Try it with your own risk, I'm not resposible if you damage your phone and if anything else happens. Below instructions have been tested by me personally and were working.
I can't put any shortcut to my steps, since I'm not going to brick my phone again and test it
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My phone had an unlock bootloader.
What have I done:
- used my other charger to charge my sony xperia z ( Huawei charger and cable), but yet the screen is off and only red led is appearing
-changed the operating system that I used, since I was running on windows 8, I changed the pc and went to try my luck on windows 8.1
- installed flashtool and drivers( sony xperia z, fastboot and flash mode) with disable driver signature
- Installed Emma from Sony website, I think it helped with the drivers(though I didn't signin to the app)
- connected phone and as it only blinked a red light , on the computer it would automatically detect a new driver and install it
- I noticed now when opening the flashtool that it detected my phone with usb debugging off ( at least it found out something, rather than the first attempt on windows 8 it would show nothing ) , but it disconnects as It shows in the flashtool process
- tried every attempt to get into flash mode or fastboot but I failed
- unplugged the device and made sure it was off (because when I unplug it, the red led is still on, so I hold power button and volume + for few seconds until it turns off and then release those buttons)
- connected again the device, but now even debugging task on flashtool won't appear, ( when connecting it, it shows phone disconnected in the task of flashtool)
- unplugged the device again and now I went back to the flashtool drivers and ticked to install ( sony xperia z, sony xperia z tablet, fastboot and flash mode) and installed the drivers again
- plugged the device and on flashtool I hold power button and volume up(+) , so the red light goes off and I hear from the computer the device connecting and disconnecting , Held those buttons for 10 seconds and then I held volume down (-) only, so the phone led blinked red and green light and quickly went off.
-now my device is connected in flash mode , so I quickly flashed a (ftf) official sony rom
- tasks completed in the flashtool.
- booted the device and the screen is now on and the sony logo appeared( yaaaaay)
- phone booted and shows battery 2% , I ran quickly and charged it and now the phone is back on and everything works great.
... I know this was long to read, but It took my way too long to figure this, I hope that if there is anyone there who has a similar problem to try out what have I done and might get lucky.
Note: my phone had a blank screen and I couldn't do anything that time and I read hundreds of forums about this issue and tried almost everything, but it didn't work with me.
ALL OF THE ABOVE were of my own, I tried things around and messed a little and never thought that I would get my phone back running, but whatever I was trying was really tiring and It took me hours, to finally find myself, unbricking my Sony Xperia Z.
Thank me If this helped you:good:
cheers.
If you tried out every tip and nothing worked, give this a shot instead of asking again:fingers-crossed:
Thank you Bro. With your method i fixed my bricked XZ with red LED.
.FTF?
so, what's the .FTF filmware you flash it? i have a c6606 on bootstall and, sometimes, just dont boot
THAT IS THE Help & Troubleshooting FORUM YOU MOST POST THIS IN GENERAL FORUM!!
Thanks a bunch helped a lot
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sony xperia z
such. I have a problem with my sony xperia z just does not turn me red LED lights only that color. more pressing volume. and power button vibrates four times. vibrates the first time after two seconds vibrates 3 times in a row, then try to turn it on and nothing happens can you help me and I do use q sony pc companion. alleged mind and I update it then try to turn it on and not someone tell me I can do
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quetal. tengo un problema con mi sony xperia z no me enciende solo enciende el led color rojo solo eso. al presionar volumen mas . y boton de encendido vibra cuatro veces. vibra la primera ves luego de 2 segundo vibra 3 veces seguidas, luego trato de encenderlo y no pasa nada me pueden ayudar q puedo hacer ya use sony pc companion. supuesta mente ya me lo actualizo luego trate de encenderlo y no enciende
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Xperia Z HELP
My xperia z will go into fastboot and flash but wont work after i flashed it. HELP?????
Sony Xperia Z doesnt boot and vibrates 3 times
Ive got a Sony Xperia Z model C6603 4G/LTE
After ive got some issues with the moisture on the cameras,i got rid of them,also the backlight lcd has some water in it,but 95% i managed to get rid of it
The flaps was closed when it got moisture on the cameras
the main problem is,the Xperia Z worked fine untill it got dead,after heating up a bit the phone,not on of course,it was off by then,and got 3% of battery
now the Xperia Z vibrates 3 times and shows the red LED and then turns off,same procedure over and over again...with the charger hooked in
I tryed the Power + Vol Down,didnt help,aside of the sudden flickering screen
The Sony logo only appeares when i rapidly tap the power button but then shuts down completely
i flashed the ftf of Android 4.3 again via Flashtool with the help of the taping the power button...the flash was a success,but still no signs of booting up
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can't make the computer recognize the phone
Hi, i've been trying and trying to do this but I can't make the computer recognize the phone. The Red LED stays on and the phone just doesn't do anything. Sometimes when I press vol + and power, it will vibrate 4 times but that's about it. About 1 hour ago I plugged in the phone to the computer and it turned on, it showed me the charging screen and the computer recognized it. Then it shut down and it hasn't turned on again since. Right now it's plugged to the wall with the red LED on but doesn't do anything. Help please I miss my XZ.
ripadram said:
Hi, i've been trying and trying to do this but I can't make the computer recognize the phone. The Red LED stays on and the phone just doesn't do anything. Sometimes when I press vol + and power, it will vibrate 4 times but that's about it. About 1 hour ago I plugged in the phone to the computer and it turned on, it showed me the charging screen and the computer recognized it. Then it shut down and it hasn't turned on again since. Right now it's plugged to the wall with the red LED on but doesn't do anything. Help please I miss my XZ.
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Why dont you try flashing stock rom using flashtool?
androidtweaker1 said:
Why dont you try flashing stock rom using flashtool?
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Can't do it because the phone is dead. The computer doesn't recognize it, and I'm starting to think it's a battery issue. I left it charging overnight, today it had the green LED and the screen showed a full battery charge. As soon as I disconnected it from the wall charger, the phone died and when I connected it again the LED went back to red as if it hadn't been charged. So I think the battery might be dead, what do you guys think?¿
ripadram said:
Can't do it because the phone is dead. The computer doesn't recognize it, and I'm starting to think it's a battery issue. I left it charging overnight, today it had the green LED and the screen showed a full battery charge. As soon as I disconnected it from the wall charger, the phone died and when I connected it again the LED went back to red as if it hadn't been charged. So I think the battery might be dead, what do you guys think?¿
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looks like battery issue then
androidtweaker1 said:
looks like battery issue then
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I've been trying, and no I wast just about to update my earlier post. I connected it to the computer and it showed me the sony logo followed by the charging screen but it showed a full charge. I'm currently battling the computer because sometimes it will recognize it and sometimes it won't. Right now when it does recognize it it says S1 Service but haven't been able to move passed that because the phone reboots itself. Last time it happened the LED went red then green and then nothing happened. So I'm in the middle of that.
ripadram said:
I've been trying, and no I wast just about to update my earlier post. I connected it to the computer and it showed me the sony logo followed by the charging screen but it showed a full charge. I'm currently battling the computer because sometimes it will recognize it and sometimes it won't. Right now when it does recognize it it says S1 Service but haven't been able to move passed that because the phone reboots itself. Last time it happened the LED went red then green and then nothing happened. So I'm in the middle of that.
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Hold up volume key and connect to pc, see what happens
androidtweaker1 said:
Hold up volume key and connect to pc, see what happens
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did that and nothing happened. The PC recognizes the phone as Qualcomm - Composite #2 (connects and disconnects) and I can't get the phone into flashmode.
ripadram said:
did that and nothing happened. The PC recognizes the phone as Qualcomm - Composite #2 (connects and disconnects) and I can't get the phone into flashmode.
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volume up is fastboot
try holding down volume key and connection
Locked Bootloader
AhmedZadjali said:
Try it with your own risk, I'm not resposible if you damage your phone and if anything else happens. Below instructions have been tested by me personally and were working.
I can't put any shortcut to my steps, since I'm not going to brick my phone again and test it
_______________________________
My phone had an unlock bootloader.
What have I done:
- used my other charger to charge my sony xperia z ( Huawei charger and cable), but yet the screen is off and only red led is appearing
-changed the operating system that I used, since I was running on windows 8, I changed the pc and went to try my luck on windows 8.1
- installed flashtool and drivers( sony xperia z, fastboot and flash mode) with disable driver signature
- Installed Emma from Sony website, I think it helped with the drivers(though I didn't signin to the app)
- connected phone and as it only blinked a red light , on the computer it would automatically detect a new driver and install it
- I noticed now when opening the flashtool that it detected my phone with usb debugging off ( at least it found out something, rather than the first attempt on windows 8 it would show nothing ) , but it disconnects as It shows in the flashtool process
- tried every attempt to get into flash mode or fastboot but I failed
- unplugged the device and made sure it was off (because when I unplug it, the red led is still on, so I hold power button and volume + for few seconds until it turns off and then release those buttons)
- connected again the device, but now even debugging task on flashtool won't appear, ( when connecting it, it shows phone disconnected in the task of flashtool)
- unplugged the device again and now I went back to the flashtool drivers and ticked to install ( sony xperia z, sony xperia z tablet, fastboot and flash mode) and installed the drivers again
- plugged the device and on flashtool I hold power button and volume up(+) , so the red light goes off and I hear from the computer the device connecting and disconnecting , Held those buttons for 10 seconds and then I held volume down (-) only, so the phone led blinked red and green light and quickly went off.
-now my device is connected in flash mode , so I quickly flashed a (ftf) official sony rom
- tasks completed in the flashtool.
- booted the device and the screen is now on and the sony logo appeared( yaaaaay)
- phone booted and shows battery 2% , I ran quickly and charged it and now the phone is back on and everything works great.
... I know this was long to read, but It took my way too long to figure this, I hope that if there is anyone there who has a similar problem to try out what have I done and might get lucky.
Note: my phone had a blank screen and I couldn't do anything that time and I read hundreds of forums about this issue and tried almost everything, but it didn't work with me.
ALL OF THE ABOVE were of my own, I tried things around and messed a little and never thought that I would get my phone back running, but whatever I was trying was really tiring and It took me hours, to finally find myself, unbricking my Sony Xperia Z.
Thank me If this helped you:good:
cheers.
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Is it possible to do it with a locked bootloader?
weird phone is weird UPDATE!!
If one think something is weird,it can get weirder.
After a few months using my phone without the disabled powerbutton (see story below) I noticed I could not get the screen on by using volume up button, a brief moment I thought it died, but it turned out to be that the powerbutton is back, all things normal again.
The old story how it started :
I I came to this section after a desperate search on my wife's phone while on vacation in Turkey and my Xperia c6603 seemed to have died,
Chronological happenings:
Me and wife at pool
Me having idea,filming and take pictures in pool from wife.
Me thinking phone is watertight, (dangerous thoughts)
Me filming underwater for few seconds at only 10 centimeters of depth.
Phone starting act weird, lockscreen off, lockscreen on, loc....... Around 10 times, then black screen and vibrating : 1 vibrate, short pause, 3 vibrates, short pause, one vibrate.......don't know exactly how much because of me innerself panicking while acting normal on the outside.
Tried to switch on phone, no response...
Connected phone to external batterycasing and pressed charge, phone vibrated again the code of death
Now I realized water entered the phone and it probably entered trough powerbutton.
Me searched Google on wife's phone for this issue and found this thread, worsening my thoughts after read what agony ppl have gone trough when the "thing" happened.
Me opening all 4 """watertight""" (haha) doors to let water evaporate out, waterdamage indicators still white!
Tried several times starting phone after hour in the turkey's sun, 36 Celsius here today!
After while when I kinda gave up the screen was on, wich gave me back the year that I would die earlier because of the things happening to me while not showing on the outside.
Then noticed the text downleft in screen: safe mode!
Tried restart but powerbutton nonresponsive, noticed powerbuttonfunction shifted to volume up!! Wich looks like the phone somehow noticed something must be wrong with the powerbutton and made itself usable again by relocating this function to another button.
Phone is fully functional again, had to download app though to lock screen cause volume up only unlocks and pops up shutdown/Screenshot dialog when screen is on.
Dat weird phone!
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I'm having the weirdest problem.
My Xperia Z wont boot up, it will only boot when i have USB in my PC and connected to the Xperia Z.
When I disconnect the USB the phone shuts down in about 3-15 seconds.
I tried to reflash the stock tft via Flashtool.
I tried to reflash via SUS
I tried to reflash/repair via PC Companion.
At the moment stock firmware is installed but the problem is still there.
I tried to Google but I cant find anyone with the same problem.
Please help!
What's your battery like because to me is sound like a battery problem, USB is supplying power and a soon as you remove power it dies,
Boot phone up and do a service test on battery *#*#service#*#*
A maybe completely wrong
P. S. Have you had your phone near water what colour is the paper under your tabs (should be white not pink)
Sent from my C6603 using xda premium
i have the same thing ...
midego said:
I'm having the weirdest problem.
My Xperia Z wont boot up, it will only boot when i have USB in my PC and connected to the Xperia Z.
When I disconnect the USB the phone shuts down in about 3-15 seconds.
I tried to reflash the stock tft via Flashtool.
I tried to reflash via SUS
I tried to reflash/repair via PC Companion.
At the moment stock firmware is installed but the problem is still there.
I tried to Google but I cant find anyone with the same problem.
Please help!
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I have the exact same problem! have you found a solution yet? i'm thinking it's a hardware problem because of the fact that i have had this problem on different ROMs and even when i flashed it back to original firmware using sony's flastool.
The battery test under *#*#service#*#* says there's nothing wrong with it...
It's getting really frustrating actually... Phone is practically unuseable...
i think your phone does not turns off, im having the exact same problem, try put the screen to sleep every 30 minutes, if it last 30 minutes with the screen on, then your phone is having the same problem i have:
something like the volume up button "always pressed" so the power button doesnt react because its like detecting hard reset combination.
if the screen sleeps, you press the power button it does not come up, if you connect the usb, screen comes up. phone is not off.
if its like that, im glad i helped at least identify the problem (if you find a solution other than sending to sony (they'll charge me because my warranty is void) PLEASE TELL ME
EDIT: I FIXED IT!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44980996#post44980996
blackknigt said:
i think your phone does not turns off, im having the exact same problem, try put the screen to sleep every 30 minutes, if it last 30 minutes with the screen on, then your phone is having the same problem i have:
something like the volume up button "always pressed" so the power button doesnt react because its like detecting hard reset combination.
if the screen sleeps, you press the power button it does not come up, if you connect the usb, screen comes up. phone is not off.
if its like that, im glad i helped at least identify the problem (if you find a solution other than sending to sony (they'll charge me because my warranty is void) PLEASE TELL ME
EDIT: I FIXED IT!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44980996#post44980996
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Hello, sorry if this question had been posted before. I just confusing with my Xperia Z1. It's just blank screen, no Sony logo, no boot animation, etc.
I've tried to hold power+vol up but nothing happen. When i put the charge on and i press the power+vol up, it vibrate three times and nothing happen.
What should i do with this?? I hope it's not hardware failure.
Thx for the answer and suggestion.
did you flash anything prior to it going like that?
Sent from my C6903 using Tapatalk
7supreme said:
Hello, sorry if this question had been posted before. I just confusing with my Xperia Z1. It's just blank screen, no Sony logo, no boot animation, etc.
I've tried to hold power+vol up but nothing happen. When i put the charge on and i press the power+vol up, it vibrate three times and nothing happen.
What should i do with this?? I hope it's not hardware failure.
Thx for the answer and suggestion.
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When you hear the three times vibration then you shutting down your phone and after that the phone is turned off completely, then leave it under wall charger via USB or Dock for minimum 4 hours, if it do not turn on then you have to flash a new Firmware OR Repair via PC Companion. Download Official Sony PC Companion and repair your phone. Other way is to use Flashtool and download the latest FTF from Mega Collection and flash it. Then it should turn on.
hi
i have the same problem with my z1 xperia
the pc companion wont see my phone to preform any kind of repair
any ideas
thanks
if nothing is happening just the LED red blinks even when you put the device in the charge, its hard bricked and will be fixed just with opening the phone and relive it with test point ...
maybe this thread will help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2646405
7supreme said:
Hello, sorry if this question had been posted before. I just confusing with my Xperia Z1. It's just blank screen, no Sony logo, no boot animation, etc.
I've tried to hold power+vol up but nothing happen. When i put the charge on and i press the power+vol up, it vibrate three times and nothing happen.
What should i do with this?? I hope it's not hardware failure.
Thx for the answer and suggestion.
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If it's brick, no prob, let's begin
Requirements:
The latest Flash Tools version, the latest FTF file of your phone, or any FTF file you want
Plug your phone to AC charger for about one or two minutes, and if you see red LED, now your phone is OK
1) If your phone has more than 50 percent charges, you can unplug it
2) If it has less 50 percent, let it charge for about an hour or more till it reaches 70 percent
So, no matter the first way or second, after you unplug it, now you can now connect your phone via USB and flash it
If you do everything correctly and if nothing goes wrong, after flashing, you can use your phone without any problem
If you couldn't do it, inform me to help you more
Look at the micro sd slot. Is there a red stripe? Or white?
If red, it's a water damage
Sent from my C6903 using XDA Free mobile app
I had also a blinking light.. it was a broken accu.
l92 said:
Look at the micro sd slot. Is there a red stripe? Or white?
If red, it's a water damage
Sent from my C6903 using XDA Free mobile app
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It happened exactly the same with mine. I was on stock rom, and went to the swimming pool with it. But the stripe is white.
I cannot turn it on and only get the red light blinking when is plugged into the charger...
Help...
Miguel Pereira said:
It happened exactly the same with mine. I was on stock rom, and went to the swimming pool with it. But the stripe is white.
I cannot turn it on and only get the red light blinking when is plugged into the charger...
Help...
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Try the hard brick fix (if you have warranty send to Sony instead). I doubt it'll do anything because it seems by your decription the hardware is damaged physically, but its worth a shot.
kentexcitebot said:
Try the hard brick fix (if you have warranty send to Sony instead). I doubt it'll do anything because it seems by your decription the hardware is damaged physically, but its worth a shot.
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I already sent it to the warranty. Now we play the waiting game...
zony xperia z1 bricked
I have the same problem !! PLS HELP !! THE PHONE IS DEAD !! My pc don`t recognize the phone !! no led... the phone not charging! what to do?? help please my z1 bricked today while updating Monster'$ Rom my Phone is entirely lifeless ... no LED light, NOTHING
When connect to PC... nothing at all happens, doesn't even pick up the phone!
Have tried VOL + and power
VOL - + power
VOL - and power
Still NOTHING... phone is DEAD
Please help me friends
Please Help any Dev!!
Please i need help, i hard bricked my z1 c6903 ,restoring a backup with unlocked bootloader , this time the pone is totally dead. When in plugg in it blinks a red light.Im reading all about this and im a bit confused ,can anyone help me please?I really appreciate if u can.Best regards
SANTUMIL said:
Please i need help, i hard bricked my z1 c6903 ,restoring a backup with unlocked bootloader , this time the pone is totally dead. When in plugg in it blinks a red light.Im reading all about this and im a bit confused ,can anyone help me please?I really appreciate if u can.Best regards
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srichinu said:
I have the same problem !! PLS HELP !! THE PHONE IS DEAD !! My pc don`t recognize the phone !! no led... the phone not charging! what to do?? help please my z1 bricked today while updating Monster'$ Rom my Phone is entirely lifeless ... no LED light, NOTHING
When connect to PC... nothing at all happens, doesn't even pick up the phone!
Have tried VOL + and power
VOL - + power
VOL - and power
Still NOTHING... phone is DEAD
Please help me friends
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7supreme said:
Hello, sorry if this question had been posted before. I just confusing with my Xperia Z1. It's just blank screen, no Sony logo, no boot animation, etc.
I've tried to hold power+vol up but nothing happen. When i put the charge on and i press the power+vol up, it vibrate three times and nothing happen.
What should i do with this?? I hope it's not hardware failure.
Thx for the answer and suggestion.
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ali_assaf said:
hi
i have the same problem with my z1 xperia
the pc companion wont see my phone to preform any kind of repair
any ideas
thanks
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NiM72NiK said:
if nothing is happening just the LED red blinks even when you put the device in the charge, its hard bricked and will be fixed just with opening the phone and relive it with test point ...
maybe this thread will help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2646405
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Drain your battery completely
By Pressing and holding volume up and power button for 15 second, no vibration dont worry just hold it for 15 seconds and forget your phone for 1-2 days
Get working charger and usb cable check it then connect charger to phone there should be red light
Leave your phone for 3-4 hours
Now disconnect your phone from charger
Again check usb cable and drivers in pc
Open flashtool and get stock ftf ready for flashing
Once the dialog box appears with phone's animation
press and hold just volume down button and connect your phone with pc and immediately Release volume down button as soon as dialogue box disappears
Then disconnect phone when instructed in flashtool and wait for 4-5 minutes
Now try to turn on the phone.
Main thing is to have patience
This should work as i have my phone in same hardbricked state twice and this brought life in my phone back..!
This fixed mine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GelRGJrL08s
sony z1 red light blinking problem
i have sony z1 with red light blinking problem while charging or powering on i tried flashtool with ftf and pc companion my pc not recognice it please help me
I've had exactly the same problem, nothing but the blinking red light. I replaced the battery (around $6 on aliexpress) and the phone worked again!
Berenpak02 said:
I've had exactly the same problem, nothing but the blinking red light. I replaced the battery (around $6 on aliexpress) and the phone worked again!
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I hope, your solution works for me too. I ordered a battery and waiting for delivering it. If it won't work, I'll write here to help someone like us who wants to order a new battery.
Edit:
After battery changing, the phone worked. I don't know why, but it had been locked and rebooted repeatedly. Then I resetted to the factory settings. After that, it has been started to run well.
I've done searching on this forum but I haven't found any answers that are specific to my issue. I just bought this Xperia SP from a retailer online. It may be a refurb, I'm not sure, but it looks brand new. Anyways, when I opened the box and tried to turn it on, nothing happened. Ok I thought, I'll just charge it. When I charge it, the red light on the bottom just comes and goes. Stays on for a few minutes, then goes off for a few minutes. I let it charge for almost 6 hours like this and nothing has happened. When I plug the phone into my PC you hear the USB connected sound, but right after you hear the disconnected sound, and nothing shows up in device manager. I tried the Vol+ and Power button combo and nothing happens. I tried holding the reset button on the back for 5-10 seconds and nothing happens. I get no vibrations at all. The phone is not detected in any program like SUS, Flashtool, or PC companion. Some times when I press the power button I get 2 red short flashes, I have no idea what this means as it's not consistent, and only happens every once in a while. Anyways, I think I may just return it and hope for a replacement :\ Any ideas?
handisnacks said:
I've done searching on this forum but I haven't found any answers that are specific to my issue. I just bought this Xperia SP from a retailer online. It may be a refurb, I'm not sure, but it looks brand new. Anyways, when I opened the box and tried to turn it on, nothing happened. Ok I thought, I'll just charge it. When I charge it, the red light on the bottom just comes and goes. Stays on for a few minutes, then goes off for a few minutes. I let it charge for almost 6 hours like this and nothing has happened. When I plug the phone into my PC you hear the USB connected sound, but right after you hear the disconnected sound, and nothing shows up in device manager. I tried the Vol+ and Power button combo and nothing happens. I tried holding the reset button on the back for 5-10 seconds and nothing happens. I get no vibrations at all. The phone is not detected in any program like SUS, Flashtool, or PC companion. Some times when I press the power button I get 2 red short flashes, I have no idea what this means as it's not consistent, and only happens every once in a while. Anyways, I think I may just return it and hope for a replacement :\ Any ideas?
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Faced with same issue a month ago, after a buy Xperia SP from Ebay. Same symptoms: red light while charging, sound on PC when I first time connect with it, with no luck at all. First of my attempts to fix this, is changing my usb cable, then installing universal android usb driver, but nothing helped me. Then I just ask google for my problem . This is an answer that helped me:
Xperia SP comes with a non removable battery.So turning off in this condition is not possible by removing battery.The volume up+power button doesnt work in Xperia SP unlike other phones.The solution is given below.
Remove the back cover of Xperia SP and look for a small yellow dot on mid bottom with “OFF” written below it. Check the image below.
Now “Press & Hold Down the OFF Button, using a tip of pen or any other pointed object for around 10 seconds”. Phones vibrates and will be switched off automatically. Check image below.
P.S. Don’t use very sharp objects as it may damage the OFF Button.
Now phone restarts.
After restarting we found that our Xperia SP got back to normal temperature and everything was fine. :smileyhappy: We were able to charge our Xperia SP again, device was cool.
Hope it will work for you also
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I don't think you read my post thoroughly. I tried the reset button on the back, it didn't do anything.
Plug the phone into the computer, reset your device (yellow button), than immediately press and hold volume down key. If computer respond with sound and green led notification on phone, next step is SUS (Sony update service) to factory reset your device and start with latest stock firmware.
7alizani said:
Plug the phone into the computer, reset your device (yellow button), than immediately press and hold volume down key. If computer respond with sound and green led notification on phone, next step is SUS (Sony update service) to factory reset your device and start with latest stock firmware.
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That's actually a good idea and I hadn't tried it. However, after trying it now it still didn't work :\ Still nothing. It's as if my reset button doesn't even do anything. I push it with a small object and it doesn't feel like an actual button, there's no movement to it.
I get the green LED for some seconds but then it turns off and boots back up to the red LED again. Any help?
I believe the problem was because of no charge or the phone was too hot?
Anyways, I'm glad to say that I let it charge first and then let it cool down, download a stock tft firmware and flashed it using Flashtool. Now everything is fine until now.
Going to try and see if I can install that 4.4.4 ROM, again...
I encountered that problem when i updated my phone my phone previously, i just reflashed my ftf.
Sent From My Xperia Sp (C5303)
I had a simmilar issue , look what you have to do:
1- Connect the phone to the PC , you must see the red light , if not wait few minuts , you must see it.
2- When you have the red light , put the phone near of you and keep you eyes on it for 5-15 minuits , you must see the green light turn on.
3- When you got the green light take your phone , and even if it goes off , now hold the VOL - botton and then hold the Off botton in the bottom of back of the phone for 7-10 seconds , you must the the green light turn off and on again. (you have to do all of that while it's still connected to PC)
When the green light turned on again that mean you are on flashmode , now better to use Flashtool to flash a firmwate.
Notice: the phone may get disconnect while flashing , so you must to flash it in 2 levels: first one by excluding the system.sin then flash it.
The second time you redo those steps to get into flashmode again , go and flash only system.sin be uncheck the wipe boxes , and by checking all exclude boxes but the system one.
You may fail flashing the system many times because it's the longest step , so try to charge your phone more time and try to flash it again and again.
I've test everything...!!!
Hi all,
A few days ago i had the same problem as you. My SP is officially dead. The thing is that i made a progress and and i'd like to understand some things. I read an article about testpoints of SP and the s1tool. I check the testpoint and i noticed that nothing goes right. My s1tool output is something like that:
Welcome to S1 tool.
That is small and crippled subset of SETOOL2 service tool.
SELECT FIRMWARE PACKAGES
YOU CAN SELECT SEVERAL PACKAGES WITH CTRL BUTTON
CHECKING PACKAGES ...
DETACH USB CABLE FROM PHONE
REMOVE BATTERY FROM PHONE
ATTACH TESTPOINT
PRESS "READY", THEN ATTACH USB CABLE TO PHONE
UNEXPECTED COMMAND 01000000
Elapsed:17 secs.
TO CONNECT NEXT PHONES
X10 Xperia,E10 Mini,E15 Xperia X8,U20 Mini Pro
LT15 Xperia ARC,MT15 Xperia NEO,R800 Xperia PLAY
PRESS AND HOLD "BACK" BUTTON...
ST18 Xperia RAY,ST15 Xperia Mini,SK17 Xperia Mini Pro
and Sony Xperia phone
PRESS AND HOLD "Volume Down" BUTTON...
PLEASE ATTACH TURNED OFF PHONE NOW
Waiting for phone ...
RUNNING S1_BOOT VER "R11B023"
LOADER AID: 0001
DEVICE ID: D30BD903
FLASH ID: "0003/00000015"
LOADER VERSION: "R5G008"
MODEL (from GDFS): C5303
SOFTWARE VERSION: 1269-3538_12.1.A.1.205
CUSTOM VERSION: 1272-4891_R3B
FILESYSTEM VERSION: GLOBAL-LTE_12.1.A.1.205
SERIAL NO: YT9108RNA1
Elapsed:11 secs.
As you see the phone is recognized by my pc. The thing is that all this happens ONLY when i have the battery pulled off. When i pull on the battery again the phone starts with red light and few minutes later red light stops. Also i'd like to mention that everything is ok when the battery is off (Flash mode, Fastboot mode). And i have 2 batteries 1 old and 1 brand new. So what is this? Its a hardware problem or something about TA lost???? PLS Help me.
Best Regards.
Hi there i think i'm in a worse state than you
prowler19 said:
Hi all,
A few days ago i had the same problem as you. My SP is officially dead. The thing is that i made a progress and and i'd like to understand some things. I read an article about testpoints of SP and the s1tool. I check the testpoint and i noticed that nothing goes right. My s1tool output is something like that:
Welcome to S1 tool.
That is small and crippled subset of SETOOL2 service tool.
SELECT FIRMWARE PACKAGES
YOU CAN SELECT SEVERAL PACKAGES WITH CTRL BUTTON
CHECKING PACKAGES ...
DETACH USB CABLE FROM PHONE
REMOVE BATTERY FROM PHONE
ATTACH TESTPOINT
PRESS "READY", THEN ATTACH USB CABLE TO PHONE
UNEXPECTED COMMAND 01000000
Elapsed:17 secs.
TO CONNECT NEXT PHONES
X10 Xperia,E10 Mini,E15 Xperia X8,U20 Mini Pro
LT15 Xperia ARC,MT15 Xperia NEO,R800 Xperia PLAY
PRESS AND HOLD "BACK" BUTTON...
ST18 Xperia RAY,ST15 Xperia Mini,SK17 Xperia Mini Pro
and Sony Xperia phone
PRESS AND HOLD "Volume Down" BUTTON...
PLEASE ATTACH TURNED OFF PHONE NOW
Waiting for phone ...
RUNNING S1_BOOT VER "R11B023"
LOADER AID: 0001
DEVICE ID: D30BD903
FLASH ID: "0003/00000015"
LOADER VERSION: "R5G008"
MODEL (from GDFS): C5303
SOFTWARE VERSION: 1269-3538_12.1.A.1.205
CUSTOM VERSION: 1272-4891_R3B
FILESYSTEM VERSION: GLOBAL-LTE_12.1.A.1.205
SERIAL NO: YT9108RNA1
Elapsed:11 secs.
As you see the phone is recognized by my pc. The thing is that all this happens ONLY when i have the battery pulled off. When i pull on the battery again the phone starts with red light and few minutes later red light stops. Also i'd like to mention that everything is ok when the battery is off (Flash mode, Fastboot mode). And i have 2 batteries 1 old and 1 brand new. So what is this? Its a hardware problem or something about TA lost???? PLS Help me.
Best Regards.
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Hi there i think i'm in a worse state than you, my phone has been water damaged
I cleaned it with alcohol(99%) about a month after it swam with me in the sea(it was the soonest possible since it happened whilst i was on holiday and it did ruin my holiday ) i also replaced the battery but only a red light shows when i put it on charge wall and pc. before it didnt light up at all so its making progress... its not recognised by my pc however when i disconnect the battery it lights up pink, when battery connected its red. I have got no clue on what to do next, any ideas?
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:
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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?
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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.
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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
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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?
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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...
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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
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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.
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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...
Hey guys,
Havent been here in a long time... Well let me start from the beggining, i hope it wont be too long. I unlocked and rooted a phone a while ago (i think its irellevant), and had been using it since the without messing with anything but usual root stuff(lucky patcher, busybox, auto clicker and such). Today, i dropped it and after that it shut off, coudnt turn it on... I think it had a live vertically once that i was trying to boot it today, but it was sunlight so i am not sure.... When i try to turn it on it vibrates once. When i connect it to the charger it doesn't charge or light up the led. The screen is black all the time so no signs there. When i hold vol up+power it vibrates once and when i hold it for more time it vibrates three times, as it should but nothing comes up. But when i connect the charger, and hold vol up + power it vibrates and lights up red led. Then it stays on even when i disconnect the phone from charger.
I connected the phone to Sony Emma, and flashed KitKat build 10.5.1.A.0.292 but once again after it flashed nothing happened.
And i have also opened the phone back and checked the connections to the board, and they all seem to be fine ...
Should i bury it or is there something else i can do?
Anyone has any ideas ? i somehow managed to get to fastboot and flash mode and tried to flash recovery, custom rom, stock rom (with flashtool)... Nothing seems to work ...