topic Re: Xperia ion hard bricked in Other/General

Xperia ion hard bricked

oyhens — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:57:02 GMT

Hi,

I need help with my xperia ion lt28h..

After installing a .zip (Smooth ion) through CWM Recovery, my phone restarted n booted up normally to the lock screen. After i unlocked the screen, it went blank so I pressed the power button and the normal power off button (and some others) appears, so i power off the phone and it went to a boot loop.

I tried pressing the Volume up + power button and connecting it to flashtool by pressing the volume down button and inserting the usbto flash a new firmware but nothing appeared on flashtool

I tried the Volume up + power button again and again and still nothing.. I then pressed Volume up + power button again but longer and received 2 or 3 vibrations (i can't remember) and now the phone is just Dead. No Screen,No LED light, nothing :'(

I tried charging it for 2+ hours and tried connecting it to my pc to see if it does anything but apparently nothing happens.

Somebody please help me :'( This is my only phone and I have no other

Xperia ion LT28h

Firmware: 6.0.F.0.72 (LT28i 's Firmware)

Bootloader: Unlocked

And Rooted with Busybox installed

I know this is not the exact place to ask for help, but i'm really desperate

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

Nabeel — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:21:25 GMT

Since bootloader is unlocked, you can only use one of these to flash

Sony flashtool

http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/447378#447378

Flashtool. ( you already tried )

Before using any of the software above, force shutdown your phone

Press and hold the power button + Volume Up button for

10 Seconds > ( 3 Vibrations ) Force shutdown

Now do not try to switch it on. Connect your mobile only when you're asked to.

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

oyhens — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:46:59 GMT

Hi Nabeel,

Thanks for the reply. My phone is currently dead (no screen, no led even while charging) and nothing i do seems to do any effect.my pc cant even recognize it.

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

Nabeel — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:59:46 GMT

Another user had a similar experience as yours. It took more than 24 for the LED to show up when connected to charger. Unfortunately you can't do anything at the moment but to put it to charging for a long time to see how it goes.

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

Sirdark — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:07:39 GMT

This happened to me before.

Use this thread to recover your phone.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

oyhens — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:12:44 GMT

After charging for like 5+ hours my phone has a red led but it goes off after a few seconds and appear again after that.. What should I do now?

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

oyhens — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 02:07:32 GMT

Tried that but it seems to have no effect

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

Nabeel — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:04:01 GMT

That red blinking shows that battery is low.

Well i checked about smooth ion.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969634

I guess you didn't de-odex your firmware before flashing it. if it's true, then this is the only reason your phone got bricked.

Keep it connected to charger until it really starts charging

report everything here after that

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

oyhens — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:09:04 GMT

yeap, i did not know how to deodex my rom and thought that it was not important, i guess i'm wrong

The LED is currently a solid red one since 2 hours ago.. what should i do now?

I then tried pressing the power button to see if if it can boot up, but nothing happened so i just left it as it is; charging.

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

Nabeel — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:17:00 GMT

That's a great sign.

Your mobile has started charging now, it's charging very slowly.

Now wait for the led to to become green ( it may take very long ). Once it turns green, we would be in a position to flash a firmware using flashtool.

So do that and post the results.

EDIT : Don't try switching it on.

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

oyhens — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:23:08 GMT

pheww, that'a relieve .. I hope it becomes green soon since i've been charging it since 9 in the morning xD

oh no! i tried switching it on for 2-3 times, will it affect the process?

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

oyhens — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:03:49 GMT

Update: After 25+ hours of waiting - My phone is still charging - Red LED light has disappeared!

I will follow this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31618617&postcount=32 which tells me to flash the software when the Red light is Off..

Will update here again whether the flashing is successful

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

Nabeel — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:12:57 GMT

oyhens yeah, flash it now.

It must have charged enough.

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

oyhens — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:16:07 GMT

it's not flashing

i'm currently holding the volume down button with the usb in n fashmode dialog still on my computer

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

oyhens — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:25:13 GMT

Its flashing now! yay!! :smileygrin:

Had to hold the volume down button for exactly 6 minutes then the flashing started!

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

oyhens — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:34:15 GMT

Flashing ended, currently charging the phone and hoping the phone could boot up after an hour or two

Anyway, this is rather early but thank you so much for guiding me through!

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

Nabeel — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:10:18 GMT

I think you should just try switching it on now. Your phone is still in flashmode and to end it , you need to press and hold the power button.

No problem, I'm just waiting for the final results.

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

oyhens — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:33:59 GMT

It automatically on-ed by itself :smileygrin:

yay! Thank you once again Nabeel!!

Full Guide:

Let the phone charge for 4+ hrs on wall charger (No LED).
After 4-6 hours, Red LED should appear flashing. After a few hours, Red LED should be constant. Continue charging for 25+ hours on wall charger until Red LED disappears or turns Green.
Unplug from wall charger
Run flashtool from PC, flash a stable firmware. Do not plug in phone to PC until it asks to.
While holding volume down, plug in USB - May take up to 10 minutes for the phone to be connected and flashing to begin
Green LED will appear and after a few seconds - flash will run.
Unplug USB and Charge with wall charger.
Phone should be back up and running.

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

rnishy — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:19:22 GMT

I will do this, I have my lt28at hard bricked update the telephone goes off and don't start never, just when charging the red light flashing after half hour is contant, after screen coming on in the sony logo on and off but only charge for 9 hrs, you have a video to flashing do?

Re: Xperia ion hard bricked

03parth — Wed, 29 May 2013 11:09:02 GMT

Hey nabeel can you help with my ION .

As it is not turning ON after long charging. Even when i am trying to flash it , at the end it says for flashing your device must be checked in with USB debugging, bt the problem is that my ION is not turing ON so , how can I check USB debugging in settings?