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[Q] Sony Xperia L Bricked

I need boot loader to repair my bricked sony Xperia L. I tiredJtag but its not working. Plz hekp me

Can you just tell us what exactly you did.. & is your bootloader unlocked?
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perivenkal said:
I need boot loader to repair my bricked sony Xperia L. I tiredJtag but its not working. Plz hekp me
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Just flash your phone with stock .ftf using flashtool!

varunpilankar said:
Can you just tell us what exactly you did.. & is your bootloader unlocked?
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Thank you for ur reply, yes bootloader was unlocked and I was trying to install the custom rom but after restarting my xperia L never started again. Black dead...no logo just red LED blinking and I tried key combination but nothing. To repair through sus and flash tool it should be recognized by the pc. Its being recognized as unknown device by pc and did try to install driver manually but no luck. In both sus and flash tool I found message no phone attached.
Plz guide me.

Dead Xperia L
DexterousKrupesh said:
Just flash your phone with stock .ftf using flashtool!
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Thanx for your reply, Yes I have stock.ftf but to flash this my xperia L shall be recognized by pc. Currently its being recognized as unknown device though I tried to install driver manually but no luck uptil now. please help me

perivenkal said:
Thanx for your reply, Yes I have stock.ftf but to flash this my xperia L shall be recognized by pc. Currently its being recognized as unknown device though I tried to install driver manually but no luck uptil now. please help me
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first install PC companion then connect phone to pc drivers installed automatically
Then remove phone
then open flashtool/drivers and install driver!

Dead Xperia L
DexterousKrupesh said:
first install PC companion then connect phone to pc drivers installed automatically
Then remove phone
then open flashtool/drivers and install driver!
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Thanx, Before this issue with my Xperia L I was using PC companion and I guess this already installed drivers but now neither PC companion/SUS nor flash is detecting my phone. I am using windows 8 currently but I also tried on windows 7 to install the drivers but no luck. My friend suggested that I need a boot loader as all the data in my Xperia L has been washed out due to bad flashing. In my country no boot loader device available for Sony Xperia 2013 models. Any alternate solutions?

Bootloader..?!! I think you don't have any kernel in your phone currently that's why it isn't recognizing your phone by the PC.. Try using SUS on Windows 7..make sure your driver's are installed properly.. Either through SUS or Flashtool..
If your phone is Not Recognized by Flashtool that means you don't have Required Drivers Installed. Use the Below method to Solve this Problem.
Open the folder /Flashtool/drivers & Install "ggsetup-2.2.0.11".
If Still after the Above Process Flashtool doesn't Recognize your Phone. Use this Method.
Open the /Flashtool/driver folder & Extract the "XXX_ADB_Driver.zip" anywhere on your PC/Mac/Linux. [ This Zip corresponds to your Phone Model. ]
Now Open "Device Manager" on your PC/Mac/Linux & find the device which is with an Exclamation mark on it. [ Make sure your phone is Connected to the PC ]
Right Click on that Device & Choose Update Driver.
Choose to find the Driver Manually.
Now Browse to the Folder where to have Extracted your Phone Model Zip File.
This will Install the Required Drivers on your Computer.
After that Open Flashtool Again & Try to Recognize your Device.
If Still you see any problem reply back for further assistance..
Hit Thanks if I helped you..
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perivenkal said:
Thanx, Before this issue with my Xperia L I was using PC companion and I guess this already installed drivers but now neither PC companion/SUS nor flash is detecting my phone. I am using windows 8 currently but I also tried on windows 7 to install the drivers but no luck. My friend suggested that I need a boot loader as all the data in my Xperia L has been washed out due to bad flashing. In my country no boot loader device available for Sony Xperia 2013 models. Any alternate solutions?
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You have only one way use flashtool ! download latest frimware.
Install flashtool and sony drivers properly!
and flash the phone.
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Hi pervenkal, try varunpilankar steps, I too faced this issue while flashing my Xperia L for the first time, 7 months ago. But it is most probably driver issue, during that time I tried lots of drivers even the one given with flashtool, but finally drivers from ADT bundle helped me.
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perivenkal said:
Thank you for ur reply, yes bootloader was unlocked and I was trying to install the custom rom but after restarting my xperia L never started again. Black dead...no logo just red LED blinking and I tried key combination but nothing. To repair through sus and flash tool it should be recognized by the pc. Its being recognized as unknown device by pc and did try to install driver manually but no luck. In both sus and flash tool I found message no phone attached.
Plz guide me.
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U try to charge the phone??
Blinking red ligth is for no batery power
Maybe is this the problem
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The red blinking light sounds like your battery is low, I read about someone who had do e this not long ago. Couldn't boot tinto recovery because they had insufficient charge. Charge your phone on mains power for an hour, and then try flashtool again. But make sure you wipe everything.
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hello guys m new here ..i tried to flash jb 4.3 on my xperia l c1905 it was successful but when i boot my xperia nothing happens i tried everything nothing's responding ..i charged it for about a week now its showing kinda lime color light when i plug it and in flashtool it says device connected with usb debugging off ..and then be sure u r not in mtp mode ..and pc recognize it as zeus flash device

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perivenkal said:
I need boot loader to repair my bricked sony Xperia L. I tiredJtag but its not working. Plz hekp me
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You can try this and comment if it worked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55542383
Hit thank if my contribution was useful.

i flashed stock ftf on my xperia l it was successfully done i unplugged my device now its not booting charged it for 4 days now its just giving yellow or lime kind or led notification when i connect it to pc ..pc recognize it but flashtool or pc companion or sus nothing recognize it cant access fastboot or flashmod guys plzz help

asad69 said:
hello guys m new here ..i tried to flash jb 4.3 on my xperia l c1905 it was successful but when i boot my xperia nothing happens i tried everything nothing's responding ..i charged it for about a week now its showing kinda lime color light when i plug it and in flashtool it says device connected with usb debugging off ..and then be sure u r not in mtp mode ..and pc recognize it as zeus flash device
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First, Which phone you have, c1905 is Xperia M
Second, Flashing Xperia M ftf to Xperia L is a guaranteed brick ==
i don't think it can be fixed without a complate nand rewrite. just a assumption

@asad69 have you checked wipe data and wipe cache when you flashed with flash tool?
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voxrazr said:
@asad69 have you checked wipe data and wipe cache when you flashed with flash tool?
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yup i did everything right but i was having xperia l and i flashed xperia m stock rom .and then totally dead now it gives yellow led when i plug in charger or pc ..even though pc recognize it as zeus flash device but non of the flashing tools recognize it
and i took it to many repairing shops they reject it saying it cant be repared

Xperia L Bricked

I am using Xperia L and updated to latest CM12 successfully after rooting and unlocking bootloader successfully.Everything was running smoothly until i thought if doing some tricks with it.I tried to join SD card and internal memory through ADB in recovery and i did something wrong i guess and now the phone wont start.Flashtool is not working,Sony pc companion is not working.Phone wont turn on.When connected to laptop blinks a yellow light for 2 seconds and connects with laptop as HID.Flashtool recognises device is connected but displays "Device coonected with ADB off/For 2011 devices make sure MTP is off" and dont do any operations on it.Its the only phone i have and its been dead for a month now.Any help will be appreciated.Ready to do some hardware stuff on it too.Please,i genuinly need some help!:crying::crying:
And the phone when connect to laptop shows as HID device.I dont know how to change the driver installation when the phone connects.

Great news, your phone is recoverable
If it connects successfully through flashtool, it is recoverable.
U need to push the stock android first.
Restart in flash mode. Download the ftf file, and flash it.
http://xperiafirmware.com/8-firmware/36-sony-xperia-l-c2105

Since you messed up with the partition table it is likely that you have hard bricked the device. I've read on xda that flashing a stock ftf DOES NOT restore your partition table.
Have a look at this thread though.

Sorry bro it's a hardbrick no Possible solution expect changing the mother board.

sandybis said:
If it connects successfully through flashtool, it is recoverable.
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Nope...he ****ed up his emmc
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Xperia Z3 no power, not charging and unrecognized on PC after flashing

hi, just have my xperia z3 and i decided to flash and update my phone from kitkat to lollipop using flashtool. Unfortunately, I flashed the the wrong firmware (D6603, supposedly D6613). Now the phone does not turn ON, charging and hardly not recognized by the computer when connected ("USB unrecognized and malfunction"). I've tried different computers but still the same, I cannot flash the right firmware because it cannot be detected by the computer. Is there anyway or need to do to make it work. Please help, I appreciate any ideas you may share.:crying::crying:

Use PC Companion and repair your phone.

Thank you, I wanted to repair it using PCC but as I have said it cannot be detected by the computer. What is the problem? Please help... Pleeeeeaaassssssseeeeeeeeeeee:crying:

chie2x said:
Thank you, I wanted to repair it using PCC but as I have said it cannot be detected by the computer. What is the problem? Please help... Pleeeeeaaassssssseeeeeeeeeeee:crying:
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Is this the same for you ?
What model is your phone?Is your bootloader unlocked/upgraded? What did you try?
Is your flashmod working? And flastboot? Light status, etc... ?

tried flashing 7.0, XZ now bricked

Hey,
I tried flashing 7.0 using flashtool, I do have some successful previous experience with flashtool, but my phone now seems to be bricked.
Try booting the phone and I get software failed to update. I'm assuming it soft bricked.
Every time I plug it into the computer, it enters flash mode. So repairing vie xperia companion is a no go.
Any suggestions?
Cheers!

Flashtool is not 7.0 compatable yet. It should be soon.
If you want to repair with xperia companion or PCCompanion you need the phone in flashmode so that will work. Just go through the dialogues in companion to force a software repair.

Thank you.

gregbradley said:
Flashtool is not 7.0 compatable yet. It should be soon.
If you want to repair with xperia companion or PCCompanion you need the phone in flashmode so that will work. Just go through the dialogues in companion to force a software repair.
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The software update through Xperia Companion failed.
Any suggestions?

Cavaleur7 said:
The software update through Xperia Companion failed.
Any suggestions?
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As gregbradley suggested please use Sony companion SOFTWARE REPAIR tool and you will be fine.
Make sure that your phone is in FLASHMODE. Good luck
To perform a software repair using a computer
Computer: If it is not already installed, download and install the Xperiaâ„¢ Companion application.
On a Windows® computer, download the application from http://support.sonymobile.com/global-en/tools/xperia-companion/.
On an Apple® Mac® computer, download the application from http://support.sonymobile.com/global-en/tools/xperia-companion-mac/.
Open the Xperiaâ„¢ Companion application.
Under Manage your Xperia, click Software repair.
Follow the on-screen instructions, but do not connect your Xperiaâ„¢ device to the computer until you're told to in the five-step instruction in the Xperiaâ„¢ Companion window.

Cavaleur7 said:
The software update through Xperia Companion failed.
Any suggestions?
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It would be nice to see the errors if you could upload them. Also, if your bootloader is unlocked PCCompanion or xperia companion will not work. You will need to use EMMA from Sony that works with unlocked bootloaders.

Is your bootloader still unlock ?
if yes you need to relock first then try repair again in companion, maybe fail at first time but it's will be sucsses, it's not bricked, just like me yesterday, and now i got locked bootloader on 7.0.

same problem.even the sony companion can't repair the phone. then i used flashtool to flash the previous version ftf and the phone is repaired. but still 6.0.1. by the way i didn't unlock the bootloader.
seens like the flashtool need an update too.

Hello i have a problem to update nougat whit flashtool the problem is this messange when flash have read only 524256 byte(s) instead of 787312 byte (s) this is the error

Benito martinez sanchez said:
Hello i have a problem to update nougat whit flashtool the problem is this messange when flash have read only 524256 byte(s) instead of 787312 byte (s) this is the error
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Flashtool is not yet compatable with noughart

cwjlsm said:
same problem.even the sony companion can't repair the phone. then i used flashtool to flash the previous version ftf and the phone is repaired. but still 6.0.1. by the way i didn't unlock the bootloader.
seens like the flashtool need an update too.
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yes... exactly the same for me.. i need to reflash the central europe 1 ftf to make the phone work.... i try to flash the turkey 6.0.1 ftf to get the OTA 7.0 but not work... flashtool give me errors on "modem.sis" and "system.sis"..... or something like that.... but now its ok whit 6.0.1 .... i just wait now..... no rush for me

What about Xperia companion? it seems to be stuck with me as well. I go through all the steps and its stuck on "repairing your xperia device"

There's no real way to brick these devices unless you unlocked the bootloader. Just flash a 6.0 ROM and have it perform an OTA upgrade to 7.0. There's a Customized RU ftf floating around here.

I'm in 7.0, can I flash back to 6.0 ? Cuz 7.0 is currently incompatible with a game I used to play.

angelanh said:
I'm in 7.0, can I flash back to 6.0 ? Cuz 7.0 is currently incompatible with a game I used to play.
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Yes. just flash a 6.0.1 FTF using flashtool

hi! i'm trying to use the flashtool to flash a 6.01 firmware but i can't boot into flash mode. tried using software repair in pc companion but nothing happens. stuck at holding down volume down button and nothing happens. any help would be much appreciated. thanks!

Lawliet918 said:
hi! i'm trying to use the flashtool to flash a 6.01 firmware but i can't boot into flash mode. tried using software repair in pc companion but nothing happens. stuck at holding down volume down button and nothing happens. any help would be much appreciated. thanks!
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That's all you need to do... There is no onscreen flashmode GUI.
When flashtool prompts you to connect hold down the button and attach the cable.. it will happen automatically.
if you still have difficulties run drivers.exe from the flashtool folder and choose flashmode drivers.

gregbradley said:
That's all you need to do... There is no onscreen flashmode GUI.
When flashtool prompts you to connect hold down the button and attach the cable.. it will happen automatically.
if you still have difficulties run drivers.exe from the flashtool folder and choose flashmode drivers.
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so how do i know that it's done flashing the firmware?

Lawliet918 said:
so how do i know that it's done flashing the firmware?
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Flashtool will tell you on the computer, there is no indication on the phone itself.

Cant add link.
Just google RU FTF ROM 6.0 xperia xz.you wil it somewhere
Flash this and you get OTA 7.0 in a minute..
I did that to at first and got that message update failed.
After flash ru rom i still got al my settings and apps.
Succes

Getting FlashTool to recognize phone in flashmode

I'm not sure this is the right spot for this but...
I am having trouble getting FlashTool to recognize my phone once I get it into flashmode right before the process of flashing. I Goofed and accidentally wiped everything, including system in TWRP. I had downloaded replacement stock system from XperiFirm and got it ready with FlashTool. I installed the flashtool drivers as well as the modified google USB driver that Sony gives you when unlocking the boot loader. I get the phone is flashmode by plugging the phone in while holding down the volume down key, and I get the constant green notifacation LED. But FlashTool does not move past the point of telling me to enter flashmode.
Essentially what i'm trying to do at this point is just get stock software back on my XZP. From what I can tell this is the only way possible that I have found. I do have TWRP up and working. If someone could help me get this figured out, or point me to another way to get the stock Sony software back on my phone I would appreciate it.

Have you tried recovering it using xperia recovery tool?
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toderive said:
I'm not sure this is the right spot for this but...
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FlashTool doesn't support XZP.
You need to use NewFlasher but the dev has been banned so uh.
Heres an older version that works perfectly. I don't trust the newest version .
Go into fw folder, drop the content of the rar into the fw folder and then run NewFlasher.exe while in flashmode.
Should be like this, C:\Users\yourusername\.flashTool\firmwares\yourdownloadedfirmware

same problem here
FartyParty said:
FlashTool doesn't support XZP.
You need to use NewFlasher but the dev has been banned so uh.
Heres an older version that works perfectly. I don't trust the newest version .
Go into fw folder, drop the content of the rar into the fw folder and then run NewFlasher.exe while in flashmode.
Should be like this, C:\Users\yourusername\.flashTool\firmwares\yourdownloadedfirmware
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i have the same problem here and i cant get my xz premium stock again if this problem has been solved please reply me a solution thanks

Try Sony Emma flasher.
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i flashed my HK to custom CE using older version of newflasher (as FP suggested earlier). only issue was getting the USB driver to load. i had to turn off driver signing enforcement to get it to install (there may be other workarounds but that's a quick way).
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