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[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.
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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.
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LitoNi said:
You release it when it starts flashing. You can see the bottom bar moving towards completion.
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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] Wrong TA Partition Restore

i've restored TA Partition my Sony Z Ultra on my Sony Z1 by wrong
and z1 now is dead .. just red led when i connect it to pc
i tried to flash it via SETOOLS box and it gives me
error while uploading hdr
any solution please ?? :crying:

Nope, it's properly bricked

Sony will know this since minute one
I sometimes imagine their staff at how they read this forum and laugh their asses off...
Even if they replace the phone it is simpler for them to replace the phone than to investigate the issue )
Do someone on this forum even thinks that if sony whant's to find out the cause of a phone's brick they cannot ? They are finding the exact cause of microchip failing and the causes and they are not finding the cause for a simple partition with wrong data that should never fail on a memory that it is OK?
Plus they have signs, on a hard brick i understand that it will double flash the red led ) (did someone thought that they MADE the red flash for this simple reason? to know when the phone has been tampered with?)

@Killer2k8 even if Sony do so, You made a mistake with your phone and there is no way to resurrect it, or it was a gift from somebody from your family or you spend half of your salary, and you bricked the phone just to get root, the last chance is to play Stupid. (and I don't advice nobody to break the law)

escoda said:
i've restored TA Partition my Sony Z Ultra on my Sony Z1 by wrong
and z1 now is dead .. just red led when i connect it to pc
i tried to flash it via SETOOLS box and it gives me
error while uploading hdr
any solution please ?? :crying:
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does it work when you hold power on and volume up button?

escoda said:
i've restored TA Partition my Sony Z Ultra on my Sony Z1 by wrong
and z1 now is dead .. just red led when i connect it to pc
i tried to flash it via SETOOLS box and it gives me
error while uploading hdr
any solution please ?? :crying:
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You're an idiot. Sorry for being blunt, but there's really no other way to put it.

Sorry to hear that
May be he can help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51101978
Sent from my D5503 using xda app-developers app

Ask help on the guys from SETools. Ask them to help you locate the testpoint of your device(you need to open the back portion of your device for this though). Once you find it you're lucky then... Get a linux OS on your PC, mount your phone's partition and flash back the correct TA partition. Although yea the level of difficulty on this process is "Expert level" so good luck.
My explanation is just simple but I tell you it's alot harder when you do it.

Riyal said:
Ask help on the guys from SETools. Ask them to help you locate the testpoint of your device(you need to open the back portion of your device for this though). Once you find it you're lucky then... Get a linux OS on your PC, mount your phone's partition and flash back the correct TA partition. Although yea the level of difficulty on this process is "Expert level" so good luck.
My explanation is just simple but I tell you it's alot harder when you do it.
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thanks i know where the test point is ... when i use it it gives me error while uploading MBR

You use test point on a z1?
You need to be giving advice not asking for it, there are so many other options to use before you start messing with that,,,

gregbradley said:
You use test point on a z1?
You need to be giving advice not asking for it, there are so many other options to use before you start messing with that,,,
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i messed with TA .. i cant fix that till now

@the_laser any help ?

do you have original trim area backup ?

Yes I have it
I sent it to ur inbox @the_laser

i don't receive anything

@the_laser sorry .. now i sent it

I'd say that you would need to send it off for repair, sounds like a brick, i'd say that they'll do a straight swap for a new device.
Live and learn m8.

dladz said:
I'd say that you would need to send it off for repair, sounds like a brick, i'd say that they'll do a straight swap for a new device.
Live and learn m8.
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If @the_laser thinks he can fix it, I would say he can. He is the man that brought unofficial bootloader unlock to the x10 and much, much more....
With the original TA backup and setools and jtag its possible....

gregbradley said:
If @the_laser thinks he can fix it, I would say he can. He is the man that brought unofficial bootloader unlock to the x10 and much, much more....
With the original TA backup and setools and jtag its possible....
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Hey if it can be done then fantastic, I'm just going by what i went through in a similar situation, my phone was dead.

dladz said:
Hey if it can be done then fantastic, I'm just going by what i went through in a similar situation, my phone was dead.
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I know, but you are not @the_laser neither am I, but I wont put anything past him.

Mobile wont turn ON after using Flashtool

Hello everyone, firstly I need to say I am a noob in mobiles. Yesterday I finally decided to try Lollipop 5.1.1 but didnt like it so I was searching for way to downgrade back to Kitkat 4.4.4. I found this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/list-stock-firmwares-d5803-d5833-t2906706 and this german stock firmware http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57513425&postcount=248 and I was following all the steps. After Flashtool finished its job I unplugged and turned the phone ON. The logo appeared and then the blue starting screen appeared which after a few a while froze for a second and after that it was again LOGO which appeared and again blue starting screen and so on - its like neverending circle. So somehow managed to turn the phone OFF via volume UP and power button I guess but I have no clue what to do. Please I have never done this before, the guide says its also for begginers and I was following every single step but something went wrong.... What to do please?
-device is NOT rooted
- bootloader is NOT unlocked (everything is stock)
Should I try to flash another 4.4.4 firmware?

Looks like a bootloop. Try to download another firmware (maybe that u have downloaded is corrupted or something) for your's phone and flash it again.
You can try "23.0.1.A.5.77 - Unbranded - CE1 [Central Europe] (1288-7915)".

skoczek12 said:
Looks like a bootloop. Try to download another firmware (maybe that u have downloaded is corrupted or something) for your's phone and flash it again.
You can try "23.0.1.A.5.77 - Unbranded - CE1 [Central Europe] (1288-7915)".
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Ok thanks very much for a quick reply. Downloading that firmware atm. I will reply ASAP.

Im waiting for your's reply.

skoczek12 said:
Im waiting for your's reply.
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No it didnt help . Its the same with this firmware aswell... The phone is charging right now... What to do? Somebody told me I needed to wipe all data before downgrading but its NOT noted in the guide. So how do I do it now? I have no recovery however.
edit: Ok its working now . When youre choosing a FW, you gotta check Wipe on the right side. Thanks for your time though

Sarikoo said:
No it didnt help . Its the same with this firmware aswell... The phone is charging right now... What to do? Somebody told me I needed to wipe all data before downgrading but its NOT noted in the guide. So how do I do it now? I have no recovery however.
edit: Ok its working now . When youre choosing a FW, you gotta check Wipe on the right side. Thanks for your time though
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I always do WIPE all data when im flashing a new firmware using flashtool, or using recovery

Sarikoo said:
No it didnt help . Its the same with this firmware aswell... The phone is charging right now... What to do? Somebody told me I needed to wipe all data before downgrading but its NOT noted in the guide. So how do I do it now? I have no recovery however.
edit: Ok its working now . When youre choosing a FW, you gotta check Wipe on the right side. Thanks for your time though
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Last Flashtool versions need to check wipes in that box.
I will add to my tutorial

Yeah you definitely should, that's gonna save some users .
By the way can you help me with something? Considering I just flashed the new firmware. Is there any battery fix guide that can save you some % of the battery?

XPERIA C6603 Keep Restarting after fresh flash of STOCK ROMS

(( Please forgive my language ))
Big Help please guys..
My device is keep restarting after flash of stock ROM. The ROMs i used to flash as below,
1. C6603_10.5.1.A.0.283_Generic_DE.ftf
2. C6603_10.5.1.A.0.283_Generic_UK.ftf
I tried flashing the above stock ROMs multiple times but it keep restarting after some 30 second or so.
Another problem is it doesn't show home screen or icons on the home screen.only the soft keys of back,home,minimise buttons shown, guess what after fraction of seconds menu and minimise buttons gone only back available.and top of the screen NFC icons and battery icons shown otherwise nothing on the home screen.
My device screen is broken so i use wireless mouse to use my device.but that doesn't help now because no icons to click for.
please have a look at the attached images...

vinchand said:
(( Please forgive my language ))
Big Help please guys..
My device is keep restarting after flash of stock ROM. The ROMs i used to flash as below,
1. C6603_10.5.1.A.0.283_Generic_DE.ftf
2. C6603_10.5.1.A.0.283_Generic_UK.ftf
I tried flashing the above stock ROMs multiple times but it keep restarting after some 30 second or so.
Another problem is it doesn't show home screen or icons on the home screen.only the soft keys of back,home,minimise buttons shown, guess what after fraction of seconds menu and minimise buttons gone only back available.and top of the screen NFC icons and battery icons shown otherwise nothing on the home screen.
My device screen is broken so i use wireless mouse to use my device.but that doesn't help now because no icons to click for.
please have a look at the attached images...
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Did you wiped userdata in flashtool?

iXaidyiu said:
Did you wiped userdata in flashtool?
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Yes my friend, I checked two boxes i think they were userdate and cache
One more thing confusing me is on the same windows where i select ROM on the left side, the device column its not mentioned my device model numbel which is c6603 . and also the filter box on the top where i double clicked to select the device but that popup window has nothing to select the device model number.
Thanks for the help, I was hoping and eagerly looking for the answer thanks for your input hoping to get more help from you..

vinchand said:
Yes my friend, I checked two boxes i think they were userdate and cache
One more thing confusing me is on the same windows where i select ROM on the left side, the device column its not mentioned my device model numbel which is c6603 . and also the filter box on the top where i double clicked to select the device but that popup window has nothing to select the device model number.
Thanks for the help, I was hoping and eagerly looking for the answer thanks for your input hoping to get more help from you..
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Hmm...
Which version of flashtool were you using?
//Please push the thanks button if I helped you. Thanks.
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iXaidyiu said:
Hmm...
Which version of flashtool were you using?
//Please push the thanks button if I helped you. Thanks.
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Thanked you..:fingers-crossed:
First i tried the latest version which is ( flashtool-0.9.23.0-windows.exe ) but gave me a problem. the problem is it was not detecting the ROMS that i put in the firmware folder.I tried two computers even i formated and installed windows 7 on one of the PC and tried from scratch but again not detecting those ROMs. And then one of the xda's good hearted guy like you told me to use old version of the flashtool.
So i used old version ( flashtool-0.9.21.0-windows.exe ) this time it went smooth and the flash tool detected those ROMs and i tried flashing multiple times and no problem at all.
Off topic: is it true that the Xperia devices dont have the recovery by default, I mean we can only use recovery option if we flashed twrp or cwm...???

vinchand said:
Thanked you..:fingers-crossed:
First i tried the latest version which is ( flashtool-0.9.23.0-windows.exe ) but gave me a problem. the problem is it was not detecting the ROMS that i put in the firmware folder.I tried two computers even i formated and installed windows 7 on one of the PC and tried from scratch but again not detecting those ROMs. And then one of the xda's good hearted guy like you told me to use old version of the flashtool.
So i used old version ( flashtool-0.9.21.0-windows.exe ) this time it went smooth and the flash tool detected those ROMs and i tried flashing multiple times and no problem at all.
Off topic: is it true that the Xperia devices dont have the recovery by default, I mean we can only use recovery option if we flashed twrp or cwm...???
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Speaking of going back to an older version, I think you may need to roll back to v0.9.18, before the FSC method is ever introduced. In that case, for the devices which doesnt have an available FSC script (like Xperia Z), can have a better treatment.
OT: No phone can have no recovery my friend, it is only that the stock one doesnt come with a user interface and you cannot access it through button combination when boot.

iXaidyiu said:
Speaking of going back to an older version, I think you may need to roll back to v0.9.18, before the FSC method is ever introduced. In that case, for the devices which doesnt have an available FSC script (like Xperia Z), can have a better treatment.
OT: No phone can have no recovery my friend, it is only that the stock one doesnt come with a user interface and you cannot access it through button combination when boot.
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If so i will download and give a try..
OT: ohh that's strange to hear thanks for the input i was searching all over the net and breaking my head to know this.
I want to mention here my tablet (Digiflip pro xt712) has recovery by default i only rooted it using king root but not installed cwm or twrp...:laugh:

vinchand said:
If so i will download and give a try..
OT: ohh that's strange to hear thanks for the input i was searching all over the net and breaking my head to know this.
I want to mention here my tablet (Digiflip pro xt712) has recovery by default i only rooted it using king root but not installed cwm or twrp...:laugh:
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Some OEM have user reachable recovery by default.
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iXaidyiu said:
Some OEM have user reachable recovery by default.
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There are two versions which one i can choose 0.9.18.5 or 0.9.18.6
Understood, its OEM is Chinese so they will do all digging things...

vinchand said:
There are two versions which one i can choose 0.9.18.5 or 0.9.18.6
Understood, its OEM is Chinese so they will do all digging things...
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Yes
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[HELP] TRIANGLE WARNING at Boot after app removal

My Google Maps was acting up (as if it had no GPS signal) so I decided to uninstall it and try installing the app again. What a bad decision! The phone turned off half way thru the app removal and now it only shows the Android welcoming screen and a triangle warning. I can't figure out a way to get it back to properly boot.
I've tried the following:
- removed SIM
- removed SD card
- hold POWER & volume UP
- hold POWER & volume DOWN
If I try to turn it on, it will show Android screen then triangle warning then android screen and back to triangle as if in a loop - is this what a bootloop means? Oh geez...
The phone was completely stock FW with Sony updates, so whatever is the latest updates from Sony, the phone has it.
Does anyone know what is happening and how to fix this?
Thanks in advance.

OldSkewler said:
My Google Maps was acting up (as if it had no GPS signal) so I decided to uninstall it and try installing the app again. What a bad decision! The phone turned off half way thru the app removal and now it only shows the Android welcoming screen and a triangle warning. I can't figure out a way to get it back to properly boot.
I've tried the following:
- removed SIM
- removed SD card
- hold POWER & volume UP
- hold POWER & volume DOWN
If I try to turn it on, it will show Android screen then triangle warning then android screen and back to triangle as if in a loop - is this what a bootloop means? Oh geez...
The phone was completely stock FW with Sony updates, so whatever is the latest updates from Sony, the phone has it.
Does anyone know what is happening and how to fix this?
Thanks in advance.
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Reflash a system.sin, that should get it going again.

FYI for anyone coming across this problem i down the road : I could not figure out what /how to do the system.sin but I was able to run the Xperia Companion and repair the phone. I basically downloaded the Xperia Companion from Sony website, run the repair tool, connected the phone and followed the instructions.
It erased all settings and apps though, which I understood it would've happened but I assumed Sony had my backup online. Apparently not so I will need to work on it.
Good luck!

OldSkewler said:
FYI for anyone coming across this problem i down the road : I could not figure out what /how to do the system.sin
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Had you of asked I would have said use Newflasher, which would have simply reflashed the system keeping all your data intact. PC Companion should be a last resort, but even then I prefer the Flashtool or Newflasher.

SXUsr said:
Had you of asked I would have said use Newflasher, which would have simply reflashed the system keeping all your data intact. PC Companion should be a last resort, but even then I prefer the Flashtool or Newflasher.
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Really, huh? A little late for that, isn't it?
Now let me ask you this here: did it sound from my previous post that I knew anything about system.sin, flashtool or newflasher? I guarantee you that I didn't know then and I still don't know now. And that is on me, no questions about that. So why pretend you tried to help? Had you tried to actually help, perhaps you would've said something else .

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Really, huh? A little late for that, isn't it?
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Clearly.
OldSkewler said:
Now let me ask you this here: did it sound from my previous post that I knew anything about system.sin, flashtool or newflasher?
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You've got 80+ posts on a mobile developers site, regardless of whether you knew or not, you should know by now that asking questions and/or reading helps you learn.
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So why pretend you tried to help?
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I did try to help, I told you what to do but you thought it best not to ask any questions about what I posted on this developer forum and did your own thing, which yes, is on you, and losing data by not seeking to learn more about what was posted, is a harsh lesson to learn.
So there, all there of your questions answered, just a shame you didn't think to ask the right ones before losing your data.

SXUsr said:
So there, all there of your questions answered
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All good brother, I know what you are looking for and I just gave it to you: another THANKS for your HUGE collection.
Cheers!

OldSkewler said:
All good brother, I know what you are looking for and I just gave it to you: another THANKS for your HUGE collection.
Cheers!
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These days, the only thing I'm looking for is to help (and continue to learn). I joined this site as a newb looking to modify an X10, and since then I've learnt how to modify every device you see listed in my sig, and have done so by continuing right up until the present day by asking questions. I've helped countless amount of people, contributed where I can, and will continue to do so. But if you (or anyone) wants to be arsy or argumentative, I can do that too. :good:

SXUsr said:
These days, the only thing I'm looking for is to help (and continue to learn). I joined this site as a newb looking to modify an X10, and since then I've learnt how to modify every device you see listed in my sig, and have done so by continuing right up until the present day by asking questions. I've helped countless amount of people, contributed where I can, and will continue to do so. But if you (or anyone) wants to be arsy or argumentative, I can do that too. :good:
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Yea, well said mate. Bit of courtesy goes a long way n u did try to help n u helped me out aswell by informing me about Newsflasher and Flashtool so thanks there mate.