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Tutorial: Fix Xperia C softbrick with red led and no Sony logo

Fix Xperia C Red Light brick
Are you facing that the red led on your device blinks and there is no other signs of life? Then you are in the correct thread, I faced this issue when flashing a corrupted recovery but then I found out a easy way to fix it without opening the device or sending it in to Sony.
Requirements:
Xperia C with red light softbrick
MicroUSB Cable
Sony Update Service
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1. The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have downloaded Sony Update Service and have installed it onto your PC from the link above, if not, do it now.
2. Now launch Sony Update Service and select Xperia C in the list and then press Next.
3. Hold the Volume Up button and plugin microusbcable while doing so, if that doesn't work for you, hold power + volume up and plugin the microusbcable while doing. Keep holding button combination for a few seconds and wait for a green light on your phone, if it appears check on
your PC so that it's detected.
4. Wait while the firmware is being downloaded and reinstalled on your phone and enjoy your working device!

Have tried this on my bricked xperia c red led
Few weeks back no success
Logic
If you flash wrong recovery there is no way to boot in any mode
I can say this with 100% confident as I had spent full 3 days and tried every thing...
If u wona check goto custome mod for xperia c thred and get recovery installed
Then try this and share results
All the best

chauhanjayc said:
Have tried this on my bricked xperia c red led
Few weeks back no success
Logic
If you flash wrong recovery there is no way to boot in any mode
I can say this with 100% confident as I had spent full 3 days and tried every thing...
If u wona check goto custome mod for xperia c thred and get recovery installed
Then try this and share results
All the best
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I flashed a faulty recovery using mobileuncles and there was no signs of life other than a red led liggt, and holding power + volume up works just fine and it went into flashmode.

I have the same issue.
I organized xperia light rom for our xperia c, I flashed it from custom recovery. Phone is completely dead now.
There is a just red light, phone does not go into download or fastboot mode. Pc Companion, Sony Update Center, Wmshua Flashtool do not recognize the phone.
Any suggestion with that?
I don't have warranty, my last option is to pay money for technical service.

this worked for me but instead of POWER+VOL UP i used POWER+VOL DOWN

thanks
thank, i like this forum

worth to try... (hope it won't happen to me :laugh: )

I have experienced this too, however, instead of using the Sony Update Service, I used the Sony PC Companion. At first it was not working, so I did a hard reset on the phone (press the button at the back). I held the power+up button while inserting the cable, and finally it was detected by Sony. It will reset your device to factory settings though.

seiferfury said:
I have experienced this too, however, instead of using the Sony Update Service, I used the Sony PC Companion. At first it was not working, so I did a hard reset on the phone (press the button at the back). I held the power+up button while inserting the cable, and finally it was detected by Sony. It will reset your device to factory settings though.
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How did it
How Catch 4 buttons simultaneously
Please reply to the importance of

Im in the same scenario.. I tried all the procedures here but i failed.. I noticed that when i connect it, it disconnects after a while along with blinking of led light then reconnect again. And my PC detects it as unknown device.. I tried to install ADB driver but it also fails. Please help me.. Thanks. Sorry about my English

zergmac023 said:
Im in the same scenario.. I tried all the procedures here but i failed.. I noticed that when i connect it, it disconnects after a while along with blinking of led light then reconnect again. And my PC detects it as unknown device.. I tried to install ADB driver but it also fails. Please help me.. Thanks. Sorry about my English
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If you flash a different device's rom, it happens. If you replace your motherboard, it will work again.

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TacoNikky said:
If you flash a different device's rom, it happens. If you replace your motherboard, it will work again.
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Which probably crying::crying::crying:

yeubeo168 said:
Which probably crying::crying::crying:
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I have bought motherboard from china http://www.yoybuy.com/en/show/37431065583/ from this seller.
It took 20 days to arrive to Turkey. I have changed my motherboard and my phone is back right now :victory:
It works like a charm. Model number changed, it shows s39h but phone works like old days :good:

A detailed guide :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-c/general/how-to-install-restore-stock-android-t2832005

It worked!!!!!
GethPrime said:
Fix Xperia C Red Light brick
Are you facing that the red led on your device blinks and there is no other signs of life? Then you are in the correct thread, I faced this issue when flashing a corrupted recovery but then I found out a easy way to fix it without opening the device or sending it in to Sony.
Requirements:
1. The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have downloaded Sony Update Service and have installed it onto your PC from the link above, if not, do it now.
2. Now launch Sony Update Service and select Xperia C in the list and then press Next.
3. Hold the Volume Up button and plugin microusbcable while doing so, if that doesn't work for you, hold power + volume up and plugin the microusbcable while doing. Keep holding button combination for a few seconds and wait for a green light on your phone, if it appears check on
your PC so that it's detected.
4. Wait while the firmware is being downloaded and reinstalled on your phone and enjoy your working device!
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It worked for my Xperia M (rooted on JB 4.3) with a locked bootloader which was STUCK on bootloop screen and when I did the whole thing with holding the power and volume up button (after I let the battery die after so many bootloops it did), FINALLY I was able to take it to flashmode, while I had selected from Sony PC Companion to repair my phone, and after 3-4 tries, I DID IT!!! Thank you so much for this thread ( I DEFINITELY pressed the "thanks" button), it really SAVED ME time and money (because I was planning to send it to Sony to fix it and you ALL know how bastards Sony is)!!!! And to all those of you who are DESPERATE to fix their phone (I hope you read this thread), DON'T PANIC, and DON'T GIVE UP!!! It took me 2 days of searching the web, and FINALLY I MADE IT!!! There are ALWAYS solutions to these kinds of problems!!!!

red light
dear friends please help me. I wanted to install cwm recovery with mobile uncle tools. when I placed recovery.img to phone memory(not in any folder), it didn't find the file, but when in sd card(not in any folder) it succesfully find. I selected and flashed, but the phone shut down and didn't start anymore. yesterday, when plugging to charge the red light under the screen was blinking. but today, it just stays on, not blinking, but after some time, goes off again, and start blinking. when I connect to PC, first it connects, after some time connection is lost and green light passes to red again, after some time it again connects. I tried Sony Update Service and PC Companion, didn't work. Please help...

Need help
same here only red light is blinking,,,i tried doing Power+vol up and Power+vol down and by inserting cable also...it just show a red light when plugged in

i'm also having the same problem....somebody please help!!!!really need to use it
kamran.kerim said:
dear friends please help me. I wanted to install cwm recovery with mobile uncle tools. when I placed recovery.img to phone memory(not in any folder), it didn't find the file, but when in sd card(not in any folder) it succesfully find. I selected and flashed, but the phone shut down and didn't start anymore. yesterday, when plugging to charge the red light under the screen was blinking. but today, it just stays on, not blinking, but after some time, goes off again, and start blinking. when I connect to PC, first it connects, after some time connection is lost and green light passes to red again, after some time it again connects. I tried Sony Update Service and PC Companion, didn't work. Please help...
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i'm also having the same problem....somebody please help!!!!really need to use it

chauhanjayc said:
Have tried this on my bricked xperia c red led
Few weeks back no success
Logic
If you flash wrong recovery there is no way to boot in any mode
I can say this with 100% confident as I had spent full 3 days and tried every thing...
If u wona check goto custome mod for xperia c thred and get recovery installed
Then try this and share results
All the best
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Does that mean phone is dead?

choxx said:
Does that mean phone is dead?
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no all you need stock kernel
you can either google it or download ftf and check all except kernel
done

Xperia J - don't turn on

Hello,
After my battery went flat I can't turn on my xperia J.
When i try to turn it on red light flashes 3 times. When I try to charge it - green light is on all time.
I tried to SUS and PC Companion fixes I found in google.
Anyone have any idea ?

robertd12 said:
Hello,
After my battery went flat I can't turn on my xperia J.
When i try to turn it on red light flashes 3 times. When I try to charge it - green light is on all time.
I tried to SUS and PC Companion fixes I found in google.
Anyone have any idea ?
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Have you tried putting it in Flash mode and flashing stock rom or resetting it via PC Companion if not try this method
1). Open up PC Companion
2). Connect the USB Lead into your PC
3). Hold the volume button and plug it into your Xperia J
4). if completed succesfully a blue led light will be lit up
5). PC Companion will proceed with a reboot/fixup

Hussain_Salam said:
Have you tried putting it in Flash mode and flashing stock rom or resetting it via PC Companion if not try this method
1). Open up PC Companion
2). Connect the USB Lead into your PC
3). Hold the volume button and plug it into your Xperia J
4). if completed succesfully a blue led light will be lit up
5). PC Companion will proceed with a reboot/fixup
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Blue light shown up but PC companion says it not detect the Sony Phone

robertd12 said:
Blue light shown up but PC companion says it not detect the Sony Phone
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Use a flashtool to flash the stock rom, there are guides around on xda

Hussain_Salam said:
Use a flashtool to flash the stock rom, there are guides around on xda
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I flashed new rom via PC companion and SUS. No problem with that but phone still not charge and don't turn on.

robertd12 said:
I flashed new rom via PC companion and SUS. No problem with that but phone still not charge and don't turn on.
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Did you repair it via pc companion?

zephy09 said:
Did you repair it via pc companion?
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Yes I used "repair" in PC Companion
Something changed. Now when plugged in to USB it slowly flashes red light and computer detect SEMC flash ... and green light turn on.

Did you tried removing SD Card and SIM Card before starting the device?
Try removing the battery and waiting few days for full discharge of it. You can check too if the battery is swollen or something.

fercalbla said:
Did you tried removing SD Card and SIM Card before starting the device?
Try removing the battery and waiting few days for full discharge of it. You can check too if the battery is swollen or something.
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SIM and SD is removed
Battery isn;t swallen but I will check today or tomorrow my friends battery. Maybe battery is dead, maybe moBO is dead :/

robertd12 said:
SIM and SD is removed
Battery isn;t swallen but I will check today or tomorrow my friends battery. Maybe battery is dead, maybe moBO is dead :/
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I put my friends battery - Phone vibrates only and screen shows nothing. When trying to turn i on green led lights appers for moment.

robertd12 said:
I put my friends battery - Phone vibrates only and screen shows nothing. When trying to turn i on green led lights appers for moment.
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I don't have idea about the problem... if you still have the warranty send to Sony support, if is not try as last option the steps of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170

Sony Xperia J Bricked help

Hello,
I cant seem to start my Xperia J back up. I get three blinking led lights when trying to turn the phone on. If I hook up to wall charger I get a solid green, if I hold Vol Up, I can get Solid Blue.
When I connect to PC, I can get into Fastboot and Flashmode. I tried reflashing to stock, no luck. I cant get the phone to boot, battery is too low.
ANy ideas?

Recharge you battery on some other phone (I keep wall chargers just in case).
Do you have drivers instaled? Does Flashtool give any error?
Sent from my ST26i

Dzepar said:
Recharge you battery on some other phone (I keep wall chargers just in case).
Do you have drivers instaled? Does Flashtool give any error?
Sent from my ST26i
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Don't have another phone to recharge with I do have drivers installed and flashtools gives no errors.

I tried to charge the battery by cutting a usb cord and holding the black and red cable to + and -. Now I just get a blinking green light when attempting to power the phone on.

kommie27 said:
I tried to charge the battery by cutting a usb cord and holding the black and red cable to + and -. Now I just get a blinking green light when attempting to power the phone on.
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What you try do do? Did you flash some rom?
You usuali need to flash stock kernel via Flashtool after flashing rom so the phone turn on.
When you posting problem tell:
- What was the phone state ( stock rom JB 4.1.2. workin battery 40%)
- I was flashing Rom, kernel etc
and whats you problem now.
Youll have beter chance to get help

Dzepar said:
What you try do do? Did you flash some rom?
You usuali need to flash stock kernel via Flashtool after flashing rom so the phone turn on.
When you posting problem tell:
- What was the phone state ( stock rom JB 4.1.2. workin battery 40%)
- I was flashing Rom, kernel etc
and whats you problem now.
Youll have beter chance to get help
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Phone State was flashing from Cyanogen to Stock. I am trying to go back to Stock. Flashing stock ftf
I get a green light now only when hitting power.

kommie27 said:
Phone State was flashing from Cyanogen to Stock. I am trying to go back to Stock. Flashing stock ftf
I get a green light now only when hitting power.
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Try this:
Open Flashtool, select ftf that you want to flash, wait till it tells to connect the phone, conect phone ( hold volume down and connect usb) wait till the process finish.
Good Luck.
Sent from my ST26i

Flash completes successfully. When I try to turn phoneon. Green Led blinks and nothing happens. If I connect to charger solid green.

No clue. Did your phone fall or something? It looks that you screen is broken.
Sent from my ST26i

Problems with my d6633 Z3 Dual

Hallo people,
I have a very big problem with my d6633. I installed tonight TWRP - so fas, so good. After installing TWRP asked me to root the device, I said YES. My bootloader was unlocked. Then I couldn't exit TWRP. After every reboot the device started into TWRP. Now I can not start the device. I tried with Power+ Volume+, reset button - nothing.
Any suggestions?
Thanks for your help.

mazagi said:
Hallo people,
I have a very big problem with my d6633. I installed tonight TWRP - so fas, so good. After installing TWRP asked me to root the device, I said YES. My bootloader was unlocked. Then I couldn't exit TWRP. After every reboot the device started into TWRP. Now I can not start the device. I tried with Power+ Volume+, reset button - nothing.
Any suggestions?
Thanks for your help.
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Use flashtool go back stock, after flash twrp, flash supersu manually, don't let twrp install for you

yuzhengwen said:
Use flashtool go back stock, after flash twrp, flash supersu manually, don't let twrp install for you
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How can I do that? There is no power on my device. And I think I cannot charge it...

mazagi said:
How can I do that? There is no power on my device. And I think I cannot charge it...
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Google using flashtool to flash stock firmware

yuzhengwen said:
Google using flashtool to flash stock firmware
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No chance. The device will not be detected. I can not charge it.

mazagi said:
No chance. The device will not be detected. I can not charge it.
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How much % did it have before you started the procedure?
Did you try holding down vol+ and then plugging it into USB?

Hello Jkay7,
Thanks for your support. My solution was to leave the device switched off over the night. Connected via original cable. Today in the morning my dyouzhengwen evice was detected via flash tool and as youzhengwen suggested I could flash the original ftf file.

artusk01 said:
Hello Jkay7,
Thanks for your support. My solution was to leave the device switched off over the night. Connected via original cable. Today in the morning my dyouzhengwen evice was detected via flash tool and as youzhengwen suggested I could flash the original ftf file.
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Nice to hear that!

Any help would be appreciated
Sony Xperia Z3 Dual D6633
I have tried just about every method seen. My problem with the flashtool or PC companion is that the phone is recognized by the computer but I can only start to turn the device on which I don't believe it actually boots. Broken display and new display does not power on.
Or it connects in fastboot by holding volume up when connecting. This shows a blue led.
But trying to connect in flash mode by holding power down just makes the led flash red then green continuously.
And for the pc companion it always says the connection was unsuccessful once the led turns green on the device.
I got the phone for only $40 in this condition. So I cannot say what entirely was wrong or what it's last working state was.
I bought a new screen and power flex cable. As well as a back plate and tempered glass protectors. I was going to wait until everything works perfect speakers and all before I sealed it tight with water proof adhesive stickers.
Even before I bought the new power flex the computer recognized it and the battery health and charge %. The battery was able to charge. But I couldn't turn the device on.
The computer confirmed that it had been at 29% after some time charging and then 100% after leaving it on charge.
Now with the new screen and power cable the phone still does nothing if not plugged it. The light was red at first, but then yellow, then after some time green when the battery fully charged. This was again even before the new parts.
I have to plug it in to try anything.
It goes red then starts to turn on and turns green.
But I hear no sound, get no vibrations, the computer only sees it as the phone and shows absolutely nothing on the removable disk. Just blank when I click on the drive volume. But it is seen as an Xperia D6633 phone or fastboot Android device.
I've tried the reset button, holding power and volume up, volume down, all three. Tried my factory cable. Different cables, different ports, uninstalling it from service manager and letting the flash tool recognize and install it.
I also tried the new display on the old power flex and the old display on the new power flex.
Nothing changed, no vibrations, no sounds, system never actually fully starts as far as I can tell, and cannot connect in flash mode only fast boot. And the flashable file is only seen in flash mode. Fastboot can only see the folder but it is ready to flash files as far as I can tell.

@xdathekilljoy
That's a lot of money you're putting into an (apparently) broken phone Brave!
Okay so what happens if you hold Vol+ while it's shut down and then connect it to USB, the LED turns blue, right?
So why does flashing it from there on not work?

Jkay7 said:
@xdathekilljoy
That's a lot of money you're putting into an (apparently) broken phone Brave!
Okay so what happens if you hold Vol+ while it's shut down and then connect it to USB, the LED turns blue, right?
So why does flashing it from there on not work?
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Well it didn't seem that broken at first and both it and the display were only about 37 piece. Power flex was almost 10. Seemed like a rightful price.
Yes the led turns blue and it is in fastboot mode. The flash file seems to only be readable for flashing in flash mode "volume down". I can see the folder of the flash file in fastboot mode " volume up ", but not in a flashable format.
And when connecting " volume down " it fails a connection while the led just flashes green to red to green to red continually

Two updates
1. I thought I should mention that when I do plug the phone in to a charger or computer the top does get a bit warm or hot as well as the led turns on. Different color depending.
2. With much fiddling and trying if holding the volume down button for different lengths of time while connecting up a computer I finally got it to connect in flash mode and flashed a file...... No change.
At this point maybe I should try a new battery for the hell of it even though this one seems to be working.
Or there is a minute hardware damage somewhere. Maybe the power ic? Or s capacitor?

Help!! Fix Xperia C C2305 dead boot( Hard brick)

I flashed a wrong recovery img... now the Xperia c2305 is not booting. It is only showing red light when i connect to computer.
I tried the PC companion method and wmshua flash tool. but it doesn't detect my phone.
How to repair this ??
How can i repair this using testpoint method or Meta mode method??

so your pc doesn't detect your phone?
when you plug your usb + press volume down at the same time green light should appear, what happen in your case?

same problem
tataboga said:
so your pc doesn't detect your phone?
when you plug your usb + press volume down at the same time green light should appear, what happen in your case?
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I am also facing same problem and yes when I press volume down while plugging in, the orange light blinks once in 10sec but the device doesn't get recognized or nothing is happening on the device side.

this is how I solved it
subhashvnr said:
I am also facing same problem and yes when I press volume down while plugging in, the orange light blinks once in 10sec but the device doesn't get recognized or nothing is happening on the device side.
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I flashed a wrong recovery.img and that's it the phone wouldn't boot. If I connect to pc companion it just shows blinking orange light but is not detected. This is what I have found out
1. the phone is struck in a bootloop which drains all the battery -- Press the hard reset button at the back of the phone to break from this loop
2. Put the phone on charge for a while ( now it should at least show a steady orange led indicative of charging) as this is needed for software repair
3. Use software repair in sony pc companion for restoring stock android os. -- if the phone is not detected when you plug in while holding volume down key, then release the key once and again press and hold it while the usb is still connected (this worked for me)
4. once the phone is detected and repairing has started the process may fail in between and pc companion may say repair failed!(don't loose hope) -- disconnect from pc, press hard reset button again and repeat steps 3 & 4. ( the repairing process will resume and will be completed slowly)
Note: If your phone is struck at sony logo or is not fully switched off press and hold the power+volume up key together to first switch if off and then connect to pc companion

subhashvnr said:
I flashed a wrong recovery.img and that's it the phone wouldn't boot. If I connect to pc companion it just shows blinking orange light but is not detected. This is what I have found out
1. the phone is struck in a bootloop which drains all the battery -- Press the hard reset button at the back of the phone to break from this loop
2. Put the phone on charge for a while ( now it should at least show a steady orange led indicative of charging) as this is needed for software repair
3. Use software repair in sony pc companion for restoring stock android os. -- if the phone is not detected when you plug in while holding volume down key, then release the key once and again press and hold it while the usb is still connected (this worked for me)
4. once the phone is detected and repairing has started the process may fail in between and pc companion may say repair failed!(don't loose hope) -- disconnect from pc, press hard reset button again and repeat steps 3 & 4. ( the repairing process will resume and will be completed slowly)
Note: If your phone is struck at sony logo or is not fully switched off press and hold the power+volume up key together to first switch if off and then connect to pc companion
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Where is the hard reset button. I haven't been able to find it.

LawrenceMyers666 said:
Where is the hard reset button. I haven't been able to find it.
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It is pin hole above the battery beside the sim slots

Hi,My sony xperia C phone is not booting up. I think it is stucked at bootloop. Tried to repair it using Xperia Companion but it is showing that the software repair is no longer supported for this phone. Can someone help me on this?

Plz help
Any body please help i have xperia c2305 im not able to flash any rom in it it says i have to enable usb debugging but currently my phne is not turning on it is only showing sony logo is there is any way to flash rom in it.?