[Q] i9070 won't power on, won't charge - Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, I've got problem with my wife's galaxy s advance.
The phone has a latest stock rom, i don't know which one. (chacked in phone for updates like 2 weeks ago and it said that there were none). It was unlocked.
The phone was never flashed or rooted.
It was left with a charger plugged in yesterday for the whole night.
When we wake up, the phone was off.
Now if you plug in the charger it vibrates shortly after three seconds, no light no nothing.
If you press power it also vibrate shortly - nothing more happnes.
I tried to go to download mode or rcovery - nothing.
Tried to plug in to a pc using USB but it is the same...
Any ideas?
Is it only the battery or is the phone dead?

I got some progres
I plugged the phone to my pc with a diffrent cable, there is a plug in and plug out windows sound, the battery indicator shows up for like 5s, it is very low and the pattern starts all over again, i'll just leave it like this and see what happens

Maybe your wall charger is broken, try another one

AntaresOne - of course, I tried like 5 of them...
the phone reacts only in the pc, fter couple of minutes is still doing the "charge loop"
I've checked the USB in my pc and it's the "always on" one, maybe it provides more Ampers?
After an hour or so it stopped "charge looping" and started to just charge
Now is 28% and everything's back to normal.
Case closed

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Nevermind. I feel so dumb right now

My Xperia is rooted, has recovery and the bootloader is unlocked, I use the stock ROM.
It went smoothly (done it several months ago), but yesterday, the battery emptied so I put it on charge. Today I tried to turn it on, but it didn't work; whenever I press the power button, the LED blinks red. I tried fastboot and flashmode, but none of it works. My PC detects it as an unknown device when I try to turn it on. once
If that helps, it turns on once in a while with CWM.
Anyone can help?
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EDIT: looks like I used a loose cable and the battery didn't charge at all. God, I feel so dumb.
Georges2251 said:
My Xperia is rooted, has recovery and the bootloader is unlocked, I use the stock ROM.
It went smoothly (done it several months ago), but yesterday, the battery emptied so I put it on charge. Today I tried to turn it on, but it didn't work; whenever I press the power button, the LED blinks red. I tried fastboot and flashmode, but none of it works. My PC detects it as an unknown device when I try to turn it on. once
If that helps, it turns on once in a while with CWM.
Anyone can help?
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hello;
I had the same problem , I searched on the web for solutions and found something like charging phone overnight , key combinations but nothing helped; my phone was completely dead ; but I did something and phone is now alive; I removed screw of the phone , opened panel; removed battery connector and connected phone to wall charger , by this time phone showed sony logo like on startup , then immediately connected battery connector and left phone to charge for several minutes ; it was showing only sony logo when was charging, after 15-20 minutes disconnected phone from charger , screen went off and after this i reconnected charger, it showed battery screen and started charging with battery and thunder logo; thats all, it was the only solution for me.
geniusatplay said:
hello;
I had the same problem , I searched on the web for solutions and found something like charging phone overnight , key combinations but nothing helped; my phone was completely dead ; but I did something and phone is now alive; I removed screw of the phone , opened panel; removed battery connector and connected phone to wall charger , by this time phone showed sony logo like on startup , then immediately connected battery connector and left phone to charge for several minutes ; it was showing only sony logo when was charging, after 15-20 minutes disconnected phone from charger , screen went off and after this i reconnected charger, it showed battery screen and started charging with battery and thunder logo; thats all, it was the only solution for me.
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I'm so sorry for causing you the trouble of this....
Turned out that the cable I used is loose and it didn't charge or anything

[FIX] Revive phone from the drain of death

this is a problem on Xperia Devices (at least the ones with a sealed battery my x10 never had this).
This drain brick happens because the hell i know, but is phone bricked, dark, no light , no vibration, nada, its was a real brick.
how i fixed it? sort of i fixed my Xperia T had to provoke charging but the Z1 doesnt have a red blinking light after charging it for a while... but it does have a magnetic charging port!.
now to the instructions. following what i did to try and revive my phone.
1. try to charge the phone for an hour or so.
2. most like it wont charge but if you connect it to the PC, it will sort of react to it, just try unplugging and plugging the phone till it reacts, you may even leave it to charge there just in case (for about 10 mins if you want i leaved it for 3).
3. get a 2 AMP charger, the original one or a known brand charger like anker (i did it with my anker charger and it worked).
4. get or Use a magnetic cable/dock and connect it simultaniously with the usb cable on the PC. (and no the magnetic cable wasnt enough to jump charge the phone).
5. if the stimulation worked, it should be able to show a really dim red led, that means your phone is still alive
6.let it charge it will turn on alone.
7. smile and cry out of joy because your 500-700 dollar phone still works.
if it worked or you have any modifications on this method leave a comment and hit the THANKS button.
btw i turned on my phone and it had 1% that means it never charged until i jump charged it.
Interesting. For normal charging, will plugging the Z1 to the USB and magnetic ports simultaneously speed up charging as well?
Celestial Fury said:
Interesting. For normal charging, will plugging the Z1 to the USB and magnetic ports simultaneously speed up charging as well?
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no you can't speed up charging. Charging speed is limited to cable quality, AC plug quality and software/hardware restrictions.
the USB on PC and magnetic cable combo for some reason helps to start the phone like you do when you want to recharge an depleted car battery.
It just open the circuit and let the phone charge again.
someone please confirm if this works for more than one person/situation.
Thanks for assistance btw, hopefully it works for all of us.
Nope doesn't work.
I tried it already.
Sorry guys.
Worked for me. Took some time before PCC registered it though.
help me please
Asadroid said:
this is a problem on Xperia Devices (at least the ones with a sealed battery my x10 never had this).
This drain brick happens because the hell i know, but is phone bricked, dark, no light , no vibration, nada, its was a real brick.
how i fixed it? sort of i fixed my Xperia T had to provoke charging but the Z1 doesnt have a red blinking light after charging it for a while... but it does have a magnetic charging port!.
now to the instructions. following what i did to try and revive my phone.
1. try to charge the phone for an hour or so.
2. most like it wont charge but if you connect it to the PC, it will sort of react to it, just try unplugging and plugging the phone till it reacts, you may even leave it to charge there just in case (for about 10 mins if you want i leaved it for 3).
3. get a 2 AMP charger, the original one or a known brand charger like anker (i did it with my anker charger and it worked).
4. get or Use a magnetic cable/dock and connect it simultaniously with the usb cable on the PC. (and no the magnetic cable wasnt enough to jump charge the phone).
5. if the stimulation worked, it should be able to show a really dim red led, that means your phone is still alive
6.let it charge it will turn on alone.
7. smile and cry out of joy because your 500-700 dollar phone still works.
if it worked or you have any modifications on this method leave a comment and hit the THANKS button.
btw i turned on my phone and it had 1% that means it never charged until i jump charged it.
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Hello my friend I have Xperia Z1 and I fall into the Hard Brick Pc didn't recognized my phone but I put myself in the wall charger after a few hours LED red blinking you can post a picture for this solution because I did not understand exactly and thank you
pheel said:
Nope doesn't work.
I tried it already.
Sorry guys.
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did the computer detected the phone but for a brief moment like trying to install the drivers?
Kirkymole said:
Worked for me. Took some time before PCC registered it though.
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@Kirkymole;
can you share what you did exactly and what i can up to the guide?
and im glad that i could help you
momo-infos said:
Hello my friend I have Xperia Z1 and I fall into the Hard Brick Pc didn't recognized my phone but I put myself in the wall charger after a few hours LED red blinking you can post a picture for this solution because I did not understand exactly and thank you
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as i told you on the PM write up how you bricked it exactly and what steps have you done so i can help you correctly.
i will post pictures of the procedure of how i did it when i get a few hours to edit and upload it.
Tried this trick last night. After 2 hours LED stopped blinking and became stable RED (no flashing). This is the first time in 1 month that LED stopped flashing, I was even able to Hold Power+Volume up button and it vibrated 3 times (nothing like that happened in the past). So it was a significant improvement from where I was 2 days ago. However, LED suddenly turned off and when I connected it to charger again it started to blink again. Buttons do not respond again.
Little info from the past:
I bricked my Z1 when I flashed .290 ROM. Left it on charge for 2 days nothing happened, flashtool would not recognize it and kept saying USB debugging off. Then I decided to open back cover and remove the battery so it could reset. That didnt resolve the issue and i just gave up.
Video instruksion would be very helpfull maybe
Asadroid said:
did the computer detected the phone but for a brief moment like trying to install the drivers?
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Yes. But the computer simply recognised it as a normal "unknown" usb device with usb debugging disabled.
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ruinkhan said:
Tried this trick last night. After 2 hours LED stopped blinking and became stable RED (no flashing). This is the first time in 1 month that LED stopped flashing, I was even able to Hold Power+Volume up button and it vibrated 3 times (nothing like that happened in the past). So it was a significant improvement from where I was 2 days ago. However, LED suddenly turned off and when I connected it to charger again it started to blink again. Buttons do not respond again.
Little info from the past:
I bricked my Z1 when I flashed .290 ROM. Left it on charge for 2 days nothing happened, flashtool would not recognize it and kept saying USB debugging off. Then I decided to open back cover and remove the battery so it could reset. That didnt resolve the issue and i just gave up.
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Exact same thing happened to me. "USB debugging off"
All I did was plug in the magnetic connector, then with the PC turned on and Pc companion running I plugged in the USB, it took about 20 minutes to recognise it but once it did, I unplugged it, left it on charge via the magnetic plug for around 5 hours and although the charging symbol never appeared it booted into recovery the normal way (I did that just to see what would happen) then restarted the phone via Cwm and it worked normally from then on.
Kirkymole said:
although the charging symbol never appeared it booted into recovery the normal way .
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BY saying "Charging Symbol never appeared", do you mean LED was not red and turned off?
ruinkhan said:
BY saying "Charging Symbol never appeared", do you mean LED was not red and turned off?
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The symbol that appears on the screen.
I also kind of used this method.
I directly plugged in, in these steps.
1) Plug in magnetic charging dock with 1A charger (Plugged USB into charger)
2) Plug in USB with 2.1A charger (Plugged USB into charger)
Dim-ish red light popped up and the phone began booting.
Plugging into the phone for me wasn't as effective as plugging into the charger as I left it for a while and nothing happened but upon plugging USB into my single dual port charger this method worked to get my phone onto the charging screen, Android L
Had to plug the USB in and out a few times, not too many times, but eventually it booted up to the charging screen.
Be patient is the key I suppose?
For me worked with magnetic and usb 1A charger! Thanks!

No Charging [Edit: The Phone is crazy][Edit 2: Game Over]

Hi everyone!
A few minutes before, I was using my phone and it just turn off... Black screen and I have to turn it on again with the power botton. For the moment I think that was an issue with the firmware that I recently flashed over flashtools, is the last unbranded firmware of USA and it was working excelent.
The thing is that I pluged it to the PC with USB to download a photos and my computer didnt realise that the phone was pluged. I try every USB port of the PC and no one works. Also, the phone dont turn on the charging led.
I plug it to the wall with the USB charger and nothing... The battery was over 48% and suddenly it turns off... Then the screen shows me the battery image with 16% and it dont charge anything... It was working fine over my desktop, until that happened. I didnt drop it never, I never used an other charger, allways the original.
PD: Now the battery image says 15% (the phone is pluged to the wall)
Edit: I Just turn on the phone to make a fast backup and the battery says "17%"
Edit2: The magnetic cable charges the phone.... Randomly restarts. One time it just freezes and the speker emit a little "biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip" and just auto-restart. I think that is big hardware problem... Or something else that I didnt know:crying:
What was the status of your phone in terms of locked / unlocked, recovery, ROM etc.? Can you still get to flash mode?
tomcatoggo said:
What was the status of your phone in terms of locked / unlocked, recovery, ROM etc.? Can you still get to flash mode?
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Hey man, the phone had a Retail Spain firmware. The only thing I "put hand" was flashing with Xperia Flashtool to the last United States firmware available. Not rooted, bootloader unlock allowed but I didnt unlocked it. You can say is "original".
The phone charges normally with a Magnetic cable (same original charger for the USB cable).
When the battery rise over 50%, when you turn off the screen, the phone autoreboot. With the scree ON you can use the phone perfectly.
I charged to 100% with magnetic cable. I turned it off. Then, a 2 o 3 days later, I dissambled it thinking that water could get inside, but I dont found anything, all the components were in perfect conditions.
After I re-ensabled it, the phone dont turn on and the screen show the low battery icon... So I plugged it to the wall with USB, the red light turned on, and after a 30 minutes it stop "charging", so I put the magnetic cable and the battery after a little more than an hour and half more, rise to 100%... Now the phone not reboot it self, it works perfectly except the USB port.
No starting Flashmode, no chargin via USB unless the battery is COMPLETLY empty, then it charges to 1% and continues with magnetic cable. The PC dont even knows when I plug the phone.
I know, I lose the warranty when I open the phone, but I bought it at 10.000 km away from my town. :crying:

[Q] Strange (hard?) brick

Hi,
After many years of enjoying this magnificent phone the disaster came.
The phone discharged overnight and switched off. In the morning I had to send some texts, so plugged the wall charger into USB socked (a weak one ~500mA), after few moments a charging icon appeared and stated that battery has 1%. Ok, I really had to send those messages: I've pressed the power button and phone started to boot.
Sony logo: OK, purple wave, OK...
After 10-20 seconds it suddenly switched of, red LED started to blink.
I thought: OK, system startup needs a lot of power, maybe a charger is too week to keep up.
So I left phone for few more minutes to charge, but without success.
That was the last time I saw screen was on.
Phone is a C6903, running on a stock, rooted 14.6.A.1.236 with the recent XZRecovery.
Bootloader has been unlocked.
For the moment I've tried everything but opening back and doing the testport-trick.
When I connect the power only red led blinks (I left the phone charging overnight, no change).
When I try to enter flash mode: nothing happens but red blinking light.
When I try to start phone nothing happens at all.
But there is still hope:
I connected the phone to 2A charger using a magnetic cable.
Then I've connected normal USB cable to my PC, strange thing started to happen:
When I pressed volume Up (even after few minutes of connecting power+usb) the phone suddenly jumped to fastboot mode (blue led, it was discovered by PC, fastboot terminal was functional)
When I press power button, phone vibrates for a second, then the led pattern changes to: 1s red followed by 0.1s green, then long red, then it repeats...
I'm still unable to enter any recovery nor flashmode...
I'd really appreciate any help, have you got any ideas left how can I revive my phone?
Qba_S said:
Hi,
After many years of enjoying this magnificent phone the disaster came.
The phone discharged overnight and switched off. In the morning I had to send some texts, so plugged the wall charger into USB socked (a weak one ~500mA), after few moments a charging icon appeared and stated that battery has 1%. Ok, I really had to send those messages: I've pressed the power button and phone started to boot.
Sony logo: OK, purple wave, OK...
After 10-20 seconds it suddenly switched of, red LED started to blink.
I thought: OK, system startup needs a lot of power, maybe a charger is too week to keep up.
So I left phone for few more minutes to charge, but without success.
That was the last time I saw screen was on.
Phone is a C6903, running on a stock, rooted 14.6.A.1.236 with the recent XZRecovery.
Bootloader has been unlocked.
For the moment I've tried everything but opening back and doing the testport-trick.
When I connect the power only red led blinks (I left the phone charging overnight, no change).
When I try to enter flash mode: nothing happens but red blinking light.
When I try to start phone nothing happens at all.
But there is still hope:
I connected the phone to 2A charger using a magnetic cable.
Then I've connected normal USB cable to my PC, strange thing started to happen:
When I pressed volume Up (even after few minutes of connecting power+usb) the phone suddenly jumped to fastboot mode (blue led, it was discovered by PC, fastboot terminal was functional)
When I press power button, phone vibrates for a second, then the led pattern changes to: 1s red followed by 0.1s green, then long red, then it repeats...
I'm still unable to enter any recovery nor flashmode...
I'd really appreciate any help, have you got any ideas left how can I revive my phone?
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Hi, this just happened to me, my phone has been dead for over 4 weeks with just the red led blinking. i tried the test point thing with no success at that point I gave up but last week i decided to get a new genuine battery and it worked it booted up. Your battery is just completely dead thats why it won't boot up!
tilakpatel22 said:
Hi, this just happened to me, my phone has been dead for over 4 weeks with just the red led blinking. i tried the test point thing with no success at that point I gave up but last week i decided to get a new genuine battery and it worked it booted up. Your battery is just completely dead thats why it won't boot up!
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Thanks for the info! I've ordered a replacement battery already.
I'll open my phone today and measure all voltages. I'll keep you updated.
Good luck
tilakpatel22 said:
Good luck
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Yup! That was it (at least I think so, I don't have new battery yet)
The Al part of positive battery terminal was broken: I have no idea why, maybe because of age, oxidation and high currents that were drained from this LiPo cell...
Anyway I've managed to temporarily join two broken Al parts, kernel and recovery booted successfully.
Now I need to wait for a replacement battery.
Phone is alive again, thanks tilakpatel for help!
But the magnetic cable trick might be useful in other hardbrick cases: just connect magnetic charger, connect normal USB cable to PC and hold volUp. Phone should be able to enter fastboot even with completely drained battery...
Qba_S said:
Yup! That was it (at least I think so, I don't have new battery yet)
The Al part of positive battery terminal was broken: I have no idea why, maybe because of age, oxidation and high currents that were drained from this LiPo cell...
Anyway I've managed to temporarily join two broken Al parts, kernel and recovery booted successfully.
Now I need to wait for a replacement battery.
Phone is alive again, thanks tilakpatel for help!
But the magnetic cable trick might be useful in other hardbrick cases: just connect magnetic charger, connect normal USB cable to PC and hold volUp. Phone should be able to enter fastboot even with completely drained battery...
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no problem

Died phone, repaired by Xperia companion, but still dead.

My Xperia Z1 died without reason. (Dead like in nothing happens, not even a led when connected to USB).
I tried everything to revive it. Finally, I opened it and removed the battery for 5 minutes. After that, at least the led showed a color when connected. But still cannot turn it on.
I tried with the Xperia Companion to "fix the phone", and the process worked well. But then, the phone still does not turn on.
When it is disconnected, nothing happens, it is just a brick. If it is connected, it turn on the LED in blue, but nothing else. Some times, after pressing power and the volume buttons, it shows the battery level.
Any help? I do not know what else to do.
Disconnect _wait for 1 minute and reconnect the battery connector,then connect the charger
Pwruser said:
Disconnect _wait for 1 minute and reconnect the battery connector,then connect the charger
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Thank you for replying.
I did that already (5 minutes instead of 1), but did not work. At this point I started to think that it is a hardware problem, because when the cable is not plugged the phone does not turn on (and when it is plugged it only charge, or turn on in that bizarre Xperia flashboot mode).
maybe it is a battery problem which it damaged
Thanks for the reply. It doesn't seem so, because it does not start even when I remove the battery and try with the phone plugged.
Anyway, I already gave up on it.

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