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
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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!!!!
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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
Hey guys,
I've seen some solutions for my kind of problem but none of them seems to start at my frustrating point.
After I rooted my HTC One S I was able to reboot my device and everything went fine.
The problem occured just when my battery was depleted and the phone got turned off I had no chance to restart it.
The LED did not show me it was charging and it did nothing, when I pressed the power button or the volume/power combination.
So i connected it to my laptop and tried to check my devices through adb.
It says my device is in recovery mode.
Using the fastboot reboot command I was always able to reboot my phone and everything was just fine.
I thought it was alright, as I just had to pay attention not to use up my battery, when not at home.
Today my phone just decided to turn off. It refuses to boot up even with the fastboot help from my PC.
It just says: < waiting for device >
certainly I'm unable to post a link to a screenshot I made of my cmd.
Thank you for all kind of help
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im having the same issue
culson_35 said:
Using this tool I could not get in fast mode ... and my phone is using the official ICS rom v30b .... help
LG P925 ICS 3D
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could u tell me what u did to c the silver lg screen all i get is waiting for device and a black screen with the bottom button lit up
ryanrickard85 said:
could u tell me what u did to c the silver lg screen all i get is waiting for device and a black screen with the bottom button lit up
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Have you installed OMAP drivers properly?
Open Device Manager on your PC and search for OMAP4430 (it connects and disconnects continuously) so, quickly double click on it and chose update driver. Select browse my computer for driver software > then go to usb_drv_windows folder in OS_HACKING tool then press Next. Wait till the driver installs.
After that, run the AIO Tool and follow onscreen instructions. You should now be able to enter Fastboot mode and flash your phone.
Dear Bro!
I've flashed, unbrick, made my Lg p920 dualboot several times before but now I have problem and need u advice.
Yesterday, when I was playing a game it suddenly turn off, and turn on to the lg logo and go off. At the first time I just think its the error came from the game so I tried to press power button to turn it on but no success.
After awhile I plug power cable in and the phone turned on and boot smoothly in to the ICS, but this time I realize that power button is not function anymore.
Up to now, My phone is:
Power button dont work.
If I want to turn it on I must plug the power cable in and It boot completely to the ICS(when I put in battery the phone is wake up and boot to lg logo and go off).
I tried to install Omap driver several time but no success, There isnt Lg United Mobile port in device manager to change the port to com41.
I cant boot in to flashmode to flash but can go to TWRP (via a software in android - restart to TWRP option)
My power button physically situation is good (I mode build.pro to wake my phone up by camera button 2 years ago and it work well up to now with no problem) Therefore, I think the problems should be errors in bootloader or kernel , xloader so I think if I could flash them via TWRP may be solve.
Could u please help me?
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Dear Bro!
I've flashed, unbrick, made my Lg p920 dualboot several times before but now I have problem and need u advice.
Yesterday, when I was playing a game it suddenly turn off, and turn on to the lg logo and go off. At the first time I just think its the error came from the game so I tried to press power button to turn it on but no success.
After awhile I plug power cable in and the phone turned on and boot smoothly in to the ICS, but this time I realize that power button is not function anymore.
Up to now, My phone is:
Power button dont work.
If I want to turn it on I must plug the power cable in and It boot completely to the ICS(when I put in battery the phone is wake up and boot to lg logo and go off).
I tried to install Omap driver several time but no success, There isnt Lg United Mobile port in device manager to change the port to com41.
I cant boot in to flashmode to flash but can go to TWRP (via a software in android - restart to TWRP option)
My power button physically situation is good (I mode build.pro to wake my phone up by camera button 2 years ago and it work well up to now with no problem) Therefore, I think the problems should be errors in bootloader or kernel , xloader so I think if I could flash them via TWRP may be solve.
Could u please help me?
XDA member Zogu made a thread quite a while ago. Here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2190261
There you will find Wkpark's bootloader as a flashable zip that you can flash in TWRP. You said that you are an experienced user so I take it that you can also find and flash a kernel compatible with your ROM.
To be honest, from your description, I don't think any of the above will help you (but you can try, if you want). I believe that your power button is stuck to "pressed" state. If you could spray it with some contacts cleaner while repeatedly pressing and releasing it, you might get it to work again.
won't get into fastboot
hay i have GB and i want to install wkparks bootloader , but the problem i couldn't get into fastboot i had fallowed the guide but at the end it dosn't show silver LG but the touch buttons is on and when trying to flash the bootloader just show waiting for device after selecting "flash bootloaders" , i'm on win7 64bit and using v1.3 .
photos in attachments shows what i get when trying to install the bootloader
so any help i'll by pleasured
Hi guys
Does anyone know what is the best course of action to revive an lg p920 running stock ICS and died after twrp 2.3.3.0 was flashed via twrp manager from the market.
The screen went black and phone completely dead now.
I just ordered a factory cable on eBay and wondering whether to flash kdz or is there another fix that I can flash to revive it?
Cheers..
Solved
Even with factory cable, windows 10 PC was my problem.
I flashed kdz on a different PC running windows 7 and all is working fine.
Hello All,
This is my first post at this forum.
I've come to a point where I'm on the verge of giving up.
A few days ago my Nexus 5 entered a boot loop without me doing anything special with it - it was just in my pocket.
All see is the google logo for a few seconds , then the screen goes down for a few more, and back to the google logo.
I'm able to go into fastboot by hold down the volume down (only) button when this happens, but the boot loop happens when I choose to boot into recovery mode.
My device has an unlocked bootloader.
I have fast boot access and no ADB (ADB wait-for-device doesn't work).
Went over a tutorial from androidforums.com and flashed a completely new image using fastboot.
The entire process worked, but the phone is still at the same state.
I've read that there is and issue with the power button on these devices - so I tried all methods of knocking it against stuff without success.
I've taken it to a lab nearby and the guy there was sure it was the power button. He said he fixed about 50 of these already - after a few hours he called me up and said he had replaced the power button 3 times and he's giving up.
in short , this is the current situation :
1. Device stuck in bootloop - only google logo is seen
2. can boot into fastboot (and have fastboot access from PC) but can't boot into recovery
3. flushing a stock succeeds but won't help
4. power button seems o.k.
I am about to call this a bricked phone and look for a new one but something inside me tells me that this might still be a software issue and can be fixed.
I would be happy to know if there is a way to know what is failing in the boot sequence. or maybe load a debug application on to the device to check the HW. I've yet to find any help in that direction.
I'm a software eng. working in the cellular comm. field, so I'm up for anything that anyone has in mind.
Thanks,
Ran.
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Hello All,
This is my first post at this forum.
I've come to a point where I'm on the verge of giving up.
A few days ago my Nexus 5 entered a boot loop without me doing anything special with it - it was just in my pocket.
All see is the google logo for a few seconds , then the screen goes down for a few more, and back to the google logo.
I'm able to go into fastboot by hold down the volume down (only) button when this happens, but the boot loop happens when I choose to boot into recovery mode.
My device has an unlocked bootloader.
I have fast boot access and no ADB (ADB wait-for-device doesn't work).
Went over a tutorial from androidforums.com and flashed a completely new image using fastboot.
The entire process worked, but the phone is still at the same state.
I've read that there is and issue with the power button on these devices - so I tried all methods of knocking it against stuff without success.
I've taken it to a lab nearby and the guy there was sure it was the power button. He said he fixed about 50 of these already - after a few hours he called me up and said he had replaced the power button 3 times and he's giving up.
in short , this is the current situation :
1. Device stuck in bootloop - only google logo is seen
2. can boot into fastboot (and have fastboot access from PC) but can't boot into recovery
3. flushing a stock succeeds but won't help
4. power button seems o.k.
I am about to call this a bricked phone and look for a new one but something inside me tells me that this might still be a software issue and can be fixed.
I would be happy to know if there is a way to know what is failing in the boot sequence. or maybe load a debug application on to the device to check the HW. I've yet to find any help in that direction.
I'm a software eng. working in the cellular comm. field, so I'm up for anything that anyone has in mind.
Thanks,
Ran.
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Hello, and welcome to XDA!
It does sound like a hardware issue and it could be the power button, except for one thing: wouldn't a held down power button in fastboot cause a shutdown as well? Maybe not, but I thought I'd ask that.
At any rate, better to get an opinion from someone who actually has the deivce. Please create an account (so you post in other forums) and then post in this thread (can copy and paste from here):
> Google Nexus 5 > Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [HELP THREAD] Nexus 5
Hope this helps, and good luck!
Hello There
I was trying to hard reset my Sony Z3 D6633 and I firstly wiped the Rom then after that I tried to install Stock Rom using "Sony Mobile Flasher by Androxyde" , unfortunately the power went of while it was flashing and now the phone doesn't even boot or show any thing on the screen , and the led doesn't even blink , I tried the following :
-pressing the volume down then connecting it to the flasher (No Response)
-pressing the yellow reset button in sim tray 10 times then connecting the charger (No Response)
-holding volume up and power together (No response)
I'm currently putting it in charger but it doesn't give any response , I think I deleted an important part in the system , is there's any software that could help me ,if someone could guide me I would be very grateful for him/her
Usually a normal flash with a flash tool shouldn't brick your device in a way that it can't enter stock recovery or download/flash mode.
Did you check the device manager when connecting with volume up/down?
You can try EMMA by Sony to flash full stock, but you need to follow a tutorial to set it up (there's a specific file you need to put in the install directory of the program to skip the devs login).
When connecting the charger does the red LED light up?
Resolved
Sorry for the long absence, after three days of posting this i was about to give up until I plugged my phone into the charger and the led turned on which was a good sign that now I know that the device is still working, after charging it for a couple of hours I connected it to the PC and used "Sony PC Companion" and followed it's steps, and the device was restored to it's original firmware.:laugh::laugh::laugh: