Hm. Not good.
My Z3 has an unlocked bootloader and is rooted. It runs the latest CM 12.1 nightly and today I had the brilliant idea of flashing the M5 V9.0 kernel.
After flashing the kernel, my phone got into the much feared bootloop. Shows Sony on the screen, screen goes black, shows Sony on the screen, screen goes black, rinse/repeat. No flashing LED, no way (that I know of) to get into CM recovery.
Any thoughts on how to revive my Z3?
Or will this turn out to be one of those expensive mistakes?
Errrwin said:
Hm. Not good.
My Z3 has an unlocked bootloader and is rooted. It runs the latest CM 12.1 nightly and today I had the brilliant idea of flashing the M5 V9.0 kernel.
After flashing the kernel, my phone got into the much feared bootloop. Shows Sony on the screen, screen goes black, shows Sony on the screen, screen goes black, rinse/repeat. No flashing LED, no way (that I know of) to get into CM recovery.
Any thoughts on how to revive my Z3?
Or will this turn out to be one of those expensive mistakes?
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Oh mate, just keep it easy. You will fix your phone in ten minutes. I have done that so many times that I hardly remember.
If you can boot into recovery, you will need to flash CM12 or any custom rom again. Make sure you wipe your data beforehand from recovery.
If you can not boot into recovery,You will need to flash FTF file using FLASHTOOL .
This is one thing you MUST not forget . ALWAYS make sure you flash the right FTF for your device. DO not flash it for another device or you might end up making an expensive mistake.
Flashtool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920746
Download it from here
http://www.flashtool.net/index.php
How to use flashtool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658952
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-l/general/xperia-l-how-to-flash-tool-unlocking-t2337955
REMEMBER TO DOWNLOAD AN FTF FROM YOUR DEVICE GENERAL SECTION as the guides are for different devices and the process is same expect FTF file.
Now flashtool even allows you to download FTF from the app itself.
Quote me back in case you still need help!
Good Luck
Hnk1 said:
Oh mate, just keep it easy. You will fix your phone in ten minutes. I have done that so many times that I hardly remember.
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I suppose the hardest part is getting hold of a Windows computer.
Thanks a lot, I'll report back when I get the chance to do this. :good:
make sure you have the fastboot drivers installed for your device on the computer, turn the phone off, plug it into the computer, hold down the volume up key and turn it on, it should then go into fastboot mode wher eyou can flash the cm12 kernel to the device
if that fails then you might need a full install from scratch which is what the above suggested
Errrwin said:
I suppose the hardest part is getting hold of a Windows computer.
Thanks a lot, I'll report back when I get the chance to do this. :good:
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Sure, feel free to quote me any time. I'd be glad to help.
Richy99 said:
make sure you have the fastboot drivers installed for your device on the computer, turn the phone off, plug it into the computer, hold down the volume up key and turn it on, it should then go into fastboot mode wher eyou can flash the cm12 kernel to the device
if that fails then you might need a full install from scratch which is what the above suggested
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Cheers mate for your suggestion. I didn't go in details as I felt it might be a bit confusing for him to follow so many instructions.
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Hello,
I was bought moto g 8 GB and i used it one day.
My phone does not work
I made factory reset and after that phone works but after 2 hours when i turn on phone, i see only Moto logo, after that he appeared black screen. I will record video tomorrow if you need it.
When i hold power down and power button i can see fastboot flash mode. I can see normally options in flash mode but also i see "Device is LOCKED". http://postimg.org/image/oa3blyd2n/
http://postimg.org/image/9pm8r4i3z/
When i click on recovery mode phone has restart and i see moto logo and black screen...
I wait 7 hours but nothing happened.
Please help me
Joomlar said:
Hello,
I was bought moto g 8 GB and i used it one day.
My phone does not work
I made factory reset and after that phone works but after 2 hours when i turn on phone, i see only Moto logo, after that he appeared black screen. I will record video tomorrow if you need it.
When i hold power down and power button i can see fastboot flash mode. I can see normally options in flash mode but also i see "Device is LOCKED". http://postimg.org/image/oa3blyd2n/
http://postimg.org/image/9pm8r4i3z/
When i click on recovery mode phone has restart and i see moto logo and black screen...
I wait 7 hours but nothing happened.
Please help me
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The good thing about development phone like Moto G are that you can never brick your phone. It is very much recoverable. Try unlocking bootloader and then flash official firmware from this link http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=14
Use this link to unlock bootloader,
https://accounts.motorola.com/ssoau...ct/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-b
You can bring your phone back to life.
Hope it helps.
smohanv said:
The good thing about development phone like Moto G are that you can never brick your phone. It is very much recoverable. Try unlocking bootloader and then flash official firmware from this link http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=14
Use this link to unlock bootloader,
https://accounts.motorola.com/ssoau...ct/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-b
You can bring your phone back to life.
Hope it helps.
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Or he can ask for replacement
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jaspreet997 said:
Or he can ask for replacement
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I would not wait for two weeks for replacement when we can bring the phone to life within 30min.
I agree a risk element in it. If the phone is basically faulty, then it is not worth trying the way I suggested. Has this worked before you started mess around?
Good luck..
smohanv said:
I would not wait for two weeks for replacement when we can bring the phone to life within 30min.
I agree a risk element in it. If the phone is basically faulty, then it is not worth trying the way I suggested. Has this worked before you started mess around?
Good luck..
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If the phone is basically faulty (a potential hardware issue) the last thing one should do is unlock the bootloader and lose the warranty.
Sent from my Nexus 5
If you have ordered from flipkart Just call them and pretend that its not turning on at all.....and they will give you a hand to hand replacement!
I can return phone but it cost more then 60 EUR via DHL and i must wait long time...
Today i will try to unlock bootloader and flash firmware. Thanks you all, have you more suggestions?
I dont know what happened. This is strange problem because telephone work fine 5 hours and after power off, i see only Motorola Logo. I hope that i will not miss guarranty when i unlock bootloader.
Unlock device is finished. Can you give me tutorial for flashing stock firmware? I am noob
U used this tutorial: http://www.theandroidsoul.com/install-moto-g-uk-generic-firmwarestock-rom/
but after flashing i have the same problem
Is there any solution? If not, how i can lock bootloader because now i lose guarranty
Joomlar said:
Hello,
I was bought moto g 8 GB and i used it one day.
My phone does not work
I made factory reset and after that phone works but after 2 hours when i turn on phone, i see only Moto logo, after that he appeared black screen. I will record video tomorrow if you need it.
When i hold power down and power button i can see fastboot flash mode. I can see normally options in flash mode but also i see "Device is LOCKED". http://postimg.org/image/oa3blyd2n/
http://postimg.org/image/9pm8r4i3z/
When i click on recovery mode phone has restart and i see moto logo and black screen...
I wait 7 hours but nothing happened.
Please help me
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I had exactly the same issue, after I unlocked the bootloader this happened to me, don't worry is not bricked just a software issue with some providers firmwares, what did I do? The good about this is, you should be able to put it in fastboot.
Read all before try it please
* I unlocked the bootloader (seems like you already did it)
* I flashed CWM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2563599
Here the next issue was I needed to flash a ROM but I wasn't able to put any file in my device even mouting the USB in CWM or adb push, so: sideload
* I downloaded this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606943 (you could use other but that worked for me)
* I Put the zip file in the fastboot directory
* I turned on my device in recovery mode (CWM, you can do it by the fastboot, select recovery, use vol up to enter, vol down to move, power button doesn't work here).
* Wipe factory, cache and dalvik (just in case I think factory wipe is enough)
* I went to the option flash from zip file, flash from sideload (or similar not sure about the name but it says sideload)
adb sideload myromfile.zip
once the adb finish, CWM will notify you and you can flash your rom regularly. It will finish, then you should reboot, It should take about 5 minutes for the first boot. Then my phone worked again.
Sorry if I said something wrong, first time I talk here and I felt identified with your issue and wanted to help you.
Thank you. I flashed CWM but i can not enter to it. When i hold volume down + power button i enter in fastboot flash mode. How i can enter to recovery cwm? When i enter to recovery trough fastboot mode nothing happened. Phone has restart and appeared moto logo. When i flash it i got ".mismatched partition size".
Is there any tutorial for me ? I am very frustrated with this phone
sounds like the phone might be faulty if it happened and you didnt do anything to cause it ,
anyway another option for you is to try a external reset,you have attempted too flash other firmwares so not 100% sure it will work but give it a try through fastboot recovery.
click the link below and halfway down the page follow the instruction for "external reset"
https://motorola-global-portal.cust..._detail/a_id/97329/p/30,6720,9050/action/auth
This is my steps:
-Flash this falcon_retgb_user_4.3_14.10.0Q3.X-76-LGG-8_54_release-keys-cid7-Retail_GB via this tutorial http://www.theandroidsoul.com/install-moto-g-uk-generic-firmwarestock-rom/
-flash CWM V3 or V2
Do i need to flash some other stock ROM before i do external reset? EDIT; external reset does not work becase i can not enter to recovery and wipe data/cache...
smohanv said:
The good thing about development phone like Moto G are that you can never brick your phone. It is very much recoverable. Try unlocking bootloader and then flash official firmware from this link http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=14
Use this link to unlock bootloader,
https://accounts.motorola.com/ssoau...ct/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-b
You can bring your phone back to life.
Hope it helps.
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Except it isn't a development phone and of course you can brick it. Try erasing the bootloader and recovery and see how you get on then. Im pretty sure it'd be bricked??
To OP - you should have returned phone especially as you are a noob, no offence but a noob trying to recover a phone which has 'broken' by itself is not going to end well especially as its impossible to tell if its hardware or software issue in the first place.
I wish you luck though.
Joomlar said:
Thank you. I flashed CWM but i can not enter to it. When i hold volume down + power button i enter in fastboot flash mode. How i can enter to recovery cwm? When i enter to recovery trough fastboot mode nothing happened. Phone has restart and appeared moto logo. When i flash it i got ".mismatched partition size".
Is there any tutorial for me ? I am very frustrated with this phone
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To get into CWM after flash it, go to fastboot mode, then in the menu, use ONLY vol down and move to the recovery option, once in the recovery option push vol up.
It also could be you phone has a fault from factory.
scott_doyland said:
Except it isn't a development phone and of course you can brick it. Try erasing the bootloader and recovery and see how you get on then. Im pretty sure it'd be bricked??
To OP - you should have returned phone especially as you are a noob, no offence but a noob trying to recover a phone which has 'broken' by itself is not going to end well especially as its impossible to tell if its hardware or software issue in the first place.
I wish you luck though.
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You can perfeclty recover an erased or corrupt bootloader, and from there flash anything you want, including recovery. Yeah, it's an unbrickable phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2623587
Joomlar said:
Thank you. I flashed CWM but i can not enter to it. When i hold volume down + power button i enter in fastboot flash mode. How i can enter to recovery cwm? When i enter to recovery trough fastboot mode nothing happened. Phone has restart and appeared moto logo. When i flash it i got ".mismatched partition size".
Is there any tutorial for me ? I am very frustrated with this phone
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i got the same error, but i just kept flashing cwm like five times in a row then vol down then up and it loaded cwm.
try it.
Yes, it can be bricked depending on the version... Mine can't have the bootloader unlocked...
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I must return phone. My bootloader is unlocked, i hope that manufacturer will give me new phone.
IF you have any solution respond me please.
Maybe you could try this way http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219 !?
Joomlar said:
I must return phone. My bootloader is unlocked, i hope that manufacturer will give me new phone.
IF you have any solution respond me please.
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Your phone seems to be fine. the only option worth a try is to flash official firmware that should go ok with a locked bootloader forget about custom recovery and rooms
and in any case do not unlock the bootloader until you some how solve this and in the picture you posted the phone already is in flash mode just make your PC to recognize your phone by installing the necessary drivers and flash
Find everything you need in the post above mine
My sony xperia M2 suddenly start blocking on boot. It comes to blue waves animation and it is stuck there.
I used flashtool software to flash new firmware hoping that it will solve the problem, but even after flashing device the problem still occurs.
Please help
TeslaNikola said:
My sony xperia M2 suddenly start blocking on boot. It comes to blue waves animation and it is stuck there.
I used flashtool software to flash new firmware hoping that it will solve the problem, but even after flashing device the problem still occurs.
Please help
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Best to ask in the Xperia M2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting forum.
There you will get quick and proper help.
Good luck !
If it boots to the blue waves that means the Linux kernel is running, but something gets stuck at Java level. As fast attempts you may try to boot the phone without SIM card, or reboot in safe mode (not sure about the key combination, though. I'm a bit new to this phone). The other option is to do an hard reset to factory mode (again, I don't know the boot key combination): Otherwise repair the FW from the PC companion/ Bridge for Mac, I wouldn't use flashtool.
Miche1asso said:
If it boots to the blue waves that means the Linux kernel is running, but something gets stuck at Java level. As fast attempts you may try to boot the phone without SIM card, or reboot in safe mode (not sure about the key combination, though. I'm a bit new to this phone). The other option is to do an hard reset to factory mode (again, I don't know the boot key combination): Otherwise repair the FW from the PC companion/ Bridge for Mac, I wouldn't use flashtool.
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I've done all of that...I updated software with PC Companion.. I can't get into safe mode, and I did hard reset several time...
But still, same thing is happening, It's still blocked on blue waves animation on boot.
TeslaNikola said:
I've done all of that...I updated software with PC Companion.. I can't get into safe mode, and I did hard reset several time...
But still, same thing is happening, It's still blocked on blue waves animation on boot.
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Same here i have tried everything you have tried but no luck i hope someome can help !!!! cause i am at a lost....
Unless there is some malfunctioning piece of HW breaking up the boot process I am running out of ideas. After repairing the FW the ROM is like brand new. It should boot. To get more info one would need to run
Code:
adb logcat
From the PC/Mac with the phone connected via USB. But the USB debugging must be enabled. You may give it a try, but I doubt adb would connect.
PS: Wait, unless you guys unlocked the bootloader and restored the wrong TA partition. That would mess up things quite heavily.
Hello, after flashing the ftf it takes a very long term for it too boot up. For me it too about 20mins first time and about 1 hour for one time that I messed up really bad. I just left it on charge. (best charge on pc with adb running) and it should be fine. Also try sticking a pin/paperclip/pen into the hole next to the sim and sd slots. This will force the phone to shut down. Try rebooting. Also while flashing the ftf you need to UNTICK the data and cache (this WILL wipe all your data) AND TICK all the others. This will flash everything else. Also after flashing don't just unplug your phone. Eject it first (no one does that but do it) My current best guess is that. You've installed an app that runs at boot and is poorly written and cause error that stops the phone booting.
Additional to that. The is a chance very slight that one of your files is currupted try doing a md5hash and matching it. Secondly and most likely is that you packaged the ftf wrong if you just downloaded it and popped it inside the flash tools installations folder then it probably won't be this. But if you downloaded with the app, you get to choose what aspect of the ftf to include. So at this stage you might be miss out the kernal or whatever else as you spam next. Try reading my guide if you already haven't. Sorry for the very long post. I hope I helped
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BlazingBullets said:
Hello, after flashing the ftf it takes a very long term for it too boot up. For me it too about 20mins first time and about 1 hour for one time that I messed up really bad. I just left it on charge. (best charge on pc with adb running) and it should be fine. Also try sticking a pin/paperclip/pen into the hole next to the sim and sd slots. This will force the phone to shut down. Try rebooting. Also while flashing the ftf you need to UNTICK the data and cache (this WILL wipe all your data) AND TICK all the others. This will flash everything else. Also after flashing don't just unplug your phone. Eject it first (no one does that but do it) My current best guess is that. You've installed an app that runs at boot and is poorly written and cause error that stops the phone booting.
Additional to that. The is a chance very slight that one of your files is currupted try doing a md5hash and matching it. Secondly and most likely is that you packaged the ftf wrong if you just downloaded it and popped it inside the flash tools installations folder then it probably won't be this. But if you downloaded with the app, you get to choose what aspect of the ftf to include. So at this stage you might be miss out the kernal or whatever else as you spam next. Try reading my guide if you already haven't. Sorry for the very long post. I hope I helped
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I can see that flashing was successful because icon that shows when phone is turned off and charging has changed. But regardless of new firmware, the problem stays the same. I've left it for hours to boot but nothing.
I also don't think that installing bad application is a reason for this, because I haven't installed anything for days before this happened.
TeslaNikola said:
I can see that flashing was successful because icon that shows when phone is turned off and charging has changed. But regardless of new firmware, the problem stays the same. I've left it for hours to boot but nothing.
I also don't think that installing bad application is a reason for this, because I haven't installed anything for days before this happened.
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Sorry for the super late reply and your problem is probably fixed by now. The FTF should flash everything. if you have them all ticked (except data and cache, they need to be UNTICKED for it to be flashed). If it doesn't solve your problem then its a bootloader problem and i personally cannot help you. You'll have to call into Sony.
Let me start off by saying that I just got this phone and decided to install a custom recovery and rom on it. As I do with all my phones that allow me to do so. I got the phone with android 4.4.4 on it, rooted it with Kingroot, and proceeded to use the XZDualrecovery tool to install TWRP. After that was all done, I downloaded the Z5 Expierience Rom, and I'm going to take a long shot here and say that I must have majorly missed something. Because after flashing that Rom in TWRP, my phone will do next to nothing. All went fine with the install of the ROM itself. Wiped Dalvik/Cache before restart.
If i hold down the power button I get a single vibration and then the phone does nothing (Does not even turn on backlight). If I plug the phone into my computer the phone will start a sequence of Red (LED), Green (LED), Vibrate. It does this aobut once every second. I can access Fastboot if I hold the volume + button, the LED then goes solid blue and the phone stops the LED - Vibration sequence. The only problem I have, as far as just not being able to Flashtool it back to life is, not being able to get the phone to go into Flashmode. No matter what I do, the phone will not let me get it into Flashmode. Im sure there is a good reason for this, I am just not sure what it is.
I've been flashing Roms and Recoveries since G1 days. I'm usually pretty decent at figuring this kind of thing out, but this thing has got me puzzled. I clearly went terribly wrong somewhere here, hopefully someone who knows this phone much better than I can point me in the right direction and hopefully get my less than 10 hour phone working again.
P.S. - If the phone is plugged into the wallcharger is does something similar to when it is plugged into my computer, but instead of a Sequence of Red - Green - Vibrate, I just get a steady red blink folled by a vibration. The phone will continue to do so until unplugged from the charger.
All help is very appreaciated!
I'm having the same issue. Anyone with the fix would be appreciated
Not sure what to try at this point!
I've been looking non-stop in my free time for a fix for this thing, and no matter what I do I keep getting the same results. Not really sure where to go from here, I have tried Flashtool, Emma, and PC Compainion out of desperaity. I tried all three options on teo seperate computers (One Windows 10 and the other Windows 7.) I have also tried multiple cables. No matter what I do all this thing will do is blink at me and vibrate. Is this thing hard bricked? I read its close to impossible to hard brick one of these phones. I'm wiling to accept that I have if that is the case. Just would like an opinion from someone who has some knowledge with these.
Same here, someone plz help.
If is only a change of batery or the phone is dead completly, an the stop trying to revive it.
Thanks .
Nick1801 said:
Let me start off by saying that I just got this phone and decided to install a custom recovery and rom on it. As I do with all my phones that allow me to do so. I got the phone with android 4.4.4 on it, rooted it with Kingroot, and proceeded to use the XZDualrecovery tool to install TWRP. After that was all done, I downloaded the Z5 Expierience Rom, and I'm going to take a long shot here and say that I must have majorly missed something. Because after flashing that Rom in TWRP, my phone will do next to nothing. All went fine with the install of the ROM itself. Wiped Dalvik/Cache before restart.
If i hold down the power button I get a single vibration and then the phone does nothing (Does not even turn on backlight). If I plug the phone into my computer the phone will start a sequence of Red (LED), Green (LED), Vibrate. It does this aobut once every second. I can access Fastboot if I hold the volume + button, the LED then goes solid blue and the phone stops the LED - Vibration sequence. The only problem I have, as far as just not being able to Flashtool it back to life is, not being able to get the phone to go into Flashmode. No matter what I do, the phone will not let me get it into Flashmode. Im sure there is a good reason for this, I am just not sure what it is.
I've been flashing Roms and Recoveries since G1 days. I'm usually pretty decent at figuring this kind of thing out, but this thing has got me puzzled. I clearly went terribly wrong somewhere here, hopefully someone who knows this phone much better than I can point me in the right direction and hopefully get my less than 10 hour phone working again.
P.S. - If the phone is plugged into the wallcharger is does something similar to when it is plugged into my computer, but instead of a Sequence of Red - Green - Vibrate, I just get a steady red blink folled by a vibration. The phone will continue to do so until unplugged from the charger.
All help is very appreaciated![/QUOTE
!st question is did you flash the correct rom for your device?
If you can go to recovery, then try to flash another rom,
Or use adb/fastboot to try and flash recovery img and use fastboot to reboot recovery.
Alternatively you may have to flash a kernel relevant to your rom.
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Try this and see if it helps.........
If your phone is unbranded, i.e. not locked to a carrier, download a any generic(customized) firmware for your device through Xperifirm and flash it through Flashtool. It will wipe all your data (excluding your microSD, of course) but you don't have any other choice. This is most probably unbrick it...... So, try it and all the best.:good:
EDIT: If you've tried it, then go for this. Luckily you've fastboot still working, right? So, go to fastboot mode and flash a recovery image through it. It may take a lot of time but if recovery works, you can install a stock based rom for your device and then go back to stock firmware through Xperifirm and Flashtool.....
The phone is a Verizon model. I've tried to unlock the bootloader using command prompt following the sony instructions, after recieving my unlock key. I am able to connect to the phone and all of the fastboot commands work until I try and run the one to actually unlock the bootlaoder. That says the it is "not allowed." I think that is because I never enabled OEM Unlocking in the developers menu though. Not sure if there is a stock kernel I should try an flash through fastboot. Or if there is a stock recovery file that is flashbable through fastboot with a locked bootloader. The phone is definetley working in fastboot and somehow still knows how to charge. Im pretty sure at this point the problem is that the phone has a custom rom on it but the bootloader is still locked. I cannot unlock the bootloader because I can't get in Android to enable the proper options. Have also tried Flashtool for unlock the bootloader, along with extracting kernel sins from a stock 4.4.4 and a stock 5.0.1 FTF and trying to flash them. Since the begining I have still seen no change in the phone behavior.
Nick1801 said:
The phone is a Verizon model. I've tried to unlock the bootloader using command prompt following the sony instructions, after recieving my unlock key. I am able to connect to the phone and all of the fastboot commands work until I try and run the one to actually unlock the bootlaoder. That says the it is "not allowed." I think that is because I never enabled OEM Unlocking in the developers menu though. Not sure if there is a stock kernel I should try an flash through fastboot. Or if there is a stock recovery file that is flashbable through fastboot with a locked bootloader. The phone is definetley working in fastboot and somehow still knows how to charge. Im pretty sure at this point the problem is that the phone has a custom rom on it but the bootloader is still locked. I cannot unlock the bootloader because I can't get in Android to enable the proper options. Have also tried Flashtool for unlock the bootloader, along with extracting kernel sins from a stock 4.4.4 and a stock 5.0.1 FTF and trying to flash them. Since the begining I have still seen no change in the phone behavior.
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dude I'm from the Verizon side yea like you have an bootloader status unlock no so your not going to change that and you can only flash Verizon z3v stuff you are really lucky if you can still get to fastboot after doing this. Use flashtool and flash a Verizon ROM from the z3v section only and pray it works.
Hi guys. So I have been going through xda and Google for hours and hours trying solutions, to no avail. I almost never post on forums for help because I can usually find the solution. Not this time. This is my last resort next to throwing my phone out a window or praying for death's sweet release.
The facts: I have a rooted Xperia Z3v. I tried to upgrade TWRP in order to follow some directions on upgrading to Nougat. I flashed TWRP from 2.8.X.X to 3.X.X.X. I rebooted and it never made it to the Sony logo. Now, if I plug the phone in to either a wall socket or PC it vibrates, endlessly at three second intervals, each time with red LED. If I try to enter flash mode, then its the same but with a brief green led after the red. I can enter fastboot (the only way to stop it vibrating while plugged in) and my PC sees it, including Flashtool, but since my bootloader is locked permanently, I can't really do much with it.
When plugged into the wall-charger, I noticed that the charger's LED changes from "Active" to "Inactive" with every vibration. I'm pretty sure I'm in a reboot loop. The screen is totally dead and there's no logo, but every three seconds it kills it self and comes back.
I have tried everything I could think of.
What I have:
I have the stock firmware ready to go
I have TWRP backups on SD card and PC
I have Flashtool
I think my drivers are good, but not 100% sure
I can fastboot
I'm at my wit's end and losing hope.
Please, I'm open to any suggestions at all.
There is a chance to save your phone 50% this trick might work for your phone sort of .
First i need some answers
1.If you go to flash mode the phone vibrates right is it detectable by your pc at that time.
2.did you Try hard reset not by the vol button press but the very sophisticated button under the sim tray.
3.https://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/development/nougat-7-1-1-android-source-project-t3532346
try this I know this is not for your phone but you will be able to actually boot your phone or atleast take a rest for what the heck is going on with your phone
4.If none of the solutions work disscuss with me i am happy to help
Same thing here. Flashed wrong ROM via TWRP.
As a result, immediate loop (repetitive vibration, led blinking red) when connected via USB. No recovery access. Only fastboot access (blue led).
Locked bootloader.
Flashtool:
- tried flashing kernel.sin extracted from a stock ftf - no good (locked bootloader, unlocking requires flashboot which is not accessible).
- tried flashing system.sin extracted from a stock ftf - no good, flashtool says
INFO - Flashing selected system
and immediately after that
INFO - Please check the log before rebooting into system
So it clearly doesn't do anything. Any other approaches to try?
Tech core said:
First i need some answers
1.If you go to flash mode the phone vibrates right is it detectable by your pc at that time.
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Flashmode does not work, it starts cycling immediately.
Tech core said:
2.did you Try hard reset not by the vol button press but the very sophisticated button under the sim tray.
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Yes, certainly.
Tech core said:
3.https://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/development/nougat-7-1-1-android-source-project-t3532346
try this I know this is not for your phone but you will be able to actually boot your phone or at least take a rest for what the heck is going on with your phone
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Can't flash anything, so can't try it.
Tech core said:
There is a chance to save your phone 50% this trick might work for your phone sort of .
First i need some answers
1.If you go to flash mode the phone vibrates right is it detectable by your pc at that time.
2.did you Try hard reset not by the vol button press but the very sophisticated button under the sim tray.
3.https://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/development/nougat-7-1-1-android-source-project-t3532346
try this I know this is not for your phone but you will be able to actually boot your phone or atleast take a rest for what the heck is going on with your phone
4.If none of the solutions work disscuss with me i am happy to help
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I bought an M4 Aqua to keep me going for now as they're cheap. The E2306 is unrootable with 6.0.1 and I don't want to downgrade to Loli so no possibility to butt**** this one. If s300pmu1 and you figure it out, I'll do the same to mine.
TheControlled said:
I bought an M4 Aqua to keep me going for now as they're cheap. The E2306 is unrootable with 6.0.1 and I don't want to downgrade to Loli so no possibility to butt**** this one. If s300pmu1 and you figure it out, I'll do the same to mine.
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I didnt get your comment brief it to me
Hi guys, can someone help me:
first i had my xperia xz premium 1 sim, but i never got updates so i downloaded android 9 firmware and tried to flash using sony flashtool but as soon it ask to connect the phone i had a power outage, so everytime i tried after i get error
getvar: max download size, so i quit trying and i saw i could install a different rom thru twrp but i needed to unlock the bootloader so i did but after i did i got green pictures i didnt know this would happened so i looked for a solution and saw xperifix but sadly i dont have the money for it, so i tried finding another solution and found a drmfix that i could flash but then the phone stuck on logo, i did a full wipe but i think in this process i erased the os so i tried flashing a custom rom but still doesnt pass the logo. is it possible to put back the stock rom and make the camera work?
Fairly difficult to read and understand what your problem is. Right now I can't help you as it is impossible for me understand what the problem is. Maybe you should edit the text.
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AtlanDaGonozal said:
Fairly difficult to read and understand what your problem is. Right now I can't help you as it is impossible for me understand what the problem is. Maybe you should edit the text.
Use shorter sentences.
Use paragraphs.
Add screenshots if possible.
Use upper case characters where appropriate.
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i cant flash my phone cause it get stuck on getvar: product, i accidently deleted my system in twrp recovery so i need a fix
imkofficial said:
i cant flash my phone cause it get stuck on getvar: product, i accidently deleted my system in twrp recovery so i need a fix
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Have your tried:
Unplug USB
Press and Hold volume up
Press and Hold power
Wait for LED to glow blue
Release buttons
This should boot your into the bootloader from where you can try the flash twrp anew using fastboot.
AtlanDaGonozal said:
Have your tried:
Unplug USB
Press and Hold volume up
Press and Hold power
Wait for LED to glow blue
Release buttons
This should boot your into the bootloader from where you can try the flash twrp anew using fastboot.
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i did and it does not flash using the stock tft. rom file it gives an error.