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[Q] [Q - Urgent Help!] (Root + Locked Bootloader) Xperia Z can't start!

Hey Everyone,
I am stuck right now and I am not sure where to go from here. I am not going to go into the story on why it happened, I'll just tell you guys what happened to makes things easy.
I rooted my phone without unlocking the bootloader using this method:
[ROOT] Xperia Z for LOCKED, UNLOCKED bootloaders! [Exploit by: goroh_kun & huhka_com]
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2186368
Using ROM Toolbox Pro I attempted to change the background colour of the status bar.
Phone was restarted by the app.
Problem begins:
Phone won't start.
It will boot with the Sony logo, followed by the XPERIA logo... followed by it shutting down.. and it will keep repeating this until I force shutdown the phone (Power + Volume Up).
I can connect it to the computer via Fastboot Toolbox using the Fastboot tool. I have no idea where to go from here. I tried to reflash a generic .ftf rom, but I am just stuck at the part where it's telling me to unplug USB and reconnect it while holding back button (Volume Up for Xperia Z?), but it does not register it.
Any advice or solution would be a great help as I've tried searching around and could not find anything for hours now..
Thank you everyone in advance and I really appreciate it.
Mode: C6603
Version: 10.1.A.1.350
Country: SG
Unbranded

Download update service from sony website to repair the phone.
Sent from my C6602 using xda premium

gm007 said:
Download update service from sony website to repair the phone.
Sent from my C6602 using xda premium
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Thank you very much for the prompt response. Good to hear from someone after being in the dark for hours searching.
That was the first thing I've tried doing, but the update service requires the phone to be in an on state to begin with. Will revisit that option again in case I missed on something,

dxreaper said:
Thank you very much for the prompt response. Good to hear from someone after being in the dark for hours searching.
That was the first thing I've tried doing, but the update service requires the phone to be in an on state to begin with. Will revisit that option again in case I missed on something,
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I am not talking about pc companion,you have to turn off the phone first to use update service.
http://www.sonymobile.com/us/tools/update-service/
Sent from my C6602 using xda premium

to phone off, hold down power button + volume up after a few seconds it will vibrate once , keep holding down the button combo until it vibrates 3 times, now release , the phone will now be off, use Sony Update Service as gm007 suggested

gm007 said:
Download update service from sony website to repair the phone.
Sent from my C6602 using xda premium
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Yeah.. I see that it's different..
I'm now stuck at the "Connecting your phone" holding the volume down key bit, it'll detect a device, installs the drivers for the first time (SEMC Flash Device), but nothing happens. This is what happens.
*Holds Volume Down* & Plug in USB
SEMC Flash Device can be seen connected under Device Manager>USB controllers
*silence*
SEMC Flash Device disconnects and phone reboots into the previous state (Sony + XPERIA logo, restart)

ali3nfr3ak said:
to phone off, hold down power button + volume up after a few seconds it will vibrate once , keep holding down the button combo until it vibrates 3 times, now release , the phone will now be off, use Sony Update Service as gm007 suggested
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All I did was switch off your phone, Keep hold of volume down and plug your usb into the phone. Your phone LED will briefly flash Red then Green

shadowboy23 said:
All I did was switch off your phone, Keep hold of volume down and plug your usb into the phone. Your phone LED will briefly flash Red then Green
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Mine is not flashing any colour. I will hear the USB connect tone, and that's it. Nothing happens. No LED flashing, no moving of the update software. This will then be followed by a USB disconnect tone after a while and back to the loop again, Red LED>Sony Logo>Red LED off>XPERIA logo>phone switched off for a brief moment only to loop.

Maybe restart the pc and change the usb port that you are using.
Sent from my C6602 using xda premium

that sounds like you have the phone plugged into USB ? you are supposed to start Sony update without phone plugged in...and only plug it into usb when the sony update prgram tells you to, then you are only to plug just the USB cable into computer, make sure phone is completely off , wait 30 secs , hold down the volume key then plug USB cable into phone,

gm007 said:
Maybe restart the pc and change the usb port that you are using.
Sent from my C6602 using xda premium
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ali3nfr3ak said:
that sounds like you have the phone plugged into USB ? you are supposed to start Sony update without phone plugged in...and only plug it into usb when the sony update prgram tells you to, then you are only to plug just the USB cable in, make sure phone is completely off , wait 30 secs , hold down the volume key then plug USB cable into phone,
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Looks like it's my desktop thing. Restarted the thing 3-4 times and swapped to almost every USB port at the back.
It's being detected by my laptop. Will update everyone on the progress. Looking good so far. Thanks for the support so far, really appreciate it.
Edit: Download complete. Installing software in the phone. Looks like it might be going well. Stupid desktop, I thought it was an issue with the phone all along. >.<
Edit 2: Running fine now. I see the colourful smoke animation. Cheers. Now if only I can buy the three of you coffee. Cheers

Wont turn on, change and reboot. HELP!!!

Three hours ago I was just using my XZ to look up something for GTA V and then I pressed the power button. After playing for about 30 mins, I tried to press the power button and it wont turn on. So I tried rebooting it but nothing happens. I charged it for about an hour and still nothing happen and the LED doesnt being light up. When I press the power button + volume up I could feel the vibrate and if I keep on continuing on hold both button i will feel it vibrate for three times. While Im charging it, the phone doesnt cool down like it stays warm. I just got this phone on September. Help please!!!
EDIT: I also tried connecting it on my PC but my PC doesnt even detect it. I wanted for 30 mins while it's plugged in and nothing happens

try repairing with SEUS

iqbaljunaid said:
try repairing with SEUS
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How do I do that?

First of all, when you repair your phone with Sony Update service, you will lose all your data!!!
- Charge your phone for 2 to 3 hours, you will only see the black screen but, it should charge.
- Download Sony Update Service, install and open.
- Choose XZ in the list.
- Plug in the data cable in your computer.
- Press and hold POWER and VOL+ button, phone will vibrate once, keep holding both buttons and you will feel 3 vibrations. Now, immediately press and hold the VOL- DOWN(-) button and plug in the data cable into your phone. Your phone should get detected by SEUS and then just repair it. If it doesn't get detected, try again.
Hope this helps

iqbaljunaid said:
First of all, when you repair your phone with Sony Update service, you will lose all your data!!!
- Charge your phone for 2 to 3 hours, you will only see the black screen but, it should charge.
- Download Sony Update Service, install and open.
- Choose XZ in the list.
- Plug in the data cable in your computer.
- Press and hold POWER and VOL+ button, phone will vibrate once, keep holding both buttons and you will feel 3 vibrations. Now, immediately press and hold the VOL- DOWN(-) button and plug in the data cable into your phone. Your phone should get detected by SEUS and then just repair it. If it doesn't get detected, try again.
Hope this helps
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Well now the red led is showing when I charge it but it doesnt vibrate when i try holding pow + vol up. The red led blinks when I try pressing POW+vol up. While Im charging it, the phone gets really hot.....

mikko726 said:
Well now the red led is showing when I charge it but it doesnt vibrate when i try holding pow + vol up. The red led blinks when I try pressing POW+vol up. While Im charging it, the phone gets really hot.....
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charge it for 2 to 3 hours before trying again.

iqbaljunaid said:
charge it for 2 to 3 hours before trying again.
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I left it charging overnight and the led stays red and it wont still vibrate

mikko726 said:
I left it charging overnight and the led stays red and it wont still vibrate
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I don't know what to tell you then. I did fix my dead XZ once with this method.
Keep trying.
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check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2229250

Well, since I got this phone on September and my mom is still paying for it monthly, do you guys think I can still return this,get a refund or replace it with a different phone?

Yes it should still be covered under warranty take it in and get it replaced
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Anyone else know a solution? I really need my phone for tomorrow......and I have no other phone to use. I have an old Galaxy s2 but my new sim card doesnt fit in it.

[Q] Shutdown loop

I've already ask this question on sonymobile forum, but have no result. Trying to post it here.
I upgrade my Z1 to 4.4.2 and get the next issue.
When I switch off my phone with long press power button -> "swich off phone", its successfully shutting down but after 5-10 sec. show startup SONY logo then swich off display then show logo again and so on endlessly...
It was very unexpectedly, when I swich off Z1 and put it into pocket, after cuple of days I found it totally discharged. I cant make phone alive with wall charger and only 2-3 hours on USB charger can reanimate Z1.
I was try everything what I read no docs and forums, reflash with SUS and sony PCC, flash different versions of FTF via flashtool, boot on safe mode etc, but nothing helps
Is there software problem with shutdown loop or problem with battery controller or something else? How can I fix it? Any considerations?
P.S. Small "force shutdown" button or Power+VolUp combination sometimes helps to shutdown phone.

Power and vol+ force reboot, not shutdown, to force shutdown u need to push the tiny red button in the sim location.
I suggest you to reflash your phone with a tft file or with SUS, 4.4.2 brings many drain battery problems.

romaha said:
I've already ask this question on sonymobile forum, but have no result. Trying to post it here.
I upgrade my Z1 to 4.4.2 and get the next issue.
When I switch off my phone with long press power button -> "swich off phone", its successfully shutting down but after 5-10 sec. show startup SONY logo then swich off display then show logo again and so on endlessly...
It was very unexpectedly, when I swich off Z1 and put it into pocket, after cuple of days I found it totally discharged. I cant make phone alive with wall charger and only 2-3 hours on USB charger can reanimate Z1.
I was try everything what I read no docs and forums, reflash with SUS and sony PCC, flash different versions of FTF via flashtool, boot on safe mode etc, but nothing helps
Is there software problem with shutdown loop or problem with battery controller or something else? How can I fix it? Any considerations?
P.S. Small "force shutdown" button or Power+VolUp combination sometimes helps to shutdown phone.
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Try to start from scratch:
1. Wipe internal sdcard
2. Eject (pull out) you external sdcard
3. Re-flash FTF (don't thick anything, let it default flash configuration)
4. Don't try to restore any app or data from old firmware version.
5. Check if the problem still persist

QualQuek said:
Power and vol+ force reboot, not shutdown, to force shutdown u need to push the tiny red button in the sim location.
I suggest you to reflash your phone with a tft file or with SUS, 4.4.2 brings many drain battery problems.
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I try three different ways, ftf with flashtool, SUS and PCC. No results (

2omegahanggara: Thank you for your advice, but I was try to do exactly this steps tomorrow. Nothing helps

romaha said:
I try three different ways, ftf with flashtool, SUS and PCC. No results (
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Then maybe there is something wrong with your phone

I guess find the decision.
Enable "Developer options" enter in it and check the checkbox "don't keep activities". Shut down with power button was OK. Now waiting for autoshutdown after battery discharged.. After uncheck this options back, the problem does not appear.

I have problem like you ,i try to ask many times but no resolve.
It happened since update to 4.4
Now I need to hold power+volume up to turn off phone completely or when press reboot in the recovery
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Did you it happened when your battery drain out and phone shut down by itself?! I have same battery drain out and phone off.it really hard to recharge I

Do you try "my method"?

romaha said:
Do you try "my method"?
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Yes check "don't keep activities" still same
So you fixed ur problem with this don't keep activities"?!

my z1 hone is died
2 days a go i received kitkat from sony website and i stalled it, it was working perfectly till today suddenly my mobile turned off itself and tried many ways like + button with usb connected on pc or even - button no way now it's off i can't open it at all (the mobile battery wasn't free before that)
please try to help me i bought the mobile from KSA now I'm in Egypt.

Elsarrawy said:
2 days a go i received kitkat from sony website and i stalled it, it was working perfectly till today suddenly my mobile turned off itself and tried many ways like + button with usb connected on pc or even - button no way now it's off i can't open it at all (the mobile battery wasn't free before that)
please try to help me i bought the mobile from KSA now I'm in Egypt.
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you got red charge light up when put phone in wall charge ? Did you out of battery?
Hold power+volume up to see phone will vibration three times?

Elsarrawy said:
2 days a go i received kitkat from sony website and i stalled it, it was working perfectly till today suddenly my mobile turned off itself and tried many ways like + button with usb connected on pc or even - button no way now it's off i can't open it at all (the mobile battery wasn't free before that)
please try to help me i bought the mobile from KSA now I'm in Egypt.
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Hello. I have the same issue with my unhappy Z1. First of all, don`t use high almerage chargers, ie sony wall charger, it has 1.5A. Try to plug low amperage tools, for example try to plug phone to your computer via USB, it has 0.5A in USB2.0 and 0.9A in USB3.0. Put the phone chargeing for 1-2 hours and DO NOT TOUCH IT!!!
After that long press (5-10 sec) on small red clit (power shutdown button), and then try to power up the phone normally with power button. If all ok, left phone charge for full battery.

paullu said:
Yes check "don't keep activities" still same
So you fixed ur problem with this don't keep activities"?!
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Exactly! I was try everything but only "dont keep activ." helps.

paullu said:
you got red charge light up when put phone in wall charge ? Did you out of battery?
Hold power+volume up to see phone will vibration three times?
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thanks paullu
i tried the way with no respond and about red charge light not light with wall charger (1.5A) it's only light for 1 or 2 second with usb connected to PC and disappear again
but it's rare to red light happen
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romaha said:
Hello. I have the same issue with my unhappy Z1. First of all, don`t use high almerage chargers, ie sony wall charger, it has 1.5A. Try to plug low amperage tools, for example try to plug phone to your computer via USB, it has 0.5A in USB2.0 and 0.9A in USB3.0. Put the phone chargeing for 1-2 hours and DO NOT TOUCH IT!!!
After that long press (5-10 sec) on small red clit (power shutdown button), and then try to power up the phone normally with power button. If all ok, left phone charge for full battery.
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thanks romaha
i tried the idea yesterday night no way too i don't know what to do!

A little remark. After I try to charge my Z1, problem appear again But it solved by force shutdown with red button or "Power+Vol" combination until next charge

romaha said:
A little remark. After I try to charge my Z1, problem appear again But it solved by force shutdown with red button or "Power+Vol" combination until next charge
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man I just want ask you the issue still exist or not
Looks like same like me .it seem like work for couple times
Did the way you told me but now just like you problem come back.make me headache.may need call sony send it to repair
I just find out one more thing when I shut down phone with hold power+volume up and connect to pc once disconnect frompc phone bootloop.

romaha said:
I've already ask this question on sonymobile forum, but have no result. Trying to post it here.
I upgrade my Z1 to 4.4.2 and get the next issue.
When I switch off my phone with long press power button -> "swich off phone", its successfully shutting down but after 5-10 sec. show startup SONY logo then swich off display then show logo again and so on endlessly...
It was very unexpectedly, when I swich off Z1 and put it into pocket, after cuple of days I found it totally discharged. I cant make phone alive with wall charger and only 2-3 hours on USB charger can reanimate Z1.
I was try everything what I read no docs and forums, reflash with SUS and sony PCC, flash different versions of FTF via flashtool, boot on safe mode etc, but nothing helps
Is there software problem with shutdown loop or problem with battery controller or something else? How can I fix it? Any considerations?
P.S. Small "force shutdown" button or Power+VolUp combination sometimes helps to shutdown phone.
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I had something similar to your problem and solve it by connecting the phone to flashtools in fast boot (power button + volume + button) so after selecione check current device status and ready the phone restart and recovery I could enter and there you restore the phone and stay as before hope you serve anything we are here

paullu said:
man I just want ask you the issue still exist or not
Looks like same like me .it seem like work for couple times
Did the way you told me but now just like you problem come back.make me headache.may need call sony send it to repair
I just find out one more thing when I shut down phone with hold power+volume up and connect to pc once disconnect frompc phone bootloop.
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The problem still exists for me I'll carry my Z1 to sony service this weekend.

I just call sony USA and will send my phone to repair
It will take one month
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[Q][SOLVED] Phone will not respond when trying to update

I have the Xperia T and I am trying to update to 4.3, I had tried to use flashtool, but the phone isn't recognised by the computer when I plug in the cable holding the down button. Now the update is finally here for me I tried using PCC but again having the same issue. I have tried two different computers and all the USB ports on them. I have also fully switched off the battery (holding down the power and up button keys for 10 seconds).
I am stumped as to what is wrong with the phone??
thanks

Can no one suggest anything I could try? I have a feeling its a hardware fault, but it seems like a strange one at that... I dont know if its related but the phone also sometimes doesn't wake from sleep, it seems to be awake but the screen is not on, which requires me to do a hard restart
I am really desperate! thanks

adsada arc said:
Can no one suggest anything I could try? I have a feeling its a hardware fault, but it seems like a strange one at that... I dont know if its related but the phone also sometimes doesn't wake from sleep, it seems to be awake but the screen is not on, which requires me to do a hard restart
I am really desperate! thanks
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turn of your phone. open flashtool. do not connect the phone to pc. select the firmware and click on flash,. after a few seconds it asks for the phone to connect. the hold the vol - button and plug in the usb. release the vol - button after the green light turns on. this may solve your issue

romeoofair said:
turn of your phone. open flashtool. do not connect the phone to pc. select the firmware and click on flash,. after a few seconds it asks for the phone to connect. the hold the vol - button and plug in the usb. release the vol - button after the green light turns on. this may solve your issue
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I have tried this, and it still does not work
thanks for the suggestion though

Interesting update (well not really), but I did some troubleshooting and stuff and found that when plugging my phone into the charger when it is switched off, it doesn't respond either (i.e. boot up). So I have a feeling that its the actual phone with a fault such as damaged pin in the usb port that relates to power when the phone is switched off?

adsada arc said:
Interesting update (well not really), but I did some troubleshooting and stuff and found that when plugging my phone into the charger when it is switched off, it doesn't respond either (i.e. boot up). So I have a feeling that its the actual phone with a fault such as damaged pin in the usb port that relates to power when the phone is switched off?
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I have the same problem.
When the phone is turned off it won't charge, either wiht the wall charger or with the USB cable connected to the computer.
I've sent an email to SONY but they told me so sent it to tech support.
It's not very easy to do it where I am so I'm looking for some other options.
I also noticed it when I was trying to update to 4.3.
PC Companion isn´t a solution since it asks to connect the phone to the PC while turned off pressing the volume down button, even to try the repair.
Can someone help?

Found the issue here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2018466
Such a weird problem, but unplugging and reconnecting the battery solved all the issues I was having!
FrankieZero said:
I have the same problem.
When the phone is turned off it won't charge, either wiht the wall charger or with the USB cable connected to the computer.
I've sent an email to SONY but they told me so sent it to tech support.
It's not very easy to do it where I am so I'm looking for some other options.
I also noticed it when I was trying to update to 4.3.
PC Companion isn´t a solution since it asks to connect the phone to the PC while turned off pressing the volume down button, even to try the repair.
Can someone help?
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Have a look at the thread link above, very simple to solve just take off the back cover and disconnect the battery for a couple of minutes

[Q] New Xperia SP - Won't turn on, red light goes on and off...?

I've done searching on this forum but I haven't found any answers that are specific to my issue. I just bought this Xperia SP from a retailer online. It may be a refurb, I'm not sure, but it looks brand new. Anyways, when I opened the box and tried to turn it on, nothing happened. Ok I thought, I'll just charge it. When I charge it, the red light on the bottom just comes and goes. Stays on for a few minutes, then goes off for a few minutes. I let it charge for almost 6 hours like this and nothing has happened. When I plug the phone into my PC you hear the USB connected sound, but right after you hear the disconnected sound, and nothing shows up in device manager. I tried the Vol+ and Power button combo and nothing happens. I tried holding the reset button on the back for 5-10 seconds and nothing happens. I get no vibrations at all. The phone is not detected in any program like SUS, Flashtool, or PC companion. Some times when I press the power button I get 2 red short flashes, I have no idea what this means as it's not consistent, and only happens every once in a while. Anyways, I think I may just return it and hope for a replacement :\ Any ideas?

handisnacks said:
I've done searching on this forum but I haven't found any answers that are specific to my issue. I just bought this Xperia SP from a retailer online. It may be a refurb, I'm not sure, but it looks brand new. Anyways, when I opened the box and tried to turn it on, nothing happened. Ok I thought, I'll just charge it. When I charge it, the red light on the bottom just comes and goes. Stays on for a few minutes, then goes off for a few minutes. I let it charge for almost 6 hours like this and nothing has happened. When I plug the phone into my PC you hear the USB connected sound, but right after you hear the disconnected sound, and nothing shows up in device manager. I tried the Vol+ and Power button combo and nothing happens. I tried holding the reset button on the back for 5-10 seconds and nothing happens. I get no vibrations at all. The phone is not detected in any program like SUS, Flashtool, or PC companion. Some times when I press the power button I get 2 red short flashes, I have no idea what this means as it's not consistent, and only happens every once in a while. Anyways, I think I may just return it and hope for a replacement :\ Any ideas?
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Faced with same issue a month ago, after a buy Xperia SP from Ebay. Same symptoms: red light while charging, sound on PC when I first time connect with it, with no luck at all. First of my attempts to fix this, is changing my usb cable, then installing universal android usb driver, but nothing helped me. Then I just ask google for my problem . This is an answer that helped me:
Xperia SP comes with a non removable battery.So turning off in this condition is not possible by removing battery.The volume up+power button doesnt work in Xperia SP unlike other phones.The solution is given below.
Remove the back cover of Xperia SP and look for a small yellow dot on mid bottom with “OFF” written below it. Check the image below.
Now “Press & Hold Down the OFF Button, using a tip of pen or any other pointed object for around 10 seconds”. Phones vibrates and will be switched off automatically. Check image below.
P.S. Don’t use very sharp objects as it may damage the OFF Button.
Now phone restarts.
After restarting we found that our Xperia SP got back to normal temperature and everything was fine. :smileyhappy: We were able to charge our Xperia SP again, device was cool.
Hope it will work for you also
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I don't think you read my post thoroughly. I tried the reset button on the back, it didn't do anything.

Plug the phone into the computer, reset your device (yellow button), than immediately press and hold volume down key. If computer respond with sound and green led notification on phone, next step is SUS (Sony update service) to factory reset your device and start with latest stock firmware.

7alizani said:
Plug the phone into the computer, reset your device (yellow button), than immediately press and hold volume down key. If computer respond with sound and green led notification on phone, next step is SUS (Sony update service) to factory reset your device and start with latest stock firmware.
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That's actually a good idea and I hadn't tried it. However, after trying it now it still didn't work :\ Still nothing. It's as if my reset button doesn't even do anything. I push it with a small object and it doesn't feel like an actual button, there's no movement to it.

I get the green LED for some seconds but then it turns off and boots back up to the red LED again. Any help?
I believe the problem was because of no charge or the phone was too hot?
Anyways, I'm glad to say that I let it charge first and then let it cool down, download a stock tft firmware and flashed it using Flashtool. Now everything is fine until now.
Going to try and see if I can install that 4.4.4 ROM, again...

I encountered that problem when i updated my phone my phone previously, i just reflashed my ftf.
Sent From My Xperia Sp (C5303)

I had a simmilar issue , look what you have to do:
1- Connect the phone to the PC , you must see the red light , if not wait few minuts , you must see it.
2- When you have the red light , put the phone near of you and keep you eyes on it for 5-15 minuits , you must see the green light turn on.
3- When you got the green light take your phone , and even if it goes off , now hold the VOL - botton and then hold the Off botton in the bottom of back of the phone for 7-10 seconds , you must the the green light turn off and on again. (you have to do all of that while it's still connected to PC)
When the green light turned on again that mean you are on flashmode , now better to use Flashtool to flash a firmwate.
Notice: the phone may get disconnect while flashing , so you must to flash it in 2 levels: first one by excluding the system.sin then flash it.
The second time you redo those steps to get into flashmode again , go and flash only system.sin be uncheck the wipe boxes , and by checking all exclude boxes but the system one.
You may fail flashing the system many times because it's the longest step , so try to charge your phone more time and try to flash it again and again.

I've test everything...!!!
Hi all,
A few days ago i had the same problem as you. My SP is officially dead. The thing is that i made a progress and and i'd like to understand some things. I read an article about testpoints of SP and the s1tool. I check the testpoint and i noticed that nothing goes right. My s1tool output is something like that:
Welcome to S1 tool.
That is small and crippled subset of SETOOL2 service tool.
SELECT FIRMWARE PACKAGES
YOU CAN SELECT SEVERAL PACKAGES WITH CTRL BUTTON
CHECKING PACKAGES ...
DETACH USB CABLE FROM PHONE
REMOVE BATTERY FROM PHONE
ATTACH TESTPOINT
PRESS "READY", THEN ATTACH USB CABLE TO PHONE
UNEXPECTED COMMAND 01000000
Elapsed:17 secs.
TO CONNECT NEXT PHONES
X10 Xperia,E10 Mini,E15 Xperia X8,U20 Mini Pro
LT15 Xperia ARC,MT15 Xperia NEO,R800 Xperia PLAY
PRESS AND HOLD "BACK" BUTTON...
ST18 Xperia RAY,ST15 Xperia Mini,SK17 Xperia Mini Pro
and Sony Xperia phone
PRESS AND HOLD "Volume Down" BUTTON...
PLEASE ATTACH TURNED OFF PHONE NOW
Waiting for phone ...
RUNNING S1_BOOT VER "R11B023"
LOADER AID: 0001
DEVICE ID: D30BD903
FLASH ID: "0003/00000015"
LOADER VERSION: "R5G008"
MODEL (from GDFS): C5303
SOFTWARE VERSION: 1269-3538_12.1.A.1.205
CUSTOM VERSION: 1272-4891_R3B
FILESYSTEM VERSION: GLOBAL-LTE_12.1.A.1.205
SERIAL NO: YT9108RNA1
Elapsed:11 secs.
As you see the phone is recognized by my pc. The thing is that all this happens ONLY when i have the battery pulled off. When i pull on the battery again the phone starts with red light and few minutes later red light stops. Also i'd like to mention that everything is ok when the battery is off (Flash mode, Fastboot mode). And i have 2 batteries 1 old and 1 brand new. So what is this? Its a hardware problem or something about TA lost???? PLS Help me.
Best Regards.

Hi there i think i'm in a worse state than you
prowler19 said:
Hi all,
A few days ago i had the same problem as you. My SP is officially dead. The thing is that i made a progress and and i'd like to understand some things. I read an article about testpoints of SP and the s1tool. I check the testpoint and i noticed that nothing goes right. My s1tool output is something like that:
Welcome to S1 tool.
That is small and crippled subset of SETOOL2 service tool.
SELECT FIRMWARE PACKAGES
YOU CAN SELECT SEVERAL PACKAGES WITH CTRL BUTTON
CHECKING PACKAGES ...
DETACH USB CABLE FROM PHONE
REMOVE BATTERY FROM PHONE
ATTACH TESTPOINT
PRESS "READY", THEN ATTACH USB CABLE TO PHONE
UNEXPECTED COMMAND 01000000
Elapsed:17 secs.
TO CONNECT NEXT PHONES
X10 Xperia,E10 Mini,E15 Xperia X8,U20 Mini Pro
LT15 Xperia ARC,MT15 Xperia NEO,R800 Xperia PLAY
PRESS AND HOLD "BACK" BUTTON...
ST18 Xperia RAY,ST15 Xperia Mini,SK17 Xperia Mini Pro
and Sony Xperia phone
PRESS AND HOLD "Volume Down" BUTTON...
PLEASE ATTACH TURNED OFF PHONE NOW
Waiting for phone ...
RUNNING S1_BOOT VER "R11B023"
LOADER AID: 0001
DEVICE ID: D30BD903
FLASH ID: "0003/00000015"
LOADER VERSION: "R5G008"
MODEL (from GDFS): C5303
SOFTWARE VERSION: 1269-3538_12.1.A.1.205
CUSTOM VERSION: 1272-4891_R3B
FILESYSTEM VERSION: GLOBAL-LTE_12.1.A.1.205
SERIAL NO: YT9108RNA1
Elapsed:11 secs.
As you see the phone is recognized by my pc. The thing is that all this happens ONLY when i have the battery pulled off. When i pull on the battery again the phone starts with red light and few minutes later red light stops. Also i'd like to mention that everything is ok when the battery is off (Flash mode, Fastboot mode). And i have 2 batteries 1 old and 1 brand new. So what is this? Its a hardware problem or something about TA lost???? PLS Help me.
Best Regards.
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Hi there i think i'm in a worse state than you, my phone has been water damaged
I cleaned it with alcohol(99%) about a month after it swam with me in the sea(it was the soonest possible since it happened whilst i was on holiday and it did ruin my holiday ) i also replaced the battery but only a red light shows when i put it on charge wall and pc. before it didnt light up at all so its making progress... its not recognised by my pc however when i disconnect the battery it lights up pink, when battery connected its red. I have got no clue on what to do next, any ideas?