I'm having the weirdest problem.
My Xperia Z wont boot up, it will only boot when i have USB in my PC and connected to the Xperia Z.
When I disconnect the USB the phone shuts down in about 3-15 seconds.
I tried to reflash the stock tft via Flashtool.
I tried to reflash via SUS
I tried to reflash/repair via PC Companion.
At the moment stock firmware is installed but the problem is still there.
I tried to Google but I cant find anyone with the same problem.
Please help!
What's your battery like because to me is sound like a battery problem, USB is supplying power and a soon as you remove power it dies,
Boot phone up and do a service test on battery *#*#service#*#*
A maybe completely wrong
P. S. Have you had your phone near water what colour is the paper under your tabs (should be white not pink)
Sent from my C6603 using xda premium
i have the same thing ...
midego said:
I'm having the weirdest problem.
My Xperia Z wont boot up, it will only boot when i have USB in my PC and connected to the Xperia Z.
When I disconnect the USB the phone shuts down in about 3-15 seconds.
I tried to reflash the stock tft via Flashtool.
I tried to reflash via SUS
I tried to reflash/repair via PC Companion.
At the moment stock firmware is installed but the problem is still there.
I tried to Google but I cant find anyone with the same problem.
Please help!
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I have the exact same problem! have you found a solution yet? i'm thinking it's a hardware problem because of the fact that i have had this problem on different ROMs and even when i flashed it back to original firmware using sony's flastool.
The battery test under *#*#service#*#* says there's nothing wrong with it...
It's getting really frustrating actually... Phone is practically unuseable...
i think your phone does not turns off, im having the exact same problem, try put the screen to sleep every 30 minutes, if it last 30 minutes with the screen on, then your phone is having the same problem i have:
something like the volume up button "always pressed" so the power button doesnt react because its like detecting hard reset combination.
if the screen sleeps, you press the power button it does not come up, if you connect the usb, screen comes up. phone is not off.
if its like that, im glad i helped at least identify the problem (if you find a solution other than sending to sony (they'll charge me because my warranty is void) PLEASE TELL ME
EDIT: I FIXED IT!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44980996#post44980996
blackknigt said:
i think your phone does not turns off, im having the exact same problem, try put the screen to sleep every 30 minutes, if it last 30 minutes with the screen on, then your phone is having the same problem i have:
something like the volume up button "always pressed" so the power button doesnt react because its like detecting hard reset combination.
if the screen sleeps, you press the power button it does not come up, if you connect the usb, screen comes up. phone is not off.
if its like that, im glad i helped at least identify the problem (if you find a solution other than sending to sony (they'll charge me because my warranty is void) PLEASE TELL ME
EDIT: I FIXED IT!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44980996#post44980996
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Try it with your own risk, I'm not resposible if you damage your phone and if anything else happens. Below instructions have been tested by me personally and were working.
I can't put any shortcut to my steps, since I'm not going to brick my phone again and test it
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My phone had an unlock bootloader.
What have I done:
- used my other charger to charge my sony xperia z ( Huawei charger and cable), but yet the screen is off and only red led is appearing
-changed the operating system that I used, since I was running on windows 8, I changed the pc and went to try my luck on windows 8.1
- installed flashtool and drivers( sony xperia z, fastboot and flash mode) with disable driver signature
- Installed Emma from Sony website, I think it helped with the drivers(though I didn't signin to the app)
- connected phone and as it only blinked a red light , on the computer it would automatically detect a new driver and install it
- I noticed now when opening the flashtool that it detected my phone with usb debugging off ( at least it found out something, rather than the first attempt on windows 8 it would show nothing ) , but it disconnects as It shows in the flashtool process
- tried every attempt to get into flash mode or fastboot but I failed
- unplugged the device and made sure it was off (because when I unplug it, the red led is still on, so I hold power button and volume + for few seconds until it turns off and then release those buttons)
- connected again the device, but now even debugging task on flashtool won't appear, ( when connecting it, it shows phone disconnected in the task of flashtool)
- unplugged the device again and now I went back to the flashtool drivers and ticked to install ( sony xperia z, sony xperia z tablet, fastboot and flash mode) and installed the drivers again
- plugged the device and on flashtool I hold power button and volume up(+) , so the red light goes off and I hear from the computer the device connecting and disconnecting , Held those buttons for 10 seconds and then I held volume down (-) only, so the phone led blinked red and green light and quickly went off.
-now my device is connected in flash mode , so I quickly flashed a (ftf) official sony rom
- tasks completed in the flashtool.
- booted the device and the screen is now on and the sony logo appeared( yaaaaay)
- phone booted and shows battery 2% , I ran quickly and charged it and now the phone is back on and everything works great.
... I know this was long to read, but It took my way too long to figure this, I hope that if there is anyone there who has a similar problem to try out what have I done and might get lucky.
Note: my phone had a blank screen and I couldn't do anything that time and I read hundreds of forums about this issue and tried almost everything, but it didn't work with me.
ALL OF THE ABOVE were of my own, I tried things around and messed a little and never thought that I would get my phone back running, but whatever I was trying was really tiring and It took me hours, to finally find myself, unbricking my Sony Xperia Z.
Thank me If this helped you:good:
cheers.
If you tried out every tip and nothing worked, give this a shot instead of asking again:fingers-crossed:
Thank you Bro. With your method i fixed my bricked XZ with red LED.
.FTF?
so, what's the .FTF filmware you flash it? i have a c6606 on bootstall and, sometimes, just dont boot
THAT IS THE Help & Troubleshooting FORUM YOU MOST POST THIS IN GENERAL FORUM!!
Thanks a bunch helped a lot
Sent from my C6602 using xda app-developers app
sony xperia z
such. I have a problem with my sony xperia z just does not turn me red LED lights only that color. more pressing volume. and power button vibrates four times. vibrates the first time after two seconds vibrates 3 times in a row, then try to turn it on and nothing happens can you help me and I do use q sony pc companion. alleged mind and I update it then try to turn it on and not someone tell me I can do
joey enrique said:
quetal. tengo un problema con mi sony xperia z no me enciende solo enciende el led color rojo solo eso. al presionar volumen mas . y boton de encendido vibra cuatro veces. vibra la primera ves luego de 2 segundo vibra 3 veces seguidas, luego trato de encenderlo y no pasa nada me pueden ayudar q puedo hacer ya use sony pc companion. supuesta mente ya me lo actualizo luego trate de encenderlo y no enciende
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Xperia Z HELP
My xperia z will go into fastboot and flash but wont work after i flashed it. HELP?????
Sony Xperia Z doesnt boot and vibrates 3 times
Ive got a Sony Xperia Z model C6603 4G/LTE
After ive got some issues with the moisture on the cameras,i got rid of them,also the backlight lcd has some water in it,but 95% i managed to get rid of it
The flaps was closed when it got moisture on the cameras
the main problem is,the Xperia Z worked fine untill it got dead,after heating up a bit the phone,not on of course,it was off by then,and got 3% of battery
now the Xperia Z vibrates 3 times and shows the red LED and then turns off,same procedure over and over again...with the charger hooked in
I tryed the Power + Vol Down,didnt help,aside of the sudden flickering screen
The Sony logo only appeares when i rapidly tap the power button but then shuts down completely
i flashed the ftf of Android 4.3 again via Flashtool with the help of the taping the power button...the flash was a success,but still no signs of booting up
:crying:
can't make the computer recognize the phone
Hi, i've been trying and trying to do this but I can't make the computer recognize the phone. The Red LED stays on and the phone just doesn't do anything. Sometimes when I press vol + and power, it will vibrate 4 times but that's about it. About 1 hour ago I plugged in the phone to the computer and it turned on, it showed me the charging screen and the computer recognized it. Then it shut down and it hasn't turned on again since. Right now it's plugged to the wall with the red LED on but doesn't do anything. Help please I miss my XZ.
ripadram said:
Hi, i've been trying and trying to do this but I can't make the computer recognize the phone. The Red LED stays on and the phone just doesn't do anything. Sometimes when I press vol + and power, it will vibrate 4 times but that's about it. About 1 hour ago I plugged in the phone to the computer and it turned on, it showed me the charging screen and the computer recognized it. Then it shut down and it hasn't turned on again since. Right now it's plugged to the wall with the red LED on but doesn't do anything. Help please I miss my XZ.
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Why dont you try flashing stock rom using flashtool?
androidtweaker1 said:
Why dont you try flashing stock rom using flashtool?
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Can't do it because the phone is dead. The computer doesn't recognize it, and I'm starting to think it's a battery issue. I left it charging overnight, today it had the green LED and the screen showed a full battery charge. As soon as I disconnected it from the wall charger, the phone died and when I connected it again the LED went back to red as if it hadn't been charged. So I think the battery might be dead, what do you guys think?¿
ripadram said:
Can't do it because the phone is dead. The computer doesn't recognize it, and I'm starting to think it's a battery issue. I left it charging overnight, today it had the green LED and the screen showed a full battery charge. As soon as I disconnected it from the wall charger, the phone died and when I connected it again the LED went back to red as if it hadn't been charged. So I think the battery might be dead, what do you guys think?¿
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looks like battery issue then
androidtweaker1 said:
looks like battery issue then
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I've been trying, and no I wast just about to update my earlier post. I connected it to the computer and it showed me the sony logo followed by the charging screen but it showed a full charge. I'm currently battling the computer because sometimes it will recognize it and sometimes it won't. Right now when it does recognize it it says S1 Service but haven't been able to move passed that because the phone reboots itself. Last time it happened the LED went red then green and then nothing happened. So I'm in the middle of that.
ripadram said:
I've been trying, and no I wast just about to update my earlier post. I connected it to the computer and it showed me the sony logo followed by the charging screen but it showed a full charge. I'm currently battling the computer because sometimes it will recognize it and sometimes it won't. Right now when it does recognize it it says S1 Service but haven't been able to move passed that because the phone reboots itself. Last time it happened the LED went red then green and then nothing happened. So I'm in the middle of that.
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Hold up volume key and connect to pc, see what happens
androidtweaker1 said:
Hold up volume key and connect to pc, see what happens
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did that and nothing happened. The PC recognizes the phone as Qualcomm - Composite #2 (connects and disconnects) and I can't get the phone into flashmode.
ripadram said:
did that and nothing happened. The PC recognizes the phone as Qualcomm - Composite #2 (connects and disconnects) and I can't get the phone into flashmode.
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volume up is fastboot
try holding down volume key and connection
Locked Bootloader
AhmedZadjali said:
Try it with your own risk, I'm not resposible if you damage your phone and if anything else happens. Below instructions have been tested by me personally and were working.
I can't put any shortcut to my steps, since I'm not going to brick my phone again and test it
_______________________________
My phone had an unlock bootloader.
What have I done:
- used my other charger to charge my sony xperia z ( Huawei charger and cable), but yet the screen is off and only red led is appearing
-changed the operating system that I used, since I was running on windows 8, I changed the pc and went to try my luck on windows 8.1
- installed flashtool and drivers( sony xperia z, fastboot and flash mode) with disable driver signature
- Installed Emma from Sony website, I think it helped with the drivers(though I didn't signin to the app)
- connected phone and as it only blinked a red light , on the computer it would automatically detect a new driver and install it
- I noticed now when opening the flashtool that it detected my phone with usb debugging off ( at least it found out something, rather than the first attempt on windows 8 it would show nothing ) , but it disconnects as It shows in the flashtool process
- tried every attempt to get into flash mode or fastboot but I failed
- unplugged the device and made sure it was off (because when I unplug it, the red led is still on, so I hold power button and volume + for few seconds until it turns off and then release those buttons)
- connected again the device, but now even debugging task on flashtool won't appear, ( when connecting it, it shows phone disconnected in the task of flashtool)
- unplugged the device again and now I went back to the flashtool drivers and ticked to install ( sony xperia z, sony xperia z tablet, fastboot and flash mode) and installed the drivers again
- plugged the device and on flashtool I hold power button and volume up(+) , so the red light goes off and I hear from the computer the device connecting and disconnecting , Held those buttons for 10 seconds and then I held volume down (-) only, so the phone led blinked red and green light and quickly went off.
-now my device is connected in flash mode , so I quickly flashed a (ftf) official sony rom
- tasks completed in the flashtool.
- booted the device and the screen is now on and the sony logo appeared( yaaaaay)
- phone booted and shows battery 2% , I ran quickly and charged it and now the phone is back on and everything works great.
... I know this was long to read, but It took my way too long to figure this, I hope that if there is anyone there who has a similar problem to try out what have I done and might get lucky.
Note: my phone had a blank screen and I couldn't do anything that time and I read hundreds of forums about this issue and tried almost everything, but it didn't work with me.
ALL OF THE ABOVE were of my own, I tried things around and messed a little and never thought that I would get my phone back running, but whatever I was trying was really tiring and It took me hours, to finally find myself, unbricking my Sony Xperia Z.
Thank me If this helped you:good:
cheers.
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Is it possible to do it with a locked bootloader?
weird phone is weird UPDATE!!
If one think something is weird,it can get weirder.
After a few months using my phone without the disabled powerbutton (see story below) I noticed I could not get the screen on by using volume up button, a brief moment I thought it died, but it turned out to be that the powerbutton is back, all things normal again.
The old story how it started :
I I came to this section after a desperate search on my wife's phone while on vacation in Turkey and my Xperia c6603 seemed to have died,
Chronological happenings:
Me and wife at pool
Me having idea,filming and take pictures in pool from wife.
Me thinking phone is watertight, (dangerous thoughts)
Me filming underwater for few seconds at only 10 centimeters of depth.
Phone starting act weird, lockscreen off, lockscreen on, loc....... Around 10 times, then black screen and vibrating : 1 vibrate, short pause, 3 vibrates, short pause, one vibrate.......don't know exactly how much because of me innerself panicking while acting normal on the outside.
Tried to switch on phone, no response...
Connected phone to external batterycasing and pressed charge, phone vibrated again the code of death
Now I realized water entered the phone and it probably entered trough powerbutton.
Me searched Google on wife's phone for this issue and found this thread, worsening my thoughts after read what agony ppl have gone trough when the "thing" happened.
Me opening all 4 """watertight""" (haha) doors to let water evaporate out, waterdamage indicators still white!
Tried several times starting phone after hour in the turkey's sun, 36 Celsius here today!
After while when I kinda gave up the screen was on, wich gave me back the year that I would die earlier because of the things happening to me while not showing on the outside.
Then noticed the text downleft in screen: safe mode!
Tried restart but powerbutton nonresponsive, noticed powerbuttonfunction shifted to volume up!! Wich looks like the phone somehow noticed something must be wrong with the powerbutton and made itself usable again by relocating this function to another button.
Phone is fully functional again, had to download app though to lock screen cause volume up only unlocks and pops up shutdown/Screenshot dialog when screen is on.
Dat weird phone!
I've done searching on this forum but I haven't found any answers that are specific to my issue. I just bought this Xperia SP from a retailer online. It may be a refurb, I'm not sure, but it looks brand new. Anyways, when I opened the box and tried to turn it on, nothing happened. Ok I thought, I'll just charge it. When I charge it, the red light on the bottom just comes and goes. Stays on for a few minutes, then goes off for a few minutes. I let it charge for almost 6 hours like this and nothing has happened. When I plug the phone into my PC you hear the USB connected sound, but right after you hear the disconnected sound, and nothing shows up in device manager. I tried the Vol+ and Power button combo and nothing happens. I tried holding the reset button on the back for 5-10 seconds and nothing happens. I get no vibrations at all. The phone is not detected in any program like SUS, Flashtool, or PC companion. Some times when I press the power button I get 2 red short flashes, I have no idea what this means as it's not consistent, and only happens every once in a while. Anyways, I think I may just return it and hope for a replacement :\ Any ideas?
handisnacks said:
I've done searching on this forum but I haven't found any answers that are specific to my issue. I just bought this Xperia SP from a retailer online. It may be a refurb, I'm not sure, but it looks brand new. Anyways, when I opened the box and tried to turn it on, nothing happened. Ok I thought, I'll just charge it. When I charge it, the red light on the bottom just comes and goes. Stays on for a few minutes, then goes off for a few minutes. I let it charge for almost 6 hours like this and nothing has happened. When I plug the phone into my PC you hear the USB connected sound, but right after you hear the disconnected sound, and nothing shows up in device manager. I tried the Vol+ and Power button combo and nothing happens. I tried holding the reset button on the back for 5-10 seconds and nothing happens. I get no vibrations at all. The phone is not detected in any program like SUS, Flashtool, or PC companion. Some times when I press the power button I get 2 red short flashes, I have no idea what this means as it's not consistent, and only happens every once in a while. Anyways, I think I may just return it and hope for a replacement :\ Any ideas?
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Faced with same issue a month ago, after a buy Xperia SP from Ebay. Same symptoms: red light while charging, sound on PC when I first time connect with it, with no luck at all. First of my attempts to fix this, is changing my usb cable, then installing universal android usb driver, but nothing helped me. Then I just ask google for my problem . This is an answer that helped me:
Xperia SP comes with a non removable battery.So turning off in this condition is not possible by removing battery.The volume up+power button doesnt work in Xperia SP unlike other phones.The solution is given below.
Remove the back cover of Xperia SP and look for a small yellow dot on mid bottom with “OFF” written below it. Check the image below.
Now “Press & Hold Down the OFF Button, using a tip of pen or any other pointed object for around 10 seconds”. Phones vibrates and will be switched off automatically. Check image below.
P.S. Don’t use very sharp objects as it may damage the OFF Button.
Now phone restarts.
After restarting we found that our Xperia SP got back to normal temperature and everything was fine. :smileyhappy: We were able to charge our Xperia SP again, device was cool.
Hope it will work for you also
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I don't think you read my post thoroughly. I tried the reset button on the back, it didn't do anything.
Plug the phone into the computer, reset your device (yellow button), than immediately press and hold volume down key. If computer respond with sound and green led notification on phone, next step is SUS (Sony update service) to factory reset your device and start with latest stock firmware.
7alizani said:
Plug the phone into the computer, reset your device (yellow button), than immediately press and hold volume down key. If computer respond with sound and green led notification on phone, next step is SUS (Sony update service) to factory reset your device and start with latest stock firmware.
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That's actually a good idea and I hadn't tried it. However, after trying it now it still didn't work :\ Still nothing. It's as if my reset button doesn't even do anything. I push it with a small object and it doesn't feel like an actual button, there's no movement to it.
I get the green LED for some seconds but then it turns off and boots back up to the red LED again. Any help?
I believe the problem was because of no charge or the phone was too hot?
Anyways, I'm glad to say that I let it charge first and then let it cool down, download a stock tft firmware and flashed it using Flashtool. Now everything is fine until now.
Going to try and see if I can install that 4.4.4 ROM, again...
I encountered that problem when i updated my phone my phone previously, i just reflashed my ftf.
Sent From My Xperia Sp (C5303)
I had a simmilar issue , look what you have to do:
1- Connect the phone to the PC , you must see the red light , if not wait few minuts , you must see it.
2- When you have the red light , put the phone near of you and keep you eyes on it for 5-15 minuits , you must see the green light turn on.
3- When you got the green light take your phone , and even if it goes off , now hold the VOL - botton and then hold the Off botton in the bottom of back of the phone for 7-10 seconds , you must the the green light turn off and on again. (you have to do all of that while it's still connected to PC)
When the green light turned on again that mean you are on flashmode , now better to use Flashtool to flash a firmwate.
Notice: the phone may get disconnect while flashing , so you must to flash it in 2 levels: first one by excluding the system.sin then flash it.
The second time you redo those steps to get into flashmode again , go and flash only system.sin be uncheck the wipe boxes , and by checking all exclude boxes but the system one.
You may fail flashing the system many times because it's the longest step , so try to charge your phone more time and try to flash it again and again.
I've test everything...!!!
Hi all,
A few days ago i had the same problem as you. My SP is officially dead. The thing is that i made a progress and and i'd like to understand some things. I read an article about testpoints of SP and the s1tool. I check the testpoint and i noticed that nothing goes right. My s1tool output is something like that:
Welcome to S1 tool.
That is small and crippled subset of SETOOL2 service tool.
SELECT FIRMWARE PACKAGES
YOU CAN SELECT SEVERAL PACKAGES WITH CTRL BUTTON
CHECKING PACKAGES ...
DETACH USB CABLE FROM PHONE
REMOVE BATTERY FROM PHONE
ATTACH TESTPOINT
PRESS "READY", THEN ATTACH USB CABLE TO PHONE
UNEXPECTED COMMAND 01000000
Elapsed:17 secs.
TO CONNECT NEXT PHONES
X10 Xperia,E10 Mini,E15 Xperia X8,U20 Mini Pro
LT15 Xperia ARC,MT15 Xperia NEO,R800 Xperia PLAY
PRESS AND HOLD "BACK" BUTTON...
ST18 Xperia RAY,ST15 Xperia Mini,SK17 Xperia Mini Pro
and Sony Xperia phone
PRESS AND HOLD "Volume Down" BUTTON...
PLEASE ATTACH TURNED OFF PHONE NOW
Waiting for phone ...
RUNNING S1_BOOT VER "R11B023"
LOADER AID: 0001
DEVICE ID: D30BD903
FLASH ID: "0003/00000015"
LOADER VERSION: "R5G008"
MODEL (from GDFS): C5303
SOFTWARE VERSION: 1269-3538_12.1.A.1.205
CUSTOM VERSION: 1272-4891_R3B
FILESYSTEM VERSION: GLOBAL-LTE_12.1.A.1.205
SERIAL NO: YT9108RNA1
Elapsed:11 secs.
As you see the phone is recognized by my pc. The thing is that all this happens ONLY when i have the battery pulled off. When i pull on the battery again the phone starts with red light and few minutes later red light stops. Also i'd like to mention that everything is ok when the battery is off (Flash mode, Fastboot mode). And i have 2 batteries 1 old and 1 brand new. So what is this? Its a hardware problem or something about TA lost???? PLS Help me.
Best Regards.
Hi there i think i'm in a worse state than you
prowler19 said:
Hi all,
A few days ago i had the same problem as you. My SP is officially dead. The thing is that i made a progress and and i'd like to understand some things. I read an article about testpoints of SP and the s1tool. I check the testpoint and i noticed that nothing goes right. My s1tool output is something like that:
Welcome to S1 tool.
That is small and crippled subset of SETOOL2 service tool.
SELECT FIRMWARE PACKAGES
YOU CAN SELECT SEVERAL PACKAGES WITH CTRL BUTTON
CHECKING PACKAGES ...
DETACH USB CABLE FROM PHONE
REMOVE BATTERY FROM PHONE
ATTACH TESTPOINT
PRESS "READY", THEN ATTACH USB CABLE TO PHONE
UNEXPECTED COMMAND 01000000
Elapsed:17 secs.
TO CONNECT NEXT PHONES
X10 Xperia,E10 Mini,E15 Xperia X8,U20 Mini Pro
LT15 Xperia ARC,MT15 Xperia NEO,R800 Xperia PLAY
PRESS AND HOLD "BACK" BUTTON...
ST18 Xperia RAY,ST15 Xperia Mini,SK17 Xperia Mini Pro
and Sony Xperia phone
PRESS AND HOLD "Volume Down" BUTTON...
PLEASE ATTACH TURNED OFF PHONE NOW
Waiting for phone ...
RUNNING S1_BOOT VER "R11B023"
LOADER AID: 0001
DEVICE ID: D30BD903
FLASH ID: "0003/00000015"
LOADER VERSION: "R5G008"
MODEL (from GDFS): C5303
SOFTWARE VERSION: 1269-3538_12.1.A.1.205
CUSTOM VERSION: 1272-4891_R3B
FILESYSTEM VERSION: GLOBAL-LTE_12.1.A.1.205
SERIAL NO: YT9108RNA1
Elapsed:11 secs.
As you see the phone is recognized by my pc. The thing is that all this happens ONLY when i have the battery pulled off. When i pull on the battery again the phone starts with red light and few minutes later red light stops. Also i'd like to mention that everything is ok when the battery is off (Flash mode, Fastboot mode). And i have 2 batteries 1 old and 1 brand new. So what is this? Its a hardware problem or something about TA lost???? PLS Help me.
Best Regards.
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Hi there i think i'm in a worse state than you, my phone has been water damaged
I cleaned it with alcohol(99%) about a month after it swam with me in the sea(it was the soonest possible since it happened whilst i was on holiday and it did ruin my holiday ) i also replaced the battery but only a red light shows when i put it on charge wall and pc. before it didnt light up at all so its making progress... its not recognised by my pc however when i disconnect the battery it lights up pink, when battery connected its red. I have got no clue on what to do next, any ideas?
Maybe it is not the right place to ask but my phone started shutting down by itself many times during the day and also it became very hot.
So I decided to recover it through the Sony companion app. I did it many times because it never became usable but it turned black and now it doesn't show anything on the display and it isn't recognized anymore by Sony companion because it doesn't boot in download mode.
It can also be that it is dead in the middle of a recover done through Sony companion.
Now, if I connect it to the charger (or to the pc), it shows the red led for a while and it turns off. It seems that the phone “turns on internally” and then it turns off the red led.
If someone knows what is the problem and can help me, thanks.
Hi, some months ago, something similar happened to me. In that ocasion, I had to visit a technical service in order to
recover my device. They got it, although with last official version of Android. After this, I upgraded it to my choice.
Somebody told me that in these sites normally use "Emma" a flashtool for Xperia Sony. You can download it and try it.
You have to connect the phone to the computer, with Emma running in the computer, and simultaneously push power on
and volume down, if you are lucky, you´ll see that Emma recognizes the device and in the right bottom corner the official
Android for your device. Then you only have to flash the ROM. Obviouslly all data will be lost.
Luck ...