Sony Tablet S doesn't boot up

[bgaurab]

I have an original Sony tablet S, which I had OTA upgraded to 3.2. It froze on me one day, and I then pressed the soft reset button. It normally comes back up after that, but this time, it just went to be initial boot screen of wavy lines and stayed there forever.

I tried
- hard reset with vol+ and power key and erase all data ... It still didn't work
- installed adb and PC recognized the device, but says"device could not be started" error code 10... Hence I couldn't proceed any further

I did not backup or have a firmware in a SD card.

Is there any way, I could reflash my device with a working firmware so that it will boot up?

PS. Before my Sony died, I had not set the settings to "USB debugging mode" and now I can't

 

[stifilz]

I have an original Sony tablet S, which I had OTA upgraded to 3.2. It froze on me one day, and I then pressed the soft reset button. It normally comes back up after that, but this time, it just went to be initial boot screen of wavy lines and stayed there forever.

I tried
- hard reset with vol+ and power key and erase all data ... It still didn't work
- installed adb and PC recognized the device, but says"device could not be started" error code 10... Hence I couldn't proceed any further

I did not backup or have a firmware in a SD card.

Is there any way, I could reflash my device with a working firmware so that it will boot up?

PS. Before my Sony died, I had not set the settings to "USB debugging mode" and now I can't

Simple fix my man.

Which region are you???

This will involve upgrading probably to ICS, so you won't be able to root for now but hey you tab will be working.

Follow the istructions from my FAQ in my signature.

You want to enter recovery and flash your regions zip file.

Good luck

Stifilz

 

[bgaurab]

Simple fix my man.

Which region are you???

This will involve upgrading probably to ICS, so you won't be able to root for now but hey you tab will be working.

Follow the istructions from my FAQ in my signature.

You want to enter recovery and flash your regions zip file.

Good luck

Stifilz

Dear Stifilz

I am in the US and more or less a noob. I downloaded the region file (signed-nbx03-001....zip) from your post.
When I try to open it in the PC, it says its an "invalid zip file".
Should I still load it into SD and flash it from there? Also, when it asks for the file in the RESET screen in Sony, do I provide the zip file or the contents?

Cheers!
bgaurab

 

[stifilz]

Dear Stifilz

I am in the US and more or less a noob. I downloaded the region file (signed-nbx03-001....zip) from your post.
When I try to open it in the PC, it says its an "invalid zip file".
Should I still load it into SD and flash it from there? Also, when it asks for the file in the RESET screen in Sony, do I provide the zip file or the contents?

Cheers!
bgaurab

File is encrypted. Tablet will decrypt it for you. Place zip on sd card and flash through recovery. Look in FAQ for details. You can even root after that.

Goo luck again

Stifilz

 

[bgaurab]

File is encrypted. Tablet will decrypt it for you. Place zip on sd card and flash through recovery. Look in FAQ for details. You can even root after that.

Goo luck again

Stifilz

Dear Stifilz

Thanks! It worked!! ... My tablet is not bricked any more...

Another noob question ... When I sign in with my google account, will it restore all my apps, books, magazines that I had bought in the past?

Cheers!
bgaurab

 

[stifilz]

Depends if you had back up enabled. But should do. If not it should restore data as you install the apps.

P.s i suggest if you ever want root do it now. Plu you can preroot ics etc

Stifilz

 

[najumgm]

Sony tablet signed zip file

Hi,
I am also facing such a problem for my Sony Tablet, I am from India, how can I get a signed zip file for my region? can you help me please?

Thanks in advance,
Najmudheen