Mysteriously bricked Active

[G.Trenchev]

Hi guys,my brother has the active,and today he just found it dead in his pocket.No turn on,no lights,just a small vibration bump when holding the power key.Any clues?
I've changed battery,SEUS won't detect the phone.However,Flashtool detects a SE phone when I'm holding the volume key.
It was never rooted,just stock firmware.
Any clues?Please help

 

[ginryu]

Hi guys,my brother has the active,and today he just found it dead in his pocket.No turn on,no lights,just a small vibration bump when holding the power key.Any clues?
I've changed battery,SEUS won't detect the phone.However,Flashtool detects a SE phone when I'm holding the volume key.
It was never rooted,just stock firmware.
Any clues?Please help

This thread should go in general not development.

Now i would say that if he never modified the phone and if it still have warranty to take it to a sony ericsson service center that would be his best option.

 

[buneech]

Try taking the battery out for a few minutes, and by a few i mean something like 5 minutes, then try turning it on.

 

[hnl_dk]

Try taking the battery out for a few minutes, and by a few i mean something like 5 minutes, then try turning it on.

Remember to try to turn it on, while the battery is out... that will help to drain the capacitors for energy.

 

[akshay13071990]

Hi guys,my brother has the active,and today he just found it dead in his pocket.No turn on,no lights,just a small vibration bump when holding the power key.Any clues?
I've changed battery,SEUS won't detect the phone.However,Flashtool detects a SE phone when I'm holding the volume key.
It was never rooted,just stock firmware.
Any clues?Please help

If you have unlock bootloader.. And you try to update over the Air then you brick your mobile.. For that just relock your bootloadet

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[G.Trenchev]

Thank you for the replies guys!The phone is completely untouched,no mods,unlocks etc.
SEUS detected the phone and reinstalled it!But...it's the same again.Just small vibration when pressing the power button.

 

[ginryu]

Thank you for the replies guys!The phone is completely untouched,no mods,unlocks etc.
SEUS detected the phone and reinstalled it!But...it's the same again.Just small vibration when pressing the power button.

i really think you should take to warranty before trying anything else

 

[Someguyfromhell]

Thank you for the replies guys!The phone is completely untouched,no mods,unlocks etc.
SEUS detected the phone and reinstalled it!But...it's the same again.Just small vibration when pressing the power button.

Small vibration when pressing the power button is completely normal. It means, that you don't have to hold the button more...

What happened before this occured?

 

[ginryu]

Small vibration when pressing the power button is completely normal. It means, that you don't have to hold the button more...

What happened before this occured?

it was in his brother pocket i don't think he done anything they never do when something goes wrong

just kidding i think there's something wrong from factory and if he don't want to take it back for me the next step will be to try and flash generic firm using wotan server.

 

[dumraden]

Because smaller brother's tend to lie, and since this is a waterproof phone, before sending it to get fixed, make sure that the humidity stickers on the inside of the phone and on the battery are still white and not pink/red.

 

[Someguyfromhell]

Because smaller brother's tend to lie, and since this is a waterproof phone, before sending it to get fixed, make sure that the humidity stickers on the inside of the phone and on the battery are still white and not pink/red.

And if in service they notice, that phone was opened before?

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[dumraden]

What? You dont have to unscrew anything to see them. The one on the phone is just on top of the SD card, and the battery one is visible with the battery inserted, from the gap that the Sim card hole has.

 

[G.Trenchev]

Be cool guys,I've "interrogated" him,and I don't think he done anything.
Stickers are fine,and the phone is just 3 months old.Well,it's going to service on Monday.It's just so strange to die like that.
By the way,yesterday in the evening it started to blink red.I've put it on charger and the led soon became yellow,but hte phone still won't turn on.I've replaced the battery with a fresh 100% one from my X8,and still no effect.The battery from the Active is also fine,my X8 works with it,and it's about 70%.

 

[Someguyfromhell]

What happens after the vibration during the power button?

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