanks anyway Frosty
btw, pc campanion and se update service do something different
is it possible that pc companion can fix it?
Well you could try. Couldn't hurt.

Bricked Live with Walkman-help

hello last week I installed this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1444858 and it was fine...then I want to get back to stock rom and I instaled fw .58...then update notification comes up to fw .62...I accepted that update and my device should reebot...but it didn't...I think that he is bricked...then I try to flash that custom rom via flashtool and phone connect automatic in flash mode without pressing volume down+power button...when I try to turn on the phone green led blink...when I put phone on charger green led light still blink...any ideas how to unbrick?
sorry for my bad english
You had unlocked bootloader.
Check my tutorial, link in signature.
Also, flashmode is turn off phone, hold down volume down button and connect USB cable.
Sent from my Xperia Live using xda premium
I don't have unlocked bootloader
I took this picture before installing a custom rom in a case of failrue
ur bootloader unlock is not allowed !! ? ... try this remove ur battery once .. and then enter into flashmode......
believe me I tried everything...yesterday I took the cell phone warranty and I hope that they will fix it...
today my phone come back from service and they didn't fix him...it's over
live with walkman was my first android phone
Domac5 said:
today my phone come back from service and they didn't fix him...it's over
live with walkman was my first android phone
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Still no access to flashmode? Make sure phone is turned off, hold down Volume DOWN button and then connect USB cable. Nothing more, nothing less.
it works
i flashed Xperia 2011 Range_FreeXperia_ALL.ftf and my phone works...thank god
Domac5 said:
it works
i flashed Xperia 2011 Range_FreeXperia_ALL.ftf and my phone works...thank god
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oh, good.
it's disappointing to know the service center didn't fix your phone. i guess warranty is just good for factory defects.
exactly ...if its a software fault we are better off solving it on our own from xda than service center...... they r only good for hardware faults..... and most of them are not covered in warranty i think
but they took my warranty papers and cancel guarantee...what a bastards
i am using now this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1444858
it's hard to find rom which requires no unlocked bootloader and custom kernel
Domac5 said:
hello last week I installed this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1444858 and it was fine...then I want to get back to stock rom and I instaled fw .58...then update notification comes up to fw .62...I accepted that update and my device should reebot...but it didn't...I think that he is bricked...then I try to flash that custom rom via flashtool and phone connect automatic in flash mode without pressing volume down+power button...when I try to turn on the phone green led blink...when I put phone on charger green led light still blink...any ideas how to unbrick?
sorry for my bad english
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if guys still on issues one and only best idea to overcome the problem is to relock the bootloader. it can be flashed using flashtool like we do for .tft files or sin files. try it out it really worked for those regreting OTA updates.
Sorry u are stuck
Domac5 said:
hello last week I installed this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1444858 and it was fine...then I want to get back to stock rom and I instaled fw .58...then update notification comes up to fw .62...I accepted that update and my device should reebot...but it didn't...I think that he is bricked...then I try to flash that custom rom via flashtool and phone connect automatic in flash mode without pressing volume down+power button...when I try to turn on the phone green led blink...when I put phone on charger green led light still blink...any ideas how to unbrick?
sorry for my bad english
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Ur phone cannot be used with custom roms.
just install The default .58 firmware root if u need and update to .62 (do as intructed on this post linked below)
link - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1559685
Say thank if i helped u
LIVE with walkman
Domac5 said:
it works
i flashed Xperia 2011 Range_FreeXperia_ALL.ftf and my phone works...thank god
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hi
i am facing the same problem like yours, i flashed my mobile with a LWW FTF file using a flash tool.
now , if i switch ON the mobile green notification light will blink slightly and there is no response, i tried CWM using coconut, SEUS, different LWW kernels, given to service centers etc but still have the same problem.i unlocked the phone officially while the phone with this problem.
pls reply me how you rectified your problem.
Domac5 said:
but they took my warranty papers and cancel guarantee...what a bastards
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WTF really ... Now that cruel they cannot cancel your warranty mahn..
I got the same problem
Domac5 said:
it works
i flashed Xperia 2011 Range_FreeXperia_ALL.ftf and my phone works...thank god
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hello,
hi i got the same issue. when connected my phone to PC green led is keeping on (not blinking). and when i connected to charger or pressing the power button green led is blinking and the device is totally turned off. so i have reed this post. so can you please tell me what tool you have used to flash the Xperia 2011 Range_FreeXperia_ALL.ftf firmware and how did u installed that can you please send me a tutorial about it. i am really eager to see it working...please help me bro.....
Thank you,
Naga

Xperia Mini Pro (sk17i) Bricked?

Hi there. First of all, sorry about my english, but i'm spanish
I was reading a lot, and i cant find a solution to my phone. It sudently becomes a brick just when charging (with anothers phone charger) and the battery was lower than 10%
It doesn't work, and don't response to any of all solutions i've read (Take out SIM, SD card, remove battery and wait... ) no way... Screen never come back to iluminate again. Just, when pushing power buttom, the phone's vibrates.
So tired of the brick, i've arrived at this page. And I read this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568792
And try to become my phone back...
At least, the phone enter in flashmode, and i can flash with flashtools... but the phone never come back... just the brick
I tryed to flash with the Xperia_2011_FreeXperia_ALL.ftf file and OK
Afther that, take out the USB and flash again with one ROM i get from here:
Xperia Mini Pro (SK17i)
4.0.2.A.0.42 - http://www.mediafire.com/?hevz3x5w9pqt24q
4.1.B.0.431 - http://www.mediafire.com/?j0bdx06zz5skvzt
But the phone never works. One time afther flashing with 4.0.2.A.0.42 i noticed, that trying to power on the phone, the red led shyne 3 times, and thats supposed to be the battery. But i don't know if the battery now is charged. I've left it hours charging, and hours too to the USB...
Supposedly, i cant flash without battery in the phone, but flashtools finish correctly
So... any idea?
There is something i can do?
Thank all of you who read this!
Its probably battery empty. recharge battery or get a friends and try
Sent from my X8 using Tapatalk 2
First make sure that your battery is really fine. Try another one.
If that fails, see if you can get your device into flash mode?(Switched off+Vol Down + USB cable)
If yes, try flashing a custom ROM. For example, download CyanogenMod from here, use Flashtool (guide) to flash the kernel provided in the downloaded ROM's ZIP file. Then, boot again into Clockword Mod Recovery(Keep pressing Vol DOwn button while boot or google for how to enter recovery for your phone). Copy the downloaded Cyanogenmod ZIP to SD card and install it via ClockwordMod recovery.
See if the above works.
bandarigoda123 said:
Its probably battery empty. recharge battery or get a friends and try
Sent from my X8 using Tapatalk 2
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But, if it was problem of battery, i suppose, that i can't finish flashing with flashtoolts. Not?
Milven said:
But, if it was problem of battery, i suppose, that i can't finish flashing with flashtoolts. Not?
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Try booting up your phone with the USB connector plugged in the PC (maybe it will charge the battery then)
Milven said:
But, if it was problem of battery, i suppose, that i can't finish flashing with flashtoolts. Not?
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At least my phone (LWW WT19i does not work without the battery with Flashtool. I'm not sure about your device.
Anyway try flashing a custom ROM like I said. Try unlocking bootloader first though from here
U said that red light show when try to on the phone.
Just try another battery.. It should work
Sent from my X8 using Tapatalk 2
You said LED blinks 3 times so if the color of LED is RED then it indicates empty battery..
Hey, my problem wasnt the same as yours, but it helped for me when i got only service logo on screen.
On this link you find a "Play_v1.01_TA brick fix UPDATE" zip.
Download, unpack and flash it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126358&page=10
I hope it will help u.
Milven said:
Hi there. First of all, sorry about my english, but i'm spanish
I was reading a lot, and i cant find a solution to my phone. It sudently becomes a brick just when charging (with anothers phone charger) and the battery was lower than 10%
It doesn't work, and don't response to any of all solutions i've read (Take out SIM, SD card, remove battery and wait... ) no way... Screen never come back to iluminate again. Just, when pushing power buttom, the phone's vibrates.
So tired of the brick, i've arrived at this page. And I read this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568792
And try to become my phone back...
At least, the phone enter in flashmode, and i can flash with flashtools... but the phone never come back... just the brick
I tryed to flash with the Xperia_2011_FreeXperia_ALL.ftf file and OK
Afther that, take out the USB and flash again with one ROM i get from here:
Xperia Mini Pro (SK17i)
4.0.2.A.0.42 - http://www.mediafire.com/?hevz3x5w9pqt24q
4.1.B.0.431 - http://www.mediafire.com/?j0bdx06zz5skvzt
But the phone never works. One time afther flashing with 4.0.2.A.0.42 i noticed, that trying to power on the phone, the red led shyne 3 times, and thats supposed to be the battery. But i don't know if the battery now is charged. I've left it hours charging, and hours too to the USB...
Supposedly, i cant flash without battery in the phone, but flashtools finish correctly
So... any idea?
There is something i can do?
Thank all of you who read this!
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Hi Milven,
I got the same problem with you yesterday. Few hours sitting in front of my PC and hopeless.
I tried everything same as yours, finally I found and solve the case.
Install this http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/tools/update-service/
And let it update your phone.
Done. It's back to brand new.
Hope you read this.
frdnoer said:
Hi Milven,
I got the same problem with you yesterday. Few hours sitting in front of my PC and hopeless.
I tried everything same as yours, finally I found and solve the case.
Install this http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/tools/update-service/
And let it update your phone.
Done. It's back to brand new.
Hope you read this.
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That's true. Try fixing it by using sony repairment. I did it and it worked for my phone. I hope it does for you
Sent from my Xperia, Asri Aisyah El Zahra
i've the same problem as you. charge your battery with desktop charger. not too long, i put the battery and flash firmware in flashtool. and it work. when the flashing done and the device on, my battery just 3% lol. flashing with flashtool only takes a few minutes

[Q] Help I killed? my customers X10i

OK Im pretty new to Android flashing etc, so go easy please
Customer brought in X10i locked to Orange-UK and running firmware 1.6
I used flashtool to flash 2.1 rom and after flash completed, phone boots to SE logo (writing) and then is stuck.
I have tried updating using both SEUS and PCCompanion. Both say that they have updated the phone successfully but phone still does not start.
After flashing with PCC boot process was same problem as before except I briefly saw an image of a camera and a blue arrow pointing down to a phone.
After flashing with SEUS, the phone does not start at all. When I press the power button I see red led flash 3 times repeatedly.
I thought maybe battery has died, so I have connected to mains charger.
Now the phone seems flashes red led once (repeatedly) for about 2 minutes, then led changed to solid green for about 2 minutes,then powers-up to SE logo/writing and camera/blue arrow image briefly, before repeating the process again.
I am not sure if the phone is charging or not? (or maybe battery is not even depleted?)
I am trying to unlock the phone for my customer using SETool or (Omnia?) but both say that 1.6 is not supported and handset must be flashed to 2.1
Seems like I have fallen at the first hurdle
I have searched the www and read forums and tutorials etc and have been at this for nearly 7 hours solid now
Please help.
Thanks.
MK5
The red flashing light sounds like battery issue! Do you have another x10 to charge the battery?
Have you rooted the device and unlocked the bootlaoder?
If so and you can enter xrecovery and flash a custom ROM wolfs for example?
Simply power off the device unplug USB cable and just press back button repeatedly while it starts up!
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
---------- Post added at 08:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:16 AM ----------
For future reference this application unlocks the sim lock of xperia x10i its free and simple to do
http://www.x10unlocked.com/
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
Thanks for replying
Hi,
Thank You for replying.
You are absolutely right about the battery/flashing lights. I have charged the battery externally and the red flashing light issue has gone.
The phone now powers up to SE writing, then camera and blue arrow, then back to SE writing and stops.
The phone was fully working on Orange-UK before I flashed it. It looked as though everything on it was stock and it had never been flashed or updated ever.
I have not tried to root it or unlock bootloader (Im not even sure what unlocking bootloader means?)
What can I try next to bring this back to life?
Should I just keep trying to flash different roms?
Maybe I should try to flash stock Orange-UK firmware?
Thanks for your help so far, and look forward to your reply
MK5
help
Sorry I dont mean to double post or annoy anyone but please can someone help me with this.
Thats nearly another day and still I am stuck at SE logo/writing
I have flashed 5 or 6 different roms now, all with same end result.
I think I am missing something somewhere?
Do I need to upgrade/downgrade kernel?
and what is usb debugging setting? I set it to 'on' when phone was working at the very start, but I think now it is off.
Do I need this to be on before flashing? and if so, how do i do this if the phone is not booting?
Thanks.
MK5
You will need the phone to boot up to put debugging on! This needs to be on to root the device! It wont root without it. It makes sense why your stuck at se logo im sure if you flash the wrong firmware to the phone it wont boot up flash the orange firmware 2.1 or 2.3. British orange version then root using flashtool and use the program in the link above to unlock the sim
Let me know if it works?!!
Good luck!!
Sent from my Google Nexus S using xda premium
1eyedmonster said:
You will need the phone to boot up to put debugging on! This needs to be on to root the device! It wont root without it. It makes sense why your stuck at se logo im sure if you flash the wrong firmware to the phone it wont boot up flash the orange firmware 2.1 or 2.3. British orange version then root using flashtool and use the program in the link above to unlock the sim
Let me know if it works?!!
Good luck!!
Sent from my Google Nexus S using xda premium
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Thanks m8, I'll give that a go. Battery has just died again, so giving it another charge just now.
Just a point to notw? - When i update the phone in SEUS, the process tells me that the update has completed successfully, but phone doesnt boot, and if I connect to SEUS again, it tells me that an update is available and this goes 'round in circles'
Is it possible that the phone somehow isnt actually getting flashed properly?
anyways will try the Ora-UK firmware first.
Should I look for stock 1.6 as that is what wason it originally? or can i go right ahead with 2.1?
Also where can I download these from? The only links I found for 2.1 orange were dead (megaupload)
Thanks for all your help so far m8. I appreciate it
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m8 you are a star
I got firmware from omnius and unzipped and made a couple of modifications (as per tutorial on the site)
flashed my newly created ftf file and the phone booted
Back to running stock 1.6
I need to make sure I do things properly this time.
Can you give me any pointers as to the correct tutorials to follow?
I just want to unlock the phone so it will accept a Vodafone sim card.
Not too bothered about debranding and custom roms etc.
Thanks.
MK5

[Q] Xperia Mini x10 Bootloop

Hello
I got this phone some years ago, then i gave it to my mother she said one day it got out of battery then after many hours trying to charge it did not charge.
I tried to charge the phone, i get some flashing red light then it tries to boot
shows the sony logo then it goes black and does it again about 5 more times then it just go off.
I flashed the stock rom using sony software it was successful but it still does the same.
The phone is not rooted / not bootloader unlocked.
After one day charging still does the same. I am able to get green light to flash but i am not able to recover it.
Any ideas? i was thinking maybe if there is a gingerbread ftf rom i could fix it, but everything here is zipped and there is not ftf rom no custom
....thanks
Zirdark said:
Hello
I got this phone some years ago, then i gave it to my mother she said one day it got out of battery then after many hours trying to charge it did not charge.
I tried to charge the phone, i get some flashing red light then it tries to boot
shows the sony logo then it goes black and does it again about 5 more times then it just go off.
I flashed the stock rom using sony software it was successful but it still does the same.
The phone is not rooted / not bootloader unlocked.
After one day charging still does the same. I am able to get green light to flash but i am not able to recover it.
Any ideas? i was thinking maybe if there is a gingerbread ftf rom i could fix it, but everything here is zipped and there is not ftf rom no custom
....thanks
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Just force reboot your phone with Square button+Power button and reflash with SEUS or Flashtool. It worked for me. Try it. I don't think that there is a GB.ftf file, only the stock 2.1 one. Press thanks if I helped you in some way.
Sent from my Xperia X10 Mini using xda app-developers app

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