Hi all
I unlocked the bootloader, then rooted the phone then flashed a custom ROM. All went well, then for some reason the phone switched off and for a few hours it would not turn on at all. I left it on charge and eventually I could turn it back on.
However since then I have not be able to boot into fastboot made at all. When i first turn the phone on I am clicking the up volume to get into fastboot, but I never get the sony logo, instead it goes straight to the boot image from the rom (the colourful X), and it does not progress any further, I think the ROM was KA revolution.
Anyone have any ideas? I am completely stuck
and I have followed the steps here using the Update service tool from SONY http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2216974
the phone detects fine but it tells me I have custom software and it can't be updated.
fixed now... its all good
Sorry for the bump but do you mind telling me how you got it working?
I was hopeing i would not have any need to post for help...but there you go
I brought the above phone with the "sony boot loop" fault thinking that i could fix it after reading loads of tips and threads
Turns out i cant
I started with Flashtool everything went ok said it had flashed .....still stuck in boot loop
then went on to Sony Mobile to try repair that also went all the way through the process
result
Stuck in boot
Up next was Emma
That told me the phone was locked
so now over to Sony support for unlock code did this with adb/fastboot back to Emma said phone was locked now bald!
Back to Flashtool unlocked the phone in -777 sec or what ever
back to Emma
Result see att.
Now ive gone trough this twice now and the phone id still in "Sony boot loop"
I was now thinking i could be a hardware error .....but when the Sony logo comes up it looks just fine so not the screen and at one stage i even had the Xperia logo
Any help or ideas would be muchly appreciated
Thank you
All sorted now and running just great
It was a fault on the battery ....replacement fitted and it cured the problem
guys need some help
I was updating my Sony Xperia z1 to lollipop with sony pc companion and all of a sudden it showed an error that something was wrong with my internet connection, Now my phone isn't even booting up!
Everytime I boot it up it shows the sony logo and the screen remains greyish, nothing happens after that!
I am not even able to boot into recovery mode!
I tried to run a repair on phone but each time i get update error. Phone still not switching on.
Please suggest what should I do
Techmay said:
guys need some help
I was updating my Sony Xperia z1 to lollipop with sony pc companion and all of a sudden it showed an error that something was wrong with my internet connection, Now my phone isn't even booting up!
Everytime I boot it up it shows the sony logo and the screen remains greyish, nothing happens after that!
I am not even able to boot into recovery mode!
I tried to run a repair on phone but each time i get update error. Phone still not switching on.
Please suggest what should I do
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Does your phone have a locked or unlocked bootloader?
aquaboy11 said:
Does your phone have a locked or unlocked bootloader?
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i haven't done anything to my phone since I received it, I didn't root it or anything so i assume it's locked!
ok so my phone is working now I tried everything all night long seriously nothing worked. Then I just gave up and went to sleep. I tried to repair it again in the morning after charging the phone all night long, and suddenly the repair was successful and my phone booted up Seems like the first update error drained all my battery power and it wasn't able to perform repair for that reason! But it's working now I'm on Lollipop and everything's working fine
I feel like this is going to be a long thread but I'll make it short as much as possible with as much details
I have a SONY Xperia SP C5303 stuck in a boot loop, it was given to me by a friend.
The phone was on stock firmware, android 4.3, unrooted, bootloader locked.
As he was using the phone while charging, he activated WiFi, after a while he activated Bluetooth (WiFi and Bluetooth at the same time) and then it just turned off, rebooted and stuck in the "SONY logo => Xperia logo=> Orange logo" boot loop and then it just fades away and blacks out and reboots.
After many attempts, he wasn't able to fix it and he gave it to me .
Now the first thing I did was flashing it using FlashTool with the firmware "C5303_12.1.A.1.207_AU" but still stuck on boot loop, the only thing that happened is that the Orange logo changed into the colorful waves animation.
I flashed it a couple of times more, the same method, but still, the same results.
Next thing I did, I updated it using SONY PC Companion, after the update finished, it was still in boot loop (ALTHOUGH, the lock screen DID appear but I was not able to do anything, and the screen faded away again)
So, I sent it to a repairer, here's what he have done :
_ He did something (?) and gave it back to me with 0 charge, so I charged it at home and when I turned it on, still boot loop, so I returned it to him.
_ This time, it ACTUALLY worked ! The phone came back to life, everything was working just fine, until I activated WiFi and I noticed that it's not working, then I activated Bluetooth as well (AT THE SAME TIME, remember what I said at first ?) then the screen just faded away and back to boot loop, I sent it back to the repairer and told him that he hasn't changed anything and that the real issue is that WiFi and Bluetooth do not work/cause boot loop when working at the same time
_ He revived the phone once again but the WiFi/Bluetooth issue was not fixed and he told me that there's nothing he can do anymore, and he refunded me.
I can't complain though cause all I wanted was the phone working !! I didn't care less about WiFi nor Bluetooth.
This morning, as I wanted to root the device, I tried the DoomLord Easy Rooting Toolkit, after flashing the first kernel using FlashTool (Yes, I followed the steps VERY carefully) and after the flash of the kernel finished, the phone is once again in boot loop, this time boot looping on the SONY logo only
So the conclusion is that the phone can actually be revived. How ? That's what I'd kill to know !! (Jk)
I tried flashing again the "C5303_12.1.A.1.207_AU" (4.3) but nothing, then I tried the previous firmware (4.1) but still nothing.
Sometimes, after the flashing, when the phone boots for the first time, the lock screen appears but fades away again (unable to touch anything)
SO PLEAAAAAAASE !! If there's anything I can do, please tell me, all I want is for the phone to work, hell to the data or anything else, also don't mind the warranty at all. And I'm not from the US, so there are no SONY service points here
There's a video in the rar file attached down there, it shows how the boot loop happens.
zedex39zeo said:
I feel like this is going to be a long thread but I'll make it short as much as possible with as much details
I have a SONY Xperia SP C5303 stuck in a boot loop, it was given to me by a friend.
The phone was on stock firmware, android 4.3, unrooted, bootloader locked.
As he was using the phone while charging, he activated WiFi, after a while he activated Bluetooth (WiFi and Bluetooth at the same time) and then it just turned off, rebooted and stuck in the "SONY logo => Xperia logo=> Orange logo" boot loop and then it just fades away and blacks out and reboots.
After many attempts, he wasn't able to fix it and he gave it to me .
Now the first thing I did was flashing it using FlashTool with the firmware "C5303_12.1.A.1.207_AU" but still stuck on boot loop, the only thing that happened is that the Orange logo changed into the colorful waves animation.
I flashed it a couple of times more, the same method, but still, the same results.
Next thing I did, I updated it using SONY PC Companion, after the update finished, it was still in boot loop (ALTHOUGH, the lock screen DID appear but I was not able to do anything, and the screen faded away again)
So, I sent it to a repairer, here's what he have done :
_ He did something (?) and gave it back to me with 0 charge, so I charged it at home and when I turned it on, still boot loop, so I returned it to him.
_ This time, it ACTUALLY worked ! The phone came back to life, everything was working just fine, until I activated WiFi and I noticed that it's not working, then I activated Bluetooth as well (AT THE SAME TIME, remember what I said at first ?) then the screen just faded away and back to boot loop, I sent it back to the repairer and told him that he hasn't changed anything and that the real issue is that WiFi and Bluetooth do not work/cause boot loop when working at the same time
_ He revived the phone once again but the WiFi/Bluetooth issue was not fixed and he told me that there's nothing he can do anymore, and he refunded me.
I can't complain though cause all I wanted was the phone working !! I didn't care less about WiFi nor Bluetooth.
This morning, as I wanted to root the device, I tried the DoomLord Easy Rooting Toolkit, after flashing the first kernel using FlashTool (Yes, I followed the steps VERY carefully) and after the flash of the kernel finished, the phone is once again in boot loop, this time boot looping on the SONY logo only
So the conclusion is that the phone can actually be revived. How ? That's what I'd kill to know !! (Jk)
I tried flashing again the "C5303_12.1.A.1.207_AU" (4.3) but nothing, then I tried the previous firmware (4.1) but still nothing.
Sometimes, after the flashing, when the phone boots for the first time, the lock screen appears but fades away again (unable to touch anything)
SO PLEAAAAAAASE !! If there's anything I can do, please tell me, all I want is for the phone to work, hell to the data or anything else, also don't mind the warranty at all. And I'm not from the US, so there are no SONY service points here
There's a video in the rar file attached down there, it shows how the boot loop happens.
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I assume you've got no recovery installed? flash the william's kernel elf in flashtool. This will give you a kernel which has recovery so what you have to do is download and flash Omni-X, Nexus Prime's omni (my personal favorite) or Paranoid Android. These are all LBL Roms so you don't have to worry about anything at all. Also flash the Super Su binary. I'll provide the links to all these if you want.
Indeed, no recovery installed and PLEASE DO GIVE ME THE LINKS !! I'll try again and again until it's fixed, although I highly doubt that it will.
If all fails, I will just send it to the repairer once again to bring it back to life once again
Indeed, no recovery installed and PLEASE DO GIVE ME THE LINKS !! I'll try again and again until it's fixed, although I highly doubt that it will.
If all fails, I will just send it to the repairer once again to bring it back to life once again
zedex39zeo said:
Indeed, no recovery installed and PLEASE DO GIVE ME THE LINKS !! I'll try again and again until it's fixed, although I highly doubt that it will.
If all fails, I will just send it to the repairer once again to bring it back to life once again
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you can't flash that ...you are locked bl right ?
NotAbdShahid said:
I assume you've got no recovery installed? flash the william's kernel elf in flashtool. This will give you a kernel which has recovery so what you have to do is download and flash Omni-X, Nexus Prime's omni (my personal favorite) or Paranoid Android. These are all LBL Roms so you don't have to worry about anything at all. Also flash the Super Su binary. I'll provide the links to all these if you want.
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flash- said:
you can't flash that ...you are locked bl right ?
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Yup, the BL isn't unlocked
flash- said:
you can't flash that ...you are locked bl right ?
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I know he can't flash the kernel since he's on a locked bootloader. But if he flashes the rom as soon as booting into the recovery, then he will be using the stock .207 kernel and the Rom will boot
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I know he can't flash the kernel since he's on a locked bootloader. But if he flashes the rom as soon as booting into the recovery, then he will be using the stock .207 kernel and the Rom will boot
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maybe the phone will get bricked and not boot ...idk
Hi there,
My issue with my phone is as follow:
1- I was having a phone call @ below 16% battery charge (cheap Chinese battery replacement) and the phone died and so far it 's OK until I tried turning it ON and got stuck on SONY boot logo, charged it , retried with no good same SONY logo with no move, it charges up to 100% but won't boot up
2- then I tried laptop connection yet not identified not by the computer nor by the Sony PC Companion or the Xperia Companion, and even if I haven't tried rooting it before or something but stupidly I tried flashing it 's stock tft file and things got worse , so after the phone was stuck on the SONY boot screen it changed to give me the famous update error "The software update failed make sure that your phone is connected to the computer and try again" and to be honest SONY 's Companions used to be -for me- one of the best and the most powerful yet it didn't help.
3- The phone is still identified as C6903 on the flash tool and detected in the flash and fast flash mode yet I can't do anything apart from that.
4- I tried the unlock boot loader code to unlock boot loader and re-flash the stock ROM but I couldn't may I don't know how to do it right I'm not sure
And I'm sorry for the long essay but I'm really freaked out
So can anybody help?
Thanks in advance for your responses