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[Q] Bricked/dead xperia play

Here's my story:-
So I unlocked the bootloader and while rooting I bricked my play, so i got it back by installing flash tool and modding with UK generic.ftf file.
Now after using this firmware everything was fine until I clicked on software update(about phone-->softwareupdate) on mobile itself thru 3g.
So it downloaded a 51mb file and it was updating wen it swithed on, i thought thats normal but it didnt come back on for 30-40 mins and then i switched it on but nothing happened, so i took off the battery and restarted and nothing happened.
Now here's that I did and I know:-
Flashed almost 3-4 times with uk.ftf nothing....
opened the uk.ftf flashed only the loader.sin.....nothing...
flashed with the new firmware(I guess the US version with 2.3.3)....nothing...
.....My fone's start button is acting strange, wen i press that button for switching it on a green lite blinks and the fone vibrates and then again a green lite blinks but the fone wudnt start, you can keep pressing the start button on top but it wud do the same keep vibrating after every 3-4sec....nothing happens.
So I guess as I was using the UK.ftf and updated my fone here(I stay in India so obviously my fone would have had asain firmware and I was now using the uk firmware) so that mite have locked/dead/bricked my play....or is there any way out.....?
I took the fone to Sony service centre, they caught it with EMMA that this fone has a modified software and got puzzled, so i was trying to fool them until one of them called the head office and confirmed...
Any help is greatly appreciated.
----I know I can ask this somewhere else too on a diff thread----
but it dint allow me

You cant update the play via software update if you have unlocked the bootloader! It bricks the phone and as of now there is no fix, well, not that I know of!
Sent from my R800i using XDA App

There was a million warnings all over the place about this happening.

So I know of the warnings, but just forgot that I updated my play with a diff firmware, anyways this wouldnt help.
But thanks to you both for the prompt response, how abou if im sending the play to sony service centre they would charge me money for it coz its outta warranty, but they would just upload it with the asain firmware, correct?
If that happens, il try to make an dump outta it so that others cud benefit...
or maybe an asia bootloader if I cud find 1, I guess by doing so I can still get the fone to switch thru loader and then flash another ftf, sounds crazy tho..dont know yet?

There is a fix to the point of restoring it without the phone part, which sounds like it is going to get fixed soon. keep your fingers crossed. for the fix look at the other bricked threads.

ncaissie said:
There is a fix to the point of restoring it without the phone part, which sounds like it is going to get fixed soon. keep your fingers crossed. for the fix look at the other bricked threads.
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Thanks for the info....hope so...but im selling off the play once its switched on lol
just bought myself samsung s2 galaxy...way fast..
Tho i had a dream for play, i finished it, sad tho for bricking it...
btw , can you point me to which thread are you referring to?
Thanks

Someone really needs to put a big fat warning at the top and bottom of those rooting/bootloader guides that doing an update after unlocking the bootloader will brick the phone.

I've put up a warning thread about that subject a few says ago in the dev section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112868
Regards Dousan...

and that's why when u bring it to the shop, ur legally an idiot who doesn't know what happened to the phone while saying..."wtf is bootloader and root? never heard..??."

lofike said:
and that's why when u bring it to the shop, ur legally an idiot who doesn't know what happened to the phone while saying..."wtf is bootloader and root? never heard..??."
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Dude idiotic wud be wen u dint know anything, anyways i was trying to fool that Sony cetre guy until he called the H.O...but never mind I will be going tomm to give the device to them, tho when enquired, he just gave a statment with a hint, they will lock the bootloader>repair it(s/f etc loading)>unlock it again...
So justifying!! yes, there is way to lock it again, we just dont know it how for now.
Il try bribing him wont work but need my fone back asap.
Also, I dont now where I read or heard that if u cud change ur fone's IMEI number , one part of bootloader gets locked tho bcoz EMMA wont recognize that ....i dont know if thats possible lolz, but for the sake its illegal changing ur IMEI...I cud do that ( ireturned 2 dead on arrival plays before i got this 3rd one, mayb 3 was a bad number)

I would stick to my story and say it died when you tried an update.
Keep your

ncaissie said:
I would stick to my story and say it died when you tried an update.
Keep your
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^ agreed with that

lofike said:
^ agreed with that
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I agree that...wish i never did it

Stock 2.1 without fastboot?

Hello everybody,
Well my LG GT540 needs warranty but i am on a custom ROM with root.
I was going to download the stock rom and flash it with KDZ.
But i have realised that all the sites that have the LG GT540 stock roms
are from fileserve. And fileserve is now only private. which means no one
can download files from it unless u are the owner of the file.
Which means i cant flash it.
So does anyone have a different file or could they upload The Austrlian OPtus ROM.
If not any ideas, i havent used or played with this phone for a while so i forgot most things.
BTW my warranty ends in 2 weeks.

Damn.... just flash a 2.1 rom then remove recovery using fastboot?? As for fastboot i dont think we can do anything about it.....

bs828 said:
Damn.... just flash a 2.1 rom then remove recovery using fastboot?? As for fastboot i dont think we can do anything about it.....
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yeah but if they check which they do then i cant get warranty

what are you sending it in for? the last time i sent mine in for screen crack it was on swiftdroid rc5 LOL they dint care and just serviced it

bs828 said:
what are you sending it in for? the last time i sent mine in for screen crack it was on swiftdroid rc5 LOL they dint care and just serviced it
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LOL. LUcky.
Well my problem is the touch screen is soo ****, i cant recieve calls, home button and volume button doesnt work, and a couple of other things

Lol for buttons my volume rockers are all dead, home and green button are partially working search and camera are dead too. The soft resistive keys are also dying fast

bs828 said:
Lol for buttons my volume rockers are all dead, home and green button are partially working search and camera are dead too. The soft resistive keys are also dying fast
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yeah me too. will they give a warranty for that?
good news! i managed to find a KDZ and flashed it.
all problems are solved but touch screen problem.
But i am still trying to get a warranty so i can get a new phone!

I dont bother warranty ended like months ago.... phone is gonna end in a few days

Oh god please help!!!!

I screwed it? (Sorry bad english)
Well, i was in EOS JB, and tried to went back to Revolution HD but i flashed super wipe... Guess it dont work (Some other people also had problems)
I read something about restoring to stock ICS from asus... i did it, i flashed it but now it is in a bootloop and i try to enter recovery and there is no recovery image D: an android with an red triangle appear... and now im scared to death D:
Please help!

What is your model? Check the sticker by the charging port ....first 3 digits....like b50 b70 etc
Sent from my SGH-I747M using xda app-developers app

Hehehe is lost :S i bought it this year in january? Maybe it help?

Ugalde97 said:
Hehehe is lost :S i bought it this year in january? Maybe it help?
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Use EasyFlasher, it will give you the option to flash the stock firmware for SBK1 (nvflash) or SBK2 (wheelie). only one of these will work and also u'll know what SBK version you have

Thanks, ill try it... Tomorrow -.- i dont have cable until tomorrow Ill have to wait... Thanks so much! Hope it works... reporting tomorrow

Its alive now... Thanks for the help

Ugalde97 said:
Its alive now... Thanks for the help
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Next time, as long as it has signs of life, it works. Just unbrick

[Q] Galaxy S4 GT-i9505 hard brick

Hi Guys,
I havent used this site in years but recently I bought a Galaxy S4 outright from JBHIFI.
Before you guys give me alot of crap, I have a very bad feeling that I may have hard bricked it.
It doesnt turn on anymore, not even in recovery or download mode. I am very new to android as I was using an iPhone before and couldn't resist attempting to root my phone (stock program were killing my battery)
I hadn't even had the chance to flash a custom rom on there as far as i know i just grated root access.
Funny thing is it was doing the same thing the other day. But randomly it decided to charge and turn on. Now it is definitely not charging or turning on and i have no idea what to do... it just sucks cause i havent ever this phone for a month and its already useless! :crying:
I was using it for about a week after i rooted and now im just stuck with a brick.
Any help would greatly be appreciated, feel free to ask any questions.

Send back t store and thel t workers that just whont turn on.Dhont thel that is rooted or somthing
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium

yeah thats what im planning to do its about exactly a month since i had it today... i just didnt want to mention anything cause i know you guys and moderaters dont condone that kind of behaviour! thanks though, im pretty much screwed arent i? ill be heading into jbhifi on my lunch break will go ahead with that plan haha.
ill tell you guys how it goes.

Have you tried a battery pull?
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sorry... is that just taking the battery out? LOL if so, yes ive tried it quite a few times.
at one stage it was turning on but only loading the splash screen... so i pulled the battery out. even if i tried to start it in recovery mode, it would only load the blue text at the top of the screen and then freeze.
i have a mate who also got an s4 so i was going to meet up with them and see if i could use their battery because it seems the phone has even lost its capability to charge.

Dead boot http://forum.legija.net/showthread....g-galaxy-S4-(i9505-and-similar)-via-USB-Cable
Sent from my GT-S5360 using xda app-developers app

that seems very useful, but to use it i would have to be in download mode atleast right? problem is i cant even turn on phone to get into download mode
didnt go jbhifi today had to fix my rims instead LOL, trying other solutions and finding a spare battery to see if its just that... maybe then it will beable to atleast boot in download mode

raintouchpad said:
that seems very useful, but to use it i would have to be in download mode atleast right? problem is i cant even turn on phone to get into download mode
didnt go jbhifi today had to fix my rims instead LOL, trying other solutions and finding a spare battery to see if its just that... maybe then it will beable to atleast boot in download mode
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No, you don't have to be in download mode. Install right driver, connect your phone to pc and run the program. Then it will be in download mode, so flash firmware with pit file
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

well so far... i tried this at work and no luck, so i went home and tried it there... still no luck.
you mentioned i need to install the right driver? is that the QHSUSB drivers? (where can i find them and are they specific for the S4) anyway when i plug my phone into the computer there is no indication that it is being detected at all.
just hoping to try out more suggested solutions before i attempt to take it back into the store and have em tell me that my warranty is cooked

Hi just an update.
Took my phone to samsung because it was just completely screwed. They replaced the motherboard and camera but didnt find out that my phone was rooted which was good.
Thanks for your help everyone
*edit*
After they said they replaced my camera i am now getting the "camera app failed" message, wheres theres a black screen and the app doesnt work... ive had it with this phone now... going to walk into samsung and lose my ****.

raintouchpad said:
After they said they replaced my camera i am now getting the "camera app failed" message, wheres theres a black screen and the app doesnt work... ive had it with this phone now... going to walk into samsung and lose my ****.
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Don't bash the phone for nothing ...
Somehow I doubt that they didn't test the camera after replacing it.
Next time, take it easy, and what ever you do, read carefully the instructions.

same issue
My galaxy S4 is "hard bricked" as well after trying to flash OMEGA ROM onto the device. My guess is that somebody mislabeled the ROM and it was intended for the octal-core processors and not the US quad-core ones.
Does anyone have a link for the qualcomm drivers that are needed? I'm at a loss currently in regards of which direction to take.
Thanks in advance,
Fickl3

fickl3 said:
My galaxy S4 is "hard bricked" as well after trying to flash OMEGA ROM onto the device. My guess is that somebody mislabeled the ROM and it was intended for the octal-core processors and not the US quad-core ones.
Does anyone have a link for the qualcomm drivers that are needed? I'm at a loss currently in regards of which direction to take.
Thanks in advance,
Fickl3
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see my sig for dead boot and Qualcomm driver

samersh72 said:
see my sig for dead boot and Qualcomm driver
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Does this process work for hard bricked phones as well?

fickl3 said:
Does this process work for hard bricked phones as well?
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it should :good:
---Repair dead boot I9505 via usb cable--- Thanks to legija from JTAG team.
QHUSB Qualcomm driver download
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I also hard bricked my S4 but with the utility Im able to get in Download mode, flash .pit and stock Samsung firmware but after flashing is succesfully done it goes into qhusb again and It again is dead.

how to install the driver?
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it should :good:
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How exactly do we install the driver? The download is a zipped file and I don't know how to install the extracted contents.

rsndetre said:
Don't bash the phone for nothing ...
Somehow I doubt that they didn't test the camera after replacing it.
Next time, take it easy, and what ever you do, read carefully the instructions.
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i know... its just frustrating... i pretty much got it when it came out and convinced all my mates that it was the best phone out there at the moment (all the features are pretty nifty and its powerful ill admit)
funny thing was the camera was working perfectly before i took it in and didnt even think it needed replacing. the camera worked when i got it back the first time i opened the app but it had smearing (pink vertical lines on bright objects). after that it the app didnt open again and just has the "camera app failed" error.
as for the hardbrick guys i think the qualcomm drivers work but only if you can get your phone to turn on or enter d/l mode. mine was so fried out that it wouldnt show any signs of life even after getting the drivers.

samersh72 said:
it should :good:
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well thats od not for me
Aerys said:
I also hard bricked my S4 but with the utility Im able to get in Download mode, flash .pit and stock Samsung firmware but after flashing is succesfully done it goes into qhusb again and It again is dead.
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givin me a little hint?

LastStandingDroid said:
well thats od not for me
givin me a little hint?
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He probably means this: http://forum.legija.net/showthread....g-galaxy-S4-(i9505-and-similar)-via-USB-Cable
This was also samersh72's suggestion when i bricked mine. Problem is, there was no way for me to acces that qhusb mode thing as the phone was totally dead and doesn't even charge.
Jtag could probably revive it though.
Anyway, sent mine for repairs with
custom binary status and the samsung guys accepted it as there was no way for them to revive the phone(the motherboard was replaced). They didn't found out that it was modified.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk 4

Please HELP, Deleted my whole OS, and internal storage.

Hi guys...
Now today was a total disaster..
my phone was getting slow and i decided hey, lets root the phone and install some new custom roms so i can get rid of them unessessary programs..
WELL... this is where it went totally wrong.
After trying to wipe the phone before installing the new custom rom and gapp, I by accidently removed the _WHOLE OS_ on the phone, and now all that I can do with it,
is boot it and when it boots it gets stuck on the Galaxy S4 screen at the very beginning..
Now I have no clue what to do and how to get my phone working again...
If there's anyone who could help me to get it up running again I would appreciate it Alot, and I mean ALOT.
My phone is Galaxy S4 GT-I9505.
Please someone help.
And as I said, the phone is totally empty ( I guess.... ) ?

Can you get into download mode? You need to go to Sam mobile and download your firmware and then use Odin 3.09 to flash it to your phone?

ande2k10 said:
Hi guys...
Now today was a total disaster..
my phone was getting slow and i decided hey, lets root the phone and install some new custom roms so i can get rid of them unessessary programs..
WELL... this is where it went totally wrong.
After trying to wipe the phone before installing the new custom rom and gapp, I by accidently removed the _WHOLE OS_ on the phone, and now all that I can do with it,
is boot it and when it boots it gets stuck on the Galaxy S4 screen at the very beginning..
Now I have no clue what to do and how to get my phone working again...
If there's anyone who could help me to get it up running again I would appreciate it Alot, and I mean ALOT.
My phone is Galaxy S4 GT-I9505.
Please someone help.
And as I said, the phone is totally empty ( I guess.... ) ?
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Hi mate,
It happens to all of us ...
Do you have installed a custom recovery yet? if so just pull out your external SD use an adapter or other phone copy the desire rom and gapps
put it back in your phone enter recovery and flash....
if not custom recovery do as @parkerj7uc said

+1 @MAX 404

parkerj7uc said:
Can you get into download mode? You need to go to Sam mobile and download your firmware and then use Odin 3.09 to flash it to your phone?
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yeahh, i can get into download mode, but the thing is that I don't have an SD card, so my phone is completely empty, nothing on my phone and I don't have a SD card to copy anything to...
So I guess i'm totally screwed then?...
I once made a mistake like this and seems like I didn't learn from it, but I got a link from someone to download the file from and just flash it with odin and the phone started working again.
Is there a way to still do this? and if so how do i find a link to get it from :s
I'm panicing here

ande2k10 said:
yeahh, i can get into download mode, but the thing is that I don't have an SD card, so my phone is completely empty, nothing on my phone and I don't have a SD card to copy anything to...
So I guess i'm totally screwed then?...
I once made a mistake like this and seems like I didn't learn from it, but I got a link from someone to download the file from and just flash it with odin and the phone started working again.
Is there a way to still do this? and if so how do i find a link to get it from :s
I'm panicing here
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edit. I took a look at samsmobile site, and tried to type GT-I9505 in the search bar. But it comes up with all kind of firmwares, which one should I take, or how do i know which one is the correct one for me?
best regards
~ Desperate andy

it's the one for your country it's the one with the most recent dates I'm at work right now but will be able to help you later

parkerj7uc said:
it's the one for your country it's the one with the most recent dates I'm at work right now but will be able to help you later
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ohhh sorry didn't mean to bother you @work, well I was trying to find one matchin my country but there's not one for Finland, or anything close to finland :S

ande2k10 said:
edit. I took a look at samsmobile site, and tried to type GT-I9505 in the search bar. But it comes up with all kind of firmwares, which one should I take, or how do i know which one is the correct one for me?
best regards
~ Desperate andy
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Mate give me exact model number and country i will find you a link

ande2k10 said:
ohhh sorry didn't mean to bother you @work, well I was trying to find one matchin my country but there's not one for Finland, or anything close to finland :S
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Its OK I just wish I could help you more right now.

MAX 404 said:
Mate give me exact model number and country i will find you a link
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Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 bought from finland, need any more specifics?

ande2k10 said:
ohhh sorry didn't mean to bother you @work, well I was trying to find one matchin my country but there's not one for Finland, or anything close to finland :S
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Hi mate
Here you go latest for Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden)
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=25946

MAX 404 said:
Hi mate
Here you go latest for Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden)
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=25946
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Omg, I cannot thank you both enough. If I would be able to, i'd hit that thanks button 3000 times for both of you.
Thanks thanks and once again thanks, you made my day guys!
I'll try to get it working again hehe

ande2k10 said:
Omg, I cannot thank you both enough. If I would be able to, i'd hit that thanks button 3000 times for both of you.
Thanks thanks and once again thanks, you made my day guys!
I'll try to get it working again hehe
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hahaha
Intention is what it counts!!
Good luck

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hahaha
Intention is what it counts!!
Good luck
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While using odis and the ROM is flashed it says PASS, but when i reboot my samsung it get's stuck at the boot screen that says SAMSUNG and then the phone model, any ideas? :S

ande2k10 said:
While using odis and the ROM is flashed it says PASS, but when i reboot my samsung it get's stuck at the boot screen that says SAMSUNG and then the phone model, any ideas? :S
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Pull the battery let it sit about 2 mins. Put the battery back in and reboot and tell me what happens.

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Pull the battery let it sit about 2 mins. Put the battery back in and reboot and tell me what happens.
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didn't seem to help... stil stuck at boot screen

ande2k10 said:
didn't seem to help... stil stuck at boot screen
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OK Google on how to check a md5. Your md5 on your download needs to match the one in the website you got it from. It could be a bad download. If they match I recommend re doing the process. If they don't then you need to download it till they do.

ande2k10 said:
didn't seem to help... stil stuck at boot screen
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umm, what's an md5? o.o

http://lifehacker.com/247262/how-to-use-md5-sums-to-verify-downloaded-files
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It sounds to me that the download was bad. How long did it take to download