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[Q] Boot Failure after installing Chainfire 3D

Question:
How to turn back my phone to normal after installing Chainfire 3D v3.3? Or how to uninstall the chainfire 3d driver?
What Happened:
To improve gaming experience, I happen to tumble with Chainfire 3D. I read that this is not compatible with JB. But the notes in the page where I downloaded the Chainfire 3D apk says that it requires ANDROID - 2.1+, so I concluded that JB 4.1 passed the requirement. After installing Chainfire 3D, I installed its drivers, phone automatically reboots, then voila! I am stuck with the SONY logo.
I tried to do some research on how to undo the Chainfire3d installation and i found this:
"To uninstall it I installed ADB, I went to CWM and from console of ADB I executed this: adb shell /system/lib/cf3d_uninstall.sh"
And now my 2nd problem appeared. I CAN'T ENTER THE CWM! T_T
I am wondering why. I remembered entering it when I rooted my phone. (Turn-On, wait for blue led, then press Vol+ and Vol- simultaneously)
But now, it doesn't work anymore. I tried reading some posts here about entering CWM, tried all of them, still no luck.
Now, I am stuck with the SONY logo. What shall I do? T_T
Technical Details:
Rooted Phone: Yes
Bootloader Unlocked: Yes
Phone Model: Sony Xperia J ST26i
Android: Jellybean 4.1
Additional Details:
I rooted my phone using some tutorial that includes a fastboot mode. I read somewhere that using fastboot mode has only temporary recovery mode. Thus, it will be impossible for me to enter CWM since it is not existing anymore in my phone?
A shed of light will be greatly appreciated. A solution would be exemplary. Thanks.
Jay-Arr

Did you read/search the CF thread for similar cases? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1087427
It's better to ask this in the Xperia J forum, i've asked for this thread to be moved, hopefully it'll be done fairly quickly.
I dunno much about Xperia devices.

Yeah, I already read that. Unfortunately, after I installed the Chainfire 3D. This problem of mine actually leads me here to XDA.
And there's no information there either on how to undo it if someone happens to installed it on Android 4.1 and above.
I actually read several threads here so far regarding the chainfire 3D limitiations. But none has any solution to my problem.
I wanna try the solution i found, but I couldn't access my CWM. I also read several posts about entering CWM here. But just I said, all of them didn't worked for me.
The worse case could be, I dont have a CWM yet. Given that that is true, and given that I am stuck with the SONY logo, can I still install a CWM on my phone given these circumstances? I also read that there's no CWM yet for Xperia J 4.1 users yet. T_T

Yes that is what i suspected, that you dont have CWM but rather the stock recovery. But i dunno the flashing procedure of xperia well enough.
Maybe enter fastboot and flash a different rom? cm10?

Hi,
Can you check this link for me?
rootlord.blogspot.com/2013/04/root-sony-xperia-j-jellybean-112a021.html?showComment=1371884082709#c8724425202135341446
That's how I rooted my phone. As you can see, I accessed CWM there.
For reference, here's the process:
1. Connect Your Xperia J To Your PC
2. Download This Root File- Root_xperi_signed.zip
3. Copy "root_xperia_signed.zip" file to sd card (ext...)
4. Disconect Your Xperia J and switch it off
5. Launch Xperia flashtool
6. Hold volume + button and connect phone with usb cable to pc, you'll saw blue led light (Now You have entered to Fastboot mode)
7. Download this: Boot.img
8. Copy "boot.img" file to flashtool/firmwares
9. Click on lightening icon in flashtool and click fastboot mode
10. Click "Select kernel to Flash" on right side in flashtool
11. Browse and choose "boot.img" , flashtool will automaticly flash this file
12. Turn off phone after flashing
13. Turn on phone,when you'll see blue light at bottom phone not the small blue led up, start pressing all volume buttons + and - .
14. If you succed,you'll enter to CWM recovery,click "install zip from ext card" and find "root_xperia_signed.zip" file and flash it.
15. After flashing,click reboot system,but don't wait for reboot,just take battery out for few second and put it back
16. Now download: kernal.sin and copy "kernel.sin" file to flashtool/firmwares
17. Follow step 9 and 10.
18. Disconnect phone and Switch It On.
I am thinking, for me to have an access to CWM, maybe i can try to re-do Steps 5 to 13?
What I dont know is that, since I am re-flashing the same image file (back when i rooted my phone), can it result into something unexpected? such as bricking my phone? What's your opinion on this?
Thanks.

Yes, worth a try.
No, i don't think anything odd will happen from flashing that boot.img.

Failed.
I went to all the trouble this guy made, forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124668&page=2
I still ended up in SONY logo in the end. Nothing changed.
By the way, how can I turn ON USB Debugging from PC? From the flashtool it says that it's off, where in fact it's always turned ON before this catastrophe happened to me.

eureckou said:
By the way, how can I turn ON USB Debugging from PC? From the flashtool it says that it's off, where in fact it's always turned ON before this catastrophe happened to me.
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Not possible http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27745780
But you should be able to flash roms and boot images from fastboot successfully, wonder what's wrong.

Im down to my last resort i guess. Where can I download ROMS/IMAGES?

Here in the Dev and Original Dev forums http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1976 of xperia j, read carefully though.

same thing happened to me. Here's what fixed it
Yup same thing happened to me with my galaxy s4. Here's what you gotta do. Install SAMSUNG kie. Going to the tools and there will be a option to restore your phone. Click on it and it will have you enter your model number and serial number and this could be found underneath the battery. After doing that will give you a small directions to follow. Then it will download the latest firmware for your device and bring you to the installation screen. Here have you remove your battery and put it back together and boot into download mode. After this it will have a few boxes for you to check and you'll be able to start it. You'll see loading bar come up it will restore your phone to factory settings. Once you get it all set up again you could use kie to make a backup of your phone. Then you'll be all set.

chainfire not work for jellybean

I gave up on finding a solution for this one. I just flashed a stock ROM using flashtool to my Xperia J. Re-installed everything.
One thing I learned though, read before you click. ^_^
For anyone trying to find xperia official firmwares, here's the link:
http://www.qosmodro.me/2013/01/xperia-2011-official-stock-firmware.html#.UcZx2pxgGJB
Thanks guys.

INSTALLED CHAINFIRE 3d got Stocked on SONY Logo [Xperia J]
I've had the same situation too, here's the fix for it
if you UNLOCKED your BOOTLOADER
RELOCK it, I used Flashtools for UNLOCK and RELOCK
Then install SONY UPDATE SERVICE
REINSTALL YOUR FIRMWARE
that will do the trick

I got the same problem with my xperia j.. please Help
eureckou said:
Hi,
Can you check this link for me?
rootlord.blogspot.com/2013/04/root-sony-xperia-j-jellybean-112a021.html?showComment=1371884082709#c8724425202135341446
That's how I rooted my phone. As you can see, I accessed CWM there.
For reference, here's the process:
1. Connect Your Xperia J To Your PC
2. Download This Root File- Root_xperi_signed.zip
3. Copy "root_xperia_signed.zip" file to sd card (ext...)
4. Disconect Your Xperia J and switch it off
5. Launch Xperia flashtool
6. Hold volume + button and connect phone with usb cable to pc, you'll saw blue led light (Now You have entered to Fastboot mode)
7. Download this: Boot.img
8. Copy "boot.img" file to flashtool/firmwares
9. Click on lightening icon in flashtool and click fastboot mode
10. Click "Select kernel to Flash" on right side in flashtool
11. Browse and choose "boot.img" , flashtool will automaticly flash this file
12. Turn off phone after flashing
13. Turn on phone,when you'll see blue light at bottom phone not the small blue led up, start pressing all volume buttons + and - .
14. If you succed,you'll enter to CWM recovery,click "install zip from ext card" and find "root_xperia_signed.zip" file and flash it.
15. After flashing,click reboot system,but don't wait for reboot,just take battery out for few second and put it back
16. Now download: kernal.sin and copy "kernel.sin" file to flashtool/firmwares
17. Follow step 9 and 10.
18. Disconnect phone and Switch It On.
I am thinking, for me to have an access to CWM, maybe i can try to re-do Steps 5 to 13?
What I dont know is that, since I am re-flashing the same image file (back when i rooted my phone), can it result into something unexpected? such as bricking my phone? What's your opinion on this?
Thanks.
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Please see the attachment.. Help Me

i even cant anter in cwm what can i do?

PLEASE HELP ME with galaxy S2 SHW-M250K Boot problem

Please guys, my galaxy S2 SHW-M20K (Korean) is in trouble.
I bought it from a 2nd hand shop , and it was runing Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean (rooted stock rom). I had no problem with it till today when I tried to install "CWM Recovery", After searching the web i found a post with two files that supposedly could do the task. These files are:
1. CWM_KT_M250K.tar
2. Tegrak-Kernel-Build-39-for-SHW-M250K-UE18.tar
Using Odin, I triedd the first file but it couldn't work, and the phone could not boot so i downloaded the "rooted factory firmware" and flashed the phone. Everything was ok. Later I tried the second file. Again the phone could not boot and stuck at the logo with a yellow triangle. After waiting for about 5 minutes I tried to shut it down by pressing the power button it did'nt respond. (Now this is a point that I regret), I removed the battery as a way of forcing to turn it off.
Now my phone cannot boot. It doesn't respond to power button, neither does it allow me to enter recovery mode nor download mode. But When i connect to the charger or pc, it start charging and keeps cutting off the charging frequently. But it only allows me to enter download mode when connected to pc. When I tried to flash the "rooted factory firmware", again, the flashing goes smoothly but when the phone starts rebooting it fails as if there is a power cut. Is my battery damaged? Can someone give me a guide on how to fix it?
I need your help gus, I am not an expert in the rootings and roms,
Pardon My English. It's a foreign language to me.

Gombyz said:
Please guys, my galaxy S2 SHW-M20K (Korean) is in trouble.
I bought it from a 2nd hand shop , and it was runing Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean (rooted stock rom). I had no problem with it till today when I tried to install "CWM Recovery", After searching the web i found a post with two files that supposedly could do the task. These files are:
1. CWM_KT_M250K.tar
2. Tegrak-Kernel-Build-39-for-SHW-M250K-UE18.tar
Using Odin, I triedd the first file but it couldn't work, and the phone could not boot so i downloaded the "rooted factory firmware" and flashed the phone. Everything was ok. Later I tried the second file. Again the phone could not boot and stuck at the logo with a yellow triangle. After waiting for about 5 minutes I tried to shut it down by pressing the power button it did'nt respond. (Now this is a point that I regret), I removed the battery as a way of forcing to turn it off.
Now my phone cannot boot. It doesn't respond to power button, neither does it allow me to enter recovery mode nor download mode. But When i connect to the charger or pc, it start charging and keeps cutting off the charging frequently. But it only allows me to enter download mode when connected to pc. When I tried to flash the "rooted factory firmware", again, the flashing goes smoothly but when the phone starts rebooting it fails as if there is a power cut. Is my battery damaged? Can someone give me a guide on how to fix it?
I need your help gus, I am not an expert in the rootings and roms,
Pardon My English. It's a foreign language to me.
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As u mentioned, I think that your phone has gone to a Soft Brick. I don't know much about the Korean build, so Google it to solve the Soft Brick. Try flashing the stock rom via odin but I don't recommend it since it may cause your phone to be hard bricked if not done properly.
So go to the service centre, you'll get more help there

Sushant Rohan said:
As u mentioned, I think that your phone has gone to a Hard Brick. I don't know much about the Korean build, so Google it to solve the Hard Brick. But it is very hard to solve
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I thank you sir for responding to this. From what you have said, I think the best decision is to take it to Samsung service center. (For I have tried to google it but I couldn't get a solution). I would also like to know if it is repairable, and about the cost, is it worth repairing or should I think of buying a new phone?
I am stranded.

Gombyz said:
Please guys, my galaxy S2 SHW-M20K (Korean) is in trouble.
I bought it from a 2nd hand shop , and it was runing Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean (rooted stock rom). I had no problem with it till today when I tried to install "CWM Recovery", After searching the web i found a post with two files that supposedly could do the task. These files are:
1. CWM_KT_M250K.tar
2. Tegrak-Kernel-Build-39-for-SHW-M250K-UE18.tar
Using Odin, I triedd the first file but it couldn't work, and the phone could not boot so i downloaded the "rooted factory firmware" and flashed the phone. Everything was ok. Later I tried the second file. Again the phone could not boot and stuck at the logo with a yellow triangle. After waiting for about 5 minutes I tried to shut it down by pressing the power button it did'nt respond. (Now this is a point that I regret), I removed the battery as a way of forcing to turn it off.
Now my phone cannot boot. It doesn't respond to power button, neither does it allow me to enter recovery mode nor download mode. But When i connect to the charger or pc, it start charging and keeps cutting off the charging frequently. But it only allows me to enter download mode when connected to pc. When I tried to flash the "rooted factory firmware", again, the flashing goes smoothly but when the phone starts rebooting it fails as if there is a power cut. Is my battery damaged? Can someone give me a guide on how to fix it?
I need your help gus, I am not an expert in the rootings and roms,
Pardon My English. It's a foreign language to me.
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Download stock firmware (like xxxx.tar.md5 full Odin package) of ur device ,enter into Download mode of ur device & flash stock firmware with Odin.
Try this...

Please help! I think i'm bricked but I'm not sure

So I have/had a rooted Xperia z3v D6708 and tried flashing http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/development/d6603-23-1-1-28-t3102271/ using TWRP recovery and everything seemed to go fine. I rebooted my phone after the flash but nothing happened. I tried booting into recovery again to try and restore my phone but nothing happened. I tried plugging it into my computer and it just vibrates every 2 seconds while flashing red then immediately green. This leads me to believe its not bricked so I downloaded the stock firmware using flashtool and tried flashing it onto the phone but when it gets to the part when it asks me to put my phone into flash mode by holding the vol down and plugging it in I do that but nothing happened. I also tried fast boot mode and that seems to work because the phone stops vibrating and the light turns solid blue but there is still a black screen and my computer stays at the screen instructing me to put the phone in fast boot mode so it never recognizes the phone. What should I do?
P.S. flashtool never recognizes the phone when I connect it but it does say this
17/009/2015 14:09:29 - ERROR - Drivers need to be installed for connected device.
17/009/2015 14:09:29 - ERROR - You can find them in the drivers folder of Flashtool.
I tried installing the drivers for my device along with the ones for flashing and fast boot but it didn't work...
Someone please help me!

Tried a full restore with the Sony PC companion? Usually at least gets you out of a soft brick if nothing else is working. Good news is that it's pretty hard to hard brick a sony phone when you're just flashing roms, so your phone is probably fine. I had trouble with the flashtool drivers actually installing because of Win8/10 driver stuff, so that might also be your problem if you're on those OS's. You might want to look into disabling 'Disable Driver Signature Enforcement' and trying again to make sure.

Google the disable driver thing he mentioned ^ I had the same issue and for future reference you can't flash any roms, you can only flash roms in the z3v sections, sound mods and other things like that should be fine to flash

Cannot enter fastboot, no system installed, phone soft bricked

Background: Rooted phone with SuperSU and TWRP. I am very unknowledgeable when it comes to everything programming wise.
Yesterday SuperSU got an update. I installed it like I have before, and rebooted. My phone got stuck in a boot loop, in that it would go past the Sony screen and into the animation, but then reboot. I still had access to TWRP, so I tried doing some reading and attempted to flash a new ftf onto my phone using Flashtool. It didn't work, and now my phone was stuck at the screen that says Sony and Xperia. Next I tried using fastboot to flash boot.img and system.img onto my phone. It worked and my phone booted into a very generic looking OS. However next I tried flashing an updated tft onto it - This caused it to not boot at all, and instead get stuck on a screen that shows only Sony. I was able to use fastboot to push a TWRP image onto my phone, so now I can (occasionally) enter TWRP. However, despite pushing version 3.0.2.0 onto it, it says it has version 2.7.2 installed, meaning I cannot install image files from within the recovery. I cannot enter fastboot either, as when I try to it just gets stuck on the Sony screen again. I'm currently charging the phone, as I believe this might be the issue, but if anything has any idea what I should do, please help. I've read about flashing a system.sin file, however when I can't actually get fastboot working, no solutions seem tenable to me.
Like I said, I'm pretty much illiterate in this area, so don't go too fast on me please.
One more thing I should mention, when plugged in my phone will enter the Sony screen and get quite hot, even if I turn it off by holding in the power and volume up buttons, so I'm fearing it's not even charging.

You need to hold power on and volume up buttons together until phone completely turns off.
Get a firmware and put it in flashtool firmware folder ("C:\Users\XXXYOURNAMEXXX\.flashTool\firmwares") use a sony usb cable and hold the volume down before and whilst inserting the cable when prompted on flashtool.

avi312singh said:
You need to hold power on and volume up buttons together until phone completely turns off.
Get a firmware and put it in flashtool firmware folder ("C:\Users\XXXYOURNAMEXXX\.flashTool\firmwares") use a sony usb cable and hold the volume down before and whilst inserting the cable when prompted on flashtool.
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I did that, trying to flash a new firmware to try and fix the boot loop is what made the problem worse. After I tried that the phone wouldn't go past the Sony screen.
EDIT: I think I'm making progress. I had made the mistake of downloading firmware for Xperia Z3 compact. After getting the correct firmware, the phone has now booted and is showing the android robot as during a firmware update.

Thought I'd add that I got my phone working again. Turns out I had been trying to put a Z3 compact firmware onto it. found the right firmware, flashed it with flashtool and it's working just fine now. Might be a good idea to keep the thread open for others who are doing the same mistake?

XZP G8142 Bootloop

Hi, so yesterday my phone went into bootloop. I believe it happened while the phone was on low battery and I put it in stamina mode (which I never do otherwise) and maybe there was an update waiting, not sure.
Regardless, it was in bootloop, I did some digging and got flashtools, an older firmware, the usb drivers and after many hours I was able to flash it, not selecting any of the options under wipe. It didn't fix it, then I selected all options in wipe except userdata and ssd, didn't work. Then I gave up and tried the xperia companion's software repair, it didn't work, then I let the battery drain overnight and charged it a bit this morning, turned it on, still in bootloop.
Can anyone help me out here? I really did not want to upgrade in this round (xperia 1 is great but I'd rather wait for a premium or 2 version; plus release date isnt even known), and I really did not want to lose the data I had, but too late for that now.
I'm not super familiar with flashing and all that, but I believe it is bootlocked as Sony's emma tool says it is. I don't know what bootlocked is, I thought it meant locked to a carrier (which mine is not) but I guess it does not mean that.
Anyways, please help! I'm using my busted up z5 premium for now

fissure said:
Then I gave up and tried the xperia companion's software repair, it didn't work,
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If your phone hasn't been bootloader unlocked then Xperia Companion will be your best route forward. When you say it doesn't work, what happens?
There are some instructions here
The phone needs to be turned off completely. Hold the power and volume up untill the phone vibrates three times.
Start Xpreia companion and follow the repair instructions. When it asks for you to connect the phone, plug the USB in whilst holding the volume up(+). Once the software has started you can let go.
If you are using Windows10 it might be a driver issue, as 10 fails to install drivers, but doesn't tell you. So start it in safe mode and look for 'driver signing disabled'

Thanks for replying!
When I say Xperia Companion doesn't work, I mean that I was able to successfully go through the repair option and am still in bootloop afterwards; it didn't resolve the problem.

fissure said:
Thanks for replying!
When I say Xperia Companion doesn't work, I mean that I was able to successfully go through the repair option and am still in bootloop afterwards; it didn't resolve the problem.
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You're not describing what doesn't work. The phone doesn't boot at any point before you connect it to Xperia Companion, you put the phone into flash mode.
It doens't need to boot to get into flash mode. You just need to connect it to the PC with volume up pressed. If you can't get the phone to be recognised by Companion, you may be missing the drivers.
Try installing it with 'driver signing disabled'

Didgesteve said:
You're not describing what doesn't work. The phone doesn't boot at any point before you connect it to Xperia Companion, you put the phone into flash mode.
It doens't need to boot to get into flash mode. You just need to connect it to the PC with volume up pressed. If you can't get the phone to be recognised my Companion, you may be missing the drivers.
Try installing it with 'driver signing disabled'
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Ok let me try to be more clear:
The phone is currently in a state that when it is turned on it boots to the Sony logo screen, stays there for about 25seconds, then restarts, repeat ad infinitum.
I am able to proceed with a software repair in Xperia Companion by selecting the device cannot connect then choosing the device type as a phone. I have connected the phone, while it is off, while pressing the volume key at the same time. Companion proceeds to repair the phone, took 10-25min. That process completes successfully within Companion. After which I disconnect my phone, turn it on, and I am still in a bootloop.
The point is, I have flashed through flashtool without problem resolution, I have repaired via Companion without resolution. Those steps were done correctly, but the bootloop persists. I'm looking for new suggestions to resolve the bootloop.

fissure said:
Ok let me try to be more clear:
The phone is currently in a state that when it is turned on it boots to the Sony logo screen, stays there for about 25seconds, then restarts, repeat ad infinitum.
I am able to proceed with a software repair in Xperia Companion by selecting the device cannot connect then choosing the device type as a phone. I have connected the phone, while it is off, while pressing the volume key at the same time. Companion proceeds to repair the phone, took 10-25min. That process completes successfully within Companion. After which I disconnect my phone, turn it on, and I am still in a bootloop.
The point is, I have flashed through flashtool without problem resolution, I have repaired via Companion without resolution. Those steps were done correctly, but the bootloop persists. I'm looking for new suggestions to resolve the bootloop.
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Sorry, I didn't read your first post completely, my bad.
It sounds like a problem with the boot partition, but I don't understand how the Companion fails to spot it's broken as it usually wipes and re-wrties everything.
Try lettig the battery run out, so it's completely flat, won't start or power up, then charge it to 100% while turned off. Then try again.
I've never heard of Companion failing a repair on a bootlocked device before, so there'a chance it's a hardware issue.

I've tried charging it to full and using xperia companion, it still does not work.
One thing I don't think I mentioned is that when connecting the phone to the computer, xperia companion says the device is locked and it won't proceed with the repair. So I have to start Companion and choose the my device cannot be detected option and repair that way, which as I mentioned earlier does not resolve the bootloop issue.
Didgesteve said:
Sorry, I didn't read your first post completely, my bad.
It sounds like a problem with the boot partition, but I don't understand how the Companion fails to spot it's broken as it usually wipes and re-wrties everything.
Try lettig the battery run out, so it's completely flat, won't start or power up, then charge it to 100% while turned off. Then try again.
I've never heard of Companion failing a repair on a bootlocked device before, so there'a chance it's a hardware issue.
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From what I know flashtool doesn't work and u need to use newflasher in order to flash properly. I tried flashtool one time for the xz premium and ended up not working till I used new flasher

Same problem after upgrade on low power and now bootlop. any variants?

I concur. Flash tool does not work for xz premium. You need to use new flasher. Do that and then see what happens and then we can go from there