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Major Problem..The device is unable to boot

Hello
I took my friends xperia to install some applications when it happens this:
After i installed AEK software Keyboard Mapper the system asked me to soft reset the device to apply some settings.(The device during this procedure was connected via usb with the pc)
I press "yes" and as usual at the start up appears the sony ericsson logo then the experia logo and finally the device is active.But in my case the phone when it comes to the experia logo freezes..The screen remains illuminated but blank and when iam touching the screen(which is blank) i can hear the sounds of clicking.In this state if i want to shut down the device the only method is to take off the battery.I tried to hard reset the device(when its closed) but unfortunately it wont allow me to do so(i tried with all the possible ways to hard reset the device).At first i thought that the device had hasnt too much battery.I fully charged it and i tried again getting the same results.Please, can anyone tell me what to do?
Edit: After several tries it came up this message "The device is unable to boot because either you have turned off the device incorrectly or tries to install an application from untrusted source.Press volume up to reset or press any other button to cancel etc" Iam pressing the volume up button but nothing happens.Please can you tell me how to hard reset the device?

Here is a link to soft/hard reset tutorial
Hi
I assume you have removed and reinserted the battery?, try this first, if that doesn't work go here.
http://www.xperiax1.net/forum/xperia-x1/546-tutorial-soft-hard-resets.html
P.S This took me 10 seconds to find on google
Ian

Might have to hard reset, if you didn't install a safe mode boot program.

Ianmrr said:
Hi
I assume you have removed and reinserted the battery?, try this first, if that doesn't work go here.
http://www.xperiax1.net/forum/xperia-x1/546-tutorial-soft-hard-resets.html
P.S This took me 10 seconds to find on google
Ian
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Thanks Ian but apparently you didnt read all the lines i wrote.I said "i tried to hard reset the device with all the possible ways but didnt work" including this way you send me.Thanks anyway

Problem solved
Doing this:
without using the stylus is to switch off the phone,
hold down right and left button (under the screen)
while holding down switch on the phone
release the switch button while holding the two others
then a grey screen must appear saying to push "r" to hard reset or "x" to cancel
push "r" on the keyboard and you're done

[Q] x8 problem

hello. i have a problem with my xperia x8...i installed via x recovery a new rom but my phone does not respond....try flashing back to 1.6 but the flasher does not recognise my phone...any ideas? help plzzzzzzzzzzzz

try to use seus, or i think you have driver issue. try it: remove thebattery, wait 30 sec, take battery back, and then wait 30 sec, and now plug it to your computer with holding back button, and then press flash button. for me works. i hope you can repair it.
(if you have backup in your xrecovery, backup it)
(or mount sdcard in xrecovery and /system and /data in partition tools menu, and do steps in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=880576 )

x8
i cannot access xrecovery....!!!! i had xrecovery but it disappeard when i've installed the rom

not dev related, moved to general
gl though
Best, DK

ph3n0ngr said:
i cannot access xrecovery....!!!! i had xrecovery but it disappeard when i've installed the rom
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try this....i found on other website...
1. Turn the power off. If your Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is frozen, pull the battery out and reinsert it
2. Hold the Left and right buttons located beneath the display
3. Press and release the Power button
Follow the on-screen instructions to hard reset your Xperia X10
All data including third-party applications will be deleted from the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8. Once the wipe is complete, the phone will reboot to its factory fresh state.
hope give u luck....

[Q] can i revive my xperia x2?

my computer restarted when i was updating and now when i turn the phone on i hangs on the black screen with SE logo on it...when i put it in bootloader mode(volume down+power button) it vibrates and doesnt show anything at all, the update service recognises it but it says that i have the newest version installed and i dont have the option to reinstall...i tried to remove the db folder from sony ericsson folder, but that didnt do anything, can someone tell me how to fix that problem?

[Q] advanced config broke my phone!

yeah AdvancedConfig 1.4.0.0 Mango beta
just broke my mango! bttfv2!
i added #AA0080FF to custom colors for tiles
named the color cblue!
i was trying to make a transperent tile!
cblue clear blue!
anyway i went to setting and set the tile and my phone turned off!
when it restared i get to mango boot screen and then everythang is black!
zune sincks with the phone & then dose'nt work if i try to resink on replug it dosent work i cant deploy any cabs or xap's i cant see anythang exept my wifi logo and battery and clock at the very top of the screen everythang else is compleatily black!
and the os seams to have totaly stoped working because even if i could'nt see what i was doing i should still beable to deploy an xap or lanch an app but nothings working
i cant do a hard reset!
so what should i do now?
edit:the clock seams to still be working!

turn off phone (or pull battery)
press VolumeUp and Down together and press Power

dxdy said:
turn off phone (or pull battery)
press VolumeUp and Down together and press Power
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and whats that susposed to do?
restore completed but it didnt fix the problum!
and it didnt seam like it worked ither because the dots on the boot logo wear blue insted of mango colored

If you (b)acked up and sent a cab recently, try (r)estore in cab sender.
Worth a go.
edit sorry just saw your edit

Robbie P said:
If you (b)acked up and sent a cab recently, try (r)estore in cab sender.
Worth a go.
edit sorry just saw your edit
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wp7 cab sender is useless! Zune dose'nt even start on plug! The phone dose'nt sink! Windows phone 7 power tools & Windows phone sdk 7.1 dose not detect the phone!
if i start the phone wile pluged zune starts but then i get connection error and no program still works!
btw i never made a backup with wp7 cab sender!
and
dxdy said:
turn off phone (or pull battery)
press VolumeUp and Down together and press Power
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how come this didnt actuly restore me to stock settings?
whats next? any more sugjestions? can anyone help? =(

jackrabbit72380 said:
how come this didnt actuly restore me to stock settings?
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this is hard reset...

dxdy said:
this is hard reset...
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yeah but it says ...
This operation will delete all your personal data and reset all your settings to manufacturer default. press volup to restore manufacturer default, or press other keys to cancel.
the loding bar just blinks for 1 sec and says restore... completed press volup to boot
I press up and it dose'nt seam like the restore process is working!
becuae my dots on teh boot logo are blue and stock settings would be red!
if im not mistaken!
the first time you boot mango the dots and color tiles are red!
so...???
so confused!

If you've activated "find my phone" on SkyDrive, go to https://devices.live.com. Select your phone in the list, then Find My Phone. That takes you to a page where, among other things, is an option entitled "Erase my phone". This is a factory reset. You'll lose all your data, but you'll get your phone back.
(Been there, done that.) Hope this helps.

nope!
piaqt said:
If you've activated "find my phone" on SkyDrive, go to https://devices.live.com. Select your phone in the list, then Find My Phone. That takes you to a page where, among other things, is an option entitled "Erase my phone". This is a factory reset. You'll lose all your data, but you'll get your phone back.
(Been there, done that.) Hope this helps.
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i got
We can't erase your phone right now, but we'll keep trying. (?)
Send me email if my phone is erased.
We're trying to erase your phone. This usually takes 30 seconds. You'll no longer be able to map, ring or lock your phone.
The number you gave us isn't working. Try entering it again.
that probly wasnt a good thang to do!
but next?!
ps:ill i see is wifi logo,clock & signal bar wich has the o smoking sine!
the battery icon no longer shows! and because it dosent charge wile off i feal im running out of time!
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edit okay well i made some progress
i removed the micro sd card and afte a long wait at the boot logo mango boote red and was greted with a storage card not working logo the good thang is my battery indicater is showing
unfortunatly i cant keep going! because my only to options are
emergency or turn off
clicing turn off
reboots
blue dots agin black screen! =(
i tryed sticking the sd card in at the htc boot 2nd splash and i got sd card error if i dont get that i get black screen!
what would happec if i clicked emergency?

XBmod -Do hard reset after all update if you have freeze or any problem
(When Magldr show WPH LOAD 12345 GO GO GO Press Vol+ & Vol- then after the new screen press VOL- twice.)
Edit put sd in

Robbie P said:
XBmod -Do hard reset after all update if you have freeze or any problem
(When Magldr show WPH LOAD 12345 GO GO GO Press Vol+ & Vol- then after the new screen press VOL- twice.)
Edit put sd in
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wow
this option will 1. delete all your personal data, and reset all your settings to manurer default 2 .calculate crc checksum.
press voldown to restore manufacturer default or press volup to ger crc or press other keys to cancel
PROBLUM SOLVED THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
AND THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO TRYED TO HELP!!!

Advanced config 1.4 broke my xaps!
After checking the enable wifi n and prevent re-lock buttons in "tweaks" and rebooting, all my xaps don't work!
It happened with 1.3 too and I posted this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275303
Have since tried to send unlock_remove.cab then unlock.cab as XBmod suggested but no joy. Had to go back to restore point and reload apps, music etc.
I have posted this on Schap's site.
Points to note; If everything is working fine with you, send any cab using (B)ackup, it is your friend. And don't try to enable wifi n or prevent re-lock using Advanced Config.
Edit; confirm the prevent re-lock as culprit

[Q] Stuck on System recovery (which doesn't work))

Hello to all of you!
My Tattoo has gone crazy lately...he deleted all my contacts, pictures and reset the settings...all when I switched it off and then turned it on. Ok I survived...
But yesterday when I turned my Tattoo on...he was stuck on the Tattoo screen and it was restarting itself on and on again...with no luck...then I pressed the buttons for hard reset, then the picture of the yellow exclamation mark appeared, and now I'm stuck with this Android System Recovery-which it's not working, I can't select anything, none of the buttons works...What Can I DO???? I have never made no changes to my tattoo, so it's not rooted or anything.
the system recovery says:
Android System Recovery
Use trackball to highlight;
click to select.
reboot system now [Home+back]
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
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E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
Could someone tell me what to do now...please

Please someone?? I really don't know what to do!! I need my phone! PLEASE

Try downloading stock ROM from here http://htcpedia.com/official_rom_htc_wwe_for_htc_click_tatoo/soft/htc-tattoo-rom/download.html
Then try installing this ROM from Windows...I thing that you need to have htc sync also...

Thank you for helping me, I really appreciate it.
But that's the problem, my pc won't recognize the phone, I have installed the htc sync but when I insert the phone from usb nothing happens. and i can't go into the phone to check if usb debug is on or off. I also tried with adb but it says device not found....so I think there's nothing I can do...

Leegirl said:
reboot system now [Home+back]
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
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Can you see some of these options? Did you try to download some of custom ROM and rename it to update.zip and then put it in root of sdcard and apply it? Im little confused with this....

Yes I see all of these options, but the problem is I can't select them or anything because none of te buttons work! I tried to put the ROM on the root of the sd card, but it make no sense because I cant select the option apply update.

Try Power+Home button (that is for recovery menu, but if your tattoo isnt rooted you should see only triangle with exclamation sign inside), then plug usb cable and then try installing stock ROM from post above...

With power+home button I see the recovery menu...it's just that nothing work in the recovery menu. I tried plugging the usb...the PC won't recognize it.
I told you I tried everything... I guess it's a hopless case

What about this?
To reset the phone using phone buttons
1. With the phone turned off, press and hold the HOME and BACK buttons, and then briefly press the END CALL/POWER button.
2. Press the ENTER button to begin the reset process.
Tip If your phone hangs or freezes, remove the battery then wait for a few seconds, and then re-install it. After re-installing the battery, turn on the phone.
This one is the same but has a pic of tattoo...
http://www.howtoreset.com/HTC_Units/HTC_Tattoo_Hard_Reset_Soft_Reset.html

ha...this was my first try...unsuccsessful...it's like he can't do nothing else-just showing the triangle with exclamation mark and if I press home and power goes into recovery which doesn't work....that's all he can do..

F*uck i'm all out of ideas...

Yeah...don't tell me...

Leegirl said:
Thank you for helping me, I really appreciate it.
But that's the problem, my pc won't recognize the phone, I have installed the htc sync but when I insert the phone from usb nothing happens. and i can't go into the phone to check if usb debug is on or off. I also tried with adb but it says device not found....so I think there's nothing I can do...
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Here is what you can do:
After you started RUU wait until you get the prompt to proceed or until you get the usb error and don't close the application
Go to temp folder to get the rom.zip file
to go to temp folder type %TEMP% in the run command bar
copy the rom.zip to your favourite place and rename it to CLICIMG.zip
Now you can close the RUU install
place CLICIMG.zip in root of memory CARD and turnoff your phone
Boot in to HBOOT mode (power button + volume down keys)
wait for few seconds and install would start
I hope you have a memory card reader to place the file in to it
key for this to work is, you need to have right Tattoo RUU to get ROM.zip or have a goldcard to work any Tattoo RUU derived ROM.zip

True, i forgot about that

Thank you fo helping me. I tried but it doesn't work. The volume keys won't work...

can you check if you could boot to fastboot mode (hold both power button and back button)
From there you can
either reset your phone (menu button)
reboot to HBOOT (action button - centre button)
change to HBOOT (volume down button) - l know it doesn't work for you
or turn off the phone (left button)
If none of the buttons work, then you might need to send your phone to the doctor

Nope...it doesn't work....not to the doctor i will send the phone to the trash...