[Q]Cannot boot into Recovery - Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello guys, yesterday I've got installed iHackers rom on my Z1. After that I changed my mind, and wanted to install another rom, but here's I've got a problem. When i turned off my phone, and turn on it I don't have any LED Light. I've tried a lot of times to get into recovery, but I cant. I installed new TWRP by NUT, but it doesn't work. Please help guys!

Cierni_ said:
Hello guys, yesterday I've got installed iHackers rom on my Z1. After that I changed my mind, and wanted to install another rom, but here's I've got a problem. When i turned off my phone, and turn on it I don't have any LED Light. I've tried a lot of times to get into recovery, but I cant. I installed new TWRP by NUT, but it doesn't work. Please help guys!
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Flash stock firmware via flash tool and start again...

But iHackers rom works fine. I only dont have any LED Light when I turning on my device ;(

Cierni_ said:
But iHackers rom works fine. I only dont have any LED Light when I turning on my device ;(
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I think you somehow lost your recovery..
Try flashing back recovery using nuts dual recovery installer using pc.
I had same problem with iHackers so i switched to other stock based roms and they all are awesome... :thumbup:
See link here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3042439

kathanpatel1001 said:
I think you somehow lost your recovery..
Try flashing back recovery using nuts dual recovery installer using pc.
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Not working. I tried it a few times. I don't have any LED Light when I turning my phone on and (I think) because of that I cant boot into recovery I guess.

Cierni_ said:
Not working. I tried it a few times. I don't have any LED Light when I turning my phone on and (I think) because of that I cant boot into recovery I guess.
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Try to flash stock rom via flash tool then root and install nuts dual recovery it will work.. :thumbup:
I had similar problem with ihackers rom. Its great rom but has some problems...try similar stock based roms all roms are great...

kathanpatel1001 said:
Try to flash stock rom via flash tool then root and install nuts dual recovery it will work.. :thumbup:
I had similar problem with ihackers rom. Its great rom but has some problems...try similar stock based roms all roms are great...
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I'm green, sorry bro http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z1/development/c6903-14-1-0-157-t2931802 I must to do this, yeah?

Cierni_ said:
I'm green, sorry bro http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z1/development/c6903-14-1-0-157-t2931802 I must to do this, yeah?
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Yupp confirm your z1 version first (i.e. Is your z1 C6903) before flashing this... :thumbup:

kathanpatel1001 said:
Yupp confirm your z1 version first (i.e. Is your z1 C6903) before flashing this... :thumbup:
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Yeah, I've got C6903, but that solve not working.

Cierni_ said:
Yeah, I've got C6903, but that solve not working.
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Sorry i didn't get you..! What is the problem you are facing??

With your phone off and unplugged, setup Flashtool to flash the FTF of your choice.
When you're ready, press and hold the volume up button, and then plug in the device.
The LED will flash red and green quickly. You are in Flashmode now. Flashtool should be working away. Leave it plugged in until prompted to restart (watch the log).

Wiltron said:
With your phone off and unplugged, setup Flashtool to flash the FTF of your choice.
When you're ready, press and hold the volume up button, and then plug in the device.
The LED will flash red and green quickly. You are in Flashmode now. Flashtool should be working away. Leave it plugged in until prompted to restart (watch the log).
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Thanks for reply, but I dont have any led light, thats my problem. When I want to do something, like get into Recovery, I restart my phone and I dont have any LED light, when I plugging in the device - same.

I have the same problem buddy but if you have a computer just install a recovery by downloading the file from NUTS web page (search for dual recovery for z1) and let the PC detect your device. In command prompt it will ask you to hit option 1 or 2 and it's pretty self explanatory. Don't worry about the Led, just flash the recovery using your computer.

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[Q] Sony Ericsson text won't disappear

hi, I am having trouble booting my mothers' X8. She was using mini cm7 and it was starting to be very slow so I backed it up and flashed it again. flashing was completed successfully but when I tried to boot the phone, the Sony Ericsson text did not disappear. I left it running whole night but nothing happened. I can't even boot to xrecovery. What should I do now? Is there any way I can get the phone working again?
thanks a lot!
Xaverek said:
hi, I am having trouble booting my mothers' X8. She was using mini cm7 and it was starting to be very slow so I backed it up and flashed it again. flashing was completed successfully but when I tried to boot the phone, the Sony Ericsson text did not disappear. I left it running whole night but nothing happened. I can't even boot to xrecovery. What should I do now? Is there any way I can get the phone working again?
thanks a lot!
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repair it with PCC
Xaverek said:
hi, I am having trouble booting my mothers' X8. She was using mini cm7 and it was starting to be very slow so I backed it up and flashed it again. flashing was completed successfully but when I tried to boot the phone, the Sony Ericsson text did not disappear. I left it running whole night but nothing happened. I can't even boot to xrecovery. What should I do now? Is there any way I can get the phone working again?
thanks a lot!
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confuse to using SCC
quick way
flash the stock kernel 2.1 ..download it from my signature
and flash with flashtool
BlackRabbit1703 said:
confuse to using SCC
quick way
flash the stock kernel 2.1 ..download it from my signature
and flash with flashtool
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so I downloaded the stock kernel and flashtool, but the app won't recognize the device. it still shows that I should hold back button on my phone while plugging the cable. I was holding the button for about three minutes but nothing changed. what should I do?
edit: oh and the red LED is flashing.
edit2: nevermind, battery was drained. now I just need to find drivers for my x8
Xaverek said:
so I downloaded the stock kernel and flashtool, but the app won't recognize the device. it still shows that I should hold back button on my phone while plugging the cable. I was holding the button for about three minutes but nothing changed. what should I do?
edit: oh and the red LED is flashing.
edit2: nevermind, battery was drained. now I just need to find drivers for my x8
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download
driver x8
gordon gates
install driver from C:\Flashtool\Driver
thanks, I've got it already. phone is working, I just had to install xrecovery again.
thank you all
Xaverek said:
thanks, I've got it already. phone is working, I just had to install xrecovery again.
thank you all
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It's just soft brick so you should have flashtool and some ftf files for your device maybe stock firmware and baseband update so you can unbrick your soft bricked device for any time. Just enter the flash mode and flash it! That's it! Just some advice for you
PS. Don't say thanks. Click "Thanks"
Xaverek said:
thanks, I've got it already. phone is working, I just had to install xrecovery again.
thank you all
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well done dude! :good:

[Q] Bricked Xperia X8 (E15i) HELP!!! May be hard brick

Okay please help. I have an unlocked bootloader (or had an unlocked bootloader) on my X8, it was rooted as well. I decided I'd like to get a custom Rom so I attempted to install GingerDX. I installed Clockwork Recover mod and tested it out to see if it was working. It was so I decided to back the phone up. The back up worked fine and I moved the backup to my computer. Then I restarted the phone to install the GingerDX rom. I cleared all the user data and I then went to install a zip file then chose the zip file. The installation completed so I pressed the back button and it said something about it being unsafe and that I will have no backup but I thought it was going to be fine as I had a backup of the kernel and the system on my computer.
I decided to ignore the warning as the installation said it was completed as well. But when I rebooted using Clockwork recovery mod the phone was stuck on the Sony Ericsson loading screen and was for around 10 minutes before I turned it off by removing the battery. I tried to enter the flash mode and reinstall the kernel on to the phone through flashtool but this failed and after that I can't seem to enter flash mode at all.
Please, is there any way for this to work? I'm guessing it's a hard brick but is there anything that I could try to fix it considering I have a system backup and the stock kernel backup as well? Anything will be greatly appreciated and rewarded.
it looks like you're on stock kernel. custom kernels do not show the se logo (haven't encountered one that does and i've tried quite a lot). are you sure you unlocked your bootloader? if you did, you haven't flashed a custom kernel yet.
don't worry it's only a soft brick. try using seus, pcc, or flashtool to recover it and go back stock rom. flash the rom, not the kernel.
did you download the stock kernel version of gdx? if not, that's probably why you encountered a bootloop.
edit: you also need to wipe dalvik cache and do a full wipe before flashing a rom
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.
cascabel said:
it looks like you're on stock kernel. custom kernels do not show the se logo (haven't encountered one that does and i've tried quite a lot). are you sure you unlocked your bootloader? if you did, you haven't flashed a custom kernel yet.
don't worry it's only a soft brick. try using seus, pcc, or flashtool to recover it and go back stock rom. flash the rom, not the kernel.
did you download the stock kernel version of gdx? if not, that's probably why you encountered a bootloop.
edit: you also need to wipe dalvik cache and do a full wipe before flashing a rom
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.
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Thanks a lot for the suggestion and I'm pretty sure I got the stock kernel version. Just in case I didn't can you send me a link if possible? Also I am on the stock kernel, I unlocked the bootloader but didn't bother flashing the kernel.
I've already tried PC Companion but I don't understand how to use it considering the phone actually cannot boot so I can't choose to connect the phone etc. Also I can't enter the clock work recovery mod anymore or the flash mode.
J_T_ said:
Thanks a lot for the suggestion and I'm pretty sure I got the stock kernel version. Just in case I didn't can you send me a link if possible? Also I am on the stock kernel, I unlocked the bootloader but didn't bother flashing the kernel.
I've already tried PC Companion but I don't understand how to use it considering the phone actually cannot boot so I can't choose to connect the phone etc. Also I can't enter the clock work recovery mod anymore or the flash mode.
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just download the stock rom for x8 and flash it using flashtool. you do need pcc installed for that anyway.
well, i believe you when you say you have gdx's stock kernel version. maybe it's just that you didn't wipe cache, dalvik cache, and full wipe before flashing it?
just a Q though. why not flash a custom kernel? it makes a huge difference.
btw here's the link for stock: http://goo.im/devs/TeamFun/GingerDX/GingerDX-v031b-shakira-stock.zip
edit: you need to flash the stock se rom first to get out of the bootloop. then reroot you phone, install cwm, reboot to recovery and wipe, flash the rom. :thumbup:
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.
cascabel said:
just download the stock rom for x8 and flash it using flashtool. you do need pcc installed for that anyway.
well, i believe you when you say you have gdx's stock kernel version. maybe it's just that you didn't wipe cache, dalvik cache, and full wipe before flashing it?
just a Q though. why not flash a custom kernel? it makes a huge difference.
btw here's the link for stock: http://goo.im/devs/TeamFun/GingerDX/GingerDX-v031b-shakira-stock.zip
edit: you need to flash the stock se rom first to get out of the bootloop. then reroot you phone, install cwm, reboot to recovery and wipe, flash the rom. :thumbup:
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.
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:facepalm:
I've been such an idiot. After a couple of tries it seems that I can actually boot to flash mode so it was just as simple as using Sony Update Service and repairing the phone. I feel like a bit of a tard. Anyway, this thread is resolved. Thanks for all your help and I've :thumbup: but just as a last note what kernel will go well with the GingerDX Rom?
And again thanks for all the quick help man. greatly appreciated.
J_T_ said:
:facepalm:
I've been such an idiot. After a couple of tries it seems that I can actually boot to flash mode so it was just as simple as using Sony Update Service and repairing the phone. I feel like a bit of a tard. Anyway, this thread is resolved. Thanks for all your help and I've :thumbup: but just as a last note what kernel will go well with the GingerDX Rom?
And again thanks for all the quick help man. greatly appreciated.
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lol. no worries. believe me, i've been there too.
glad you found the solution. :thumbup:
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.
I got hard brick too
please help me! My X8 cannot boot and green led is off!
longlnn said:
please help me! My X8 cannot boot and green led is off!
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what did you do? what happens when you try to power it on?
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.
cascabel said:
what did you do? what happens when you try to power it on?
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i try power it on but don't have any sign life.
no led, no boot, no vibrate
longlnn said:
i try power it on but don't have any sign life.
no led, no boot, no vibrate
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try charging it fir a few minutes and try again. if not, you'll have to send it to sony.
did you try unlocking your bootloader?
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.
Completely dead?
cascabel said:
try charging it fir a few minutes and try again. if not, you'll have to send it to sony.
did you try unlocking your bootloader?
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.
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I tried unlocking my bootloader. The phone turned off an since then no sign of life...
No charging, no led flashing, doesn't turn on, won't go in flash mode.
SEUS, PCC and Flashtool doesn't recognise it.
Is it hardbicked? Is anything that can be done?
Waranty expired too!
Spinalonga said:
I tried unlocking my bootloader. The phone turned off an since then no sign of life...
No charging, no led flashing, doesn't turn on, won't go in flash mode.
SEUS, PCC and Flashtool doesn't recognise it.
Is it hardbicked? Is anything that can be done?
Waranty expired too!
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what date does it have on the back of the phonen 11w29+? looks like it's a hard brick though.. those tools Can't revive it. you'll have to send it to sony to get it repaired..
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.
cascabel said:
what date does it have on the back of the phonen 11w29+? looks like it's a hard brick though.. those tools Can't revive it. you'll have to send it to sony to get it repaired..
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.
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11W43
Does anybody happen to know if there's any chance that my hometown Sony service can handle that, or they will gonna send it at a central somewhere else?
Spinalonga said:
11W43
Does anybody happen to know if there's any chance that my hometown Sony service can handle that, or they will gonna send it at a central somewhere else?
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send it to a nearby Sony service center because your manufacturing date isn't safe to perform the unlocking of the bootloader, and yes, it is indeed a hard brick
I have same problem, sony service center solved my problem with any cost, free for me.
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I've had the same problem aswell, but my battery says 10W47?!
No Green LED, no nothing when I try to turn it on.
Help1?!
mytch420 said:
I've had the same problem aswell, but my battery says 10W47?!
No Green LED, no nothing when I try to turn it on.
Help1?!
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try charging it first my friend. leave it for about 20mins, check if it has life or if Flashtool would recognize it
mytch420 said:
I've had the same problem aswell, but my battery says 10W47?!
No Green LED, no nothing when I try to turn it on.
Help1?!
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the date on the battery is irrelevant. what's the date at the back of your phone?
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.
I have left it charging over night, Im getting no signs of life from this in anyway.
The back of my phone says 10W51?
I cant get into flash mode
Also: I have an old Vivaz here and the X8, The vivaz was missing a battery and It turns out it uses the same battery as the x8, Ive tried using this battery in the vivaz but it wont turn on or charge, Is the battery gone?
mytch420 said:
I have left it charging over night, Im getting no signs of life from this in anyway.
The back of my phone says 10W51?
I cant get into flash mode
Also: I have an old Vivaz here and the X8, The vivaz was missing a battery and It turns out it uses the same battery as the x8, Ive tried using this battery in the vivaz but it wont turn on or charge, Is the battery gone?
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looks like the battery may be the issue. can the battery of the vivaz (if it's charged) power on your x8?
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.

[HELP] Bootloop (cant enter recovery / bootloader)

I really could use some help.
I have a unlocked bootloader and installed several roms / kernels in the past. But now I wanted to switch roms, deleted the old rom, updated a kernel (tought it was a rom) and now its loading in the rom (which I tought was deleted...), but hanging in the loading screen, it turn off and then repeats itself...
I cant seem to turn it off, or get it into a mode that I can use SUS...
Any idears?
Thnx in advance..
Edit: I was able to shut down the phone, but I can't use SuS cause I have unlocked bootloader I guess. Any other way to get any recovery working? Or to recover the phone?
JamesB009 said:
I really could use some help.
I have a unlocked bootloader and installed several roms / kernels in the past. But now I wanted to switch roms, deleted the old rom, updated a kernel (tought it was a rom) and now its loading in the rom (which I tought was deleted...), but hanging in the loading screen, it turn off and then repeats itself...
I cant seem to turn it off, or get it into a mode that I can use SUS...
Any idears?
Thnx in advance..
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Hold power and vol up for about 10 seconds. This will turn your phone off.
Then you can either flash a kernel or a ftf file via flashtool
St.Jimmy90 said:
Hold power and vol up for about 10 seconds. This will turn your phone off.
Then you can either flash a kernel or a ftf file via flashtool
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Could you help me how to flash the kernel or a ftf file via flashtool? (Sorry for being a noob...)
Edit: I have found some info on flashtool, I hope this will work. Thnx for the poiting in the right direction. ..
I wanted to say, thnx again.
With Flashtool it worked, I got stock rom back now!
JamesB009 said:
I wanted to say, thnx again.
With Flashtool it worked, I got stock rom back now!
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I'm glad it works now

[Q] Possibly bricked phone

Hi guys,
Probably game over for me but just thought I'd ask. Got C5303 with locked bootloader but had rooted, installed the recovery and flashed cm11 on. So tried to update, cleaned device from recovery but ended in a cyanogenmod bootloop. Tried again but crashed in recovery, not sure if it's possible but seems like I have deleted the recovery and there's no rom installed at the moment. Any way of getting it working again?
Can you get in fastboot modus?
If yes flash a kernel with recovery. Boot into recovery, factory reset, and flash new rom.
halloarno said:
Can you get in fastboot modus?
If yes flash a kernel with recovery. Boot into recovery, factory reset, and flash new rom.
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Not as far as I know, when it was actually working it refused to go into it with volume up + usb and now just stuck on sony logo, have to turn off with back switch and when it turns on, red light and straight to sony logo
kahana95 said:
Not as far as I know, when it was actually working it refused to go into it with volume up + usb and now just stuck on sony logo, have to turn off with back switch and when it turns on, red light and straight to sony logo
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And flashmode? (volume down + USB in pc)
halloarno said:
And flashmode? (volume down + USB in pc)
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I've tried to flash a generic stock onto it, does seem to work, goes green for flashmode and connects but I've installed all the drivers I can find yet I still get a loader.sin error, and the phone leaves flashmode as well but it does come up as connected in the program.
kahana95 said:
I've tried to flash a generic stock onto it, does seem to work, goes green for flashmode and connects but I've installed all the drivers I can find yet I still get a loader.sin error, and the phone leaves flashmode as well but it does come up as connected in the program.
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Maybe this will help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170....
Good luck!
halloarno said:
Maybe this will help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170....
Good luck!
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Finally flashed a generic 4.3 after trying for the third time after installing all the drivers. Thanks for getting me to persevere. Much smoother than I remember the branded firmware it came with at the moment, might stick with it now.

Device doesn't boot!!

I was using CM12 for quite a long time. Then I received an OTA update to CM13. After using it for a few days the device suddenly crashed and wouldn't switch on since then. Whenever I try to switch it on, it vibrates three times. If I connect a charger, it vibrates three times. If I connect to my PC, it vibrates three times.
Sometimes suddenly it boots up and then again crashes in the middle, and vibrates three times.
Is it some kind of hardware problem? :crying:
Try flashing fresh ROM in fastboot. And flash new gapps too.
complete dead xperia SP
kkumar326 said:
Try flashing fresh ROM in fastboot. And flash new gapps too.
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the phone (xperia SP) is completely dead, i tried flashing it with stock firmware thrice(with different FTF file) but it showed error. Now i cannot even set it to flashmode(vol down+plug cord) it does not respond at all!!!
no flashmode
no fastboot mode
no booting
not a single LED lights up
please help
without phone from last 2 days
kkumar326 said:
Try flashing fresh ROM in fastboot. And flash new gapps too.
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Tried everything, nothing worked!
Any other way to flash a rom, when the device doesn't boot or go into fastboot/flash mode?
Shreyank2305 said:
the phone (xperia SP) is completely dead, i tried flashing it with stock firmware thrice(with different FTF file) but it showed error. Now i cannot even set it to flashmode(vol down+plug cord) it does not respond at all!!!
no flashmode
no fastboot mode
no booting
not a single LED lights up
please help
without phone from last 2 days
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Hey there! I think it's some infection from the CM ROM. The same happened to me.
The best you can do is submit your phone to the centre, that is if it goes into flashing.
I think it's some ram problem or CM's internal boot file corruption, after the latest OTA.
Search for bricked xperia phones on google and XDA, you may get something helpful.
kkumar326 said:
Search for bricked xperia phones on google and XDA, you may get something helpful.
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I feel indebted!!

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