[Q] [HELP]Custom Kernel installed on Locked Bootloader - Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hello
i flashed today a custom kernel on my xperia sp locked bootloader. now it turns not on is there any chance to repair this ?

- Flash STOCK kernel of the same firmware u had.
OR
- Flash STOCK SONY firmware
EDIT: Pls before start to do dumb things with ur phone, read a bit about it o what u are ready to do. SONY devices are difficult to brick but no impossible. This is a council no only for ya, for all users of smartphones :thumbup:

Joku1981 said:
- Flash STOCK kernel of the same firmware u had.
OR
- Flash STOCK SONY firmware
EDIT: Pls before start to do dumb things with ur phone, read a bit about it o what u are ready to do. SONY devices are difficult to brick but no impossible. This is a council no only for ya, for all users of smartphones :thumbup:
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Good notice Joku1981 also if the flashing went wrong you might hard bricked your device!(and thats very very bad) But if you can enter flashmode or fastboot mode you should be fine just repair the kernel.

jackaros said:
Good notice Joku1981 also if the flashing went wrong you might hard bricked your device!(and thats very very bad) But if you can enter flashmode or fastboot mode you should be fine just repair the kernel.
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What can you do if you've hard bricked your device?

SunnyChrono6 said:
What can you do if you've hard bricked your device?
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Hard bricked device is a device with fried circuit board (all the guts of the device are useless) the device wont respond and the only way to repair is if you send it using your warranty to sony and they will change the board.
If you are out of warranty it will cost you a bunch and it would not worth it (in my opinion)

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Is it true that if the devs crack the bootloader.. And if we install a costum kernel..
And if something goes wrong then can we repair the phone with pcc and seue or is it bricked forever?
I think we will can use seus.
we won't be able to repair the phone with seus but we have x10flashtool!
There are two kinds of brick.
Soft Brick - The common/usual brick we talk about in the forums which can be repaired with SEUS or Flashtool
and...
Hard Brick - You can get this only if you mess with the bootloader. This kind of brick is NOT repairable. That means your phone is going to the trash can.
Chris95X8 said:
There are two kinds of brick.
Soft Brick - The common/usual brick we talk about in the forums which can be repaired with SEUS or Flashtool
and...
Hard Brick - You can get this only if you mess with the bootloader. This kind of brick is NOT repairable. That means your phone is going to the trash can.
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Is it imposiple to repair phone if it gets hard brick
lopman said:
Is it imposiple to repair phone if it gets hard brick
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It's not possible.
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[Q] what can i do now? my X8 was hard bricked!

[Q] what can i do now? my X8 was hard bricked!
after i used the unlocker bootloader command, my phone got bricked
the situation my X8 facing is :
1. NO LED
2. NO Screen ON
3. NO Connection with computer
4. No vibrate after i press the power button
5. CANNOT charge
6. CANNOT use SEUS to recover my phone
7. S1 tool cannot detect my device
8. FLASHTOOL cannot detect my device
Even i replace the new battery, it's still not work.
so, what can i do to repair it by myself?
i don't want to spend hundreds of dollars to repair it
steven223 said:
so, what can i do to repair it by myself?
i don't want to spend hundreds of dollars to repair it
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What's your qualification?
You're a hardware engineer / hardware (repair) technician / hardware hacker?
No?
Stop dreaming about home brew repairs (as there is NO option left unless you fulfill the requirement from above, in which case you wouldn't post here) and either send it off to SE or throw it into the trash.
B.Jay said:
What's your qualification?
You're a hardware engineer / hardware (repair) technician / hardware hacker?
No?
Stop dreaming about home brew repairs (as there is NO option left unless you fulfill the requirement from above, in which case you wouldn't post here) and either send it off to SE or throw it into the trash.
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You mean it is hardware problem?
will i cost much if i find some experts to repair it?
steven223 said:
You mean it is hardware problem?
will i cost much if i find some experts to repair it?
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Firstly, you obviously didn't find this thread which would've spared you the trouble.
Secondly, it is a kind-of hardware problem now that you "killed" the phone with a failed boot loader unlock due to the date code being past 11W29
Thirdly, I have no idea what a "experts repair" (to use your words) will cost. So far no one obviously found a phone repair shop where the technicians had the required brains and tools to unbrick the phone - everyone who hard bricked the phone sent it off to SE.
B.Jay said:
Firstly, you obviously didn't find this thread which would've spared you the trouble.
Secondly, it is a kind-of hardware problem now that you "killed" the phone with a failed boot loader unlock due to the date code being past 11W29
Thirdly, I have no idea what a "experts repair" (to use your words) will cost. So far no one obviously found a phone repair shop where the technicians had the required brains and tools to unbrick the phone - everyone who hard bricked the phone sent it off to SE.
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the date code is 11W20
I followed the procedures but it still being bricked.
My english is not good enough
steven223 said:
the date code is 11W20
I followed the procedures but it still being bricked.
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Whoa?! 11W20 hard bricked?
Anyway, since something seems to have went wrong your only option is to send the phone off to SE for repair.
There is, as I already said, NO way for any home-brew repair left - unless you would already own the required hardware to JTAG the phone (RIFF box + X8 JTAG header or Medusa Box + X8 JTAG header).
Get in touch with your local SE service center and ask them how sending the phone in works (and refrain from telling them about what you did - just tell them "I tried to turn it on in the morning and it won't turn on - dunno what's wrong" *1000W angel halo*)
My friend faces same problem with his phone. He hard bricked it. The phone was other one but the logic is the same.
If you phone is still in warranty. Then they wont charge you. As they cannot know whats inside the phone. Is it rooted, unlocked, custom ROM or anything.
Just go to the shop, with this dead phone, tell them you saw this in the morning and something must have happened during the night (like make something up. Ofcourse a good reason) and before you know they will be agreeing to repair your phone with NO COST!
sigh..
guess its a trip to service center..
had that problem too..
You can check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390797
Just send ur phone to service centre nd dey will tell u wat to further !!
NO WORRY
Cheers:beer:
SONY ERICSSON XPERIA X8
ACHOTJAN SEMC DEBRAND ENGINE V1.0 FINAL
bootloader unlocked ;-)
nAa -11 kernel
bakiros said:
You can check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390797
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read this=> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1408380
Thanks if i helped jou
Use it as a paper weight ;-)
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It happens to me. hard brick once what i did send it to SE complain about the Quality of their phone that ive used in just five days.
demand of refund or replacement. what they reply is ''Sorry Sir for Inconvenience'' we try to repair it...
gave me stab wait for 7days... Done! new motherboard with
enlil14 said:
It happens to me. hard brick once what i did send it to SE complain about the Quality of their phone that ive used in just five days.
demand of refund or replacement. what they reply is ''Sorry Sir for Inconvenience'' we try to repair it...
gave me stab wait for 7days... Done! new motherboard with
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is that soo?!!??!!? good for you!!!!!
was that for free?
wow? 11w20 ?? hard brick ??
i hav two unit x8, 10w49 and 11w20...
i juz unlock 11w20... everything find, but simcard cant detect.
So i try flash stock rom, relock the bootloader , then unlock again. now everything is working.
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must send to center change another motherboard..
good luck for u ....
steven223 said:
[Q] what can i do now? my X8 was hard bricked!
after i used the unlocker bootloader command, my phone got bricked
the situation my X8 facing is :
1. NO LED
2. NO Screen ON
3. NO Connection with computer
4. No vibrate after i press the power button
5. CANNOT charge
6. CANNOT use SEUS to recover my phone
7. S1 tool cannot detect my device
8. FLASHTOOL cannot detect my device
Even i replace the new battery, it's still not work.
so, what can i do to repair it by myself?
i don't want to spend hundreds of dollars to repair it
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your lucky to have your phone replaced in 7 days,i had that problem too and i just hope that my x8 would be back in 10days..
stamatis16 said:
is that soo?!!??!!? good for you!!!!!
was that for free?
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yup its free as long you have your warranty
no choice... you should send it to a service center.,
is this problem solved yet?
if is solved i need steps to unbrick it...im am victim too

hard bricked

Hi i have at&t sony tl locked bootloader im in hard brick i belive i flashed a kernel for the 195 stock rom as i moved from the 303 rom any way when i flashed in flashTool it said it was done unplugg and start phone when i unplugged and tryed to turn on nothing happend no viberation no lights i cant get into flash mode when i plugg it into laptop it installs drivers but no lights nothing mynlaptop dont reconize it it happend two nights ago i left it on charge last night any ideas would be great i bought the phone used so no warrenty
pikeylfc said:
Hi i have at&t sony tl locked bootloader im in hard brick i belive i flashed a kernel for the 195 stock rom as i moved from the 303 rom any way when i flashed in flashTool it said it was done unplugg and start phone when i unplugged and tryed to turn on nothing happend no viberation no lights i cant get into flash mode when i plugg it into laptop it installs drivers but no lights nothing mynlaptop dont reconize it it happend two nights ago i left it on charge last night any ideas would be great i bought the phone used so no warrenty
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try repairing it using SEUS or PC COmpanion.
I have a potential fix for this, but need a TL firmware dump containing a s1 boot update... do you have one
How do I customise the signature on xda premium app?
gregbradley said:
How do I customise the signature on xda premium app?
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More, settings, signature, choose customize in signature options and cuszomize it. (if that was a real question )
tumult said:
More, settings, signature, choose customize in signature options and cuszomize it. (if that was a real question )
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No, its my attempt at humour when posting from my phone:silly:
@pikeylfc can you do this for me and let me know what happens.
Download the TL firmware from the all in one thread and flash it. However, instead of holding the volume down button (Normal for flashtool) can you hold BOTH the volume UP and DOWN button.
Tell me what happens in flashtool and on your phone please.
Something else to try
Please download these drivers
http://www.mediafire.com/?ibtd4ta523x5h4f
and point windows to them when it asks for ZEUS drivers
Hard brick
gregbradley said:
Something else to try
Please download these drivers
link
and point windows to them when it asks for ZEUS drivers
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Hi,
I have a hard brick on TX, and the only way PC recognize connected device was with this driver (Qualcom something). What is this? How can I use it for repair my dead phone?
Thanks,
iron3k said:
Hi,
I have a hard brick on TX, and the only way PC recognize connected device was with this driver (Qualcom something). What is this? How can I use it for repair my dead phone?
Thanks,
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If your you pc recognises the phone then you should ba able to flash a stock ftf for yout phone in flashtool or repair using pccompanion.
gregbradley said:
If your you pc recognises the phone then you should ba able to flash a stock ftf for yout phone in flashtool or repair using pccompanion.
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PC recognize the phone as HS-USB diagnostics 9008. Flashtool, SUS and PCC won't recognize the phone connected
iron3k said:
PC recognize the phone as HS-USB diagnostics 9008. Flashtool, SUS and PCC won't recognize the phone connected
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Have you connected the phone whilst pressing both volume up and down at the same time?
gregbradley said:
Have you connected the phone whilst pressing both volume up and down at the same time?
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Yes, its same with all combinations
iron3k said:
Yes, its same with all combinations
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OK, what did you do in order to get the hard brick? What did you flash? And what exactly is your phone model?
gregbradley said:
OK, what did you do in order to get the hard brick? What did you flash? And what exactly is your phone model?
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That's the problem... I did nothing. TX HK set, fully stock with locked bootloader simply stuck one day, i've pulled tha battery out and thats it. Brick.
iron3k said:
That's the problem... I did nothing. TX HK set, fully stock with locked bootloader simply stuck one day, i've pulled tha battery out and thats it. Brick.
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well take i tback to the shop then. If you didnt flash anything then its a dodgy handset.
gregbradley said:
well take i tback to the shop then. If you didnt flash anything then its a dodgy handset.
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I'm from Israel, and phone from Hong Kong... It's a little complicated
I've sent email to Sony HK now, lets see how can they help. Don't really want to stay with $600 brick just because I'm a Sony fan, and bought the phone from the first country it released... Maybe someone from this forum can help? Is there somene from Sony support?
iron3k said:
I'm from Israel, and phone from Hong Kong... It's a little complicated
I've sent email to Sony HK now, lets see how can they help. Don't really want to stay with $600 brick just because I'm a Sony fan, and bought the phone from the first country it released... Maybe someone from this forum can help? Is there somene from Sony support?
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Send a PM to bin4ry, but i cannot gurentee he will respond.
gregbradley said:
Send a PM to bin4ry, but i cannot gurentee he will respond.
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Is he a Sony employee? Device is fully stock, I want to get my "one year warranty"....
But meanwhile sony support are not really helping.
iron3k said:
Is he a Sony employee? Device is fully stock, I want to get my "one year warranty"....
But meanwhile sony support are not really helping.
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Not that i know of.
If you have warrenty then just send it back and say give me a new one.

Flashed X8 using X10 FTF from flashtool

Hi all!
I did a big mistake some days ago.... I was updating my X8 from GingerDX 28 to 29 and some problem occured that my X8 didn't boot anymore, so I tried to flash with SEUS and PC Companion to get back the original ROM... But they doesn't work either. So I tried to start again, but this time I did some stupid, I used the X10 ftf from Flashtool to flash my X8!!! After that, it doesn't turn on, dont even light the LED when charging or connected using USB to PC. If a press turn on button in the top, it doesn't do anything and doesn't vibrate... Connecting using USB, windows doesn't identify that my X8 is there...
What can a do? Did I kill my X8?!?!?
Sorry my english...
Mauricio
I think you hard bricked your x8, because no response to on button is sign of hard bricking.
mujeeb999 said:
I think you hard bricked your x8, because no response to on button is sign of hard bricking.
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What I can do now? It means that there's no solution?
You either hard bricked it(I don't think so) or its just out of battery.
Charge it for an hour and flash the x8 ftf this time
stamatis said:
You either hard bricked it(I don't think so) or its just out of battery.
Charge it for an hour and flash the x8 ftf this time
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I already charge it for 5 hours, and I also changed the battery, but the same thing happens.... I used the battery in another phone and its working...
mauvalente said:
I already charge it for 5 hours, and I also changed the battery, but the same thing happens.... I used the battery in another phone and its working...
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Did you try to flash a x8 ftf?
mauvalente said:
Hi all!
I did a big mistake some days ago.... I was updating my X8 from GingerDX 28 to 29 and some problem occured that my X8 didn't boot anymore, so I tried to flash with SEUS and PC Companion to get back the original ROM... But they doesn't work either. So I tried to start again, but this time I did some stupid, I used the X10 ftf from Flashtool to flash my X8!!! After that, it doesn't turn on, dont even light the LED when charging or connected using USB to PC. If a press turn on button in the top, it doesn't do anything and doesn't vibrate... Connecting using USB, windows doesn't identify that my X8 is there...
What can a do? Did I kill my X8?!?!?
Sorry my english...
Mauricio
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You HardBrick your X8. only repairable via JTAG. you can send it to repair shop or on xperia repair
Try flashing x8 ftf file through flashtool
rmgaikwad said:
Try flashing x8 ftf file through flashtool
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No flash mode-.-
wanna thank xda? here
zenesis said:
You HardBrick your X8. only repairable via JTAG. you can send it to repair shop or on xperia repair
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Your right. The only way to fix it is using JTAG. I sent to a repair shop, they did the magic! Now it is in the way back from the shop by post mail. When I get it I will tell here if it's ok.
Thank all for the replays!
mauvalente said:
Your right. The only way to fix it is using JTAG. I sent to a repair shop, they did the magic! Now it is in the way back from the shop by post mail. When I get it I will tell here if it's ok.
Thank all for the replays!
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Yes! Now it's working. Only JTAG could do the magic! Thanks all for help!!!!!!
hI!!!!
got a question
how much did it cost???
imean JTAG
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ali avenger said:
hI!!!!
got a question
how much did it cost???
imean JTAG
Sent from my X8 using Tapatalk 2
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R$ 60,00 -> Brasilian money
Make FTF Dump From X8
Can anyone tell me if there is a way to create a dump from a X8 that is currently in use, with the phones complete data (apps + info + settings )
in effect, a nandroid for use with Flashtool ?
I am thinking of using this method in replacement of nandroids because of the recovery being stored in the system partition and I have had problems with them before - usually MD5 mismatch errors.
you have hard bricked your phone !
goudaniket said:
you have hard bricked your phone !
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No?
I am looking at flashtool as a replacement to nandroid backup??
You can make flashtool .sin/.ftf files from nandroid backups. But these flashtool packages will work only with unlocked bootloader/patched loader, because you can make the .sin headers but can't reproduce the security signatures, so with locked bootloader better if you forget it...
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pilu1978 said:
You can make flashtool .sin/.ftf files from nandroid backups. But these flashtool packages will work only with unlocked bootloader/patched loader, because you can make the .sin headers but can't reproduce the security signatures, so with locked bootloader better if you forget it...
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Thanks pilu1978
I tried unlock bootloader before, using the main guide on here, but it kept bricking ?
The build is lower than the number advised to not use so I don't know what happened. I just had to keep trying, then recovering with SEUS.
Any help mate would be amazing as I am sick of being stuck on Stock 2.1-update1 and stock kernel, it limits the phones abilities so much!! argh!
hey
flash naa kernel for x8
stylo3 said:
flash naa kernel for x8
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Me?

[Q] X8 is dead after flashing wrong kernal

Hi,
I tried to install jellybean on my phone- Xperia X8.
But while flashing the kernal mistakenly i used x10 file insted of x8.
Due to that my phone is not booting.
I have tried to flash with x8 kernal but my phone is not connected to pc and flash tool not detucting my device.
My phone is dead.Not booting not charging.I have used diffrent batery but no use.
Could you please help me out in geeting my issue resolved?
:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
Phone: Xperia x8
android version: Latest upgrade from official sony ericsson site.
Regards,
Thirumal
If you can't get to the flash mode you can't repair phone yourself.
Your phone is probably hard bricked.
Hopefully you are under warranty:fingers-crossed:.(?!) So the best thing you can do is to go to the repair shop and ask them to fix it...
Thanks for all your response
stamatis said:
Your phone is probably hard bricked.
Hopefully you are under warranty:fingers-crossed:.(?!) So the best thing you can do is to go to the repair shop and ask them to fix it...
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Thanks all for your responses.
Unfortunately warranty is over my friend.
You flashed X10 relock on a custom kernel??
You got a hard brick go to a SONY CENTER to repair via JTAG

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