Phone won't boot; have to restore - Sony Xperia L

Hi all, this is the second time this is happening! My phone won't boot after I switch it off and I'd have to restore from over a month ago. Any ideas about what might be the problem?
I am on Thunderzap 3.1

ishan_rulz said:
Hi all, this is the second time this is happening! My phone won't boot after I switch it off and I'd have to restore from over a month ago. Any ideas about what might be the problem?
I am on Thunderzap 3.1
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is ur phone shows offline charging....??? and may be its a kernel problem try to repair it with sus or pc companion

mahithlal said:
is ur phone shows offline charging....??? and may be its a kernel problem try to repair it with sus or pc companion
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What exactly do you mean by repair?
Yes, it charges when it is switched off.
When I switch it on, it shows the boot image for 1000000000000 minutes. Basically, I can't get inside.
When I restore the phone from a backup I took last month, it works. So, I don't know what the problem is!
Thanks for the reply.
Should I flash the stock kernel back? I am scared of even switching off my phone because I think I can't put it back on.

Flash ftf file
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[BRICK] my sgr died today :(

before 20 mins i was surfing xda using tapatalk whith my sgr with wifi connected, than i put my phone and gone away for just a moment and after that when i picked up my phone it was maybe switched off, i thought its gone hang so i tried reseting phone with long pressing power button but no luck, than i removed battery re inserted it but my phone is not powering up, i tried connecting both charger and usb cable but nothing its f...ked up.
now main problem is i cant give it to SSC as i was running XWLA4 build with titanium and unknownzd's kerne any suggestions guys? plz suggest
(i have tried inserting usb jig after re inserting battery but its not powering up)
EDIT: my odin counter is 0, is there any way to flash all the data stored on phone (including system memory) so that i can claim in ssc that its not booting, and after they boot it they dont find that its using custom stuff?
xlm13x said:
before 20 mins i was surfing xda using tapatalk whith my sgr with wifi connected, than i put my phone and gone away for just a moment and after that when i picked up my phone it was maybe switched off, i thought its gone hang so i tried reseting phone with long pressing power button but no luck, than i removed battery re inserted it but my phone is not powering up, i tried connecting both charger and usb cable but nothing its f...ked up.
now main problem is i cant give it to SSC as i was running XWLA4 build with titanium and unknownzd's kerne any suggestions guys? plz suggest
(i have tried inserting usb jig after re inserting battery but its not powering up)
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Try to start it by removing sim card...
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not starting tried it
xlm13x said:
not starting tried it
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sorry, i think you are in problem nothing we can do now better take it to Service Center..
You can try repair dead APX mode method if you have a backup of your efs folder. Tried that once just to reset counter, maybe it could bring your phone back from the dead.
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parajsinghal said:
You can try repair dead APX mode method if you have a backup of your efs folder. Tried that once just to reset counter, maybe it could bring your phone back from the dead.
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but how to do it when phone is not even powering up its not being connected to pc
just my pc detected APX device when i connected my phone this time, plz anyone provide me package of this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1528256&highlight=jtag link is dead in that topic
PMed you the link..
Anyway. Here it is..
http://hotfile.com/dl/148617629/d678966/GT-I9103_Dead_Repair_By_Xiaoyuz.rar.html
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PMed you the link..
Anyway. Here it is..
http://hotfile.com/dl/148617629/d678966/GT-I9103_Dead_Repair_By_Xiaoyuz.rar.html
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million thanks to u buddy trying it, hope this will boot my phone
Great. I will try and find it on my system.
But do you have a backup of efs, otherwise there is no point trying that.
EDIT: Looks like you already got it. Best of luck buddy
xlm13x said:
million thanks to u buddy trying it, hope this will boot my phone
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You are Welcome dude..
Hope your phone boots up!
parajsinghal said:
Great. I will try and find it on my system.
But do you have a backup of efs, otherwise there is no point trying that.
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i do have backup. i just wanna boot my phone in download phone so that i can flash stock indian and atleast can dive in ssc
update: just phone booted in download mode but not able flash using odin its saying error: nand size big
My R died once too, but when I removed sdcard and put it in a freezer for like 10 minutes and then I could boot it up and it was working as long as I didn't turn the screen off - it was enough to do a backup and so on.
Stupid questions, but are you following the guide in 4-5th post? Did the steps above Odin went fine? Last but not the least are you using PIT file to re-partition with Odin?
after trying some times finaly i succeed to falsh but now my phone is in boot loop
guys my phone is not displaying storage drives in recovery mode what the hell is happening now
have anyone tried this method before to recover his sgr? have faced such prob?
Congrats. Now you can atleast take it ssc right?
Maybe you could try the process again just one more time to be sure, only if you want. I'd prefer taking it to ssc
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finally my phone is booted perfectly, restored cwm backup and now its going ok but my imei is messed up, my whole 3.5 gb internal sd has been flashed (it was full of game data files which i took many night times to download )
if i want now i can claim a BRAND NEW MOTHERBOARD as my imei is messed lol
Didn't you restore the efs folder? That should solve the imei issue.
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Skyrocket Stuck on ATT Rethink Possible Bootup screen

I tried flashin to stock firmware through Odin, and it said it passed/ flashed successfully yet my phone just stays on the at&t Logo, any advice?
I NEED my phone for work tomorrow and it's already getting late. I've reflashed twice now. I'm starting to panic.
Interlaced said:
I tried flashin to stock firmware through Odin, and it said it passed/ flashed successfully yet my phone just stays on the at&t Logo, any advice?
I NEED my phone for work tomorrow and it's already getting late. I've reflashed twice now. I'm starting to panic.
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I have fixed this for myself, Thanks close or delete this thread.
All I did was pull battery out, restarted to stock recovery, wiped data./ factory reset and, rebooted into rom, wiped sd and internal sd.
Now I'm off to flash a new rom, thanks!
I had the same problem. I took the same steps you did and recovered mine.
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Interlaced said:
I have fixed this for myself, Thanks close or delete this thread.
All I did was pull battery out, restarted to stock recovery, wiped data./ factory reset and, rebooted into rom, wiped sd and internal sd.
Now I'm off to flash a new rom, thanks!
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i can get into recovery and download mode but nothing more. im still stuck on the att screen
chris amador said:
i can get into recovery and download mode but nothing more. im still stuck on the att screen
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Reflash with Odin?
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cdshepherd said:
Reflash with Odin?
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I reflashed with Odin 1.85 to stock gingerbread and ICS roms and im still getting stuck on rethink possible screen. I tried to boot in stock recovery to wipe data factory reset, but every time i try to do that my skyrocket restarts. I also tried to add CWM recovery and tried going into recovery then and it still restarted my phone. i can go into download mode, i tried reflashing stock a few times, no luck. Please help me out here i dont know what else to do.
Have you tried using Kies to restore it? I had the same thing happen to me it may work for you good luck.
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ozziedog said:
Have you tried using Kies to restore it? I had the same thing happen to me it may work for you good luck.
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My phone wont even connect to Keis Air, i tried connecting my phone while its in download mode and when its stuck in the rethink possible screen. Still wont connect to Keis Air.
They way I was able to fix mine was to first open Kies then select initialize firmware and connect phone to USB port in back of PC. Follow the prompts they will ask for model number and serial number it is located under battery. Select OK. Once firmware is finished Downloading it will prompt you to accept, disconnect phone from PC and then place phone in DL mode by removing battery reinsert battery press volume +- and then volume + to continue once you do that then connect phone to PC via USB and follow screen prompt on PC. It took me about one hour for mine to finally return to stock. I'm going from memory because I'm not sitting in front of computer at this time. Maybe someone with more knowledge than I can help. Good luck.
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ozziedog said:
They way I was able to fix mine was to first open Kies then select initialize firmware and connect phone to USB port in back of PC. Follow the prompts they will ask for model number and serial number it is located under battery. Select OK. Once firmware is finished Downloading it will prompt you to accept, disconnect phone from PC and then place phone in DL mode by removing battery reinsert battery press volume +- and then volume + to continue once you do that then connect phone to PC via USB and follow screen prompt on PC. It took me about one hour for mine to finally return to stock. I'm going from memory because I'm not sitting in front of computer at this time. Maybe someone with more knowledge than I can help. Good luck.
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OMG it worked!!! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
orabah said:
My phone wont even connect to Keis Air, i tried connecting my phone while its in download mode and when its stuck in the rethink possible screen. Still wont connect to Keis Air.
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Not Kies Air, just KIES http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/
This thread might help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749021
orabah said:
OMG it worked!!! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Your very welcome glad I could help.
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Interlaced said:
I have fixed this for myself, Thanks close or delete this thread.
All I did was pull battery out, restarted to stock recovery, wiped data./ factory reset and, rebooted into rom, wiped sd and internal sd.
Now I'm off to flash a new rom, thanks!
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I have the same problem, but i dont want to loose my photos and vídeos, what can i do please.
andrestheman said:
I have the same problem, but i dont want to loose my photos and vídeos, what can i do please.
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Can you boot into recovery? Use adb to pull your photos to your pc.
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bricked my tipo

Hi guys so i flashed cm 10 and the bootloader all was fine switched internal for eternal storage still every thing was fine tried restoring some apps it stuck at 92% for 3 hour so i rebooted phone, then gave back to wife however dont think she liked it and she told me she had restored back to factory and when her phone rebooted nothing happened i have tried hooking it up to flash tools but it wont find my phone i have tried logging in to fastboot via cmd prompt just says waiting for device no lights come on totally dead me thinks but looking for an expert to tell me hopefully different
but really think its dead it also as unlocked bootloader please help TIA
Oh it might be hard bricked.. Does it vibrate on pressing power button. Flashmode doesn't start? (green led)
And how did your wife return to stock? Flash ftf file?
Also how does device manager show the connected phone?
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no it doesnt vibrate and no lights all she did was it was on cm10 she went into settings and restore to factory then this happened pc makes the noise when plug it in but nothing happens and device manager wont pick it up, dont even thinki can take to shop or send to sony as it has unlocked bootloader can this phone be fixed to u no bud or will it be cheaper to just buy new 1 as i honestly think this 6 week old phone is dead it doesnt do anything m8
Download stock ftf
Open flashtool first
Press power off +vol down button and connect usb quickly if flashtool recognizes
Then flash the stock ftf and research before flashing anything
And give me the built number of cm10 buicd
noob and learning
hit thanks if I helped you
it was fxp 211 and fashtool doesnt help m8 as it wont pick my phone up
Sounds hard bricked.. Try flashtool on another pc to rule out driver issue. If flashtool can't fix it, it's gotta go back to Sony.
Also try plugging it to charger for a few hrs, battery may be drained..
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from what i have read bud sony will charge me to fix it as i have unlocked bootloader will it be cheaper to buy new phone or will it be best to send back TIA
flash again with flashtool
ratboy666 said:
from what i have read bud sony will charge me to fix it as i have unlocked bootloader will it be cheaper to buy new phone or will it be best to send back TIA
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You will have to act lame, and not mention anything about rooting or unlock bootloader.. Tell it died under normal circumstances, like dead battery, or something weird like crashed, and on reboot it never started. Depending on how you sell it, and your country, them may not check BL (or they may not be able to) so give it a shot and be creative
And before repairing and charging you anything, they have to inform you of your warranty status, so you can decide then which is cheaper.
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awesome thanks m8 i will give it a try as i got nothing to lose bud kind of hoping it needs a new phone so they dont find out but thanks for help m8
same thing happened to me.just take it to any repair center.
They check via IMEI if the bootloader is unlocked. If it is they don't touch it and they tell you to buy a new one. My tipo was dead almost two months ago. If it is possible use another battery and try to install stock firmware via flashtool. My brother has Neo V which use the same battery with tipo and my device became alive.
saitri said:
flash again with flashtool
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read above bud tried already no respond m8 to anything i try
tassosmer said:
They check via IMEI if the bootloader is unlocked. If it is they don't touch it and they tell you to buy a new one. My tipo was dead almost two months ago. If it is possible use another battery and try to install stock firmware via flashtool. My brother has Neo V which use the same battery with tipo and my device became alive.
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tried another battery phone is completly dead shipped to sony guess they wont fix i=as it has unlocked bootloader sure i will get email in couple days saying this but have to be worth a try i wont pay them nothing just to get my phone back so if they want money just to send my phone back they can keep it i will buy another maybe not a sony tho and then read alot more i cant believe this was caused by doing a factory reset , thanks to all who tried helping guys but phone will not do anything even leaving on charge for 8 hours did nothing
ratboy666 said:
Hi guys so i flashed cm 10 and the bootloader all was fine switched internal for eternal storage still every thing was fine tried restoring some apps it stuck at 92% for 3 hour so i rebooted phone, then gave back to wife however dont think she liked it and she told me she had restored back to factory and when her phone rebooted nothing happened i have tried hooking it up to flash tools but it wont find my phone i have tried logging in to fastboot via cmd prompt just says waiting for device no lights come on totally dead me thinks but looking for an expert to tell me hopefully different
but really think its dead it also as unlocked bootloader please help TIA
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Well don't judge hard brick so easily
It can be due to no battery charge in phone
It happened to my friend and I thought it is hard bricked
Well but I inserted my battery and he was able to flash it
Try to charge battery with car charger etc....:laugh:
ratboy666 said:
read above bud tried already no respond m8 to anything i try
tried another battery phone is completly dead shipped to sony guess they wont fix i=as it has unlocked bootloader sure i will get email in couple days saying this but have to be worth a try i wont pay them nothing just to get my phone back so if they want money just to send my phone back they can keep it i will buy another maybe not a sony tho and then read alot more i cant believe this was caused by doing a factory reset , thanks to all who tried helping guys but phone will not do anything even leaving on charge for 8 hours did nothing
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i had bought it from vodafone for 127 euros. One day vodafone told me that sony will not repair my phone as the bootloader is unlocked and i have illegal firmware and that it replaces my tipo with a new one for 153 euros. I said no of course and a few days later sony sent my bricked tipo back without charge.
help me pls urgent
hi frnds here i am with new problem can anyone helpme pls i rooted my xperia tipo successfully but i big mistake is done by me at installation that is i execute the instruction fastboot flasboot boot.img successfully but unfortunately i forgot about fastboot reboot . i disconnect my mobile and restart it from that moment it is in off state a red led is blinking on while i want to bring it in recoverymode (by holdingvolume+ and connecting usb) so pls help me can i correct my mistake or i have to visit sony service pls help me by your suggestion as soon as possible
Y u guys unlocking boot loader without knowing abt it completely....
I think that 92% only recovered Is the problem...
Did u back up the system files in that 92% back up and tried to restore.....,??????
If u backed up the system files in that, I ll tell its coz u tried to overwrite the moded system files with stock system files... And wen ur wife used reset to factory, the stock files is mixed with moded files, so phone is dead.....
So tell me sir, did u back up system files?????
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yes sir i have clockwork backup if that helps i got like 12 backups but wont help cause no way to get them on phone the phone wont connect to pc or anything living in hope that sony will repair lol
i think i have hard bricked my Sony Xperia Tipo.. Just after installing CM10 FXP 212 i tried to reboot but it would not boot. It is totally dead. After i take out the battery and put it back it vibrates but can boot up...
Is there any way to fix it??
Please help......
volumedown, hold it while pluggin the USB, and flash a stock .ftf via flashtool.

[Q] xperia Tipo doesn't power on

Hi,
some days ago I connected my Tipo to the charger before going to sleep. When I woke up it was turned off. I removed the battery then I put it back but still it didn't power on.
Sometimes, when I tried to power it on, it vibrated (as it usually does when I power it on) or there is the red led (like if the battery is discharged). It never powers on, neither with the charger.
I tried another battery (a friend has the same smartphone), but nothing changed.
Did someone have the same problem and solved it?
Pls reflash you Rom with flashtool bro and corret ftf file....
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vinoth3342 said:
Pls reflash you Rom with flashtool bro and corret ftf file....
Sent from my ST21i
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As soon as I can use a PC with win7, I'll try. At the moment I have windows8 and I don't find the proper drivers.
But maybe I can't solve the problem. I tried the fastboot mode and it doens't work.
Ok, I tried but it doesn't work. I can't use the fastboot mode.
I guess I'm going to bring it to a repair center.
skawise said:
Ok, I tried but it doesn't work. I can't use the fastboot mode.
I guess I'm going to bring it to a repair center.
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It's a dead phone, much people had those issues, for no reason.
Ketcchup said:
It's a dead phone
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That's my opinion too.
But the phone deserve a try.

Xperia L no longer works!

Hello guys I was wondering if anyone can help me with this issue. But first things first the details!
I have kitkat AOSPA 4.0 Beta-6 installed on my xl with thunderzap kernel 4.1 r2 with internal storage fix. I have been running this ROM and kernel on my phone for about 3 to 4 days max.
Now when the issue happened was this morning. The alarm went off my phone and was working fine. I then noticed the battery was at 20% so i decided to switch off the phone and plug it into the mains. I then went out for about 2-3hrs by the time I got back I noticed that the display did not light up with the charging logo when I pressed the power button. I tried to switch it on but nothing happens what so ever.
Things that I have already tried.
-Removed battery for 10mins
-Leave it on charge again for 3hrs
-Tried to enter into flash mode and fastboot.
I have connected the phone to the pc without the battery and the led just lights up green very briefly. My pc detects it as a Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM4).
I have run out of ideas and any help you provide will be very appreciated.
HatchetEgg said:
Hello guys I was wondering if anyone can help me with this issue. But first things first the details!
I have kitkat AOSPA 4.0 Beta-6 installed on my xl with thunderzap kernel 4.1 r2 with internal storage fix. I have been running this ROM and kernel on my phone for about 3 to 4 days max.
Now when the issue happened was this morning. The alarm went off my phone and was working fine. I then noticed the battery was at 20% so i decided to switch off the phone and plug it into the mains. I then went out for about 2-3hrs by the time I got back I noticed that the display did not light up with the charging logo when I pressed the power button. I tried to switch it on but nothing happens what so ever.
Things that I have already tried.
-Removed battery for 10mins
-Leave it on charge again for 3hrs
-Tried to enter into flash mode and fastboot.
I have connected the phone to the pc without the battery and the led just lights up green very briefly. My pc detects it as a Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM4).
I have run out of ideas and any help you provide will be very appreciated.
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this happens to me before month (ill send it to RMA and got new motherboard) ive got accidental pc poweroff while flashing
at this moment theres no other way how to revive this state bcz nobody have proper data to program internal mlc via QPST and without this one it means you have dead motherboard, you need to send it to RMA
edit: before you shut off phone you maybe do something wrong, like formating whole internal memory or switching internal to external or something like that ... phone is now in download mode for qpst sw, so it looks like you have no bootloader so phone doesnt know how to boot to os
Flashing_Expert said:
this happens to me before month (ill send it to RMA and got new motherboard) ive got accidental pc poweroff while flashing
at this moment there no other way how to revive this state bcz nobody have proper data to program internal mlc via QPST and without this one it means you have dead motherboard, you need to send it to RMA
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Thanks for your help. The strange thing is this is my 3rd xperia l because of the same issue it only seems to happen only when flashing another rom other than stock. When I had the same issue they told me there was nothing wrong with it.
I had a Samsung galaxy ace before Major difference in spec I know but I had never had any issues flashing a new rom.
Would they actually repair the phone? as it is rooted and unlocked bootloader?
Propably first ''Sudden Death'' noticed on Xperia L.. That's not funny, Sony.
HatchetEgg said:
Thanks for your help. The strange thing is this is my 3rd xperia l because of the same issue it only seems to happen only when flashing another rom other than stock. When I had the same issue they told me there was nothing wrong with it.
I had a Samsung galaxy ace before Major difference in spec I know but I had never had any issues flashing a new rom.
Would they actually repair the phone? as it is rooted and unlocked bootloader?
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if mobo is dead they even cant read internal memory, so be calm they probably replace mobo to new one without any asking...
and this is not bcz flashing this is only bcz human factor...
Flashing_Expert said:
if mobo is dead they even cant read internal memory, so be calm they probably replace mobo to new one without any asking...
and this is not bcz flashing this is only bcz human factor...
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Interesting well it wont be long until I have a new contract anyway. Hopefully I will get a new one. I just wont use a custom rom ever again.
Thanks for your support on this matter.
EDIT: Is there anyway to get the bootloader to work again if thats the reason to why it will not boot.
On the rom that I used for it. It had emulated the internal storage just to get the 4g back.
Try to flash a stock ftf, losing your data (I'm sorry) if you can enter flashmode. Then try to not install the Kernel, possibly the problem is there.
Luck!
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HatchetEgg said:
Interesting well it wont be long until I have a new contract anyway. Hopefully I will get a new one. I just wont use a custom rom ever again.
Thanks for your support on this matter.
EDIT: Is there anyway to get the bootloader to work again if thats the reason to why it will not boot.
On the rom that I used for it. It had emulated the internal storage just to get the 4g back.
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no theres no other way to get internal memory back, its gone, its erased (whole 8gb memory, even partitions or bootloader is erased) or memory chips are broken nothing more or less
theres a sw called QPST from qualcomm for programming internal memory (mainly for right partitions formating inside mmc and basic BL programming) without it theres no other option than get your xl to RMA and mobo change
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ArnauGonzalez98 said:
Try to flash a stock ftf, losing your data (I'm sorry) if you can enter flashmode. Then try to not install the Kernel, possibly the problem is there.
Luck!
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OP said that in first comment that his xl is dead without flashmode/fastboot mode, and if it shows in pc after connection qhusb dload driver memory is broken or formated, mobo=dead
kernel surely cant broke your xl, only playing with memory like switch internal/external
Sorry Man, your phone is now at the heavens of mobile phones.
Buy another XL!
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