[Q] Bricked my Xperia M C1905

[bululu]

Hello everyone,

I think i bricked my Xperia M C1905, which i bought yesterday pre-used.
I wanted to get rid of all the old data (photos sms and so on) of the former owner and to install a Cyanogenmod ROM.

I read all the manuals i could find and thought i am prepared. So I tried my luck.

1) First i sucessfully unlocked the bootloader using the sony developer network
2) I installed cwm for the xperia m (flashed by using command line)
3) bootet into cwm and i tried to wipe the old data
-> Error: formatting /data (manual mounting /data doesnt work either)
4) successfully formated /system
5) copied CM-zip and gapps to a microsd card and inserted it into the device
6) tried to install - stucks at 0.00%

So i think i did 2 mistakes:
1) i forgot to root the device prior
2) i did not verify the current stock-firmware version as cwm does only work with certain versions.

Now i only can get into fastboot and cwm or PhilZ Touch 6.50.6 [Nicki] [CWM 6.0.5.0 Advanced Edition] respectively.
The rooting does not work from there.

So what can i do else to resurrect the mobile?

Hoping for help
B

 

[bululu]

Found the solution in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/help/stuck-bootloop-unable-to-mount-data-t2333688
Due a changed partition layout i had to to tap the following option:
"format /data and /data media"
instead of
"format /data"

I hope this helps someone

 

[palacios000]

Found the solution in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/help/stuck-bootloop-unable-to-mount-data-t2333688
Due a changed partition layout i had to to tap the following option:
"format /data and /data media"
instead of
"format /data"

I hope this helps someone

hi I have bricket my Xperia M too and I am struggling to boot it properly

may i ask you wich version of CM you use for your device.

And where do you see "format /data and /data media"? on the CM recovery menu, on the phone?
Thanks a lot

 

[bululu]

You ask for CM Version, but i assume you mean CWM (=Clockworkmod)
CM is usually used for Cyanogenmod (I used the one from the following link).

For CWM and CM I took the recovery.img from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-m/development/unofficial-xperia-rom-nickixperia-m-m-t2885370
and flashed using flashtool it in fastboot-mode as "Select kernel to flash" in the Doomlord section (right side).

The format Options can be found by tapping on "Mounts and Storage" inside the CWM-Menu
Good luck!

 

[palacios000]

You ask for CM Version, but i assume you mean CWM (=Clockworkmod)
CM is usually used for Cyanogenmod (I used the one from the following link).

For CWM and CM I took the recovery.img from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-m/development/unofficial-xperia-rom-nickixperia-m-m-t2885370
and flashed using flashtool it in fastboot-mode as "Select kernel to flash" in the Doomlord section (right side).

The format Options can be found by tapping on "Mounts and Storage" inside the CWM-Menu
Good luck!

Thank you my friend,
I managed to fix the phone, now thanks to your tip I used CWM, wipe everything and install CM12
It took few days but now the phone is open. Thanks again

 

[bululu]

Good that you could resurrect your phone. Congratz!
The Reason why i chose CM11 was that i wanted to exchange SD-Card and internal memory, because the internal is so very insufficient.
I read that this is not possible with CM12, so i went to CM11.
Inofficial with Original launcher because i do not want my girl to complain too much (Its her phone). lol