Database Develop

Flashed Xperia T with DooMKernel - Now Bricked?

Hi Guys,
Flashed v2 of the kernel using flashtool and it seemed to randomly reboot and crash and be quite laggy etc for some reason.
Rebooted the phone a few times and phone seemed to work and went into sleep. Tried to turn phone on and it is acting as if the battery is as flat as a pancake, no lights nothing on the screen and won't turn on.
Have tried to charge it overnight and still nothing.
Only used the phone for 2days so not sure if it has bricked or it is just a coincidence and the phone was faulty?
Xperia T was running Android 4.1.2 Build 9.1.A.0.489 with bootloader unlocked
Thanks

karlywarly said:
Hi Guys,
Flashed v2 of the kernel using flashtool and it seemed to randomly reboot and crash and be quite laggy etc for some reason.
Rebooted the phone a few times and phone seemed to work and went into sleep. Tried to turn phone on and it is acting as if the battery is as flat as a pancake, no lights nothing on the screen and won't turn on.
Have tried to charge it overnight and still nothing.
Only used the phone for 2days so not sure if it has bricked or it is just a coincidence and the phone was faulty?
Xperia T was running Android 4.1.2 Build 9.1.A.0.489 with bootloader unlocked
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Flash the stock kernel that i linked in that thread. Its on the first or second page of his thread

gregbradley said:
Flash the stock kernel that i linked in that thread. Its on the first or second page of his thread
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for your reply
I can't seem to get a response when connecting the phone via USB to the PC.
Tried holding the volume up button whilst connecting the USB and also with the volume down button to no avail.
Any ideas?

karlywarly said:
Thanks for your reply
I can't seem to get a response when connecting the phone via USB to the PC.
Tried holding the volume up button whilst connecting the USB and also with the volume down button to no avail.
Any ideas?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
to get into fastboot try this.
Hold volume up button. Keep it pressed. Insert USB cable. Now press and hold the power button untill the phne vibrates and immediatley let go of both buttons

gregbradley said:
to get into fastboot try this.
Hold volume up button. Keep it pressed. Insert USB cable. Now press and hold the power button untill the phne vibrates and immediatley let go of both buttons
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No joy unfortunately, just tried this on another PC to rule that issue out as well.
It's looking like i'm going to have to send it back for a repair me thinks?

gregbradley said:
to get into fastboot try this.
Hold volume up button. Keep it pressed. Insert USB cable. Now press and hold the power button untill the phne vibrates and immediatley let go of both buttons
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know i'm probably clutching at straws, but is there absolutely anything else I could try?

Put it on charge and eave it for 24 hours.
Sometimes this brings it back to life.
I take it you have done the hold power button and volume up button for 30-40 seconds untill it vubrates 3 times and then tried to turn it on.

gregbradley said:
Put it on charge and eave it for 24 hours.
Sometimes this brings it back to life.
I take it you have done the hold power button and volume up button for 30-40 seconds untill it vubrates 3 times and then tried to turn it on.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, tried that a few times, unfortunately nothing happened no vibrate or anything.
Will try putting it on charge again for 24 hours and then see what happens, had the phone on charge at the plug socket for around 8 hours last night but nothing change, no charging light or anything else.
I will try sending it back to the supplier I got the phone from if it doesn't spring back to life after charging for 24hours , I'm presuming that in the UK it could be just a simple swap?

Depends on the retailer/network. I worked for a UK network for 5 years. Outside of 7 days a device went off for a repair. Cpw do a 28 day exchange, not sure about all networks etc you'd have to check the returns policies.
Sent from my LT30p using xda premium

av4tar said:
Depends on the retailer/network. I worked for a UK network for 5 years. Outside of 7 days a device went off for a repair. Cpw do a 28 day exchange, not sure about all networks etc you'd have to check the returns policies.
Sent from my LT30p using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think what I should be asking really is that if they insist on a repair, would they go the whole hog to test if it had been flashed with non sony stuff, would that be highly likely or just simply swap the motherboards without question?

gregbradley said:
Put it on charge and eave it for 24 hours.
Sometimes this brings it back to life.
I take it you have done the hold power button and volume up button for 30-40 seconds untill it vubrates 3 times and then tried to turn it on.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've let the phone charge for a few hours and now when trying to turn on the phone, the notification led now flashes red where as before it would not do anything when trying to turn on.
When connecting the phone to PC it still isn't detected.
Ive tried to search for what the notification colours mean but couldn't really find anything.
Is this anything hopeful?

karlywarly said:
I've let the phone charge for a few hours and now when trying to turn on the phone, the notification led now flashes red where as before it would not do anything when trying to turn on.
When connecting the phone to PC it still isn't detected.
Ive tried to search for what the notification colours mean but couldn't really find anything.
Is this anything hopeful?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, but leave it on charge untill tomorrow...then try the hard reset and turn on.

Then just keep it on the charger. Red led means low battery
Sent from my phone using XDA Premium

gregbradley said:
Yes, but leave it on charge untill tomorrow...then try the hard reset and turn on.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Plugged it back in to the wall charger and it had a solid red light for around 5mins which I haven't had before when trying to charge it.
Will leave it plugged in now till tomorrow.
Thanks for your help so far

From my experience the warranty states if you modify the software it voids the warranty. If it's bricked it could be a pcc brick, a friends XT died that way.
So an engineer may just say it's faulty and exchange it. Hard to say but from what you've said it may come back on now it's charging.
Similar issue with my xperia s but it came back on after several minutes
Sent from my LT30p using xda premium

gregbradley said:
Yes, but leave it on charge untill tomorrow...then try the hard reset and turn on.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi Greg,
Left the phone on charge over night and have tried connecting the phone to PC and managed to get some kind of response when holding either the volume up button or volume down button and connecting to PC and detects the phone as a USB input device for just a second or so, the phone will then have a red LED light again after this.
I connected the phone to PC so I could monitor anything that happened easier and noticed that every now and then the red light will come on for a few seconds and then go off again.
Could I possibly have not left the phone on charge long enough at the plug socket?

Hi,
I had the same problem. When the light turns red wait until the light goes out. Make sure you have flashtool open and make sure you only flash the kernel. Now when the red light goes out hold volume down and plug in the usb cabel connecting to your pc, a green light wil appear. Now really fast flash only the kernel. The phone will go into a bootloop once and goes out again. Now put on the homecharger and wait untill it is about 50 percent. Now put the phone on and everything works as before.
Sent from my LT30p using xda app-developers app

Zoeriva said:
Hi,
I had the same problem. When the light turns red wait until the light goes out. Make sure you have flashtool open and make sure you only flash the kernel. Now when the red light goes out hold volume down and plug in the usb cabel connecting to your pc, a green light wil appear. Now really fast flash only the kernel. The phone will go into a bootloop once and goes out again. Now put on the homecharger and wait untill it is about 50 percent. Now put the phone on and everything works as before.
Sent from my LT30p using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can I flash with any stock Kernel that is made for the Xperia Tor does it need to be a particular one that will match the firmware that is on the phone?

karlywarly said:
Can I flash with any stock Kernel that is made for the Xperia Tor does it need to be a particular one that will match the firmware that is on the phone?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
flash the stock kernel for your FW.
Load the FW into flashtool and exclude everything except kernel.

gregbradley said:
flash the stock kernel for your FW.
Load the FW into flashtool and exclude everything except kernel.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There doesn't seem to be a Build 9.1.A.0.489 (phone had android 4.1.2 and phone is factory unlocked) in the Kernal section in your thread unless I am missing the point?
Downloaded the stock kernel that was in the DooMKernal thread you posted but that doesn't seem to be compatible with flashtool as it is in img and elf files
Sorry for acting dumb.

[Q] Urgent help.my experia totally dead after try to flash

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

Try charge your phone,connect your charger and wait for 2 hour,and try again(sorry for my bad english)
Sent from my C6602 using xda premium

ok..thanks for ur suggestion. i will try it but fyi, while i was trying the flash procedure, my batt is above 85%.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's a long shot, but plug it in to power then try a hard reset (hold power and volume up) for 10 seconds. The phone should vibrate 3 times.
I have a vague recollection of my phone doing something similar and it wouldn't do anything until I gave it external power.
---------- Post added at 11:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:08 PM ----------
Actually, my phone was plugged into my computer when I was having issues with it, not power.

Completely bricked Xperia Z

I was just playing around trying to move apps onto my new micro sd card. I rebooted several times. But suddenly when I rebooted one more time, the screen turned black. It was supposed to reboot into recovery (CWM). So I tried to turn it on again. Nothing happened. I also tried to press power button + vol up. Nothing happened. No light when charging either. I really really really need some help

ende124 said:
I was just playing around trying to move apps onto my new micro sd card. I rebooted several times. But suddenly when I rebooted one more time, the screen turned black. It was supposed to reboot into recovery (CWM). So I tried to turn it on again. Nothing happened. I also tried to press power button + vol up. Nothing happened. No light when charging either. I really really really need some help
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Does your phone vibrate when you press power + vol up? Can you get it into flashmode?
If your pc recognizes the phone as qhsusb_dload or something like qloader it's hard bricked and there's nothing left you can do..

St.Jimmy90 said:
Does your phone vibrate when you press power + vol up? Can you get it into flashmode?
If your pc recognizes the phone as qhsusb_dload or something like qloader it's hard bricked and there's nothing left you can do..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nothing happens, its not vibrating, its not charging, and nothing happens when I plug it into my computer. I am a little bit experienced, so I know what to do if I atleast could get it into flashmode

ende124 said:
Nothing happens, its not vibrating, its not charging, and nothing happens when I plug it into my computer. I am a little bit experienced, so I know what to do if I atleast could get it into flashmode
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Does the led flash red if you hold down power and vol up while you plug it into your pc?

St.Jimmy90 said:
Does the led flash red if you hold down power and vol up while you plug it into your pc?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No flashing LED, no vibrating, nothing.

I'm afraid to say this but it seems your phone is hard bricked... Try to do a rubber band across it so that the power button and vol up buttons get pressed all the time and plug it into your wallcharger. If that doesn't help bring it to your local sony service centre and let them repair it although they will very likely charge of a service fee.
Good luck mate!
Gesendet von meinem C6603 mit Tapatalk

St.Jimmy90 said:
I'm afraid to say this but it seems your phone is hard bricked... Try to do a rubber band across it so that the power button and vol up buttons get pressed all the time and plug it into your wallcharger. If that doesn't help bring it to your local sony service centre and let them repair it although they will very likely charge of a service fee.
Good luck mate!
Gesendet von meinem C6603 mit Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you, I will try that. It is really weird, the last thing I did was pressing the restart in recovery button.

I bricked my phone while trying to unlock bootloader (didnt wait for the command prompt to complete the process) and later my pc was recognizing it as qhsusb_dload. But my volume buttons were working and I used the Sony update service to restore it.

waji97 said:
I bricked my phone while trying to unlock bootloader (didnt wait for the command prompt to complete the process) and later my pc was recognizing it as qhsusb_dload. But my volume buttons were working and I used the Sony update service to restore it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've used that tool several times when I softbricked my phone or didnt have a backup xD

ende124 said:
I've used that tool several times when I softbricked my phone or didnt have a backup xD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You should leave it for charging for a while and then check, maybe the battery is dead.

waji97 said:
You should leave it for charging for a while and then check, maybe the battery is dead.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Its weird how it ws completely fully charged wen it passed away...

ende124 said:
Its weird how it ws completely fully charged wen it passed away...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So does it work now?

ende124 said:
Its weird how it ws completely fully charged wen it passed away...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It is very possible, frequent restarts eat away alot of battery, and you never know maybe it was on while you saw a black screen thinking it was off.

waji97 said:
It is very possible, frequent restarts eat away alot of battery, and you never know maybe it was on while you saw a black screen thinking it was off.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm just saying, I've put my phone into the charger trying to charge it and turn it on. The LED won't turn on when I put my phone into the charger. I also tried the hard reboot keys power + vol up.

ende124 said:
I'm just saying, I've put my phone into the charger trying to charge it and turn it on. The LED won't turn on when I put my phone into the charger. I also tried the hard reboot keys power + vol up.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Then its probably very hard bricked. You should take it to Sony and let them figure it out.

ende124 said:
I'm just saying, I've put my phone into the charger trying to charge it and turn it on. The LED won't turn on when I put my phone into the charger. I also tried the hard reboot keys power + vol up.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you also try the rubber band method? Putting a rubber band across the phone so that power and vol up buttons are pressed while it is on the charger for several hours?

St.Jimmy90 said:
Did you also try the rubber band method? Putting a rubber band across the phone so that power and vol up buttons are pressed while it is on the charger for several hours?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you see a flashing blue light, when it is not plugged in, it's because the bootload was entered improperly and is in safe mode. The only way you can fix it, is to do a system wipe via Sony Companion and reinstall stock ROM. It's an Xperias way of bootlooping into a safe mode when it's locked.
---------- Post added at 01:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:33 AM ----------
waji97 said:
I bricked my phone while trying to unlock bootloader (didnt wait for the command prompt to complete the process) and later my pc was recognizing it as qhsusb_dload. But my volume buttons were working and I used the Sony update service to restore it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Too bad Sony doesn't implement an ADB OTI. Otherwise you could flash ROMs even with factory lock and never brick it.

i am experiencing the same problem right now. hadn't touched the tablet in a couple weeks, i seem to remember turning it off because it was really low on battery and the charger wasn't near. now it is just a black rectangle.. LED never responds, charging doesn't do anything, doesn't show up on ADB or flashtool.
seems like it is some problem with the firmware or hardware since all the android devices i've owned have always charged (with the LED on) regardless of the condition of the software (hell my one x that busted open and the screen doesn't work still charges and hooks up to the computer)
i would love to get this fixed because sony tech support pretty much bent me over today.

axis888x said:
i am experiencing the same problem right now. hadn't touched the tablet in a couple weeks, i seem to remember turning it off because it was really low on battery and the charger wasn't near. now it is just a black rectangle.. LED never responds, charging doesn't do anything, doesn't show up on ADB or flashtool.
seems like it is some problem with the firmware or hardware since all the android devices i've owned have always charged (with the LED on) regardless of the condition of the software (hell my one x that busted open and the screen doesn't work still charges and hooks up to the computer)
i would love to get this fixed because sony tech support pretty much bent me over today.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you try external battery terminal dismount?

what is "external battery terminal dismount"?

Xperia SP is Dead

HELP! My Xperia SP is dead after unlocking bootloader with official way!
It won't turn on even when I tried to boot it up by connecting via usb to laptop.
I tried to charge it, but it's useless
I also tried to force restart it from restart button but it doesn't wake up
HELPP! :crying:
#UPDATE: By some miracle, the phone boots itself up and get working again. All apps are gone (like factory reset). It shut down about 2 hours then suddenly it came back to life. Still don't get it why this can be happening though. But thank God!

reynaldi3 said:
HELP! My Xperia SP is dead after unlocking bootloader with official way!
It won't turn on even when I tried to boot it up by connecting via usb to laptop.
I tried to charge it, but it's useless
I also tried to force restart it from restart button but it doesn't wake up
HELPP! :crying:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you tried the OFF button on the back?

You should try to connect your phone to pc, press volume button and keep it pressed. Then without releasing the volume button, press the restart button on the back until you see the led (blue or green depending on the volume you pressed). This means you have at the same time : usb + volume + reset button on the back.
You should keep it pressed during 3 to 15 seconds. If this doesn't work, put your phone to charge (on wall charger and preferably with stock charger) during 1-2 hours and try again.

Try reflash a stock ftf

Please provide more information to the things you did. Did you use EMMA or FLASHTOOL?

TLDGames said:
Have you tried the OFF button on the back?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, I tried but it still doesn't work, the phone heats up while there is no sign of life. But after 2 hours it turns back on! Weird
pec0ra said:
You should try to connect your phone to pc, press volume button and keep it pressed. Then without releasing the volume button, press the restart button on the back until you see the led (blue or green depending on the volume you pressed). This means you have at the same time : usb + volume + reset button on the back.
You should keep it pressed during 3 to 15 seconds. If this doesn't work, put your phone to charge (on wall charger and preferably with stock charger) during 1-2 hours and try again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did that multiple times but there was no sign of life. No led pulse, dead screen, but only warm phone. But it came back on after 2 hours
lucasgta95 said:
Try reflash a stock ftf
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can't since it won't connect to anything (wall charger, usb, etc). But thank God it has come to life !
Furrydaus said:
Please provide more information to the things you did. Did you use EMMA or FLASHTOOL?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I use cmd since flashtool won't recognize my phone even I have install the correct driver. I read all the instructions from Sony web about unlocking bootloader and I suffer this situation. But after 2 hours it turns back on...

reynaldi3 said:
I use cmd since flashtool won't recognize my phone even I have install the correct driver. I read all the instructions from Sony web about unlocking bootloader and I suffer this situation. But after 2 hours it turns back on...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You should have followed the unofficiall methods and not sony

reynaldi3 said:
I did that multiple times but there was no sign of life. No led pulse, dead screen, but only warm phone. But it came back on after 2 hours
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have the same problem now and you made my hopes up. I was on PAC rom, normally working, but when i picked up my phone, it wasn't responding, OFF button isn't doing anything and my PC even doesn't recognize the phone over USB. So i hope it will be working again later. :fingers-crossed:
Edit: 12 hours later and still no signs of life, so im' doiwnloading ftf and i'm going to try flashing it...

Make sure you have the driver installed for your phone.
1. Download, install and run the driver update utility. Here's the link where you can download it.
http://www.driverscape.com/download/xperia-sp
2. If it doesn't detect your phone, download flashtool from here:
http://www.flashtool.net/downloads.php
Make sure you have the latest ftf image in order to flash to your phone. You can download from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2311964
3. Make sure your phone is off by force shut down (clicking the OFF hard key in the back)
4. Open flashtool. Press and hold the volume down key and then connect your phone to the computer by USB.
5. The notification bar will light green indicating that it is connected in flash mode.
You can then follow instructions on how to flash through Google search. If you are able to reach step 5 and don't know how to flash, let me know.

daubh said:
Make sure you have the driver installed for your phone.
1. Download, install and run the driver update utility. Here's the link where you can download it.
http://www.driverscape.com/download/xperia-sp
2. If it doesn't detect your phone, download flashtool from here:
http://www.flashtool.net/downloads.php
Make sure you have the latest ftf image in order to flash to your phone. You can download from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2311964
3. Make sure your phone is off by force shut down (clicking the OFF hard key in the back)
4. Open flashtool. Press and hold the volume down key and then connect your phone to the computer by USB.
5. The notification bar will light green indicating that it is connected in flash mode.
You can then follow instructions on how to flash through Google search. If you are able to reach step 5 and don't know how to flash, let me know.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, i know how to flash ftf, but my phone shows no signs of life, when plugged to charger, the LED doesn't light up and i can't go to flash mode aswell. So now it seems that the only thing i can do is to take my phone to repair, as it seems there is some hardware problem...

Dead Xperia SP Also
I have same situation since 21st of December.. I left my Phone on. When I was going to bed. I woke Up and saw this fuzzy blank grey screen, then I pressed the reset button at the back of the phone thinking all will be fine, But since then I've been battling with it. First, No sign of life after plugging, then a day later after I left it connected to my PC, The LED LIGHT turned red, but dead screen. About 15MINS later it goes off, Then comes up again (LED LIGHT) I've tried connecting to PC, it recognises it for about 4seconds and it disconnects automatically, I've tried practically all the method I saw on here.. Rubber band trick,leaving it to charge all night connected to wall charger / PC..All proved abortive, I have been trying to get the MAGIC green LED LIGHT (FLASHMODE) but it never works.. I took it to a repair shop (NOT SONY) He said he only deals with HARDWARE that it wasn't hardware problem, and they then went ahead to flash it.. (I'm out of warranty) STILL NO LUCK.. I'll be glad if anyone can guide me through or come up with a Plausible SOLUTION, 'cause my BREAK has been horrible since my PHONE went M.I.A..... Thank you GUYS

So, finally I'm going to pick up my repaired SP :fingers-crossed:. They thought it was a problem caused by the reset button pushed too hard, but since they've informed me they've changed whole motherboard, the problem must have been somwhere else, maybe they'll tell me where.
(And it seems that despite the fact i've unlocked the bootloader and flashed ROM on it, they will accept it as a warranty repair, because i think they weren't able to get to know that )

My XSP must really hate me. After less than a week since i've picked it up from the repair, it's dead again (everything tried - reset button, leaving it to charge, usb) with no signs of life ... I guess there must be a much bigger problem than just motherboard That means another two weeks with my old slow LG OO. I'm gonna die without it, i've maintained almost a month without it back then, but i had a tablet borrowed for a review. Now it's worse...
Maybe they should give me another XSP instead of trying to repair this one again...

have you considered about the battery?
the battery might be dead for all we know

That may be the problem, but i must also keep in mind that it had its motherboard changed a week ago. Anyway, i took it to the service again, they also said that charger may be causing it, but battery seems more logical to me as there were no problems with charging.
So i have to wait another two long weeks and then i'll know what was it...

[Q] [HELP] My MotoG died today, for no reason. No boot or any notifications.

Hi everyone!!
Today, I woke up, and noticed that my Moto G 2nd Gen is died.
Honestly.. i don't understood what happened exactly. My phone was absolutely clean, no rom, no hacks, no strange apps, NOTHING!
Absolutely genuine and with just a few (famous) apps, like Tapatalk, Skype, Facebook etc..
Someone maybe knows what problem is it? Hope to receive help..
THANK YOU.

If it was completely clean I would send it back to Motorola for repair. It is the safest and best solution

Duck86 said:
If it was completely clean I would send it back to Motorola for repair. It is the safest and best solution
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Actually I can't do it. At the end of March I'll moving to another country.. so I'd like to try any solution to try to fix it now. As the last solution I'll try to repair it in that country.. but for now, you know, i'd like to try other options! I'm not sure yet that the phone is totally ****ed up! So my hope is still alive! ^^'

DjMatrix619 said:
Actually I can't do it. At the end of March I'll moving to another country.. so I'd like to try any solution to try to fix it now. As the last solution I'll try to repair it in that country.. but for now, you know, i'd like to try other options! I'm not sure yet that the phone is totally ****ed up! So my hope is still alive! ^^'
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Does a charging symbol come up on it when you plug it in?

Duck86 said:
Does a charging symbol come up on it when you plug it in?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No. No symbols, no leds. Nothing. :/

DjMatrix619 said:
No. No symbols, no leds. Nothing. :/
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try holding down the vol - and power buttons at the same time. Hold for 5 sec and let go. Anything?

Duck86 said:
Try holding down the vol - and power buttons at the same time. Hold for 5 sec and let go. Anything?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nope!

DjMatrix619 said:
Nope!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sounds like it is a hardware issue so. You'll have to send it back

Fantastic!

DjMatrix619 said:
Fantastic!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You could try another cord and/or charger if you have any laying about. That would be on the assumption that it ran down overnight. BTW, if it is completely dead, it may take a little before you get any indication of charging.

have seen it happen several times.
This fixes most of the time
In the unlikely event that your device becomes unresponsive, frozen, blank or black screen, or will not respond to the power button, you can perform a force restart or reboot on the device by following the steps below.
Press and hold the Power button for 7 - 10 seconds, the device will restart and go through the boot-up sequence.
Notes:
The forced restart or reboot will not delete any Data on your phone.
If completing the 7-10 second Reset does not recover normal functionality of the device, then press and hold the Power Button for a full 120 seconds while connected to a charger.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
it is from Moto suport site...

DjMatrix619 said:
Fantastic!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Maybe warranty is applicable even in other country , even after your shift to abroad

Tel864 said:
You could try another cord and/or charger if you have any laying about. That would be on the assumption that it ran down overnight. BTW, if it is completely dead, it may take a little before you get any indication of charging.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, still doesn't work.
But HEY!! Wait a second.. 5 minutes ago, i connected for the 100th time to the battery charge, and for something like 10 seconds, the led was ON!!! Now is again off.. i don't know what it's happening.. but wow! 10 seconds of LED is better than nothing!! What it means?

DjMatrix619 said:
No, still doesn't work.
But HEY!! Wait a second.. 5 minutes ago, i connected for the 100th time to the battery charge, and for something like 10 seconds, the led was ON!!! Now is again off.. i don't know what it's happening.. but wow! 10 seconds of LED is better than nothing!! What it means?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This happened to me too!! A lot many times !! Strangely this seems to fix it!
Remove the sims and the sd card!
Now hold th. Power key for 2-3 minutes!! The device should boot up!!
Hope it helps

Plug it into a computer
Plug it in to a computer and tell us what happens. Does it start installing device drivers?

aseef17 said:
This happened to me too!! A lot many times !! Strangely this seems to fix it!
Remove the sims and the sd card!
Now hold th. Power key for 2-3 minutes!! The device should boot up!!
Hope it helps
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Mine still doesn't work, but now everytime i connect it to a power supply, the led turn on for 10/20 secs! (better than nothing! My hope is coming back to me! )
ianian said:
Plug it in to a computer and tell us what happens. Does it start installing device drivers?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep!!! My Pc installed some drivers with success, but I can't see the storage in "My PC" section of Windows. (the led turns on also in this case for 10/20 secs).
But I tried to press the power button, also in combination with VOL DOWN, and it still doesn't make any effect.

DjMatrix619 said:
Yep!!! My Pc installed some drivers with success, but I can't see the storage in "My PC" section of Windows. (the led turns on also in this case for 10/20 secs).
But I tried to press the power button, also in combination with VOL DOWN, and it still doesn't make any effect.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Go to start -> run -> devmgmt.msc
Tell me what device it shows as.

ianian said:
Go to start -> run -> devmgmt.msc
Tell me what device it shows as.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Seems there's nothing new.. I can't find it.

Same thing happened to my brother's phone it went dead when it battery got completely empty and i tried every thing to make it work again but everything failed & the last thing i did was i bringed it to service center and then service center guy just opened the phone removed the battery and re-inserted it and voila phone became active again but he warned me to not let my phone's battery go down less than 10% or i will face the same issue again...i advice u 2 do same thing what i did and good luck for your phone

bringed it to service center and then service center guy just opened the phone removed the battery
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The battery in the Moto G 2nd Gen is not removable.