Xperia Z dead

[HonestObjection]

I know that I really shouldn't make a new discussion for this but last night my phone ran out of battery and powered down like normal. I went to plug it in and there was no LED light to show it was charging, so I came to the forum and the Xperia Care which said leave it charging for 30mins+ so I did and nothing. Tried charging with a different cable and viamy computer and nothing. It shows absoloutly no sign of life. I have tried:

• Leaving it charged for 4+ hours
• Different cable
• Different charge point
• Power + Vol Up
• Power + Vol Down (connected to computer)
• Seeing if PC Companion recognises it
• Taking SD Card out

And it's still doing nothing. No LED. No light. No vibration. Nothing.

I've tried to read up on the 'Sleep of Death' but information was a bit all over the place. I also noticed a thread about not charging whilst switched off however it didn't say much about what to do if it was flat before finding this out..  I don't think I was on the latest update as it wasn't available ("your phone is already up to date") when I tried and so I assumed it had yet to be rolled out to my area and this was only a few days ago.

Is there anything else I can try? What do I do now? Back to Three or Sony? 'Cos I can't afford to have it fixed I certainly don't want a used/referbished one to replace it

[HonestObjection]

Anyone? Any other soloutions?

[Uliwooly]

first thing to check, open every flap and see if the little white rectangle is still white or if its pink or red.

I don't know if you've done this

connect your phone to the "wall charger" then press and hold power & volume up for 10seconds let it charge for 1 hour then try to turn it back on.

[HonestObjection]

Thanks for replying, all the strips are white (I assume showing no water damage) and thanks but I have tried that.. Anything else you can think of?

[Uliwooly]

that's quite odd, are you using the wall charger not the dock correct? and you are using Sony's charger not any other charger?

[HonestObjection]

Yeah, I've been using the stock charger other than to test that the charger/cable was not the problem

[Uliwooly]

sadly the only solution/option left is to take it to a Sony repair center.

[HonestObjection]

Thanks, do you know if the repair will be done under warranty? Or will I have to pay?

[Uliwooly]

I don't know but it seems that this should be covered as you haven't dropped the phone.

[Arjun]

Have you tried repairing it via update service? You can repair it even if the phone is switched off