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[Q] Hard bricked !

guys i was trying to restore the ta backup to relock the bootloader. after it was done it tried to restart the phone and after the shut down the phone was hard bricked !
unfortunately i was about to recover it so I followed this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2646405
but i had a problem during the flashing
i get this error after some proceeds :
MINOR ERROR [0x80080021_, err:0017 ]
error while uploading final HDR block
break
finished
anyone knows what to do now?

Guys pleeaaaassseeeee i need a hand over here help me ;( ;(

Do not bump a thread within 24 hours.
Download a stock ftf and flash it using flashtool
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gregbradley said:
Do not bump a thread within 24 hours.
Download a stock ftf and flash it using flashtool
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give me a break! man! thanks for noticing! i know how to flash a ftf file.. the phone is dead totally. no flash mode or fastboot mode

It already happened to me, you just have to flash again your phone with your computer and it work (for me).

megavigore said:
It already happened to me, you just have to flash again your phone with your computer and it work (for me).
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no way man!its not a soft brick! you cant use flash mode or fastboot mode . just emergency mode ! and thats not working for me neither.
dont know what to do... seems its dead

What is emergency mode?
If there is no response then stick it on charge for 24 hours, do not touch it then try flashing a stock FTF again

Greg is trying to help you mate.
And he's right, there's a time difference and you have to wait for guys to see your thread...
Check do you have latest flashtool
Check do you have correct drivers
Check is your ftf corrupted (download a new one)
, hard restart your device (vol up+power).
Open flashtool and hit start, wait till flashtool prepares fw and ask you to connect device.
Then connect device.
If that won't work, try to download another ftf file...
Maybe you have corrupted ftf and that's causing a problem...
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funky0308 said:
Greg is trying to help you mate.
And he's right, there's a time difference and you have to wait for guys to see your thread...
Check do you have latest flashtool
Check do you have correct drivers
Check is your ftf corrupted (download a new one)
, hard restart your device (vol up+power).
Open flashtool and hit start, wait till flashtool prepares fw and ask you to connect device.
Then connect device.
If that won't work, try to download another ftf file...
Maybe you have corrupted ftf and that's causing a problem...
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thanks to everyone here who is trying to help me out . but guys, i'm having no flashmode no fast boot mod..i know how to flash a ftf..but this one is different! there is nothing except of a red blinking led.. its hard braked! it will not show anything when i connect to pc. no Power+vol up works. it connect just when you connect the testpiont to GND and some stuff to get connected in emergency mode...
when i connect it normally no log adds in flashtool or any sound on windows..

NiM72NiK said:
thanks to everyone here who is trying to help me out . but guys, i'm having no flashmode no fast boot mod..i know how to flash a ftf..but this one is different! there is nothing except of a red blinking led.. its hard braked! it will not show anything when i connect to pc. no Power+vol up works. it connect just when you connect the testpiont to GND and some stuff to get connected in emergency mode...
when i connect it normally no log adds in flashtool or any sound on windows..
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Uff...
Are you sure you restored right/yours TS backup?
I have a friend who restored Z1 TA backup to Z2, this things happen so who knows...
It's really odd if you restored your backup on stock fw and something like that happened..
Now I realized you wrote "I had flashtool problems..."
I thought you have problems in flashtool now, that's why I said try with another ftf or another flashtool version...
If you got that, and you did, while you were flashing ftf....I believe you are, unfortunately, right, this is hard brick.
BTW - which firmware you tried to flash?
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funky0308 said:
Uff...
Are you sure you restored right/yours TS backup?
I have a friend who restored Z1 TA backup to Z2, this things happen so who knows...
It's really odd if you restored your backup on stock fw and something like that happened..
Now I realized you wrote "I had flashtool problems..."
I thought you have problems in flashtool now, that's why I said try with another ftf or another flashtool version...
If you got that, and you did, while you were flashing ftf....I believe you are, unfortunately, right, this is hard brick.
BTW - which firmware you tried to flash?
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i was un iHackers 4.2 using doomkernel v21 tried to relock the bootloader( I have done that before) but this time it tried to restart but this happnd after the restart process..
seems it done, right?

NiM72NiK said:
i was un iHackers 4.2 using doomkernel v21 tried to relock the bootloader( I have done that before) but this time it tried to restart but this happnd after the restart process..
seems it done, right?
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you need to be on a stock kernel if you relock the bootloader.
You should have flashed a stock FTF immediately after relocking and before restarting.
The solution is to flash a stock FTF
and you have not done this yet
gregbradley said:
What is emergency mode?
If there is no response then stick it on charge for 24 hours, do not touch it then try flashing a stock FTF again
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please charge it for 24 hours without touching it, then try again

coming back to this thread. Wondered if all was well - ended well or still stuck ?
I tried to install magisk using bridge approach
and ended up with something that will get to just bluelight ( flashboot ?) mode . I am downloading a stock T-Mob FTF. J-FYI this is an operator locked boot loader. I dunno - is it poss to permanently unlock it and install Cust ROM ? I want to :
-- Recover my data from the dead prev . install
--Have a ROM ( stock or custom ) with Magisk installed.
My plan :
-- Flashtool install 4.4 FTF
-- _______________ <----- Need help here. How do I get magisk working ?
Note that AFAIK for locked bootloader , /system is RO

[Q] Sony Logo Bootloop !?

Hi all,
So I got this Sony Xperia SP C5303 from a friend of mine which is stuck on a boot loop (SONY logo => XPERIA logo => Orange logo, then screen dims and reboot )
I tried to flash it with FlashTool but nothing, I downloaded the ftf for it and I have installed all the drivers from the flashtool driver folder but nothing, I always get an error on Flasgtool indicating that I must install the drivers
As I said, the phone cannot be booted and I have never connected it to my computer so there were no previous drivers, so what should I do ? (I have Win 7 btw)

zedex39zeo said:
Hi all,
So I got this Sony Xperia SP C5303 from a friend of mine which is stuck on a boot loop (SONY logo => XPERIA logo => Orange logo, then screen dims and reboot )
I tried to flash it with FlashTool but nothing, I downloaded the ftf for it and I have installed all the drivers from the flashtool driver folder but nothing, I always get an error on Flasgtool indicating that I must install the drivers
As I said, the phone cannot be booted and I have never connected it to my computer so there were no previous drivers, so what should I do ? (I have Win 7 btw)
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Don't know what you mean by all but the three necessary ones are fast boot, flash mode & viskan board drivers. Use the latest version of Flashtool, install those drivers, prepare the firmware and connect the phone pressing the volume down button.
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XenolithicYardZone said:
Don't know what you mean by all but the three necessary ones are fast boot, flash mode & viskan board drivers. Use the latest version of Flashtool, install those drivers, prepare the firmware and connect the phone pressing the volume down button.
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I do have FlashTool the latest version (0.9.18.6) and what I meant by "all" is that when I run the "FlashTool drivers" that comes with the software, it gives me a checklist of the available drivers, I ticked every single one of those drivers, and they're all installed, but still, FlashTool shows an error that the driver must be installed !

zedex39zeo said:
I do have FlashTool the latest version (0.9.18.6) and what I meant by "all" is that when I run the "FlashTool drivers" that comes with the software, it gives me a checklist of the available drivers, I ticked every single one of those drivers, and they're all installed, but still, FlashTool shows an error that the driver must be installed !
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You don't need to install all of them, just the three I mentioned. Could possibly be causing detection issues.
Go download USBDeview and see what you got installed. I'd advise you to remove everything Android and Xperia related and start from scratch to avoid conflicts. If you have installed things properly, you phone should show up as something like this in USBDeview -
Normal mode
Xperia SP - USB Composite Device
Fastboot mode
S1Boot - Fastboot Android ADB Interface or ADB Bootloader Interface or something similar.
Edit : Just as I finished posting, my SP wasn't getting detected in adb. Why? Because I had connected my brother's Xperia ZR and for some reason my phone doesn't like other phones being connection on my machine It was showing up as Linux storage unit or something. Reinstalled drivers via FlashTool and everything's good again. Drivers are finicky things man.

XenolithicYardZone said:
You don't need to install all of them, just the three I mentioned. Could possibly be causing detection issues.
Go download USBDeview and see what you got installed. I'd advise you to remove everything Android and Xperia related and start from scratch to avoid conflicts. If you have installed things properly, you phone should show up as something like this in USBDeview -
Normal mode
Xperia SP - USB Composite Device
Fastboot mode
S1Boot - Fastboot Android ADB Interface or ADB Bootloader Interface or something similar.
Edit : Just as I finished posting, my SP wasn't getting detected in adb. Why? Because I had connected my brother's Xperia ZR and for some reason my phone doesn't like other phones being connection on my machine It was showing up as Linux storage unit or something. Reinstalled drivers via FlashTool and everything's good again. Drivers are finicky things man.
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LOL, well I've got a little update
I flashed the phone first with Sony PC Companion, after it finished, I plugged out the phone and started it, it took some while to boot, the screen showed up but it wasn't responsive, after a couple of seconds, it dimmed and it rebooted and now it's back to the same old issue (SONY > XPERIA > Orange > Reboot).
Right afterwards, I flashed it using FlashTool (This time it worked perfectly, which is weird) but still nothing, after finishing the flash and plugging out the phone, it's stuck on the SONY, XPERIA and the colorful waves bootanimation ....
I've no idea what is wrong with this thing now

zedex39zeo said:
LOL, well I've got a little update
I flashed the phone first with Sony PC Companion, after it finished, I plugged out the phone and started it, it took some while to boot, the screen showed up but it wasn't responsive, after a couple of seconds, it dimmed and it rebooted and now it's back to the same old issue (SONY > XPERIA > Orange > Reboot).
Right afterwards, I flashed it using FlashTool (This time it worked perfectly, which is weird) but still nothing, after finishing the flash and plugging out the phone, it's stuck on the SONY, XPERIA and the colorful waves bootanimation ....
I've no idea what is wrong with this thing now
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Well the fact that it's getting there means there isn't anything significantly wrong with it.
Have you tried rebooting it using the off button at the back? Sometimes it does that the first time booting into the ROM. Just press and hold the button for a few seconds with a pen or a toothpick to reboot the device.
You could also boot back into recovery and do a factory reset just to see if it helps the cause.
You can also try different firmware versions. Maybe 4.1.2 instead of 4.3.
BTW is the boot loader unlocked on the phone?
Sent from my Xperia SP using XDA Free mobile app

XenolithicYardZone said:
Well the fact that it's getting there means there isn't anything significantly wrong with it.
Have you tried rebooting it using the off button at the back? Sometimes it does that the first time booting into the ROM. Just press and hold the button for a few seconds with a pen or a toothpick to reboot the device.
You could also boot back into recovery and do a factory reset just to see if it helps the cause.
You can also try different firmware versions. Maybe 4.1.2 instead of 4.3.
BTW is the boot loader unlocked on the phone?
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I did try the tiny yellow OFF button in the back several times through the flashing process and whatnot, but nothing .
I tried getting into recovery mode but it just won't it just keeps on doing the same bootloop as before
I dunno if trying a different firmware would help, I highly doubt it but I will try it as I got nothing to lose
I've no idea what that boot loader is but I DID try to unlock it using FlashTool's BLU and I got this in the log "07/029/2015 21:29:05 - INFO - Your phone bootloader cannot be officially unlocked"

zedex39zeo said:
I did try the tiny yellow OFF button in the back several times through the flashing process and whatnot, but nothing .
I tried getting into recovery mode but it just won't it just keeps on doing the same bootloop as before
I dunno if trying a different firmware would help, I highly doubt it but I will try it as I got nothing to lose
I've no idea what that boot loader is but I DID try to unlock it using FlashTool's BLU and I got this in the log "07/029/2015 21:29:05 - INFO - Your phone bootloader cannot be officially unlocked"
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You need to press either the volume up or down button a few times when you're booting up to get to the recovery. If you have done it right then after the Sony splash screen you should go into the recovery.
Boot loaders need to be unlocked to be able to flash custom recoveries & ROMs but forget about unlocking the boot loader for now since you do not know what it is and without your phone working there's no way of knowing for sure of it can be done or not.
Like I said try doing a factory reset in the recovery or a different firmware to see if it helps.
Sent from my Xperia SP using XDA Free mobile app

XenolithicYardZone said:
You need to press either the volume up or down button a few times when you're booting up to get to the recovery. If you have done it right then after the Sony splash screen you should go into the recovery.
Boot loaders need to be unlocked to be able to flash custom recoveries & ROMs but forget about unlocking the boot loader for now since you do not know what it is and without your phone working there's no way of knowing for sure of it can be done or not.
Like I said try doing a factory reset in the recovery or a different firmware to see if it helps.
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Well, I just did some research and I found out that Sony phones do not have a stock recovery mode . . . So there's no recovery mode for me (I did try but nothing)
I'm going to try to unlock the boot loader using SDK and if nothing happens, I'll try to flash it with a different firmware

zedex39zeo said:
Well, I just did some research and I found out that Sony phones do not have a stock recovery mode . . . So there's no recovery mode for me (I did try but nothing)
I'm going to try to unlock the boot loader using SDK and if nothing happens, I'll try to flash it with a different firmware
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Oh damn I forgot you had flashed stock firmware...yeah Sony phones ship w/o a recovery. Even if it had one, it wouldn't be much use other than wiping cache & dalvik, factory reset and installing official signed updates. A big reason why people unlock their boot loaders to install a custom recovery.
Before you proceed try to understand as much as you can about what you are doing. Don't go in half cocked and create more problems for yourself. The main problem you face is that you don't have a working system so
a) you don't know whether you bootloader can be unlocked to begin with and
b) even if it can be, you can't take a TA backup to save your warranty cause your phone's not working. If you don't take the backup before the first time you unlock, your warranty's pretty much gone forever.
If you still wanna proceed, check out the link below. Another poster wanted to unlock recently so the thread below contains boot loader unlocking instructions. There are four I have listed. Read carefully before you proceed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-sp/help/extremely-slow-xperia-sp-t3150877#post61729413

[HELP] Unable to flash firmware on Xperia SP C5303 using flashtool

So, the problem is that Xperia SP was working nice on Carbon 4.4.4 but then I flashed a kernel with bad WiFi module. That had a builtin TWRP (I previously had CWM and backed up everything using CWM)... then I did a really bad thing. I renamed boot.img from CWM backup to boot.emmc.win (TWRP compatible) which subsequently flashed CWM and old kernel. I forgot to restore my SYSTEM as some kernel parts are there (I knew it wouldn't work but I had plan to restore it via CWM)
Then I rebooted into recovery but it didn't reboot. Instead it showed me Sony logo and red LED. Then black screen and repeats same. I learnt how to hard reboot and it did no good. I have unlocked bootloader and I'm trying the flashtool but it won't recognize my phone (I have installed C:\Flashtool\drivers\*) on Windows 10 but it didn't do any good either.. Now when I reboot into fastboot mode it shows me blue LED but isn't detected by flashtool;
Same is with the Flash Mode. Green LED but no connection. On the notifs panel on PC It shows that device not recognized. On Device manager it shows: Unknown USB device (Device descriptor request failed)
I wanna install the drivers but they're already done. I reinstalled them twice just for surety's sake... Any suggestions to install drivers and flash the firmware? I don't know much about Sony as this is not mine, this is a free device that no one uses in my family. I own jfltexx
Edit: Whatever mode I put it in it bumps (reboots) out

Try letting the phone in flash mode and wait a bit till windows install driver automatically, or go to device manager and update unknown device driver, if this don't works, i don't know what more to do

lucasgta95 said:
Try letting the phone in flash mode and wait a bit till windows install driver automatically, or go to device manager and update unknown device driver, if this don't works, i don't know what more to do
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I forgot to tell but if I I put it in flashmode it just shows LED for 3 seconds and turns off and starts to charge :/

This is normal on XSP, the led turn off but phone continues in flash mode

lucasgta95 said:
This is normal on XSP, the led turn off but phone continues in flash mode
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But what about unrecognized device issue? How can I fix that?

I don't know what more to say :/
Here I just insert my device, then windows automatically recognize and install drivers, then I can use my flashtool normally

lucasgta95 said:
I don't know what more to say :/
Here I just insert my device, then windows automatically recognize and install drivers, then I can use my flashtool normally
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Downgrading to Win7 due to non programmable GPU cores and drivers issue ...

It worked!! Flashed kernel elf file through fastboot and device booted up. Thanks mate

You're welcome

Serious problem.Phone not booting!

My phone unsuddenly bricked after I reboot my phone.Can't even boot into recovery cause Sony logo appear for a second and turned off.My phone even don't charge.I tried to flash stock rom via flashtool but phone not detected or after pressing vol down button nothing happened.I also tryed to use fastboot mode to flash boot.img but nothing happened though My phone can turn into fastboot mode.What should I do now?Senior XDA members please help.:crying:
Edit:how can i fix adb "device not found" issue?I installed all the necessary drivers but still not solved. Can't flash stock rom because vol down button not working but the button is fine.
Edit2:How can I fix adb driver issue that not recognizing my phone?
Problem solved!

Maybe died flash boot

Chum.zuizui said:
Maybe died flash boot
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So is that mean my phone hard bricked?

Røbin said:
So is that mean my phone hard bricked?
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Yes.i think so

Chum.zuizui said:
Yes.i think so
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I don't think so because this happened to me long ago when I tried to unlock bootloader.But I did something to the driver to work adb properly and it worked.And now I forgot that method and couldn't find in google also.So I'm really in big trouble.I just don't know why when I want to flash the stock rom and flashtool show in popup to power off the phone and press vol down button and connect to computer using usb cable but vol button don't work or not give any signal to computer.So I can't flash the rom.

Go to sony official site and download drivers.. ZR drivers dont exist but you can use drivers for Z, install those on your computer and use the fastboot method again and you should be fine.. Your phone is only soft bricked.. Hard brick is when there are absolutely no life in the phone at all.. Use a boot.img you know will work and no need to flash stock ROM once you're in recovery.. Unless you want to of course.. Custom ROM will boot your phone just fine
Also take your battery out and re-insert to make sure your phone is properly off.. Flashtool should also work after that

Røbin said:
I don't think so because this happened to me long ago when I tried to unlock bootloader.But I did something to the driver to work adb properly and it worked.And now I forgot that method and couldn't find in google also.So I'm really in big trouble.I just don't know why when I want to flash the stock rom and flashtool show in popup to power off the phone and press vol down button and connect to computer using usb cable but vol button don't work or not give any signal to computer.So I can't flash the rom.
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Yes.good luck for you

hagar006 said:
Go to sony official site and download drivers.. ZR drivers dont exist but you can use drivers for Z, install those on your computer and use the fastboot method again and you should be fine.. Your phone is only soft bricked.. Hard brick is when there are absolutely no life in the phone at all.. Use a boot.img you know will work and no need to flash stock ROM once you're in recovery.. Unless you want to of course.. Custom ROM will boot your phone just fine
Also take your battery out and re-insert to make sure your phone is properly off.. Flashtool should also work after that
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ZR driver exist in Sony developer website and I installed the driver but I don't know why my computer not recognizing my phone.My phone can turn into fastboot mode(blue light on when pressing vol up and connecting cable to pc) but when I type command "adb devices" the listed device is empty I mean no adb fastboot device found.I'm just asking the drivers are not working beacuse of windos 10?Actually when after I use custom rom I couldn't connect my phone to pc.So any driver can fix this problem?I searched really hard on google but couldn't find any proper sloutions.

Chum.zuizui said:
Yes.good luck for you
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This isn't helping!

Windows 10 is a pain to install drivers into.. But use fastboot in flashtool instead of flasmode.. Should recognize your phone and flash the boot image from there

hagar006 said:
Windows 10 is a pain to install drivers into.. But use fastboot in flashtool instead of flasmode.. Should recognize your phone and flash the boot image from there
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I know you are trying to help me but I tried everything and nothing is working.I installed driver from flashtool but still no clue why pc not recognizing my phone.My phone is like a live junk.My phone soft bricked many times and I could recover my phone with flashtool so I know what to do but this problem is way more confusing.I just need to know what is causing this issue.

You've managed to install the drivers inc the lagan drivers in flashtool and connected your phone in fastboot mode with flashtool running and flashtool still don't recognize your phone? I've done that loads of times even with no drivers installed and flashtool has been able to recognize the device in fastboot.. If that's the case, then I'm sorry I'm not able to help any further as flashtool has always been my failsafe when things have gone wrong.. Adb and fastboot are usually no help for me in Windows 10..

hagar006 said:
You've managed to install the drivers inc the lagan drivers in flashtool and connected your phone in fastboot mode with flashtool running and flashtool still don't recognize your phone? I've done that loads of times even with no drivers installed and flashtool has been able to recognize the device in fastboot.. If that's the case, then I'm sorry I'm not able to help any further as flashtool has always been my failsafe when things have gone wrong.. Adb and fastboot are usually no help for me in Windows 10..
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Flashtool is the best tool to recover soft bricked phone I know but this problem is way more complicated.
Thanks that you tried to help me.I hope I'll figure it out some time later.

Røbin said:
This isn't helping!
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I dont meant it like that .did you fix it

Chum.zuizui said:
I dont meant it like that .did you fix it
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Unfortunately no.For some reason pc not detecting fastboot device even after I installed fastboot driver.

same problem plz help
I have same problem . phone not charging ,not booting , just sony logo comes for a sec then it turns off .
I'm tired of searching for a solution almost a week but nothing helped me.
Last day i flashed a stock rom via flash tool , still problem persists .
Pc companion -no detection of device , can't boot into recovery mode..
Please guys help me.. I'm in serious trouble with my phone

pralay445 said:
I have same problem . phone not charging ,not booting , just sony logo comes for a sec then it turns off .
I'm tired of searching for a solution almost a week but nothing helped me.
Last day i flashed a stock rom via flash tool , still problem persists .
Pc companion -no detection of device , can't boot into recovery mode..
Please guys help me.. I'm in serious trouble with my phone
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My problem was created because local charger damaged my phone battery.So I couldn't turn on my device like yours.I replaced the battery and charger from Sony Center and now my phone is good as new.So Try to use other good battery(small or similer size that suites to your phone's battery pin)and see if your phone turns on without any issue.Then you can target the problem.

Xperia SP almost dead after flashing. Need help.

I flashed my Xperia SP with from Jellybeam to CM13 rom. I didn't create any backup, wiped clean everything including cache using twrp recovery. While the setup installed CM13 without any error but I downloaded the wrong gapps and the setup didn't accept those. So I chose to reboot the cell and since then it just stopped responding. Although it is showing the green led while plugged in via USB, it won't start in neither fastboot nor recovery mode.
I'm stuck here and have no idea what to do.
I tried installing PC companion, flashtools, SP flashtools, emma, everything. None of these detect my cell. I'm using Windows 10 (64 bit) and am at a dead end.
Any help would be appreciated.

UPDATE:
I managed to flash it with errors and now it's stuck in a SONY logo bootloop. Its starts, shows SONY logo for a while and then turns off again. Again it's not getting recognised by any flash tool, sony companion etc.
Help please.

Disable driver enforce on windows 10
Install driver fastboot and viskan driver
Use xperia flashtool, and flash stock rom ftf

hafizhlf said:
Disable driver enforce on windows 10
Install driver fastboot and viskan driver
Use xperia flashtool, and flash stock rom ftf
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Installed the driver and flashed it with a rom but it's still stuck on the SONY logo. One more thing, It's bootloader wasn't unlocked when I messed up at the beginning. What can I do to save my phone?

goatface17 said:
Installed the driver and flashed it with a rom but it's still stuck on the SONY logo. One more thing, It's bootloader wasn't unlocked when I messed up at the beginning. What can I do to save my phone?
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Unlock first
Use flashtool to unlock bootloader
Boot to fastboot > unlock bootloader using flashtool > enter unlock code

hafizhlf said:
Unlock first
Use flashtool to unlock bootloader
Boot to fastboot > unlock bootloader using flashtool > enter unlock code
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Whether I try to flash it or unlock, phone boots up before the process is completed. I'm completely stumped here.

Hi! Still have the problem? I faced the same two days ago when I tried to change the on on my SP. But finally I could save the Phone by searching a bit on the net. Pls tell me if matter is still on and I try to translate the steps to english.

NagyAti said:
Hi! Still have the problem? I faced the same two days ago when I tried to change the on on my SP. But finally I could save the Phone by searching a bit on the net. Pls tell me if matter is still on and I try to translate the steps to english.
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Yes, still stuck there. Can't flash it because phone boots mid-process and flashing aborts. Please help me out here.

goatface17 said:
Yes, still stuck there. Can't flash it because phone boots mid-process and flashing aborts. Please help me out here.
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Hey!
Sad to hear, but maybe (I hope) this method will help you. Basically what you will get is an original Xperia SP with 4.1 android as it came from the factory.
You will need:
1. Sony Mobile Flasher by Androxyde" version 0.9.18.6. Don't know if newer version came or better. You can find it here in forums. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2489955
2. The basic ROM "12.0.A.2.254".
The method that helped me:
SP turned off. Cable not connected.
Start Sony Mobile Flasher (Flashtool) , give administrator rights.
Top left cornet click on the bolt and choose flashmode, then in firmware selector you can find and select the downloaded ROMs and kernels. Choose the official 4.1 (12.0.A.2.254). Click falsh so it starts to proceed.
Then a windows appears called "wait for flashmode".
Now. Grab your turned off SP press volume down and connect the usb to pc. Keep holding volume down button till flashtool starts to upload the system. (Hopefully it will be fast enough, and phone will not turn on. For me it was)
After flashtool is finished you will see:
09:50:53 - INFO - Flashing finished.
09:50:53 - INFO - Please unplug and start your phone
09:50:53 - INFO - For flashtool, Unknown Sources and Debugging must be checked in phone settings
09:50:54 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
Unplug and start the SP
If everything went as planned you have your phone back with stock 4.1 and 12.0.A.2.254 kernel.
you can find the firmwares here: https://mega.nz/#F!1xME0bZB!lGvex2Gc3cZFr3NoEFFWww!hgN3GBAC

NagyAti said:
Hey!
Sad to hear, but maybe (I hope) this method will help you. Basically what you will get is an original Xperia SP with 4.1 android as it came from the factory.
You will need:
1. Sony Mobile Flasher by Androxyde" version 0.9.18.6. Don't know if newer version came or better. You can find it here in forums. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2489955
2. The basic ROM "12.0.A.2.254".
The method that helped me:
SP turned off. Cable not connected.
Start Sony Mobile Flasher (Flashtool) , give administrator rights.
Top left cornet click on the bolt and choose flashmode, then in firmware selector you can find and select the downloaded ROMs and kernels. Choose the official 4.1 (12.0.A.2.254). Click falsh so it starts to proceed.
Then a windows appears called "wait for flashmode".
Now. Grab your turned off SP press volume down and connect the usb to pc. Keep holding volume down button till flashtool starts to upload the system. (Hopefully it will be fast enough, and phone will not turn on. For me it was)
After flashtool is finished you will see:
09:50:53 - INFO - Flashing finished.
09:50:53 - INFO - Please unplug and start your phone
09:50:53 - INFO - For flashtool, Unknown Sources and Debugging must be checked in phone settings
09:50:54 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
Unplug and start the SP
If everything went as planned you have your phone back with stock 4.1 and 12.0.A.2.254 kernel.
you can find the firmwares here: https://mega.nz/#F!1xME0bZB!lGvex2Gc3cZFr3NoEFFWww!hgN3GBAC
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Thanks a lot brother. At first it didn't work when I flashed it with the latest version of Flasher. Then I installed the exact version you mentioned (0.9.18.6) and phone didn't boot during the flashing and now it's back to normal with the default 4.1 stock.
Thanks a bunch, you're a life saver for me. :highfive: