Hi, I'm new in this forum, this is my first post, sorry for my english, i'm working on it, so, expect some bad errors...
Unfortunately it seems to be that my phone has been bricked... From the beginning i used the custom rom Ginger DX with stock kernel, then I decided to change and test the MiniCM of Nobodyatall. So, the first thing I decided to do was change the stock kernel to the custom kernel of naA (naa-08b), then I tried it with Ginger dx, after confirming that the rom and the kernel work, I decided to change the rom to MiniCM. with horrible results, I noticed that the phone did not pass the logo screen of the brand (Sony Ericsson), this means that the bootloader does not work no longer, that makes it impossible for me to change the ROM, thinking that perhaps the kernel generates me all this problem, I decided to change it back to the stock kernel, but without good results ...
I dont know what to do!
things that i noted while i was installing the custom rom:
-it said that i've didin't installed the naA kernel, wich it's not true, because before Install the MiniCM, i've flashed the cellphone with Flashtool, to install the custom kernel (which it worked for me, using gingerDX), so , maybe i didn't installed it right, or even it was never installed, i really don't know...
Please help! thanks a lot for your attention and any kind of help would be awesome...
warhammersum said:
Unfortunately it seems to be that my phone has been bricked [...] I noticed that the phone did not pass the logo screen of the brand (Sony Ericsson), this means that the bootloader does not work no longer
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Wrong! If you still see the Sony Ericsson logo this means your Bootloader and Kernel is still intact. If this wouldn't be the case you would have a hard brick (no lights, no vibration, no screen) on your hands.
To get your phone back into a working state ...
Flash back the ORIGINAL 015 BASEBAND (also includes the Stock Kernel)!
Baseband 015 for the X8 E15i (Flashtool FTF)
Baseband 015 for the X8 E15a (Flashtool FTF)
Do NOT Flash the wrong baseband - otherwise you may have problems connecting to the mobile network.
RELOCK the BOOTLOADER!
Do NOT miss out on the two steps above!
Flash back to Stock and go again from there
Hey! Thank a lot for the answer! It was very fast
so, if my phone is not bricked, that means that it can be fixed! thanx alot... what a relief, i was very scared!
okay, the thing that i've done right now, it's the downgrade of the baseband from 015 to 006 (my model is the E15a)... i noticed that , it's a wong step.. do i have to flash again to the original baseband 015?... i've downgrade it because my idea was to get the phone to the original baseband a kernel that it had when I purchased it, so the next step was, with PC Companion, repair the rom, to get de original one (2.1), the problem is that the pc companion didn't fix the issue because i't said something like " there is no update for your phone"... so, I'm at the beginning of the problem ... again ... :S
in another thread i saw this post made by you...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19647865&postcount=13
should i follow it? it will work?
warhammersum said:
okay, the thing that i've done right now, it's the downgrade of the baseband from 015 to 006 (my model is the E15a)... i noticed that , it's a wong step.. do i have to flash again to the original baseband 015?
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Yes, you need to flash the 015 baseband ... 006 is outdated and does NOT work with any custom ROM you may find around here in the Developer section.
warhammersum said:
... i've downgrade it because my idea was to get the phone to the original baseband a kernel that it had when I purchased it, so the next step was, with PC Companion, repair the rom, to get de original one (2.1), the problem is that the pc companion didn't fix the issue because i't said something like " there is no update for your phone"... so, I'm at the beginning of the problem ... again ... :S
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The 006 Baseband (and possibly some 2.0 or 2.1 Stock ROM) may have been the default at the time you bought the phone, but meanwhile the latest ones are Baseband 015 / Stock 2.1.1.C.0.0 (X8 E15a/i) and Baseband 015 / Stock 2.1.1.A.0.46 (W8 E16a/i <-- is there actually such a thing as a E16i? Never saw one). EDIT: Don't expect to see any more updates from Sony Ericsson, the software update support for the W8/X8 phone is already discontinued for quite some time.
Anyhow, the "There is no update" message is a result of your alterations. Once you're running a custom Kernel or trying to restore from a soft-brick situation where there's still a custom ROM in the NAND (the Flash memory) PCC will most likely tell you to take a hike as it fails to correctly identify the phone (hence why I said "forget PCC/SEUS" in the post you refer to below). EDIT: Let me rephrase: "...as it fails to correctly identify the software installed on the phone as it's not a genuine Stock ROM, or Kernel"
warhammersum said:
in another thread i saw this post made by you...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19647865&postcount=13
should i follow it? it will work?
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It's the same thing I wrote up on my (still at being populated with content due to lack of time) droppage site ... the post on my droppage is just a somewhat rewritten version of the forum post to iron out things I missed to consider.
Both posts should work for you once you flashed back to Stock Baseband/Kernel and relocked the bootloader.
last question,(just to be secure of what i am going to do) how do i know if my phone has an unlocked bootloader? the only thing that i remember that i've changed on the phone it's the baseband, install xrecovery and clockwork mod, also the roms... i dont remember anything about unlock the bootloader...
warhammersum said:
So, the first thing I decided to do was change the stock kernel to the custom kernel of naA (naa-08b), then I tried it with Ginger dx, after confirming that the rom and the kernel work, I decided to change the rom to MiniCM. with horrible results
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last question,(just to be secure of what i am going to do) how do i know if my phone has an unlocked bootloader? the only thing that i remember that i've changed on the phone it's the baseband, install xrecovery and clockwork mod, also the roms... i dont remember anything about unlock the bootloader...
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At least you wrote in your first post that you installed nobodyAtall's nAa Kernel - which requires you to unlock the bootloader; otherwise MiniCM7 doesn't boot up... ... ... ... wait a sec ...
On a second thought ... could THAT be the reason why you're stuck at the SE Logo? You didn't unlock the boot loader, you didn't flash the required kernel for MiniCM7 but you actually flashed the MiniCM7 ROM and therefore managed to soft-brick?
About the question: See this thread. There's also a section about how you can tell if your boot loader is unlocked or not.
If the thread looks awfully familiar to you then you already dealt with boot loader unlocking. If that thread is news to you then you made a bad boo-boo along the way.
HAahajajaajaajahaja... Oh my gosh... that's totally not the answer that i was looking for... now i'm thinking "what the f*** did i done with my cellphone?", i feel really dumb right now, it's so much easier install custom roms with the stock kernel, but, well.. sometime's that's the way to learn new things, just messing up BADLY the things...
Oh god, well, this soft brick it's a huge pain in the ass.. so.. let's see...
i just wanna fix the phone, so, which are the best and safest way to fix it, considering that i've didin't unlock the bootloader? i dont wanna use the MiniCM7, i just wanna see the xrecovery to install any rom that work with the stock kernel, (or at least, anything that can keep running my cellphone...)
By the way... THANKS A LOT FOR HELP ME, right now, you are the only person who helped me , without your help, I would be totally crazy, hysterical, and angry ... even though my phone is not repaired (yet), you had helped a lot, sincerely, thank you very much!
warhammersum said:
HAahajajaajaajahaja... Oh my gosh... that's totally not the answer that i was looking for... now i'm thinking "what the f*** did i done with my cellphone?", i feel really dumb right now, it's so much easier install custom roms with the stock kernel, but, well.. sometime's that's the way to learn new things, just messing up BADLY the things...
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This wasn't meant to make you feel dumb or bad ... the idea that you may have missed to unlock the boot loader and install the required Kernel just jumped into my mind while I typed the reply.
Let me tell you this to make you feel better ... if you look around in the "Q&A" board here you will notice that you're not the only one who managed to soft-brick while trying to install MiniCM7.
warhammersum said:
Oh god, well, this soft brick it's a huge pain in the ass.. so.. let's see...
i just wanna fix the phone, so, which are the best and safest way to fix it, considering that i've didin't unlock the bootloader? i dont wanna use the MiniCM7, i just wanna see the xrecovery to install any rom that work with the stock kernel, (or at least, anything that can keep running my cellphone...)
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Well, if you really managed to downgrade the baseband to 006 then you need to upgrade it to 015 again FIRST (the 2.1.1.C.0.0 Flashtool ROM image needs baseband 015 ... only the older 2.1.1.A.0.0 stock ROM would also boot on 006).
You can find the baseband FTF either here in the X8 Development board ... or simply go to my droppage and click the "Downloads" tab ... the baseband FTF's for the X8 E15a and X8 E15i are for download there.
Once you verified that you're running the right baseband simply continue with the "Flash back to Stock" guide (Post #2 above) to pull your phone back out of Valhalla.
warhammersum said:
By the way... THANKS A LOT FOR HELP ME, right now, you are the only person who helped me , without your help, I would be totally crazy, hysterical, and angry ... even though my phone is not repaired (yet), you had helped a lot, sincerely, thank you very much!
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You're welcome.
FINALLY! my phone it's working again, following your steps i finally made it! thank you so much!
now i'm working on install the custom rom...
my phone it's working again and i dont have enough words to thank you my friend!
Greetings from Chile!
So suddenly my phones wifi and mobile data has stopped. I can't recover from a older back-up as i don't have one (tottaly forgot to make one) now when i try to repair it with PCC it says that the sofware has been modified and can't help ect.
I'm from belgium and i am now on fw 9.1.A1.140 but I can't seem to find the exect fw back in the thread. Can I also flash a other fw? My phone has root, unlocked bootloader doom kernel 7. Pleas some advise what should I do?
Try flashing doomkernel again in recovery.
Or try flashing a stock FTF in flashtool or a stock based custom rom.
Do a full factory reset before doing so and make sure you backup anything you want to keep
After leaving ma phone home for a day from school, things are back to normal.. Very strange.. Now going to see if the problem occurs again, but in the weekend I'm going to reset my phone, just to be sure. Btw, had already flashed the doomkernel again and it didn't work. Ether way, I'm happy now that for some reason everything is working again.
Sent from my LT30p, 4.1.2 stock, DooMKernel v7,root access, unlocked bootloader.
Hey Guys, I just switched over to this phone from the S3, and before that from the Samsung Vibrant, so I'm no stranger to flashing, recoveries and (hopefully) following instructions.
I have the C6603 with locked bootloader.
Rooted using doomlords' easy rooting
Put on recovery "cwm-locked XZ v4"
Reboot into recovery, wipe factory reset, and flash "RomAur v8.0 AROMA" using all the appropriate settings.
Reboot recovery, and and I boot loop around the Sony screen. I've had to use flashtool 5 times in a row to go back to stock, and for some reason can't load this specific ROM. MD5 on the .zip's check out. Tried a different ROM as well, and this last time phone wouldn't even turn on. Is there a crucial step I'm missing somewhere?
I transferred a couple more ROMs ot the external SD card, but I'm unsuccessful in flashing any ROM successfully. Either bootloop or screen showing nothing.
Use Twrp instead
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Tried TWRP as well... still the same thing.
Have tried using TWRP as well as Clockwork, and still either softbrick, or bootloop around Sony screen.
Have tried EXCELSUS_Z_v4
monXdifiedZ
avatar nightly
and Android 4.3
and RomAUR, and havn't gotten past the Sony symbol with any of them.
I have gone back to stock to "C6603_10.1.A.1.434_UK unbranded" about 10 times now... Thoughts?
If you are flashing the newer roms you need to update to an newer kernel bootloader first ..
The stock you are flashing is older ...
If you don't have the newer kernel you will appear to have soft bricked ..
Most of the rom threads state that you need to be on a "compatible" base first.
Xperia Z (C6603) 10.3.1.A.0.244 - Generic - Central Europe
but you may have to downgrade your kernel to a 243 version to flash , then restore the 244 kernel , to be able to maintain root ..
There are several guides for this ..
Watcher64 said:
If you are flashing the newer roms you need to update to an newer kernel bootloader first ..
The stock you are flashing is older ...
If you don't have the newer kernel you will appear to have soft bricked ..
Most of the rom threads state that you need to be on a "compatible" base first.
Xperia Z (C6603) 10.3.1.A.0.244 - Generic - Central Europe
but you may have to downgrade your kernel to a 243 version to flash , then restore the 244 kernel , to be able to maintain root ..
There are several guides for this ..
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Thank you! That was it. Before kernels were usually packaged with the ROM's, is the reason they are not with the xperiaZ, because some phones have locked/unlocked bootloader? So different kernal/rom combos?
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Thank you! That was it. Before kernels were usually packaged with the ROM's, is the reason they are not with the xperiaZ, because some phones have locked/unlocked bootloader? So different kernal/rom combos?
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It's just the way it is with SE/Sony Phones.
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It's just the way it is with SE/Sony Phones.
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They are locked by default. Even more, if tour Phone is carrier branded, only Sony can unlock it.
Even in that case, most probably they Will not unlock it
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Hi just wondering if anyone could help me out with the Stock firmware for the Xperia T-LT30a for Rogers. I created my own but having major issues with my Cell, so not sure if it even created my ftf correctly. Thank You
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Hi just wondering if anyone could help me out with the Stock firmware for the Xperia T-LT30a for Rogers. I created my own but having major issues with my Cell, so not sure if it even created my ftf correctly. Thank You
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Did you create the FTF and then flash it to your phone? Are you looking for a different copy of the Rogers FTF? And what are the major issues you are having? And did they happen before or after the flash (if you flashed)
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Did you create the FTF and then flash it to your phone? Are you looking for a different copy of the Rogers FTF? And what are the major issues you are having? And did they happen before or after the flash (if you flashed)
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Hi...I created my own FTF after my Sony Xperia T suddenly shut off about a month ago and is stuck in some sort of Flash Mode Loop. I have a post on it in here. Since that happened I've been reading this forum for solutions. So I used SUS to create a FTF to try and flash to revive my phone. I've successfully flashed the one I created but still didn't change the status of my phone. I'm not sure if it created correctly.
At this point I'm willing to try anything. I'm on a locked Bootloader and have never done anything to my cell in the past. Just seeing if another Rogers ftf may help. Thanks
I haven't seen any stock Rogers FTFs around but you should be able to flash others. My Xperia T LT30a is a Bell unit and I have flashed a bunch of different FTF's (mostly LT30p ones). Since your phone is in bad shape right now, I think you should just flash one to see if it helps. If you want an older Bell FTF, I am currently uploading it to multiupload (will edit and post link after it is finished). It is a stock Bell FTF: LT30a_9.1.A.0.489_Xperia TL (Bell). And finally it uploaded: http://www.multiupload.nl/1BS5AUH6TF
If you're curious about the others (LT30p) FTF's but are hesitant, I can tell you that I have flashed these on my phone using Flashtool without problems:
LT30p_7.0.A.1.303_UK_Generic (old)
LT30p_7.0.A.3.223_Generic (old)
LT30p_9.1_A.1.140_Generic_UK
If you're having trouble finding them or links are dead, and you want one of those let me know and I will upload. Good luck!
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I haven't seen any stock Rogers FTFs around but you should be able to flash others. My Xperia T LT30a is a Bell unit and I have flashed a bunch of different FTF's (mostly LT30p ones). Since your phone is in bad shape right now, I think you should just flash one to see if it helps. If you want an older Bell FTF, I am currently uploading it to multiupload (will edit and post link after it is finished). It is a stock Bell FTF: LT30a_9.1.A.0.489_Xperia TL (Bell). And finally it uploaded: http://www.multiupload.nl/1BS5AUH6TF
If you're curious about the others (LT30p) FTF's but are hesitant, I can tell you that I have flashed these on my phone using Flashtool without problems:
LT30p_7.0.A.1.303_UK_Generic (old)
LT30p_7.0.A.3.223_Generic (old)
LT30p_9.1_A.1.140_Generic_UK
If you're having trouble finding them or links are dead, and you want one of those let me know and I will upload. Good luck!
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Okay I will try theses suggestions. Thank You very much for your help.:good:
Hey guys, so im trying to downgrade my firmware because I wanna root my phone withoud losing my DRM keys and stuff, but im kind of stuck at the step where I need to downgrade. I'm trying to downgrade using firmwares I found on this post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/list-stock-firmwares-d5803-d5833-t2906706), but all the older firmwares that I need are causing bootloops. I've tried around 4 and they all caused bootloops, yet the 1 lollipop firmwares I tried worked just fine. What do I do? Anyone know of any firmwares that don't cause it? or am I doing something wrong?
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Hey guys, so im trying to downgrade my firmware because I wanna root my phone withoud losing my DRM keys and stuff, but im kind of stuck at the step where I need to downgrade. I'm trying to downgrade using firmwares I found on this post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/list-stock-firmwares-d5803-d5833-t2906706), but all the older firmwares that I need are causing bootloops. I've tried around 4 and they all caused bootloops, yet the 1 lollipop firmwares I tried worked just fine. What do I do? Anyone know of any firmwares that don't cause it? or am I doing something wrong?
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They will cause bootloops unless you wipe data. Tick wipe data,cache,appslog in flashtool. When you downgrade from one android version to another, there is a 99% chance of a bootloop. However, you can usually upgrade without problems.