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[Q] Potencial Hard Brick - Help

OK. I am just gonna start this with: I AM STUPID!
Anyway, I was toying with my X8, all happy of my Android. I was in xRecovery, happy to know that I was going to install FroyoBread v007 (irrelevant to know, really), and I saw "Partition Options". "WHAT'S THIS?!" I go into that and see that I could delete /system, so I felt like doing it. *Applies anti-flame* After that, I was like "Oh man, xRecovery is not detecting my FroyoBread v007 .zip, just the v006!!!" "Let's reboot it!" After that... well... brick.
Current Situation:
I turn on, all that appears is "Sony Ericsson".
If I try SEUS (On PC Companion) or FlashTool, they don't seem to recognize the phone.
xRecovery, obviously, not there, since it was in /system/bin
Question: Is there ANY WAY (excluding taking it back to the store) to get my phone back working? (Even if it involves going back to the stock Flash, like I care!!!!)
Note: I am sorry if there's a thread already containing information to solve this problem in this forum. I am a bit in PANIC! I would appreciate that people don't pro-flame me for deleting the /system directory or for not adequately search for a thread that has the information I might need. In case of the existence of such, please redirect me to it so I can obtain an important piece of information in the world we know as Modding. Thank you for your consideration.

Griffrez said:
OK. I am just gonna start this with: I AM STUPID!
Anyway, I was toying with my X8, all happy of my Android. I was in xRecovery, happy to know that I was going to install FroyoBread v007 (irrelevant to know, really), and I saw "Partition Options". "WHAT'S THIS?!" I go into that and see that I could delete /system, so I felt like doing it. *Applies anti-flame* After that, I was like "Oh man, xRecovery is not detecting my FroyoBread v007 .zip, just the v006!!!" "Let's reboot it!" After that... well... brick.
Current Situation:
I turn on, all that appears is "Sony Ericsson".
If I try SEUS (On PC Companion) or FlashTool, they don't seem to recognize the phone.
xRecovery, obviously, not there, since it was in /system/bin
Question: Is there ANY WAY (excluding taking it back to the store) to get my phone back working? (Even if it involves going back to the stock Flash, like I care!!!!)
Note: I am sorry if there's a thread already containing information to solve this problem in this forum. I am a bit in PANIC! I would appreciate that people don't pro-flame me for deleting the /system directory or for not adequately search for a thread that has the information I might need. In case of the existence of such, please redirect me to it so I can obtain an important piece of information in the world we know as Modding. Thank you for your consideration.
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First of all, it's normal that SEUS won't recognize your phone, cuz it has NO software, so just select your phone model, and even if it sais unknown phone, proceed to update, it will fully restore SE android 2.1 , it worked for me

bogdan_mihai554 said:
First of all, it's normal that SEUS won't recognize your phone, cuz it has NO software, so just select your phone model, and even if it sais unknown phone, proceed to update, it will fully restore SE android 2.1 , it worked for me
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I tried that but it doesn't seem to recognize that the phone is ready to update. (Hold Back and then insert USB) <--- I do that and it does nothing new!

Griffrez said:
I tried that but it doesn't seem to recognize that the phone is ready to update. (Hold Back and then insert USB) <--- I do that and it does nothing new!
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I think I did not emphasize enough on the OP that I am STUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPID!
I just figured it out. On SEUS I was doing something wrong. I was powering the phone on then holding back and then plugging the USB.
Yup. That's me. Probably gonna be around more.

Dude, restart pc, reinstal gordon gate flash drivers, restart again
Now connect to another usb port and voila! Flash it using shakira.
Wysłano z X8 z użyciem Tapatalk

MrCzAjNiK said:
Dude, restart pc, reinstal gordon gate flash drivers, restart again
Now connect to another usb port and voila! Flash it using shakira.
Wysłano z X8 z użyciem Tapatalk
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I've fixed it long time ago.

[Q] X10 strange problem roms problem

well first of all thanks for your help in advance.
I had a good x10 and decided to sell it and buy a new one because mine is already a bit scratched and other things the former was a X10A and now I have an X10 if that matters somehow.
good considering the x10 in hand I decided to update it first modific to 2.1 with good first non-tariff flashtool restarted. do it again and go for a while whether the network data set, each time an application instalava stuck and restarted.
after that does not solve the problem only 2g sailing. to make root was another problem with me probelam flastool was a play. remove the battery and leave it outside for a while. then again in the place lit if root root but the best was with superclickone.
then install the recovery well to try to install a different rom.
1.7 of laversion install it in my previous trip Experia worked perfectly.
and reboot several times but the biggest mistake was that he recognized me in any froyo memory told me that was not there I thought that was the only rom that fallava but try other froyo and I recon all the phone memory.
the formative and other things and not do anything.
I hope you can help me thanks.
well first of all thank you all for your time
baseband good use the 49 is the one used in the above and it worked well but you're right, maybe because it was for America proves with another 67 or more.
well that was installed with the Sony Ericsson flashtool X10i_2.1.1.A.0.6_CUST GENERIC-TH 1237-0336
root and then install other froyo over several people and doing the problem is restarted as long as I showed the worst memory.
rom froyo good at baseband always use 49 did not try other that could have caused this problem but I do not recognize the memory in the rom do not understand.
But the most curious .. I can restart the telefonoy xrecovery enter a bone having a rom froyo I recognize the memory but when it does not appear but entered the xrecovery if I have it and I can see all of it I install anything but get nothing.
Also if you want to install a backup does not work xrecovery entered the xrecovery give restore Begins choose the copy and paste to work then restarts and I lose everything because the phone does not come over and touch me again with the flashtool.
to light in the rom 2.1 if you recognize me in rom memory but I do not like froyo recognize the memory but still recognize it when I enter the xrecovery and I can see what is memory and install things that are in but when I restart it and entered into the system memory does not recognize me tells me no memory mounted.
thanks for everything

thanks to those who saw this. but I see that nobody has any idea what happens to my x10 was hoping that at xda have some idea but I do not know what happens.
thanks anyway.

lacmondragon said:
thanks to those who saw this. but I see that nobody has any idea what happens to my x10 was hoping that at xda have some idea but I do not know what happens.
thanks anyway.
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Post in the right section then we'll help u
X10i on gingerbread 2.3.4

Update Messed Up Phone!

I bought my r800i today from O2 UK straight from the store, got home played around with it a little,connected it to my computer and installed the sony erricson Pc companion and it prompted for an update so i did that - but at some point it failed and now won't let me do anything to the phone - I can boot up and get a phone with an exclamation mark in a triangle or if i connect it via usb to the computer it connects/disconnects - update/repair also fails =|

Hi,
This will fix your unlocked Phones which got bricked through OTA update and are dead now!
Please download this package:
http://www.multiupload.com/Q103V01CV1 [Corrected Package; thanks blagus for finding the problem]
Let it extract to a destination of your choice.
After that run Flashtool.exe.
Now hit the button FLASH and select the package which is included.
Follow the steps and connect your phone in flashmode. This is the same mode Pc Companion and SEUS uses to flash your phone to newer firmare (Indicated by green LED), if you got BLUE LED you are in the wrong mode!
Flashtool will now detect your phone and start the repair.
After all is done your phone should be up and running again, if not please reflash with original firmware and WIPE userdata!
ADVICE:
PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY OTA'S ! If you receive a OTA message just decline, if you accept it you will end with a brick AGAIN! So please do NOT accept them until SonyEricsson provides a OTA solution for unlocked Bootloaders!
Best Regards
Team FreeXperia

I don't have an unlocked bootloader and don't want anything to do with any of that yet - dont want to void my warranty etc - if i were to return the phone could i download an ota update then?

Anybody? I can't charge my phone either - a green light just blinks and it goes into recovery when i connect it with my computer :S

Nabeel_Nabs said:
Anybody? I can't charge my phone either - a green light just blinks and it goes into recovery when i connect it with my computer :S
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Did this happen after using the flashtool?
If you haven't used flashtool yet, don't worry about using it, it doesn't unlock the bootloader (void warranty.)
Flashtool can only install signed (official) updates, and it's completely legit (i.e. What Sony Ericsson would use to fix your phone)
If you're not unlocked/rooted, you shouldn't have to worry about ota updates, you just got (very) unlucky, and either PC companion, your usb cable, or your phone decided to say screw you with this update (nothing against you personally, of course )
I don't know O2's return policy, but if you want to follow that route, they'll probably just give you a new one...
Sent from my R800x using XDA App

the O2 store are legally obliged to exchange/repair the handset free of charge. if it's still within 14 days of purchase, they should replace the handset so i would be heading straight back there
tom

Thanks everyone for the advice - didnt want to take back the phone since I'd have to ask my parents for the reciept and tell them about it...But i did and have a new play now... A little wary of updating now =/ ...

i wouldnt let it put you off updating as its probably been a bug in that particular handset that just hasnt been picked up before its been shipped out. if you're updating via a sonyericsson approved method you're covered by warranty
tom

*never mind what i said*

Second xperia play now bricked due to the update service this time rather than the pc companion due to me asking a sony erricson agent whether it would be safe to update and they said its 100% safe using the update service and even gave me a link for it and checked up on the issue and said phones only brick if they are rooted which i clearly stated my phone was not =|... NOT HAPPY AT ALL!

Nabeel_Nabs said:
Second xperia play now bricked due to the update service this time rather than the pc companion due to me asking a sony erricson agent whether it would be safe to update and they said its 100% safe using the update service and even gave me a link for it and checked up on the issue and said phones only brick if they are rooted which i clearly stated my phone was not =|... NOT HAPPY AT ALL!
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Wow, you're just a very unlucky person, aren't you...
did you do the ota update (on wifi) our using your pc?
If you used your pc, I'd say looking into using a friends pc to try and update, that our if you still have the original micro usb cord that could be out, also...
Sent from my R800x using XDA App

Story of my life -_- - Nope a new micro-usb cord (came with the new phone) and got it using the update service program the agent suggested via usb - will prob just wait for ics - Dont think there's any major updates performance wise in 2.3.3 ... Back to the O2 store tomorrow i guess =|

WELL...AFTER updating around 6 times it worked... =S

Nabeel_Nabs said:
WELL...AFTER updating around 6 times it worked... =S
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Bravo good sir, your persistence paid off... but that's still really messed up that it took 6 tries before you actually got it to work... makes me kinda glad that I can't use PC Companion to update my phone (downside... i can only use 3g to update, stupid verizon....)

Pc companion isn't very nice =| and 3g updating is just slow - nothing else

Many thanks, after 4 days of various flash tools and firmware versions, this package unbricked my phone , silly update came in while i was sleeping.

[TUT]How to unbrick Xperia Arc

If your phone won't boot up (it's stuck at Sony Ericsson boot screen) and you can't get into recovery either, that means you bricked your Xperia.
You may think that you are screwed, but if your PC can recognise your phone when it's powered off (don't try booting it before connecting to PC!) I have an easy solution for you!
What you need to do is download UpdateService (Find it on Sony's site), and install it.
Don't run it just yet.
Than, connect your phone to your PC and when Windows checks it, run UpdateService (thing you downloaded)
Than, UpdateService will do firmware checking and in a minute you should be able to see it updating your phone to a newest firmware (.62 right now).
Now, this will take a few minutes, and when it's done phone will start booting, that also might take up to 5 minutes.
When it's done, you have your phone working again!
*This works only if you have your bootloader locked!
**You will lose all of your apps, so I hope you know what you had!

does not always work , but it is a good option to fix the phone

Since the pc recognizes the phone and the update service thing is not available anymore so we can even try to flash new firmware manually, by fastboot or flashtools! And what if one is already running the latest firmware, will update service still work?
If i helped you, hit the thanks button!
Xperia Arc |Acronium 7.2| |DooMkernel v19|

Sony Update Service (previously SEUS) is available here. Current version 2.11.12.5.
But 'No new software is available for your phone.' So that's good; it might be a shiny brick, but at least it's up to date!

nice tut., but its not easy to brick a phone with locked bootloader

It won't work on unlocked bootloader.
Sent from my LT15i using Tapatalk

TheHaso said:
nice tut., but its not easy to brick a phone with locked bootloader
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Actually it is if you use a wrong custom ROM.

TheHaso said:
nice tut., but its not easy to brick a phone with locked bootloader
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Trust me, it's not hard. I did it already

Loosely said:
But 'No new software is available for your phone.' So that's good; it might be a shiny brick, but at least it's up to date!
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So how did you solve that problem?

Wy,i brick my arc s install a rom,can't you help me to unbrick.

Unsubscribing

I ****ing LOVE you OP!!
This **** saved my ass so much that I made an account just to say thank you man! Also used Thanks button :good:
Dude, you are a lifesaver - continue being awesome!

Thx a lot it work!!!!

Is it even possible to brick an arc s beyond the point of repair, unless you're a noob.
With the Arc S having fun on CM 10

Hi there! I think I've just bricked my arc ( it showes an exclamation mark inside a triangle and there is a phone close to it and it all right after sony logo). but the thing is that my bootloader is probably open( dont really remember). Any ideas of reparing?

NiklarenF1 said:
Hi there! I think I've just bricked my arc ( it showes an exclamation mark inside a triangle and there is a phone close to it and it all right after sony logo). but the thing is that my bootloader is probably open( dont really remember). Any ideas of reparing?
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Flashtool.
Want more information? Search.

Someguyfromhell said:
Flashtool.
Want more information? Search.
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Flashtool says that it cannot flash it bcz my debugging isnt on, and I cant reset it(

NiklarenF1 said:
Flashtool says that it cannot flash it bcz my debugging isnt on, and I cant reset it(
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Debugging isn't needed for that. You need to get your phone into flashmode. Use Search to find more info how to use Flashtool

intersting guide.......it's useful if i brick my phone:fingers-crossed:

First of all, when you are running your phone on the latest update, you can't use this process to unbrick/update your phone. So my guess here is, this post is rendered useless to people who have updated their phones to the latest update.
I am in Panic mode so yeah.

[Q] I think i Hard Bricked my phone - Help someone

Hi Everyone, noob here.
I cant remember the exact procedure that i took, but i rooted my phone, and used x-restore to load floyo onto my x8, i did not really like it and wanted to try a newer version of cyanogenmod -7.1 and i had to flash custom Kernel on.. anyway - i tried flash tool and it said restart your phone and under app settings check the box for allow unrecognized or unsupported files or something like that - sorry i don't recall what it was exactly.. this is my first time doing this. it failed again, so disconnected my phone and just restored floyo and decided i was going to be happy with it.. i had tried to use the plugin to unlock the bootloader after testing it to make sure it could be done.. as the forum said.. and all looked good. but i forgot to close flashtools when i was done trying.. i restored floyo and and then made the mistake of plugging the phone in while flashtool was still on and looking for the phone.. the next thing i see a message pop up saying bootloader unlocked successfully or something similar.. restarting phone.. then my phone restarted and it did something else.. i waited for it to Finnish and then my phone went off..
Now it wont come on at all, no LED, nothing.. The phone is one week old.. i fully charged the battery last night so its not the batter i have Hard Bricked it.. and im freaking out..
I am a computer tech that has never failed to fix any computer problem and have repaired thousands.. i have experience in electrical work and have built tonnes of gadgets like small amps etc... but when it comes to this.. i am a complete Noob and i accept that.. ive screwed up and all i can do is ask for help..
i read through tonnes of forums but none seem to match my case so i thought it ok to ask for help.
What can i do, other than own a $300 paper weight.

Just restore with SEUS or PC companion and install something good like Semc Debrand Engine

I'm sorry to tell u that
u have to go to SEMC to repair it
unless u unbricked it by PCC or SESU
as if u want to fix it u'll pay 100$ or above to fix it

Hey man,
im sorry for what happened to your phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12442257#post12442257
have you tried to use that guide? i also bricked my X8, the guide helped me very good and now my x8 runs on Android 2.3.7

Chris95X8 said:
Just restore with SEUS or PC companion and install something good like Semc Debrand Engine
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Thanks, but how do i do that when it is not even coming on ??

shallondb said:
Now it wont come on at all, no LED, nothing.. The phone is one week old.. i fully charged the battery last night so its not the batter i have Hard Bricked it.. and im freaking out.. I saved months to get that thing here in Zimbabwe.. i paid $300 for it here which is sadly the going price..
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The symptom you describe there is a HARD BRICK. No LED, no display, no vibration, no nothing means it's DEAD - HARD BRICKED.
There's nothing you can do yourself other than to send it to Sony Ericsson for repair.
Since you said "Zimbabwe" I doubt you have repair shops with the required equipment and technicians to try a JTAG restore.
So I'd say your only option left is to send it off to SE - and once you get it back you better don't mess around with it if the $300 you mentioned means US Dollar (insane price).
EDIT: And the mistake you made ... you somehow made Flashtool to unlock your boot loader on a device that's most likely past a manufacturing date of 11W29. This kills the phone and you simply can't repair it yourself anymore ... see the Hard brick warning - read before boot loader unlock sticky in the X8 General board. There are several posts clearly telling you that everyone who managed to hard brick the phone sent it off to SE as there's simply no "fix it yourself" method available.

Hey guys, i cant do any of those suggestions because my phone is not coming on at all ... is there anything else i can do ? anyone ?

shallondb said:
Hey guys, i cant do any of those suggestions because my phone is not coming on at all ... is there anything else i can do ? anyone ?
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B.Jay said:
There's nothing you can do yourself other than to send it to Sony Ericsson for repair.
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Feel free not to believe me, but the is NO other way left anymore.

B.Jay said:
Feel free not to believe me, but the is NO other way left anymore.
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Thanks B.Jay
Sorry my last post was delayed, i was still sending it when you reply came through. I do believe you. i am going to attempt taking it back to the small shop that sold it to me and see what they recommend..