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[Q] Xperia Ray device unknown in flashtool

Hi All,
Got myself a new xperia Ray, and I want to flash the generic firmware as posted by DoomLord in the xperia mini forums. I've downloaded the last flashtool (version 0.3.0), but I cannot flash the generic firmware to my phone. The device is not supported. Only the X10 and the 17i are (Ray is 18i). Devices can be added to flashtool, but therefore the build properties file in flashtool needs to be altered; I do not know what parameters to put in that file so that it properly recognises my phone.
The reason I want to flash the generic firmware is because I want to get rid of those T-mobile logo's at startup and some apps that are for t-mobile simcards only. And to root the device eventually.
Any thoughts how to flash the generic firmware?

Seems like I got a step further; when pluggin in the phone when asked, I plug in the phone in flashmode (volume down and plug in usb), I get an error related to drivers of the phone. I have already installed pc companion and drivers for the phone were also installed. System is xp sp3 btw.
Any thoughts again?
Thanks

Allright, i solved it. Additional drivers were needed to recognise the phone in flashtool. The phone is nice and clean now!

can share how u do it? I have already installed the ADB drivers to work with fastboot but it seems flashtools still cannot find my devices

I don't know```

You first have to install pc companion. Pc companion installs drivers for the ray. Make sure that u have successfully communicated with the phone through the program. Thats one.
When flashing with flashtool, the phone needs to enter flashmode. Here lies the problem. When the phone enters flashmode, additional drivers are needed which werent installed by pc companion. Yiu see something with SEMCUSB and windows asks you to point to the drivers. These drivers you have to install when unlocking the bootloader and can be found at sony ericsson bootloader site (link is somewhere at xda). I needed also another driver for the phone to install which i found at xda at a step for step bootloader unlock.
So first unlock the bootloader. Then flash the rom. I will look up some links when i get home

Hi
You can unlock the Ray's bootloader from this link.
Follow the instructions there.(I haven't tested it but so far that works for others)

Sony Xperia E3 Bricked

I tried to put AOSP 5.1 from FXP in my phone, and my cellphone bricked. It wont turn on, it keeps the Sony Logo 2 seconds. It haven't connection with flashtool. Please Help me.

Hi. Can you give me more information what you did exactly step by step. So maybe i can help you. My E3 was bricked too. I found a solution. But i need more information.

Flash stock rom it'll unbrick it

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Thank you answer back! I did exactly the following:
The model is my Xperia E3 D2212 dual sim.
- Unlocked the bootloader, :laugh:
- CWM installed a custom recovery, :laugh:
- I reinstalled the original rom, :laugh:
- I made a backup of the entire system using CWM.
And everything went super normal way, without complications.
The mistake was when he wanted to installing a custom ROM called "AOSP_L_MR1_150718_flamingo" because I found out later that he had not read that it was for ANOTHER XPERIA as follow the you tube tutorial . The ROM's for another Xperia, if I remember correctly.
After doing the installation process of the new AOSP ROM, the phone is less than a minute on the logo of SONY XPERIA down with, looped, can not enter the bootloader, and no longer recognizes the PC. I can not recognize it at FlashTool. I think that's all. :crying:
I greatly appreciate your attention.
I ended up editing this text in the google translator, then I'm sorry, if you are not very good.
Thank you

Matteus Maximo Felisberto said:
I tried to put AOSP 5.1 from FXP in my phone, and my cellphone bricked. It wont turn on, it keeps the Sony Logo 2 seconds. It haven't connection with flashtool. Please Help me.
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Someone can help me please?

nibeal said:
Hi. Can you give me more information what you did exactly step by step. So maybe i can help you. My E3 was bricked too. I found a solution. But i need more information.
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Could you help me? I can not make the pc recognize him ... He barely turns on and off since. The PC Companion software tells recognize it, but when you are installing the software says "it is not possible for this phone is changed." I can not scessar the bootloader does not give time and it shuts down.

Thanks, my error was with the fastboot driver and adb in flashtool. The Windows drivers wasn't been recognized, I've to install the drivers, all of they. After this, I Flashed the Stcok ROM, installed SuperSU and Restored the backup, everything works fine and fluid now. Thanks, anyway, for encouraging me.

I flashed my D2203 back to factory rom yesterday using Flashtool (flashtool.net/downloads.php) on Windows 7 PC.
How did I do it:
1) Install flashtool
2) Install Flashtool-drivers.exe from flashtool subfolder /drivers and select flashmode and fastboot drivers.
3) Run Flashtool and open XperiFirm (letters XF on logo)
4) Select Xperia E3 Flamingo -> proper D22** you have -> Market -> and select latest release below PayPal logo
5) Press "Download" and wait for download and unpacking
6) Switch off phone (if power on/off button does not respond then open back cover and push "OFF" by using pen)
7) Press and hold volume down button and connect phone to PC using original USB cable
8) Using Flashmode flash device

[Completed] Sony Xperia SP Jellybean 4.3 hard? BRICKED

Hi!
I have a Sony Xperia SP, and it was buggi and slow so i wanted to install cm12. After installing it said that i installed successfully bot the phone never booted again, so i reinstalled the custom sony rom. Something went wrong during reinstalling, and it aborted. Now the phone is stuck in a bootloop. At startup the sony logo appears, than the phone reboots. I think it's hardly bricked because:
-The phone is in bootloop.
-I cannot access recovery mode, because during rom reinstalling i lost my root privilege.
-Sony pc companion does not recognize my phone.
-When i try to flash the stock kernel on the phone, with flashtool (phone connected in flash mode), the phone always disconnects at Dumping TA partition 2.
-Cannot connect the phone in fastboot mode (not working with the right gutton combination).
-No software recognize my phone, just flashtool.
-ADB drivers didn"t work.
I tried everithing on win10, win7 and ubuntu 14.04 that i coud find on the internet.
Should i throw it down from a cliff, of you guys have any idea?

Hello,
In order to help you further, please post your question here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-sp/help
The experts there will be able to help you. Good luck.

Thanks! I'll do that.

NO SIM card detected on D2302 on any Custom ROM,Urgent help needed

Hello Xperia M2 dual D2302 users and rest of the dev's,
Right now i ran out of all options after spending huge amount of time in browsing threads.
Problem definition:
wifi works,bluetooth works but no SIM detected. NO IMEI found either.
I was on 18.6.A.0.182 ,did bootlocker unlock via Fastboot and then used eagle root to root device.Installed TWRP,CWM,Phil recoveries .Currently i'm on TWRP.
able to fastboot able to enter recovery ,able to flash different ROMs available in forum.
Biggest issue apart from SIM undetection is NOT ABLE to enter FLASHMODE using latest flashtool. tried installing drivers many times and tried to enter flashmode.
when I start flashtool and load a ftf then click flash ,Volume- doesnt take me to flashmmode , i see that GREEN LED blinks for sec and then disappears ,flashtool keeps waiting while i get attached errors.
not sure where im doing wrong but this phone is crucial for me right now.
i bought this device in india and right now using in US.
i tried booting s/w's without SIMs as well.
can you guys please help me?
Below are the ROMs and recoveries tried,
1.cm-11-20141030-UNOFFICIAL-eagle
2.cm-12-20150322-UNOFFICIAL-eagle
3.cm-13.0-20161117-UNOFFICIAL-eagle
4.cm-14.1-20161213-UNOFFICIAL-eagle
5.EagleXperience-5.0b1
6.omni-6.0.1-20160227-eagle-EXPERIMENTAL
7.Slim-eagle-5.1.1.custom.2-UNOFFICIAL-20151118-0020
8.Z5-STYLE-4.6-eagle
and i have tried CWM ,TWRP,PHil recoveries.
Please help me.

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You should try to restore stock ROM and if it won't work, then you should send it to service repair.

As i understand...restoring means using flashtool? if so my phone doesnt get into flashmode..any idea how to restore?

If you can't get into flashmode then you really should send it to service repair.

hello @tromine thanks for your suggestion.
i have one question related to "flashmode" drivers.
when you press vol-down button and connecting USB after that, should the flashtool installs flashmode drivers for D2302?
can you suggest me what should appear in device manager (see pic 2).
im using windows 10 home 64-bit OS and X64-bit processor PC.
can you please suggest.

Summary : I was able to restore the device.
How: I found that bcoz of 3rd party USB cable i wasn't able to get into flash mode(though fastboot,USB data transfer work using 3rd party cable).
Very importantly in my case .......This ROM FIUI-2.5-UNOFFICIAL-eagle saved me somehow by giving me IMEI number and SIMs were working. later using flashtool i did flash having right ftf. i guess i lost IMEI , signal by flashing wrong ROMs(mine was D2302 eagle-ds Indian version)
Now I'm able to fully restore the device with all functionalities working as usual, I'm so relieved now.
I felt like a noob and a geek at the same time lol.
Thanks for all devs who created all those wonderful tools.
OP: please close this thread.

Glad to see that you solved your problem

Hi! Im facing the exact same prob with my xperia m2 dual (d2302).
No sim card is detected but everything else is working on stock rom. I tried flashing FIUI as you said above but am still unable get any signal on either of my sim cards. Please help, Thanks!

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Google Xperia m2 drivers, you need additional drivers (you can find them on Sony mobile) to flash M2. Green led also blik and disappear for me but Flashtool tell me that phone is connected in Flashmode.
Good Luck!

Xperia E3 D2203 issues, need help.

Hello everyone!
I´m here by to ask for help about my device.
It has been a month since my device is stuck on encryption unsuccessful, although I´ve search on the net and XDA for a solution but to no avail.
My Xperia E3 D2203 from vodafone Portugal can not be repair with Sony Companion:
- Powering on in flash mode led flash green and off and it is recognized as SOMC flash device, pc companion starts the process repair but throws an error asking me to connect in flash mode. I have tried several computers with and without anti virus but nothing works.
I´m able to enter fast mode led flash blue and stays blue.
I downloaded unofficial flash tool from here and used xperifirm with official rom for my device, country and provider:
- Flash mode is recognized and the process begins but get stuck on reading device information.
-Fast boot mode is recognized but no change what so ever.
From what i gathered, using flash tool in info or error mode, I came to brick wall as my device is not in debugging mode but developer mode was active before the device died on me.
Is there anyway to recover my device in this state? What can I do?
It has been a month an a half and I searched, tried again and again all sorts of solution without success.
Any help or pointing me out to the right direction is much appreciated!
Best regards to all.
allnet7.

Try to uninstall Flashtool, remove the .flashtool folder from user folder and then reinstall and try again

rmnhg said:
Try to uninstall Flashtool, remove the .flashtool folder from user folder and then reinstall and try again
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Thx a bunch.
I'll try soon and will give a feedback soon.
Cheers!:good: