Aino will not switch on

[#1]

I have a problem on my Aino in that it will no longer switch on.

If I press to turn on I get a brief vibrate, then get the sony logo on screen and another quick vibrate, then the phone turns off (the logo screen is cut short). After that, roughly every 30 seconds, the screen lights for a brief period of 2 seconds (no picture, just back light) Then nothing for another 30 seconds until the screen backlight shows again and repeats the cycle until the battery is removed.

I have left the battery on charge for 12 hours and cleaned all connectors. I have removed the Micros SD memory card, kept the battery out for 5 minutes, held the power button for 10 seconds and I have looked through the forums and manual.

It was working fine till it ran out of battery and switched itself off - I cannot turn it on to do a master reset or keep it on long enough to connect to PC to run a reset through the Sony software.

Please help me or point me in the right direction for a Sony repair centre. The phone is still under 1st year warranty but as it was a competition prize (form www.cokezone.co.uk) I do not have a reciept or store I can return it to.

Someone has to be able to help me please, I was thinking that the last picture I downloaded off the internet was a biggy - and if this has been put on phone memory instead of the card, maybe the phone has not enough room to run diagnostics or something - I admit that is a Nokia problem but it may be the same here. Is there a Hold button X when turning on to reset command?

Hope you can help me

Ryan

[Jeff]

Sounds like you've done most of the troubleshooting already!

Check out this list: http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/corporate/common/contact/phonelist#Europe and contact your local office for more information.

[#3]

My Elm has some problem too,

I brought it to Sony Ericsson Authoreized Service Center.

The service center repair it in just an hour, I assume tha they are re-installing the SW back,

an whola.... it works. My Elm is back to normal again. It's a free service....

[#4]

Hi, If none of the above does not work (and you dint find any other way out), in turned off mode itself connet your phone to PC and run the update software.

But this will clear out your all contacts and Calender details.

[#5]

I assume you have PC suite installed in your PC, then just do software update;

otherwise down load the software in sonyericsson.com and do that, this will remove all memory of your phone and reinitialize you OS.