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[Q] Optimus black stuck on firmware update screen

The story so far...
Bought a new Optimus Black and gave it to my girlfriend for her birthday a couple of days ago. After playing with it for about an hour she put it down, I picked it up and decided to have a tinker. I installed Cyanogen mod 3.5.1 after rooting it with Gingerbreak. So far so good but I didn't really like the look of the ROM and the absence of a Market seemed like hassle so I used ClockworkMod to restore the backed up stock ROM.
It's still working fine but now I see there is an official update from inside the phone. I presume it's the upgrade to Android 2.3 so run it and reboot the phone. That's when it all goes wrong. I'm now stuck in the CWM recovery screen. I try all the options, following any online guides I can find that were supposed to have worked for people. I try restoring the backup, restoring cyanogen, clearing the cache, dalvik, everything but nothing happens and I keep booting back into the CWM recovery screen.
Next day I try the LGUnitedMobileDriver and the phone recovery option but despite trying several times I can get no further. A friend tried to use Odin to restore it but got no success. Finally, we tried restoring with a KDZ file with
KDZ_FW_UPD_EN, Windows Enabler and LG B2CTool and now the phone got stuck in yet another loop - a black screen with 'updating firmware'. The LEDs flash for a minute and it reboots and does the same again.
What's more, the phone will now no longer charge or turn on without being connected to the mains.
What are my options here?

Follow the tutorial given below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275315

Thanks, but I've already tried that and it doesn't work. I'm forever stuck in the firmware update screen.

pickarooney said:
Thanks, but I've already tried that and it doesn't work. I'm forever stuck in the firmware update screen.
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have you tried the CS_EMERGENCY option in R&D TOOLS? Wait I'll find the link..
Here >>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18841596&postcount=8
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18740082&postcount=45
The CS_EMERGENCY is the only thing worked, he used a german V10A ROM. If you managed to unbrick it, you can flash it again with your desired KDZ, or use CS_EMERGENCY and flash directly your desired KDZ. TRIAL AND ERROR.

Emergency c-section... nope, I will try that now!

Said that it will get stuck at 4% but it is still flashing. Just wait for the phone to reboot by itself.

It just crashes with a fatal error as soon as it gets to the second tab (downloading) on both PCs I tried it on. I tried several KDZ files with the same result.

Does anyone know if it's possible to physically change the ROM on this phone and if it would be worth trying that before binning the thing?

pickarooney said:
Does anyone know if it's possible to physically change the ROM on this phone and if it would be worth trying that before binning the thing?
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Does it have warranty? Why not RMA it, I think it has a hardware problem now since you mentioned it doesn't charge anymore. Also, have you tried a different USB cable?

The warranty gets voided as soon as you root or mod a phone and it's probably as expensive to get it fixed outside of warranty as to buy a new one.

pickarooney said:
The warranty gets voided as soon as you root or mod a phone and it's probably as expensive to get it fixed outside of warranty as to buy a new one.
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Most of the time they change the board right away if it can't boot (as many as I've read) board was changed and none just revived the OS. So they won't know you rooted it. Just specify that they should contact you first before making any changes.

gabwerkz said:
Most of the time they change the board right away if it can't boot (as many as I've read) board was changed and none just revived the OS. So they won't know you rooted it. Just specify that they should contact you first before making any changes.
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true.. you can just tell them that you received an update and upon getting it the phone wont boot anymore.. just dont tell them that you rooted it or tinkered it in any way.. i'm sure you'll be able to get your warranty that way..

darkzorn said:
true.. you can just tell them that you received an update and upon getting it the phone wont boot anymore.. just dont tell them that you rooted it or tinkered it in any way.. i'm sure you'll be able to get your warranty that way..
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Well, that's exactly what I did so we'll see in two weeks if I get a fixed phone free of charge

pickarooney said:
Well, that's exactly what I did so we'll see in two weeks if I get a fixed phone free of charge
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Fingers crossed for you !!!

pickarooney said:
Well, that's exactly what I did so we'll see in two weeks if I get a fixed phone free of charge
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IT will mostly work..Good luck though and please do reply here and let us know if it worked..

ok i need help i updated the phone to the latest update.now stuck service mode

hi.
so i think i need help. i updated the phone few days ago to the latest firmware. and the phoen was fine for the next 2 days. i never had to restart or anything. today one of my games wasnt working so i figured my phone might need a restart.
anyway i did. and now my phone is stuck in some service mode i assume ? its a triangle with screw driver inside and a blue moving bar under it.
i dont know what to do. my phone isnt rooted or anything. i didnt even attempt to root after the update. nothing. just restarting the phone :/
am i f**ked ? :/

How did you update, OTA or pushed via FlashTool?

Dinkoz said:
How did you update, OTA or pushed via FlashTool?
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flashtool

The only thing you can do in situations like this, as told in every such thread, is reflash with the flashtool.

Will FlashTool pick it up when connecting via Vol -Up? If so, try pushing the FTF again,even a different FTF?

i will try when i get home to see if it will pickup the flashtool.
it kinda sucks tho. why it did this ? i didnt even install anything in the stupid thing aside from few games. jesus.

What FTF did you use ? I would suggest using another just in case, you may / may not need to wipe data

the one from the main thread :/. " not the one with the typo "
i think its from singapore one ? because it had some stuff from that country.
i will go home in 1 hour or so and try to flash without wipe.
finger crossed :/

its not accepting the flashtool.
i turn the device off. i click on the back botton. but nothing.
the log says the file is connected in fast boot mode. but there is nothing . i still get the pop screen that shows the instructions how to plug your device.
any help

ll_l_x_l_ll said:
its not accepting the flashtool.
i turn the device off. i click on the back botton. but nothing.
the log says the file is connected in fast boot mode. but there is nothing . i still get the pop screen that shows the instructions how to plug your device.
any help
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Volume down and plug the usb.
Sent from my C6603 using xda premium

ok. by miracle i got it to work. but i am not sure what happened and why it did this.
all good i guess :/
also, i wonder if there is an official version of this. not bloated with weird stuff. like euro version or something.
also. one more question.
is there a root for this ?

Reinstall the software with sony update service is what you have to do
http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/update-service/
glad to read that is fixed ..

I had this same issue yesterday. I installed the the update from the India c6602. Things were working fine the first day. I did a reset and then had the same issue as the OP had.
A re-flash with the flashtool didn't work the first time and the I tried the Sony companion fix option, and still had problems. Then I realized I had to install the drivers. Are you on windows 8? did you install the drivers that came with the flashtool? I did and then re-flashed, and now its fine again.

ll_l_x_l_ll said:
ok. by miracle i got it to work. but i am not sure what happened and why it did this.
all good i guess :/
also, i wonder if there is an official version of this. not bloated with weird stuff. like euro version or something.
also. one more question.
is there a root for this ?
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Most people seem to have flashed the Global FTF, you could reflash the old firmware, then when you plug into PC Companion it should flick up the update for you/your region.
I would just flash Global

Xperia T - Not possible to turn on Wifi after Updating to Android 4.3

Yesterday I updated my Xperia T to Android 4.3 via Sony Companion Software. My phone is not rooted. Everything apperently went fine, but after the Update process I wanted to turn on my Wifi, but it did not work. I tried that from the quicksettings and form the settings directly. The button remain grey for a certain time and the turns back to off.
I turned off my phnone and on again, but a white triangle with a screw came and the phone remained in that status for more than 6 hours. After that it turned on, but the Wifi problem remains. Regarding Bluetooth, that works fine.
What I noticed is that when I check the phone info and the Wifii settings, no MAC Adress is listed there for Wifi. I don't think its a hardware problem, because everything was fine before updating.
What should I do? I am afraid to turn my phone off bcause it could go back to the white triangle remaining for several hours in that state. I dont think a factory reset would help, because there seems to be an update problem and I would like to rather not loose all my settings.
Any help would be very appreciated, because I urgently need wifi in my university.......

darkangel1 said:
Yesterday I updated my Xperia T to Android 4.3 via Sony Companion Software. My phone is not rooted. Everything apperently went fine, but after the Update process I wanted to turn on my Wifi, but it did not work. I tried that from the quicksettings and form the settings directly. The button remain grey for a certain time and the turns back to off.
I turned off my phnone and on again, but a white triangle with a screw came and the phone remained in that status for more than 6 hours. After that it turned on, but the Wifi problem remains. Regarding Bluetooth, that works fine.
What I noticed is that when I check the phone info and the Wifii settings, no MAC Adress is listed there for Wifi. I don't think its a hardware problem, because everything was fine before updating.
What should I do? I am afraid to turn my phone off bcause it could go back to the white triangle remaining for several hours in that state. I dont think a factory reset would help, because there seems to be an update problem and I would like to rather not loose all my settings.
Any help would be very appreciated, because I urgently need wifi in my university.......
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Repair it using PCC or flash the ftf file with Flashtool

St.Jimmy90 said:
Repair it using PCC or flash the ftf file with Flashtool
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Thank you for your reply. Could you please explain to me what ftf is and what flashtool I need? Tnx...

darkangel1 said:
Thank you for your reply. Could you please explain to me what ftf is and what flashtool I need? Tnx...
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The ftf file is the stock Rom, you can find it here on xda. Flashtool also. Flashtool only works if you have windows xp, vista 7 or 8. Not on 8.1. Repairing it using pcc should be easier though

St.Jimmy90 said:
The ftf file is the stock Rom, you can find it here on xda. Flashtool also. Flashtool only works if you have windows xp, vista 7 or 8. Not on 8.1. Repairing it using pcc should be easier though
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Tnx again. Regarding stoch Rom, I think I am a newbie in that field. I will try to repair via PCC. I have sony bridge for Mac or a Windows PC with Windows 8.1. Which one would you prefer? I updated to Android 4.3 on a Windows 8.1 PC. Do you think that might be a reason, why there is an issue with the update process or something went wrong?

Windows 8.1 works with one of the updates the launched not so long ago
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silasje1 said:
Windows 8.1 works with one of the updates the launched not so long ago
Sent from my LT30p using xda app-developers app
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Unfortunately, reparing it with PCC did not help and I am quite desperate. I bought the phone last year as a used one. I am quite a newbie in this field, but could it be, that the rom installed is an altered one and a normal update via PPC leads to this Wifi problem? Normally that should not be the case, but how can I find that out what is causing the problem and what must I do to overcome this drama of mine. I whish I didn't perform that update, because everything wAs working fine before.....

darkangel1 said:
Unfortunately, reparing it with PCC did not help and I am quite desperate. I bought the phone last year as a used one. I am quite a newbie in this field, but could it be, that the rom installed is an altered one and a normal update via PPC leads to this Wifi problem? Normally that should not be the case, but how can I find that out what is causing the problem and what must I do to overcome this drama of mine. I whish I didn't perform that update, because everything wAs working fine before.....
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Try enabling aeroplane mode then disable aeroplane mode, have found that sorts mine when wifi won't turn on

markafreeman said:
Try enabling aeroplane mode then disable aeroplane mode, have found that sorts mine when wifi won't turn on
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Thanx, but unfortunately that did'nt help either.......

flash kernel
darkangel1 said:
Thanx, but unfortunately that did'nt help either.......
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have u tried flashing the kernel. i may have missed it but it ur phone rooted ?

Alex5699 said:
have u tried flashing the kernel. i may have missed it but it ur phone rooted ?
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Thnx again. I am quite a newbie in this field. I really don´t know whether it is rooted or not. How can I find that out? And how do I flash the kernel and what do I need for doing that?

darkangel1 said:
Thnx again. I am quite a newbie in this field. I really don´t know whether it is rooted or not. How can I find that out? And how do I flash the kernel and what do I need for doing that?
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ok what u need to do is root your phone first . they are some threads that show u how to do it i recommed after rooting jus use this rom
httphttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647459
to root unable debug mode in settings/developer
and unknown sources in settings/security .. first u will have to go back to 4.1.2 to root ur phone and then follow the above instructions

Look at these threads, it can help a lot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1903137
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170

Bluetooth conflict with wifi
I just upgraded to the latest build 9.2.A.1.205 and bluetooth and WiFi seem to conflict with one another. To have Wifi working i have to stop Bluetooth.

darkangel1 said:
I dont think a factory reset would help, because there seems to be an update problem and I would like to rather not loose all my settings.
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A factory reset would definitely work. You don't know how many times I've seen people (even with different phones) have problems like these because they change their Android version and/or flash different ROMs without wiping their partitions, i.e., doing at least a Factory Reset. If you were rooted you could try deleting the "wpa_supplicant.conf" file in /data/misc/wifi. The problem is, since you're already on 4.3, there is no sure way to root 4.3 unless your bootloader is unlocked. So unless you find out a way to backup your data/settings, you're either going to lose it all when doing a Factory Reset, or downgrading to 4.1.2 (to root), or even flashing a stock 4.3 FTF, because I'm sure your problem is that you haven't wiped.

[Q] Xperia TL 4.3 touch problems

As we all know by now the official 4.3 came out for the xperia T which was de and rooted, i installed it on the my xperia tl following the step by step instructions on the thread, everything works smooth for a while until the screen standby. when it does and im trying to unlock the phone the touch doesnt respond, i press the power button and tired again still nothing, pressing the power button several times and then the screen start pressing random things on its on activating and deactivating settings task bar is being pulled down etc then the touch start working and im able to use the phone until the screen time out and it happen all over again. i switch back to the 4.1.2 and i have no problem at all with it but im jus curious has anyone of the tl users experience this problem and is there a bug for us on the 4.3 and or if there is a solution ? please help me cause i love the 4.3 but hate the problem i have with it

Umm I had the same problem using the leaked version.. Since I'm using the official one I haven't had the problem.
What helped for me was to power off the phone using power and volume up buttons

St.Jimmy90 said:
Umm I had the same problem using the leaked version.. Since I'm using the official one I haven't had the problem.
What helped for me was to power off the phone using power and volume up buttons
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i tried all that .. i also wipe cache and those other things . are u using a TL also?

No Xperia t

i need to know if any TL users are having this problem

I'm on a TL with official 295...everything works for me like it did on 4.1.2
Sent from my LT30at using xda premium

Did you try if reinstalling solves your problem?

St.Jimmy90 said:
Did you try if reinstalling solves your problem?
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i tried everything i did it over from the begining with a stock 4.1 firmware from att and then root install cwm 8 wipe cache and factory reset and wipe the dalvik install rom and then update superuser right after . then reboot . when it loads it works perfect for the first few mins then something got activated and thats it the screen jus went crazy it start jumping and touching all over the place and then stop .

My Xperia T has same problem. Maybe because i took the screenprotector off and the touch screen is a bit damaged by it now?

silasje1 said:
My Xperia T has same problem. Maybe because i took the screenprotector off and the touch screen is a bit damaged by it now?
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i dont think the screen protector has anything to do with it because i would have had the same problem when im on 4.1.2 because i did remove my factory installed sony screen protector aswell. i really believe its the firmware or module or drivers .what ever it uses to control the touch

i think i might find the problem, well atlease for my device ... my usb port is acting up when ever i plug it in anything wall charger or pc is freezes and i also disable to slide to unlock and set time out to 10 mins .. idk if this works for anyone else but ive been on it for 30 mins now and nothing has gone wrong so far

I must confirm that removing the screen protector makes the screen touches working a little bit worse, because the glass gets easier oily. It's even more worse, when usb charging is connected. Cleaning the glass makes it better again.

No issues
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647459 Flashed this via cwm 6. Read the whole thread first. CWM 8 has been reported buggy by the DEV. Flashed from rooted stock 4.1.2 AT&T TL bond

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647459 Flashed this via cwm 6. Read the whole thread first. CWM 8 has been reported buggy by the DEV. Flashed from rooted stock 4.1.2 AT&T TL bond
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i didnt know 8 was buggy i thought it was most stable .. ill try 6 .. thanks
i tried 6 .. its the same s**t so im done with this im jus gonna go back to 4.1 i cant deal with this anymore ive been trying for days to get this to work properly and its not like im a complete noob cause i came from the x10 so im quiet familiar .. so thanks for all ur help guys but im done with this

[Q] Phone constantly reboots after optimising apps (CM12.1 Lollipop)

I am running Infected's CM12.1 ROM on my Yuga, and it's been working great, but just yesterday, my phone restarted without warning and optimised all the apps (200 of them), right when it says "starting apps", it restarts again and did this until the battery drained out.
I cannot enter recovery at all. I have TWRP installed on the FOTA partition, but I cannot access that. When I'm holding the volume down key on the reboot, it just skips straight to the CM logo.
While it's optimising apps, I can see the phone in adb, but it's unauthorised, so I cannot run any commands to it.
I can reboot the phone into fastboot, but apart from reflashing the boot.img (which I already did) I don't know what else to try.
I think all the buttons are working, but I saw that the water pads are red underneath two of them. I think there may be water damage, but am not sure.
I'm out of ideas and would very much appreciated if anyone can help me bring my beloved phone back.

Lohot said:
I am running Infected's CM12.1 ROM on my Yuga, and it's been working great, but just yesterday, my phone restarted without warning and optimised all the apps (200 of them), right when it says "starting apps", it restarts again and did this until the battery drained out.
I cannot enter recovery at all. I have TWRP installed on the FOTA partition, but I cannot access that. When I'm holding the volume down key on the reboot, it just skips straight to the CM logo.
While it's optimising apps, I can see the phone in adb, but it's unauthorised, so I cannot run any commands to it.
I can reboot the phone into fastboot, but apart from reflashing the boot.img (which I already did) I don't know what else to try.
I think all the buttons are working, but I saw that the water pads are red underneath two of them. I think there may be water damage, but am not sure.
I'm out of ideas and would very much appreciated if anyone can help me bring my beloved phone back.
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Have you tried flashing stock FTF ?
You would need FTF from general section and also flashtool which you can get from here. Make sure the FTF is device specific or your would end up bricking up your phone
http://www.flashtool.net/index.php
You can search xda for how to use it. If you still have questions, quote me and I would be glad to help

Hi,
Thanks for helping me out. I tried reflashing a few different ROMs using flashtool, including stock, but nothing helped.
In the end, I bit the bullet and gave it up for dead. The good news was, since the cause seemed to be water ingress, it was covered by my insurance, and so I was given a replacement!
Thanks again for your help.
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Have you tried flashing stock FTF ?
You would need FTF from general section and also flashtool which you can get from here. Make sure the FTF is device specific or your would end up bricking up your phone
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Lohot said:
Hi,
Thanks for helping me out. I tried reflashing a few different ROMs using flashtool, including stock, but nothing helped.
In the end, I bit the bullet and gave it up for dead. The good news was, since the cause seemed to be water ingress, it was covered by my insurance, and so I was given a replacement!
Thanks again for your help.
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There's nothing sweeter than using a phone for a long time and getting a brand new !
Enjoy mate. No trouble. Just quote me again in case you have any query for me.