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[Q] can't flash X8, by error i flashed x10 kernel

[SOLVED] !
aditional info:
- baseband_015 2.1.1.A.0.6 X8i
- bootloader unlocked
- everything ****s up when i tried (a big mistake) to flash nAa-14 (for x10)
the story:
hi, i was doing this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350484
but, in the part where i have to flash the kernel, and the mistake whas that i have the x10 kernel, not the x8.
now, each time i want to flash using flashtool, i got this error message:
17/014/2013 23:14:19 - ERROR - C:\Flashtool;custom;root;ftkit.tar : Not found
i can't use seuz becouse i have the bootloader locked, and i can't unlock it becouse i can't flash
):!!!!, i searched a little in google, and everywhere say's that flashtool is the ultimate solution, i'm a little scared... , help plz
EDIT:
reinstalled flashtool (but this time in desktop), i got the same error
ERROR - C:\Users\lcjury\Desktop\Flashtool;custom;root;ftkit.tar Not found
so, i put the .tar file on the Desktop with this name "Flashtool;custom;root;ftkit.tar", but still without flashing, i got this output:
17/033/2013 23:33:33 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.
17/033/2013 23:33:41 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging on
17/033/2013 23:33:42 - INFO - Connected device : E15
17/033/2013 23:33:42 - INFO - Installed version of busybox : N/A
17/033/2013 23:33:42 - INFO - Android version : 2.1-update1 / kernel version : 2.6.29.6-nAa-14 / Build number : 2.1.1.A.0.6
17/033/2013 23:33:42 - INFO - Pushing C:\Users\lcjury\Desktop\Flashtool\.\devices\E15\busybox\1.20.2\busybox to /data/local/tmp/busybox
17/033/2013 23:33:43 - INFO - Installing toolbox to device...
17/033/2013 23:33:43 - INFO - Pushing C:\Users\lcjury\Desktop\Flashtool;custom;root;ftkit.tar to /data/local/tmp
17/033/2013 23:33:43 - INFO - Running installftkit as root thru sysrun
17/033/2013 23:33:43 - INFO - Root Access Allowed
[SOLVED]!!!
it's really strange, for some reason, if i try to turn on my xperia, the green led turn on, and turn off really fast, and then the screen turn on, and then turn off... if i try to do it again, nothing happend. but if i take out the battery, and put it again i cant restart the same process... knowing that, i trie to take out the battery, put it on, and flash from there... but the first time it failed:
18/027/2013 00:27:06 - ERROR -
18/027/2013 00:27:06 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted
but in that moment, the green led still's on, i hope that if (i think that the green leds say's that the xperia is somekind of "directly" connected to the pc ) i trie to flash again, and it works !!!
i'm really happy...
something more...
somebody could think that i spend 1 hour trying to fix this, well.. i really spend all the day ): now i will try to put ginger again !

lcjury said:
hi, i was doing this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350484
but, in the part where i have to flash the kernel, and the mistake whas that i have the x10 kernel, not the x8.
now, each time i want to flash using flashtool, i got this error message:
17/014/2013 23:14:19 - ERROR - C:\Flashtool;custom;root;ftkit.tar : Not found
i can't use seuz becouse i have the bootloader locked, and i can't unlock it becouse i can't flash
):!!!!, i searched a little in google, and everywhere say's that flashtool is the ultimate solution, i'm a little scared... , help plz
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How you flashed kernel on locked bootloader
If bootloader is locked best solution is PC companion
Sent from my X8

Gogeta said:
How you flashed kernel on locked bootloader
If bootloader is locked best solution is PC companion
Sent from my X8
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"i can't use seuz becouse i have the bootloader locked"
i forgot to say, that now, the xperia don't turn on, while i press the bottom, the screen lights turn on only for one second.

You can use PCC...it doesnt matter that you have unlocked bootlaoder
Here is a GUIDE HOW TO UNBRICK

Xperia x8 totaly dead
Hi all,
I need help in regard with Xperia x8. I tried to flash it using the latest Flashtool 0.9.13.0, in the flashtool window I had the only option x10 V1 BLRelock. I went ahead following the steps, everything seemed ok, asked to disconnect the cable and the phone not responding al all.
Lately I realised that I did not load the correct firmware/option....
I followed this tutorial but is not working for me. The phone is totally dead.
Any other option left, before throwing it?
Any help is welcome.

Emy12 said:
Hi all,
I need help in regard with Xperia x8. I tried to flash it using the latest Flashtool 0.9.13.0, in the flashtool window I had the only option x10 V1 BLRelock. I went ahead following the steps, everything seemed ok, asked to disconnect the cable and the phone not responding al all.
Lately I realised that I did not load the correct firmware/option....
I followed this tutorial but is not working for me. The phone is totally dead.
Any other option left, before throwing it?
Any help is welcome.
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Hi, Emy12. Have you checked out the unbricking part here? If you want to, you can download the Stock ROM here (courtesy of BlackRabbit1703 through 8cpaiw) and flash it to unbrick your X8.

Red_Acid said:
Hi, Emy12. Have you checked out the unbricking part here? If you want to, you can download the Stock ROM here (courtesy of BlackRabbit1703 through 8cpaiw) and flash it to unbrick your X8.
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Thank you for replay.
The problem is I can not power it at all, no life of it whatsoever, is totally dead, is not charging neither.
I went the a shop that deals with mobile phone stuff and they can not do anything, said that can not connect to the pc, it might be the power connector faulty, but no, is not faulty for sure. I do not think the flash tool damaged the connector socket.
It worked perfectly prior the problem.
I only did what I already stated in my previous post. I do not think there is a way to recover it.
I have to decide what I am going to do with it. I found for €20 a X8 in good working order , just the case is bad. The one I have is spotless except it stopped working. I am thinking to get it and change the board....
I will see now.

Emy12 said:
Thank you for replay.
The problem is I can not power it at all, no life of it whatsoever, is totally dead, is not charging neither.
I went the a shop that deals with mobile phone stuff and they can not do anything, said that can not connect to the pc, it might be the power connector faulty, but no, is not faulty for sure. I do not think the flash tool damaged the connector socket.
It worked perfectly prior the problem.
I only did what I already stated in my previous post. I do not think there is a way to recover it.
I have to decide what I am going to do with it. I found for €20 a X8 in good working order , just the case is bad. The one I have is spotless except it stopped working. I am thinking to get it and change the board....
I will see now.
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The only option is to take it to Sony...
Sent from my E15i using Tapatalk 2

Gogeta said:
The only option is to take it to Sony...
Sent from my E15i using Tapatalk 2
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Well, Sony? Will charge me a lot to fix it. I do not see how they will fix it, maybe to change the board or have other ways to do it.
I will give them a call to see how much will charge me.
I think it will be more than €20 the price for used one and swap the board.

[Q] Completely Dead

Hi
what i did.
I unlocked the Bootloader via Flashtool
Rooted the device
Installed TW Recovery.
Installed iHackers 4.
All was fine until i saw the i wasnt connected to my Network Provider .
AHH i forgot to flash "Xperia Z1 - C6903 - Kernel + Baseband [14.3.A.0.757].ftf"
So i went into flashtool and flashed it, excluding everything execpt Kernel and Baseband.
The flashtool finshed and the device shut down. And thats it. Since then nothing. Not even
the led or something is showing any lifesignal. I tryed every button combi. The red reset button.
Tryed to enter flashmode.. NOTHING!!! What the ?! ANy ideas what i can do?
Last time i checked the accu was @ 93 %. I have it now on the charger dock hoping it is just a battery issue. No combination (pwr+vol+ or pwr+vol- etc.) working so far.
thanx
Thomas

TommyX235 said:
Hi
what i did.
I unlocked the Bootloader via Flashtool
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What is this?
Did you Backup TA? Did you followed this instructions HERE?
If you did not, then you was asking for troubles.

eclyptos said:
What is this?
Did you Backup TA? Did you followed this instructions HERE?
If you did not, then you was asking for troubles.
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I started the Flashtool .. clicked on BLU and followed the instructions.
ANd the flashtool successfully unlocked the booloader
But thats not my problem. The Phone is dead.. I does not give
any lifesignes .. also the backup is useless if i cant get flashboot
or any way to use adb .. to work.

TommyX235 said:
I started the Flashtool .. clicked on BLU and followed the instructions.
ANd the flashtool successfully unlocked the booloader
But thats not my problem. The Phone is dead.. I does not give
any lifesignes .. also the backup is useless if i cant get flashboot
or any way to use adb .. to work.
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Yes it is a problem.
Even in this Tutorial is all well explained that you have to use the OFFICIAL Sony way to unlock Bootloader,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2440597
..you did not followed the instructions and you unlocked with Flashtool which probably did not do his job right.
Maybe I am wrong but this is how supposed to be to avoid issues.
Then you phone is bricked and you have to follow other instruction to check if still can be resurrected, there is many Threads on XDA about this.

TommyX235 said:
I started the Flashtool .. clicked on BLU and followed the instructions.
ANd the flashtool successfully unlocked the booloader
But thats not my problem. The Phone is dead.. I does not give
any lifesignes .. also the backup is useless if i cant get flashboot
or any way to use adb .. to work.
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Well if you want to sell it then I might want it as my screen got cracked
Sent from my C6903 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

TommyX235 said:
Hi
...
thanx
Thomas
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Leave it on charge for 24 hours and then try turning it on.
Please let us know tomorrow if anything changes

eclyptos said:
Yes it is a problem.
Even in this Tutorial is all well explained that you have to use the OFFICIAL Sony way to unlock Bootloader,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2440597
"..you did not followed the instructions and you unlocked with Flashtool which probably did not do his job right."
Maybe I am wrong but this is how supposed to be to avoid issues.
Then you phone is bricked and you have to follow other instruction to check if still can be resurrected, there is many Threads on XDA about this.
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Wow i haven't thought that I get some nagging here instead of constructive suggestions. In any case i will let the phone on the charger for 24 hours and see if it helps. Also I DON'T THINK THIS IS A BOOTLOADER ISSUE!!! All worked fine.. I booted into ihackers 4 multiple times without any problems.. Also the Phone would show ANY signes of life, eg. LED RED or blinking etc..But nothing
ALSO:
"..you did not followed the instructions and you unlocked with Flashtool which probably did not do his job right."
In the "getting started" thread of z1 it is suggested to use the flashtool! And like i said .. it finished successfully..
Thank you for your answer and the nagging...

gregbradley said:
Leave it on charge for 24 hours and then try turning it on.
Please let us know tomorrow if anything changes
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i'll give it a try! Thanx!

TommyX235 said:
Wow i haven't thought that I get some nagging here instead of constructive suggestions. In any case i will let the phone on the charger for 24 hours and see if it helps. Also I DON'T THINK THIS IS A BOOTLOADER ISSUE!!! All worked fine.. I booted into ihackers 4 multiple times without any problems.. Also the Phone would show ANY signes of life, eg. LED RED or blinking etc..But nothing
ALSO:
"..you did not followed the instructions and you unlocked with Flashtool which probably did not do his job right."
In the "getting started" thread of z1 it is suggested to use the flashtool! And like i said .. it finished successfully..
Thank you for your answer and the nagging...
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Let us hear how it goes with it...
Sent from my C6903 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

TommyX235 said:
"..you did not followed the instructions and you unlocked with Flashtool which probably did not do his job right."
In the "getting started" thread of z1 it is suggested to use the flashtool! And like i said .. it finished successfully..
Thank you for your answer and the nagging...
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Ok, If you are so sure then Ok, but still weird, as I follow different instruction and never had a problem then people do on they way and later have problems. It can be a coincidence and maybe is not your case, but sometime thinking easy can compromise the whole process.
I flashed different patches on mine Kernel I kill my phone few times and mine was completely dead, no led nothing, but it boot into Flashmode or Fastboot, you have somehow go in that mode and flash again, this is the only soft solution.
If you will not be able to do so then you have to go with the Test Pins, open your back cover and try to resurrect it, the hard way.

eclyptos said:
Ok, If you are so sure then Ok, but still weird, as I follow different instruction and never had a problem then people do on they way and later have problems. It can be a coincidence and maybe is not your case, but sometime thinking easy can compromise the whole process.
I flashed different patches on mine Kernel I kill my phone few times and mine was completely dead, no led nothing, but it boot into Flashmode or Fastboot, you have somehow go in that mode and flash again, this is the only soft solution.
If you will not be able to do so then you have to go with the Test Pins, open your back cover and try to resurrect it, the hard way.
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I don't understand what went wrong. After flashing the Kernel and Baseband the flashtool said everything went fine eand restarted the device. It turned off and nothing since then. I cant even get into flashboot or flashmode. It feels likt the accu is broken because there is nothing happening whatever i do. I think there is no power. I will not open the device because i still have 2 years of waranty (i hope they repair it as waranty case, if i am lucky) Else I will pay for the repair. We'll see. If this is an accu failure it should be a waranty case.
I had it for about 8 hours on the charger without any signs of "life" in the "machine". Sometimes i feel like trowing it against a wall to see if it reanimates it... But i can keep myself from doing it. =)
We'll see..

probably stupid guess: maybe ur phone just stucked on something and may not be completely switched off??
press vol+ and power button, see if ut vibrates 3 times
if it does, congrats an flash kernel again

TommyX235 said:
Hi
what i did.
I unlocked the Bootloader via Flashtool
Rooted the device
Installed TW Recovery.
Installed iHackers 4.
All was fine until i saw the i wasnt connected to my Network Provider .
AHH i forgot to flash "Xperia Z1 - C6903 - Kernel + Baseband [14.3.A.0.757].ftf"
So i went into flashtool and flashed it, excluding everything execpt Kernel and Baseband.
The flashtool finshed and the device shut down. And thats it. Since then nothing. Not even
the led or something is showing any lifesignal. I tryed every button combi. The red reset button.
Tryed to enter flashmode.. NOTHING!!! What the ?! ANy ideas what i can do?
Last time i checked the accu was @ 93 %. I have it now on the charger dock hoping it is just a battery issue. No combination (pwr+vol+ or pwr+vol- etc.) working so far.
thanx
Thomas
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Is it getting red led when you try to charge it?
If not then its Sony's problem probably a faulty device. Send warranty and don't mention bootloader, root or ROM.
yup owns Z1 and stuff.

z1 completely dead
my z1 completely dead, I instaled hi hackers rom and went well after finishing flashing i did'nt get network of airtel and instaled baseband of 3rd party and it is completely dead nothing is working when i press volume+on button it vibrates 3 times thats it and nothing is displayed and when i put to the charge it shows red light and stops,can anbody help me out from this, please only 3 months old my z1 and sorry for my english ....and can anbody reply what to do next friends?

Hard reset.
Flash a stock FTF using flashtool.
If that does not work, leave it on charge overnight and try again tomorrow

gregbradley said:
Hard reset.
Flash a stock FTF using flashtool.
If that does not work, leave it on charge overnight and try again tomorrow
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ok Dude i tried for flashing by pressing volume down button its not working .
while i try plug data cabel it will show blue led for a 2 seconds confirm its charging r i dont know? OK
I will try keeping overnight charge and i will try tomorrow. Thanks
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eclyptos said:
Ok, If you are so sure then Ok, but still weird, as I follow different instruction and never had a problem then people do on they way and later have problems. It can be a coincidence and maybe is not your case, but sometime thinking easy can compromise the whole process.
I flashed different patches on mine Kernel I kill my phone few times and mine was completely dead, no led nothing, but it boot into Flashmode or Fastboot, you have somehow go in that mode and flash again, this is the only soft solution.
If you will not be able to do so then you have to go with the Test Pins, open your back cover and try to resurrect it, the hard way.
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how to use Test pins procedure by opening back cover give me the details?

srichinu said:
how to use Test pins procedure by opening back cover give me the details?
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There is no test point on 2013+ devices
Try again in the morning and let me know how you get on, I will help you then

gregbradley said:
There is no test point on 2013+ devices
Try again in the morning and let me know how you get on, I will help you then
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Ok sir i kept for charge for more than 6 hours but i think nothing charged i tried by all methods by volume+ and on button,flash mode by connecting data cabel by pressing volume down as a flash but still it is in same condition. please advice me what to do next.
thanks?

Go through the process of flashing a FTF and please post the output of flashtool here.

Sony PC Companion
Have you try Sony PC Companion program?

[Q] XPERIA Z Possible Brick... any help is appreciated.

Right, to start off ive had the XZ for a while now, (was a replacement for a damaged one mid last year). My problem is i think ive bricked it, (absolutely devastated ...) i would love to hear from some more experienced users who could possibly help me in my situation.
On my memory card i have a few different roms backed up for me to restore to at my leisure, (pac rom, beanstalk rom, stock 4.3, stock 4.3 with unlocked bootloader, cyanagenmod..) i use the latest dual recovery (twrp and clockwork).
Now here is my problem and how it occured....
I was running stock 4.3, with locked bootloader, rooted.....I booted to twrp recovery, in there i had a choice of roms to restore from, without thinking i restored a backup of cyanagenmod FROM MY Girlfriends xperia z, (was digging through my laptop last week to clear things up and seen a cyanagen mod backup... thought it was from this xz so put it on my memory card... .
So now ive wrote a cyanagenmod restore point which was made on my girlfriends xperia z which was an unlocked bootloader onto my current one, which was a locked bootloader.
When it happened last night i had around 50 % battery.
The phone shows very little signs of life. when plugged into wall charger it gives a flashing red led, around every second or so.
When connected to Flashtool (latest one) it connects in flashmode, thats without pressing and holding down, (get same results if i press and hold down also.
The phone will not connect in Fastboot mode (up and plug usb in).
Holding power and up for 10, 20, 30 seconds does nothing but blink a red led at me.
It is recognized in windows (7,32bit) but will connect for a while then disconnect, then re connect then disconnect etc...
I do have full backups (made in twrp) of full stock rom, i have full backup of my T.A partition. im wondering if there is anyone on here had anything similar to this and successfully brought it back from the brink ? Only done without my phone for today and im lost without it....
here is a log of what happens in flashtool when im plugged in..... trying to flash a generic unbranded sony ftf.....
03/009/2014 19:09:34 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized
03/009/2014 19:09:34 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.9.16.0 built on 19-04-2014 19:00:00
03/009/2014 19:09:46 - INFO - Checking if changes have been made to devices folder.
03/009/2014 19:09:59 - INFO - Pulling changes from github
03/010/2014 19:10:00 - INFO - Devices sync finished.
03/010/2014 19:10:05 - INFO - Device disconnected
03/010/2014 19:10:18 - INFO - Selected Bundle for Sony Xperia Z (C6603). FW release : 10.4.1.B.0.101. Customization : Generic UK
03/010/2014 19:10:18 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing
03/010/2014 19:10:35 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
03/011/2014 19:11:25 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.
03/011/2014 19:11:26 - INFO - Opening device for R/W
03/011/2014 19:11:26 - INFO - Reading device information
03/011/2014 19:11:36 - INFO - Unable to read from phone after having opened it.
03/011/2014 19:11:36 - INFO - trying to continue anyway
03/011/2014 19:11:36 - INFO - Start Flashing
03/011/2014 19:11:36 - INFO - Processing loader.sin
03/011/2014 19:11:36 - INFO - Checking header
03/011/2014 19:11:36 - ERROR - Processing of loader.sin finished with errors.
03/011/2014 19:11:36 - INFO - Ending flash session
03/011/2014 19:11:36 - ERROR - Error in processHeader : 2 : The system cannot find the file specified.
03/011/2014 19:11:36 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted
03/011/2014 19:11:36 - INFO - Device disconnected
03/011/2014 19:11:51 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
03/012/2014 19:12:52 - INFO - Device disconnected
03/013/2014 19:13:01 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
03/014/2014 19:14:02 - INFO - Device disconnected
03/014/2014 19:14:04 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

You could try to flash a recovery..... Maybe it'll work.... As long as your pc detects it, there's a chance to get it back to life..

How ?
St.Jimmy90 said:
You could try to flash a recovery..... Maybe it'll work.... As long as your pc detects it, there's a chance to get it back to life..
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Would you be kind enough to help me do it Sir ?
I have no clue how to do it, im a guide man.... if its written down i can follow instructions easliy...

safcscon said:
Would you be kind enough to help me do it Sir ?
I have no clue how to do it, im a guide man.... if its written down i can follow instructions easliy...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/general/ub-lb-xzdualrecovery-xperia-z-qa-thread-t2477769
I'm afraid though, that this one needs a working phone...
You could also try to just flash the kernel..... Use flashmode and exclude anything but the kernel....
Or you extract the stock kernel and flash it via fastboot mode...

Try unlocking your bootloader. The fact that you flashed a backup including a custom kernel while locked could be the cause of your problems.
Edit - Sorry, my bad. I didn't see that you said you cannot enter fastboot.
Question - Did you restore the TA partition from your girlfriend's phone to your phone? If so, there is nothing you can do, unfortunately.
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T A partition
kingvortex said:
Try unlocking your bootloader. The fact that you flashed a backup including a custom kernel while locked could be the cause of your problems.
Edit - Sorry, my bad. I didn't see that you said you cannot enter fastboot.
Question - Did you restore the TA partition from your girlfriend's phone to your phone? If so, there is nothing you can do, unfortunately.
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Im afraid i did, when in twrp it gave me the option of what to restore, i checked all of the boxes.
So your saying theres nothing that can be done for this z now ? wonder what sony would charge for a replacement or have you any idea if sony can fix it ? sorry for all the questions, its like loosing an arm not being able to boot my phone up

Unfortunately, it's hard bricked and I'm not sure any service centre has the tools to restore it. You could just take it in and say it stopped working, I suppose. They may offer you a reduced cost replacement if you're still under warranty.
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kingvortex said:
Unfortunately, it's hard bricked and I'm not sure any service centre has the tools to restore it. You could just take it in and say it stopped working, I suppose. They may offer you a reduced cost replacement if you're still under warranty.
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yer i thought so, well looks like ill have to go without for just under a full year as thats when my upgrade is due, and just my luck the years warranty finished 3 weeks ago looks like a cheapo to get me through the year. Thanks for your help.

safcscon said:
yer i thought so, well looks like ill have to go without for just under a full year as thats when my upgrade is due, and just my luck the years warranty finished 3 weeks ago looks like a cheapo to get me through the year. Thanks for your help.
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Well don't feel sad, you didn't loose your girlfriend

The flashing red led under normal circumstances would indicate a low battery state and charging
Now i'm presuming that you've tried the soft and hard resets with the power and volume buttons to no avail
The fact that your PC will not recognize the phone would also point to this ie. low battery state
I had a similar problem meself ,but the guy who had owned the phone before me had taken the back cover off,so i disconnected the battery to try to stop this cycle of on/off
Now this dint work for me
So im im scratching me head and trying to work out the next move
So i brought for £6 of ebay a replacement battery now this fixed my problem as soon as i plugged the phone in to charge the red led went solid so it was taking the charge,when fully charged ie. greed led i pressed the power button and the phone started up in the normal way
Now i appreciate that you might not want to take off your rear cover and the battery out
So as a backup I brought one of these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4200mAh-E...lePhonesCasesPouches&var=&hash=item3f29034d76
Which when fully charged will also give you access to the USB port and maybe (hopefully)your PC so enabling you to flash it
Good luck

Oadbylad said:
The flashing red led under normal circumstances would indicate a low battery state and charging
The fact that your PC will not recognize the phone would also point to this ie. low battery state
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I know you're trying to help, but a new battery will not fix this issue. He flashed another device's TA partition to his phone. That causes an unrecoverable hard brick. The bootloader performs checks on content in the TA when you power the device on and if it doesn't find the correct hashed keys, then it halts boot. There is no way to correct this.
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kingvortex said:
I know you're trying to help, but a new battery will not fix this issue. He flashed another device's TA partition to his phone. That causes an unrecoverable hard brick. The bootloader performs checks on content in the TA when you power the device on and if it doesn't find the correct hashed keys, then it halts boot. There is no way to correct this.
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Yes, im quite sure another battery would not fix this issue. I think my best and cheapest route would be to buy another xz with a smashed screen and swap the motherboards over, thanks to all who have tried to help. If only i could desolder the chip with the TA partition and hot boot it in her phone, wouldnt know which chip to do this with and if it would even work...

kingvortex said:
I know you're trying to help, but a new battery will not fix this issue. He flashed another device's TA partition to his phone. That causes an unrecoverable hard brick. The bootloader performs checks on content in the TA when you power the device on and if it doesn't find the correct hashed keys, then it halts boot. There is no way to correct this.
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Surely this is the problem
By doing what he as theres no OS on the phone and thereby nothing to control the charging cycle hence the on/off cycle
and the battery is just running down and the PC won't recognize the phone
By disconnecting the battery its the biggest hard reset of all
By replacing it with an external source/or new battery hopefully the PC will acknowledge the phone and a reflash can be done
Just my take on it
Its worth a try and not as defeatist
I know for sure it worked for me

Oadbylad said:
Surely this is the problem
By doing what he as theres no OS on the phone and thereby nothing to control the charging cycle hence the on/off cycle
and the battery is just running down and the PC won't recognize the phone
By disconnecting the battery its the biggest hard reset of all
By replacing it with an external source/or new battery hopefully the PC will acknowledge the phone and a reflash can be done
Just my take on it
Its worth a try and not as defeatist
I know for sure it worked for me
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He says that he flashed his girlfriend's TA partition onto his phone.
Flashing a TA partition from another device hard bricks your phone 100% of the time. No exceptions. There is no way back from it.
Please read up on what I'm saying before disputing it further. Thanks.
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kingvortex said:
He says that he flashed his girlfriend's TA partition onto his phone.
Flashing a TA partition from another device hard bricks your phone 100% of the time. No exceptions. There is no way back from it.
Please read up on what I'm saying before disputing it further. Thanks.
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Just been raking around in my draw and came across my old Xperia Z (as in the one discussed here). I had a little google around and it seems there is a way to fix it now, I've successfully re flashed my t a partition with the backup I made with setool, (used another program called ta_gen which converted my ta backup into sin file). Still actually trying to get through all the posts to bring it back from the dead, just wondering if you have came across this info, if im missing anything and what your thoughts are ? Cheers

I think i killed it

I was doing bunch of stuff i dont think it matters if do,tell me...Anyways my phone DEAD i cant do anything it just vibrates when u plug it in pc flashtool dont recognize it and EVEN pc companion idk what to...
Is this the end,did i just lost my phon
I had Sony z1 4.2.2 it was bootloader unlocked and rooted and last thing was cwm on and it died (((((

kefi999 said:
I was doing bunch of stuff i dont think it matters if do,tell me...Anyways my phone DEAD i cant do anything it just vibrates when u plug it in pc flashtool dont recognize it and EVEN pc companion idk what to...
Is this the end,did i just lost my phon
I had Sony z1 4.2.2 it was bootloader unlocked and rooted and last thing was cwm on and it died (((((
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Can you enter fastboot mode?

dedei said:
Can you enter fastboot mode?
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Nope i press volume down and then plug in cable with flashtool on just to see it doesen't work,not even notification light works WTF heres flashtool log
26/001/2014 18:01:32 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.9.16.1 built on 06-16-2014 23:00:00
26/001/2014 18:01:32 - INFO - Executing search strategies to find proxy selector
26/001/2014 18:01:33 - INFO - No proxy found for IE. Trying next one
26/001/2014 18:01:33 - ERROR - Error parsing settingsprefs.js (The system cannot find the file specified)
26/001/2014 18:01:33 - INFO - Strategy firefox failed trying next one : java.io.FileNotFoundException: prefs.js (The system cannot find the file specified)
26/001/2014 18:01:33 - INFO - No proxy found for java. Trying next one
26/001/2014 18:01:33 - INFO - Syncing devices from github
26/001/2014 18:01:33 - INFO - Pulling changes
26/001/2014 18:01:37 - INFO - Devices sync finished.
26/001/2014 18:01:44 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
26/001/2014 18:01:44 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
26/001/2014 18:01:45 - INFO - Device disconnected
26/001/2014 18:01:53 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
26/001/2014 18:01:53 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
26/001/2014 18:01:59 - INFO - Device disconnected

Hmm weird. What exactly did you do?

dedei said:
Can you enter fastboot mode?
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Bro it seems my screen is still on WTF ???
and i called my self and its ringing wtf is going on here ? can someone u help

Try hard resetting it (power + volume up till it vibrates 3 times) then try rebooting it.

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Hmm weird. What exactly did you do?
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so downgraded from 4.4.4 to 4.2 to root,i rooted phone then backed up my keys so i dont lose them when i unlock boot loader then i used pcc to update to 4.4.4 so i can unlock bootloader then i lost root and then downgraded again so i can root i rooted my phone and then used v3 kernel from doom to instal cwm,i didnt know how to open that .bin file so i flashed it and it worked i got into cwm and then just reobted it asked me if i want sth about to back last kernel idk i said no and then it reboted and i turend it on once and boom black sscreen of death

dedei said:
try hard resetting it (power + volume up till it vibrates 3 times) then try rebooting it.
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its aliveeeeeeeee ty man

kefi999 said:
its aliveeeeeeeee ty man
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Glad to help!

@kefi999
After following your posts about this today in the several threads you have been posting in I want to give you some very useful advice
STOP
Read the guides and tutorial threads, especially the newer ones. You seem to be randomly flashing stuff with out any real understanding and that is the quickest way to end up with a hardbrick.
Take some to time to understand what you are doing, then you will see that what you have been doing is superfluous e.g downgrading to root, its not needed anymore
Please do not try and do this blindly, take some time and learn. It was the best bit of advice given to me and I hope you take it on board as well

u are 100% right i am sry for spaming all over the place i just freaked out SRY

kefi999 said:
u are 100% right i am sry for spaming all over the place i just freaked out SRY
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You don't have to be sorry, he's not saying anything about spamming in here. Xda is the place to be and to get help regarding android. His point is that you should try to learn and understand what are you doing with your phone because if you do something wrong when you're rushing like this then it's a straight way to actually kill your phone.
He just wants you to learn instead of rushing so you wouldn't do any harm to your device.
Quick example of how can u kill your phone:
Flash ftf file from Z ultra to Z1. Phone is most propably dead.
Just don't rush and try to learn what actually are you doing and you'll be fine.

hahaha

need help, messed up phone

ok so i installed a custom rom (PAC-rom) on my phone locked bootloader and all, now i wasnt able to get into anything Google even though i installed gapps so i entered the recovery and selected wipe rom for now rom i selected it and everything it came up with a message that i didnt read and blam it reboots,, now i have no rom and no recovery so im a little stuck ive done this before btw, but this time whenever i use the flashtool for a stock sony rom it keeps saying drivers are not installed even though ive installed them though doom lords xperia drivers installer so i dont know what to do. if anyone mentions adb you will have to explain as i know nothing of it. thanks for any help

barnabyoshea said:
ok so i installed a custom rom (PAC-rom) on my phone locked bootloader and all, now i wasnt able to get into anything Google even though i installed gapps so i entered the recovery and selected wipe rom for now rom i selected it and everything it came up with a message that i didnt read and blam it reboots,, now i have no rom and no recovery so im a little stuck ive done this before btw, but this time whenever i use the flashtool for a stock sony rom it keeps saying drivers are not installed even though ive installed them though doom lords xperia drivers installer so i dont know what to do. if anyone mentions adb you will have to explain as i know nothing of it. thanks for any help
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I had this problem some time ago, I can barely remember how I fixed it. Anyway, first of all turn off the phone using a small object (e.g. pencil) by removing the back cover and gently pushing through the yellow bit (it says shutdown near it). Then wait about 30 secs, now you want to force it into flashmode so have flashtool open and connect the usb to the computer, then connect the usb to the phone whilst holding down the volume down button, you will see a green light on the bar. Now you should be on flashmode so flashtool should work. If this doesn't work get back to me.
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If that doesn't work then using a pencil hold down the yellow shutdown 'button' (under batter cover) for 10 seconds, the device will then vibrate three times and shutdown. Then wait a couple of seconds, after that turn on the device and whilst holding down the volume down button plug the usb into the phone (the other end must already be connected to pc with flashtool running), do this as soon as the phone is switched on. If your in flashmode then flash as required.

thanks
ShinOrochiX said:
I had this problem some time ago, I can barely remember how I fixed it. Anyway, first of all turn off the phone using a small object (e.g. pencil) by removing the back cover and gently pushing through the yellow bit (it says shutdown near it). Then wait about 30 secs, now you want to force it into flashmode so have flashtool open and connect the usb to the computer, then connect the usb to the phone whilst holding down the volume down button, you will see a green light on the bar. Now you should be on flashmode so flashtool should work. If this doesn't work get back to me.
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If that doesn't work then using a pencil hold down the yellow shutdown 'button' (under batter cover) for 10 seconds, the device will then vibrate three times and shutdown. Then wait a couple of seconds, after that turn on the device and whilst holding down the volume down button plug the usb into the phone (the other end must already be connected to pc with flashtool running), do this as soon as the phone is switched on. If your in flashmode then flash as required.
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Ok so did that and worked right but i flashed the new rom an o2 one when im on ee and now i dont get any mobile data anyway thanks, if anyone one has a genric uk .ftf .205 rom that would be great or a uk ee version that would be fab

barnabyoshea said:
Ok so did that and worked right but i flashed the new rom an o2 one when im on ee and now i dont get any mobile data anyway thanks, if anyone one has a genric uk .ftf .205 rom that would be great or a uk ee version that would be fab
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Check this out, it is 4.1.2 UK Gen but you can upgrade through PCC to 4.3. I have the latest 4.3 UK Gen ftf but it will take time for me to upload it so you would be better off trying the above.
For the EE firmware you can try this program to find out the customisation number and change it in your stock ROM build.prop so then you can repair through PCC to get the desired firmware.
Don't forget, if this helps press thanks.

thank you so mcuh
ShinOrochiX said:
Check this out, it is 4.1.2 UK Gen but you can upgrade through PCC to 4.3. I have the latest 4.3 UK Gen ftf but it will take time for me to upload it so you would be better off trying the above.
For the EE firmware you can try this program to find out the customisation number and change it in your stock ROM build.prop so then you can repair through PCC to get the desired firmware.
Don't forget, if this helps press thanks.
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omg thank you sooooo much, i searched every single page of that forum like 11 isnt it and i missed it wow, thanks anyway for all the help youve given