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X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:24:29 GMT

Hi all,

I have a RACHAEL XPeria X10

Type: AAD-3880056-BV CB5

Prototype build: AP1

SI 1228-3677.1K

Last firmware update through the device update app was stuck and afterwards the device wont boot anymore.

I would have tried Flashtool as suggested around here but i can't seem to get into flash mode.

No, i'm not a moron, i tried both the "shut down, press back while connecting USB" and "take out battery, connect USB and press back while placing battery" (exactly as shown on youtube when searching "xperia x10 flash"), but none worked.

I also tried this with all the other existing buttons, but nothing worked!!!:smileyconfused:

All it does is blink the red light under the USB after connecting it.

Also, when trying to turn on device, the red light triple blinks repeatedly.

Is there any other method (or does prototype device behave differently) that i can put the phone into flash mode?

Is there any other alternative to flashing the device?

Thanks

Re: X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

slimshaddy — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:40:23 GMT

do you have both update service and pc companion installed on your pc..they are necessary..

Re: X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

uliwooly-wooly — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:31:04 GMT

I agree with slimshaddy make sure you install PC Companion even if you already have it, re-install PCC

Re: X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:46:19 GMT

Hi,

I've just spent an hour or so re-installing both Update Service and PCC on several different computers, one of them was recently formatted. Tried with both XP and Windows7, even changed the USB cable i'm using.

Nothing worked - after connecting the USB cable (while back is pressed) i still get a blinking red light instead of green light.

I was thinking maybe prototype devices have a different sequence to enter flash mode, or maybe there's another way to flash a bricked device.

Please, can anyone help?

Someone from Sony Ericsson devices group maybe?

Thanks

Re: X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

uliwooly-wooly — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:57:54 GMT

the red flash indicates that you need to charge your battery

Re: X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:01:52 GMT

That's another weird thing - when i plug in the charger it has the same blinking red. So i take out the battery, and put it back in. Only then the light is solid green, but after a while it goes back to being blinking red.

If blinking red means the battery is not charging or is dead, and the phone is bricked, how am i suppose to charged the battery?

FYI, i already tried leaving the phone in the charger for the night (and it was blinking red all that time).

Re: X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

slimshaddy — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:05:54 GMT

yout battery level should be more than 50 or 60%

is it ??

charge upto 70-80 then try..

Re: X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

slimshaddy — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:07:17 GMT

oh i see...umm.wait for him to reply..dont know..

Re: X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:28:42 GMT

I have no clue in what level the battery is. That's why i left it all night and assumed it would be fully charged in the morning.

While having it plugged in to the charger, i was reminded by another weird thing - after a while when it is plugged, there's an icon of X10 with exclamation mark in a triangle.

I'm guessing this means the device tried to boot while charging and failed.

Re: X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

uliwooly-wooly — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:06:10 GMT

you need to use either Flashtool to repair your phone or send it to SE repair center, now does the LED turn on at all when you connect it to the charger? does it turn Orange/Yellow?

Re: X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:42:01 GMT

Flashtool seem to be using Update Service facilities to flash the device. I tried it and it behaves the same.

As for charging the phone, here is the behavior:

When charger is plugged, the red light blinks

After a couple of minutes it shows some weird looking screen with progress bar and dots below an icon of a phone. At this point the red light stops.

The progress bar advances a little, and then the phone with exclamation mark inside a triangle appears.

After a couple of minutes with this display (i don't know how much because it looks like its forever) the phone does this again.

To my point a view it looks like there's nothing wrong with the hardware, just need to re-flash it.

But i can't enter flash mode:smileyconfused: (in the youtube video it looks so simple, and it's so frustrating).

Could it be that the flash mode wont turn on until the device "knows" it is charged more than 50%, and it will never "know" that because some charging startup sequence (described above) wont work?

If so, is there a way to factory reset the device?

Re: X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

slimshaddy — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:45:05 GMT

are there 4 dots ?? and above there is a folder with an arrow which is pointing downwards ?

Re: X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:41:23 GMT

Yes! 4 dots, but not a folder, an X10 device with an arrow pointing downwards (and a bit slightly to the right).

Re: X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

slimshaddy — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:29:58 GMT

ok..that means its stuck between the update..

i mean when i updated my arc over the air i got the same icon..

but it completed..

so in which dot it gets stuck ??

well..i dont know how to make your phone work again:smileyplain:

Re: X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:57:00 GMT

I don't see any change in the dots (maybe the dots dont start to color at all) but the progress below the dots advances about a quarter of its width, and then the exclamantion mark appears.

All this takes about 2-3 seconds.

Is there a way to stop the update and revert to the existing version?

Re: X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

slimshaddy — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:56:56 GMT

i dont have any idea..

maybe uliwooly can help..

Re: X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:04:28 GMT

Anyone, is there any hope?

I'm assuming that the device doesn't "know" the battery is charged, and that is why it can't go into flash mode.

Is there any master-reset sequnece i can use that doesn't require the device to boot?

Re: X10 prototype can't get into flash mode

uliwooly-wooly — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:41:59 GMT

ag4751

is quite familiar with updating w/o a computer but this is what he said

Flashing a Custom rom or even an SE update from XDA without a USB can be done provided you already have a rooted phone with xrecovery on it, just take the SD card out of the phone put it in your PC, download the rom from XDA and copy it to a folder on the SD Card, put the card back into the phone boot into xrecovery and install it, job done.

so I don't think it will work here