Dead XPERIA X2

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Hi, I bought a Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 and decided to update the firmware through SE Update Suite. In the middle of firmware update, the computer BSoDed on me. The phone went dead and the PC did not detect it any more (Unknown USB device in device manager).

Eventually I managed to detect the phone by SEUS (on another machine); now I have a "COMXX SSE X2 Software DOWNLOAD" in device manager. I follow the instructions in SEUS to update the firmware, press and hold Vol Down + Power buttons. The phone vibrates and device manager shows "COMXX SE X2 Software DOWNLOAD", but SEUS does not update the phone.

What can I do to recover the phone?

update firmware

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How can I update firmware from card?

Originally Posted by bdadabayev

How can I update firmware from card?

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You have to do it through SEUS.

don't worry

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this happened to me too. heres what you do read all the steps before you do it
first go ahead and charge you phone just plug it into the wall then follow these directions
1.) start suess and continue like you normally would
2.) remove your battery cover and leave it off
2.) when you get to the step that asks you to plug in your phone, connect your phone via usb to you computer, then hold the down volume button + the power button + while you are holding these buttons push the soft restart button* do this all at once and do not let go of any of the buttons until you see the white screen with the sony ericson logo and it should update like normal.


*to get to the soft restart look at the back of the phone with the battery cover off, now pull out the stylus right there next to you camera where you stylus came out is a little button push it with your stylus.

this worked for me when i thought i bricked my phone and it worked, so good luck and tell me how it works out

Originally Posted by doministry

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You have to do it through SEUS.

Can I flash without SEUS, other methods?

Originally Posted by yummy-fun

this happened to me too. heres what you do read all the steps before you do it
first go ahead and charge you phone just plug it into the wall then follow these directions
1.) start suess and continue like you normally would
2.) remove your battery cover and leave it off
2.) when you get to the step that asks you to plug in your phone, connect your phone via usb to you computer, then hold the down volume button + the power button + while you are holding these buttons push the soft restart button* do this all at once and do not let go of any of the buttons until you see the white screen with the sony ericson logo and it should update like normal.


*to get to the soft restart look at the back of the phone with the battery cover off, now pull out the stylus right there next to you camera where you stylus came out is a little button push it with your stylus.

this worked for me when i thought i bricked my phone and it worked, so good luck and tell me how it works out

doesn't wurk, device unknown maybe you didn't brick your phone, that's why it was still booting to logo screen...

I noticed that "COMXX SSE X2 Software DOWNLOAD" device appears in Device manager when the Volume UP is pressed on boot instead of Volume DOWN.

One more thing... There is a useful piece of software out there called QPST (Qualcomm Phone Service Tool). When I have the phone in download mode it detects the device (since it's Qualcomm platform, pretty much like ZTE 3G modems). But I don't have loaders or software to flash the phone baseband from QPST. Maybe if someone can parse the firmware available on the Net and extract the said loaders and software, then I could flash the Baseband and get the phone detected by SEUS to continue flashing Windows part. Unfortunately, decrypting the firmware is way beyond my knowledge. Anyone more knowledgeable on this subject?

First of all: Charge your phone for at least 2 hours from wall charger. I have experienced that it does not charge from USB always, especially when in update mode.
Please try this if you have only charged from USB previously.

Originally Posted by Prydplante

First of all: Charge your phone for at least 2 hours from wall charger. I have experienced that it does not charge from USB always, especially when in update mode.
Please try this if you have only charged from USB previously.

Thanks for your advice, but I am aware that phones don't always get full charge with damaged firmware. That is why I took the battery out and charged it fully with a special charger for batteries.

Need help

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Can anybody help? - Problem is that i cant "push" my phone to go to bootloader (tried soft-reset, vol down+shut down..nothing helps), so it i cant update via SEUS. And after trying to instal manualy R3 cab's, "Clear phone memory" is gone - now i even can't reset my phone.

Anybody, please help.

what i think you trying to do is boot the rom from the sd card is that right? if you are, it won't work because you need a alternative bootloader or a hard-spl which the x2 doesn't have... yet. thats why we HAVE to use SUES. if you can't get your computer to recognize your phone even after charging it in you special charger and forcing it into bootloader via SUESS (the option i pitched earlier) your best bet is to contact Sony Ericsson or who ever you bought it from and tell them they sold you a faulty device and they HAVE to replace it. if you get the opportunity to talk to them on the phone be firm and don't ever place fault on yourself and push that they sold you a broken device, hopefully they will send you a new one. i'm sorry i couldn't help. At this time my knowledge in Winmo is ignorant at best. good luck