how to fix a bricked phone.

Soft Brick is the common brick we get.
Hard Brick is a brick you can only get with messing with the bootloader. There's no complete brick.

Say something about flashtool too.

how about hard brick??

X8

I bricked my phone while a opened bootloader.Phone was not recognized SIM and i havent data connection too.SE PC repair does not helped me,backup file as well.Only helpful tool was S1Tool with "restore" button.It fixes my phone and i opened bootloader again with success!
Thanks for developers!!!
X8;OPENED BOOTLOADER;nAa kernel;DUAL TOUCH;GINGERXPERIA V17 2.3.7

Hello, can you please help me! I bricked my xperia neo, while trying to update se tweaked rom v 8.5. Now i'm facing the "sony ericsson" screen, totaly blocked. I've tried many times to flash it, whith wotan client, flash tool, but it's imposible to enter flash mode again, no green led, only bocked se screen, please help!!! how did you manage o get into flash mode?

benga_mircea said:

I bricked my xperia neo, while trying to update se tweaked rom v 8.5. Now i'm facing the "sony ericsson" screen, totaly blocked. I've tried many times to flash it, whith wotan client, flash tool, but it's imposible to enter flash mode again, no green led, only bocked se screen, please help!!! how did you manage o get into flash mode?

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On the W/X8 and X10 mini/Pro you can get into FLASH MODE by keeping the back button pressed while connecting the TURNED OFF phone by USB.

That being said, you have a NEO which doesn't work that way.

Your phone has "fastboot" - to get there ... turn off the phone, keep the bottom right key pressed and connect the USB cable to the PC.

What you have to do from there on out is either best asked in the RIGHT subforum or through Google research.

wilbso said:

how did you get this thread back up?

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Hummm...?
I only replied to benga_mircea's post from today.

Or ... did I miss something? *notsure*

Thank you for your help, but I can't acces flash mode or fastboot mode again, lika I use to, after I connect the batery, push the back button, insert the usb, a few seconds and the "sony ericsson" screen pops up again and stays blocked. I think I've killed my phone

Well, for as long as you see the SONY ERICSSON boot logo - and I'm assuming from the way the X8 works here - the boot loader and kernel are intact; there's just a problem boot-strapping the system ROM (shot system, bad flash).

The real problem is that Fastboot isn't comparable to the Flash Mode of our phones ... it's very different.

In your stead I would try to find out how you can perform a "disaster restore" (like we do with our W/X8 through Flash Mode and Flashtool) by flashing back to stock.

Anyway ... just to repeat it ...

1. You need to TURN OFF your phone and DISCONNECT it from the computer/charger.
2. You insert the USB connector into JUST your phone.
3. You press the bottom/right button (also "Back"?) and keep it pressed while you connect the USB to the computer.

Once the phone connected to the computer as a (wild guess!) "Flash Device" or "Fastboot Device" you need the apropriate tool(s) and Stock ROM image - in case PC Companion refuses to repair your phone.

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Any chance this thread (in the Xperia Neo General section) could be of any help to you?

B.Jay said:

Well, for as long as you see the SONY ERICSSON boot logo - and I'm assuming from the way the X8 works here - the boot loader and kernel are intact; there's just a problem boot-strapping the system ROM (shot system, bad flash).

The real problem is that Fastboot isn't comparable to the Flash Mode of our phones ... it's very different.

In your stead I would try to find out how you can perform a "disaster restore" (like we do with our W/X8 through Flash Mode and Flashtool) by flashing back to stock.

Anyway ... just to repeat it ...

1. You need to TURN OFF your phone and DISCONNECT it from the computer/charger.
2. You insert the USB connector into JUST your phone.
3. You press the bottom/right button (also "Back"?) and keep it pressed while you connect the USB to the computer.

Once the phone connected to the computer as a (wild guess!) "Flash Device" or "Fastboot Device" you need the apropriate tool(s) and Stock ROM image - in case PC Companion refuses to repair your phone.

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Any chance this thread (in the Xperia Neo General section) could be of any help to you?

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Thanks! I tried like 50 times, and nothing, the ennoing "sony ericsson" is booting (no sony ericsson logo as usualy, just the writing) I flashed 10 times in the past whith no problem. Now, even when I put it to charge ( wall charge) the phone is turning on showing that stupid "sony ericsson" writting, I cant shut it down from the on\off button. Before killling it, I've instales stock MT15i_4.0.A.2.368_GLOBAL ROM, then I upgraded to MT15i_4.0.2.A.0.42_Global, then rooted with DooMLoRD_v4_ROOT-zergRush-busybox-su, Installed CWM( wiped cache, updated SE tweaked v8.5 Rom) After the restart, the "se" writting started booting. I've pulled out the batery, and begined flashing it with flash tool(no green led).The flashing started and my little brother accidentaly pulled out the Usb cable; that's the whole story! I've tried like 100 times with wotan, flash tool and FlashTool_0.2.9.1_FOTAUnbrick, no result, even if pc companion tells me "phone conected" and gives me further instructions whith the phone being dead, and the flash tool showing me to connect de device... Thank you for all the help, hope there is a solution. sorry for the long post and my bad english...

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04/040/2012 23:40:02 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
04/040/2012 23:40:04 - INFO - Device disconnected
04/040/2012 23:40:06 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
04/040/2012 23:40:06 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
04/040/2012 23:40:07 - INFO - Device disconnected
04/040/2012 23:40:10 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
04/040/2012 23:40:10 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
04/040/2012 23:40:18 - INFO - Device disconnected
04/040/2012 23:40:35 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
04/040/2012 23:40:35 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
Flash tooll results when trying to connect (pulling batery-10 secs, back butoon, usb cable)

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The flashing started and my little brother accidentaly pulled out the Usb cable; that's the whole story!

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Whoa... that's what I call a "security vulnerability".

If the flash process got interrupted because your lil bro pulled the USB cable I'm somewhat certain the NAND is messed up pretty good - no wonder you're stuck at the SE boot logo.

If there's no way by which you can get the device back to normal (read: even the guys over in the Neo sub-board are out of ideas/help) I think your best shot would be to send it in to SE for repair if you still got warranty. SE should have other means to resurrect the device and slap it back into shape.

I'm sorry I can't really help you here with this - the Neo is different from the X8 and also different from the way my tablets work.

Thank's for the advice! My waranty is lost, i've unlocked the bootloader. Only if I could enter in flash mode!

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Thank's for the advice! My waranty is lost, i've unlocked the bootloader. Only if I could enter in flash mode!

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Well, on my Samsung, which has Fastboot, I first enter Fastboot and from there I put the device into download mode for flashing (in theory you can compare "Download mode" to the "Flash mode" - in Flash mode the W/X8 awaits a ROM image to be flashed into the NAND, pretty much the same as "Download mode" works).

Since your Neo isn't completely dead (you just have a shot system due to the flash interruption) you only need to find a way how you can re-write the system.

I lack the time to research how the Neo works, but I think there should be a way to get the device going as you can even "resurrect" a W/X8 where you formatted the system partition (by mistake in CWM, for example). However, that's not as bad as interrupting the USB connection but about the same "ooops" to blank the system.

Flash mode not working, fastboot not workingI Tried a lot of programs (wotan, flash tool, fota unbrick tool, octopus, omnius for se, pc companion, se update. Non of them manages to connect to my phone. If only I could connect for 1 sec. I have a backup of TA, but I can flash it. Thanks anyway!

is it safe to unlock BL, if we have x8 with manuf.code 11W28? pls help me

NarutoDroid said:

is it safe to unlock BL, if we have x8 with manuf.code 11W28? pls help me

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yes 11W30 or below should unlock fine but for me 11W33 also no problem

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