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After searching around I couldn't find anything related so here's my problem.
After succesfully unlocking the bootloader of my Xperia Z it continues to work fine.
It prompted the initial startup screen (enter language, account info ect.)
I turned my device off and on... this is where the problem starts..
This is what i get
Sony brand logo>
Xperia brand logo>
5 repeated cloud animation of xperia logo and at the last one it stalls, Phone reboot and back to 0.
This goes on repeatedly until a hard poweroff or complete discharge ( I suppose)
So I know im kinda screwed, is relocking the bootloader any option? Contacting Sony atm for some sort of software replacement/flash anything..
Cheers, Geert
Try the safe mode,keep pressing vol down with power until the phone boot completely.
If the phone boot to safe mode than do a factory reset.
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GeertNool said:
After searching around I couldn't find anything related so here's my problem.
After succesfully unlocking the bootloader of my Xperia Z it continues to work fine.
It prompted the initial startup screen (enter language, account info ect.)
I turned my device off and on... this is where the problem starts..
This is what i get
Sony brand logo>
Xperia brand logo>
5 repeated cloud animation of xperia logo and at the last one it stalls, Phone reboot and back to 0.
This goes on repeatedly until a hard poweroff or complete discharge ( I suppose)
So I know im kinda screwed, is relocking the bootloader any option? Contacting Sony atm for some sort of software replacement/flash anything..
Cheers, Geert
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Welcome to XDA
you should go to the recovery thread in my signature. Read the first 2 posts.
Hope you recover your phone.
Hi everyone !
I have the same problem as GeertNool. My Xperia is stuck in the same loop. I have tried everything.
- Flashboot : stuck at 0% when i try to flash
- Pc Companion and SEUS = dead ends
- Safe mode : cant make it work
I read the recovery thread. It seems that the Kernel is malfunctioning but i dont understand what should be my next move. Am i supposed to let the phone reboot endlessly untill eventually the battery dies ?
Thanks a lot for your precious answers.
Alex
al3xwhite said:
Hi everyone !
I have the same problem as GeertNool. My Xperia is stuck in the same loop. I have tried everything.
- Flashboot : stuck at 0% when i try to flash
- Pc Companion and SEUS = dead ends
- Safe mode : cant make it work
I read the recovery thread. It seems that the Kernel is malfunctioning but i dont understand what should be my next move. Am i supposed to let the phone reboot endlessly untill eventually the battery dies ?
Thanks a lot for your precious answers.
Alex
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Yes.
When the battery dies the phone should reset itself.
After the loops end plug into a charger, not pc for now.
You should get a red led indicating low battery level charging is working.
After the red led you may get Sony boot screen or bootloops.
If you get Sony and then the charging battery icon, then charge to over 50%. Then use pc companion or flashtool to restore.
If you get bootloops then read my 2nd post from the recovery thread in my signature for bootloop tricks.
Please let me know if it works. I am looking to add the Xperia Z to my recovery guide.
If there are any questions about my guide please ask in that thread.
Thanks
From Jaramie's LT28at
Try this: hold power and VolUp for about 15 seconds. The device should vibrate 3 times in a row. It should now be off. Don't plug it in anywhere.
Download the correct flashtool beta for xperia z http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2162907
Download a known-to-work firmware ftf
Put it into C:\Flashtool\Firmwares
Open flashtool (flashtool64 if you run 64bit Windows)
Chose Flash (flash arrow button)
Chose the ftf you downloaded
Enable "Wipe: Data, Cache, Appslog"
Click flash
A new window opens with a "press back button" animation
Now plug in the device while ONLY holding VolDown. Only VolDown, no Power. The LED should turn green.
Don't interrupt the flashing process. It will take a while.
Report back if it worked.
after flashing rom my xperia is booting until the lock screen appears then it resets. what should i do? thanks
vaud27 said:
after flashing rom my xperia is booting until the lock screen appears then it resets. what should i do? thanks
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Did you flash it with flashtool?
Did you enabled "Wipe: Data, Cache, Appslog.?
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gm007 said:
Did you flash it with flashtool?
Did you enabled "Wipe: Data, Cache, Appslog.?
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i use cwm to flash it. i wipe everything. after flashing the recovery disappear and my xperia keeps on rebooting after reaching the lock screen.
can i reflash it using flashtool even my usb debugging is off?
vaud27 said:
i use cwm to flash it. i wipe everything. after flashing the recovery disappear and my xperia keeps on rebooting after reaching the lock screen.
can i reflash it using flashtool even my usb debugging is off?
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Something wrong with the rom you are trying to install.
Yes you can use flashtool even if usb debugging is off.
Check schaggo post up^^^^
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gm007 said:
Something wrong with the rom you are trying to install.
Yes you can use flashtool even if usb debugging is off.
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i will try to flash it using flashtool. thanks for your help mate
had the same problem and i managed to fix it just showing sony sign by installing the sony update programme on the sony update website
all you do is put phone into flashboot mode.
on mine i had to hold up and power button untill it vibrates 3 times then press down volume button to get it into flashboot mode
takes a few atempts but it worked.
takes around 20 mins to download then install another 10.
i couldnt get flashtool to flash firmware as my phone is locked on 3 mobile firmware locked bootloader
i hope this helps you
update:
schaggo method works. i can breath now. thanks to @gm007
This worked great for unbricking mine !!
P.S. don't waste time for Sony's Emma flash, they do not send login credentials in real time, site says they do manual user validation ...
schaggo said:
Try this: hold power and VolUp for about 15 seconds. The device should vibrate 3 times in a row. It should now be off. Don't plug it in anywhere.
Download the correct flashtool beta for xperia z http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2162907
Download a known-to-work firmware ftf
Put it into C:\Flashtool\Firmwares
Open flashtool (flashtool64 if you run 64bit Windows)
Chose Flash (flash arrow button)
Chose the ftf you downloaded
Enable "Wipe: Data, Cache, Appslog"
Click flash
A new window opens with a "press back button" animation
Now plug in the device while ONLY holding VolDown. Only VolDown, no Power. The LED should turn green.
Don't interrupt the flashing process. It will take a while.
Report back if it worked.
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AW: [Q] Xperia Z possible brick
racht said:
...don't waste time for Sony's Emma flash, they do not send login credentials in real time...
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They never will. Read the instructions which come with EMMA. I have it working fine, officially, without any credentials.
flashtool not flash the phone
schaggo said:
Try this: hold power and VolUp for about 15 seconds. The device should vibrate 3 times in a row. It should now be off. Don't plug it in anywhere.
Download the correct flashtool beta for xperia z http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2162907
Download a known-to-work firmware ftf
Put it into C:\Flashtool\Firmwares
Open flashtool (flashtool64 if you run 64bit Windows)
Chose Flash (flash arrow button)
Chose the ftf you downloaded
Enable "Wipe: Data, Cache, Appslog"
Click flash
A new window opens with a "press back button" animation
Now plug in the device while ONLY holding VolDown. Only VolDown, no Power. The LED should turn green.
Don't interrupt the flashing process. It will take a while.
Report back if it worked.
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I have the same issue here, the phone suddenly dead. Charge it using AC adaptor and wall socket and the red led flashs for about 2 hours, the orange LED never turns on. Try your advice and got this:
1) Vol up + Power not work (no vibration, nothing)
2) Flash with flashtool 0.9.10.2 beta6 with no lucky, indicated "device disconnected" after animation gone.
3) regress to flashtool 0.9.10.1, device connected and then stuck at "flashing data.....", the progress bar stay at 0% and then nothing.
P.S. bootloader is still locked but phone is ROOTED so I'm affraid it's out of warranty. Just got the phone as a birthday gift from my wife yesterday! She'd kill me if she knows that.
Update:
1) Power + Vol Up works now. The sequence does matter, I found I have to press the Power button first and then Vol Up, it dosen't work vise versa.
2) flashing still doesn't work for me. And I noticed that the LED turn green and then turn off immediately. I'm not sure if that is the cause. I'm sure when in fastboot mode (connect to USB port when pressing Vol Up), the LED turn blue and stay blue. Is my flash mode corrupted?? That's really bad!
[email protected] said:
I have the same issue here, the phone suddenly dead. Charge it using AC adaptor and wall socket and the red led flashs for about 2 hours, the orange LED never turns on. Try your advice and got this:
1) Vol up + Power not work (no vibration, nothing)
2) Flash with flashtool 0.9.10.2 beta6 with no lucky, indicated "device disconnected" after animation gone.
3) regress to flashtool 0.9.10.1, device connected and then stuck at "flashing data.....", the progress bar stay at 0% and then nothing.
P.S. bootloader is still locked but phone is ROOTED so I'm affraid it's out of warranty. Just got the phone as a birthday gift from my wife yesterday! She'd kill me if she knows that.
Update:
1) Power + Vol Up works now. The sequence does matter, I found I have to press the Power button first and then Vol Up, it dosen't work vise versa.
2) flashing still doesn't work for me. And I noticed that the LED turn green and then turn off immediately. I'm not sure if that is the cause. I'm sure when in fastboot mode (connect to USB port when pressing Vol Up), the LED turn blue and stay blue. Is my flash mode corrupted?? That's really bad!
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Try sony update service or remove flashtool and install again and use another firmware(maybe the first one is corrupted).
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[email protected] said:
P.S. bootloader is still locked but phone is ROOTED so I'm affraid it's out of warranty. Just got the phone as a birthday gift from my wife yesterday! She'd kill me if she knows that.
Update:
1) Power + Vol Up works now. The sequence does matter, I found I have to press the Power button first and then Vol Up, it dosen't work vise versa.
2) flashing still doesn't work for me. And I noticed that the LED turn green and then turn off immediately. I'm not sure if that is the cause. I'm sure when in fastboot mode (connect to USB port when pressing Vol Up), the LED turn blue and stay blue. Is my flash mode corrupted?? That's really bad!
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It probably means your battery was low.
From my Xperia LT28at ION
gm007 said:
Try sony update service or remove flashtool and install again and use another firmware(maybe the first one is corrupted).
Sent from my C6603 using xda premium
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Thanks for response. Finally flashtool 0.9.10.1b works for me!
Returning to stock
Hey guys,
I've flashed [ROM][JB 4.2.2][CM10.1][AOKP-MR1][PananoidAndroid 3.15] PAC v22.1.1 - Update: 0508 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208249&page=65. It's working, but I'd like to try another ROM, specifically Xperia Z Revolution™ from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2175903. This requires to install stock 10.1.A.1.434 firstly So I downloaded C6603_10.1.A.1.434_Generic DE, NL, world. Flashing with Flashtools 0.9.10.1 always stucks at 0%.
BL unlocked. Does anyone have any idea how to get stock 434 in the phone? Originally there were older one 10.1.A.1.340, if it's somehow important to know...
hy today i update my xperia z to 4.2.2 version and after update it start succesfully i used it 4 hours after update
then i power off it and try to power on but it is not responding
my battery is 80% at that time
i try every method volume up + power button
volume down + power button
both volume keys + power button
i try to flash ftf through flash tool but it does not start flashing and hang on these words reading device information
after some time it say flashing abort
i also try SEUS, after select xperia z in seus it say press volume down and connect usb i did it but nothing happened
i lived in Lahore Pakistan and here no sony service station so i cant brieng it to sony officials
my bootloader is locked
what can i do now
zohaib0001 said:
hy today i update my xperia z to 4.2.2 version and after update it start succesfully i used it 4 hours after update
then i power off it and try to power on but it is not responding
my battery is 80% at that time
i try every method volume up + power button
volume down + power button
both volume keys + power button
i try to flash ftf through flash tool but it does not start flashing and hang on these words reading device information
after some time it say flashing abort
i also try SEUS, after select xperia z in seus it say press volume down and connect usb i did it but nothing happened
i lived in Lahore Pakistan and here no sony service station so i cant brieng it to sony officials
what can i do now
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Hold down both volume buttons and the power button for 20 seconds, then it should boot!
try recharging the battery as it might be a wrong battery reading the 80%
Hold down both volume buttons and the power button for 20 seconds, then it should boot!
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do it but nothing happened
try recharging the battery as it might be a wrong battery reading the 80%
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after connecting the charger nothing happened
zohaib0001 said:
do it but nothing happened
after connecting the charger nothing happened
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LED ?!
detecting USB on PC ?!
detecting on PC companion ?!
tell more about situation of ur phone
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x102x96x said:
LED ?!
detecting USB on PC ?!
detecting on PC companion ?!
tell more about situation of ur phone
:good:
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no LED notification light signal
when i plug a usb cable in xperia z with laptop a connection tone comes from my laptop speaker seems that system connected it but after that nothing happened
PC companion detected but it did not connected it , it says turn on your phone for connection. it happened when i try to repair it
zohaib0001 said:
no LED notification light signal
when i plug a usb cable in xperia z with laptop a connection tone comes from my laptop speaker seems that system connected it but after that nothing happened
PC companion detected but it did not connected it , it says turn on your phone for connection. it happened when i try to repair it
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fortunately it seems to be Soft-Bricked
did u use Emma Flash tool to detect phone and flash stock rom and kernel !?
And make sure thr s no problem in power button
maybe thr s problem with power.
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x102x96x said:
fortunately it seems to be Soft-Bricked
did u use Emma Flash tool to detect phone and flash stock rom and kernel !?
And make sure thr s no problem in power button
maybe thr s problem with power.
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downloading Emma right now, i will report soon
Hi Zohaib,
nice to see you here. Hope you will come up with some good roms.
good luck with your bricked device
Did you play with TA partition?
Did you unlocked the bootloader?
Ps:emma is only for unlocked bootloader so it wont work in locked bootloader.
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If bootloader is unlocked it should be easy to fix, if it's locked it also should be able to be fixed if it's a soft brick is it locked or unlocked?
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krabappel2548 said:
If bootloader is unlocked it should be easy to fix, if it's locked it also should be able to be fixed if it's a soft brick is it locked or unlocked?
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my bootloader is locked
last night i take a TA backup only , i did not restore it or did not do anything else
i just take back up only with v9.3 backup tool
Please help me i cant see my xperia z like this ...........
Might be a bad eMMC chip, similar to the Galaxy S3 i9300 SDS (Sudden Death Syndrome):
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...ets-dying-randomly-sony-says-fix-is-incoming/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38772194
Someone said pressing Volume Up + Power turned it on.
Search for thr thread..''disaster recovery''.. I cnnt findbit...something like this happened but the fastboot was working!..you can try that too!
Best of luck!
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did you try holding for 10 seconds?
1. Power button
2. Power button + volume up
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reiko09 said:
did you try holding for 10 seconds?
1. Power button
2. Power button + volume up
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yes i hold it even 20 second , then more then 20 second nothing happened
Search for thr thread..''disaster recovery''.. I cnnt findbit...something like this happened but the fastboot was working!..you can try that too!
Best of luck!
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it is not working
i have the exact same problem with you. locked bootloader as well
i updated to 4.2.2 with wipe everything.
Backed up TA partition using tool v9.3
after that the device does not wake up after a reboot.
no amount of power+vol up/down can boot the phone.
flashing via flashtool is also not successful.
what can we do now? other then sending it in...
xenocide976 said:
i have the exact same problem with you. locked bootloader as well
i updated to 4.2.2 with wipe everything.
Backed up TA partition using tool v9.3
after that the device does not wake up after a reboot.
no amount of power+vol up/down can boot the phone.
flashing via flashtool is also not successful.
what can we do now? other then sending it in...
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Also no fastboot?
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krabappel2548 said:
Also no fastboot?
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yes fast boot also dont work
as i said before in pakistan there is no sony official service center today i bring my xperia z to local software flasher market and they failed to flash software in it
you developers are only my hope now please do some thing
I don't know if this method will work for you or not.. My XZ went dead the same way but I left it to charge for hours. Later it started.
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I am stuck in bootloop after root.
I have tried to use flashtool but keeps asking to install drivers which I have done but keeps coming up with error.
HELP!!!
serpicoUK said:
I am stuck in bootloop after root.
I have tried to use flashtool but keeps asking to install drivers which I have done but keeps coming up with error.
HELP!!!
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Repair By SUS
Or Flash stock ROM by Emma FlashTool
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x102x96x said:
Repair By SUS
Or Flash stock ROM by Emma FlashTool
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You have to know that emma is only for unlocked bootloader.
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I have come across same problem a month before. Now just relax, it is easy procedure.
If your phone is struct in the loops, then you have to wait until battery gets completely discharged, (because you cannot remove the battery to stop the loop) . Then put your phone to charge for about 1 hour. NOW DO NOT TRY TO POWER UP YOUR DEVICE OTHERWISE YOU WILL HAVE TO AGAIN WAIT TILL COMPLETE DISCHARGE. Now repair using SUS OR PC COMPANION, OR YOU CAN TRY FLASHTOOL IF YOU HAVE FTF FILE.
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mangatparamveer said:
I have come across same problem a month before. Now just relax, it is easy procedure.
If your phone is struct in the loops, then you have to wait until battery gets completely discharged, (because you cannot remove the battery to stop the loop) . Then put your phone to charge for about 1 hour. NOW DO NOT TRY TO POWER UP YOUR DEVICE OTHERWISE YOU WILL HAVE TO AGAIN WAIT TILL COMPLETE DISCHARGE. Now repair using SUS OR PC COMPANION, OR YOU CAN TRY FLASHTOOL IF YOU HAVE FTF FILE.
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You can force shutdown the phone like removing the battery by pressing volume up+ power for 15 seconds till you feel 3 vibrations.
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mangatparamveer said:
I have come across same problem a month before. Now just relax, it is easy procedure.
If your phone is struct in the loops, then you have to wait until battery gets completely discharged, (because you cannot remove the battery to stop the loop) . Then put your phone to charge for about 1 hour. NOW DO NOT TRY TO POWER UP YOUR DEVICE OTHERWISE YOU WILL HAVE TO AGAIN WAIT TILL COMPLETE DISCHARGE. Now repair using SUS OR PC COMPANION, OR YOU CAN TRY FLASHTOOL IF YOU HAVE FTF FILE.
Sent from Xperia ZL c6502
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There is a button combination to hard power off the device, you know?
Hold down power button together with volume up until the device vibrates three times should turn off the device under any circumstance.
Thanks
I managed to flash through flashtool and all working again
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i was restoring my sp with pc companion and my laptop shut down, the upadate was no were near complete and my phone will not turn on. the led light glows green when plugged into pc, and it does show sony boot image with a red led.
i was on .257 originally locked to orange/ee uk. i have sim unlocked it using a code. what tft file do i need? and were can i find the flash tool. thanks
okay it appears to be constantly stuck in flash mode, flash tool is finding it and verifying it in flash mode without holding the vol button down..
also pcc does not let me repair my software, it tells me it has been updated
also phone keeps bootlooping from flash mode to sony screen making it bounce out of flashtool
ykdr-scott said:
i was restoring my sp with pc companion and my laptop shut down, the upadate was no were near complete and my phone will not turn on. the led light glows green when plugged into pc, and it does show sony boot image with a red led.
i was on .257 originally locked to orange/ee uk. i have sim unlocked it using a code. what tft file do i need? and were can i find the flash tool. thanks
okay it appears to be constantly stuck in flash mode, flash tool is finding it and verifying it in flash mode without holding the vol button down..
also pcc does not let me repair my software, it tells me it has been updated
also phone keeps bootlooping from flash mode to sony screen making it bounce out of flashtool
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You are lucky that it is a soft brick just hold the reset button for about 10 seconds.
The phone will vibrate 3 times do NOT release before 10 seconds have passed because you would only "take the battery out"
This will erase your Internal SD data and hard reset the phone.
jackaros said:
You are lucky that it is a soft brick just hold the reset button for about 10 seconds.
The phone will vibrate 3 times do NOT release before 10 seconds have passed because you would only "take the battery out"
This will erase your Internal SD data and hard reset the phone.
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Thanks for your reply mate, I somehow managed to fix it. I flashed firmware with flashtool. Even though it didn't finish, it hung on reading phone information. I unplugged my phone and it came on.
I can only assume that flashtool at this point had frozen, And there for had somehow flashed it. Either way it's working fine, so happy days
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ykdr-scott said:
Thanks for your reply mate, I somehow managed to fix it. I flashed firmware with flashtool. Even though it didn't finish, it hung on reading phone information. I unplugged my phone and it came on.
I can only assume that flashtool at this point had frozen, And there for had somehow flashed it. Either way it's working fine, so happy days
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Nice to hear it pal good job!!!
Nothing is happening , phone vibrates on pressing vol up + power button while charging
What did you do before? Were you in a stock ROM or AOSP based? Did you try to install any mod before it happened? Did you try flashing a stock firmware using flashtool? We need more info to help.
My phone bricked while charging
nemesisexsp said:
What did you do before? Were you in a stock ROM or AOSP based? Did you try to install any mod before it happened? Did you try flashing a stock firmware using flashtool? We need more info to help.
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Only blue notification light was blinking on my phone , no booting
I send my phone to the seller since it was an imported phone ,they opened my phone and I don't know what they did . They sent back the phone saying it is out of warranty and now no notification lights are blinking
The phone will only vibrate when pressing vol+ and power button combination while plugged in nothing else will happen
Rajakumar R said:
Only blue notification light was blinking on my phone , no booting
I send my phone to the seller since it was an imported phone ,they opened my phone and I don't know what they did . They sent back the phone saying it is out of warranty and now no notification lights are blinking
The phone will only vibrate when pressing vol+ and power button combination while plugged in nothing else will happen
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So you never used the phone, right? Try to charge it and flash the latest stock firmware (use flashtool).
not detected
nemesisexsp said:
So you never used the phone, right? Try to charge it and flash the latest stock firmware (use flashtool).
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My phone is not detected By Flash tool and not charging
Try flashing stock firmware using flashtool. While you connect phone to pc u should hold volume down and then power button (flashmode). Just go through YouTube for flashing stock firmwares for z1.
Tried those things
giriz1c said:
Try flashing stock firmware using flashtool. While you connect phone to pc u should hold volume down and then power button (flashmode). Just go through YouTube for flashing stock firmwares for z1.
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My phone is not detected either in flash mode or normal mode in pc , it only vibrates while pressing the reset button when plugged in .