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hey guys,
so basically i got an xperia t today and it wont boot. iv heard that this is SOD? i have tried a few guide to revive it but all of which haven't worked or i haven't done it right with been new to sony devices.
so iv charged it for 5+hrs,
iv managed to install drivers,
the phone will not show anything on a red light,
tried the vol+ & power and the led flashes red,
tried to use software to flash it but its not showing the phone.
im at a dead end and could really do with some help :/
thanks
EDIT: sent it in for repair and now Sony are saying its "beyond economical repair" ill keep this updated to see the outcome
*any advice would be great if people could help on the matter*
Anyone able to help me?
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galaxys2Tav said:
Anyone able to help me?
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Charge it for at least 24hs. It should show a red light indicating charging at some point, just let it charge and then try to start it again. The flashing red light indicates that battery is empty.
If it won't start after charging 24h+, then your phone is probably dead. What were you doing to the device when this happened? Flashed anything?
what worked for me on my ion, was draining the battery empty so you just let it rest for a day just showing the red led. then put everything you need on your sd card and charge your battery again. then after a few minutes you should see you led comming back up and then boot up your phone, enter cwm (press a couple of times the volume up button) then first of all you do a factory reset, flash your new rom, don't forget to wipe cache aftwards, just to be sure. i hope this brings your phone back to life..
Well basically I left it on charge all night and it's still on charge now. I did try plug it in to the laptop.
It then prompted to install a driver and did but then jumped straight back out again.
I tried the vol+ & power today and got a vibration and it didn't boot after about 4 hours. So I tried it with the 3 vibrates and still haven't had anything since.
I spoken to sony and they will take it in under warranty but would rather try get it working on my own.
Btw I still have red light no mater what It disappears every so often while it's on charge
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Taken from Sony Support.
1. Press and hold down the power key on the right side of the phone. If the battery status LED flashes red, try plugging the charger into the phone at the same time as you are pressing and holding in the power key.
When plugging the charger into the phone there is a risk that nothing happens – no red battery status LED as indication of charging, or nothing appearing on the screen.
If the charging doesn’t start, follow the instructions under To let the charger be plugged in for 24 hours.
2. If the charging starts, keep charging the phone until it’s fully charged. Indication of charging is that the battery status LED lights up in red, or that the SONY symbol appears on the screen and then the LED lights up.
3. Update the phone software using PC Companion, Sony Bridge for Mac or Update service. If no update is available, use Repair mode in PC Companion.
This should fix the problem.
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To let the charger be plugged in for 24 hours
1. Plug the charger into the phone, and let it be plugged in for 24 hours. There will be no indication of charging, since the battery is discharging during this step.
2. Disconnect the charger from the phone, and wait for 20 seconds.
3. Plug the charger into the phone again. The battery should now start charging. It may take some time before any indication of charging appears (the battery status LED lights up in red, and shines continuously).
4. Let the phone charge until it’s fully charged. Then follow the instruction to update the phone software in step 3 found in section above.
5. If the phone doesn’t charge, send it for service.
Thanks for that bud it's been on charge all day even now. Iv just checked it and it hasn't changed the led is still shinning red. I'll put my little one to bed then try it again and see what happens.
Sony have said they will send me out a jiffy bag even if I manage to get the phone powered on just incase I want to send it away
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galaxys2Tav said:
I tried the vol+ & power today and got a vibration,,,
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Did you keep them down til you got 3 vibrations.?
One vibration is same as power off.
Three vibrations is a soft reset, same as removing battery.
merseyman said:
Did you keep them down til you got 3 vibrations.?
One vibration is same as power off.
Three vibrations is a soft reset, same as removing battery.
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iv just tried
vol+ & power and this time i didn't get any vibrations
also tried the repair through sony software and as before the phone will be prompted with the noise of something bee plugged in then it'll sound again seconds later to say it has been removed
just getting a bit annoyed with it now :/
I'd leave it on mains charge for full 24 hours again and try tomorrow,
if no luck send it off.
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I'd leave it on mains charge for full 24 hours again and try tomorrow,
if no luck send it off.
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Yeah iv put it back on charge. Didn't realise sony phones were soo much of a pain lol oh well I'll try again tomorrow and if I don't have any luck I'll send it to them. Thanks for the help bud
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thanks for the help before guys, i sent it in under warranty for the SOD and surprise surprise i get a letter saying
"your phone is beyond economical repair due to water damage"
i'm no waiting for a call back as iv escalated it and i can safely say its not been anywhere near water
galaxys2Tav said:
thanks for the help before guys, i sent it in under warranty for the SOD and surprise surprise i get a letter saying
"your phone is beyond economical repair due to water damage"
i'm no waiting for a call back as iv escalated it and i can safely say its not been anywhere near water
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Did you try flash tool?
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Did you try flash tool?
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yeah i tried that before i sent it off but didnt have any luck with it, the phone prompted on my laptop but then jumped straight back out. what i dont get is that Sony are saying its due to "water damage" yet the phone had power to it :/
galaxys2Tav said:
yeah i tried that before i sent it off but didnt have any luck with it, the phone prompted on my laptop but then jumped straight back out. what i dont get is that Sony are saying its due to "water damage" yet the phone had power to it :/
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If you really want your phone to work try reininstal your OS, Also if you call your carrier they can give you a replacement, (At least for me they did)
AndroidHoneyComb said:
If you really want your phone to work try reininstal your OS, Also if you call your carrier they can give you a replacement, (At least for me they did)
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I bought it second hand hence sending it to sony. I did try flashing the os but no joy the phone wouldn't stay as a device on my laptop long enough.
This is the first time iv ever debt with an oem for a warranty claim and judging how they have been about it I won't be doing it again
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galaxys2Tav said:
I bought it second hand hence sending it to sony. I did try flashing the os but no joy the phone wouldn't stay as a device on my laptop long enough.
This is the first time iv ever debt with an oem for a warranty claim and judging how they have been about it I won't be doing it again
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So you bought a broken phone? Or it worked when you bought it?
reflexing said:
So you bought a broken phone? Or it worked when you bought it?
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No it worked when I got it then I got the sod
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This is a pic of why sony won't repair it!
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hi, im new here so please be nice with me and bare with me, right my problem is ive just purchased a second hand sony xperia z the phone was working fully with no faults and I usually put and keep on charge over night to last me all day and this time I woke up in the morning and the phone was switched off with no response only a red led light I have tried all methods to fix this issue such as, volume+ and power buttons no response still then I was goin to try upgrade via flashtool or pc companion but for some unknown reason my laptop wont recognise my phone so im really stuck on what to do next its been nowhere near any water either 100%!! my very last option would be to take it into service repair but that could take upto 2 weeks and need my phone for work, ive also been told it could be hard bricked or have been diagnosed with sudden death but cant get into flash mode at all oh and I have also tried the charge the phone for 24 hours trick but still no response at all when this first happened it even took a good few hours for the red led light to come on when charging but now takes around 5 mins
can someone please help I would be very grateful for you time please take your time to read my post as full as possible
thanks in advance, I NEED HELP FAST, FAST, FAST!!!!!!
Download the Sony update tool click update phone it might say you have the latest version ,click restore phone
Aside from what suggested by juDGEY2k10 above (which should work), did you also check if your charger is working properly?
Try charging it with different usb source (...or another Z's charger if you can find one) with stable and reliable output (~ 1,500mA), let it charged for half an hour then see if you can turn on your phone. Please be reminder that the usb ports of some laptops may fail to charge since their power output may not be stable and sufficient enough.
Sounds very much like what happened with my first Nexus 4. Odds are the battery has decided to completely discharge itself to the point where nothing can revive it. How it happened for you, I've no clue, but the only remedy that can work is simply sending it in for replacement/repair, since you've already tried everything else.
i suggest changing another power source or charger. It does look like its out of juice and not able to to power on.
Maybe use your computer USB with the different cables to single out the problem.
do note that the phone needs about 5% battery to power up. So give it some time, maybe 30 mins to 45 mins and try to power it on again.
littopillo said:
Aside from what suggested by juDGEY2k10 above (which should work), did you also check if your charger is working properly?
Try charging it with different usb source (...or another Z's charger if you can find one) with stable and reliable output (~ 1,500mA), let it charged for half an hour then see if you can turn on your phone. Please be reminder that the usb ports of some laptops may fail to charge since their power output may not be stable and sufficient enough.
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I have already tried the sony update method and my phone wont connect to the laptop at all it just stays on the red led light I had it connected to the laptop for about 2 hours lastnight hoping something would happen and it didn't
adamtan said:
i suggest changing another power source or charger. It does look like its out of juice and not able to to power on.
Maybe use your computer USB with the different cables to single out the problem.
do note that the phone needs about 5% battery to power up. So give it some time, maybe 30 mins to 45 mins and try to power it on again.
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hi my charger 100% works I have tried it on an old phone and it charges that no problem im just stuck on what to do I have booked my phone in for repair but before I sent it off I wanted a few more opinions sending it for repair is my last option tbh thanks for your reply
Red LED of death = curtains. Just bad luck. Sorry for you man
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I'd leave it plugged in for awhile and see if it turns on then
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I'd leave it plugged in for awhile and see if it turns on then
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thanks for the reply but ive left it on charger for 32 hours an nothing happened
hello ive brick my phone several times and flashtool always help. which flashtool are you on? (the official sony flashtool dont work) did you install the flashtool xperia z drivers? have you install the adb drivers and andriod sdk tools?
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Hi guys, I got an Xperia Z of one of my friends to try to boot it up, same boat as OP, black screen, red led, not recognized by pc (no fastboot, no adb shell, no FlashTool).
I tryed to charge also with my Motorola USB cable, no way.
Can we only send back to official assistance?
Try to dissconnect the batery then reconnect it, put it on charge and after a few minutes try to turn it on.
I hope it helps.
One thing to check: does the led come on when plugged in, then disappear when unplugged? If so its probably that the battery isnt charging. If the led stays on (red or other color) for some time after unplugging than it may be something else, the phone is holding power but not booting.
Youve tried hard resetting /shutting down I presume?
This is why I hate phones with sealed batteries, it was almost a dealbreaker in buying this but i gave it a go.
If its the battery and you dont have warranty or insurance (or its too expensive) you can replace it yourself with a little time and research.
I have the same issue, it's because the battery isn't able to hold a charge. This happened to me the day after the recent 4.2 update, I have yet to figure out how to get a warranty replacement as there are no sony stores where I live. However, it turned on briefly when I pressed the volume up and power button together. I saw that the battery was at 1%, I put it on standby to conserve battery but it just won't take a charge.
Same issue here with a family members phone, they want to give it to a friend but can't yet because it isn't working.
They got a new phone and left the Z just sitting on a desk. It eventually discharged but now they can't get it going.
I'm trying to fix it for them.
Red LED, no boot, connect to charger and just get a solid red LED. See how it goes I guess. Can't get it to show up when connecting to PC at this stage. Will try with the official Sony tool though.
Jenkss said:
Same issue here with a family members phone, they want to give it to a friend but can't yet because it isn't working.
They got a new phone and left the Z just sitting on a desk. It eventually discharged but now they can't get it going.
I'm trying to fix it for them.
Red LED, no boot, connect to charger and just get a solid red LED. See how it goes I guess. Can't get it to show up when connecting to PC at this stage. Will try with the official Sony tool though.
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HI,any update???
I have the same issue too...
I read.somewhere in other thread that putting in the usb then press the volume and volume up for 8 swcond, wait for an hour then try restarting.would work.
This had happen to me twice already, and the only remedy seems sending it to sony. Where they would charge it. But it took weeks though.
The phones dead... went into my phone shop they replaced for a new handset under breakdown (sudden death) no water damage nothing phone was 7 months old..
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dsullivan7822 said:
The phones dead... went into my phone shop they replaced for a new handset under breakdown (sudden death) no water damage nothing phone was 7 months old..
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Did you go to a Sony store or service provider retail store?
Hi...I have a problem with my Rogers Xperia T with locked Boot loader, hoping someone might have had something similar and be able to help. I made a new thread due to so many types of Soft Brick and my problem being different than most.
My cell crashed randomly while using my phone weeks ago. Went to turn it back on and nothing but a flashing Red Light all the time when trying to turn the cell back on. I've spent countless hours reading all the suggestions on this forum,with no real luck yet.
After many attempts to fix my cell from all the great tips on this forum...like taking my phone apart to disconnect the battery,rubber band trick etc. Nothing has ever changed. It seems my cell is stuck in some type of Flash Mode Loop? I can get my cell to vibrate 1-3 times holding the buttons,but doesn't change anything.
When plugged into the charger or PC, my light goes from solid Red for a few minutes then solid Green. But the Green light only stays for a few seconds then it goes out,but it still stays in Flash Mode for a few minutes than back to the Red again,and keeps repeating this cycle. Making it very hard to Flash or Repair my phone due to Flash Mode never staying long enough to complete. But if I disconnect my battery than plug it into my PC I can Flash or use PC Companion successfully. But still doesn't change anything.
I just can't seem to get the phone out of this Loop to complete any type of battery recharge. If any one else has had this,any input would be greatly appreciated. I've spent weeks reading so many posts on the forum and internet about soft brick and nothing seems to work.
Thank You
I Had this problem too
WarSupport said:
Hi...I have a problem with my Rogers Xperia T with locked Boot loader, hoping someone might have had something similar and be able to help. I made a new thread due to so many types of Soft Brick and my problem being different than most.
My cell crashed randomly while using my phone weeks ago. Went to turn it back on and nothing but a flashing Red Light all the time when trying to turn the cell back on. I've spent countless hours reading all the suggestions on this forum,with no real luck yet.
After many attempts to fix my cell from all the great tips on this forum...like taking my phone apart to disconnect the battery,rubber band trick etc. Nothing has ever changed. It seems my cell is stuck in some type of Flash Mode Loop? I can get my cell to vibrate 1-3 times holding the buttons,but doesn't change anything.
When plugged into the charger or PC, my light goes from solid Red for a few minutes then solid Green. But the Green light only stays for a few seconds then it goes out,but it still stays in Flash Mode for a few minutes than back to the Red again,and keeps repeating this cycle. Making it very hard to Flash or Repair my phone due to Flash Mode never staying long enough to complete. But if I disconnect my battery than plug it into my PC I can Flash or use PC Companion successfully. But still doesn't change anything.
I just can't seem to get the phone out of this Loop to complete any type of battery recharge. If any one else has had this,any input would be greatly appreciated. I've spent weeks reading so many posts on the forum and internet about soft brick and nothing seems to work.
Thank You
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Hi
I had this problem with my device in few days before and recover my phone and now he is works like a love song baby.
Your Situation: Soft/Reset without any vibrates with flashing red LED
You should know the "Battery Life Cycle" very good. but now i give u some steps to do:
Step1. Keep Calm and let your blood reach on your brain to think and analyze your each time situation.
Step2. Don't hit the Power Button in every situation anymore. this works makes damages on doing some future works-SO DON'T TOUCH POWER
Step3. Estimate the duration time from plug the wall charger to green LED. for example mine was 15 minutes.
Step4. Let the Battery Dies completely.
Step5. Plug the charger for half of "Step3" Estimate time. for example mine was 7 minutes.
Step6. Unplug the Chrager.
Step7. Plug the Charger for 10 minutes later after "Step6". between this 10 minutes, flash FTF file to be ready.
Step8. Do "Step5" to "Step7" for three times.
Why you should do these steps like this?
Because in flashmode level you need enough battery charge that's for in flashmode the usb cable do not send any electrical charge to device.
Step9. Bring your device to flashmode and flash your device ( [Vol-] + [Power] then LED should turns green
Maybe helpful, Be Success
milad.moafi said:
Hi
I had this problem with my device in few days before and recover my phone and now he is works like a love song baby.
Your Situation: Soft/Reset without any vibrates with flashing red LED
You should know the "Battery Life Cycle" very good. but now i give u some steps to do:
Step1. Keep Calm and let your blood reach on your brain to think and analyze your each time situation.
Step2. Don't hit the Power Button in every situation anymore. this works makes damages on doing some future works-SO DON'T TOUCH POWER
Step3. Estimate the duration time from plug the wall charger to green LED. for example mine was 15 minutes.
Step4. Let the Battery Dies completely.
Step5. Plug the charger for half of "Step3" Estimate time. for example mine was 7 minutes.
Step6. Unplug the Chrager.
Step7. Plug the Charger for 10 minutes later after "Step6". between this 10 minutes, flash FTF file to be ready.
Step8. Do "Step5" to "Step7" for three times.
Why you should do these steps like this?
Because in flashmode level you need enough battery charge that's for in flashmode the usb cable do not send any electrical charge to device.
Step9. Bring your device to flashmode and flash your device ( [Vol-] + [Power] then LED should turns green
Maybe helpful, Be Success
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Thanks alot for the great tip. It worked enough to charge my cell long enough to flash my stock ftf :good: But unfortunately hasn't changed anything on my cell.
It seems that i have the same issue, my bootloader is locked and as i plug in the phone the LED gets green and sometimes red, but the battery never gets warm, also the Display wont do anything.
I think this can be happening becouse the Connector is Damaged or something similar..
But spending more money seems like a waste for me
thexruss said:
It seems that i have the same issue, my bootloader is locked and as i plug in the phone the LED gets green and sometimes red, but the battery never gets warm, also the Display wont do anything.
I think this can be happening becouse the Connector is Damaged or something similar..
But spending more money seems like a waste for me
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Did you do anything to your phone to cause this? Mine just suddenly froze up and crashed with normal use one day? I've never dropped it or damaged my cell in anyway. I just don't get it
well... i bought it 2 weeks ago on ebay, as defective.
"only red led flashing" was the description, well, thruth is it had a huge fight with water, a long time ago.. many contacts were corrosive, the battery was molten at the contacts comming from within, the connector for the buttons/display was extreme corrosive.
I Cleaned it up and bought a new battery, hoping it would do the trick, but now im with this problem..
I think if i could get a cheap connector i would buy one just to try it.
Or another one on ebay.. just have to wait for one.
but say, did your battery get any higher temperature when its charged?
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well... i bought it 2 weeks ago on ebay, as defective.
"only red led flashing" was the description, well, thruth is it had a huge fight with water, a long time ago.. many contacts were corrosive, the battery was molten at the contacts comming from within, the connector for the buttons/display was extreme corrosive.
I Cleaned it up and bought a new battery, hoping it would do the trick, but now im with this problem..
I think if i could get a cheap connector i would buy one just to try it.
Or another one on ebay.. just have to wait for one.
but say, did your battery get any higher temperature when its charged?
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No the battery temperature stays the same,I can only charge my phone a very little bit.
Okay, thanks!
It showed sony logo the first time ever now 0o
I let it charge for ca. 30 min then the sony logo appeared but it stuck at it, so i wanted to reflash with sus but it wont accept the T..
Now i have a clue whats the error on my phone, the side buttons are oxidised and so pushed themself so they are pushed the whole time!
These tiny buttons are just ****ty..
When they are broken u need another connector, so thats my next step, maybe ur phone also has gettin often wet or something?
I would try without that connector an let the battery charge for some time, if your phone boots then u know whats up with it..
Hope u can understand what i mean.. My english isnt the best xD
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Okay, thanks!
It showed sony logo the first time ever now 0o
I let it charge for ca. 30 min then the sony logo appeared but it stuck at it, so i wanted to reflash with sus but it wont accept the T..
Now i have a clue whats the error on my phone, the side buttons are oxidised and so pushed themself so they are pushed the whole time!
These tiny buttons are just ****ty..
When they are broken u need another connector, so thats my next step, maybe ur phone also has gettin often wet or something?
I would try without that connector an let the battery charge for some time, if your phone boots then u know whats up with it..
Hope u can understand what i mean.. My english isnt the best xD
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That's great you made some progress. Did you do anything different this time when charging. Mine always does the same Red Light Green Light loop no matter what.
Can you get your cell to respond to the power button and volume down? or are your side buttons too damaged?
Do the rubber band trick to charge up your battery.
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Well.. the power button and the Vol- fell apart, and i lost the magnet inside, so i have to wait till i get a new cable untill i can test further...
Can take up to 2 weeks till i get one, getting something like that in austria is a very long story, i can only order it from Germany or somewhere else and that takes minimum 2 days or more.
The rubber band trick havent worked for me also.
Phone just Vibrated and restarted,vibrated and restarted,..
And my phone was alwas in Flashmode!
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The Left Cable is for Buttons and Display, just unplug it from the mainboard.
Then try to Load it, if the LED stops switching, it could be the Reason.
and test if anything happens when the battery is plugged out, could be that your battery is also dead an thats why it cant get charged.
€ i played another hour with this "T"hing..
i am now wery certain that its the buttons, what causes the flipping between red/green.
But an question, how fast did your LED change color? does it change every second or did it hold for some minutes and change then?
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Well.. the power button and the Vol- fell apart, and i lost the magnet inside, so i have to wait till i get a new cable untill i can test further...
Can take up to 2 weeks till i get one, getting something like that in austria is a very long story, i can only order it from Germany or somewhere else and that takes minimum 2 days or more.
The rubber band trick havent worked for me also.
Phone just Vibrated and restarted,vibrated and restarted,..
And my phone was alwas in Flashmode!
The Left Cable is for Buttons and Display, just unplug it from the mainboard.
Then try to Load it, if the LED stops switching, it could be the Reason.
and test if anything happens when the battery is plugged out, could be that your battery is also dead an thats why it cant get charged.
€ i played another hour with this "T"hing..
i am now wery certain that its the buttons, what causes the flipping between red/green.
But an question, how fast did your LED change color? does it change every second or did it hold for some minutes and change then?
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My cell when plugged into the charger would first go Red for 5 minutes than change to Green for 1 minute than no light for about 3 minutes than back to Red again.
Sounds like mine!!
Have u Dissassembled it yet and tried without battery/Buttons?
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Sounds like mine!!
Have u Dissassembled it yet and tried without battery/Buttons?
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Yes....but unfortunately nothing changes. Hopefully when your new parts come your cell will boot.:good:
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Yes....but unfortunately nothing changes. Hopefully when your new parts come your cell will boot.:good:
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Some little news.. the new Cable with Buttons have arrived today, i installed it quickly, but it seems the phone havent changed it thougts abot starting...
When i just press the Power Button without USB cable plugged in, the Red led flashes 2 times.
If i push the power button and plugg it in for some time, it is a stable red light but the switching to green led and then red led starts again..
actually i plugged it in with pressed power button, LED stayed red for about 1h now.
now it switched to green, the phone vibrates, then the green led shows up for some secounds, then the LED dissapear, it vibrates again and then again green LED with no Display, it does this some minutes, than its again a stable red, for some minutes.
I let the rubber band all the time on the power button.
I tryed now to Flash the phone but i cant even get into Flashmode..
Without battery connected, i plugged in to the pc, it starts now to the Sony logo, but switches permanently between Flashmode and Sony logo.... WTF!!
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Some little news.. the new Cable with Buttons have arrived today, i installed it quickly, but it seems the phone havent changed it thougts abot starting...
When i just press the Power Button without USB cable plugged in, the Red led flashes 2 times.
If i push the power button and plugg it in for some time, it is a stable red light but the switching to green led and then red led starts again..
actually i plugged it in with pressed power button, LED stayed red for about 1h now.
now it switched to green, the phone vibrates, then the green led shows up for some secounds, then the LED dissapear, it vibrates again and then again green LED with no Display, it does this some minutes, than its again a stable red, for some minutes.
I let the rubber band all the time on the power button.
I tryed now to Flash the phone but i cant even get into Flashmode..
Without battery connected, i plugged in to the pc, it starts now to the Sony logo, but switches permanently between Flashmode and Sony logo.... WTF!!
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I'm sorry to hear the new parts didn't help Doesn't make sense! I was hoping your new parts would have solved the problem. It's doing the same thing as mine...except I can't get to the Sony Logo.
Maybe drain the battery and try again...also what happens when you disconnect the battery and plug it into the computer or charger and plug the battery back in right away while still connected.
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I'm sorry to hear the new parts didn't help Doesn't make sense! I was hoping your new parts would have solved the problem. It's doing the same thing as mine...except I can't get to the Sony Logo.
Maybe drain the battery and try again...also what happens when you disconnect the battery and plug it into the computer or charger and plug the battery back in right away while still connected.
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Now i havent done anything with the phone for some time..
If i had connected the battery while starting without battery, it goes the same way. Green led, red led, green led...
But now i buyed another phone with bricked display, i put the mainboard from this into the first one i bought and tryed to start with the battery i bought, result: doesnt work!!!
Red led goes on when connecting to charger but after 10 min it disapears and nothing happens, i can soft and hard reset the phone, but it wont start at all!!
then i tried the battery from the Display bricked phone and it goes very well
so my theory is, that the battery that i bought ist just dead, i hope i can have a refund for it...
I could try the good battery with the "dead" mainboard, but for now im happy, that i have one T running.
Maybe i could get my hands on another T, then i would try it again.
Just as side note, the "dead" battery, had 2,7v as i got it and has 3,2v after charging for an ! week ! with the "dead" mainboard.
I havent looked at the "good" battery, but i have looked at an battery from an "J" that was fully drained, it showed 3,4v
T battery is marked as 4,2v and J battery is marked also as 4.2v, so my conclusion is that the new battery i bought was a faulty one!!
thexruss said:
Now i havent done anything with the phone for some time..
If i had connected the battery while starting without battery, it goes the same way. Green led, red led, green led...
But now i buyed another phone with bricked display, i put the mainboard from this into the first one i bought and tryed to start with the battery i bought, result: doesnt work!!!
Red led goes on when connecting to charger but after 10 min it disapears and nothing happens, i can soft and hard reset the phone, but it wont start at all!!
then i tried the battery from the Display bricked phone and it goes very well
so my theory is, that the battery that i bought ist just dead, i hope i can have a refund for it...
I could try the good battery with the "dead" mainboard, but for now im happy, that i have one T running.
Maybe i could get my hands on another T, then i would try it again.
Just as side note, the "dead" battery, had 2,7v as i got it and has 3,2v after charging for an ! week ! with the "dead" mainboard.
I havent looked at the "good" battery, but i have looked at an battery from an "J" that was fully drained, it showed 3,4v
T battery is marked as 4,2v and J battery is marked also as 4.2v, so my conclusion is that the new battery i bought was a faulty one!!
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Thanks a lot for your input. That's great after all you tried you finally have a working phone. I'm going to purchase a new battery and see what happens. It's a bit strange I had no signs of a weak battery. My battery lasted fine from day to day use? Defiantly worth a try. Thanks
WarSupport said:
Thanks a lot for your input. That's great after all you tried you finally have a working phone. I'm going to purchase a new battery and see what happens. It's a bit strange I had no signs of a weak battery. My battery lasted fine from day to day use? Defiantly worth a try. Thanks
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yeah u can try it!
but make shure that the battery isnt too old! but thats just my theory
wish u good luck with ur phone!
mine is just running awesome compaired to an arc ^^
but the camera wont focus.. lets see whats the trick about this
WarSupport said:
Thanks a lot for your input. That's great after all you tried you finally have a working phone. I'm going to purchase a new battery and see what happens. It's a bit strange I had no signs of a weak battery. My battery lasted fine from day to day use? Defiantly worth a try. Thanks
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After i recognized that my speaker has made some crazy noizes under calls i dissasembled it again and tryed the other mainboard.
It was really just the battery, the other mainboard now runs totally smooth!
Hope you can fix yours to!
The phone (C5303 - Stock ROM - Locked BL - No Root) was working normally. The last time I checked, it had 60% battery.
The phone suddenly stopped working.
I tried to turn on the phone. Nothing Happened.
I tried to hard reset. Nothing Happened.
I even tried to charge the phone... Even the red illumination light was not working!! Hence, nothing happened at all.
I couldn't find a solution to this...Please help!! :crying: :crying:
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The phone (C5303 - Stock ROM - Locked BL - No Root) was working normally. The last time I checked, it had 60% battery.
The phone suddenly stopped working.
I tried to turn on the phone. Nothing Happened.
I tried to hard reset. Nothing Happened.
I even tried to charge the phone... Even the red illumination light was not working!! Hence, nothing happened at all.
I couldn't find a solution to this...Please help!! :crying: :crying:
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I would suggest for you to first, hold the off button under the battery cover for about 20 seconds. This might stimulate "battery removal" on the SP. Afterwards, try plugging in the wall charger and see if the device react.
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I would suggest for you to first, hold the off button under the battery cover for about 20 seconds. This might stimulate "battery removal" on the SP. Afterwards, try plugging in the wall charger and see if the device react.
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I tried doing that.
Still nothing happened!!
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Let it charge using a wall socket for atleast 12 hours!
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Let it charge using a wall socket for atleast 12 hours!
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Did that. Still no change.
No red LED light, no vibration, even the screen is not on.
If pressing the yellow button on the back for 10 seconds doesn't work after charging it for 12 hours, you either have a faulty charger or a dead phone. (hardware failure)
Last chance would be to use a different charger. If that doesn't work, you will have to return your phone and file a warranty claim if you have NOT unlocked your bootloader nor rooted it.
Should you have rooted or unlocked your phone then I can only suggest visiting this link: http://tinyurl.com/n35lsjn
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If pressing the yellow button on the back for 10 seconds doesn't work after charging it for 12 hours, you either have a faulty charger or a dead phone. (hardware failure)
Last chance would be to use a different charger. If that doesn't work, you will have to return your phone and file a warranty claim if you have NOT unlocked your bootloader nor rooted it.
Should you have rooted or unlocked your phone then I can only suggest visiting this link: http://tinyurl.com/n35lsjn
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Well, it's definitely not rooted or unlocked. And it's warranty has been expired (more than 1 year old).
I guess I'll go the Sony service center or else, the championship!!
Thanks for the support anyways!! :good:
Hi,
Couple of days ago same happened to me.
I just took phone to hand and realized that its completely dead. Just like this, without a reason. No vibrations, led blinks, no reaction for any button combinations, plug-in charger and so on.
After a long time of fighting, reading forums, youtube clips etc. something started to change and prevented me to buy another phone.
First symptom was that in time where power button is pressed the red light had blinked two times shortly and then again and again. When button had been released again nothing.
Then I've been trying to connect phone to PC in flashmode. It has failed but I've observed that right after usb connector is plugged, windows knows that something has been connected ( "USB device connected" sound) but 2 -3 seconds later
disconnected ("USB device disconnected sound"). In this moment PC companion even was able to complete step "connect the device" but right after that it returned error (disconnect device, connect again and try again).
Then I connected phone to wall charger again. Now, when I do this, in first moment i see short blink of red light and immediately after this it starts to shine constantly for a couple of minutes. After that red light goes out for another couple of minutes and whole sequence repeats again and again in loop (short red light -> long red light-> no light).
I've red somewhere that constant red light means that phone battery has not enough power even to run charging mode via kernel (not enough power to run kernel). The suggestion is to be patient and charge the phone via wall charger for 15 or 20 hours, what currently happens. I'm still waiting for miracle. I could buy new battery but I wouldn't like to do this for nothing.
If you have any suggestions or advices/confirmation what the red light sequence means please feel free to comment @karan please share with us the result of service intervention and root cause of issue if possible. Thx in advance.
ps. additionally I've discovered that usb cable which I used is broken. different phone connected via this cable to pc is not recognized (nothing happens) but under another cable it does normally. It might be the reason of problems but I have no Idea if it could result the battery dead.
Hi,
Anyone knows if phone should work without battery? I've seen such information on polish android forum however when I unplugged the battery and plugged charger nothing happened. Only one short red blink and then nothing. If phone should work in such state it means that my problem is not related to battery.
Hello.
Please take your time to read this message.. It contains detailed information about this case...
I have a broken Z1 phone which I'm trying to fix. It all started with the phone turning off randomly, and wasn't possible to turn it back on. Not using the power button/red reset button or using power + volume up together (this worked previous times).
When the screen died, I could see white blocks of pixels moving around a few seconds before it completely shut down. There were no signs of life after that, the LED was completely dead as well. The computer didn't notice the device if I connected it with a USB cable. If I tried to charge the phone, the LED wouldn't turn red.
I decided to wait for a week in order to see if the battery could run out of charge. So after a week I took the USB cable and started to charge it. The LED turned back on, with a red color, which is correct when it is charging.
I thought it would work to boot - but nope, it did not work at all. Now is the time I decided to open up my device. I used a heat gun to heat the back edges of the phone. I then used some palastic tool to open the back cover from the phone. It all went very smooth and I disconnected the battery from the phone (removed the cable from the motherboard).
I let it be for about 10 minutes. After that I inserted the cable back to the motherboard, and tried to boot. This time, nothing happend again.. So I started to charge it, and a screen came up saying 1% battery... So I let it charge the battery for a few hours until it rached 100%.
The battery is now 100% charged. The phone still refuses to boot up the first time. The second time I tried, it worked. I was able to connect my phone to my computer, so I took a backup of all files. I downloaded Sony PC Companion, and made a factory reset. This went very smooth as well.
I thought everything was fixed after this - but nope. The phone randomly shuts down a few times, and each and every time, I'm just starting it again (it did crash both when I was using it, and when I did not). I was speaking on the phone with it yesterday for 1 hour (used a bluetooth device), without the back cover connected to the phone. The call went very good and the phone didn't crash anymore that evening.
I thought everything was good, once again. So I was letting my phone be powered on during the night when I was sleeping. When I woke up, I went to check the phone - and it was: dead.
Since this, I have not been able to power it on again. No matter what I do. I have tried to disconnect the battery, check for cables that aren't fixed and so on.. But everything seems to be OK.
My thought was that the battery was bad, so I went to a store in order to check if the battery is OK or not. They tested the battery with some kind of device, and said it has about 40% charge left.. And they didn't see any issues with it.
So... now I'm wondering, what kind of parts do I need in order to fix my phone? Is it just a new battery, or is it the whole motherboard that is gone? What do you think? I know you guys are very experienced, so I have high hopes of help from you.
Regards
Hello!
Sorry to hear about what happened to your Z1, I'm currently in the state that my phone has a red LED when connected to anything and stays like that, PC doesn't even recognize it.
I see your problem is different, I'd suggest you to start here and hope for the best. Unfortunately I can't do that to my phone because PC is not recognizing my device.
Good luck
Regards,
~J2C
Just2Cause said:
Hello!
Sorry to hear about what happened to your Z1, I'm currently in the state that my phone has a red LED when connected to anything and stays like that, PC doesn't even recognize it.
I see your problem is different, I'd suggest you to start here and hope for the best. Unfortunately I can't do that to my phone because PC is not recognizing my device.
Good luck
Regards,
~J2C
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Thanks for your reply. I have already tried that, however, my PC is not recognizing the phone either - so I'm not really sure how to proceed.
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Thanks for your reply. I have already tried that, however, my PC is not recognizing the phone either - so I'm not really sure how to proceed.
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Then all I can say is.. Welcome abroad!
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Then all I can say is.. Welcome abroad!
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Well, thank you...
I decided to take apart the device even more, and I found something on my motherboard, which probably is rust.
Check it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z1/help/dead-motherboard-sony-xperia-z1-pictures-t3143905
Hi, I think my z1 is not yet completely dead, it still recognized by my PC. Its just no display, is there way to fix this issue,?thanks
MEandMC said:
Hi, I think my z1 is not yet completely dead, it still recognized by my PC. Its just no display, is there way to fix this issue,?thanks
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Hello.
Have you tried Volume up + power button pressed together for about 10-15 seconds? Do you feel any vibrations, how many?
Robinjoeh said:
Hello.
Have you tried Volume up + power button pressed together for about 10-15 seconds? Do you feel any vibrations, how many?
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Yes, I watch it over YouTube. Still not working
MEandMC said:
Yes, I watch it over YouTube. Still not working
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Download Sony PC Companion, plug in your phone and follow the instructions in order to reset your phone. If that doesn't work, then you have probably had water or some other hardware failure.
Is this problem will cost me a lot of money if I'll bring it back to Sony for them to repair?
MEandMC said:
Is this problem will cost me a lot of money if I'll bring it back to Sony for them to repair?
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Not if you repair via Sony PC Companion. It will re-install the system on the phone, so in case it is a software error, it will be fixed.
However, if that doesn't help, then you need to check if you have any warranty valid on your phone. Even if you have warranty, it is not sure that Sony will cover costs for repairing your device. For example water damages will most likely be refused, and you'll have to pay for it yourself. I don't know how much it would cost though.