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Hi guys, got a slight problem with entering fastboot mode. I hold the volume-up key and connect me USB cable but rather than getting the noise verifying it's been connected ok, I get that dull sound it makes when it hasn't worked. It won't even let me install the drivers and in device manager it comes up as "S1boot Fastboot" for a few seconds before then going into battery charging mode. I downloaded the Android SDK latest and replaced the USB driver INF file with the one sony give you but it didn't work so reversed back to the other driver the SDK manager installs and that didn't work either.
I've been through the tutorials and even tried to update the driver in device manager in the few seconds it stays there but that didn't work either! USB debugging is enabled too!
Please help, I'm not a noob and have done fastboot booting before and yes for those who may ask have already checked to make sure the bootloader can be unlocked and yes it can also the phone is NOT branded and is unlocked to all networks.
Any help will be appreciated, thanks!
Dave.
Are you on Windows 8? Using USB 3.0?
"As your flesh bears the sigil....your name is that....of a recusant."
First be sure you're using a 2.0 usb port, if this is ok maybe it's a windows 8 driver problem, so you should try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2170114. It works for me
For also fastboot and flashmode come for 5 Sec. So Make sure you prepare the file and attach the device to fastboot or flashmode when it is asked.
Still problems
I'm still working on a 2012 laptop with Windows 7 Premium installed. It's fully up to date and all the drivers are installed properly I just don't get it, I've tried everything and it's still making the noise as if it won't connect. I don't know what to do to be honest. Also yes it is USB 2.0.
darkdemon32 said:
I'm still working on a 2012 laptop with Windows 7 Premium installed. It's fully up to date and all the drivers are installed properly I just don't get it, I've tried everything and it's still making the noise as if it won't connect. I don't know what to do to be honest. Also yes it is USB 2.0.
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Hmm...how many USB ports are being used when you're flashing the phone?
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Fastboot with Xperia XP
I have the same problem, can't get it to fastboot mode.
Tried the Windows 8 zith USB 2, and also on XP machine where I was succesfully used it for a Xperia U.
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Dump Windows..
Opensource rules!!! I switch on a VM with Windows only when I need Photohshop. Otw, Ubuntu and openSUSE FTW!!
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same problem...
m having same kind of problem i was trying to flash boot img from cm 11 but fast boot isnt recognizing my device any more.my sp is rooted bootloader unlocked.fast boot was recognizing it yesterday.please tell me what to do
What I did was use a Windows XP machine.
Couldn't get it to work on my Windows 7/8, because of the restrictions in driver signatures.
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darkdemon32 said:
Hi guys, got a slight problem with entering fastboot mode. I hold the volume-up key and connect me USB cable but rather than getting the noise verifying it's been connected ok, I get that dull sound it makes when it hasn't worked. It won't even let me install the drivers and in device manager it comes up as "S1boot Fastboot" for a few seconds before then going into battery charging mode. .
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I have a similar problem. the power light lights up blue then passes into the phone starts loading mode
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The updated version (09.14) don't work properly. It doesn't enable me to go to Flashmode. Uninstalled and used the previous version and it worked as it should, no issues entering Flashmode.
i might have actually found the solution. im on the 4.3fw build version 12.1.a.1.201... in my case, my pc will automatically install the drivers for mass storage giving me no chance to update the driver to the one from sony.
you need to do step 9. and 10. if you havent done so from http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/instructions
what i did was allow developer settings and allow debugging via usb.
plug in and attempt to go in to fastboot and obviously it'll fail.
go to device manager. (control panel->hardware and sound->device manager) quickly scroll down go to other devices. you will see s1fastboot (or something like that) if you're quick enough, if not, in my case, the phone will go in to charging mode.
what i did was to disable xperia sp mass storage from disk drives category too.
right click on it and select update driver software and you will select the file you've unzipped (following step 9 and 10 sony's instructions).
after it has finished updating, unplug your usb and attempt to enter fastboot, it should work.
PS: im no expert, this solution might be out there somewhere already or it could just be a great coincidence. some of these steps might not be useful even.
Had this problem and found a funny solution: I switched my cable and the port I was using. Both Ubuntu and Windoze 7 failed on both fastboot and flash mode, even though in both the phone would charge. I grabbed a spare micro USB cable and plugged it into the front of the PC; voila. Now the phone is rooted and running the latest CM.
Need a final solution for this problem
I don't know what to do!!! The problem is this, very similar to the others mentioned above,: When i conect my xperia sp to fastboot mode, pressing volume up while plugging in usb cable, the phone led turns to blue for few seconds and than it just turns to red showing on the screen the battery image( normal charging mode)...... I' m using windows xp and a rooted xperia sp whit cm11 (for locked bootloader obviously). Just two last things:
the phone can be unlocked( I checked it) and fastboot worked the same as now with stock xperia sp firmware.
Please i need a final and a certain solution for this problem!!!
i'll be very thankful to anyone who give me a hand!!!!
TheTras said:
I don't know what to do!!! The problem is this, very similar to the others mentioned above,: When i conect my xperia sp to fastboot mode, pressing volume up while plugging in usb cable, the phone led turns to blue for few seconds and than it just turns to red showing on the screen the battery image( normal charging mode)...... I' m using windows xp and a rooted xperia sp whit cm11 (for locked bootloader obviously). Just two last things:
the phone can be unlocked( I checked it) and fastboot worked the same as now with stock xperia sp firmware.
Please i need a final and a certain solution for this problem!!!
i'll be very thankful to anyone who give me a hand!!!!
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Are you trying to unlock your phone?
Have you installed device specific/fastboot/flashmode drivers via FlashTool? If you are on Windows 8/8.1, you need to disable driver verification to get it done.
Alternatively if you just wanna unlock your bootloader, you can use the BLU option in FlashTool. Again all drivers will need to be properly installed for your phone to be detected correctly.
You say you had the same problem with stock firmware which means you probably haven't setup adb/fastboot properly on your PC. Does your phone get detected correctly in Device Manager? Have you tried installing drivers via Device Manager?
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So the solution is installing flashtool and installato drivers via Emma?? Thanks forma the attention!!
TheTras said:
So the solution is installing flashtool and installato drivers via Emma?? Thanks forma the attention!!
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I meant install drivers via FlashTool. Go to C:\Flashtool\drivers or wherever you have installed Flashtool and run the Flashtool-drivers.exe.
Select flashmode drivers, fastboot drivers and common drivers viskan board (SP drivers) and install them. Like I said if you are on Win 8/8.1, you will have to disable driver signature enforcement. Just look it up in YouTube and follow a tutorial.
cannot connect to pc i have unlocked bootloader with htcdev and installed cwm touch v 6.0.4.4 one Flyhalf205's thread. that all worked fine.
but after doing a nandroid backup for my uk EE htc one cid htc_001. i then rebooted phone from recovery but now when i connect phone to laptop it does not recognize it through windows. nothing happens when i fastboot devices either please help thanks.
nathlynn22 said:
cannot connect to pc i have unlocked bootloader with htcdev and installed cwm touch v 6.0.4.4 one Flyhalf205's thread. that all worked fine.
but after doing a nandroid backup for my uk EE htc one cid htc_001. i then rebooted phone from recovery but now when i connect phone to laptop it does not recognize it through windows. nothing happens when i fastboot devices either please help thanks.
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You cannot do fastboot devices in recovery mode.
in recovery mode you can do adb devices to check if your phone is recognized by your laptop
in fastboot usb mode, you can do fastboot devices to check if your phone is recognized by your laptop
I have the same. Was working fine beforehand now nothing. When I connect to the PC with the phone booted it connects then a second or two later disconnects, like it "doesn't like" the connection. It tried to install HTC MTP driver but fails as it says the "device is disconnected." Fastboot USB works fine though and I can carry out fastboot commands from bootloader, but no ADB
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You cannot do fastboot devices in recovery mode.
in recovery mode you can do adb devices to check if your phone is recognized by your laptop
in fastboot usb mode, you can do fastboot devices to check if your phone is recognized by your laptop
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I tried fast boot devices in fast boot USB by going into minisdk. Didn't try in recovery would have been good to try adb devices in recovery because I was stuck in that when first tried the custom recovery but a hard reset kicked it back out. Got recovery sorted just wanted to take nandroid backup off phone to PC and put root files which I'm still trying to get best 1's any idea where to get them where URL link is working? I've tried fastboot so doesn't work and basic trying to connect phone to PC for file transfer doesn't work either
stovie_steve said:
I have the same. Was working fine beforehand now nothing. When I connect to the PC with the phone booted it connects then a second or two later disconnects, like it "doesn't like" the connection. It tried to install HTC MTP driver but fails as it says the "device is disconnected." Fastboot USB works fine though and I can carry out fastboot commands from bootloader, but no ADB
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Ok so not only person. When I try connect mine doesn't even flag up I've connected a device USB debugging starts up on phone but have just noticed USB connection doesn't show. Plus I connect to PC and doesn't make the sound as I've it recognized my connecting anything. Fastboot USB comes up empty. I've been spending a couple hours here and there for past 2 nights trying to set phone up ready for rum runner. But my other question is if I'm already on htc_001 there's no need for me to change CID num anyways? Thanks
Try going to command prompt and typing in set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 followed by start devmgmt.msc
Click on view and show hidden devices. This will show devices which are not connected but have been installed. Look for something like android phone or android device and update the drivers by selecting update driver > let me select > have disk and then select the driver from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2386956
Try that and see if it works
I'm all sorted now thanks just kept at it.
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I recently flashed DooMKernel for my Xperia SP via fastboot. After that, I flashed the kernel (only kernel) of the stock 12.0.A.2.254 via flashmode. However, after that, both fastboot and flashmode are not working on my device. When I hold either the volume up/down button when I plug my phone into my computer, the notification light turns blue/green for a while before turning red for a while and booting normally. I have already installed the fastboot and flashmode drivers successfully and I recently upgraded to Windows 8.1 x64. What can I do to fix this?
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I recently flashed DooMKernel for my Xperia SP via fastboot. After that, I flashed the kernel (only kernel) of the stock 12.0.A.2.254 via flashmode. However, after that, both fastboot and flashmode are not working on my device. When I hold either the volume up/down button when I plug my phone into my computer, the notification light turns blue/green for a while before turning red for a while and booting normally. I have already installed the fastboot and flashmode drivers successfully and I recently upgraded to Windows 8.1 x64. What can I do to fix this?
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The funny thing is that it actually does turn blue/green. That goes to show that it's working, it's just that after a certain time of being in that mode, if there are no detectable data transfers, it will restart.
Also, have you disabled driver signature verification and test signing on Windows 8?
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As CallMeVentus said it works but then reboots. If you're using flashtool you can first select the firmware to flash and when you start it will ask for you to plug your phone in flashmode. Do it and it should directly copy the files, so your phone will stay in the right mode.
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CallMeVentus, I have already disabled driver signature enforcement in Windows 8.1 and have reinstalled the flashtool drivers three to four times already. When I plug the phone in fastboot or flashmode, Windows tells me "USB device not recognized". However, when I plug it in as MTP, it detects the device normally. I have used many different USB cables and the problem still persists. Does it have anything to do with my recent upgrade to Windows 8.1?
Ethan_Kok said:
CallMeVentus, I have already disabled driver signature enforcement in Windows 8.1 and have reinstalled the flashtool drivers three to four times already. When I plug the phone in fastboot or flashmode, Windows tells me "USB device not recognized". However, when I plug it in as MTP, it detects the device normally. I have used many different USB cables and the problem still persists. Does it have anything to do with my recent upgrade to Windows 8.1?
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The problem come from USB controller ò Windows 8.1
Did you try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44288852&postcount=24
Hi guys,
I accidentally formatted /system on my T with UB.
Now it won't start (it says "Sony", then nothing happens). It now has no recovery and if I connect the phone in fastboot or flashmode, the usual PC I use to flash says me that "Sony ADB interface" is connected, but it can't find any driver.
What can I do now?
Thanks in advance for the reply.
DS-1 said:
Hi guys,
I accidentally formatted /system on my T with UB.
Now it won't start (it says "Sony", then nothing happens). It now has no recovery and if I connect the phone in fastboot or flashmode, the usual PC I use to flash says me that "Sony ADB interface" is connected, but it can't find any driver.
What can I do now?
Thanks in advance for the reply.
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If it says "Sony ADB interface" when you connect it, then you don't need a driver, it's already installed (you can confirm this if you open Device Manager in Windows and check if it's listed as an "ADB interface" and there are no "Unknown Devices" and/or devices named in relation to your phone that have a yellow exclamation mark.
Just flash a stock FTF, or download one of the kernels for T that have a recovery, and flash any ROM you like.
First of all, thanks for the reply.
The strange thing about this time brick is that my pc doesn't recognize the phone. Other times, infact, I used it with the same phone to relive the Xperia T, after strange things happened.
Instead, this time the phone is recognized as "Sony ADB interface" and the pc says there's no driver in it. And it can't find in the system (I'm using an old laptop with Windows XP on it).
That's the reason why the system (and Flashtool, too: it says, in red, that I need to install the drivers for my phone) doesn't recognize the phone.
Now I'm trying the T into another Windows XP old laptop system...I hope it works (and I hope USB 1.1 will be fine, too...).
EDIT: this "new" pc see my phone, connected in fastboot mode, as "SEMC Flash Device" and it is installing the drivers. I've already installed fastboot/flashmode drivers from Flashtool Drivers folder.
RE-EDIT: PC can see the Xperia T, but Flashtool always says that it is connected in "flash mode", even if I connect it in fastboot mode. What should I do, now?
RE-RE-EDIT: The phone is recognized only in flashmode, even if I installed all the drivers. I'm trying to flash .141 and it seems to work. Let's see what happens.
Antiga Prime said:
If it says "Sony ADB interface" when you connect it, then you don't need a driver, it's already installed (you can confirm this if you open Device Manager in Windows and check if it's listed as an "ADB interface" and there are no "Unknown Devices" and/or devices named in relation to your phone that have a yellow exclamation mark.
Just flash a stock FTF, or download one of the kernels for T that have a recovery, and flash any ROM you like.
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DS-1 said:
First of all, thanks for the reply.
The strange thing about this time brick is that my pc doesn't recognize the phone. Other times, infact, I used it with the same phone to relive the Xperia T, after strange things happened.
Instead, this time the phone is recognized as "Sony ADB interface" and the pc says there's no driver in it. And it can't find in the system (I'm using an old laptop with Windows XP on it).
That's the reason why the system (and Flashtool, too: it says, in red, that I need to install the drivers for my phone) doesn't recognize the phone.
Now I'm trying the T into another Windows XP old laptop system...I hope it works (and I hope USB 1.1 will be fine, too...).
EDIT: this "new" pc see my phone, connected in fastboot mode, as "SEMC Flash Device" and it is installing the drivers. I've already installed fastboot/flashmode drivers from Flashtool Drivers folder.
RE-EDIT: PC can see the Xperia T, but Flashtool always says that it is connected in "flash mode", even if I connect it in fastboot mode. What should I do, now?
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Ok, well, no idea about it being stuck in flash mode, but, isn't that exactly what you want? To flash a stock FTF you need to be in flash mode. As a matter of fact, you can even flash only the kernel of an FTF in flash mode, it wouldn't have a recovery, since it would be a stock kernel, but at least you could get a working kernel, if that were the issue, which it is not.
What are you doing to put your phone into fastboot mode?
I wanted to use fastboot to flash a kernel with recovery and then flash the backup of my old ROM.
However, it doesn't worked. Only flashmode worked. So I flashed (really slowly, because of USB 1.1 ports of this old IBM laptop!) .141 and now the phone is living again.
Dunno why fastboot didn't work. Maybe because there wasn't any firmware on?
Antiga Prime said:
Ok, well, no idea about it being stuck in flash mode, but, isn't that exactly what you want? To flash a stock FTF you need to be in flash mode. As a matter of fact, you can even flash only the kernel of an FTF in flash mode, it wouldn't have a recovery, since it would be a stock kernel, but at least you could get a working kernel, if that were the issue, which it is not.
What are you doing to put your phone into fastboot mode?
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Dunno why fastboot didn't work. Maybe because there wasn't any firmware on?
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No because the whole point of fastboot mode is to be able to flash firmware related files. Fastboot mode, just as Flash mode, starts before the Android OS starts. If they depended on there being an OS installed it would defeat the whole point.
So I really dunno why it didn't work. Later I'll try to see if now fastboot is working again.
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No because the whole point of fastboot mode is to be able to flash firmware related files. Fastboot mode, just as Flash mode, starts before the Android OS starts. If they depended on there being an OS installed it would defeat the whole point.
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When you don't have a ROM installed,stock kernels recovery won't work. Flash CM 11s Kernel, you'll have recovery then restore you're backup
Hey chaps,
I'm having a spot of trouble with Emma, I'm afraid.
I've followed the bootloader unlocking steps, the fastboot driver is where it ought to be.
My machine is displaying the phone when in flash mode as "SOMC Flash Device". Can't uninstall the drivers, can't update them with the fastboot driver as it's shown.
As a result, (assuming I haven't missed things or mixed it all up like a twat) Emma isn't identifying my phone. I'm connecting it in flash mode of course, I'm getting nothing.
Any ideas what could be the trouble?
what are you trying to do?
meaniez said:
what are you trying to do?
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Flash a sony build
why are you using emma and not the Flashtool ?
Tried that too, connected in flash mode and keep getting errors.
At this point I'm thinking it's a driver issue, but for the life of me I can't fix it.
Really unsure where to go from here.
just some thoughts
1. try to download and install ADB driver if you haven't already.
2. try connecting the phone to a different usb port [sounds incredibly stupid, but it does work sometimes].
3. [assuming you're using windows] while the phone is connected, go to the device manager, look for phone [presumably under android device or sony] and uninstall the driver.
what kind of errors are you getting using the flashtool?
meaniez said:
just some thoughts
1. try to download and install ADB driver if you haven't already.
2. try connecting the phone to a different usb port [sounds incredibly stupid, but it does work sometimes].
3. [assuming you're using windows] while the phone is connected, go to the device manager, look for phone [presumably under android device or sony] and uninstall the driver.
what kind of errors are you getting using the flashtool?
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3. Yeah I've done that. When it's connected in flash mode, it's detected as S1 Service (SOMC Flash Device). I'm fairly sure that's where the trouble lays, but everytime I try to uninstall the drivers to prepare installing the "correct" ones, the system hangs and I'm forced to hard reset.
Literally just says:
INFO - Checking header
INFO - Ending flash session
ERROR -
ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted
INFO - Device connected in flash mode
The drivers are there in the flashtool folder. Install the flashmode and fastboot mode drivers from there and then try connecting your phone into flashmode as a trial. If you see it connects, then proceed to flash the firmware
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Could you please tell which sony build you are trying to flash?
I think you are flashing a wrong rom..
Alright I'm fairly convinced I'm just a dumbass. I haven't switched roms on a phone since my S3.
So far all I've done is unlock the bootloader, following the instructions from the sony dev video.
I've got a D5833, running 23.0.1.A.1.49 build. Doesn't seem to be any further updates OTA or through PC companion.
Flashtool and drivers are installed. ADB as well.
I haven't got CWM or anything running on it thus far, and I'm suspecting that that might be the problem.
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