Xperia Tablet S Bricked and revived. Service tools obtained.

[vincenzo929292]

Hi guys
I have a xperia tablet s that won't turn on.
Is always in APX MODE, how do I fix?

 

[Supreme_One]

When I put the SD Card in the tablet it won't up show up the Cold-Booting Text What should I do?

 

[omarcom11]

after root
Now my sony xperia tablet s open in this screen
ples. help my

 

[nstankov]

Dear all, I just did my registration to this forum to express my THANKS to @NerdiX, for this simple and clear explanation on how to fix my Sony Xperia S tablet (without any Linux stuff ) and also with the great efforts of @deltaztek for SD-card , @djrbliss for motochopper, @<robin> for desklunvr, @condi and all the others. Of course I didn't have any problems since my firmware was exactly the same.
Good job guys, I really appreciate what you have done!

Here's my simple how to with prepared image.

These step already done, no need to do this on linux box:



Write image on sdcard min 2Gb.
Put the card in tab and boot it.
When you see " Cold-boot Linux..." connect usb cable to pc and start a shell, presume windows command prompt, adb drivers installed too...
on
C:\>
type:

adb shell

on
[email protected]:/ $
type:

/system/xbin/pwn

will see:
[+] This may take a few minutes.
[+] Success!
sh: /system/xbin/busybox: not found
sh: cp: not found
type:

export PATH=$PATH:/system/xbin/busyboxbin

then type:

su

STOP here if your OTA is diferent, i mean - no 3g - wifi only, and country code is not listed below! Read OTA WARNING bellow!!!
If your device is 3g and OTA is like mine, then proceed with next step. OTA for specific device see on stifilz post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26882762&postcount=3
on: [email protected]:/ # type the following lines one by one followed by enter key

/system/xbin/busyboxbin/dd if=/system/jb411r2/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 [COLOR="Red"][U]press ENTER, and wait, to see when it's done[/U][/COLOR]
/system/xbin/busyboxbin/dd if=/system/jb411r2/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 [COLOR="Red"][U]press ENTER, and wait... when done, proceed[/U][/COLOR]
/system/xbin/busyboxbin/dd if=/system/jb411r2/hidden.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 [COLOR="Red"][U]press ENTER, and wait[/U][/COLOR]

You can copy lines from here and paste it on command prompt window... When dd is done you can type reboot, or simply close command window, remove the card and start the tab. After SONY logo will see a triangle with an exclamation mark, tab will reboot and another one triangle with an exclamation mark, after that will boot to the os...

Job DONE.

OTA WARNING and how to desklinvr your specific device firmware!
Sorry for the delay, thanks again to jappaj, please follow these simple steps to desklunvr your firm, and don't do cross flash 3g<->wifi<->3g versions.

Here's the link to image jb411r2sdcard.img with motochopper, system.img and hidden.img from signed-txs03_350-ota-130705005_desklunvr.zip - image for 3g model - county codes: AT BE BG CH CZ DK FI GR HU IE KZ NL NO PL PT RO RU SE SI SK TR UA, for other images, you need to desklunvr your preferable and put system and hidden via adb put...





Good luck!

 

[theslyness]

Service Tool Image Link

Hey guys,

does anybody have the Service Tools available right now?
All links seem to be offline

Thanks in advance.

 

[Joenestyle]

Hello Guys

I have download jb411r2sdcard.img and put it on (Platinum 8 GB Class 10 SDHC).
when I have done it in the tablet now only see the Sony logo and not ''Cold-boot Linux..''
what am I doing wrong?

I can not get into recovery mode from the tablet with or without a card sd.

 

[ab-top]

Hi all.
Recently, I've bricked my Sony Xperia Tablet S (SGPT1211) and I look forward for hiring someone to help me recover it.

The story:
1. Using the "S.onyTablet.S v6.5 [ALLinONE]" utility I've successfully rooted the tablet. It worked well, but always booted in safe mode.
2. From a wrong understanding, I decided that "S.onyTablet.S v3.0 [FLASHER]" should update my tablet to a better, pre-rooted firmware..
3. By mistake, I reflashed the device with "S.onyTablet.S v3.0 [FLASHER]" INCLUDING the "hidden.img" partition.

As a result, I think that I've flashed the firmware that was intended for a wrong device, here is why:
1. The tablet starts up with a different pattern (orange lines instead of blue lines)
2. It gets to the "choose your language" first-run page, but the touch screen does not react right, it shows a white circle where I press and the setup doesn't go further than the 2nd "connect to WiFi" page.
3. The tablet is now recognized as "Sony Tablet S" device, not as "Sony XPERIA Tablet S", ADB shell shows no devices and Mac OS "Android File Transfer" app shows both cards as empty.

I can still access the boot menu with [volume +] and [power] keys and use "software update from SD card" and "wipe user data" options.
I've tried the "S.onyXT.S v1.0 [UNBRICKER]" utility. It downloaded the images and created an SD card, but this card is totally unreadable (file system not readable) on both Mac, PC and Android.
I've tried to copy the firmware manually to the FAT-formated SD card. It starts uploading via startup menu / bootloader and then aborts at about 20% of the verification process.
3. I've found a "signed-txs03_300-ota-131023003.zip" file made for this tablet, but it also aborts after 20% of verification.

I look forward for hiring someone to help me unbrik the tablet.

Thanks in advance!!

 

[cyphex]

Well waking up an old threat,
A friend @vatis24 provided my with some .img files
1 . Android403installsdcard.img
2. unknown-partition.img

I usedWin32Disk to write the Android.img file to the SD card
Once i did that i get the Cold-boot linux kernel message.

Problem is that the adb shell command gives me the error -exec' /system/bin/sh' failed: Permission denied (13) -

I am not sure what i am missing here.
The unknown-partition.img where do i use that does anyone know?

Thank you for anyone that replies

 

[TheDanB]

Image Files

I hope someone sees this...

I am kind of in need for the image files to unbrick my
xperia Tablet S.
Does anybody have a image laying around on their HDD?
I would really appreciate the help.
Many thanks!

 

[moh_123]

Request for Help

Worked like a charm after I used the right SD card.

Thanks to all who put so much effort into the analysis of this wonderful SD Card.

Only thing left to to is restoring all the apps that were installed befor the silly thing decided to play dumb


It was a Transcend Micro SDHC - at least that's what it says on the label.
I was using a Kingston MicroSD adapter.
The SD Card I used now is a 8GB PNY SDHC card.

Could you share service tool with me as I have the same problem with my tab s. I really in need it.
Thanks in advance.

 

[ninosss 66]

xperia tablet SGPT1211

Hi guys
I have a xperia tablet SGPT1211 that won't turn on.
Any one has files to boot from the SD

 

[ChurcBoiTino]

Here is the download link

i compressed the IMG-File as a zip file to save space so please extract it before following the tutorial.

Keep on rockin'

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread but could you please possibly reupload the img?

Thanks!

 

[sev7en]

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread but could you please possibly reupload the img?

Thanks!

Does it is working with the AT&T version?