Hi Guys,
I really need your help unbrick my Xperia Z1 C902.
Here's what happened:
I tried to flash a custom rom that wasn't compatible VIA AROMA ( I had MiUi 7 custom rom ) and it is now dead. It won't boot. No sign of life. No Vibration when pressed vol up+Power . Hard reset ( via sim slot ) has no affect on the Phone. No recogniztion to USB on laptop ( tried other USB cables as well ).
I have left the phone be charged overnight assuming the flash took a toll on the battery ( it was about 30% when I flashed the phone )and in the morning there was a red LED. Assuming the battery had enougfh power I tried to turn it on, connect to Laptop, Fast boot mode, flash mode but with no luck.
Day2:
Left the phone connected to the stock charger for about 20 hours or so.
No LED lights. No vibrations. No sign of detection on the laptop.
Sony Companion will not detect my phone via fastmode as well.
This phone is out of warranty so I was hoping you can help save some bucks before I take it to the Sony centre.
I looked through XDA all day but nothing has helped me bring my phone back to life.
EDIT:
I have downloaded India Stcok ROM via Xperifirm and tried to flash it but the flashtool does not detect the phone. Fastboot and Flashmode both does not detect the phone. Strange thing is, when I plug the phone to laptop holding the Vol down button, a red LED blinks for few seconds but the fastboot does not work ( as my phone has bootloader unlocked )
ADB does not work - No devices connected.
If there is anyway I can flash or install TWRP recovery ( or any for that matter ), I have the old working MiUI rom in the external SD card.
I will owe you a beer or two and a dinner if you 're able to bring my phone back to life. Please I am desperate.
Sudhir Kota said:
Hi Guys,
I really need your help unbrick my Xperia Z1 C902.
Here's what happened:
I tried to flash a custom rom that wasn't compatible VIA AROMA ( I had MiUi 7 custom rom ) and it is now dead. It won't boot. No sign of life. No Vibration when pressed vol up+Power . Hard reset ( via sim slot ) has no affect on the Phone. No recogniztion to USB on laptop ( tried other USB cables as well ).
I have left the phone be charged overnight assuming the flash took a toll on the battery ( it was about 30% when I flashed the phone )and in the morning there was a red LED. Assuming the battery had enougfh power I tried to turn it on, connect to Laptop, Fast boot mode, flash mode but with no luck.
Day2:
Left the phone connected to the stock charger for about 20 hours or so.
No LED lights. No vibrations. No sign of detection on the laptop.
Sony Companion will not detect my phone via fastmode as well.
This phone is out of warranty so I was hoping you can help save some bucks before I take it to the Sony centre.
I looked through XDA all day but nothing has helped me bring my phone back to life.
EDIT:
I have downloaded India Stcok ROM via Xperifirm and tried to flash it but the flashtool does not detect the phone. Fastboot and Flashmode both does not detect the phone. Strange thing is, when I plug the phone to laptop holding the Vol down button, a red LED blinks for few seconds but the fastboot does not work ( as my phone has bootloader unlocked )
ADB does not work - No devices connected.
If there is anyway I can flash or install TWRP recovery ( or any for that matter ), I have the old working MiUI rom in the external SD card.
I will owe you a beer or two and a dinner if you 're able to bring my phone back to life. Please I am desperate.
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Hi.
You have flashing led that means there is some hope first press and hold hard reset button for 15-20 seconds under sim cover then realizes it. Now plug in charger and dont touch the phone before 4-5 hours. Let it charge even though red led comes on.
After that disconnect your phone and don't turn it on wait for 5 minutes.
Also do check if the flash tool drivers are properly installed (window 8 and newer needs you to disable driver signature enforcement) use flashtool version 0.9.19.0, dont know why but this version works best for me.
Flash *.108 firmware (available in xda) also do always check hash after downloading.
Now try to flash the firmware as normally we do and hope for the best. This method worked fine for me many times.
Good luck..! [emoji111]
The flashing Red LED is bringing back some really bad memories of my own Hard brick. Try what kathanpatel suggests first - holding the reset button down.
Are your symptoms identical to this?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2574764
There is a link to a post with instructions on recovering from the hard brick. Good luck.
Sudhir Kota said:
Hi Guys,
I really need your help unbrick my Xperia Z1 C902.
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The red button in a sim slot won't have any effect unless your phone is connected to the charger (not computer). Connect the charger, press and hold the red button for about 10 seconds until there is vibration. Then immediately push and hold the power button for a few seconds.
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Hi guys, I'm new with Xperia phones and also new with rooting,flashing and using recoverys..
I installed a new rom on my device (iHackers rom). When i started installing I had like 25% of battery. When I finished the installation (I didn't flash recovery again because I did that with the help of my computer before, so file - zip was not on my phone) I rebooted my phone. So here's where the problem begins. My phone wouldn't turn on. Black screen all the way. Tried the red button near the SIM card, tried power button and volume up/down, tried power button..nothing powered my phone on, but vibrations were there. The red LED is blinking when i charge the battery (idk if it's even charging). If I take the phone out of the charger, the red LED stops blinking. I can't turn my phone on or get into the recovery mode even after 20 minutes of charging on 220v.
Guys please help..I'm in panic here.
trpincek said:
Hi guys, I'm new with Xperia phones and also new with rooting,flashing and using recoverys..
I installed a new rom on my device (iHackers rom). When i started installing I had like 25% of battery. When I finished the installation (I didn't flash recovery again because I did that with the help of my computer before, so file - zip was not on my phone) I rebooted my phone. So here's where the problem begins. My phone wouldn't turn on. Black screen all the way. Tried the red button near the SIM card, tried power button and volume up/down, tried power button..nothing powered my phone on, but vibrations were there. The red LED is blinking when i charge the battery (idk if it's even charging). If I take the phone out of the charger, the red LED stops blinking. I can't turn my phone on or get into the recovery mode even after 20 minutes of charging on 220v.
Guys please help..I'm in panic here.
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Fastboot or flashmode working or not ?
The first your mistake was to flash with 25% of battery. It's wrote everywhere to do a installation with a fully charged phone. Now probably in the middle of the installation the phone died and the installation was not completed and this mean your phone is corrupted and dead. The only advice I have now for you to left the phone under charger all night, next day with phone switched off keep push volume down and connect the phone via usb to PC, if the PC will recognize the device and it will install drivers flash a Stock FTF straight a way.
eclyptos said:
The first your mistake was to flash with 25% of battery. It's wrote everywhere to do a installation with a fully charged phone. Now probably in the middle of the installation the phone died and the installation was not completed and this mean your phone is corrupted and dead. The only advice I have now for you to left the phone under charger all night, next day with phone switched off keep push volume down and connect the phone via usb to PC, if the PC will recognize the device and it will install drivers flash a Stock FTF straight a way.
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The installation was finished. I was in recovery after installation of the rom, when i pressed reboot button. Nothing is working at the moment..red led still blinking..
trpincek said:
The installation was finished. I was in recovery after installation of the rom, when i pressed reboot button. Nothing is working at the moment..red led still blinking..
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Your battery is dead. Does the phone feel warm? Leave it plugged in to charge for a while (at least a few hours, maybe overnight) and it might come back.
Like the OTA warnings says, do not try to flash your phone if less than 50% battery is available. If you do, you are only asking for trouble.
xasbo said:
Your battery is dead. Does the phone feel warm? Leave it plugged in to charge for a while (at least a few hours, maybe overnight) and it might come back.
Like the OTA warnings says, do not try to flash your phone if less than 50% battery is available. If you do, you are only asking for trouble.
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When I woke up in the morning the phone was not warm..it was hot..the whole day i was trying to bring it back to life but there were still only vibrations. When I connect it to my computer, the drivers get installed, but the power on button and combination power button+volume down don't work. The only combination that works is power button+volume up(the phone vibrates 3 times but still stays in the same condition). FlashTool doesn't recognize the phone either.
hold power+volume up. then phone vibrates 3 times and should switch off. wait a minute then try to switch it on just normal. does it slightly vibrate?
now try this again, now with charger pluged in. what happens then?
punkt said:
hold power+volume up. then phone vibrates 3 times and should switch off. wait a minute then try to switch it on just normal. does it slightly vibrate?
now try this again, now with charger pluged in. what happens then?
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I think i have solved it..I left phone charging for 3 hours (without heating up), and then i plugged it in my computer. In PC Companion (yeah I never thought it would be that easy), i could restore my phone without even powering it on. I'm now downloading updates..But when I connected, flashtool detected that my fone is in flashmode.
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trpincek said:
I think i have solved it..I left phone charging for 3 hours (without heating up), and then i plugged it in my computer. In PC Companion (yeah I never thought it would be that easy), i could restore my phone without even powering it on. I'm now downloading updates..But when I connected, flashtool detected that my fone is in flashmode.
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Just wants to said same thing - it's probably in fastboot mode but the battery is dead, just plug it and try flashtool or fastboot.
But O.K.
One advice - guys already post that, I posted that many times as well but...
Never, never, never do that if your battery isn't fully charged.
Charge battery to 100% and restart to TWRP and check your battery percentage...
and you'll see why - it never shows correct info.
The other day I was flashing ROM and had 87% when I flashwd and boot my battery shown 36% and stayed on 36% for a few hours...that's not problem when you are in OS but when you stuck on powered off device - it could be very tricky to power it back.
That's why you can't update official ftf if you don't have more than 50% of battery power...
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Hello I'm new to xperia Z1.
I also rooted and installed ihacker rom v3.
My battery was fully charged. But after installation my phone is not starting.
In flash mode when I try to flash the stock it disconnects and reconnects. I'm not even able to install stock rom now.
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Ok while I was typing phone flashed the stock rom. I think this problem is with ihacker rom?
legalmantra said:
Hello I'm new to xperia Z1.
I also rooted and installed ihacker rom v3.
My battery was fully charged. But after installation my phone is not starting.
In flash mode when I try to flash the stock it disconnects and reconnects. I'm not even able to install stock rom now.
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Ok while I was typing phone flashed the stock rom. I think this problem is with ihacker rom?
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No it's not.
Ihackers is working without any problems...
I said that many times but I'll repeat...
When you are flashing ROM (ftf) through flashtool, don't connect device immediately.
Open flashtool, select ftf and hit start.
Wait until flashtool say "connect device"
Then plug usb cable while holding vol down.
That way you'll prevent device to restart while it's waiting flashtool to prepare ftf...
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trpincek said:
Hi guys, I'm new with Xperia phones and also new with rooting,flashing and using recoverys..
I installed a new rom on my device (iHackers rom). When i started installing I had like 25% of battery. When I finished the installation (I didn't flash recovery again because I did that with the help of my computer before, so file - zip was not on my phone) I rebooted my phone. So here's where the problem begins. My phone wouldn't turn on. Black screen all the way. Tried the red button near the SIM card, tried power button and volume up/down, tried power button..nothing powered my phone on, but vibrations were there. The red LED is blinking when i charge the battery (idk if it's even charging). If I take the phone out of the charger, the red LED stops blinking. I can't turn my phone on or get into the recovery mode even after 20 minutes of charging on 220v.
Guys please help..I'm in panic here.
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I have similar problem, but my battery is still over 85%, and i got this problem when i try to flash cwm recovery with fastboot... what should do?
hi ,,
so one day I was using my Xperia z and all of a sudden it powers off ,, tried to power it back on it goes into a bootloop , flashed a stock rom without wiping data and it worked , next morning I woke up and the problem returns , but worse .. the power button doesn't do anything , when I plug the charger in , it goes into a bootloop and I can't power it off ( by holding power and vol + until it vibrates 3 times ) , it powers off for a moment and then powers back on to a bootloop .. so the battery is continuously being drained .
and when plugged into a pc it goes to flashmode without me holding any button ( red notification light then green ) , and it still bootloops even in flashmode but it takes about 2 minuets between each boot ( doesn't bootloop when flashing a rom ) ..
I can also plug it into fastboot mode .
so now ,, I need to access the data in the internal memory . and i believe I can only achieve that by one of two ways :
1- by somehow charging the battery so I can power it on and get my data .
2- by accessing the data through fastboot or flash modes .
by the way , the device was on stock and wasn't rooted or modified . only updated over the air or pc companion .
thanks in advance
seems that an expert is needed :laugh:
anyone
Charge using USB /pc. As soon as the phone bootloops, keep the volume - pressed (flash mode). in this mode, the phone charges without boot looping. I've had a phone whose IMEI and radio got wiped out during an interrupted update. Got phone recharged by this method & flashed a stock ftf for return & warranty purposes. Can't guarantee data retrieval though....
Dead Cookies leave no trails...
Cookie Ninja said:
Charge using USB /pc. As soon as the phone bootloops, keep the volume - pressed (flash mode). in this mode, the phone charges without boot looping. I've had a phone whose IMEI and radio got wiped out during an interrupted update. Got phone recharged by this method & flashed a stock ftf for return & warranty purposes. Can't guarantee data retrieval though....
Dead Cookies leave no trails...
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I don't need to press anything as the phone goes into flashmode once plugged in .
so it actually charges while in flashmode :victory:
I need to confirm before submitting to Sony Service center.
Day before yesterday, I check my phone in morning, It was powered off. I connected the charger & My Phone is not powering on. Not even the LED is lighting up. I let the phone over the charger throughout the night but still no response. Unable to connect the PC in Flashmode / Fastboot mode.
Just noticed that, if I connect the phone to the charger without battery the LED is lighting up. If I connect the battery to the phone the LED powers off. Is it normal in our Xperia ZR, that the LED will light up if connected to charger without battery. Or My Battery / Phone is dead ?
I am in Locked Bootloader
Any suggestion would be helpful. I am asking It because I have rooted my mobile. I am trying to flash clean stock firmware before submitting to Service center.
Did you recently flash a custom ROM? If so, did it boot before this issue? When you press and hold the power button, does the phone vibrate? How did you try to booting into flashmode and fastboot? As a reminder, for flashmode, press and hold the down volume key and plug in the cable, for fastboot press and hold up volume key. Try both of these while connected to your computer with Flashtool open, and check if you've succeeded. If yes, go ahead and flash your stock ROM, problem solved.
If you didn't recently flash a ROM, or none of the steps detailed above are working, it is probably a battery issue, or a kernel issue (some custom kernels have a bug which allows the battery to completely drain, making it unable to charge again). Try buying another battery and check if it works.
After all this, if you still cannot flash the stock, your only option is Sony Service, and even they may not be able to do anything. Plus, if they get it working again, you may not be able to claim warranty if you're on a custom ROM, though you might get lucky, since your bootloader is still locked.
Hope this helps.
SirVer said:
Did you recently flash a custom ROM? If so, did it boot before this issue? When you press and hold the power button, does the phone vibrate? How did you try to booting into flashmode and fastboot? As a reminder, for flashmode, press and hold the down volume key and plug in the cable, for fastboot press and hold up volume key. Try both of these while connected to your computer with Flashtool open, and check if you've succeeded. If yes, go ahead and flash your stock ROM, problem solved.
If you didn't recently flash a ROM, or none of the steps detailed above are working, it is probably a battery issue, or a kernel issue (some custom kernels have a bug which allows the battery to completely drain, making it unable to charge again). Try buying another battery and check if it works.
After all this, if you still cannot flash the stock, your only option is Sony Service, and even they may not be able to do anything. Plus, if they get it working again, you may not be able to claim warranty if you're on a custom ROM, though you might get lucky, since your bootloader is still locked.
Hope this helps.
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I just rooted & on full stock rom. It was working fine all day. Nothing major is done on my phone. No vibrate while pressing power button.
I tried connecting flashmode & fastboot mode by pressing up arrow(and down arrow) while connecting to PC. Device is not detected in Device manager as well as in flashtools.
Just now only I returned home after submitting mobile to service center.
anthonythangaraj said:
I just rooted & on full stock rom. It was working fine all day. Nothing major is done on my phone. No vibrate while pressing power button.
I tried connecting flashmode & fastboot mode by pressing up arrow(and down arrow) while connecting to PC. Device is not detected in Device manager as well as in flashtools.
Just now only I returned home after submitting mobile to service center.
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Then it was probably a battery defect. If all you did is root, then you have a reasonable chance of getting it replaced under warranty, mainly depending on the mood of the service inspector.
BootLoader has never been unlocked.
Phone has never been rooted.
It was on Career Stock firmware, last KitKat update.
The phone was at 70% Battery, then power off itself. I tried to power on but the Red LED was blinking, then tried to charge it but it did the same thing.
Finnaly I tried to connect to PC, i got sounds notifications that it plugs in and out, Like the phone was powering off and on.
Does anyone know if it's possible to acces internal storage , and if it's possible to repair the device?
Thanks a lot for answers.
You can flash the Firmware again with flashtool...
The Phone doesn't stay connected and can't boot. How can i flash firmware this way?
issawillwin said:
The Phone doesn't stay connected and can't boot. How can i flash firmware this way?
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Prepare the files in flashtool then when the flash tool tells you to connect the phone hold volume up and connect the phone to pc . If the flashing is started then the phone will stay connected until the end of flashing . I had this problem .
I was on the .270 FW but lost root and the bootloader got locked as upgraded using PC companion. So i downloaded an older fw 534 and downgraded my phone. Then rooted by phone. Till this point the phone was fine. Later i installed the latest dual recovery and unlocked the bootloader using the adb method and then. I had created a 270 pre rooted rom using the prf creater which had the latest dual recovery flashfile and supersu and flashed it using the dual recovery. Then i tried to wipe the device but it kept saying that unable to mount system. Then i rebooted but my device never started.
No led, no screen light, no vibration when using all keycombo. let the phone charging for 12 hours. Now i see red led blinking - for 3 sec the red led will be on and for 2 sec it goes off. Is it kaput or is there a way to revive the phone?
You will have to try and downgrade to the 108 firmware located here: -http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2469191
You cannot upgrade to 270 from android 4.2.2 which is your 534 firmware this is probably why your phone will not turn on.
Get firmware 108 for your device
Using FlashTool to flash 108 to handset
Then root and install Recovery
The install pre-rooted 270
demon148 said:
You will have to try and downgrade to the 108 firmware located here: -http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2469191
You cannot upgrade to 270 from android 4.2.2 which is your 534 firmware this is probably why your phone will not turn on.
Get firmware 108 for your device
Using FlashTool to flash 108 to handset
Then root and install Recovery
The install pre-rooted 270
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How to flash when i cant even start my phone?
ravi_buz said:
How to flash when i cant even start my phone?
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When using Flash Tool, when you have loaded the 108 firmware it when it asks you to plug your phone in, while your phone is turned off, press and hold the volume down button, and connect your phone to the USB cable which is plugged into your PC.
demon148 said:
When using Flash Tool, when you have loaded the 108 firmware it when it asks you to plug your phone in, while your phone is turned off, press and hold the volume down button, and connect your phone to the USB cable which is plugged into your PC.
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I cant do that, thats what i am trying to say. Nothing happens when i do any key combos. if i plug in the usb the led blinks red as i said in op. so flash tool cant detect flashmode
ravi_buz said:
I cant do that, thats what i am trying to say. Nothing happens when i do any key combos. if i plug in the usb the led blinks red as i said in op. so flash tool cant detect flashmode
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4.2.2 upgrade to 5.0 ? What a joke.
ravi_buz said:
I cant do that, thats what i am trying to say. Nothing happens when i do any key combos. if i plug in the usb the led blinks red as i said in op. so flash tool cant detect flashmode
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Press volume up and power button for 10+ seconds..i know there is no response from phone but just do it. And also dont try to press any button unless instructed in later steps..
Now let the phone drain battery just put the phone and forget it for 24 hours+
After 24 hours plug in charger and let phone charge for 3-4 hours
Now open flashtool and prepare flashtool to flash. 108 ftf
Now once dialogue box appear with phone animation
Take yout phone and press and hold volume down and plug in data cable ( check drivers and cable before to make sure the are okay)
Release volume down button as soon as dialogue box disappears..
Report back..!!
kathanpatel1001 said:
Press volume up and power button for 10+ seconds..i know there is no response from phone but just do it. And also dont try to press any button unless instructed in later steps..
Now let the phone drain battery just put the phone and forget it for 24 hours+
After 24 hours plug in charger and let phone charge for 3-4 hours
Now open flashtool and prepare flashtool to flash. 108 ftf
Now once dialogue box appear with phone animation
Take yout phone and press and hold volume down and plug in data cable ( check drivers and cable before to make sure the are okay)
Release volume down button as soon as dialogue box disappears..
Report back..!!
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Got fed up and gave it to a local store, Will hear back from them on monday. If they cant fix it will do what you said.
ravi_buz said:
Got fed up and gave it to a local store, Will hear back from them on monday. If they cant fix it will do what you said.
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No worries.. And remember your phone is not hard bricked if you see any led or vibration in device..
Soft bricked devices can be recovered easily with few tips and tricks never give up..!
I got my z1 in even stranger situation it didnt even showed any sign of life just device got mildly hot and i could feel it, i just waited for it to cool down and then charged it for few hours and tryed to flash ftf, phone got its life back...