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Help me plz!!! I hard brick my x8!!!!!

I tried to unlock my bootloader... i rooted and run at 2.1 firmware . Then i run s1tool and it shows 'R' (no idea y) then i run msm7227_setool2.cmd and done. Then i tried to reboots my phone and realize the phone is dead. no led indicator or respond... Any Pros plz help me on this!!!! thx alot!!

it showed 'R' means your phone's bootloader isn't unlocked, it must be 'r'.
When you boot up your phone, doew it show the Sony Ericsson logo? Can you boot to Recovery?

i cant even on my phone... like a dead phone! any solution? T.T

I'm sorry, I think you have to send your phone to shop or SE center for fixing.

Battery
Are you sure it's not a battery issue?

this x8 i newly bought 1... while it low battery when i doing these

Try using a new battery.

You shouldn't flash your phone during low battery.
This must be quietly dangerous!!

Same happened to me, any solution?
Do you really think is the battery(i had around 30 when i started the process and i did the process wih the flashtools+the update.)
http://androxyde.github.com/Flashtool/
It was going marvelous until....
01/044/2011 22:44:58 - INFO - Waiting for device
01/045/2011 22:45:26 - INFO - Device disconnected
01/046/2011 22:46:50 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging on
01/047/2011 22:47:40 - INFO - Pushing C:\Flashtool\custom\features\UnlockBL\files\my7227\my7227bootwrite_semcSL to /data/local/tmp
01/047/2011 22:47:44 - INFO - Pushing C:\Flashtool\custom\features\UnlockBL\files\my7227\mapper_2.6.29.ko to /data/local/tmp
01/047/2011 22:47:47 - INFO - Pushing C:\Flashtool\custom\features\UnlockBL\files\my7227\fixPart to /data/local/tmp
01/047/2011 22:47:55 - INFO - Running runfixPart as root thru sysrun
01/047/2011 22:47:58 - INFO - Successfully applied fixPart. Rebooting
01/048/2011 22:48:07 - INFO - Waiting for device
01/048/2011 22:48:11 - INFO - Device disconnected
01/048/2011 22:48:24 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
01/049/2011 22:49:37 - INFO - Running runbootwrite as root thru sysrun
01/049/2011 22:49:40 - INFO - Successfully applied unlock. Rebooting
01/049/2011 22:49:46 - INFO - Running runClean as root thru sysrun
01/049/2011 22:49:59 - INFO - Searching Xperia....

adriantcw said:
I tried to unlock my bootloader... i rooted and run at 2.1 firmware . Then i run s1tool and it shows 'R' (no idea y) then i run msm7227_setool2.cmd and done. Then i tried to reboots my phone and realize the phone is dead. no led indicator or respond... Any Pros plz help me on this!!!! thx alot!!
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try repairing with SEUS or use flashtool,

maybe same here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1369528
this poor gut matter:-
can't get into recovery even flash mode
no vibrate when pressing on button
no se white logo
no green led when pressing back button while plug in usb
no screen light
it died
are u got all the listed above??

nelikp said:
maybe same here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1369528
this poor gut matter:-
can't get into recovery even flash mode
no vibrate when pressing on button
no se white logo
no green led when pressing back button while plug in usb
no screen light
it died
are u got all the listed above??
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yes, all of 'em. died like a lifeless brick. Flashtool nor PCsuit detect it. Tried repairing in PCsuit, and because it doesnt turns on on recovery(or at least that is what it seems[no led or vibration respone], it doesnt gets recognized in the "turn of your phone, press back button and connect it to the computer". Not even device manager in the computer detects it as anything).
I am going to USACELL later today and prey they dont realize that i tried to unlock the bootloader, which i see dificult because it doesent even turns on.
(Same thing happened to my last blackberry and after 20 days i got this in change, but no hacking was made in that blackberry)

Battery should be at least 50%
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now i have this same problem... tried the bootloader hack... phone tried to restart BAM nothing... the phones battery was at 90% and i even put it on the charger (at the wall not pc) for at least 7 hours last night.... still nothing... any ideas? or am i out of luck...

tankknat said:
now i have this same problem... tried the bootloader hack... phone tried to restart BAM nothing... the phones battery was at 90% and i even put it on the charger (at the wall not pc) for at least 7 hours last night.... still nothing... any ideas? or am i out of luck...
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Date code?
Take out the battery, look at the sticker below ... there's a date code in the likes of 11W??
If it's past 11W29, then 99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999991% that it's a hard brick now.

i sent the x8 off to the SE approved repair company here in new zealand... cost me like $50 for them to tell me its UN-repairable...

Which bootloader do you haved?SEMC or something else?When SEMC bootloader then you must using "msm7227_semc tool" another way "msm7227_setool2".When the S1tool is showing"unknow bootloader" you should do NOTHING!
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And somewhere in internet is avalible a"S1tool" with "repair"button.It should help.Must connected phone in "flash mode" which you already have...

montekristo said:
Which bootloader do you haved?SEMC or something else?When SEMC bootloader then you must using "msm7227_semc tool" another way "msm7227_setool2".When the S1tool is showing"unknow bootloader" you should do NOTHING!
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And somewhere in internet is avalible a"S1tool" with "repair"button.It should help.Must connected phone in "flash mode" which you already have...
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unable too its hard bricked. there is no power going to the phone what so ever after the bootloader... and from all this ive learned to read ALOT more before going ahead to change things... but hey thats what we all do right... you gotta try before you get it right... battery was changed. and i think the company even tried using repairing cables to see if any power would go to it... nothing... sadly ive bricked my phone

montekristo said:
When the S1tool is showing"unknow bootloader" you should do NOTHING!
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The thing you refer to has NOTHING to do with the boot loader (as in "boot loader binary") itself but the digital SIMLOCK certificate. The only thing you got right is that s1tool saying "UNKNOWN SIMLOCK CERTIFICATE" means the phone's boot loader can't be unlocked (and shouldn't even be tried).
tankknat said:
unable too its hard bricked. there is no power going to the phone what so ever after the bootloader... and from all this ive learned to read ALOT more before going ahead to change things... but hey thats what we all do right... you gotta try before you get it right... battery was changed. and i think the company even tried using repairing cables to see if any power would go to it... nothing... sadly ive bricked my phone
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That's exactly what happens when you hard brick the phone at the boot loader unlock (i.e. MFD 11W29 or later) - No LED (indicating it would charge/get power), No LCD output, No vibrate, No reaction to the power button, Nothing... nada... nix... dead.
Now, as I outlined already in several posts there actually is a way to resurrect "shot" W/X8's - but that's most likely beyond the skills, and budget, of most people around here...
To reiterate again:
- You need a Qualcomm Resurrection cable fitting the X8.
- You need S1Tool (for free download at setool.net)
- You need "Credit" for S1Tool to perform the repair
- You need to partially open up your X8 to gain access to the printed component board.
With this you can resurrect the device through UART flash recovery.
That's a way the_laser outlined in a subsequent post on the forums at setool.net (way past the SETool post where he notified about the MSM7227 hard brick problem).

in re-wrote yesterday I also like that

[Q] can't flash X8, by error i flashed x10 kernel

[SOLVED] !
aditional info:
- baseband_015 2.1.1.A.0.6 X8i
- bootloader unlocked
- everything ****s up when i tried (a big mistake) to flash nAa-14 (for x10)
the story:
hi, i was doing this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350484
but, in the part where i have to flash the kernel, and the mistake whas that i have the x10 kernel, not the x8.
now, each time i want to flash using flashtool, i got this error message:
17/014/2013 23:14:19 - ERROR - C:\Flashtool;custom;root;ftkit.tar : Not found
i can't use seuz becouse i have the bootloader locked, and i can't unlock it becouse i can't flash
):!!!!, i searched a little in google, and everywhere say's that flashtool is the ultimate solution, i'm a little scared... , help plz
EDIT:
reinstalled flashtool (but this time in desktop), i got the same error
ERROR - C:\Users\lcjury\Desktop\Flashtool;custom;root;ftkit.tar Not found
so, i put the .tar file on the Desktop with this name "Flashtool;custom;root;ftkit.tar", but still without flashing, i got this output:
17/033/2013 23:33:33 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.
17/033/2013 23:33:41 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging on
17/033/2013 23:33:42 - INFO - Connected device : E15
17/033/2013 23:33:42 - INFO - Installed version of busybox : N/A
17/033/2013 23:33:42 - INFO - Android version : 2.1-update1 / kernel version : 2.6.29.6-nAa-14 / Build number : 2.1.1.A.0.6
17/033/2013 23:33:42 - INFO - Pushing C:\Users\lcjury\Desktop\Flashtool\.\devices\E15\busybox\1.20.2\busybox to /data/local/tmp/busybox
17/033/2013 23:33:43 - INFO - Installing toolbox to device...
17/033/2013 23:33:43 - INFO - Pushing C:\Users\lcjury\Desktop\Flashtool;custom;root;ftkit.tar to /data/local/tmp
17/033/2013 23:33:43 - INFO - Running installftkit as root thru sysrun
17/033/2013 23:33:43 - INFO - Root Access Allowed
[SOLVED]!!!
it's really strange, for some reason, if i try to turn on my xperia, the green led turn on, and turn off really fast, and then the screen turn on, and then turn off... if i try to do it again, nothing happend. but if i take out the battery, and put it again i cant restart the same process... knowing that, i trie to take out the battery, put it on, and flash from there... but the first time it failed:
18/027/2013 00:27:06 - ERROR -
18/027/2013 00:27:06 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted
but in that moment, the green led still's on, i hope that if (i think that the green leds say's that the xperia is somekind of "directly" connected to the pc ) i trie to flash again, and it works !!!
i'm really happy...
something more...
somebody could think that i spend 1 hour trying to fix this, well.. i really spend all the day ): now i will try to put ginger again !

lcjury said:
hi, i was doing this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350484
but, in the part where i have to flash the kernel, and the mistake whas that i have the x10 kernel, not the x8.
now, each time i want to flash using flashtool, i got this error message:
17/014/2013 23:14:19 - ERROR - C:\Flashtool;custom;root;ftkit.tar : Not found
i can't use seuz becouse i have the bootloader locked, and i can't unlock it becouse i can't flash
):!!!!, i searched a little in google, and everywhere say's that flashtool is the ultimate solution, i'm a little scared... , help plz
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How you flashed kernel on locked bootloader
If bootloader is locked best solution is PC companion
Sent from my X8

Gogeta said:
How you flashed kernel on locked bootloader
If bootloader is locked best solution is PC companion
Sent from my X8
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"i can't use seuz becouse i have the bootloader locked"
i forgot to say, that now, the xperia don't turn on, while i press the bottom, the screen lights turn on only for one second.

You can use PCC...it doesnt matter that you have unlocked bootlaoder
Here is a GUIDE HOW TO UNBRICK

Xperia x8 totaly dead
Hi all,
I need help in regard with Xperia x8. I tried to flash it using the latest Flashtool 0.9.13.0, in the flashtool window I had the only option x10 V1 BLRelock. I went ahead following the steps, everything seemed ok, asked to disconnect the cable and the phone not responding al all.
Lately I realised that I did not load the correct firmware/option....
I followed this tutorial but is not working for me. The phone is totally dead.
Any other option left, before throwing it?
Any help is welcome.

Emy12 said:
Hi all,
I need help in regard with Xperia x8. I tried to flash it using the latest Flashtool 0.9.13.0, in the flashtool window I had the only option x10 V1 BLRelock. I went ahead following the steps, everything seemed ok, asked to disconnect the cable and the phone not responding al all.
Lately I realised that I did not load the correct firmware/option....
I followed this tutorial but is not working for me. The phone is totally dead.
Any other option left, before throwing it?
Any help is welcome.
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Hi, Emy12. Have you checked out the unbricking part here? If you want to, you can download the Stock ROM here (courtesy of BlackRabbit1703 through 8cpaiw) and flash it to unbrick your X8.

Red_Acid said:
Hi, Emy12. Have you checked out the unbricking part here? If you want to, you can download the Stock ROM here (courtesy of BlackRabbit1703 through 8cpaiw) and flash it to unbrick your X8.
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Thank you for replay.
The problem is I can not power it at all, no life of it whatsoever, is totally dead, is not charging neither.
I went the a shop that deals with mobile phone stuff and they can not do anything, said that can not connect to the pc, it might be the power connector faulty, but no, is not faulty for sure. I do not think the flash tool damaged the connector socket.
It worked perfectly prior the problem.
I only did what I already stated in my previous post. I do not think there is a way to recover it.
I have to decide what I am going to do with it. I found for €20 a X8 in good working order , just the case is bad. The one I have is spotless except it stopped working. I am thinking to get it and change the board....
I will see now.

Emy12 said:
Thank you for replay.
The problem is I can not power it at all, no life of it whatsoever, is totally dead, is not charging neither.
I went the a shop that deals with mobile phone stuff and they can not do anything, said that can not connect to the pc, it might be the power connector faulty, but no, is not faulty for sure. I do not think the flash tool damaged the connector socket.
It worked perfectly prior the problem.
I only did what I already stated in my previous post. I do not think there is a way to recover it.
I have to decide what I am going to do with it. I found for €20 a X8 in good working order , just the case is bad. The one I have is spotless except it stopped working. I am thinking to get it and change the board....
I will see now.
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The only option is to take it to Sony...
Sent from my E15i using Tapatalk 2

Gogeta said:
The only option is to take it to Sony...
Sent from my E15i using Tapatalk 2
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Well, Sony? Will charge me a lot to fix it. I do not see how they will fix it, maybe to change the board or have other ways to do it.
I will give them a call to see how much will charge me.
I think it will be more than €20 the price for used one and swap the board.

[Solved] Stuck at Sony logo : Assistance needed and welcome

Dear Members and Expériences user,
My XZ is stuck at Sony logo:
How it happened:
Phone was Roted
Locked bootloader
Recovery installed
Using stock rom with pureaudio
As my phone was always running Multimedia process making it So hot and following users advices (perhaps due to a corrupted image) I have performed the folowing:
1- boot in recovery
2- backup phone and reboot
3- backup everything using titanium backup
4- transfer all backup from internal memory to sd card
5- Eject sd card
6- performed a wipe and factory reset from settings
7- reboot and configure apn and accounts
8- reinstall superuser then titanium backup apps
9- reboot
10- restore some apps (mainly games) and some systems settings (only sms/mms and phone call history)
11- as advice by TB reboot
12- bootloop...bootloop...
13- boot in recovery
14- restore (using advance fonction) system only
15- went off battery (I did not notice that my kids unplugged charger)
16- Here i am...
Please help me
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Here the procedure I have applied:
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First a Huge Thanks to :
- diego9016
- LitoNi
Which guided me on the solving.
As proposed, I have :
1- Installed the Sony PC Companion 2.10.155
2- Installed the Flashtool-0.9.10.2beta6 --> Thanks to Androxide for that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2162907
3- Followed the Tuto of 'Flashing Stock Rom with FlashTool --> Thanks to Shadowboy23 for that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240614
3- Used the UK Unbranded FTF --> Thanks to Paulkhim for that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2221475
I have followed line by line the différents tutos and it worked out very well.
The only thing I did differently was running the the flashtool as admin user when it succeed.
Thanks to all and good dev for the XZ which it deserves it.
Sent from my HTC EVO 3D X515m using xda app-developers app

Have you tried going back to stock using flashtool?

diego9016 said:
Have you tried going back to stock using flashtool?
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I am very unexperienced in it and i do not know at all the How to ?
I have tried to read a lot on it and do not understand where to start...
A short guide perhaps ?

chrisftlse said:
I am very unexperienced in it and i do not know at all the How to ?
I have tried to read a lot on it and do not understand where to start...
A short guide perhaps ?
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Of course... But first, you need to charge your phone.
Follow this tutorial, it should bring back your Z to life.
Here you can find the ftf you need.
Just be sure you have the C6603.

diego9016 said:
Of course... But first, you need to charge your phone.
Follow this tutorial, it should bring back your Z to life.
Here you can find the ftf you need.
Just be sure you have the C6603.
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Thanks for your quick answer,
Will try it immediately and report :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:

Someone with 200+ posts shouldn't be starting noob threads like this and know to read the stickys where this kind of information can be found. I also wish People would first learn how to restore their device first before flashing things that could potentially brick it.

XperienceD said:
Someone with 200+ posts shouldn't be starting noob threads like this and know to read the stickys where this kind of information can be found. I also wish People would first learn how to restore their device first before flashing things that could potentially brick it.
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Thanks
I am having Heavy Experience on HTC things but not on Sony. :silly:
I did read thousands of pages and using this Q&A section as it should ... not ?
Anyway... community is for that and maybe helps others users than myself alone.
Thanks to highlight and at the end (when succeed) I will also share the step by step performed : For the others guys and newbies on Sony. :angel:

XperienceD said:
Someone with 200+ posts shouldn't be starting noob threads like this and know to read the stickys where this kind of information can be found. I also wish People would first learn how to restore their device first before flashing things that could potentially brick it.
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He needed some help... Wy can't we just help him?

diego9016 said:
He needed some help... Wy can't we just help him?
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I have tried and unfortunatley no success
Everything runs well until when the phone has to be connected to the PC while holding the Vol Down Button.
Then the Device seems to be connected and after a while it deconnects and restart itself and locked at the Sony Logo.
Then the flashtool recongnises it as disconnected
:crying:
Any other test I may perform ?
Thanks for your patience and support

chrisftlse said:
I have tried and unfortunatley no success
Everything runs well until when the phone has to be connected to the PC while holding the Vol Down Button.
Then the Device seems to be connected and after a while it deconnects and restart itself and locked at the Sony Logo.
Then the flashtool recongnises it as disconnected
:crying:
Any other test I may perform ?
Thanks for your patience and support
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Do you have the flashtool drivers correctly installed?
Have you tried restarting your pc and see if it works? Don't open PC Companion or any of the other Sony software.
Are you connecting the device powered off and holding vol down?

diego9016 said:
Do you have the flashtool drivers correctly installed?
Have you tried restarting your pc and see if it works? Don't open PC Companion or any of the other Sony software.
Are you connecting the device powered off and holding vol down?
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Drivers are OK (it seems and I will try on my daughter Vista PC)
I have tried after reboot my PC also in Admin session
And yes plugged off only with down vol pressed :crying:
One more question when to unpress the vol down button ?
I performed it when the Windows displayed Device Connected in Flashmode, Am I right ?
Thanks to you for your patiance
I am a little bit stressed at the moment

chrisftlse said:
Drivers are OK (it seems and I will try on my daughter Vista PC)
I have tried after reboot my PC also in Admin session
And yes plugged off only with down vol pressed :crying:
One more question when to unpress the vol down button ?
I performed it when the Windows displayed Device Connected in Flashmode, Am I right ?
Thanks to you for your patiance
I am a little bit stressed at the moment
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You release it when it starts flashing. You can see the bottom bar moving towards completion.
Sent from my C6603 using xda app-developers app

LitoNi said:
You release it when it starts flashing. You can see the bottom bar moving towards completion.
Sent from my C6603 using xda app-developers app
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Thanks for the advice.
Does it takes long cause I stayed like 4-5 mins by holding it without seing any progress bar and soon I unpress it the phone restart by itself and back again at the Sony logo.
To switch it off again I have to hold Power + Vol Up and Down during 5-10 sec until it vibes 3 times.
Is it the right process ?

Just fyi, your main cause of this is most likely when you tried restoring the apps.
Do not try to restore them with titanium backup Or cwm if you are moving from one rom to another etc... To avoid any issues like this one.
Backup and restore using whatever the app provides. Their files are usually located internally. ( just drag it to your comp)
Before starting flashtool, hit the arrow icon (where more hidden programs are running) you may find pcc or sus running sometimes after you reboot your computer.
Find the right ftf file, make sure you are using the most updated flashtool.
Good luck man.
Sent from my C6603 using xda app-developers app

diego9016 said:
He needed some help... Wy can't we just help him?
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Not saying you can't, but why should you have to rehash information they could have found themselves, but I guess this is what xda has become these days.

LitoNi said:
Just fyi, your main cause of this is most likely when you tried restoring the apps.
Do not try to restore them with titanium backup Or cwm if you are moving from one rom to another etc... To avoid any issues like this one.
Backup and restore using whatever the app provides. Their files are usually located internally. ( just drag it to your comp)
Before starting flashtool, hit the arrow icon (where more hidden programs are running) you may find pcc or sus running sometimes after you reboot your computer.
Find the right ftf file, make sure you are using the most updated flashtool.
Good luck man.
Sent from my C6603 using xda app-developers app
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Thanks for the tip.
BTW no success yet and nothing happens until I unrelease the vol down button except status in the log chnging from Device Connected and after a while Device disconnected and so on...
When it is marked as Device Connected and then when I go to the Devices Info then Drivers it is :
09/048/2013 22:48:19 - INFO - List of ADB devices :
09/048/2013 22:48:19 - INFO - - none
09/048/2013 22:48:19 - INFO - List of fastboot devices :
09/048/2013 22:48:19 - INFO - - none
I really do not know what to perform now... Except crying

chrisftlse said:
Thanks for the advice.
Does it takes long cause I stayed like 4-5 mins by holding it without seing any progress bar and soon I unpress it the phone restart by itself and back again at the Sony logo.
To switch it off again I have to hold Power + Vol Up and Down during 5-10 sec until it vibes 3 times.
Is it the right process ?
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Ok, here´s the process:
Start flashtool, select the ftf and start the process... Flashtool will say Preparing Files for Flashing. Then, a window will prompt and tell you to put your device in flashmode.
With you phone turned off and unplugged, leave vol down pressed and connect it to pc until the window disappear, that's the moment you release vol down button and flashing process should start.

Add to that I don't know did you do this yet but I'll mention it anyway:
Before you start flashtool
1- go to settings of your device > developers option (enable it) scroll down and check usb debugging.
2- not sure if you need to do this but might as well cause I do it all the time. Phone settings > security > check unknown sources.
Go ahead and start flashtool and follow the instructions before this post
Sent from my C6603 using xda app-developers app
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And have you tried repairing it with Sony update service or Sony pc companion? Links are below.
Sent from my C6603 using xda app-developers app

diego9016 said:
Ok, here´s the process:
Start flashtool, select the ftf and start the process... Flashtool will say Preparing Files for Flashing. Then, a window will prompt and tell you to put your device in flashmode.
With you phone turned off and unplugged, leave vol down pressed and connect it to pc until the window disappear, that's the moment you release vol down button and flashing process should start.
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Thanks a lot for your support :good:
By not being alone I kept the head out of the water and finally succeed.
To make it short, it seems that the FTF file was a kind of corrupted (unable to check the MD5 Sum cause not provided), nevertheless I download another FTF file from another country (I selected UK as I can easely read UK than others languages) then on the second attempt it finally went well.
I do not know the effect of flashing another country Stock firmware yet, but I think as for the cooked rom it does not creates big issues.
Thanks again to supporting me on this tricky situation.
And as promoised after this answer, I will write down what I have performed.
LitoNi said:
Add to that I don't know did you do this yet but I'll mention it anyway:
Before you start flashtool
1- go to settings of your device > developers option (enable it) scroll down and check usb debugging.
2- not sure if you need to do this but might as well cause I do it all the time. Phone settings > security > check unknown sources.
Go ahead and start flashtool and follow the instructions before this post
Sent from my C6603 using xda app-developers app
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And have you tried repairing it with Sony update service or Sony pc companion? Links are below.
Sent from my C6603 using xda app-developers app
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Thanks for your answer, As I was blocked on the start of the phone, it was not possibe at the time being to change the settings (perhaps I were Lucky cause these settings were as you proposed before my issue happened).
I will learn more on the SUS and SPCC as I do not know so much on the Sony tech and apps. (Was an HTC addict for years until this one XZ appears and make me change).
Thanks for your support also.
Best Reagrds to all
:laugh::victory:

chrisftlse said:
I do not know the effect of flashing another country Stock firmware yet, but I think as for the cooked rom it does not creates big issues.
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It has no effect at all... They're unbranded.
Glad that you could solve it

[Q] A pretty nice brick? Zx6603

Hi All,
I've been a lurker on these pages for quite some time. Thank you for all the wonderful info!
I've having a lot of fun here on my own and think it's about time I invited you to the party....
I have a ZX 6603. It was on .434 when I rooted it, the bootloader has always been locked.
I never really got to know why it was only accessable thru the VM, tho' now I have ideas about that... which are irrelevant here, tho' I am mentioning it because it has always been a little bit 'quirky'.
Anyways, about an hour after rooting it (some weeks ago), I loaded a font on to it which promptly crashed it into a boot loop. Hoo ray.
PC companion was the only thing that saved it - so I move up to .253 :groan: and resign myself to flashing it backwatds to get my root, at a later date. Oh well...
From then on, it starts not wanting to know about the PC.
Unless the thing is turned off when connecting via USB, it did absolutely nothing to acknowledge the PC - not even charge the battery!
So after a bit of leaving it alone, I decided I'd had enough of this nonsense and went back to the task of flashing it back to .434 (forgive me if I got the numbers wrong here...) by flashtool.
That was this afternoon.
Ok, So flashtool had kittens and crashed the VM. From then on, it has only given 'Sony' then switched itself off. It also does that repeatedly whilst attached via USB (tapping it's foot)... It does do hard reset inasmuch as giving the three shakes without starting. It does connect by both fastboot and flashmode, which is beter than I got last time it went down.
I'd learned quite a bit in recent weeks, so I plucked up the confidence to install Flashtool into Linux.
Here, I was greeted with a crash, tho' thankfully only of the tool itself.
I began to doubt the integrity of the ftf and downloaded another.
Flashtool then gave a better performance, claiming a checksum error before giving up on the exercize (see quote below).
19/022/2013 18:22:00 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized
19/022/2013 18:22:00 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.9.11.0 built on 2013-06-04 22:50:00
19/022/2013 18:22:00 - INFO - libusb version 1.0.15
19/022/2013 18:22:06 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
19/022/2013 18:22:10 - INFO - Device disconnected
19/022/2013 18:22:16 - INFO - Selected C6603 / 10.1.A.1.434 / UK unbranded
19/022/2013 18:22:16 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing
19/024/2013 18:24:07 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.
19/024/2013 18:24:28 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
19/024/2013 18:24:29 - INFO - Opening device for R/W
19/024/2013 18:24:34 - INFO - Device ready for R/W.
19/024/2013 18:24:34 - INFO - Reading device information
19/024/2013 18:24:34 - INFO - Unable to read from phone after having opened it.
19/024/2013 18:24:34 - INFO - trying to continue anyway
19/024/2013 18:24:34 - INFO - Start Flashing
19/024/2013 18:24:34 - INFO - Processing loader
19/024/2013 18:24:53 - INFO - Checking header
19/024/2013 18:24:54 - INFO - Ending flash session
19/024/2013 18:24:54 - ERROR - S1 Header checksum Error
19/024/2013 18:24:54 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted
19/024/2013 18:24:59 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
19/025/2013 18:25:24 - INFO - Device disconnected
So I went over to the VM and kicked PC companion in the ribs to get the XZ back to life... round and round - I was starting to feel dizzy.
And now the fun begins!
PC companion goes thru it's paces, arrives at the chequered flag, claims an error and aborts. I allowed a second chance before calling it a day and deciding to write you all about how much fun I was having and wondering if anyone has a clue of where to go at it from here? Should I start mixing cement?
Regards and gratitude,
Zz

One little question, do you have all important drivers installed?(Xperia Z, Fastboot and Flash mode)
You may need to disable force driver signing.
If you need private help, you could Send me a pm and I see if i can help you.
And why didn't you leave it at newest Stock, it's rootable too.
Sent from my Dualbooted XZ

Ciapa1 said:
One little question, do you have all important drivers installed?(Xperia Z, Fastboot and Flash mode)
You may need to disable force driver signing.
If you need private help, you could Send me a pm and I see if i can help you.
And why didn't you leave it at newest Stock, it's rootable too.
Sent from my Dualbooted XZ
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Hi and thanx for dropping by. Dualbooted XZ? Oooo! :drools:
I have installed fastboot and flashmode on the VM - yet still getting the hang of tinkering about underneath Linux' hood and have been reluctant about risking a brick on an uncertainty. I get device recognition on terminal, tho' no hint at making a connection thru the UI and thus folder tree. I have also done my best to install adb tho' I am uncertain how to confirm what's going on with that one. I did expect great things and saw none.
To save processor and memory, I run winXP on the VM thus am spared the tangles of driver signing on later releases - meh, I use Windoze only when there is no other (or painless) way to go about achieving an end result until XP is no longer uasble or I get around to making a dualboot.
I read (mid- August), they were backflashing out of .253 and I simply went with that, supported by the aforementioned misery of poor PC recognition AND (I forgot to mention this, earlier) **the fact that when it was updated via PC Companion last time, the updater crashed mid progress and stayed like that for hours***. In the end, I had to cross my fingers and pull the plug. Yes, it worked, tho' I have never felt convinced that I had a tightly running system, supported again by it's little aversion to PC connectivity.
Zz

To your FT log:
Are you sure ur ftf is not damaged?
To your main problem:
Does your phone gets recognized in Fastboot?
If yes, you can Try to unlock the BL(Warning: if you do it the official way, it will wipe all your data on the phone(data partition and SD)), flash Cyanogenmod boot.img(Kernel and Recovery are included, so it needs unlocked BL)
Then Try to wipe data, cache and dalvik cache from CWM. Now see if it boots.
If still not booting, flash a Custom Rom like Pac or "stock" CM10.1
Then it should boot.
Hope it works for you, if you're unsure, ask before doing anything. It could completely brick your device.
Sent from my Dualbooted XZ

Your suggestion sounds reasonable, thank you.
Yes, recognized in fastboot.
I will take it thru your list in order, (beginning with another ftf) and let you know how it goes, without bricking it.

Do not unlock your bootloader with a bricked phone.
I would suggest to try another pc with Windows7,use the latest flashtool,and try different firmwares.
You may also download sony update service and try.
Sent from my C6603 using xda premium

Okay.
So far all I have done is to d/l another copy of the same ftf, and a German version of the same release to produce same result with the flashtool.
Sony Updater gives an error whenever it goes thru it's motions, so this option is not available, unless the W7 PC will make a difference?
Hmmm....
Slowly slowly... treading slowly.
Any search I have put in for a flashtool checksum error comes up empty.
We're treading unknown territory here... (Lions, and tigers, and bears! oh NO!)

So every ftf gives checksum errors?
If yes, then it seems there is sth on your device.
Maybe Try a Dualbooted install of Windows 7 or 8(you can remove it after trying out everything)
Else there seems to be No way around unlocking BL(i Did it on my GF's XZ with boot problems(stuck at Sony Logo too) And got it working this way)
Hope we find a way to bring your device back to life
Sent from my Dualbooted XZ

Surprising result!
After hammering it with flashtool UK, DE and ES versions of many flavours, I threw XZ back onto PC companion for something to do whilst I was waiting for copies of W7 to arrive... and the flash took. I am now the somewhat reserved and humiliated owner of build number 10.3.1.A.0.244, praying that I have paid all of my noob dues for the time being.
Many thanks,
Zz

The even greater news is that it's going back onto charge when plugged into the PC - still not recognized by the linux UI, which is somethign more for me to learn - yet is happily recognized by the Windoze VM.
PC Companion welcomes XZ with a warm smile and the 'My Computer' file tree is fully accessable - just like it was out of the box. It may have been painful, tho' result has been worth it.
:joyful dancing:

I'm happy that your device is under the livings again. So it recognized it again in PCC? Then i can just say you Had luck or your windoze vm a bad day^^
Have fun with your reborn XZ
Sent from my Dualbooted XZ

Ciapa1 said:
I'm happy that your device is under the livings again. So it recognized it again in PCC? Then i can just say you Had luck or your windoze vm a bad day^^
Have fun with your reborn XZ
Sent from my Dualbooted XZ
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Yes, recognized in PC, charging and all that it should. I am still not getting folder access on linux, yet yes via the VM - which is the pest that it always was, yet I'm still smiling nonetheless, counting myself lucky.

1. do not mess around your phone with vm, always use real physical machines. The vm interface may induce too many issues that may never be correctly diagnosed.
2. use the original usb cable and the usb port directly from the back panel of your computer.
3. when you are flashing your phone, do not play around with your computer before the tool finishes its job.
4. always save a copy of the tft decrypt from your pcc when you upgrade your device, this stock tft (which you produce by yourself) can save you much trouble if anything happens to your phone when you make fun with it.
5. if your computer cannot recognize your phone, then uninstall, reboot, and re-install everything on your computer. The chance of your computer messing around is much higher than your phone bootloader going wrong.
6. get use to use Flashtool when your phone is free of trouble, rather than using Flashtool for the first time when your phone is bricked.

I think i killed it

I was doing bunch of stuff i dont think it matters if do,tell me...Anyways my phone DEAD i cant do anything it just vibrates when u plug it in pc flashtool dont recognize it and EVEN pc companion idk what to...
Is this the end,did i just lost my phon
I had Sony z1 4.2.2 it was bootloader unlocked and rooted and last thing was cwm on and it died (((((

kefi999 said:
I was doing bunch of stuff i dont think it matters if do,tell me...Anyways my phone DEAD i cant do anything it just vibrates when u plug it in pc flashtool dont recognize it and EVEN pc companion idk what to...
Is this the end,did i just lost my phon
I had Sony z1 4.2.2 it was bootloader unlocked and rooted and last thing was cwm on and it died (((((
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Can you enter fastboot mode?

dedei said:
Can you enter fastboot mode?
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Nope i press volume down and then plug in cable with flashtool on just to see it doesen't work,not even notification light works WTF heres flashtool log
26/001/2014 18:01:32 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.9.16.1 built on 06-16-2014 23:00:00
26/001/2014 18:01:32 - INFO - Executing search strategies to find proxy selector
26/001/2014 18:01:33 - INFO - No proxy found for IE. Trying next one
26/001/2014 18:01:33 - ERROR - Error parsing settingsprefs.js (The system cannot find the file specified)
26/001/2014 18:01:33 - INFO - Strategy firefox failed trying next one : java.io.FileNotFoundException: prefs.js (The system cannot find the file specified)
26/001/2014 18:01:33 - INFO - No proxy found for java. Trying next one
26/001/2014 18:01:33 - INFO - Syncing devices from github
26/001/2014 18:01:33 - INFO - Pulling changes
26/001/2014 18:01:37 - INFO - Devices sync finished.
26/001/2014 18:01:44 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
26/001/2014 18:01:44 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
26/001/2014 18:01:45 - INFO - Device disconnected
26/001/2014 18:01:53 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
26/001/2014 18:01:53 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
26/001/2014 18:01:59 - INFO - Device disconnected

Hmm weird. What exactly did you do?

dedei said:
Can you enter fastboot mode?
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Bro it seems my screen is still on WTF ???
and i called my self and its ringing wtf is going on here ? can someone u help

Try hard resetting it (power + volume up till it vibrates 3 times) then try rebooting it.

dedei said:
Hmm weird. What exactly did you do?
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so downgraded from 4.4.4 to 4.2 to root,i rooted phone then backed up my keys so i dont lose them when i unlock boot loader then i used pcc to update to 4.4.4 so i can unlock bootloader then i lost root and then downgraded again so i can root i rooted my phone and then used v3 kernel from doom to instal cwm,i didnt know how to open that .bin file so i flashed it and it worked i got into cwm and then just reobted it asked me if i want sth about to back last kernel idk i said no and then it reboted and i turend it on once and boom black sscreen of death

dedei said:
try hard resetting it (power + volume up till it vibrates 3 times) then try rebooting it.
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its aliveeeeeeeee ty man

kefi999 said:
its aliveeeeeeeee ty man
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Glad to help!

@kefi999
After following your posts about this today in the several threads you have been posting in I want to give you some very useful advice
STOP
Read the guides and tutorial threads, especially the newer ones. You seem to be randomly flashing stuff with out any real understanding and that is the quickest way to end up with a hardbrick.
Take some to time to understand what you are doing, then you will see that what you have been doing is superfluous e.g downgrading to root, its not needed anymore
Please do not try and do this blindly, take some time and learn. It was the best bit of advice given to me and I hope you take it on board as well

u are 100% right i am sry for spaming all over the place i just freaked out SRY

kefi999 said:
u are 100% right i am sry for spaming all over the place i just freaked out SRY
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You don't have to be sorry, he's not saying anything about spamming in here. Xda is the place to be and to get help regarding android. His point is that you should try to learn and understand what are you doing with your phone because if you do something wrong when you're rushing like this then it's a straight way to actually kill your phone.
He just wants you to learn instead of rushing so you wouldn't do any harm to your device.
Quick example of how can u kill your phone:
Flash ftf file from Z ultra to Z1. Phone is most propably dead.
Just don't rush and try to learn what actually are you doing and you'll be fine.

hahaha