https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/xz-series/cannot-use-phone-after-software-repair/m-p/3645433#M53968 <P>A few months ago my xperia just suddenly would not recognize the SIM card anymore.&nbsp; I tried a number of things to fix it and nothing worked so I gave up and switched to my old phone.&nbsp; Today I decided I'd try and fix it again since there were new software updates and such.&nbsp; Well nothing worked, just like before so I decided to try the sony software repair thing for the computer.&nbsp; I plug my phone in (working just fine other than not recognizing sim cards) and start up the repair process.&nbsp; Seems like it would take a while, so I leave the room and come back several minutes later to find that the process evidently failed.&nbsp; I try to turn on my phone and it won't do anything at all.&nbsp; The notification light is a solid green and nothing will get it to do anything now.&nbsp; Sony software repair says to plug it back in, so I do, and then it says to unlock my phone, but I cannot as it will not display anything.</P> Sun, 05 May 2019 17:52:57 GMT milocricket 2019-05-05T17:52:57Z https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/xz-series/cannot-use-phone-after-software-repair/m-p/3645433#M53968 <P>A few months ago my xperia just suddenly would not recognize the SIM card anymore.&nbsp; I tried a number of things to fix it and nothing worked so I gave up and switched to my old phone.&nbsp; Today I decided I'd try and fix it again since there were new software updates and such.&nbsp; Well nothing worked, just like before so I decided to try the sony software repair thing for the computer.&nbsp; I plug my phone in (working just fine other than not recognizing sim cards) and start up the repair process.&nbsp; Seems like it would take a while, so I leave the room and come back several minutes later to find that the process evidently failed.&nbsp; I try to turn on my phone and it won't do anything at all.&nbsp; The notification light is a solid green and nothing will get it to do anything now.&nbsp; Sony software repair says to plug it back in, so I do, and then it says to unlock my phone, but I cannot as it will not display anything.</P> Sun, 05 May 2019 17:52:57 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/xz-series/cannot-use-phone-after-software-repair/m-p/3645433#M53968 milocricket 2019-05-05T17:52:57Z https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/xz-series/cannot-use-phone-after-software-repair/m-p/3645434#M53969 <P><A href="https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1245661">@milocricket</A>&nbsp;</P><P>I'm sorry to hear that, I've been there, it's quite frustrating, what if you uninstall and reinstall Xperia Companion</P> Sun, 05 May 2019 22:12:58 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/xz-series/cannot-use-phone-after-software-repair/m-p/3645434#M53969 Uliwooly 2019-05-05T22:12:58Z