Hello guys,
I 'm experiencing the problem as I cant bring my ARC to flash mode,
Can some body share the experience to me?
I tried [return + USB] and [Menu + USB], both fail for flash mode.
Kindly to share the procedure for unlocking the simlock in arc
Is your device sim-unlocked?
To get into flash mode, you turn off the phone and after 5 second press and hold the back button(far left button) and then plug the usb into the phone.
Nimche said:
Is your device sim-unlocked?
To get into flash mode, you turn off the phone and after 5 second press and hold the back button(far left button) and then plug the usb into the phone.
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it is not work for me, my led is still green and my flashtool cannot find it.
You didn't say if you are sim-unlocked or locked. have you unlocked the phone yet?
Only person I know that has one is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045567
read the instruction and if it didn't work PM the OP
Good Luck
gagafafa said:
Hello guys,
I 'm experiencing the problem as I cant bring my ARC to flash mode,
Can some body share the experience to me?
I tried [return + USB] and [Menu + USB], both fail for flash mode.
Kindly to share the procedure for unlocking the simlock in arc
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I had a similar problem when I was trying to flash my x10a to get rid of the AT&T crapware and outdated 1.6. Here is my experience with the x10a last year when I got it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10198269#post10198269
The issue had something to do with the version of windows I was running, and the drivers on SEUS not being compatible. The flashtool could never find it, and the phone would get out of flashmode in 10 seconds, and actually turn on.
I ended up using the non graphic flashtool as the alternative option, and it solved my problem. I don't know if you have that option for the Xperia Arc, but I suggest you look into that. Hope you find a solution to your problem. Good luck.
Hi,
I've been lurking in the forums for a few months now, and have found them incredibly helpful.
First things first. I have an xperia play from Rogers in Canada. It is currently updated to 2.3.3 (via the seus tool) but not rooted.
I am trying to flash my device with the free xperia project image http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1128216, but i have run into some problems.
I have downloaded the image and can get the command prompt to show up. It sits at "waiting for device"
I try to get the device to go into "flash" mode by holding down the back button and inserting the usb. I've been looking around the forums here and some people report that this mode is indicated by a flashing blue led on the power button. My power button turns (and stays) a solid green and the "waiting for device" message never goes away.
I have tested the "flash" mode with the official Sony update tool found http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/support/mobilephones/downloads/subject/updateservice/xperia-play?cc=ca&lc=en and it seems to be working fine. It detects the device, tells me the software is up to date, and offers to wipe and re-install a fresh copy of the OS.
What am I doing wrong? I would like to install the free Xperia project, mostly so i can play with overclocking my cpu. Any help would be appreciated.
If it's any help I also can't seem to flash with flashtool either.
Thanks!
If you want it to go blue, you have to hold the search button, not the back button. That Should solve it
hm.. I guess you need an unlocked bootloader.... but I'm not sure..
Thanks,
I tried the search button. All it does when i plug it in holding the search button is to bring up the Sony Ericsson splash screen, and then the power button goes orange.
Is it possible that I need an unlocked bootloader? I think I read somewhere that the bootloader on the Rogers play is locked down and has not been cracked yet.
Need it unlocked
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And at this time there's no way to get it unlocked with a simlocked phone?
Because I guess i'll have to wait for that, or for someone to crack 2.3.3/4 so i can at least re-root my device.
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And at this time there's no way to get it unlocked with a simlocked phone?
Because I guess i'll have to wait for that, or for someone to crack 2.3.3/4 so i can at least re-root my device.
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you cannot issue fastboot commands "fastboot erase, fastboot flash. fastboot boot, ect" without an unlocked bootloader, i know its a pain but there is no way around it atm, im sure the dev scene on xda will have a work around for you soon
And at this time there's no way to get it unlocked with a simlocked phone?
Because I guess i'll have to wait for that, or for someone to crack 2.3.3/4 so i can at least re-root my device.
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or you can do that if you really want root : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119074 or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116090
I tried doing that but I couldn't get flashtool to see my phone (I was using the new beta version)
*edit*
(i tried it both on win7 32 bit and win7 64 bit)... maybe i need to do some driver kung fu?
you can use seus? if yes, you have the drivers ( I guest )...
And it work like seus, same button to hold... what is the version of your phone? R800a, R800i?
the "about phone" says that it is an r800a
I do the same thing (hold the back button and plug in the usb) with flashtool but it doesn't see the phone and start the flash (the regular sony update program does.)
So i replaced the drivers that the sony update tool installed with the drivers that came with flashtool. (in device manager i uninstalled sony xperia play and manually replaced them with the files in the flashtool\drivers folder)
I was then able to use the UK image via flashtool to roll back to 2.3.2, root, and then update.
I still can't install FreeXperia (or maybe i just can't think of a way how)... but i have current version 2.3.3/4 and it is rooted.
Thanks guys!
Apologize that I am still a newbie, I don't know much about technical terms.
Yesterday, I flash my ARC via x10 Flasher to get the latest update with LT15i_4.0.A.2.368_Generic Global.tft. I finally got my ARC fully updated.
Today, I was mistakenly update my Xperia Play using LT15i_4.0.A.2.368_Generic Global.tft via X10Flasher also. However, I didn't notice or have known before that they're using separated FW and I accidentally use Arc's FW to Play...
The result that my Play got bricked??? The screen got only light and no SE logo appeared. The power button got red light on it.
I tried both SEUS and PC Companion to flash back to Original FW but It didn't help.
When I connected to PC Companion, the software informed that I connected LT15i, infact it must be R800i -.-*
Any method to recover my Xplay to Original FW?
R800i Asia I think
Please help I felt that I was so stupid that I did such a stupid thing...
T3T
I had nearly the same Problem. Maybe this might help, it helped for me.
1. FULLY CHARGE YOUR PHONE!!! I was told to remove battery for 30minutes, then put it back in but without sim card and withough SD Card. Then plug the charger back and charge for at least 5 hours!!!
2. Connect your Phone in Fastboot mode (blue light) by pressing the searchbutton before connecting.
3. Update your drivers with the provided Fastboot drivers of this forum
4. Do the steps of relocking your play through Fastboot
5. Try SE Update again with the Software
Ill keep my fingers crossed for you, I know how you re feeling...
Here is my problem,
I had rooted my Xperia Play unlocked boatloader and it got bricked, Ok it was stupid I know many people told me.
But someone had tried to flash it, without succes Now I can't get my Xperia Play if flashmode and my computer doens't recognise it, if it is conected to my pc a red light is flashing.
Can someone help me please?
dont understand you ,if brick by ota update ,you should flash bin4ry fota flashtools
if you wan to recognise your play go to flash mode by seus with holding back button, once seus says your unofficial sw could not be updated means you pc recognise it already ,you can flash now
search button for fastboot is blue led
back button for flash is green led
red light you should find aleJandro to do re programme if im werent wrong
there is a post by him at developer section
good luck
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Yeah it was bricked by a ota update but someone tried to flash it, but it went wrong now I can't go into fastboot ore anything.
A red light is flashing when it's connected to my pc.
Seems like your bootloader was flashed incorrectly. Alejandrissimo should be able to guide you into flashing it right again.
Enviado desde mi R800i usando Tapatalk
Should I send Alejandrissimo a pm ore something?
Afghaantje said:
Should I send Alejandrissimo a pm ore something?
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Yes I can help I will send you a pm whit instructions
Alejandrissimo is the pro!!
How do i rescue my bricked phone!
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well the answer lies within this thread.
how do you brick a phone
well, there are many ways you can brick a phone.1. you install the wrong software
2.you install a 'broken' rom
3. you install a recovery that isnt supported for our phone
4.or you were messing with your bootloader
etc etc... you get the point
how to rescue a bricked x81st: If you have done a soft brick then you can boot into xrecovery and restore your latest backup. easy
2:if restoring doesn'twork or you have a hard brick then you should either launch:SEUS (sony ericsson update service) or pc companion. click update and follow the steps.
3:if none of that works then you will have to send it off to se. if you dont get some kind of phone company to fix it then its as useless as a real brick lol or a replica of a phone.
3:you can use a flashtool to fix it as well. if you open flashtool you usally get a number of options such as unlock bootloader etc. there should be an option where you can restore it. (lol i think)
Cheersi hope it helped. if it did then please do press the thanks button.
-wilbso
Soft Brick is the common brick we get.
Hard Brick is a brick you can only get with messing with the bootloader. There's no complete brick.
Say something about flashtool too.
Chris95X8 said:
Soft Brick is the common brick we get.
Hard Brick is a brick you can only get with messing with the bootloader. There's no complete brick.
Say something about flashtool too.
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ok. besides the complete brick is what i call doomsday. thats just my own little thing lol. and yes i will metion 'bout' the flashtool too
how about hard brick??
X8
I bricked my phone while a opened bootloader.Phone was not recognized SIM and i havent data connection too.SE PC repair does not helped me,backup file as well.Only helpful tool was S1Tool with "restore" button.It fixes my phone and i opened bootloader again with success!
Thanks for developers!!!
X8;OPENED BOOTLOADER;nAa kernel;DUAL TOUCH;GINGERXPERIA V17 2.3.7
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I bricked my phone while a opened bootloader.Phone was not recognized SIM and i havent data connection too.SE PC repair does not helped me,backup file as well.Only helpful tool was S1Tool with "restore" button.It fixes my phone and i opened bootloader again with success!
Thanks for developers!!!
X8;OPENED BOOTLOADER;nAa kernel;DUAL TOUCH;GINGERXPERIA V17 2.3.7
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Quite a few people repaired their phones with s1 tool. Iv never actually hard bricked my phone. IV done soft brick> bootloop but I fixed that be restoring a backed in xrecovery so these replies I
Getting are quite helpful. As long as your phone is repaired everything is alright.
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Hello, can you please help me! I bricked my xperia neo, while trying to update se tweaked rom v 8.5. Now i'm facing the "sony ericsson" screen, totaly blocked. I've tried many times to flash it, whith wotan client, flash tool, but it's imposible to enter flash mode again, no green led, only bocked se screen, please help!!! how did you manage o get into flash mode?
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I bricked my xperia neo, while trying to update se tweaked rom v 8.5. Now i'm facing the "sony ericsson" screen, totaly blocked. I've tried many times to flash it, whith wotan client, flash tool, but it's imposible to enter flash mode again, no green led, only bocked se screen, please help!!! how did you manage o get into flash mode?
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On the W/X8 and X10 mini/Pro you can get into FLASH MODE by keeping the back button pressed while connecting the TURNED OFF phone by USB.
That being said, you have a NEO which doesn't work that way.
Your phone has "fastboot" - to get there ... turn off the phone, keep the bottom right key pressed and connect the USB cable to the PC.
What you have to do from there on out is either best asked in the RIGHT subforum or through Google research.
B.Jay said:
On the W/X8 and X10 mini/Pro you can get into FLASH MODE by keeping the back button pressed while connecting the TURNED OFF phone by USB.
That being said, you have a NEO which doesn't work that way.
Your phone has "fastboot" - to get there ... turn off the phone, keep the bottom right key pressed and connect the USB cable to the PC.
What you have to do from there on out is either best asked in the RIGHT subforum or through Google research.
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how did you get this thread back up?
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wilbso said:
how did you get this thread back up?
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Hummm...?
I only replied to benga_mircea's post from today.
Or ... did I miss something? *notsure*
Thank you for your help, but I can't acces flash mode or fastboot mode again, lika I use to, after I connect the batery, push the back button, insert the usb, a few seconds and the "sony ericsson" screen pops up again and stays blocked. I think I've killed my phone
Well, for as long as you see the SONY ERICSSON boot logo - and I'm assuming from the way the X8 works here - the boot loader and kernel are intact; there's just a problem boot-strapping the system ROM (shot system, bad flash).
The real problem is that Fastboot isn't comparable to the Flash Mode of our phones ... it's very different.
In your stead I would try to find out how you can perform a "disaster restore" (like we do with our W/X8 through Flash Mode and Flashtool) by flashing back to stock.
Anyway ... just to repeat it ...
1. You need to TURN OFF your phone and DISCONNECT it from the computer/charger.
2. You insert the USB connector into JUST your phone.
3. You press the bottom/right button (also "Back"?) and keep it pressed while you connect the USB to the computer.
Once the phone connected to the computer as a (wild guess!) "Flash Device" or "Fastboot Device" you need the apropriate tool(s) and Stock ROM image - in case PC Companion refuses to repair your phone.
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Any chance this thread (in the Xperia Neo General section) could be of any help to you?
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Hummm...?
I only replied to benga_mircea's post from today.
Or ... did I miss something? *notsure*
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Where did you find it? I mean where did boy find the thread? My Sig? Looking through old posts?
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B.Jay said:
Well, for as long as you see the SONY ERICSSON boot logo - and I'm assuming from the way the X8 works here - the boot loader and kernel are intact; there's just a problem boot-strapping the system ROM (shot system, bad flash).
The real problem is that Fastboot isn't comparable to the Flash Mode of our phones ... it's very different.
In your stead I would try to find out how you can perform a "disaster restore" (like we do with our W/X8 through Flash Mode and Flashtool) by flashing back to stock.
Anyway ... just to repeat it ...
1. You need to TURN OFF your phone and DISCONNECT it from the computer/charger.
2. You insert the USB connector into JUST your phone.
3. You press the bottom/right button (also "Back"?) and keep it pressed while you connect the USB to the computer.
Once the phone connected to the computer as a (wild guess!) "Flash Device" or "Fastboot Device" you need the apropriate tool(s) and Stock ROM image - in case PC Companion refuses to repair your phone.
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Any chance this thread (in the Xperia Neo General section) could be of any help to you?
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Thanks! I tried like 50 times, and nothing, the ennoing "sony ericsson" is booting (no sony ericsson logo as usualy, just the writing) I flashed 10 times in the past whith no problem. Now, even when I put it to charge ( wall charge) the phone is turning on showing that stupid "sony ericsson" writting, I cant shut it down from the on\off button. Before killling it, I've instales stock MT15i_4.0.A.2.368_GLOBAL ROM, then I upgraded to MT15i_4.0.2.A.0.42_Global, then rooted with DooMLoRD_v4_ROOT-zergRush-busybox-su, Installed CWM( wiped cache, updated SE tweaked v8.5 Rom) After the restart, the "se" writting started booting. I've pulled out the batery, and begined flashing it with flash tool(no green led).The flashing started and my little brother accidentaly pulled out the Usb cable; that's the whole story! I've tried like 100 times with wotan, flash tool and FlashTool_0.2.9.1_FOTAUnbrick, no result, even if pc companion tells me "phone conected" and gives me further instructions whith the phone being dead, and the flash tool showing me to connect de device... Thank you for all the help, hope there is a solution. sorry for the long post and my bad english...
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04/040/2012 23:40:04 - INFO - Device disconnected
04/040/2012 23:40:06 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
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04/040/2012 23:40:07 - INFO - Device disconnected
04/040/2012 23:40:10 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
04/040/2012 23:40:10 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
04/040/2012 23:40:18 - INFO - Device disconnected
04/040/2012 23:40:35 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
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Flash tooll results when trying to connect (pulling batery-10 secs, back butoon, usb cable)
benga_mircea said:
The flashing started and my little brother accidentaly pulled out the Usb cable; that's the whole story!
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Whoa... that's what I call a "security vulnerability".
If the flash process got interrupted because your lil bro pulled the USB cable I'm somewhat certain the NAND is messed up pretty good - no wonder you're stuck at the SE boot logo.
If there's no way by which you can get the device back to normal (read: even the guys over in the Neo sub-board are out of ideas/help) I think your best shot would be to send it in to SE for repair if you still got warranty. SE should have other means to resurrect the device and slap it back into shape.
I'm sorry I can't really help you here with this - the Neo is different from the X8 and also different from the way my tablets work.
Thank's for the advice! My waranty is lost, i've unlocked the bootloader. Only if I could enter in flash mode!
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Thank's for the advice! My waranty is lost, i've unlocked the bootloader. Only if I could enter in flash mode!
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Well, on my Samsung, which has Fastboot, I first enter Fastboot and from there I put the device into download mode for flashing (in theory you can compare "Download mode" to the "Flash mode" - in Flash mode the W/X8 awaits a ROM image to be flashed into the NAND, pretty much the same as "Download mode" works).
Since your Neo isn't completely dead (you just have a shot system due to the flash interruption) you only need to find a way how you can re-write the system.
I lack the time to research how the Neo works, but I think there should be a way to get the device going as you can even "resurrect" a W/X8 where you formatted the system partition (by mistake in CWM, for example). However, that's not as bad as interrupting the USB connection but about the same "ooops" to blank the system.
Flash mode not working, fastboot not workingI Tried a lot of programs (wotan, flash tool, fota unbrick tool, octopus, omnius for se, pc companion, se update. Non of them manages to connect to my phone. If only I could connect for 1 sec. I have a backup of TA, but I can flash it. Thanks anyway!
is it safe to unlock BL, if we have x8 with manuf.code 11W28? pls help me
NarutoDroid said:
is it safe to unlock BL, if we have x8 with manuf.code 11W28? pls help me
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yes 11W30 or below should unlock fine but for me 11W33 also no problem
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