[Q] Urgent help.my experia totally dead after try to flash - Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi, need everybody help, my xperia z totally dead after i try to flash using flashtool..i follow all the step. after i try to connect my phone while pressing the volume down button, nothing happend after i wait for a while. the "wait for flash mode" phone animation didn't even dissapear..then i plug out my phone,after that my phone cannot even boot up.no animation,no vibration,no led and nothing..really appreciate if anybody can help.thanks a lot :crying:

Try charge your phone,connect your charger and wait for 2 hour,and try again(sorry for my bad english)
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ok..thanks for ur suggestion. i will try it but fyi, while i was trying the flash procedure, my batt is above 85%.

syazuk said:
Hi, need everybody help, my xperia z totally dead after i try to flash using flashtool..i follow all the step. after i try to connect my phone while pressing the volume down button, nothing happend after i wait for a while. the "wait for flash mode" phone animation didn't even dissapear..then i plug out my phone,after that my phone cannot even boot up.no animation,no vibration,no led and nothing..really appreciate if anybody can help.thanks a lot :crying:
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You are a little vague on the details, but it sounds like your phone is probably in "fastboot-mode", meaning (on the Xperia Z) a black screen and no notification light nor anything else. It will stay in this mode until told to leave it by a computer or holding Power and volume up for like 10 seconds or something. The reason, in that case, that it didn't appear in flashtool could be that you have no fastboot drivers installed on your computer.
Issuing the command "fastboot continue" from a properly setup command prompt will cause it to boot up. Or, as mentioned above, hold power and vol up...

Rekoil said:
You are a little vague on the details, but it sounds like your phone is probably in "fastboot-mode", meaning (on the Xperia Z) a black screen and no notification light nor anything else. It will stay in this mode until told to leave it by a computer or holding Power and volume up for like 10 seconds or something. The reason, in that case, that it didn't appear in flashtool could be that you have no fastboot drivers installed on your computer.
Issuing the command "fastboot continue" from a properly setup command prompt will cause it to boot up. Or, as mentioned above, hold power and vol up...
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Thanks, i already pressing and holding the power on and volume up button a few times, but sadly nothing happend..i think u might b right, there might b something wrong with the flash driver i installed in my laptop before. i will try to use my friend's laptop (he did a few flash and succeed).
i want to ask something, could the battery dried out even after a couple of hours in this flashboot mode condition?is it possible?
Thanks

syazuk said:
Thanks, i already pressing and holding the power on and volume up button a few times, but sadly nothing happend..i think u might b right, there might b something wrong with the flash driver i installed in my laptop before. i will try to use my friend's laptop (he did a few flash and succeed).
i want to ask something, could the battery dried out even after a couple of hours in this flashboot mode condition?is it possible?
Thanks
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I don't really see how that is possible, the phone is not really doing anything in fastboot.

I already charge it overnight but nothing happend..no red led, and the phone not hot at all..like its not charging..i already install Emma n still cannot connect,nothing happend..when try to hard reset,holding for 1 minute, still nothing happend..any 1 has any idea?..thanks

syazuk said:
I already charge it overnight but nothing happend..no red led, and the phone not hot at all..like its not charging..i already install Emma n still cannot connect,nothing happend..when try to hard reset,holding for 1 minute, still nothing happend..any 1 has any idea?..thanks
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hold power button and up volume for 10 second, does it vibrate?

Already did that, nothing happend,no vibration..been trying a few times, still fail..

syazuk said:
Already did that, nothing happend,no vibration..been trying a few times, still fail..
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...I'm gonna go out on a limb to say its hard brick man, try to send it in.
When you plug the phone into the computer does it read? if not then theres nothing else you can do.
I'm curious, what did you try to do in flashtool to get to this point?

No, its not connected,nothing happend, not even a usb connected sound..yeah, i"m thinking to send it today..

syazuk said:
No, its not connected,nothing happend, not even a usb connected sound..yeah, i"m thinking to send it today..
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yea just do it, maybe a bit expensive to fix this.

fast boot mode detected ?
syazuk said:
Hi, need everybody help, my xperia z totally dead after i try to flash using flashtool..i follow all the step. after i try to connect my phone while pressing the volume down button, nothing happend after i wait for a while. the "wait for flash mode" phone animation didn't even dissapear..then i plug out my phone,after that my phone cannot even boot up.no animation,no vibration,no led and nothing..really appreciate if anybody can help.thanks a lot :crying:
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does the computer detect the phone in fast boot or not [vol- + pwr] if yes download the update service from sony website and maybe it wil work .

It's a long shot, but plug it in to power then try a hard reset (hold power and volume up) for 10 seconds. The phone should vibrate 3 times.
I have a vague recollection of my phone doing something similar and it wouldn't do anything until I gave it external power.
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Actually, my phone was plugged into my computer when I was having issues with it, not power.

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Flashed Xperia T with DooMKernel - Now Bricked?

Hi Guys,
Flashed v2 of the kernel using flashtool and it seemed to randomly reboot and crash and be quite laggy etc for some reason.
Rebooted the phone a few times and phone seemed to work and went into sleep. Tried to turn phone on and it is acting as if the battery is as flat as a pancake, no lights nothing on the screen and won't turn on.
Have tried to charge it overnight and still nothing.
Only used the phone for 2days so not sure if it has bricked or it is just a coincidence and the phone was faulty?
Xperia T was running Android 4.1.2 Build 9.1.A.0.489 with bootloader unlocked
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karlywarly said:
Hi Guys,
Flashed v2 of the kernel using flashtool and it seemed to randomly reboot and crash and be quite laggy etc for some reason.
Rebooted the phone a few times and phone seemed to work and went into sleep. Tried to turn phone on and it is acting as if the battery is as flat as a pancake, no lights nothing on the screen and won't turn on.
Have tried to charge it overnight and still nothing.
Only used the phone for 2days so not sure if it has bricked or it is just a coincidence and the phone was faulty?
Xperia T was running Android 4.1.2 Build 9.1.A.0.489 with bootloader unlocked
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Flash the stock kernel that i linked in that thread. Its on the first or second page of his thread
gregbradley said:
Flash the stock kernel that i linked in that thread. Its on the first or second page of his thread
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Thanks for your reply
I can't seem to get a response when connecting the phone via USB to the PC.
Tried holding the volume up button whilst connecting the USB and also with the volume down button to no avail.
Any ideas?
karlywarly said:
Thanks for your reply
I can't seem to get a response when connecting the phone via USB to the PC.
Tried holding the volume up button whilst connecting the USB and also with the volume down button to no avail.
Any ideas?
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to get into fastboot try this.
Hold volume up button. Keep it pressed. Insert USB cable. Now press and hold the power button untill the phne vibrates and immediatley let go of both buttons
gregbradley said:
to get into fastboot try this.
Hold volume up button. Keep it pressed. Insert USB cable. Now press and hold the power button untill the phne vibrates and immediatley let go of both buttons
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No joy unfortunately, just tried this on another PC to rule that issue out as well.
It's looking like i'm going to have to send it back for a repair me thinks?
gregbradley said:
to get into fastboot try this.
Hold volume up button. Keep it pressed. Insert USB cable. Now press and hold the power button untill the phne vibrates and immediatley let go of both buttons
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I know i'm probably clutching at straws, but is there absolutely anything else I could try?
Put it on charge and eave it for 24 hours.
Sometimes this brings it back to life.
I take it you have done the hold power button and volume up button for 30-40 seconds untill it vubrates 3 times and then tried to turn it on.
gregbradley said:
Put it on charge and eave it for 24 hours.
Sometimes this brings it back to life.
I take it you have done the hold power button and volume up button for 30-40 seconds untill it vubrates 3 times and then tried to turn it on.
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Yeah, tried that a few times, unfortunately nothing happened no vibrate or anything.
Will try putting it on charge again for 24 hours and then see what happens, had the phone on charge at the plug socket for around 8 hours last night but nothing change, no charging light or anything else.
I will try sending it back to the supplier I got the phone from if it doesn't spring back to life after charging for 24hours , I'm presuming that in the UK it could be just a simple swap?
Depends on the retailer/network. I worked for a UK network for 5 years. Outside of 7 days a device went off for a repair. Cpw do a 28 day exchange, not sure about all networks etc you'd have to check the returns policies.
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av4tar said:
Depends on the retailer/network. I worked for a UK network for 5 years. Outside of 7 days a device went off for a repair. Cpw do a 28 day exchange, not sure about all networks etc you'd have to check the returns policies.
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I think what I should be asking really is that if they insist on a repair, would they go the whole hog to test if it had been flashed with non sony stuff, would that be highly likely or just simply swap the motherboards without question?
gregbradley said:
Put it on charge and eave it for 24 hours.
Sometimes this brings it back to life.
I take it you have done the hold power button and volume up button for 30-40 seconds untill it vubrates 3 times and then tried to turn it on.
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I've let the phone charge for a few hours and now when trying to turn on the phone, the notification led now flashes red where as before it would not do anything when trying to turn on.
When connecting the phone to PC it still isn't detected.
Ive tried to search for what the notification colours mean but couldn't really find anything.
Is this anything hopeful?
karlywarly said:
I've let the phone charge for a few hours and now when trying to turn on the phone, the notification led now flashes red where as before it would not do anything when trying to turn on.
When connecting the phone to PC it still isn't detected.
Ive tried to search for what the notification colours mean but couldn't really find anything.
Is this anything hopeful?
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Yes, but leave it on charge untill tomorrow...then try the hard reset and turn on.
Then just keep it on the charger. Red led means low battery
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gregbradley said:
Yes, but leave it on charge untill tomorrow...then try the hard reset and turn on.
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Plugged it back in to the wall charger and it had a solid red light for around 5mins which I haven't had before when trying to charge it.
Will leave it plugged in now till tomorrow.
Thanks for your help so far
From my experience the warranty states if you modify the software it voids the warranty. If it's bricked it could be a pcc brick, a friends XT died that way.
So an engineer may just say it's faulty and exchange it. Hard to say but from what you've said it may come back on now it's charging.
Similar issue with my xperia s but it came back on after several minutes
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gregbradley said:
Yes, but leave it on charge untill tomorrow...then try the hard reset and turn on.
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Hi Greg,
Left the phone on charge over night and have tried connecting the phone to PC and managed to get some kind of response when holding either the volume up button or volume down button and connecting to PC and detects the phone as a USB input device for just a second or so, the phone will then have a red LED light again after this.
I connected the phone to PC so I could monitor anything that happened easier and noticed that every now and then the red light will come on for a few seconds and then go off again.
Could I possibly have not left the phone on charge long enough at the plug socket?
Hi,
I had the same problem. When the light turns red wait until the light goes out. Make sure you have flashtool open and make sure you only flash the kernel. Now when the red light goes out hold volume down and plug in the usb cabel connecting to your pc, a green light wil appear. Now really fast flash only the kernel. The phone will go into a bootloop once and goes out again. Now put on the homecharger and wait untill it is about 50 percent. Now put the phone on and everything works as before.
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Zoeriva said:
Hi,
I had the same problem. When the light turns red wait until the light goes out. Make sure you have flashtool open and make sure you only flash the kernel. Now when the red light goes out hold volume down and plug in the usb cabel connecting to your pc, a green light wil appear. Now really fast flash only the kernel. The phone will go into a bootloop once and goes out again. Now put on the homecharger and wait untill it is about 50 percent. Now put the phone on and everything works as before.
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Can I flash with any stock Kernel that is made for the Xperia Tor does it need to be a particular one that will match the firmware that is on the phone?
karlywarly said:
Can I flash with any stock Kernel that is made for the Xperia Tor does it need to be a particular one that will match the firmware that is on the phone?
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flash the stock kernel for your FW.
Load the FW into flashtool and exclude everything except kernel.
gregbradley said:
flash the stock kernel for your FW.
Load the FW into flashtool and exclude everything except kernel.
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There doesn't seem to be a Build 9.1.A.0.489 (phone had android 4.1.2 and phone is factory unlocked) in the Kernal section in your thread unless I am missing the point?
Downloaded the stock kernel that was in the DooMKernal thread you posted but that doesn't seem to be compatible with flashtool as it is in img and elf files
Sorry for acting dumb.

Xperia Z1 DEAD after updating to latest firmware

I have a c9603 z1 and used the Nordic unbranded ftf to flash my phone. I unticked the three options top right so that nothing would be deleted.
Once the flash was complete, I unplugged the phone around 30 seconds after it finished flashing. Now the phone is completely and utterly dead. No power light from socket or USB
Have tried press and hold vol + power, up and down, press the little reset button..... just lost as to what else to do
Worse thing is, this impatient idiot didn't backup before updating either because I was impatient!
wezzel98765 said:
I have a c9603 z1 and used the Nordic unbranded ftf to flash my phone. I unticked the three options top right so that nothing would be deleted.
Once the flash was complete, I unplugged the phone around 30 seconds after it finished flashing. Now the phone is completely and utterly dead. No power light from socket or USB
Have tried press and hold vol + power, up and down, press the little reset button..... just lost as to what else to do
Worse thing is, this impatient idiot didn't backup before updating either because I was impatient!
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Try Sony Update Service and follow the steps, press the Volume-down and connect the phone to PC when asked, see if the phone is recognized by the program.
Try flashing again but this time, just untick the "Wipe data" option.
hush66 said:
Try flashing again but this time, just untick the "Wipe data" option.
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I have the same problem !! PLS HELP !! THE PHONE IS DEAD !! My pc don`t recognize the phone !! no led... the phone not charging! what to do?? help please.
eclyptos said:
Try Sony Update Service and follow the steps, press the Volume-down and connect the phone to PC when asked, see if the phone is recognized by the program.
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hush66 said:
Try flashing again but this time, just untick the "Wipe data" option.
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Phone is entirely lifeless ... no LED light, NOTHING
When connect to PC... nothing at all happens, doesn't even pick up the phone!
Have tried VOL + and power
VOL - + power
VOL - and power
Still NOTHING... phone is DEAD
Me too!
wezzel98765 said:
Phone is entirely lifeless ... no LED light, NOTHING
When connect to PC... nothing at all happens, doesn't even pick up the phone!
Have tried VOL + and power
VOL - + power
VOL - and power
Still NOTHING... phone is DEAD
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Same thing just happened to me. I only unticked wipe date though. As I didn't back up my phone. The other 2 options were ticked. unplugged phone, press power button, and it vibrates but thats it. volume up button and power button, makes the phone vibrate three times. Just put phone on charge, all I get is a blinking red LED light. I thought it was just me. What to do?? I can't afford to lose what is on my phone!
Did you tried the physical reset button under the sim card flap?
Also, you can let your phone charge for some hours, if you see a RED LED after sometime, your phone can be saved!
RHBH said:
Did you tried the physical reset button under the sim card flap?
Also, you can let your phone charge for some hours, if you see a RED LED after sometime, your phone can be saved!
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yes. I pressed it with a pin. Nothing. I kept it pressed for 10 seconds. Nothing. I see a red light. But its blinking... That's never happened before.Even if the battery has completely died. This is werid...
Iglesias21 said:
Just put phone on charge, all I get is a blinking red LED light.
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Red LED? maybe it's just a dead battery bro
Iglesias21 said:
Same thing just happened to me. I only unticked wipe date though. As I didn't back up my phone. The other 2 options were ticked. unplugged phone, press power button, and it vibrates but thats it. volume up button and power button, makes the phone vibrate three times. Just put phone on charge, all I get is a blinking red LED light. I thought it was just me. What to do?? I can't afford to lose what is on my phone!
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After flashing you have to wait long time before he run up. So I don't know how long you just wait after that. I got different problem, I connect the phone via flashtool, I star the flash but the phone turn on by its self and the flash is cancelled. The best thing, nothing happen to my phone. What's that?
If you didnt unlock bootloader and flash something else, Please try sony update service.
I tried rescure a complete coma TX, it struggle a lot to flash (took longer than ususal time) and it evetually boot after 5 flashes with SUS.
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eclyptos said:
After flashing you have to wait long time before he run up. So I don't know how long you just wait after that. I got different problem, I connect the phone via flashtool, I star the flash but the phone turn on by its self and the flash is cancelled. The best thing, nothing happen to my phone. What's that?
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I think this is a problem of wrong connection...sometimes it happens to me
[Fenix] said:
Red LED? maybe it's just a dead battery bro
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No bro. I'm not too sure. I'm not new to this flashing game. I know what I was doing. Its blinking. that's never happened before. I've left it on charge for 20 minutes now. I can reflash and wipe everything but I have too much important stuff I can't afford to lose. Sudden death issue?? is it back? I will leave it for an hour and go out for a walk. Doing my head in lol. I know it's just a phone but arghhhh. Earlier on I was talking of a fresh start. God literally handed me one on a platter LOL
Iglesias21 said:
No bro. I'm not too sure. I'm not new to this flashing game. I know what I was doing. Its blinking. that's never happened before. I've left it on charge for 20 minutes now. I can reflash and wipe everything but I have too much important stuff I can't afford to lose. Sudden death issue?? is it back? I will leave it for an hour and go out for a walk. Doing my head in lol. I know it's just a phone but arghhhh. Earlier on I was talking of a fresh start. God literally handed me one on a platter LOL
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BTW if it is the battery after a while the LED should turn orange if left in charge...
[Fenix] said:
I think this is a problem of wrong connection...sometimes it happens to me
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How can be wrong?
eclyptos said:
After flashing you have to wait long time before he run up. So I don't know how long you just wait after that. I got different problem, I connect the phone via flashtool, I star the flash but the phone turn on by its self and the flash is cancelled. The best thing, nothing happen to my phone. What's that?
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wait long time before he run up? lol what? The screen does not turn on, clearly I'm not waiting for anything so I'll just let the battery charge for an hour and hope for the best
Iglesias21 said:
wait long time before he run up?(
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Yes, it's also describe on every custom rom thread. Go check. Leave the phone under charge and get a fresh air. You will solve this.
eclyptos said:
How can be wrong?
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I would not say stupid things bro but I think the recognition of the phone from flashtool is given by the time you hold down the volume - ... when I do it so fast I have always an error ... then again ... maybe
@Iglesias21
happened to me a similar thing with the old xperia p when I flashed an update ... but I think a flash of this type would not hurt a phone ever so much ... the fact that the computer does not recognize the driver 's I solved it by restarting the pc as I left the phone in the office to charge it thinking it was the fault of the battery ... after retry everything was ok...
[Fenix] said:
I would not say stupid things bro but I think the recognition of the phone from flashtool is given by the time you hold down the volume - ... when I do it so fast I have always an error ... then again ... maybe
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Ok, let's try again, now I will hold the volume to the beginning of the flash. Is not possible I have to hold the volume all the time.
To people, with bricked Z1 after flashing, what was your battery percentage before the flash? Coz users appear to experience a huge drop in the percentage after the flash. Maybe it emptied your batteries... I don't know, just a suggestion. Hope you can fix it by letting the phone charge for a few hours.

Completely bricked Xperia Z

I was just playing around trying to move apps onto my new micro sd card. I rebooted several times. But suddenly when I rebooted one more time, the screen turned black. It was supposed to reboot into recovery (CWM). So I tried to turn it on again. Nothing happened. I also tried to press power button + vol up. Nothing happened. No light when charging either. I really really really need some help
ende124 said:
I was just playing around trying to move apps onto my new micro sd card. I rebooted several times. But suddenly when I rebooted one more time, the screen turned black. It was supposed to reboot into recovery (CWM). So I tried to turn it on again. Nothing happened. I also tried to press power button + vol up. Nothing happened. No light when charging either. I really really really need some help
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Does your phone vibrate when you press power + vol up? Can you get it into flashmode?
If your pc recognizes the phone as qhsusb_dload or something like qloader it's hard bricked and there's nothing left you can do..
St.Jimmy90 said:
Does your phone vibrate when you press power + vol up? Can you get it into flashmode?
If your pc recognizes the phone as qhsusb_dload or something like qloader it's hard bricked and there's nothing left you can do..
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Nothing happens, its not vibrating, its not charging, and nothing happens when I plug it into my computer. I am a little bit experienced, so I know what to do if I atleast could get it into flashmode
ende124 said:
Nothing happens, its not vibrating, its not charging, and nothing happens when I plug it into my computer. I am a little bit experienced, so I know what to do if I atleast could get it into flashmode
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Does the led flash red if you hold down power and vol up while you plug it into your pc?
St.Jimmy90 said:
Does the led flash red if you hold down power and vol up while you plug it into your pc?
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No flashing LED, no vibrating, nothing.
I'm afraid to say this but it seems your phone is hard bricked... Try to do a rubber band across it so that the power button and vol up buttons get pressed all the time and plug it into your wallcharger. If that doesn't help bring it to your local sony service centre and let them repair it although they will very likely charge of a service fee.
Good luck mate!
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St.Jimmy90 said:
I'm afraid to say this but it seems your phone is hard bricked... Try to do a rubber band across it so that the power button and vol up buttons get pressed all the time and plug it into your wallcharger. If that doesn't help bring it to your local sony service centre and let them repair it although they will very likely charge of a service fee.
Good luck mate!
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Thank you, I will try that. It is really weird, the last thing I did was pressing the restart in recovery button.
I bricked my phone while trying to unlock bootloader (didnt wait for the command prompt to complete the process) and later my pc was recognizing it as qhsusb_dload. But my volume buttons were working and I used the Sony update service to restore it.
waji97 said:
I bricked my phone while trying to unlock bootloader (didnt wait for the command prompt to complete the process) and later my pc was recognizing it as qhsusb_dload. But my volume buttons were working and I used the Sony update service to restore it.
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I've used that tool several times when I softbricked my phone or didnt have a backup xD
ende124 said:
I've used that tool several times when I softbricked my phone or didnt have a backup xD
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You should leave it for charging for a while and then check, maybe the battery is dead.
waji97 said:
You should leave it for charging for a while and then check, maybe the battery is dead.
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Its weird how it ws completely fully charged wen it passed away...
ende124 said:
Its weird how it ws completely fully charged wen it passed away...
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So does it work now?
ende124 said:
Its weird how it ws completely fully charged wen it passed away...
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It is very possible, frequent restarts eat away alot of battery, and you never know maybe it was on while you saw a black screen thinking it was off.
waji97 said:
It is very possible, frequent restarts eat away alot of battery, and you never know maybe it was on while you saw a black screen thinking it was off.
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I'm just saying, I've put my phone into the charger trying to charge it and turn it on. The LED won't turn on when I put my phone into the charger. I also tried the hard reboot keys power + vol up.
ende124 said:
I'm just saying, I've put my phone into the charger trying to charge it and turn it on. The LED won't turn on when I put my phone into the charger. I also tried the hard reboot keys power + vol up.
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Then its probably very hard bricked. You should take it to Sony and let them figure it out.
ende124 said:
I'm just saying, I've put my phone into the charger trying to charge it and turn it on. The LED won't turn on when I put my phone into the charger. I also tried the hard reboot keys power + vol up.
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Did you also try the rubber band method? Putting a rubber band across the phone so that power and vol up buttons are pressed while it is on the charger for several hours?
St.Jimmy90 said:
Did you also try the rubber band method? Putting a rubber band across the phone so that power and vol up buttons are pressed while it is on the charger for several hours?
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If you see a flashing blue light, when it is not plugged in, it's because the bootload was entered improperly and is in safe mode. The only way you can fix it, is to do a system wipe via Sony Companion and reinstall stock ROM. It's an Xperias way of bootlooping into a safe mode when it's locked.
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waji97 said:
I bricked my phone while trying to unlock bootloader (didnt wait for the command prompt to complete the process) and later my pc was recognizing it as qhsusb_dload. But my volume buttons were working and I used the Sony update service to restore it.
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Too bad Sony doesn't implement an ADB OTI. Otherwise you could flash ROMs even with factory lock and never brick it.
i am experiencing the same problem right now. hadn't touched the tablet in a couple weeks, i seem to remember turning it off because it was really low on battery and the charger wasn't near. now it is just a black rectangle.. LED never responds, charging doesn't do anything, doesn't show up on ADB or flashtool.
seems like it is some problem with the firmware or hardware since all the android devices i've owned have always charged (with the LED on) regardless of the condition of the software (hell my one x that busted open and the screen doesn't work still charges and hooks up to the computer)
i would love to get this fixed because sony tech support pretty much bent me over today.
axis888x said:
i am experiencing the same problem right now. hadn't touched the tablet in a couple weeks, i seem to remember turning it off because it was really low on battery and the charger wasn't near. now it is just a black rectangle.. LED never responds, charging doesn't do anything, doesn't show up on ADB or flashtool.
seems like it is some problem with the firmware or hardware since all the android devices i've owned have always charged (with the LED on) regardless of the condition of the software (hell my one x that busted open and the screen doesn't work still charges and hooks up to the computer)
i would love to get this fixed because sony tech support pretty much bent me over today.
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Did you try external battery terminal dismount?
what is "external battery terminal dismount"?

xperia z not turning on...SUDDEN DEATH???!

hi all,
so i woke up today, took note of something via small notes app on the phone.
went back to sleep with the phone on the charger.
i wake up, try to turn the screen on (LED light indicated full charge with green light), & the screen does not turn on! i figure my hand was blocking the light sensor so i make certain my hand isnt in the way, & try again, still not response. next thing i do is hold the power button & volume rocker up but all this does is turn the phone completely off(no more green led)!
since then i have been trying, & trying to do the reset of vol up + power with no results.
im afraid the phone is dead, & i have to purchase a new one, but im hoping that there is a last resort tactic i may use to revive the phone.
thanks in advance.
:good:
may someone be kind enough to help?
or to point me to proper thread.
ive searched & only results lead to solution which involves pc companion which ive tried but it is not recognizing my phone.
thanks
asadkhanduhh said:
hi all,
so i woke up today, took note of something via small notes app on the phone.
went back to sleep with the phone on the charger.
i wake up, try to turn the screen on (LED light indicated full charge with green light), & the screen does not turn on! i figure my hand was blocking the light sensor so i make certain my hand isnt in the way, & try again, still not response. next thing i do is hold the power button & volume rocker up but all this does is turn the phone completely off(no more green led)!
since then i have been trying, & trying to do the reset of vol up + power with no results.
im afraid the phone is dead, & i have to purchase a new one, but im hoping that there is a last resort tactic i may use to revive the phone.
thanks in advance.
:good:
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Is your PC recognizing the phone?
androidtweaker1 said:
Is your PC recognizing the phone?
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hi,
thanks for the response.
no my pc is not recognizing my phone.
im afraid the phone is dead?
asadkhanduhh said:
hi,
thanks for the response.
no my pc is not recognizing my phone.
im afraid the phone is dead?
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Hard shut down the device.
Press volume up and power key till there are three vibrations.
Now hold volume down key an connect usb an see whether PC detects it
androidtweaker1 said:
Hard shut down the device.
Press volume up and power key till there are three vibrations.
Now hold volume down key an connect usb an see whether PC detects it
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phone is not responding to any of those commands.
ive heard of a way to flash revive a dead phone?
do you have any familiarity with that method?
asadkhanduhh said:
phone is not responding to any of those commands.
ive heard of a way to flash revive a dead phone?
do you have any familiarity with that method?
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Download flashtool and install
After that go to driver folder in flashtool folder(It will be in c drive )
Install flashmode, xperia z and fastboot drivers
Hold volume down key an connect to PC
See whether PC detects phone now
taking those steps right now...
will update..
thanks
androidtweaker1 said:
Download flashtool and install
After that go to driver folder in flashtool folder(It will be in c drive )
Install flashmode, xperia z and fastboot drivers
Hold volume down key an connect to PC
See whether PC detects phone now
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hi,
there is no driver folder in the flashtool folder?
just flashtool, flashtool64, & uninstall flashtool.
EDIT
NEVERMIND found *RIGHT* folder. it was exactly where you said itd be
phone is still not being recognized by cpu........
asadkhanduhh said:
phone is still not being recognized by cpu........
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Hold power up and connect USB, make sure tht the phone is off
EDIT: If still does not recognize reboot PC and try
Any vibrations or reaction when holding the power button for 60 seconds?
Sent from my LG-E980
lamename said:
Any vibrations or reaction when holding the power button for 60 seconds?
Sent from my LG-E980
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hi,
thanks for the response.
nope, no response from the phone @ all.
this is so odd that the phone would just literally 'die' out of no where?
lamename said:
Any vibrations or reaction when holding the power button for 60 seconds?
Sent from my LG-E980
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Edit: replied on the wrong post
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asadkhanduhh said:
hi,
thanks for the response.
nope, no response from the phone @ all.
this is so odd that the phone would just literally 'die' out of no where?
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Okay,
Have Googled up a bit.
Keep the phone connected to charger to 5-6 hours and then try starting the phone
This method has worked for some users, see whether it works for you :fingers-crossed:
Pc/seus
Hi,have you tried Pccompanion or seus?Ok,now i see that you tried pc companion,but try seus!
Edit:
Ok try this,open Pc companion,now iniciate the support zone,if is not installed it will install.
Now once is installed click on software update of the phone,and it will say that no device was found,so now click on repair my phone.
Hope that works.
hi guys,
UPDATE !!!
although very odd, & puzzling(im not complaining!!) the phone came back to life on its own.
i had just finished watching television with the family, when i take the phone out of my pocket & just out of hope push the power button when all the sudden i felt a faint(but lovely) vibration!! a few secs later the logo screens showed, & the phone booted up as normal.
needless to say i am certainly happy the phone is working.
MOST IMPORTANTLY id like to thank those that took the time from their lives to reply to my call for help. It is HUGELY appreciated!
thanks again. :good::good::highfive::highfive::good::good:
asadkhanduhh said:
hi guys,
UPDATE !!!
although very odd, & puzzling(im not complaining!!) the phone came back to life on its own.
i had just finished watching television with the family, when i take the phone out of my pocket & just out of hope push the power button when all the sudden i felt a faint(but lovely) vibration!! a few secs later the logo screens showed, & the phone booted up as normal.
needless to say i am certainly happy the phone is working.
MOST IMPORTANTLY id like to thank those that took the time from their lives to reply to my call for help. It is HUGELY appreciated!
thanks again. :good::good::highfive::highfive::good::good:
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:good::highfive:

[Q] serious help needed my xperia sp is not starting help

i've edited file in /system/etc/hosts
and after restart the phone it's just vibrate once and now not starting not even charging when it's dead it was 45% battery
now what shoutd i do please help me guys i don't know much about android.:crying:
prabasha said:
i've edited file in /system/etc/hosts
and after restart the phone it's just vibrate once and now not starting not even charging when it's dead it was 45% battery
now what shoutd i do please help me guys i don't know much about android.:crying:
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Do you even tried to re-flash the firmware? Try to flash the stock firmware again.
TechnoSparks said:
Do you even tried to re-flash the firmware? Try to flash the stock firmware again.
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it's not even detected by pc please help:crying:
prabasha said:
it's not even detected by pc please help:crying:
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press volume down and than connect your phone to pc....it will going to flashmode...
prabasha said:
it's not even detected by pc please help:crying:
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By stating that simple sentence none of us could determine the exact cause. Maybe you've did something wrong during the connecting of your phone to your PC.
In order to make sure your phone is connected to PC, make sure you first hold the volume down button, and then while holding, connect the usb cable to your phone. Then this will make your phone properly connected as flashmode.
Gara91 said:
press volume down and than connect your phone to pc....it will going to flashmode...
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it's not going in to flashmode with that method nothing happens
TechnoSparks said:
By stating that simple sentence none of us could determine the exact cause. Maybe you've did something wrong during the connecting of your phone to your PC.
In order to make sure your phone is connected to PC, make sure you first hold the volume down button, and then while holding, connect the usb cable to your phone. Then this will make your phone properly connected as flashmode.
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i've done this but nothing happens not going in to flashmode
i don't know what happend i just edit that hosts file and restarted the phone.
prabasha said:
i've done this but nothing happens not going in to flashmode
i don't know what happend i just edit that hosts file and restarted the phone.
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I suggest for you to try this one unique method used by adfad666, a developer.
He tried to boot into flashmode, by holding the volume button and the yellow reset button.
If that fails, another person successfully made it by plugging the phone in while on flashmode and then press the volume button down.
If that fails again, another person made it too by actually charging it for the whole night. He then could connect his phone in flashmode. Does your LED bar ever lights up when you connect your charger? This might work for you
Another person tried so much (trial and error) until the phone is recognised.
PS Its fascinating and scary that hard bricks can be recovered mostly by luck
TechnoSparks said:
I suggest for you to try this one unique method used by adfad666, a developer.
He tried to boot into flashmode, by holding the volume button and the yellow reset button.
If that fails, another person successfully made it by plugging the phone in while on flashmode and then press the volume button down.
If that fails again, another person made it too by actually charging it for the whole night. He then could connect his phone in flashmode. Does your LED bar ever lights up when you connect your charger? This might work for you
Another person tried so much (trial and error) until the phone is recognised.
PS Its fascinating and scary that hard bricks can be recovered mostly by luck
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volume down method not working
i've charge phone about 3hr but not working LED BAR not working when connecting to the charger
what's that yellow reset button you have mentioned? i don't know much about this phone just using for one month
prabasha said:
volume down method not working
i've charge phone about 3hr but not working LED BAR not working when connecting to the charger
what's that yellow reset button you have mentioned? i don't know much about this phone just using for one month
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Yellow reset button is a force reboot button located in the backside of your phone, underneath the battery cover. It is intended fore reboots when a device is freezing. But yea a guy use it for recovering from hard brick. He has experience with hardbricks caused by kernel (lol because he builds kernels!) by using that yellow dude on the phone. This however require many trial and errors, as it is quite complicated to actually achieve flashmode connection using the yellow button compared to the normal procedures. However, chances are you may succeed.
I would like to have a look at the resource you used to modify your hosts file, if you please to share.
TechnoSparks said:
Yellow reset button is a force reboot button located in the backside of your phone, underneath the battery cover. It is intended fore reboots when a device is freezing. But yea a guy use it for recovering from hard brick. He has experience with hardbricks caused by kernel (lol because he builds kernels!) by using that yellow dude on the phone. This however require many trial and errors, as it is quite complicated to actually achieve flashmode connection using the yellow button compared to the normal procedures. However, chances are you may succeed.
I would like to have a look at the resource you used to modify your hosts file, if you please to share.
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you just save my day it worked
I just press that yellow button (only that yellow button) and phone just start normally without any errors thank you so much for the help
i've previously used xperia p and galaxy ace but never encountered any serious problems like this is this phone bad? should i need to worry in the future? i heard no firmware update for this device in future.
prabasha said:
you just save my day it worked
I just press that yellow button (only that yellow button) and phone just start normally without any errors thank you so much for the help
i've previously used xperia p and galaxy ace but never encountered any serious problems like this is this phone bad? should i need to worry in the future? i heard no firmware update for this device in future.
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turns out what you did is completely different from what I intended. Well it seemed that your phone is stuck somehow. In a normal shutdown, when you press that yellow button, it won't start at all (yes I did that an hour ago before suggesting you that. Since it fails, I didn't tell you about it). Maybe this will make some hard bricks recoverable? I don't know either. This is a really strange world.
Okay wondering aside, congratulations that your Xperia SP is recovered from a hard brick! :fingers-crossed: It happens rarely, sometimes simple things can fix it.
No this phone isn't bad. I did so many dangerous things and haven't yet face any hard bricking (I am not quite happy you know, it seems like the hard brick is getting closer to me!). Well there is no firmware updates from Sony that is. However I don't really care about that, since I hate bloated stock ROMs anyway. And personally I don't really care if we are doomed to stuck on 4.4. But I do wish 5 or Lollipop could run on this first Android device of mine.

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