I've been trying to get my Z3 into flashmode for about an hour now. Everything else works fine - phone boots into Android or recovery with no problems. But flashmode just doesn't work - when flashtool prompts me, I hold the volume down button while plugging in the USB cable, and I get a red LED for a fraction of a second, then a green one for an even smaller fraction of a second, then the LED goes off, then the red one comes back, and so on, over and over until I release the button, at which point it just boots into Android normally.
I've updated flashtool, reinstalled the drivers that come with flashtool, deactivated my antivirus, installed the latest companion software from the Sony website, and updated Java.
My bootloader is unlocked and I'm running the RSXW Marshmallow ROM with dual recovery.
Currently downloading a rooted stock .zip, will wipe data and flash to see if that helps. Any other advice anyone?
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My phone has turned itself of without any clear reason, and will not turn back on. (Only green light flashing + little buzz) SE Helpdesk advised me to reïnstall te SE software, which did not give any erros. But the screen stayed black after rebooting. After being on the mains over night the phone seemed to work this morning, shortly, but now it is dead again.
Because of the phone not starting I cannot use any of the noob-proof toolkits. Nor could I find guides on handeling this without the phone being able to switch on. The only thing that is working is the USB connection, whilst holding down the volume - button.
Anybody with suggestions?
The good thing is that the service mode works. I think that you should be able to reflash firmware using Flashtool.
First of all, download the FlashTool from here:
http://androxyde.github.com/Flashtool/
After installing FlashTool, place .ftf firmware file (download link is below) in the firmwares folder in FlashTool installation directory. After that, run the FlashTool, and click the little button with the black lightning on it (first button from the left), then the dialog box will pop up. In the dialog box choose the flashmode option. Click ok. Then connect your phone to computer via USB. While plugging in your usb hold the down volume key. Flashing process should start. Wait a few minutes, and hopefully, you will have your SE Active Working again.
If you have any questions or problems, feel free to ask me.
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Flashing went ok, thanks for the help. Al least, the Flashtool did not give any errors. However the phone still won't boot, the screen does not come on.
Maybe it's a hardware problem, but I didn't drop it or something like that... And it should be an very robust phone
I suggest you to contact the manufacturer for the possible hardware error.
Use Odin or SuperOneClick
Hi,
I don't know what can I do now, perhaps noting. I accidentialy flashed wrong bootloader (from other xperia, not Miro). Now phone seems to be completly bricked, I can't turn it on and my PC does not see any new device after connecting phone to usb. I also tried to remove and insert battery, after this when trying to power on, there is short vibration and nothing more.
Do you have any ideas? Or I simply should to use it as brick, not as phone or put it to my toilet and wash? Thanks.
Can you get in flashmode? Power button down + connect to pc. Flash proper ftf for your phone.
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Don't worry, Your phone is not hard bricked. As you mentioned that on starting , phone is vibrating that means there are chances to recover your phone.
1.First go through this guide :Using Flashtool for Xperia devices
2.Download your current stock firmware . Visit this: Miro all official firmwares
3.Install proper drivers as mentioned in the above 1.flashtool guide.
4.Flash the firmware for your phone , according to the above 1. Flastool guide.
5.Wait untill flashing completes. start your device when you are told to do so.
Good luck :good:
Dzepar said:
Can you get in flashmode? Power button down + connect to pc. Flash proper ftf for your phone.
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It seems I can't. I already tried this, but nothing happens. As far as I know, there should be blue led after connect. But nothing happens and PC can't see any new device.
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It seems I can't. I already tried this, but nothing happens. As far as I know, there should be blue led after connect. But nothing happens and PC can't see any new device.
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You should see green light. Try this :
Pull out battery, hold power button for 10 seconds without battery. Reinstall battery, hold volume button - and connect to usb. Then follow steps that prateek.invasion gave you.
The point is you can flash ftf and restore your phone.
Good luck.
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Thanks, I will try. Batteery is not charging, so I need to do this quick, it was not fully charged.
Unfortunatly, I can't do anything. I tried to connect while Volume down + power pressed. But nothing happens, only led flashing with red color. PC can't see any new device after I connect to usb.
Any ideas?
giaur said:
Unfortunatly, I can't do anything. I tried to connect while Volume down + power pressed. But nothing happens, only led flashing with red color. PC can't see any new device after I connect to usb.
Any ideas?
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I had the same issue with my xperia e after I unlocked the bootloader and installed CWM, the phone just rebooted itself at boot up. If you have installed CWM I suggest you to install a custom rom and a new kernel. That worked for me . Or ofc, if you have warranty you can send it to them. They won't be able to tell if you installed another rom since the pc doesn't recognize the phone.
I don't have cwm... trying to connect to computer with volume down pressed. After this led starts flashing red and computer can't see any device connected
Seems there is no any recovery or I can't put it to recovery mode.
Hello, I need help with my Z3 with these symptoms:
-When plugging the USB to a PC, it won't show up. But it does pops a sound on the PC; the S1 Service appears on the device list. Dissapears when unplugged
-When plugged to a PC the phone flashes a red light for a moment, then a green one really fast before the led goes off again.
-If i hold the power button, the phone vibrates a bit. No screen or led are light give any signal.
-If I hold the vol- button plus the power up button, the screen goes up and Sony - XPERIA logo briefly. But it won't start at all and goes back to black.
-If the vol+ plus power buttons are holded together, the phone will vibrate 3 times.
It was working fine just before i tried to install ZyxxOS. I rooted it previously with Kingo ROOT. Then used the Z3-lockeddualrecovery2.8.26-RELEASE.combined. Used the Install.bat. On the dual recovery mode I installed the ZIP, when it looked like it was done I cleared the cache and followed the dialogs. Then a message poped up saying my device was not rooted and offered me to root it. After it the phone went black and the CMD looked like was doing nothing. I left it like that around 25 mins and then unplugged the USB. After I tried to start the phone it didn't worked anymore.
I'd be really glad if someone is able to help me :crying:
Seems like a drained battery and a system corrupted. Try holding the power down for 30 secs, to make sure the phone is turned off, then leave it charging for a while, and when I mean "a while" Im saying put it in charge and go to sleep. The next day the phone will be with full battery for sure, then, download and install FlashTool and install the drivers from the folder of the program after installed, then try the steps mentioned here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-stock-roms-t2240614
The tutorial is for the Xperia Z, but the steps are basically the same.
On the newer versions of flashtool, there is an new option to download the stock firmware from the program, wich is usefull if you dont know where to search, and more secure, since the z3 has many different models, make sure to download the correct firmware for the model of your phone, to know the model, just open the chip flap and you'll see a small piece of plastic above the sim slot, pull it and you'll see some information, look for the model, ex: "D6653"
answer if it works!
Wish you the best!
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Seems like a drained battery and a system corrupted. Try holding the power down for 30 secs, to make sure the phone is turned off, then leave it charging for a while, and when I mean "a while" Im saying put it in charge and go to sleep. The next day the phone will be with full battery for sure, then, download and install FlashTool and install the drivers from the folder of the program after installed, then try the steps mentioned here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-stock-roms-t2240614
The tutorial is for the Xperia Z, but the steps are basically the same.
On the newer versions of flashtool, there is an new option to download the stock firmware from the program, wich is usefull if you dont know where to search, and more secure, since the z3 has many different models, make sure to download the correct firmware for the model of your phone, to know the model, just open the chip flap and you'll see a small piece of plastic above the sim slot, pull it and you'll see some information, look for the model, ex: "D6653"
answer if it works!
Wish you the best!
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Thanks. But is it needed the device shows in my computer?
http://s32.postimg.org/uush6rzgl/image.png
Also, when I try to use the Flash tool I don't get it to see it on the list.
http://s32.postimg.org/st1n3dx6t/device.png
Also, I charged it a whole day, but it never appeared nothing on screen, just the red light blinking.
Wong17 said:
Thanks. But is it needed the device shows in my computer?
http://s32.postimg.org/uush6rzgl/image.png
Also, when I try to use the Flash tool I don't get it to see it on the list.
http://s32.postimg.org/st1n3dx6t/device.png
Also, I charged it a whole day, but it never appeared nothing on screen, just the red light blinking.
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Looks like you're connected, but you don't have any FTF's downloaded. Download FTF for your model, put it in C:\users\Wong\.flashTool\firmwares.
Then while holding volume down button connect your phone to PC. If it says "Device connected in flashmode" you suceeded. Then click on lightning icon on flashtool select your FTF and flash it. Hope I helped.
@Wong17
You also need a unlocked bootloader to install ZyxxOS on your device.
Wong17 said:
Thanks. But is it needed the device shows in my computer?
http://s32.postimg.org/uush6rzgl/image.png
Also, when I try to use the Flash tool I don't get it to see it on the list.
http://s32.postimg.org/st1n3dx6t/device.png
Also, I charged it a whole day, but it never appeared nothing on screen, just the red light blinking.
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Nojus33 said:
Looks like you're connected, but you don't have any FTF's downloaded. Download FTF for your model, put it in C:\users\Wong\.flashTool\firmwares.
Then while holding volume down button connect your phone to PC. If it says "Device connected in flashmode" you suceeded. Then click on lightning icon on flashtool select your FTF and flash it. Hope I helped.
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Yep, seems that you only need to download the FTF for you phone, you can use XperiFirm option on the Flashtool to download the firmware for you model.
Then just do what Nojus said, connecto to the PC holding Volume down, the flashtool will recognize it, the led will light up and you're set to reflash your device again.
I think you tryied to flash the ZyxxOS without unlocking your bootloader, then you corrupt all your system and It went to a softbrick state.
Post the results here! :fingers-crossed:
Hello everybody!
I recently wanted to use a custom rom..
So I Flashed the stock firmware the .291 build. after that I wanted to flash twrp recovery.
So I downgraded the kernel to ,575 then flashed the recovery file, and from the recovery I flashed the Existenz rom (.291 based).
Then I rebooted the device,, Unfortunately I got a boot loop on SONY logo.
So I reflashed the stock firmware (.291) throw flashtool. but flash didn't complete,,, and I got boot loop again.
after that I DON'T KNOW why I flashed the .575 kernel.. Flash completed,, phone turned off
then it's COMPLETELY DEAD.. no signs of life
I tried every power- volume combinations, but I got no vibrations nor leds. and the charging sign doesn't appear when connecting the device to a power supply.
I only hear the connection sound when I connect the device to the computer and press volume down + power button for 10 secs, but it shows nothing on computer!
Any help would be appreciated
Your best bet if it shows no sign of life is to charge for a few hours to make sure it has enough battery.
Hopefully the red light comes on at some point. Either way try leaving it plugged in for a few hours.
Then you can try flashing again.
Ensure all the drivers are properly installed for flashtool.
Ensure you have the correct ftf for your device!
Start flash mode for a full .291 ftf and plug the phone in while holding down the volume down button as normal.
Try this repeatedly until you get a connection.
Alternatively you can wrap a very tight rubber band around the volume down key and connect it while flashtool is in flashmode.
If you're lucky a connection will be made and flashtool will have time to flash the firmware.
Persistence is key here. Many times a brick can be saved but it can take a long time.
Good luck and I hope it works
keep it on charge overnight.flash again when led turns on
Hi,
I wanted to change my rom to newest version of CarbonROM (7.x.x). I downloaded new rom, copied this onto my sd card, then I rebooted my phone to recovery where I wiped system, data, cache and dalvik. Later I flashed new rom from .zip file, everything went fine, so I rebooted my device and then I realized that it's not starting anymore. I was holding power button but there was only short vibration signal and anything more, when I connect my xperia z3 (d6603) to charger, only red light is blinking, when I'm trying to start device while it's connected to charger, red light is not blinking but it shines continously till I release power button. When I'm holding power and volume up there are only three short vibrations and that's all, they are repeating till I release buttons (this only happens when xperia is connected to charger or computer in other situation there is no response for power and volume up). Flashtool says that I have to install drivers, but they're already installed, device manager shows my phone as uknown device. But when I'm connecting my phone to computer, there is this specific sound from windows and flashtool shows that 'Device disconnected', when I'm disconnecting it. Is there any hope for my phone? Can I try anything more?
well try to enter fastbootmode and flash a recovery.
Similar issue here, I have a d6603 and after using GiefRoot & NUT's DualRecovery I succesfully entered TWRP and attempted to install CarbonROM (latest: device-z3 on the official website)
Now my phone won't boot until I re-flash an older version of stock... any help would be greatly appreciated!
1. Followed this guide: xda's Z3 forum: guide-rootrecovery-how-to-root-install-t3017056
2. boot into recovery, turn off zip verification
3. install CarbonMOD's zipfile
What'd I miss? :S