So a couple days ago, my power button and volume button and even the camera button stopped working. I thought I'd bricked my phone! But once I got home, I put the charger in and the screen came on. I've been using Sony's "double tap to wake" option to use the phone.
BUT THEN, god damn battery runs out completely, I charged it and now because the power button isn't working, I can't turn the phone on.
Tried adb reboot, tried holding volume buttons, tried hard reset button under USB and microsd flap, nothing. Screen comes on when it's charging, the phone works perfectly (apart from buttons ofc)
Flashtool recognises the device when I plug it in, but I don't see any option to reboot the device since it's connected with debugging off.
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01/035/2015 22:35:37 - INFO - Device disconnected
01/035/2015 22:35:56 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
01/035/2015 22:35:56 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
I haven't dropped the phone, it can't be water damage either since I'm paranoid and keep it away from water even though it's waterproof.
Help? Don't know whether to take it to Sony because I unlocked my bootloader :crying:
i360* said:
So a couple days ago, my power button and volume button and even the camera button stopped working. I thought I'd bricked my phone! But once I got home, I put the charger in and the screen came on. I've been using Sony's "double tap to wake" option to use the phone.
BUT THEN, god damn battery runs out completely, I charged it and now because the power button isn't working, I can't turn the phone on.
Tried adb reboot, tried holding volume buttons, tried hard reset button under USB and microsd flap, nothing. Screen comes on when it's charging, the phone works perfectly (apart from buttons ofc)
Flashtool recognises the device when I plug it in, but I don't see any option to reboot the device since it's connected with debugging off.
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01/035/2015 22:35:37 - INFO - Device disconnected
01/035/2015 22:35:56 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
01/035/2015 22:35:56 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
I haven't dropped the phone, it can't be water damage either since I'm paranoid and keep it away from water even though it's waterproof.
Help? Don't know whether to take it to Sony because I unlocked my bootloader :crying:
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Are you able to reflash your phone's firmware?
degraaff said:
Are you able to reflash your phone's firmware?
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I'd have to boot the phone into flashmode and that requires power button and volume button...
Try to turn on Ultra stamina Mode and then turn that same mode Off.
Phone will reboot, after the reboot tell me how are your buttons.
I had the same problem this morning, never had it before. Then i thought, 99.9% of phone's problems are software related and solve themselves by a reboot or factory reset (i sell chinese smartphones for living..) and tried to reboot the phone. Power button for 8-10 secs did nothing (as expected, as buttons not working). Finally, i remembered that ultra stamina mode asks to reboot the phone. Did it and Voilá! phone is cool now
I'm still worried, but lets hope it doesnt happen again.
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Try to turn on Ultra stamina Mode and then turn that same mode Off.
Phone will reboot, after the reboot tell me how are your buttons.
I had the same problem this morning, never had it before. Then i thought, 99.9% of phone's problems are software related and solve themselves by a reboot or factory reset (i sell chinese smartphones for living..) and tried to reboot the phone. Power button for 8-10 secs did nothing (as expected, as buttons not working). Finally, i remembered that ultra stamina mode asks to reboot the phone. Did it and Voilá! phone is cool now
I'm still worried, but lets hope it doesnt happen again.
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How can I turn on ultra stamina mode when my phone is switched off right now! I can't turn it on with power button
Hi!
Did you try this one??
adb shell input keyevent 26
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But i am not sure can you run it with debug mode off, try!
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Hi!
Did you try this one??
But i am not sure can you run it with debug mode off, try!
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error: device not found :'(
edit; holy ****, how the **** did that work.
HAVE MY BABIES
i360* said:
error: device not found :'(
edit; holy ****, how the **** did that work.
HAVE MY BABIES
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I am glad to hear that.
It is adb command emulating power button .
Is power button and volume buttons working now?
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I am glad to hear that.
It is adb command emulating power button .
Is power button and volume buttons working now?
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I knew about the command, but I don't understand how it worked without debugging?
No buttons are working, but I am surviving using an app as a substitute and the "double tap to wake" option
I think it can be some minimal adb envirtoment because USB debugging is present when Andorid is fully power up. But thats only my theory
I think your problem can be hardware related, so you should contact Sony/Your Operator for warranty repair. In my opinion unlocking bootloader does not void your warranty in this case , Sony only noticed about you may..so is worth to try .
Sony said:
Voiding the warranty
If you unlock the boot loader, you may void the warranty of your device and/or any warranty from your operator. See your device’s warranty statement for details. Additionally, due to the modified device software, Sony’s repair network will likely have to replace key components before it can properly test, repair and verify your device using our repair tools and software. Consequently, if Sony performs a warranty repair, Sony will likely charge you a significant service fee for the additional costs caused by your modification of the software.]
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Peter_31 said:
I think it can be some minimal adb envirtoment because USB debugging is present when Andorid is fully power up. But thats only my theory
I think your problem can be hardware related, so you should contact Sony/Your Operator for warranty repair. In my opinion unlocking bootloader does not void your warranty in this case , Sony only noticed about you may..so is worth to try .
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Yep I did spot that, but as a (broke) student I can't risk sending my phone for repair and then getting a big bill from Sony.
I will take it to a third-party repair shop in the near future.
I think they (Sony) should inform you before charging for repair and wait for agreement from your side. Call them and ask about it.
Best Regards.
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error: device not found :'(
edit; holy ****, how the **** did that work.
HAVE MY BABIES
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Hello I am having the same problem but I do not know how to enter this command so that it will turn on my phone. Could you please show me how? I have flash tool installed and it is telling me the same status as your phone. Thanks
i360* said:
Yep I did spot that, but as a (broke) student I can't risk sending my phone for repair and then getting a big bill from Sony.
I will take it to a third-party repair shop in the near future.
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you didn't backup your TA I guess?
btw I confirm they will need your approval before proceed with the repair out of warranty and charge you the costs, so I would try taking it to sony then if they want too much money just ask it back (you may be asked to pay just the shipping costs if they are going to send the phone somewhere for checks)
i360* said:
error: device not found :'(
edit; holy ****, how the **** did that work.
HAVE MY BABIES
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Hello, I have the same problem, But I don't know how to use the Flashtool, Could you please tell me the steps to do it .
I think this is hardware related issue, so you should be able to go back to Sony.
fufax said:
Try to turn on Ultra stamina Mode and then turn that same mode Off.
Phone will reboot, after the reboot tell me how are your buttons.
I had the same problem this morning, never had it before. Then i thought, 99.9% of phone's problems are software related and solve themselves by a reboot or factory reset (i sell chinese smartphones for living..) and tried to reboot the phone. Power button for 8-10 secs did nothing (as expected, as buttons not working). Finally, i remembered that ultra stamina mode asks to reboot the phone. Did it and Voilá! phone is cool now
I'm still worried, but lets hope it doesnt happen again.
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Found this post when googling the problem, and since my phone hadn't died yet I was able to use this method. Worked perfectly! (for now...) Thanks!
I had exactly the same problem. Also phone wasn't charging in the magnetic dock.
A factory reset worked for me but I'm worried, once it happened...
How did it work?
i360* said:
error: device not found :'(
edit; holy ****, how the **** did that work.
HAVE MY BABIES
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hi,
I am facing the same problem. I installed SDK and ran the command but I keep getting no device is found.
How did you get it to recognize the device?
Sir, you are a genius
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Having a problem with my 3 month old Xperia Z.
I had s problem over the weekend where while listening to music my phone fell in the sink. . A bit careless I know so please spare me the remarks I feel bad enough.
My phone was off for about half a day and could not turn on. I figured it was bricked so I let it fully dry and started working again. It developed some problems however. The beautiful power button is no longer functional. i have to hit the volume up botton to wake up the phone.
In doing so today i hit the volume up and power button. I ended putting the phone on SAFE MODE. As mentioned the power button does not work so I can not get out of safe mode.
Please help I am desperate and do not want to buy another one. I am coming from windows phone 7 and truly enjoyed the android experience with the brilliant GOOGLE NOW. If this phone dies or is useless i just might switch back as I also miss the simplicity and aesthetic of WP8.
Thank for your help in advance.
take it to the shop? even if you get out of safe mode your phone is still going to malfunction...
LitoNi said:
take it to the shop? even if you get out of safe mode your phone is still going to malfunction...
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Sad to hear. Is there not a workaround?
Would a factory reset help ?
Install the adb driver for the phone on your computer.
Download the android sdk.
Activate USB debugging.
Open a command promt in the platform-tools (adt-bundle -> sdk -> platform-tools) folder (hold shift and right-click -> click open command window here).
Type in "adb reboot" and press enter.
(Since I've never posted on the forum before I can't link you to the needed files...)
Can't disable the SAFE MODE on my xperia SL
Few days ago at morning i was charging my phone. Suddenly I saw that my phone wasn't charging. I also came to know that my phone wasn't starting. I have tried to re-update with PC-companion and SUS but I didn't come out successful. I also tried flashing my phone using this link >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240614 but it didn't work. Besides in Bangladesh there is no official SONY SERVICE CENTER and the other non-official service centers are not up to the mark...
I am in danger... please XDA-DEVELOPERS help me....
N.B. I have no warranty card.
Hello,
I have an LG P880 and I had the Torch app with the flash on.
I accidentally dropped the phone and it fell with the screen down and the flash went off.
When I went so see what happened I noticed that the battery was still attached.
I tried to turn on the phone but to no avail. The power button seems to be working as I can hear it click, but the screen doesn't turn on.
Later tried to connect the phone to my PC to check if it connected in download mode, but it didn't. ADB doesn't recognize any devices either.
I don't know what else I can try.. I had some notes on the internal memory that I can't reach and I really needed them..
Does anyone know of a way to extract information from the internal memory?
The phone is still on warranty and I don't see any screws that have a void stamp. If needed I can disassemble it.
It was running CM 10.1 stable.
Thank you for your time
tyraek said:
Hello,
I have an LG P880 and I had the Torch app with the flash on.
I accidentally dropped the phone and it fell with the screen down and the flash went off.
When I went so see what happened I noticed that the battery was still attached.
I tried to turn on the phone but to no avail. The power button seems to be working as I can hear it click, but the screen doesn't turn on.
Later tried to connect the phone to my PC to check if it connected in download mode, but it didn't. ADB doesn't recognize any devices either.
I don't know what else I can try.. I had some notes on the internal memory that I can't reach and I really needed them..
Does anyone know of a way to extract information from the internal memory?
The phone is still on warranty and I don't see any screws that have a void stamp. If needed I can disassemble it.
It was running CM 10.1 stable.
Thank you for your time
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try removing the battery, plug a usb connected to a pc, whilst holding volume down, if it goes into software download mode, you can restore it by flashing the original firmware through kdz.
zri said:
try removing the battery, plug a usb connected to a pc, whilst holding volume down, if it goes into software download mode, you can restore it by flashing the original firmware through kdz.
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Thank you for your reply, but I have already tried that. The screen doesn't even turn on.
Another interesting thing that I found is that in complete darkness, I remove and insert the battery and try to turn it on. The lights on the touch buttons slightly blink and the phone doesn't do anything else.
tyraek said:
Thank you for your reply, but I have already tried that. The screen doesn't even turn on.
Another interesting thing that I found is that in complete darkness, I remove and insert the battery and try to turn it on. The lights on the touch buttons slightly blink and the phone doesn't do anything else.
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If the phone does not turn on, something has probably broken inside the phone, due to you dropping it. You could try to get it repaired and hope the info will stay on it, or you could disassemble yourself and see if you can spot the problem and repair it yourself.
chasepoes said:
If the phone does not turn on, something has probably broken inside the phone, due to you dropping it. You could try to get it repaired and hope the info will stay on it, or you could disassemble yourself and see if you can spot the problem and repair it yourself.
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Thank you for your reply, I will send it to warranty tomorrow probably. I disassembled everything except the touch screen and it seems everything is in place, since I'm don't have the knowledge for anything else and don't want to break any seals if any exist
More information: I can turn it on to the APX mode apparently (volume up + volume down + power on), however Windows says it is an "Unknown device" and doesn't even provide a vendor/device ID so no driver can be installed for the device..
Hope they can salvage my data or I'll have a hard time trying to remember my notes lol
tyraek said:
Thank you for your reply, I will send it to warranty tomorrow probably. I disassembled everything except the touch screen and it seems everything is in place, since I'm don't have the knowledge for anything else and don't want to break any seals if any exist
More information: I can turn it on to the APX mode apparently (volume up + volume down + power on), however Windows says it is an "Unknown device" and doesn't even provide a vendor/device ID so no driver can be installed for the device..
Hope they can salvage my data or I'll have a hard time trying to remember my notes lol
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probably something inside the phone has broken as stated above, i have never heard of this APX mode and i wouldn't mess around with it, i have bricked my LG devices several times and have only fixed it with kdz
zri said:
probably something inside the phone has broken as stated above, i have never heard of this APX mode and i wouldn't mess around with it, i have bricked my LG devices several times and have only fixed it with kdz
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The APX mode is like recovery mode but on a deeper level. You use nvflash with it. If you can't get to this mode nothing else will work more info here
I sent it to warranty, they said they will contact me within 5 days
tyraek said:
The APX mode is like recovery mode but on a deeper level. You use nvflash with it. If you can't get to this mode nothing else will work more info here
I sent it to warranty, they said they will contact me within 5 days
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well thats some good news, goodluck with that
I was just playing around trying to move apps onto my new micro sd card. I rebooted several times. But suddenly when I rebooted one more time, the screen turned black. It was supposed to reboot into recovery (CWM). So I tried to turn it on again. Nothing happened. I also tried to press power button + vol up. Nothing happened. No light when charging either. I really really really need some help
ende124 said:
I was just playing around trying to move apps onto my new micro sd card. I rebooted several times. But suddenly when I rebooted one more time, the screen turned black. It was supposed to reboot into recovery (CWM). So I tried to turn it on again. Nothing happened. I also tried to press power button + vol up. Nothing happened. No light when charging either. I really really really need some help
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Does your phone vibrate when you press power + vol up? Can you get it into flashmode?
If your pc recognizes the phone as qhsusb_dload or something like qloader it's hard bricked and there's nothing left you can do..
St.Jimmy90 said:
Does your phone vibrate when you press power + vol up? Can you get it into flashmode?
If your pc recognizes the phone as qhsusb_dload or something like qloader it's hard bricked and there's nothing left you can do..
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Nothing happens, its not vibrating, its not charging, and nothing happens when I plug it into my computer. I am a little bit experienced, so I know what to do if I atleast could get it into flashmode
ende124 said:
Nothing happens, its not vibrating, its not charging, and nothing happens when I plug it into my computer. I am a little bit experienced, so I know what to do if I atleast could get it into flashmode
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Does the led flash red if you hold down power and vol up while you plug it into your pc?
St.Jimmy90 said:
Does the led flash red if you hold down power and vol up while you plug it into your pc?
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No flashing LED, no vibrating, nothing.
I'm afraid to say this but it seems your phone is hard bricked... Try to do a rubber band across it so that the power button and vol up buttons get pressed all the time and plug it into your wallcharger. If that doesn't help bring it to your local sony service centre and let them repair it although they will very likely charge of a service fee.
Good luck mate!
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St.Jimmy90 said:
I'm afraid to say this but it seems your phone is hard bricked... Try to do a rubber band across it so that the power button and vol up buttons get pressed all the time and plug it into your wallcharger. If that doesn't help bring it to your local sony service centre and let them repair it although they will very likely charge of a service fee.
Good luck mate!
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Thank you, I will try that. It is really weird, the last thing I did was pressing the restart in recovery button.
I bricked my phone while trying to unlock bootloader (didnt wait for the command prompt to complete the process) and later my pc was recognizing it as qhsusb_dload. But my volume buttons were working and I used the Sony update service to restore it.
waji97 said:
I bricked my phone while trying to unlock bootloader (didnt wait for the command prompt to complete the process) and later my pc was recognizing it as qhsusb_dload. But my volume buttons were working and I used the Sony update service to restore it.
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I've used that tool several times when I softbricked my phone or didnt have a backup xD
ende124 said:
I've used that tool several times when I softbricked my phone or didnt have a backup xD
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You should leave it for charging for a while and then check, maybe the battery is dead.
waji97 said:
You should leave it for charging for a while and then check, maybe the battery is dead.
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Its weird how it ws completely fully charged wen it passed away...
ende124 said:
Its weird how it ws completely fully charged wen it passed away...
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So does it work now?
ende124 said:
Its weird how it ws completely fully charged wen it passed away...
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It is very possible, frequent restarts eat away alot of battery, and you never know maybe it was on while you saw a black screen thinking it was off.
waji97 said:
It is very possible, frequent restarts eat away alot of battery, and you never know maybe it was on while you saw a black screen thinking it was off.
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I'm just saying, I've put my phone into the charger trying to charge it and turn it on. The LED won't turn on when I put my phone into the charger. I also tried the hard reboot keys power + vol up.
ende124 said:
I'm just saying, I've put my phone into the charger trying to charge it and turn it on. The LED won't turn on when I put my phone into the charger. I also tried the hard reboot keys power + vol up.
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Then its probably very hard bricked. You should take it to Sony and let them figure it out.
ende124 said:
I'm just saying, I've put my phone into the charger trying to charge it and turn it on. The LED won't turn on when I put my phone into the charger. I also tried the hard reboot keys power + vol up.
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Did you also try the rubber band method? Putting a rubber band across the phone so that power and vol up buttons are pressed while it is on the charger for several hours?
St.Jimmy90 said:
Did you also try the rubber band method? Putting a rubber band across the phone so that power and vol up buttons are pressed while it is on the charger for several hours?
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If you see a flashing blue light, when it is not plugged in, it's because the bootload was entered improperly and is in safe mode. The only way you can fix it, is to do a system wipe via Sony Companion and reinstall stock ROM. It's an Xperias way of bootlooping into a safe mode when it's locked.
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waji97 said:
I bricked my phone while trying to unlock bootloader (didnt wait for the command prompt to complete the process) and later my pc was recognizing it as qhsusb_dload. But my volume buttons were working and I used the Sony update service to restore it.
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Too bad Sony doesn't implement an ADB OTI. Otherwise you could flash ROMs even with factory lock and never brick it.
i am experiencing the same problem right now. hadn't touched the tablet in a couple weeks, i seem to remember turning it off because it was really low on battery and the charger wasn't near. now it is just a black rectangle.. LED never responds, charging doesn't do anything, doesn't show up on ADB or flashtool.
seems like it is some problem with the firmware or hardware since all the android devices i've owned have always charged (with the LED on) regardless of the condition of the software (hell my one x that busted open and the screen doesn't work still charges and hooks up to the computer)
i would love to get this fixed because sony tech support pretty much bent me over today.
axis888x said:
i am experiencing the same problem right now. hadn't touched the tablet in a couple weeks, i seem to remember turning it off because it was really low on battery and the charger wasn't near. now it is just a black rectangle.. LED never responds, charging doesn't do anything, doesn't show up on ADB or flashtool.
seems like it is some problem with the firmware or hardware since all the android devices i've owned have always charged (with the LED on) regardless of the condition of the software (hell my one x that busted open and the screen doesn't work still charges and hooks up to the computer)
i would love to get this fixed because sony tech support pretty much bent me over today.
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Did you try external battery terminal dismount?
what is "external battery terminal dismount"?
i've edited file in /system/etc/hosts
and after restart the phone it's just vibrate once and now not starting not even charging when it's dead it was 45% battery
now what shoutd i do please help me guys i don't know much about android.:crying:
prabasha said:
i've edited file in /system/etc/hosts
and after restart the phone it's just vibrate once and now not starting not even charging when it's dead it was 45% battery
now what shoutd i do please help me guys i don't know much about android.:crying:
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Do you even tried to re-flash the firmware? Try to flash the stock firmware again.
TechnoSparks said:
Do you even tried to re-flash the firmware? Try to flash the stock firmware again.
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it's not even detected by pc please help:crying:
prabasha said:
it's not even detected by pc please help:crying:
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press volume down and than connect your phone to pc....it will going to flashmode...
prabasha said:
it's not even detected by pc please help:crying:
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By stating that simple sentence none of us could determine the exact cause. Maybe you've did something wrong during the connecting of your phone to your PC.
In order to make sure your phone is connected to PC, make sure you first hold the volume down button, and then while holding, connect the usb cable to your phone. Then this will make your phone properly connected as flashmode.
Gara91 said:
press volume down and than connect your phone to pc....it will going to flashmode...
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it's not going in to flashmode with that method nothing happens
TechnoSparks said:
By stating that simple sentence none of us could determine the exact cause. Maybe you've did something wrong during the connecting of your phone to your PC.
In order to make sure your phone is connected to PC, make sure you first hold the volume down button, and then while holding, connect the usb cable to your phone. Then this will make your phone properly connected as flashmode.
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i've done this but nothing happens not going in to flashmode
i don't know what happend i just edit that hosts file and restarted the phone.
prabasha said:
i've done this but nothing happens not going in to flashmode
i don't know what happend i just edit that hosts file and restarted the phone.
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I suggest for you to try this one unique method used by adfad666, a developer.
He tried to boot into flashmode, by holding the volume button and the yellow reset button.
If that fails, another person successfully made it by plugging the phone in while on flashmode and then press the volume button down.
If that fails again, another person made it too by actually charging it for the whole night. He then could connect his phone in flashmode. Does your LED bar ever lights up when you connect your charger? This might work for you
Another person tried so much (trial and error) until the phone is recognised.
PS Its fascinating and scary that hard bricks can be recovered mostly by luck
TechnoSparks said:
I suggest for you to try this one unique method used by adfad666, a developer.
He tried to boot into flashmode, by holding the volume button and the yellow reset button.
If that fails, another person successfully made it by plugging the phone in while on flashmode and then press the volume button down.
If that fails again, another person made it too by actually charging it for the whole night. He then could connect his phone in flashmode. Does your LED bar ever lights up when you connect your charger? This might work for you
Another person tried so much (trial and error) until the phone is recognised.
PS Its fascinating and scary that hard bricks can be recovered mostly by luck
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volume down method not working
i've charge phone about 3hr but not working LED BAR not working when connecting to the charger
what's that yellow reset button you have mentioned? i don't know much about this phone just using for one month
prabasha said:
volume down method not working
i've charge phone about 3hr but not working LED BAR not working when connecting to the charger
what's that yellow reset button you have mentioned? i don't know much about this phone just using for one month
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Yellow reset button is a force reboot button located in the backside of your phone, underneath the battery cover. It is intended fore reboots when a device is freezing. But yea a guy use it for recovering from hard brick. He has experience with hardbricks caused by kernel (lol because he builds kernels!) by using that yellow dude on the phone. This however require many trial and errors, as it is quite complicated to actually achieve flashmode connection using the yellow button compared to the normal procedures. However, chances are you may succeed.
I would like to have a look at the resource you used to modify your hosts file, if you please to share.
TechnoSparks said:
Yellow reset button is a force reboot button located in the backside of your phone, underneath the battery cover. It is intended fore reboots when a device is freezing. But yea a guy use it for recovering from hard brick. He has experience with hardbricks caused by kernel (lol because he builds kernels!) by using that yellow dude on the phone. This however require many trial and errors, as it is quite complicated to actually achieve flashmode connection using the yellow button compared to the normal procedures. However, chances are you may succeed.
I would like to have a look at the resource you used to modify your hosts file, if you please to share.
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you just save my day it worked
I just press that yellow button (only that yellow button) and phone just start normally without any errors thank you so much for the help
i've previously used xperia p and galaxy ace but never encountered any serious problems like this is this phone bad? should i need to worry in the future? i heard no firmware update for this device in future.
prabasha said:
you just save my day it worked
I just press that yellow button (only that yellow button) and phone just start normally without any errors thank you so much for the help
i've previously used xperia p and galaxy ace but never encountered any serious problems like this is this phone bad? should i need to worry in the future? i heard no firmware update for this device in future.
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turns out what you did is completely different from what I intended. Well it seemed that your phone is stuck somehow. In a normal shutdown, when you press that yellow button, it won't start at all (yes I did that an hour ago before suggesting you that. Since it fails, I didn't tell you about it). Maybe this will make some hard bricks recoverable? I don't know either. This is a really strange world.
Okay wondering aside, congratulations that your Xperia SP is recovered from a hard brick! :fingers-crossed: It happens rarely, sometimes simple things can fix it.
No this phone isn't bad. I did so many dangerous things and haven't yet face any hard bricking (I am not quite happy you know, it seems like the hard brick is getting closer to me!). Well there is no firmware updates from Sony that is. However I don't really care about that, since I hate bloated stock ROMs anyway. And personally I don't really care if we are doomed to stuck on 4.4. But I do wish 5 or Lollipop could run on this first Android device of mine.
UPDATE - Turns out the motherboard was dead. Apparently it's a problem that's been going around S10s lately
Left my S10 on the table over the night. Woke up this morning and nothing's responding. After 5 years of developer experience, I believe this device is hard bricked.
Tried force restarting
Recovery mode (bixby+power+volume up) doesn't work at all
Power button, and any other combination of power button, volume buttons, and bixby buttons does not work at all. No sign of life
Plugged it into computer and I see no devices in device manager, even with correct drivers
ADB and fastboot search does not find anything
Tried charging it with all sorts of chargers, with no sign of life
Because of this, I believe my device to be completely bricked (in which case, the only option is warranty and replace). I think it's a motherboard issue - not a battery issue, as it doesn't work even when plugged in. Am I missing something here?
What scares me is that I literally did nothing to it, and all of a sudden it bricks. I can't even flash stock firmware as my computer won't recognize it.
Try holding volume down and bixby button and then plug in the usb to a computer.
Oh no, you brick, you buy!!!!
Player04 said:
Try holding volume down and bixby button and then plug in the usb to a computer.
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matthewclso said:
Power button, and any other combination of power button, volume buttons, and bixby buttons does not work at all. No sign of life
Plugged it into computer and I see no devices in device manager, even with correct drivers
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Tried that already.
Player04 said:
Oh no, you brick, you buy!!!!
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As for the warranty, Samsung does replace all devices as long as the fault was not on the user. Per Samsung's warranty policy, all devices are covered for one year for issues such as this.
matthewclso said:
Tried that already.
As for the warranty, Samsung does replace all devices as long as the fault was not on the user. Per Samsung's warranty policy, all devices are covered for one year for issues such as this.
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If i may ask, which version of the S10 is this.
Player04 said:
Try holding volume down and bixby button and then plug in the usb to a computer.
Oh no, you brick, you buy!!!!
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