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Is My HD2 Really Bricked?

On Saturday night i was txting playing beer pong having a good time.
When all of a sudden a black screen came out saying something about how it was goin to restart and reset or something like that and that all my personal info would be gone.
So i did it and once it restarted it just stayed stuck on the boot up screen.
Not thinking twice about it as i was having fun i just put it in my pocket thinking maybe its gonna take a lil longer but then i realized after awhile it was still on that same screen.
I took out the batter turned it on again same thing happened.
I gave up and decided i'd just deal with it the next morning.
Next morning comes its now like around 1-ish crazy party haha
Point is phone is dead i charge it for 30 min? i try turning on and nothing.
So then i boot up pushing both buttons figured i would do a hard reset.
Still nothing!
My friend decides to take me home so i take this time to charge my phone a lil more with his car charger and at first it was charging then out of no where it doesn't charge?
No light?
No boot up?
Nothing?
I take the battery out and back in then plug it into the charger and the light doesn't turn on but my phone just starts vibrating uncontrollably...
This freaks me out so i take the battery out and again same thing.
I took the battery out for a couple minutes then put it back in and it started charging again.
yay!
Oh btw the whole time this happened i was able to get into bootloader mode so i figured it cant be bricked and i can fix it just got to charge it.
I got home battery wasn't that charged but i plugd it in to my computer in bootloader mode hoping it would charge for a bit then i downloaded a new rom and i read it was a good idea to use task29.
Sounded like a great idea to fix my phone.
I got the Repack by ShaDrac and flashed it on my phone.
One strange thing i did notice was that usually when i flash it i see HTC then a progress bar.
This time it was just blank all black but with the progress bar i saw it go all the way to 99% and 100% on my computer it even said successful flash.
But after that it just stayed off?
No reboot ?
NOTHING!
wont charge
wont turn on
no bootloader mode
completely bricked.
im sure the battery is just dead since it wasn't that charged to begin with but i have no way of charging it!
I did a lot of googleing and found no answers i refuse to believe its bricked!
it cant be rite??
If anyone could please help me i would really appreciate it.
Ive only had my HD2 for about a week =[
Oh and it's a T-Mobile US version unlocked.

javydawg said:
On Saturday night i was txting playing beer pong having a good time.
When all of a sudden a black screen came out saying something about how it was goin to restart and reset or something like that and that all my personal info would be gone.
So i did it and once it restarted it just stayed stuck on the boot up screen.
Not thinking twice about it as i was having fun i just put it in my pocket thinking maybe its gonna take a lil longer but then i realized after awhile it was still on that same screen.
I took out the batter turned it on again same thing happened.
I gave up and decided i'd just deal with it the next morning.
Next morning comes its now like around 1-ish crazy party haha
Point is phone is dead i charge it for 30 min? i try turning on and nothing.
So then i boot up pushing both buttons figured i would do a hard reset.
Still nothing!
My friend decides to take me home so i take this time to charge my phone a lil more with his car charger and at first it was charging then out of no where it doesn't charge?
No light?
No boot up?
Nothing?
I take the battery out and back in then plug it into the charger and the light doesn't turn on but my phone just starts vibrating uncontrollably...
This freaks me out so i take the battery out and again same thing.
I took the battery out for a couple minutes then put it back in and it started charging again.
yay!
Oh btw the whole time this happened i was able to get into bootloader mode so i figured it cant be bricked and i can fix it just got to charge it.
I got home battery wasn't that charged but i plugd it in to my computer in bootloader mode hoping it would charge for a bit then i downloaded a new rom and i read it was a good idea to use task29.
Sounded like a great idea to fix my phone.
I got the Repack by ShaDrac and flashed it on my phone.
One strange thing i did notice was that usually when i flash it i see HTC then a progress bar.
This time it was just blank all black but with the progress bar i saw it go all the way to 99% and 100% on my computer it even said successful flash.
But after that it just stayed off?
No reboot ?
NOTHING!
wont charge
wont turn on
no bootloader mode
completely bricked.
im sure the battery is just dead since it wasn't that charged to begin with but i have no way of charging it!
I did a lot of googleing and found no answers i refuse to believe its bricked!
it cant be rite??
If anyone could please help me i would really appreciate it.
Ive only had my HD2 for about a week =[
Oh and it's a T-Mobile US version unlocked.
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If you have only had it for a week then the best thing is to just take it back to wherever you bought it and ask for a direct replacement as it should still be within the time frame for that.
Sounds like you have done everything possible to bring it back, taking the battery out, hard reset. If it wont turn on, wont go into the bootloader and you cant get an activesync connection then theres not really much more you can do.
Mark.

yea i agree, dont waste time fiddling and trying to bring it back, get round the shop today.

Unfortunately thats not an option as i got it from someone else and then unlocked it since im on at&t. At most i would have to call htc and hope the manufactureres warranty can do something but i highly doubt it.
cant believe this is the end of my HD2

javydawg said:
Unfortunately thats not an option as i got it from someone else and then unlocked it since im on at&t. At most i would have to call htc and hope the manufactureres warranty can do something but i highly doubt it.
cant believe this is the end of my HD2
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You might try taking the battery out and leaving it out for at least 24 hours. Sometimes that will reset a few things and bring the screen back on but im not guarenteeing anything. Yo uhave nothing to lose at this stage though. You could also try connecting it to your pc via activesync and see if it connects. Even if the screen isnt coming on you might still get a connection which you could use to flash a new rom.
Even getting a replacement battery off ebay very cheaply might sort it out as I have heard of batterys going funny before.
Just a few sugestions.
Mark.

all the phones should (I think) be manufacturer warrantied for the first year, so I bet htc will fix it, though you might have to pay shipping.
dig out your regions htc repair center and get in touch. so long as they can't see the hspl it should be free.(

I dont have HD2 (<--nexus one), but one thing i have noticed with all HTC phones that I've had something similar happen is when i have tired to reboot the phone by turning it off and then trying to turn back on it wont. I would take the battery out and still it will not. I would do the same with the sd card and same but what fixes it is taking the SIM out press the power button few times with no battery and then putting everything back on and it turns on. It happens in a while. Maybe not the same problem but i guess its worth a try if you haven't yet. One more thing I would try is to take the battery out, the sd card and the SIM card out and then plug your phone into the charger and wait a few mins to see if the led or screen would come on. Try the same thing by plugging it to your computer. If computer does make sound and it does detect your phone then it might just a screen related issue which might be the case since you already flash it with a different rom and nothing came on. I know you probably have tried this but you didnt say in your post but have you tried this?
1. With the device turned off, press and hold the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons, then briefly press the POWER button.
2. Continue pressing the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons until you see this message on the screen:
“This operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to the manufacturer default settings. Press VolUp to restore manufacturer defaults, or press other keys to cancel.”
3. Release the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons.
4. Press the VOLUME UP button to perform the hard reset, or press any other button to cancel the reset.
Good luck

I agree with mskip about the 24H thing if you let the internal/backup battery die it could solve a possible brick then by reflashing
also what deanesn said about the HD phones its also true (same prob with G1 and excalibur) sometimes out off nowhere it wont turn on or its just going to give you a black screen... wierd huh!?
important things I wanna know is
what rom where you using? what radio version? what were the last app or apps you installed on your HD2?
anyways from what I've read&done ever since I joined XDA this is the best thing to do in a situation like yours
This is when you get a black screen
1 if its stuck on the boot screen try to do another hard reset
2. if you cant or nothing happeneds try to see if you can acces the bootloader screen
3. if you cant, remove the batterie for like 24H or maybe more so the internal batterie dries out (if you do that make sure that you try to estimate around 50% to 70% before removing the actual batterie for reflashing)
4. then insert the batterie and try to acces the bootloader or hard reset by pressing the key combanations dont try to see if by a miracle chance it would fix the problem (trust me at this point it wont)
5. if it actually DOES bootup find and download THE STOCK ROM FROM TMOBILE
6. HARD reset if nothing then do it agn but before it has a chance to, try to boot up
7. quickly acces the bootloader wipe your phone (task 29 for hd2) and flash the STOCK ROM (not a custom rom. I read somewhere that its always better to go with an official tmo rom)
thats it Ive try many things on my ALMOST bricked situations this are the things Ive done MAYBE IT WONT WORK FOR YOU, one time I thought my excalibur was dead until I left my phone without a batterie for like a weak then later out of nowhere it boots up only on the first tmobile splash screen and I was able to fix it
LOL even tho those steps prob dont apply to you what you can do is call HTC and tell them you have a black screen on your htc DONT TRY AND ACT all smart by telling them you have a brick and you had a custom rom and all of that cause that prob voids your warranty with HTC, from what I've read this one guy told them that his girlfriend was texting and then the phone froze and the she remove the batterie and the screen went black. And he got a replacement
also another one that I read is a guy telling them he was doing an OFFICIAL ROM UPDATE and the phone never turned back on.
hope it helps

Mark:
Thanks, and this is actually my plan lol I used to flash my old motorola rizr all the time even had to testpoint it to bring it back from a complete BRICK! but the one thing i couldnt fix was water damage haha but after a week of having the battery out some how... miraculously it came back
Deanesn:
How is the nexus one? I was gonna get a nexus one or a hd2 but the screen size ended up being the tie breaker although ever since my g1, android has had my heart haha
Ive always hated windows mobile but the hd2 was perfect!
I also agree with what u said, i have seen those symptons before.
But yea thanks on the advice.. sadly... already tried it and nothing.. =/
Tuppaacc:
Thnx thats exactly what im trying to do.
My only problem is my battery is dead and i need to charge it!

Oh i just noticed i forgot to answer ur questions Tuppaacc.
tuppaacc said:
important things I wanna know is
what rom where you using? what radio version? what were the last app or apps you installed on your HD2?
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I was using Duttys_Leo_Sense_2.5_5.2.21898.5.0.91_2.10_Radio_2.08.50.08.2_HG_V1.7_WWE Rom.
Im not really sure what radio i was using but if i had to guess i would say 2.10 since i dont remember flashing anything else and i heard the best radio was the one the HD2 already came with.
As for the last app installed ummm.... iGo8? not sure either but in total all the apps installed where
My Phone
Marketplace
Facebook
Myspace
iGo8
Aim
Flashlight
Glympse
umm cant think of any other ones. I know i didnt install much just had flashed the rom the night before.
again sorry for skipping your question.

try
try taking sd card out and boot it work for me

Here is what you have to do after I made a mistake and "killed" my US version HD2, but it's back to service.
First of all, you have to be sure the battery has at least 50% left. If the unit is able to charge the battery, leave it charged for a couple of hours.
Second, unplug all the cables from the unit, take the battery and wait for a few seconds, then put the battery back in. Press and hold volume down button and press red (end/power) button once. If everything goes well, you should see a tri-color screen.
Third, plug in the phone and run ROM update again.
WARNING: flashing will erase your personal data.
javydawg said:
Oh i just noticed i forgot to answer ur questions Tuppaacc.
I was using Duttys_Leo_Sense_2.5_5.2.21898.5.0.91_2.10_Radio_2.08.50.08.2_HG_V1.7_WWE Rom.
Im not really sure what radio i was using but if i had to guess i would say 2.10 since i dont remember flashing anything else and i heard the best radio was the one the HD2 already came with.
As for the last app installed ummm.... iGo8? not sure either but in total all the apps installed where
My Phone
Marketplace
Facebook
Myspace
iGo8
Aim
Flashlight
Glympse
umm cant think of any other ones. I know i didnt install much just had flashed the rom the night before.
again sorry for skipping your question.
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the thing is the phone itself wont charge the battery.
I plug it into the wall and no lights turn on to indicate its charging.

javydawg said:
the thing is the phone itself wont charge the battery.
I plug it into the wall and no lights turn on to indicate its charging.
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You need to get a desktop charger so you can plug the battery in and make sure its fully charged. I dont think they are available from shops but you can buy them online (ebay) for around a fiver.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Desktop-Battery...&otn=8&po=LVI&ps=63&clkid=9087015918333818927
That one says for the T8585 but im pretty sure they both use exactly the same battery. You might want to check on that though.
Mark.

My goodness, that OP is a real doozie.
That's pretty wild man, although I don't have much input, other than the obvious suggestions that have already been provided for you... I will say that was a worthy read.

Yea thats pretty much my only option I will be buying that desktop charger real sooon and ill get back to the forum with my results.
Cant believe they are so cheap haha
Ive even seen one that comes with an extra OEM battery and charger for under 15 dollars!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230460046498
Thnx for all the help and support. =]

U have a Bricked HD2 my friend

i bought the wall charger and it charged the battery but it still wouldnt turn on or go into bootloader mode or do anything!!
=[
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any luck with un-bricking your HD2?

Seems like OP bought a damaged phone in the first place or something, or something "happened" on the night of the party. Beer got on it, perhaps?

Please help me about my X10i

my phone turn off by itself and then when i try to remove battery and put back to power on it only vibrate
i try to change different battery but no luck only vibrate
anyone knows how to deal with it?
thanks

Did you try reflash your fone?

yes i flashed already with SEUS but still the same when turning on it vibrate only
i try to flashed with se tool but have error "package corrupted"

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hi
any idea regarding my problem?
thanks

Keep powering it should work.... or hold on to power...... this happen to me Ur just freaking out.......
Sent from my X10i using XDA App

aha there are a lot of people having my problem to u r the 3rd that have my same problem sometimes u have a blink of green light to ? or what the only way i turn my phone again was by waiting at lest 3hours and max 6 hours but the phone is no more stable and if u turn it of may not turn on again..im sorry for u and wish u find the solution so that we all have one for this...!

hey look i have opend a general thred go to here and post ur problems so that all will post and ppl can see that all of us have such a problem this is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7294057#post7294057
so post there and lets keep ppl working with us ok!!!?

[General Thread] Blank Screen phone no longer turns on!!!

Hello,
First of all i have found a lot of people having this common problem: like d'odders, matin_sb, and me, there are more out there trust me...
so my problem first came after waking up wanted to call someone the dial freezes, turnd of the phone and then turn it back on the phone worked.Then wanted to call again the phone completele freezed and nothing worked anymore removed the battary the phone only went to a blank black screen where it just stays like that nothing happens.so left the phone for 3hours then came back the phone worked but laging a lot with bad signal.so i used SEUS factory reset and the phone turn on normaly but with no signal just one bar or non. so sent it to repear they fixed my signal problem but after that the softwear eather works or just goes to the blank screen again and does not work only after 3 or 6 hours but laging a lot..i tried rooting it worked from last ni8 till the morning i turnd the phone of coz its so hot tried to turn it back on the blank screen again.im trying to flash it but not working anymore becase of root i guess.i practecly tried everything i knw from rooting to SEUS to any idea it works after the 6hour wait but it gets back to the same blank screen and sometimes it may gave and error saying: "processer system is not responding"... that is for me
where for matin_sb :
am facing strange problem while rooting,
I successfully finished step1 of rooting process, removed the USB cable and then battery,
now the phone is not starting at all when i press the power button i just a short Green LED blink and thats it the screen is totally blank not allowing me to do any thing.
Bythe way my debug option was enabled before starting the root process which could be the causeeeeee....
anyone here whooooooo could heeeeeeeeeeellp me its making me mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmadddddddddddddddddddddd i hace spent 24 hours tried to solve it but noooooo luck
thaaaaaaaaaaaaank u
and for d'odders :
my phone turn off by itself and then when i try to remove battery and put back to power on it only vibrate
i try to change different battery but no luck only vibrate
anyone knows how to deal with it?
thanks
i took the libreity of posting what i found the similer problem so that all of u can knw what is going on and try to help us we all tried SEUS...
we can do step one over and over but we will always have the blank screen.
please give us ur extream thinking not just send it to repear or to get another one for me i have no warenty so it will cost i want to keep this the last thing to do....
thank you for ur reading time and helping us out....!

At the end of step one i have this coming out two times b4 i get press any key to continue: " INFO:<<<ERR_SEVERITY="NONE;ERR_CLASS="MISC_CLASS";ERR_STATIC="NO_ERROR";ERR_DYNAMIC=""; is this a normal thing or im just having it? at still my phone not working :S please we all need a solution for this....
another question i have disassembled my phone and sow there is a smal battary like in computer mother bords but could not remove it anyone knw how? since at some points in motherbords when a pc have problems all it takes is to remove the small battary in it for five min and everything gets rested is that possible with the X10? please if anyone can reply help please...thank you

no have any idea what is going on till now? still stuck cant do anything

could any one of solve the issue???????????
i am thinking of giving it for repair!?

can anyone tell me how to use Omnius i knw how to use flash tool but want to try Omnius.
i want to try if this may have a diffrence please... thank you

Nobody uses the search any more?
2Sec search

For me omnius gives error while writing the file to phone... the bar goes to 80% and boom there is an error!

i searched but didnt really find what im looking for i i search wrong iim very sorry anyways....i want to try omnius for my last chance of trying b4 i give up for good and no1 can help me it seems to sad thanks all

no1 have any idea i still did not solve the problem im going to try one more thing b4 i give up in a way please i need the help

First, I have had the phone vibrate without it turning on. Wait a minute. If it still doesn't turn on hold the power button until the screen starts flashing.
As for the poor connection and blank screen, what apps are you running? Are you using a task killer? Was your phone doing this with no apps installed?
I don't know what that error means but did you follow the instructions perfectly? Are you using the right tools for your pc?
Have any of you tried using the x10 flash unbrick tool? I was able to recover my phone from any problems with that tool...

gavriel18 said:
First, I have had the phone vibrate without it turning on. Wait a minute. If it still doesn't turn on hold the power button until the screen starts flashing.
As for the poor connection and blank screen, what apps are you running? Are you using a task killer? Was your phone doing this with no apps installed?
I don't know what that error means but did you follow the instructions perfectly? Are you using the right tools for your pc?
Have any of you tried using the x10 flash unbrick tool? I was able to recover my phone from any problems with that tool...
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i tried to hold on the power button nth happens...
i used advance task killer the common one its good for a month b4 my phone went nuts( i woke up one day wnted to make a call the phone froze and that was it ....)
i followed the instructions perfectly...
i will search and see if i can find this flash unbrick tool and see what happens and rply back... thank you for helping out !!!!

no solution sooooooooooooo far?????????????????????

im trying the unbrick thing did u try that download it and see what happens this is the last thing i can do the rest is give it to SE or some one that knws what he will do in such a case wish some1 knws how to solve this soon :S

i have tried to unbrick my phone and happly nth happend same black screen of death now that is the new name i tried everything and now i will wait to send iit for reapar another 2month 2 knw f they will fix it if any one has any new idea in those 2 weaks b4 my phone goes please tell me take care

even i am thinking of giving it to SE...
i kind of gave up...

matin_sb said:
even i am thinking of giving it to SE...
i kind of gave up...
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lets both do that and see what will happen good luck ill post if there is anything new...

Can you explain what happened when u ran the flash tool? Did u get any errors?

okay got my phone replaced...

ya that is the only thing u can do did u pay anything or its just a waranty? i got to knw so just to knw what to tell them lucky you

Yeaah waranty...
For me they did not aks anything
Sent from my X10a

Stuck at "Phone ! Computer" screen, cant get to recovery/download mode

So yesterday my Kies said there was a new firmware for my SGS, and after backing up my data with kies, i started updating it. The update got stuck at 71% for 2 hours, so i decided to disconnect the cable and recover the phone afterwards. But i cant get to connection mode or download mode, I've read lots of threads in this forum, tried many combinations, tried to release power when the icon disappears, but nothing... The image with the phone, triangle and computer appears all the time, and i haven't seen anything other than this.
Also, my computer doesn't recognize the phone when connected since i tried to update the firmware.. I have also tried with Odin, but i got the same result.
So, anyone can help me? I won this phone in a christmas contest, and they haven't delivery the warranty yet, so im kinda stuck.
thanks for your time reading this.

You could try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551

Read the sticky topic about JIG/JTAG.
GL.

Hum, i was trying to avoid that method, but i guess i will give it a try later. First i will try to get my warranty.

Ricardo_1991 said:
So yesterday my Kies said there was a new firmware for my SGS, and after backing up my data with kies, i started updating it. The update got stuck at 71% for 2 hours, so i decided to disconnect the cable and recover the phone afterwards. But i cant get to connection mode or download mode, I've read lots of threads in this forum, tried many combinations, tried to release power when the icon disappears, but nothing... The image with the phone, triangle and computer appears all the time, and i haven't seen anything other than this.
Also, my computer doesn't recognize the phone when connected since i tried to update the firmware.. I have also tried with Odin, but i got the same result.
So, anyone can help me? I wont this phone in a christmas contest, and they haven't delivery the warranty yet, so im kinda stuck.
thanks for your time reading this.
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The same thing happened to me a month or so ago, I managed to get it in to download mode by removing the battery, putting it back in and being very quick with my fingers to get it in to download then flashed with odin.

You backed up your data did you back up your original rom by any chance ??
jje

Remove your battery for 10 min. then try again if u hadn't solved 3 button combination before

JJEgan said:
You backed up your data did you back up your original rom by any chance ??
jje
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I don't think so.. :/

As Samsung broke the phone i would take it to a Samsung service centre before getting involved in warranty breaking flashing .
jje

JJEgan said:
As Samsung broke the phone i would take it to a Samsung service centre before getting involved in warranty breaking flashing .
jje
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very good point.
If you want to fix it yourself the mentioned battery pull will probably work.
(pull the battery out, wait a few seconds, put it back in, voldown-home-power and you should be in download)

I had a similar problem some time ago (Phone ! PC screen)... I disconnected the battery for half a day came home from uni and put the battery into the phone, while holding ALL (hard) buttons at the same time... then, download mode actually went through

theduckking said:
very good point.
If you want to fix it yourself the mentioned battery pull will probably work.
(pull the battery out, wait a few seconds, put it back in, voldown-home-power and you should be in download)
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That doesn't work.. the same screen appears all the time

Happened to me once too, just keep holding onto the buttons, it will eventually go to download mode.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Ok guys, thanks for the support. I will keep trying, and if it fails, i will get my warranty and go to samsung.

Get ur phone into a black screen no icon so basically completely off then hold the download mode 3 button combo u phone should then turn on in download mode
To sumerise
Use the download combo to turn on ur phone basically its how I got my butt saved when I first got this icon thing
I only had the phone a week so I was very happy to save it
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk

rudeboy150 said:
Get ur phone into a black screen no icon so basically completely off then hold the download mode 3 button combo u phone should then turn on in download mode
To sumerise
Use the download combo to turn on ur phone basically its how I got my butt saved when I first got this icon thing
I only had the phone a week so I was very happy to save it
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk
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I did that so many times already, but the result is always the same for me...
azleep said:
Happened to me once too, just keep holding onto the buttons, it will eventually go to download mode.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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I pressed the buttons for 5 minutes, but nothing, the "phone ! computer" icon disappears for 1 second, and appears again, over and over again

@Ricardo_1991
If you remove the battery for some time(10 min.) and you still can't access download-mode then Sbl on your device has been corrupted while kies did flash the ROM, take it to a samsung service center and get it fixed.

You probably have done this but ensure your usb cable is REMOVED until you get the download mode working.

Personally I'd use the jig. As soon as you have that jig built you can have your phopne working again (and updated) in less than 30mins. Who knows how long it will take the service centre to fix it.

DrFredPhD said:
Personally I'd use the jig. As soon as you have that jig built you can have your phopne working again (and updated) in less than 30mins. Who knows how long it will take the service centre to fix it.
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I agree, but im from Portugal, and i dont have any nearby store where i can buy all the materials. What i can do is order the micro sim thing from amazon.co.uk, and the 301K resistor from somewhere else..
ps: the sellers of resistors in amazon wont send them to portugal, only the micro sim plug

[GUIDE] Recover 2012 and newer XPERIAs from SOFT-brick

Please read all of the first post above and then all the instructions FIRST, before trying anything. If you are unsure about anything PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS. No one wants you to damage your phone. So make sure you understand what your doing. If your not sure what your doing you could do more damage to the phone And remember with an unlocked bootloader you can do severe damage.​ATTENTION:​ If your phone is not working but you see a led or have bootloops DO NOT USE HARD-RESET. This can make your phone lock/freeze up until the battery dies. It took 51 hours for mine to die.
However if you get stuck on a boot screen or get bootloops a SOFT-RESET may work to reboot.​​​
If you have unlocked your bootloader this guide may or may not work for you. If you have trouble recovering then see the "TRICKS that require FASTBOOT-mode" below.​
YOU NEED TO RESET YOUR PHONE!
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If your phone is soft-brick and does nothing when, -the buttons are pressed, -a charger is plugged in, -or if the screen is still ON then....
The memory chips need lose power to clear the bad data and reset the phone. Either by the battery going dead or by unplugging the battery.
You can to leave the phone on a charger to see when the battery dies. Usually the battery will not charge in a soft-brick state and will die while still plugged in. After the reset you should then get the red led. However if you get a red led immediately when first plugged in and no response but red led for a long time, then you may need to leave the phone unplugged and let the battery die.
Only after the chips reset will you get the red led. The RED LED should mean the phone is charging in 'low battery level charge mode'.
Once you get the red led, after the reset, do NOT try to turn on the phone. If you try to start the phone now without fixing the problem you will have to start all over.
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UNPLUGGING THE BATTERY
If you feel like taking your phone apart you can unplug the battery. Most 2012 XPERIA's have a built in battery that is not designed to be easily removed. However next to the battery there should be a ribbon cable with a plug to the mother board. Unplugging this cable for 2-3 minutes should reset your phone without letting the battery die. Read here for the original idea post
CAUTION: this may effect your warranty
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The Rubber Band Trick
Here are some links to help describe the rubber band trick.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37562298&postcount=301
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37844592&postcount=317
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39835850&postcount=527
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Now after the phone has reset and you have the red led.​​~ keep charging with wall charger. A charger has a higher current rate and should charge faster than a PC.
~ Make flashtool ready to flash your stock.ftf file. If you are experiencing errors while flashing the entire ROM try to flash just the kernel, check off all in the exclude box except kernel. At this point your battery is very low and doing this will make the flash process much faster than trying to flash the entire ROM.
~ Try to connect phone in flash-mode. If your phone has enough battery you will get green led. If the flash fails on the first try, just put it back on the charger and wait about 10-30 minutes and repeat. It may take a while to charge enough to flash.
~ If you see the red led go out, then try for flash-mode.
~ If you get bootloops, try to flash between loops. As soon as you notice loop, hold volume down and plug the phone into PC with FlashTool ready. Once the loop starts you have very little time to flash, before the loops drain the battery. If you can not flash, the battery will have to die and phone reset. Then start over with red led.
~ After you complete the flash, unplug the phone and see what happens. Sometimes it will boot to Sony screen and then shut off by itself, if so plug in to a charger. You should get the red led then the battery charging screen then. After about 20 minutes of red led.
~ If you get a green led (for flash mode) then press the power button until 1 vibration. The green led should flash 1 time. This will end flashmode and start the phone. If you don't end flashmode the phone will still give a green led whenever plugged in, but it will not charge, until the battery dies and the phone resets again.
~ If you were able to flash the entire stock.ftf file and your phone has gone from red led to the charging screen, then your phone should now be recovered and turn on normally.
~ If you could only flash the kernel then you will get bootloops. Again you can unplug and try a hard-reset to turn off the phone. If hard-reset works plug in charger and wait for red led and then charging screen.
~ If you don't do a hard-reset, the phone boot looping should kill the battery and then plug in charger (this is what I did). Then wait for red led and then charging screen.
~ Now you should have a good kernel and the phone plugged in. You should have the charging screen with the battery icon and led for 'off-line charge mode'. Charge until over 50%. A quick press of the power button will bring up the charging screen.
~ Once over 50% then flash the full stock.ftf with a full wipe.
~ If you got this far but still cannot flash a full stock.ftf file then try to use PC Companion software to REPAIR your phone. Make sure battery is more than 50%.
~ If all fails then post a copy of the FlashTool log in this thread.
To save space please use the BB code for HIDE. Example
[HIDE]The text from your log here[/HIDE]
The text from your log here
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If the above steps do not work you can also try the tricks below.​
Due to the amount and length of TRICKS, I have provided links to their post​
TRICK: FOR PHONE THAT WONT RESPOND; {VIEW THIS POST FOR TRICK}; Confirmed working on ION
TRICK: FOR PHONE THAT WONT RESPOND; {VIEW THIS POST FOR TRICK}; Confirmed ION
TRICK: TRY CONNECTING TO PC; {VIEW THIS POST FOR TRICK}
TRICK: IF BOOTLOOPS WHEN PULGGED INTO PC; {VIEW THIS POST FOR TRICK} This should also work for FLASH mode; Confirmed ION
TRICK: FOR PHONE THAT WONT RESPOND; {VIEW THIS POST FOR TRICK}; Confirmed working on Xperia J
​These TRICKS require FASTBOOT access on the phone​
TRICK: FOR KERNEL WITHOUT OFFLINE CHARGING; {VIEW THIS POST FOR TRICK }
TRICK: IF YOU GET INTO FASTBOOT MODE, BLUE LED; {VIEW THIS POST FOR TRICK}; Confirmed ION
TRICK: FOR UNLOCKED BOOTLOADERS; {VIEW THIS POST FOR TRICK}; Confirmed ION
TRICK: IF YOU TRIED A HARD RESET (3 vibrations); {VIEW THIS POST FOR TRICK}
TRICK: TO USE FASTBOOT TO ACCESS FLASHMODE; { VIEW THIS POST FOR TRICK}; Comfirmed S
TRICK: USE FASTBOOT TO FLASH KERNEL; {VIEW THIS POST FOR TRICK}; Confirmed ION
TRICK: FOR UNLOCKED BOOTLOADERS; {VIEW THIS POST FOR TRICK}; Confirmed SOLA​
Please give feedback if any of these work and on what devices, I will update. 272​​
If you think I should add something new, either post it or PM me the content to add. Thanks to all those who help.
Please vote in my POLL. If this thread helped you please guide others here for the same help ​
LINK FOR FLASHTOOL HELP POST
List of those that have recovered
RaWrGs said:
thank you! Worked perfect!! as hard as it was to let the battery die I did it and she worked!!!
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305nole said:
My phone is working again, you just have to be patient, as it took >16 hrs for my phone to turn on. Once my phone turn on automatically, I had let sit for 4hrs, then pressed the power and volume up buttons at the same time and held it for exactly 5 seconds, it then turned off and I was able to flash as normal. Just be patient. Thanks everybody.
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accts said:
Here are the steps I took successfully revise my phone from soft brick.
[*]That is all ... Back and running.
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GOOD Luck.
Timing = could be different from phone to phone - depends on battery of the phone before it dead.
Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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accts said:
Unbelievable - SOFT brick again :crying: ... trying to deodex the new fw 6.1.E.2.68. Now my device is unresponsive neither to soft or hard reset. Waiting for the phone battery to die and see if I can do anything after that
Edit: whewww...So glad just had to wait for battery die - recharge ! was able to reflash - back in business again :victory:
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faiisfaizal said:
i charge it then got bootloop...but i did not manage to go to flashmode but fastboot....so i just flash cm9 kernel and it boot..then it go back off....i charge it again and its turning on so i just manage to go flashmode so i flash stock ...and now its revive...im glad i made it
dont just w8 it to green....when it bootloop just do the button to go to flashmode...dont do hard reset..it make ur phone longer charging to make the red led coming
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soudara said:
ok flashtool flash complete very hard to get greenled but its ok but no boot , i replug in wall charger for 10mn and auto boot and all is ok
my ion working perfect
thank you all
i use generic honkong tft firmware LT28i_6.1.E.1.19_Hong Kong.zip
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ching11 said:
yeah, finally, Successful to flash the rom in my ION and running normal now~~~:victory::laugh:
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ghekua said:
I just get my phone back to life )
My phone back to life now.
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markelON said:
I Flashed Custom kernel and got Briked (Boot Loops) at 9th Dec Morning 10:30AM
Did Hard Reset and phewwww Phone is Completely Dead Unresponsive.
BUT DON'T GIVE UP....
Many Thanks To People Who Have Shared Their Experiences Here.. Keep It Up Guyz.:good:
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aimakun said:
In last Thursday I decide to get back my bricked ION and then follow the instruction as markelON suggested.
And when I tried 2 hours later, I've finally get the Xperia logo again, and everything become working!
In my case I found later that the speaker in back of the phone has broken. I don't sure this was already broken since the phone bricked or between the repair service tries for recover my phone. But other functions are working and my dad had car accident recently. So I keep my phone and still not send back to repair service yet.
Now it has hardware issue, not brick, so I could call the repair service to fix it now. :silly:
I thank everyone who lend the help, especially markeION.
Thank you very much.
P.S. I has also written the fix instruction summary in my language and publish to local community too, based on markeION suggustion. So I think this would help others who aren't skill the English language too.
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Zirdark said:
Thanks!
I was able to get it in fastboot mode, i will now try to fla****
this is what i did for the people having the same issue.
once you get the boot loop press power+vol up until you get first vibration, after that very quickly you need to plug usb to the pc while holding only the vol up key.
this worked in a xperia ion bootloader unlocked
Thanks everyone for your help. i got more experience now, i hope this helps to everyone else that have or get the same issue.
Remember when you get bootloop press power+vol up until you get first vibration, then very quickly connect the phone pressing vol up or vol down to get fastboot or flashmode, then you can fix the phone with flashtool. this worked for my Xperia Ion bootloader unlocked
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warfist said:
Look, right now i am in Fastboot Mode! This time it worked again. But when i try to flash a kernel.sin it says that there is no device! What to do man??
EDIT: WAIT, NOW I AM IN FLASH MODE AND TRYING TO FLASH KERNEL! But after a few seconds i get this:
EDIT 3: I made it! I had to flash the whole Rom. Not just the system.sin and kernel.sin. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP!
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JaneKimC said:
So I don't do anything about the purple led and just redo the steps?
Okay o_o
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whathe
I GOT IT TO FLASHMODE
After charging and having constant red led to no led (?) I unplugged from the wall charger and and then plugged to laptop to wait for bootloop. So there was red led, then after a while no led again. I just pressed down (didn't expect anything to happen lol) and then I got GREEN LED!!!! Luckily, I already set up flash tool
I installed ALL the drivers in flash tool
But there was no Ion,
right now i'm installing pc suite cause my sister said there are drivers there.
Am I doing the right move? O_O
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MY SISTER WAS RIGHT
IT FLASHED ALL THE WAY THROUGH!!!
btw, checked Exclude TA, is that correct?
phone still won't boot (assuming no battery)
I'M CHARGING RIGHT NOW!!
will report back when it boots
sorry for page stretching!
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HOMYGOSH I LOVE YOU ALL
THANKS SO MUCH GUYS!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
EVERYTHING PAID OFF!!
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED ME!!!!
SAVED ME A LOT OF $$$ ^_^
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tempest2112 said:
Many thanks for this post as I was stuck in a ram dump boot loop and following the instructions allowed me to flash a ftf file and now the phone (Sony Miro) is up and running :victory:
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albuah said:
i manage to get bootloop after 5-10 minutes.
got my kernel on back. tapping the sony logo and enter cwm , restore my backup , and reboot...but the phone not reboot.
screen are black and red led still there. usb still attach to pc.
need to recharge batteries to full/green led ?
update : i remove the usb cable , and use fastboot mode to flash kernel and on the phone. it boot up nicely in my miui backup with 1% battery haha...
thx to all that help me and of course to this thread
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ganeshbiyer said:
The phone is back.
Sent from my LT28i using xda premium
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txingu said:
Thanks ToledoJab!!
I can repair one xperia s with a format memory problem.
The phone stay in SONY logo everytime, but I can flash it again.
Thanks!!
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Damjan94 said:
Thanks you rly helped me get my phone working again
I got it bricked by installing cwm and it didn't let me boot in os, than I formatted /system and lost cwm, all my system
I wonted to install newest cynogen mod so my question is: "can I use flasher to flash cynogen mod?"
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dansdepeter said:
After all, I read about unbricking phone I am now in the situation of blinking red light and the phone turn on with a black screen.. then after 20min the phone fully turn-off and i charge the phone and i get solid red light.. hoping that it will be fix. Thanks to all
My Xperia ion now back to normal.. I get red light but cannot detect on laptop and all the button of xperia not working. I first run the flashtool ready to install firmware and then together with pc companion and finally the xperia green led comes up........ w/out pc companion my xperia still on red light and all button of xperia not working.. The Flashtool detect the phone and install the firmware...
Thanks to this blog..
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gegode said:
:victory: :good: well thanks to all xda developer for this thread.. :good: :victory:
my 1 week old Sony Xperia J (rooted , v6 supercharger , stock firmware) that appears BOOTLOOP :crying:
it happens when i try to use some method "how to connect stock firmware ICS to ad-hoc" by changing wifi supplicant script..
OK ,
:silly:ENJOY UR BRAND NEW/OLD ware:silly:
:victory: WELL THATS IT ,, THATS WHAT I'VE DONE ,, you guys can follow it if you like .. i can do it , so u can. ryt? :silly:
THANKS TO THIS THREAD , AND ALL CREDIT TO ALL XDA Developer Who already tested all trick and method and provide all TOOLS :highfive:
IM NOT GOOD ENOUGH IN ENGLISH . PERIOD
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crevatsch said:
Thanks for the answer and the miracle has happened, my phone is back from the dead. This is how i did it:
I got frustrated with the phone after it wouldn't respond to the soft reset it was trying (power + volume up). Then i pressed the volume up button while playing a game with the other while in the corner of my eye i see the light changing color and yes, it had gone into fastboot. After that i flashed the kernel only, but the phone wouldn't boot. I was angry that i let this good chance slip, but i managed to do the trick again: just keep pressing volume up, until it went into fastboot. I flashed the stock rom and my phone worked again.
Moral of the story (and something to put in the startpost): Even if the screen doesn't show anything and even if the phone doesn't vibrate or give a signal to indicate the battery is full it can still go into fastboot if you press the button repeatedly and keep trying.
Thanks for the help!
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CoB_Mike said:
Worked like a charm for me brother. Installed something to my L28at and it was showing incorrect battery and couldnt re install original OS. Now I am good!
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snaky47 said:
Anyone can help me please, i have strong red light and i can't flash again.
EDIT: Now, after unplugged and waiting 5 mn, i plugged again I see the logo of the battery:laugh: and it appears that it is empty after 20 hours of charging lol. I wait a bit and I'll let you know if I can flash:fingers-crossed:
EDIT2: I installed cm9 and restored my backup. everything is ok now.
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gnahanut said:
Mine is the same problem, the kernel does not support offline charging, and the issue is that: the phone runs out of battery - It gets booted up after 5 minutes charging and then turn off. The cycle continues.
I solve the problem by:
- Let it charge till the screen boots up.
- Power + volume up for 1 vibration, and then hold volume up for fastboot mode.
- Flash adv kernel 17 and then connect to charger. Let it charge for 30 mins.
- Reflash the Rom kernel.
Everything works perfectly after that.
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Flowa said:
Thanks it worked!
But is there a way that you can use the phone with pc companion after flashing it?
Because pc companion told me i have a wrong firmware...
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anzsensei said:
Alhamdulillah ~ SUCCESS :good:
SUPER Thanks To Everyone Here~!!
:victory:
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ardalaan said:
ok i after about 9 hours of charging i didn't get any response from my Phone (ion)
so i decided to open my phone and disconnect the battery cable !
after i disconnect my battery cable and plug it again i connect my phone to wall charger and get a red light LED.. after about 20 minutes red led become orange then i connect my phone to pc and start flashtool and flashed new TFT file
all i am saying is that if u don't get red light after couple of hour you have 2 options !
let the battery drain then start charging or unplug battery cable then plug it back
here is the picture of my ion's battery flat
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Levopron said:
Yess!! I Repair.. Thank Youu!!
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ToledoJab said:
Well I recovered my Ion.
Now for some reason I cannot flash any baseband when using win xp. I can flash basebands from ubuntu though. It took me a few hours to figure this out. Tried reboot, older version and every stock ftf I have, ics & gb. I can flash all other parts of the stock ftf. Baseband freezes flashtool up at processing the data and I have to close flashtool.
Not sure why win xp wont work, but since linux worked I dont care
I got some good tips to add to OP.
Flashing just the kernel requires less battery charge to flash and fixes offline charging.
Also unplugging the battery after back pieces are removed should eliminate the waiting for battery to die, if you can handle taking phone apart. Battery unplug should save a lot of time in both discharge and charging. If battery is full if will take days to discharge. But if you unplug it should reset and keep the charge for flashing.
Well now on to my wifes captivate glide. It keeps shutting down when data is turned on. Time to learn about odin and Samsung
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[SOFT-BRICK RECOVERY] Recover most XPERIAs from SOFT-BRICK
If you are not sure what your doing or just want to confirm something, PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS FIRST. You always want to do the easiest things first.There many of us that have had success using different methods. And there are many of us who are willing to help.
The Wikipedia definition for {Brick (electronics)}
When used in reference to consumer electronics, a "brick" describes an electronic device such as a smart phone, game console, router, or tablet computer that owing to a serious misconfiguration, corrupted firmware or a hardware problem, can no longer function. The term derives from the vaguely cuboid shape of many electronic devices (and their detachable power supplies) and the suggestion that the device can only function as a large, heavy object.
The term can also be used as a verb. For example, "I bricked my MP3 player when I tried to modify its firmware."[1]
In one common sense of the term, "bricking" suggests that the damage, often a misconfiguration of essential on-board software, is so serious as to have rendered the device permanently unusable.
However, another use of the term "bricked" is understood to describe a situation where a device is unable to function even when the device does have potential to be recovered later to a working state. In this sense, the damage may be reversible; it is only during the period that it's unable to function that the device is deemed "bricked". This is often referred to as a "soft brick" whereas an unrecoverable device is a "hard brick".​
DON'T WORRY, BE PATIENT, YOU CAN FIX YOUR PHONE.
This common 'cents' is worth more than a million dollars the price of your phone
accts said:
My two cents, always install CWM - Backup your ROM, before doing any modding to your phone.
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For this guide I will define types of RESETS that happen when pressing both the POWER and VOLUME UP buttons.​SOFT RESET = 1 vibration then let go of buttons (hold about 3 seconds); Like hitting REBOOT.
HARD RESET = 3 vibrations then let go (about 10 seconds); Like taking out the battery.*
*USE HARD RESET ONLY IF ALL OTHER TRICKS HAVE FAILED. RECOVERY FROM THIS DEEP LEVEL OF SOFT-BRICK WILL TAKE A LONG TIME​Both can be used at anytime on a working phone. Most bootloops will also allow resets​
XPERIA phones have 2 different modes that are used in recovering from SOFT-brick. FLASH mode & FASTBOOT mode.​FLASH mode, is used by FLASHTOOL and can be used on every model of XPERIA phone with a locked or unlocked bootloader. FLASH mode will give a soild GREEN notification led when connected. To connect in FLASH mode:
Start with the phone turned off (or in between loops for some tricks)
Press and HOLD the volume DOWN button. (don't let go )
Now connect to a PC using USB
If all went correctly you will get GREEN led, then let go of button
​FASTBOOT mode is used by Android Debug Bridge (ADB), and is found on every Android device. FLASHTOOL also uses FASTBOOT mode, however to flash this way you need an UNLOCKED bootloader. NOT EVERY PHONE CAN USE FASTBOOT. To find out if you can use FASTBOOT and how to set it up read {Spectre51's} thread on {unlocking & relocking bootloaders}. FASTBOOT mode will give a soild BLUE notification led when connected. To connect in FASTBOOT mode:
Start with the phone turned off (or in between loops for some tricks)
Press and HOLD volume UP button. (don't let go )
Now connect to a PC using USB
If all went correctly you will get BLUE led, then let go of button
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To recover your phone you need to have FLASHTOOL ready and waiting at a specific spot.​
If you need help with setting up & using FLASHTOOL {>>CLICK HERE<<}
DO NOT CONNTECT YOUR PHONE
First you need to have FLASHTOOL installed from {HERE}
Now run FLASHTOOL.
From FLASHTOOL home, select the flash/lightning bolt button
Select FLASH MODE
Select your stock firmware file
WIPE: everything
If available EXCLUDE: TA. (this option is not available for all stock.ftf files, if it's there just exclude it)
Now click START button
After FLASHTOOL prepares files, you should get this screen (or similar depending on version of FLASHTOOL)
>>>>>STOP<<<<< FLASHTOOL is now ready for TRICKS
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For help with finding your phones STOCK.ftf file click here​
You can use the file for your XPERIA model below to recover from SOFT-brick.
To make your models specific .ftf file after you recover, you will find instructions {IN THIS POST}
MAKE SURE YOU USE A STOCK FIRMWARE FOR YOUR MODEL XPERIA. Each phone model has a different file. Using the wrong file will give you the very SOFT-brick your trying to fix. If your not sure then ask for help.
Links to STOCK FIRMWARES
XPERIA P{LT22}
XPERIA V{LT25}
XPERIA S{LT26}
XPERIA SL{LT26ii}
XPERIA Acro S{LT26W}
XPERIA ION{LT28}
XPERIA TX{LT29}
XPERIA T{LT30}
XPERIA TL{LT30at}
XPERIA TIPO{ST21}
XPERIA TIPO DUAL{ST21_2}
XPERIA MIRO{ST23}
XPERIA U{ST25}
XPERIA J{ST26}
XPERIA GO{ST27}
XPERIA Sola{MT27}
Special THANKS go to the following XDA members for providing and maintaining links for the STOCK.ftf files above. Please click their THANKS button in the post you download from.
{dimon2242} {championswimmer} {Yakandu} {NomNomM} {zhuhang} {Spectre51} {hhlong89} {gregbradley} {Jozinek} {TeamMex} {Deadmask} {irontech}
PC Companion can interfere with FLASHTOOL. Make sure it is NOT running when using FLASHTOOL.​
BATTERY CHARGING CYCLES​
On a working phone there are different stages of a battery's charging cycle. The stages are listed in order they happen. The cycle goes from a completely dead battery through a phone running on battery and back to a completely dead battery.
Dead battery. No response from the power button, no screen and no led.
Connect to charger
low battery level charging mode. This is when just the RED led is on and no screen. At this stage the battery's charge is to low to turn the phone on, but it is charging.
Kernel controlled off-line charging mode. This is when the battery has charged enough from step (3) and boots the kernel to charge the battery. The phone is off, but could be turned on using the power button. A quick press of the power button will show this battery icon. Icon will fill with charge.
The kernel also controls charging when the phone is on.
Battery is fully charged.
Unplug the phone and turn on.
Battery is dead from normal use.
Repeat stages starting at (1)
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Now, that is for a working phone. But if your reading this you don't care about a working cycle right? WRONG, this gives a baseline of charging check points to help in recovering your phone, so it is fairly important to understand.
A soft-brick charging cycle can restart at different points along the baseline while attempting to boot.
The kernel is the first thing to run at start-up.
If the kernel is broken the phone may.....
Lock-up before the kernel boot screen with just the back-light on.
Lock-up at the kernel boot screen.
get stuck in boot loops.
The SONY screen is displayed during kernel start-up, for a stock kernel.
A charging cycle for a phone with a broken kernel can go as far as stage (4) and then lock up or boot loop. Then the battery will have to die for the phone to reset and start over at step (1).
Thus ending a broken kernel cycle from dead battery to dead battery.
The system or ROM/firmware runs after the kernel starts successfully.
If the ROM is broken the phone may.....
Lock-up after the kernel screen with just the back-light on
Lock-up at the ROM boot screen
Get stuck in boot loops.
The XPERIA screen is displayed during ROM start-up, for a stock ROM.
A charging cycle for a phone with a broken ROM can go as far as stage (6) and then lock up or boot loop. Then the battery will have to die for the phone to reset and start over at step (1).
Thus ending a broken system cycle from dead battery to dead battery.
​​
​{SONY's PC Companion}
AN UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER WILL NEED TO BE RE-LOCKED FOR PC COMPANION TO WORK.​​

Thanks this is very helpful

thank you! Worked perfect!! as hard as it was to let the battery die I did it and she worked!!!

Before you wait all that time, try this. Hold the volume up button and the power button at the same time. The phone will vibrate once, keep holding until it vibrates 3 more times. Now you should be able to try flashing again. Worked for me.

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Before you wait all that time, try this. Hold the volume up button and the power button at the same time. The phone will vibrate once, keep holding until it vibrates 3 more times. Now you should be able to try flashing again. Worked for me.
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In my case, trying to reset didn't work at all.

Yea same here as I could not get mine to do anything. I saw in another thread on this someone said once you get the Sony loop to do a force reset (1 buzz) and as soon as it buzz's hold volume down. You should see the green light flash and should then be able to connect it in flash mode again. Adds up with what I did and its very strange there is so much difference from device to device on a shared issue.
Edit: Pop why did you bale on the Ion???

The AHD is more responsive and the screen seems to be brighter and more clear and the glass was already scraching and the gorilla glass on the AHD will not.

Well was nice to have your help for as long as we did. Enjoy your new device.

popfan said:
The AHD is more responsive and the screen seems to be brighter and more clear and the glass was already scraching and the gorilla glass on the AHD will not.
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The glass or the clear cover over it was?
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popfan said:
The AHD is more responsive and the screen seems to be brighter and more clear and the glass was already scraching and the gorilla glass on the AHD will not.
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Also known as Xperia ion lt28h.
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 Announced 2012, April Status Available. Released 2012, June Body Dimensions 133 x 68 x 10.8 mm Weight 144 g - Touch-sensitive controls Display Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Size 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.55 inches (~323 ppi pixel density) Multitouch Yes, up to 4 fingers Protection Scratch-resistant glass - Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine
- Timescape UI Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3 ringtones Loudspeaker Yes 3.5mm jack Yes

Spectre51 said:
The glass or the clear cover over it was?
Sent from my Sony Xperia S
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The glass itself. It has several small scratches into before I turned it in, just 28 days later. That is rather poor scratch-protection.

Does the Ion have the film over the glass like the Play did?? My Play scratched one day when I dropped it but figure I will just find me a high quality screen protector and replace it. Maybe some 3m product. I looked on the Ion and could not tell if it has it or not.

zackspeed said:
Does the Ion have the film over the glass like the Play did?? My Play scratched one day when I dropped it but figure I will just find me a high quality screen protector and replace it. Maybe some 3m product. I looked on the Ion and could not tell if it has it or not.
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Yes it does.
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popfan said:
The glass itself. It has several small scratches into before I turned it in, just 28 days later. That is rather poor scratch-protection.
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The only way you could scratch the glass itself is if you removed the oem screen protector. You can't really tell its there until you know it's there. The X10 was the same way.
The included screen protector does scratch fairly easily and looks like scratched glass when it happens.
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if my screen is stuck on xperia logo. NOT BOOT LOOP. just stuck there. (unable to hard reset) cannot turn phone.
is this soft brick?

I performed these steps and it worked one time but when I did it a second time, it bricked my phone. It won't respond to any thing. Can somebody please help?!?
EDIT: Sorry guys, I freaked out last night and posted this before I did my reSEARCH. This is my problem now, I've been charging for phone for >9 hrs and it still hasn't turned on. It took about 6 hrs to get the red led light. When it came on, it was solid and not blinking. Should I just be patient?

You did not hard brick your phone. You will just have to do the steps all over again. Wait until the battery dies, then recharge and reflash. Make sure you battery is over 50%.

Just be patient and persistent. It can be very frustrating but you will get back in.