I have two factory unlocked Xperia ray (so-03c)
Recently i upgraded one of them to the latest firmware using "sony bridge for mac". Just after upgrade; phone stopped showing any cellular networks; everything including wifi was working smoothly. I tried switching different modes GSM, WCDMS and WCDMA/GSM; it didn't work out for cellular. (I used to have Galaxy Ace, so tried if Android boot recovery would work out; but didn't found anyway in xperia).
I wanted to repair the phone using option in "Sony Bridge for Mac" again. Before proceeding; I did a factory reset then using the settings in the phone. Bridge didn't recognise my phone; Then I found some tutorial for doing reset in the web; And; Pressed Power and Volume Down for about 20 seconds; it vibrated 3-4 times.
Tried to open the phone; it just kept looping in the boot screen
I cant connect it to flashtool, bridge for recovery; Even tried in PC Companion. it detects my phone; but when I want to go to repair; it wont proceed as i cant take the phone to recovery mode. holding volume down and connecting Usb does not do anything
I would be happy if there is any way of recovering this device and i can restore to an earlier firmware; which is intact in the other phone.
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Loop: (i can see sony xperia)
When i press volume down and connect to usb; just shows charging
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I think there is a fastboot mode way for recovering a device. I search on google and I found a topic about recovering an Optimus One P500 by fastboot, maybe it will work for your device too...
Jackamma said:
I think there is a fastboot mode way for recovering a device. I search on google and I found a topic about recovering an Optimus One P500 by fastboot, maybe it will work for your device too...
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I installed adb; but still terminal wont show up the device.
had you try to repair it via SEUS?
i don't know what it's name in mac..
sunkenship said:
had you try to repair it via SEUS?
i don't know what it's name in mac..
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Yes I tried in windows and mac both:
used Pc companion, Update Service, Bridge for mac; Tried flashtool (with black logo); Sony's Emma flashtool wont show device.
Bridge for mac reads device but asks to connect again enabling memory card.
Installed Android developer sdk; but the device didnt go to the flashboot mode. when it connects to usb; it shows charging; wont loop; When i open it, it stays on a loop.
hellonepal said:
I have two factory unlocked Xperia ray (so-03c)
Recently i upgraded one of them to the latest firmware using "sony bridge for mac". Just after upgrade; phone stopped showing any cellular networks; everything including wifi was working smoothly. I tried switching different modes GSM, WCDMS and WCDMA/GSM; it didn't work out for cellular. (I used to have Galaxy Ace, so tried if Android boot recovery would work out; but didn't found anyway in xperia).
I wanted to repair the phone using option in "Sony Bridge for Mac" again. Before proceeding; I did a factory reset then using the settings in the phone. Bridge didn't recognise my phone; Then I found some tutorial for doing reset in the web; And; Pressed Power and Volume Down for about 20 seconds; it vibrated 3-4 times.
Tried to open the phone; it just kept looping in the boot screen
I cant connect it to flashtool, bridge for recovery; Even tried in PC Companion. it detects my phone; but when I want to go to repair; it wont proceed as i cant take the phone to recovery mode. holding volume down and connecting Usb does not do anything
I would be happy if there is any way of recovering this device and i can restore to an earlier firmware; which is intact in the other phone.
Images in attachments:
Loop: (i can see sony xperia)
When i press volume down and connect to usb; just shows charging
Shown by bridge and flashtool:
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You might want to download any Official FTF file for Xperia Ray, then try to flash this on the phone before trying other custom ROMs
ivan.untalan said:
You might want to download any Official FTF file for Xperia Ray, then try to flash this on the phone before trying other custom ROMs
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I do have original ftf file.
The problem is I cant take my phone either in flashboot mode or the recovery mode; When i press volume down or up and connect usb; it goes to charging mode. When i open it normally; t goes to boot loop.
I got a xperia e4g some days ago and the first thing I see is a large number of bloatware. Root unavailable (sigh) so going to flash custom rom. My previous phones were all rooted, with cwm recovery and custom rom and even after I bricked them a couple of times, Odin and a proper firmware fixed everything so nothing to panic. After few attempts at flashing customs, my phone ended in bootloop. Still nothing to panic, it happened earlier. I downloaded Flashtool, used Xperia Firm to get a proper firmware (E2003_Customized UK_1293 7276_25.0.A.1.28_R6A), checked the drivers and loaded the flash. Flash ended in three errors:
- unable to read from phone,
- processing from loader.sin finished with errors,
- error in process header5 : access denied
I have no idea what it means or how to fix that. PC companion has a blank screen anywhere I look (because I unlocked the bootloader?) so I can't use it either. Another issue which I have seen earlier but ignored it : e4g does not stay in flashmode. The flashmode is on for about minute or maybe two and then it goes into startup. Fastboot works normally.
Any help in unbricking my phone greatly appreciated.
nighty.amy said:
I got a xperia e4g some days ago and the first thing I see is a large number of bloatware. Root unavailable (sigh) so going to flash custom rom. My previous phones were all rooted, with cwm recovery and custom rom and even after I bricked them a couple of times, Odin and a proper firmware fixed everything so nothing to panic. After few attempts at flashing customs, my phone ended in bootloop. Still nothing to panic, it happened earlier. I downloaded Flashtool, used Xperia Firm to get a proper firmware (E2003_Customized UK_1293 7276_25.0.A.1.28_R6A), checked the drivers and loaded the flash. Flash ended in three errors:
- unable to read from phone,
- processing from loader.sin finished with errors,
- error in process header5 : access denied
I have no idea what it means or how to fix that. PC companion has a blank screen anywhere I look (because I unlocked the bootloader?) so I can't use it either. Another issue which I have seen earlier but ignored it : e4g does not stay in flashmode. The flashmode is on for about minute or maybe two and then it goes into startup. Fastboot works normally.
Any help in unbricking my phone greatly appreciated.
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1. Lock your bootloader by pressing blu button in flashtool.
2. Download sony pc companion
3. Press to update your phone then press to fix your phone
4. Plug your phone in flashmode and follow instructionss
Its normal that flashmode will reboot your device after waiting while
Guys, I am in desperate need of help to resolve my issue.
I have a T-Mobile Sony Xperia Z3 (D6616). Last night I went to flash Existenz Y in XZ Dual Recovery and when I rebooted the phone does not respond to anything. The ONLY thing I can do is hold down volume down and power and it boots up in the Android recovery screen, but any executed command here the phone just turns itself off. If I put the phone to charge the red LED comes on and the phone just vibrates on and off continuously.
The problem I am having is that for whatever reason the FTF stock file is not showing up in Flash tool. I can't drag it into the flash tool window, and using Xperim in flash tool when I find my model and click on the file nothing happens.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled everything. I have the stock FTF on hand, as well as the XZ dual recover file, and the existenxz Y .zip file. I just can't for the life of me get flash tool to populate the FTF file in the window when I go to flash?
I have tried using PC companion to fix/repair the phone as well. I connect the phone and it recognizes it but when I click to fix it and the window pops up asking to connect your phone and hit ok, i hit ok and the window just flashes and stays in place. I do nopt know what to do anymore and been without my phone for a day now already. Just need to figure out why the FTF is not showing in flash tool.
Thanks
Edit: Phone was rooted with kingroot, then Supersu was installed to replace kingroot. Root was verified. I am aware that this doesn't unlock the boo tloader on this phone.
I was able to use Flash tool on my Macbook Pro. For whatever reason in windows it's not recognizing the drivers or the stock ROM. So I rooted the Phone again with kingroot, after installing stock ROM, then installed Supersu, then installed XZ Dualrecovery. Wiped the phone, and for the second time installed existenz Y on the phones internal memory. Selected it in recovery, installed it. When In went to reboot the phone it did the same thing again. Not sure why Exiztenz Y is not working for me........
Edit: I restored my Windows laptop to factory settings and re-installed flashtool and now it's working.
So i've broke my phone by editing build.prop ... i don't have any recovery, usb debugging AS I REMEMBER WAS ENABLED and my phone is just bootlooping connected on my laptop, it detects it but i can't access files, nor does adb find my phone, or pc companion or any other android file manager . My question is: CAN I FIX IT PLEASE? I've downloaded the original firmware and got out the build.prop the original one, but how can i place it in?!
EDIT: I think i found a fix, sony pc companion actually started to work now after i "entered recovery mode" after a few reboots trying to hold volume down there is no logo, black screen but the phone is like turned on, and it detected my phone and now i'm trying to install my software
If this is going to work, can somebody point out to me some recovery mod and a fast ROM?
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So i've broke my phone by editing build.prop ... i don't have any recovery, usb debugging AS I REMEMBER WAS ENABLED and my phone is just bootlooping connected on my laptop, it detects it but i can't access files, nor does adb find my phone, or pc companion or any other android file manager . My question is: CAN I FIX IT PLEASE? I've downloaded the original firmware and got out the build.prop the original one, but how can i place it in?!
EDIT: I think i found a fix, sony pc companion actually started to work now after i "entered recovery mode" after a few reboots trying to hold volume down there is no logo, black screen but the phone is like turned on, and it detected my phone and now i'm trying to install my software
If this is going to work, can somebody point out to me some recovery mod and a fast ROM?
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i really didn't understand all of things u said.
but this is what i did when my friend's sony xperia phone wasn't booting
1- unlocking boot Loader
http://developer.sonymobile.com/unlockbootloader/unlock-yourboot-loader/
2- flashing the phone with sony flashtool by androxyde
http://www.flashtool.net/index.php
Hi XDA,
It's been a while since I've done any work on any phones, I've previously used roms on Galaxy S and SIII. But those are a while ago as you can see. I've got an Xperia XZ, the bootloader is currently unlocked. But I cannot, for the life of me, get any further despite following several guides and programs. So I'm at a loss.
At this exact moment, I have my XZ connected to my pc with the blue light on. CMD in ADB/Fastboot cannot detect the device. My understanding is I need to flash the kernal and recovery first, then I can consider flashing a custom rom.
Would anybody be able to assist me? I dropped this project a few months ago, so I'll need to check what rom I was going to use and update the img files I have.
Thanks
Installed fastboot abd on pc?
Yep, that's been installed. I do have an issue which I thought/think is driver related as the daemon doesn't always start, and doesn't detect the phone correctly either.
What OS is on your computer?
Windows 10, I also tried Linux Mint but didn't get much further.
Have you disable the drivers vetification?
Yep!
Can flashtool detect your device? Sorry for all the questions but got to start somewhere and have you tried changing USB ports and cables?
No, the questions are good. There will be something wrong that I can't find, so we need to work it out somehow.
Flashtool doesn't consistently detect the device. The computer does, flashtool doesn't. I have changed the cables with some success, but that hasn't helped me progress much further.
Hmm, have you install the drivers from Sony developer site? Also try it on another computer..i wonder if you have a bad connection port on your phone thus the reason I asked about another computer.. Try reinstalling fastboot and adb, drivers etc. with your anti-virus disable.. And does Sony companion work? USB debugging turned on?
Sounds silly but sometimes we forget, like redoing doing your phone from scratch and you can't delete some stuff and only to remember later that you forgot to install busybox or mount your system partition.. lol
Thanks Lilbrat,
I'll be doing a fresh install, hopefully this weekend. And will cover what you have mentioned and report back. Thanks!
since this is your first Xperia device, you must first familiarize yourself with the ENVIRONMENT and TOOLS in which SONY Xperias can be played with !
some basics I wrote for X, but applies for XZ also , please read as it will be helpful!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72141176&postcount=7
now
since your boot is already unlocked so I can safely assume that you don't have TA.img file at all!
this leaves you with only two solutions
1. install 3rd part ROMS
2. flash sony STOCKROM and flash MODDED kernel (most of us do this)
your XZ has project name by SONY called KAGURA, your device on xperifirm is recognized by this name, dual/single you have to specify
from flashtool, xperifirm, download latest firmware 41.3.A.2.157 under KAGURA, close xperifirm and FLASHTOOL will start creating FTF file AUTOMATICALLY, click OK to any script question. and let it create ftf for u
flash it on your XZ,
send me kernel for 41.3.A.2.157, i will patch it for u! (patching guide is given in this forum but at this point i think it will be too much for you, so i will fix the kernel for u)
KAGURA twrp can be found at https://dl.twrp.me/kagura/ ( unlike SAMSUNGS, sony Xperias don't have inbuilt RECOVERY )
flashing recovery is MUST!
when device is switched off, connecting USB CABLE to PC and MObile while
1. HOLDING VOLUME UP KEY (blue LED) is FASTBOOT MODE (used mainly for sending twrp and kernels )
2. HODLING VOLUME down KEY (GREEN LED) is FLASHMODE (used mainly to FLASH stock roms using FLASHTOOL
you must install
1. Xperia Companion
2. flashtool ( www.flashtool.net) (after installing goto C:\flasthool\Drivers folder and install the driver.exe select COMMON Fastboot / flashmode drivers + z5/z4/z3 family of all drivers (there is no XZ , as Z5p drivers supports XZ)
3. install minimal adb and fastboot 1.4x from XDA (google it)
4. using these TOOLS you can
a-flash firmwere
b flash recovery
c flash modded kernel
d boot in to recovery (twrp) and flash MAGISK 16.x .zip from twrp + drm patch files! ( i will give you later with modded kernel)
e reboot and your device will wakeup ROOTED having DRM FIX! ---- switch off the SOFTWARE updater using any ROOT APP FREEZE app from playstore!
Currently working through a reinstall of flashtool etc, I can detect the phone using the Sony Companion tool, so thats positive. I haven't seen any notification that drivers have installed, but I do have the XZ drivers unzipped here.
Edit1: It doesn't detect or anything when the blue or green lights are on phone either. Not sure about them at this point.
Edit2: Just going through your guide as well Yasu, I cannot locate "sony Xperia X motherboard drivers (sa0107)" or anything similar to my device. Just throwing that out there. Installing the two common results in Sony Mobile Communications (ggsomc( USB (11/10/14 3.1.0.0) installing, but Google. Inc (WinUSB) AndroidUsbDeviceClass (12/06/10 4.0.0...) failing.
Will continue. Derp, just noticed I have a completely different flash tool. Sony Mobile Flaster by Androxyde, v0.9.25.0 but atleast it detects the connected device more than previously.
21/004/2018 13:04:44 - INFO - List of connected devices (Device Id) :
21/004/2018 13:04:44 - INFO - - USB\VID_0FCE&PID_0DDE\CB512CK84Q Driver installed : false
21/004/2018 13:04:44 - INFO - List of ADB devices :
21/004/2018 13:04:48 - INFO - - none
21/004/2018 13:04:48 - INFO - List of fastboot devices :
21/004/2018 13:04:50 - INFO - - none
Edit 3: Right, forgot to disable Win10's driver signature. Fixed that part again.
Downloaded the wrong firmware, so just working on that again (41.3.A.2.157 / R1E).
I was planning to flash Rudy's AOSP Oreo, but I'll have to go back and see as I chose that several months back.
Edit1: Completed flash. Phone is now 41.3.A.2.157, kernal 3.18.66. Android 8.0.0, bootloader unlocked. Rooted says no. This is certainly a lot more difficult than I remember!
Edit2: Recovery flash completes when command is ran, but adb does not register the device being listed, fastboot does. So I've hit the stump again with being unable to successfully flash twrp-3.2.2-0-kagura.img as recovery.img
Edit3: Last one for today. I can't open recovery from my phone, but can force it with fastboot boot recovery.img which has worked. However, it has loaded to a Mount - Decrypt Data screen and wants a password. I'm not aware of a password being required, and if I recall the device is encrypted. Ouch, should have seen this coming.
AVeers said:
Downloaded the wrong firmware, so just working on that again (41.3.A.2.157 / R1E).
I was planning to flash Rudy's AOSP Oreo, but I'll have to go back and see as I chose that several months back.
Edit1: Completed flash. Phone is now 41.3.A.2.157, kernal 3.18.66. Android 8.0.0, bootloader unlocked. Rooted says no. This is certainly a lot more difficult than I remember!
Edit2: Recovery flash completes when command is ran, but adb does not register the device being listed, fastboot does. So I've hit the stump again with being unable to successfully flash twrp-3.2.2-0-kagura.img as recovery.img
Edit3: Last one for today. I can't open recovery from my phone, but can force it with fastboot boot recovery.img which has worked. However, it has loaded to a Mount - Decrypt Data screen and wants a password. I'm not aware of a password being required, and if I recall the device is encrypted. Ouch, should have seen this coming.
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1. as i mentioned " (after installing goto C:\flasthool\Drivers folder and install the driver.exe select COMMON Fastboot / flashmode drivers + z5/z4/z3 family of all drivers (there is no XZ , as Z5p drivers supports XZ) "
2. once these drivers are installed, you will get SOMC notification when very first time you connect your XZ in any MODE (volume up / and /or / volume down)
3. while flashing firmware, if you didnt tick WIPE areas, you will get encryption error , you must perform CLEAN FLASHING
4. before booting in to twrp, you must flash MODIFIED KERNEL - you can take modded kernel from my post in this forum
5, boot into twrp, flash drm fix files, flash magisk and wipe delvik cache/ cache and Reboot!
Yep, I see what you mean now. I missed the options on the flash screen, I thought it was odd that the time it took didn't match anything close to the times you described.
That didn't end well, clean flash, flashed kernel, TWRP booted correctly this time from the phone. Except phone now won't boot past the Sony logo.
I was also comparing your instructions against korom42's, and another third party. Which naturally are all similar and straight forward, still didn't help.
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That didn't end well, clean flash, flashed kernel, TWRP booted correctly this time from the phone. Except phone now won't boot past the Sony logo.
I was also comparing your instructions against korom42's, and another third party. Which naturally are all similar and straight forward, still didn't help.
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did you flash the modded kernel?
if you simply flash magisk on original kernel!
you will be stuck on SONY LOGO
OK, I still following this with some interest, as a bit of clarification seems to be needed.. Now granted for some reason Flashtool doesn't have the XZ drivers even the newest version but there are mb drivers on Sony Developer site.. https://developer.sony.com/develop/drivers/ . (see pic)
@AVeers, more computer questions reason being you said Flashtool is seeing your phone a bit better, which leads me to believe you're still having driver issues.. Are you on a laptop or a desktop? If it's a desktop have you tried plugging your USB into the rear panel, straight into the mb also have you tried disabling your anti-virus when installing your drivers? Oh, and where are you located as your firmware is for the middle east, if I remember correctly..
Hi Mate,
I won't be able to work on this further until the weekend. But I do have those drivers from Sony here. And have been using firmware as per Australia (generic). Which is correct for my location.
The phone is plugged into the mobo via rear panel, and this is a desktop running Win10. I'm in test mode to eliminate the driver signing issue. I have not disabled the anti-virus, but I haven't had issues before.
When I run the flash for the firmware, boot.img or twrp.img, it takes seconds to complete, generally less.