My SOny Xperia Z1 isn't charging or booting.

[anish41]

Last night I didn't get to charge my device and slept with 13% of battery remaining and when I wake up and put my phone to charge, I checked it out after half an hour and it neither showed any charging indication nor did it boot. After some time the red LED in the earpiece started glowing dimly but the phone still wasn't charging or booting. I'm using Sony's default USB cable and powerbrick for my device. I also tried some other cables and chargers but the result was all same. I also connected my phone to my PC but simply didn't get detected so I couldn't flash Sony's ROM again. It's not even getting into Fastboot mode. PC companion won't work until my PC detects the phone in Fastboot mode. Help! (Recovery isn't working indeed.)

[anish41]

The magnetic charging didn't work either. Taking it to a 3rd party repair shop. There is a video on youtube on how to remove the back panel and charge the battery manually. When a Z1's battery goes down to no charge(not even a little back-up), you are going to face this problem. 

[anish41]

UPDATE: Many people suggested to use laptops, external battery chargers, mangnetic charging, etc. But nothing seems to work. Maybe I'll try to buy an OEM battery and open up the phone and replace it. The phone doesn't feel worthy to me now. I tried every possible bet on it but it doesn't seem to work. If anyone resolves this issue please reply! RIP Z1

[anish41]

DISCLAIMER: If you live in India, don't expect any Service from Sony Service Centers after 1 year of Warrenty period. Choose Wisely.

On January 1,2015 my phone drained to 0% battery and my battery didn't charge so I tried all Sony Support trick to make it work but it failed. Then I took it Sony Service center but they told that they never heard of this issue on Xperia Z1 and gave me a lame deal of paying 80% of Xperia Z1's MSRP in order to get it replaced but when I looked for the phone online it was already selling at 70% of its price so it was completely useless. Then I ordered an OEM replacement battery from eBay for my phone and replaced it. Still the same **bleep** red light blinks for a while and then stops. It doesn't even charge the new battery. Finally its time to give up on it.

P.S. ;- TELL ME A SOLUTION THAT I DON'T KNOW AS I HAVE TRIED EACH AND EVERY THING FROM CONNECTING IT TO THE COMPUTER TO HOLDING THE VOLUME KEY AND POWER BUTTON FOR 10 SECONDS.

[Thommo]

I or we can't give you a solution as there isn't one to give - This is something you would need to speak to Xperia care about - http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/support/contact-us/