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[Q] did my m2 bricked?

i tried to root my phone. i had installed official 4.4.4 rom. then i unlocked bootloader with flashtool.
then i tired to install cwm recovery via cmd. after it finished and tried to reboot my phone screen blinks black all the time without booting.
i power off with the button on the side, but still nothing. any ideas?
after reboot i get sony logo, then the screen blinks. also pc recognize the device but can't boot in fastboot

akoutsakas said:
i tried to root my phone. i had installed official 4.4.4 rom. then i unlocked bootloader with flashtool.
then i tired to install cwm recovery via cmd. after it finished and tried to reboot my phone screen blinks black all the time without booting.
i power off with the button on the side, but still nothing. any ideas?
after reboot i get sony logo, then the screen blinks. also pc recognize the device but can't boot in fastboot
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Probably bad kernel. You should be able to bring it back by flashing the kernel from stock 4.4.4 FTF only

How shall I flash it?
Tried to unbrick with holding power + volume up for 10 secs (3 beeps) but still nothing.

There is OFF hole by the sim card, press with something sharp will power off the device. Flash proper kernel and you should be good.
Good Luck.
Xperia M2 D2303 on K.K. 4.4.4

[Q] How to install custom recovery after upgrading to Lollipop

Hi all
I have a XT1032 that I purchased from the Orange online store last year. I decided to give the official Lollipop update a go but I'm really not liking it. I want to revert back to either the stock 4.4.4 ROM or possibly a custom 4.4.4 ROM.
So far I've unlocked the bootloader on my device with no issues but I'm having some trouble flashing a custom recovery.
I've tried flashing the latest TWRP for MotoG (http://teamw.in/devices/motorolamotog2013.html) using fastboot but when I try to boot into the recovery the device just switches off. I also tried with the older TWRP 2.6.3.0 release for MotoG and have the same issue, as does CWT 6.0.47
Has anyone run into this issue before? Does anyone have any advice on how to solve the problem?

Try 2.8.1.0 TWRP when you in bootloader menu you must vol- to recovery and vol+ to enter recovery not power button

plantator said:
Try 2.8.1.0 TWRP when you in bootloader menu you must vol- to recovery and vol+ to enter recovery not power button
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Thanks! I feel like a complete nub, I didn't read the bootloader screen properly or I'd have realized what I was doing wrong, I'm so used to every other device I've used (HTC, Samsung, SE) using power to select bootloader menu items

bootloader disabled

Hi all, recently i've flashed Nitrogen rom with kernel, but i was flashed the wrong kernel. 2202, mine is 2203. The phone is rebooted but no screen just it's screen on. After reflash the right kernel, 2203, everything got to normal but my bootloader is missing. Can't access to him. I try everything, reboot mode in bootloader, vol - power. The phone boot but by pass the bootloader and goes directly to system. I tried resolving issue with Sony companion but an error when he told me to reboot with vol- power, it's booted directly to system after few second.
Someone can help me ? Please.
Thks

Try with Emma (Sony flashtool) insted of Sony companion or use Flashtool by androxyde (community flashtool) and flash .ftf file.

Thks i'll try it.

Doesnt work. The will boot directly to system.
Help please !

Do you use correct combo? Does volume keys work?

Yes the correct combo vol down and usb. Reboot via system to bootloader the same. The phone stay few second to screen off with Led orange and boot to system. But boot to team recovery works perfect, blue Led and i'm in....

cant use any recovery

hi, i try to boot into recovery, but i get only green android with red triangle, i try via bootloader and via press VOL +/- and POWER button, but in either case I can not access.
I flashed all the latest factory image via fastboot [boot, system, recovery, cache, bootloader, userdata] but the problem persists; the phone works well, i can use it normaly but the recovery is the only part does not working.... some advice? thx

When you see the dead android screen, you're holding down the power button and pressing volume up button?

It looks like you are booting into a stock recovery. Which would happen just after flashing the latest factory image.
What are you trying to achieve?

Fif_ said:
It looks like you are booting into a stock recovery. Which would happen just after flashing the latest factory image.
What are you trying to achieve?
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i wanted to get into recovery, but i solve by flashing the TWRP. thx

Xperia Z3 won't boot into recovery

It's been two days since i have been trying and now it's driving me crazy. I am on stock marshmallow with unlocked bootloader and root. I was trying something (irrelevant here) , and now the phone won't boot into recovery.
No green light when the phone turns on to press the volume buttons to boot into recovery.
Tried adb commands but they just reboot the device. Tried flashing ftf files but still the recovery won't come up.
Tried each and every recovery image out there but still no luck.
The recovery flashes with success but adb returns error "no devices/emulators found"
Btw I'm installing twrp recovery. If anyone knows a solution to this problem, please help

Ikhlaq737373 said:
It's been two days since i have been trying and now it's driving me crazy. I am on stock marshmallow with unlocked bootloader and root. I was trying something (irrelevant here) , and now the phone won't boot into recovery.
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Could be relevant, you never know.
Ikhlaq737373 said:
No green light when the phone turns on to press the volume buttons to boot into recovery.
Tried adb commands but they just reboot the device. Tried flashing ftf files but still the recovery won't come up.
Tried each and every recovery image out there but still no luck.
The recovery flashes with success but adb returns error "no devices/emulators found"
Btw I'm installing twrp recovery. If anyone knows a solution to this problem, please help
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How did you manage to "successfully" flash a recovery if adb doesn't even find the device. Usually when I flashed a TWRP I just booted into fastboot and did a quick fastboot flash. Never had any issues with that whatsoever. Maybe try that.

Here's the full story. I first unlocked the bootloader and flashed twrp, rooted and everything went fine. After a couple of months i decided to install lineage os , so i booted into recovery and wiped data, system etc. But i forgot to copy the lineage os zip , so i switched off the device(despite the error message "no os installed"), removed memory card and put files on it and inserted the card back. After this procedure, the phone stopped booting into recovery. Ever since then i am able to flash stock ftf files and everything but the device won't enter recovery so I'm unable to root it again. I hope this will help you understand the situation

Somebody please help

Ikhlaq737373 said:
Somebody please help
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Try an alternative route.
Fully flash a stock ftf .291. Everything will be up to date then and you'll have the latest bootloader.
Then try two things.
First try fastboot flashing the latest TWRP from Nailyk.
Then boot to recovery holding power and volume keys as you boot and it will boot directly to recovery.
You could also try fully flashing an ftf.
Then use adb to fastboot flash a custom stock based kernel like advanced kernel which includes TWRP 3.0.2.
Use that to boot to recovery the old way and voila you have recovery.

Dobsgw said:
Try an alternative route.
Fully flash a stock ftf .291. Everything will be up to date then and you'll have the latest bootloader.
Then try two things.
First try fastboot flashing the latest TWRP from Nailyk.
Then boot to recovery holding power and volume keys as you boot and it will boot directly to recovery.
You could also try fully flashing an ftf.
Then use adb to fastboot flash a custom stock based kernel like advanced kernel which includes TWRP 3.0.2.
Use that to boot to recovery the old way and voila you have recovery.
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Are you talking about the .291 ftf obtained from xperifirm ? Does that include the bootloader ?
I'll try the second solution(advanced kernel), thanks.

Ikhlaq737373 said:
Are you talking about the .291 ftf obtained from xperifirm ? Does that include the bootloader ?
I'll try the second solution(advanced kernel), thanks.
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Yeah that's the one. At the least it will set your phone back to factory settings and you can just start all he root tutorials from the beginning.
Option 2 should work for you.
You should definitely make sure your adb on your PC is working and make sure fastvoot is as well. Just to be sure its not the PC side of things.

I realize this is a bit of a necro-post but I thought it might help someone.
At some point TWRP on the Z3 Compact switched from Volume Up+Power to enter recovery to Volume Down+Recovery.
I spent about an hour trying to get into TWRP because every bit of documentation I read said you have to "power on and then press volume up several times" to get into recovery.
However that is NOT the case.
To get into TWRP after it's been flashed you have to hold Volume Down and Power at the same time, then release Power once the screen lights up.

Dobsgw said:
Yeah that's the one. At the least it will set your phone back to factory settings and you can just start all he root tutorials from the beginning.
Option 2 should work for you.
You should definitely make sure your adb on your PC is working and make sure fastvoot is as well. Just to be sure its not the PC side of things.
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Thanks dear . It (advanced kernel) worked like a charm

I spent about an hour trying to get into TWRP because every bit of documentation I read said you have to "power on and then press volume up several times" to get into recovery.
However that is NOT the case.
To get into TWRP after it's been flashed you have to hold Volume Down and Power at the same time, then release Power once the screen lights up.
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this little titbit just saved me. been hours on this!!

Can't get into Recovery and Custom ROM Android
C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery TWRP-Z3-recovery-Android10-2019-10-11-TESTING.img
sending 'recovery' (13310 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.687s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.906s]
finished. total time: 1.594s
fastboot reboot-bootloader
However, I no longer get into recovery and the Android system, but I still get into Fastboot mode.
Now I thought I flashed the recovery again but I can't boot in there .....

majikfox said:
I realize this is a bit of a necro-post but I thought it might help someone.
At some point TWRP on the Z3 Compact switched from Volume Up+Power to enter recovery to Volume Down+Recovery.
I spent about an hour trying to get into TWRP because every bit of documentation I read said you have to "power on and then press volume up several times" to get into recovery.
However that is NOT the case.
To get into TWRP after it's been flashed you have to hold Volume Down and Power at the same time, then release Power once the screen lights up.
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I signed in just to say thanks! And yes, people still use the Z3 lol