Think I've bricked my Z5C!

[creebefu]

So I've had my Z5C for a couple of days. Thought I'd try Sony's flavour of Android and having decided I simply prefer AOSP, I unlocked the bootloader, and started flashing AOSP 5.1.1 (found on this forum over at Original Android Development).

I flashed boot and recovery, and half way through flashing system my dog came running through the living room and managed to unplug the cable from my laptop. Now the phone's LED is a solid blue and it won't do anything.

I've tried holding down the power button from 5 seconds to 5 minutes and nothing happens.

When I plug it back into the laptop, it pops up a message saying the usb device has malfunctioned.

Am I screwed? Any suggestions? Should I kill my dog?

 

[nilezon]

So I've had my Z5C for a couple of days. Thought I'd try Sony's flavour of Android and having decided I simply prefer AOSP, I unlocked the bootloader, and started flashing AOSP 5.1.1 (found on this forum over at Original Android Development).

I flashed boot and recovery, and half way through flashing system my dog came running through the living room and managed to unplug the cable from my laptop. Now the phone's LED is a solid blue and it won't do anything.

I've tried holding down the power button from 5 seconds to 5 minutes and nothing happens.

When I plug it back into the laptop, it pops up a message saying the usb device has malfunctioned.

Am I screwed? Any suggestions? Should I kill my dog?

Can you get the phone to fastboot or flash mode?
Hold POWER+VOL UP to get to fastboot mode (solid blue led), or POWER+VOL DOWN to get to flash mode (solid green led).

 

[creebefu]

Nope, the LED just stays blue.

 

[creebefu]

Can you get the phone to fastboot or flash mode?
Hold POWER+VOL UP to get to fastboot mode (solid blue led), or POWER+VOL DOWN to get to flash mode (solid green led).

Nope the LED just stays blue.

 

[dillalade]

Tried flashing stock ftf via flashtool?

Prepare the ftf on Flash tool.

With device off, hold volume down and plug the device in when flash tool prompts you.

Flashtool "should" detect your phone and flash stock firmware (note you will notice nothing happens on your device - the install is illustrated on the Flashtool interface, until prompted to remove the USB and power on the device.)

Otherwise this may or may not help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963961

 

[nilezon]

Nope the LED just stays blue.

Solid blue = fastboot mode.

 

[Echts]

If you can't restart or turn it off in anyway (that's what I gather is the problem?) you can try forcing it to restart by removing and re-inserting the sim card, that should trigger a hard reboot.

 

[creebefu]

Tried flashing stock ftf via flashtool?

Prepare the ftf on Flash tool.

With device off, hold volume down and plug the device in when flash tool prompts you.

Flashtool "should" detect your phone and flash stock firmware (note you will notice nothing happens on your device - the install is illustrated on the Flashtool interface, until prompted to remove the USB and power on the device.)

Otherwise this may or may not help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963961

I ended up leaving the phone alone for a while, and now it's powering off. I've gone through the process of installing flashtool, preparing the firmware. And now I have a new problem. When trying to flash this is what it says:

26/031/2015 08:31:50 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.
26/031/2015 08:31:51 - INFO - Opening device for R/W
26/031/2015 08:31:51 - INFO - Start Flashing
26/031/2015 08:31:51 - INFO - Processing loader.sin
26/031/2015 08:31:51 - INFO - Checking header
26/031/2015 08:31:51 - ERROR - Processing of loader.sin finished with errors.
26/031/2015 08:31:51 - INFO - Ending flash session
26/031/2015 08:31:51 - ERROR -
26/031/2015 08:31:51 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted
26/031/2015 08:31:52 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

I've followed instructions this to the best of my ability and not sure where I'm going wrong. I bought the phone unlocked in the UK so have selected United Kingdom - Customized UK (latest release 32.0.A.4.11 /R9B) in XperiFirm. Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT: I've got further than this now after clicking 'check drivers' in Flashtool but now I'm getting this error:

26/010/2015 09:10:14 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
26/010/2015 09:10:24 - INFO - Selected Bundle for Sony Xperia Z5 Compact (E5823). FW release : 32.0.A.4.11_R9B. Customization : UK
26/010/2015 09:10:24 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing
26/010/2015 09:10:43 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.
26/010/2015 09:10:44 - INFO - Opening device for R/W
26/010/2015 09:10:44 - INFO - Reading device information
26/010/2015 09:10:44 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.
26/010/2015 09:10:44 - INFO - Current device : E5823 - CB5A28S95H - 1298-5497_R9B - 1295-6639_32.0.A.4.11 - GENERIC_32.0.A.4.11
26/010/2015 09:10:44 - INFO - Start Flashing
26/010/2015 09:10:44 - INFO - Processing loader.sin
26/010/2015 09:10:44 - INFO - Checking header
26/010/2015 09:10:44 - INFO - Flashing data
26/010/2015 09:10:44 - INFO - Processing of loader.sin finished.
26/010/2015 09:10:45 - INFO - Loader : S1_Root_f936 - Version : MSM8994_50 / Boot version : S1_Boot_MSM8994_LA1.2_114 / Bootloader status : ROOTED
26/010/2015 09:10:45 - INFO - Processing partition-image.sin
26/010/2015 09:10:45 - INFO - Checking header
26/010/2015 09:10:45 - INFO - Flashing data
26/010/2015 09:10:45 - INFO - Processing of partition-image.sin finished.
26/010/2015 09:10:45 - INFO - Parsing boot delivery
26/010/2015 09:10:45 - INFO - Phone boot version : S1_Boot_MSM8994_LA1.2_114. Boot delivery version : S1_Boot_MSM8994_LA1.2_114
26/010/2015 09:10:45 - INFO - Boot delivery up to date. Nothing to do
26/010/2015 09:10:45 - INFO - Processing kernel.sin
26/010/2015 09:10:45 - INFO - Checking header
26/010/2015 09:10:45 - INFO - Flashing data
26/010/2015 09:10:49 - INFO - Processing of kernel.sin finished.
26/010/2015 09:10:49 - INFO - Processing fotakernel.sin
26/010/2015 09:10:49 - INFO - Checking header
26/010/2015 09:10:49 - INFO - Flashing data
26/010/2015 09:10:53 - INFO - Processing of fotakernel.sin finished.
26/010/2015 09:10:53 - INFO - Processing amss_fs_2.sin
26/010/2015 09:10:53 - INFO - Checking header
26/010/2015 09:10:53 - INFO - Flashing data
26/010/2015 09:10:53 - INFO - Processing of amss_fs_2.sin finished.
26/010/2015 09:10:53 - INFO - Processing modem.sin
26/010/2015 09:10:53 - INFO - Checking header
26/010/2015 09:10:53 - INFO - Flashing data
26/011/2015 09:11:01 - INFO - Processing of modem.sin finished.
26/011/2015 09:11:01 - INFO - Processing amss_fsg.sin
26/011/2015 09:11:01 - INFO - Checking header
26/011/2015 09:11:01 - INFO - Flashing data
26/011/2015 09:11:01 - INFO - Processing of amss_fsg.sin finished.
26/011/2015 09:11:01 - INFO - Processing amss_fs_1.sin
26/011/2015 09:11:01 - INFO - Checking header
26/011/2015 09:11:01 - INFO - Flashing data
26/011/2015 09:11:01 - INFO - Processing of amss_fs_1.sin finished.
26/011/2015 09:11:01 - INFO - Processing ramdump.sin
26/011/2015 09:11:01 - INFO - Checking header
26/011/2015 09:11:01 - INFO - Flashing data
26/011/2015 09:11:02 - INFO - Processing of ramdump.sin finished.
26/011/2015 09:11:02 - INFO - Processing ssd.sin
26/011/2015 09:11:02 - INFO - Checking header
26/011/2015 09:11:02 - INFO - Flashing data
26/011/2015 09:11:02 - INFO - Processing of ssd.sin finished.
26/011/2015 09:11:02 - INFO - Processing oem.sin
26/011/2015 09:11:02 - INFO - Checking header
26/011/2015 09:11:03 - INFO - Flashing data
26/011/2015 09:11:21 - INFO - Processing of oem.sin finished.
26/011/2015 09:11:21 - INFO - Processing persist.sin
26/011/2015 09:11:21 - INFO - Checking header
26/011/2015 09:11:21 - INFO - Flashing data
26/011/2015 09:11:22 - INFO - Processing of persist.sin finished.
26/011/2015 09:11:22 - INFO - Processing diag.sin
26/011/2015 09:11:22 - INFO - Checking header
26/011/2015 09:11:22 - INFO - Flashing data
26/011/2015 09:11:23 - INFO - Processing of diag.sin finished.
26/011/2015 09:11:23 - INFO - Ending flash session
26/011/2015 09:11:23 - ERROR -
26/011/2015 09:11:23 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted
26/011/2015 09:11:23 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
26/011/2015 09:11:23 - INFO - Device disconnected
26/011/2015 09:11:30 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

EDIT 2: I ran the program in 64 bit mode and let the program run and go through the xperifirm process by itself, and it went through fine.

 

[dillalade]

Back to life then?

 

[creebefu]

Back to life then?

Yes it's back to life! Thanks, dude.

 

[dillalade]

Awesome

 

[sol115]

Problem

I have a same error and oem.sim error
And sistem. Sin i have a Windows xp..
I cant run xperia companion...

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At turn on display message
The software update failed
Make sure that your phone is connected to computer and tru again

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Help

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Is necesary run flash tool with inserted sim card??

 

[daniel_loft]

creebefu, next time get a cat!