Touch not responding and boot issues :( - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I recently got my phone unlocked via testpoint (I think) and it was fine for a week or so but then the touch screen started locking up after i turn the screen on and bring up the lock screen and wouldn't respond to my touches (so I can't answer my calls/texts until I restart my phone), the screen itself was fine as I can see everything still and the phone still responds as the gamepad is still functioned so I could turn it off and on again which then fixed it for a few hours.
This has been happening a lot recently and a new problem has developed which is that it will not boot properly, if I have it plugged in and boot from the "charging mode" its fine but the screen doesn't work until about 10 reboots and on battery it hangs at the Sony Ericsson text screen (On boot) and I have to battery pull it and reboot it many times before it will boot successfully again.
It is running a stock gingerbread ROM (Build .42 - rooted). This worked perfectly and never locked up once before the unlock, so I'm placing my suspicions on that. -.-
any ideas for fixes are greatly appreciated as having this phone doing this ALL THE TIME is very frustrating and seems to be happening more regularly and sometimes even when the screen is turned on and I'm using the device.
Thanks in advance and for reading all of that (If you did )

The fact that you unlocked it shouldn't matter that it's having issues booting up. I had mine unlocked via testpoint and it was all good. Try reflashing your stock FTF.
I think build .42 is Verizon, right? But what phone version do you have?

I have the R800i - originally locked to orange. I flashed a .42 build i fund on the internet, i think it was a Chinese ROM as it came with Chinese keyboard etc. and various Chinese apps
hmm, as I'm typing this I'm waiting for it to reboot - Not working -.- I got told by the guy who unlocked it that i cant update my phone or it may blank screen on me or something? i didn't want to risk anything by re-flashing it as i don't want to have to buy a new phone if this one completely messes up to the point that it's bricked I'm thinking a reflash is the way to go... Can titanium backup backup whatsapp properly so i dont have to sort out my activation stuff again? it's assigned to my old number atm so yeahh...

Same problem over here.
I used to use the Doom kernel for over a year without problem but then the touchscren would frequently lose it's ability to react to touch usually a reboot would fix it, at some point i had to hold a button while bootup for it to react again soon i discovered that sliding the gamepad out was what killed the touch capability sliding the gamepad back in did not restore it only a reboot or as i discovered holding the home button for about 10 seconds how ever it was less and less functional until at somepoint nothing would restore it and the touchscreen permanently lost it's touch. Assuming it might be a software problem i reflashed stock rom and stock kernel the problem still persists and i am not sure if ihad this problem before reflashing or not but i also now have the problem that when pressing the power button the phone does not react for 15 seconds before getting to the sony erricons (or doom kernel) writing to not move one step further no matter the wait while starting with usb plugged in again takes 15 seconds wait time before anyting shows up but then after 30 seconds continues to the next splashscreen to start properly.
Initially i assumed it would be a software problem (like slyhedgehog56) how ever as not even reflashing the entire system fixed it i think that option is out of question. with the touchscreen capability i would blame it on the digitizer but would a digitizer problem also cause the boot issues? With unlocked boot loader i am obviously out of warranty and id rather not have to buy a new phone i would what so ever not mind doing some basic human capable repairs on it (for example exchanging digitizer) how ever i don't want to invest into repairs that possibly wont help anyway.
I hope somebody can provide us with some insight.

Well you've also got to consider is electricals can go wrong weather its a phone laptop toaster ect sometimes stuff just stops working for no reason and something will break just the way it works unfortunately
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ILikeTheWayYouMove2 said:
Well you've also got to consider is electricals can go wrong weather its a phone laptop toaster ect sometimes stuff just stops working for no reason and something will break just the way it works unfortunately
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Well while it certainly is true that everything stops it's not quite for no reason i mean there is most certainly some reason, it's not like the device just randomly decides "im perfectly fine but i wont work anymore" if it's a broken contact a lose cable or a fried chip something IS to blame for malfunctions and if there is a specific pattern of malfunctions it may be possible to track back just what component gave up.
So thank you for notifying me that things break at times i will still continue to wait if somebody possibly has more detail on this particular malfunction though.

Grey-fox-13 said:
Same problem over here.
I used to use the Doom kernel for over a year without problem but then the touchscren would frequently lose it's ability to react to touch usually a reboot would fix it, at some point i had to hold a button while bootup for it to react again soon i discovered that sliding the gamepad out was what killed the touch capability sliding the gamepad back in did not restore it only a reboot or as i discovered holding the home button for about 10 seconds how ever it was less and less functional until at somepoint nothing would restore it and the touchscreen permanently lost it's touch. Assuming it might be a software problem i reflashed stock rom and stock kernel the problem still persists and i am not sure if ihad this problem before reflashing or not but i also now have the problem that when pressing the power button the phone does not react for 15 seconds before getting to the sony erricons (or doom kernel) writing to not move one step further no matter the wait while starting with usb plugged in again takes 15 seconds wait time before anyting shows up but then after 30 seconds continues to the next splashscreen to start properly.
Initially i assumed it would be a software problem (like slyhedgehog56) how ever as not even reflashing the entire system fixed it i think that option is out of question. with the touchscreen capability i would blame it on the digitizer but would a digitizer problem also cause the boot issues? With unlocked boot loader i am obviously out of warranty and id rather not have to buy a new phone i would what so ever not mind doing some basic human capable repairs on it (for example exchanging digitizer) how ever i don't want to invest into repairs that possibly wont help anyway.
I hope somebody can provide us with some insight.
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I'm not gonna lie myself as the same thing exactly happened to my phone and it died week ago.
Here's how it started
1 Touchscreen died for 5 Seconds when I didn't use phone for long.
- Over two weeks this dead time longly extended.
3 Touchscreen became completely dead and unusable.
- Tried stock rom, Markpython's Ics Rom and Slimbean (no result so hardware problem).
5 Relocked the bootloader, flashed stock fw.
- Device won't boot unless in USB Mode
7 Phone turns unusable (Yes I can navigate using gamepad) and goes to Sony Centre

sewer56lol said:
I'm not gonna lie myself as the same thing exactly happened to my phone and it died week ago.
Here's how it started
1 Touchscreen died for 5 Seconds when I didn't use phone for long.
- Over two weeks this dead time longly extended.
3 Touchscreen became completely dead and unusable.
- Tried stock rom, Markpython's Ics Rom and Slimbean (no result so hardware problem).
5 Relocked the bootloader, flashed stock fw.
- Device won't boot unless in USB Mode
7 Phone turns unusable (Yes I can navigate using gamepad) and goes to Sony Centre
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Sounds like the exact same problem yes (including the gamepad navigation) would you mind keeping me/us updated over how it goes? what they blame to be the culprint etc?

friends too..
Turns out a friends Xperia play has the EXACT same problem so the test point unlock isn't the issue here tried reflashing this one and no help at all, it will boot if I gold the power button then plug a USB cable in but the screen doesn't respond to touches. The same for both phones, they won't boot without a USB connected and will occasionally work once every 50 or so tries without the cable -.-.
I'm at a loss, I've searched the internet to find no help and everyone just saying "use the Sony repair tool" no. It doesn't work!

sewer56lol said:
I'm not gonna lie myself as the same thing exactly happened to my phone and it died week ago.
Here's how it started
1 Touchscreen died for 5 Seconds when I didn't use phone for long.
- Over two weeks this dead time longly extended.
3 Touchscreen became completely dead and unusable.
- Tried stock rom, Markpython's Ics Rom and Slimbean (no result so hardware problem).
5 Relocked the bootloader, flashed stock fw.
- Device won't boot unless in USB Mode
7 Phone turns unusable (Yes I can navigate using gamepad) and goes to Sony Centre
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slyhedgehog56 said:
Turns out a friends Xperia play has the EXACT same problem so the test point unlock isn't the issue here tried reflashing this one and no help at all, it will boot if I gold the power button then plug a USB cable in but the screen doesn't respond to touches. The same for both phones, they won't boot without a USB connected and will occasionally work once every 50 or so tries without the cable -.-.
I'm at a loss, I've searched the internet to find no help and everyone just saying "use the Sony repair tool" no. It doesn't work!
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I have the same exact problem ,I made a very interesting detailed thread about it a few minutes ago , please have
a look at it and put a comment or something ...
Totally Depressed : My Xperia Play is Stuck at Sony Ericsson Text at Boot Screen !

Still nothing for me
Still in repair centre.
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(Yay finally got an S3 like I said in my Rom thread)

sewer56lol said:
Still nothing for me
Still in repair centre.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
(Yay finally got an S3 like I said in my Rom thread)
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Thank you for keeping us updated and yeah i can imagine it takes a little longer over the holidays.
(btw congratulations on the S3)

Grey-fox-13 said:
Thank you for keeping us updated and yeah i can imagine it takes a little longer over the holidays.
(btw congratulations on the S3)
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I got it back , I haven't done any testing but it seems to be working fine.
Boot = OK
Touchscreen = OK
Gamepad = OK
Touchpads = Not Tested but should be ok.
Version = .42 (2.3.4) (UK GENERIC) - Same version as I gave into store.
The software was upgraded to the very last version?
Fought last version was .62
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Forgot to say they changed the digitizer.
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sewer56lol said:
I got it back , I haven't done any testing but it seems to be working fine.
Boot = OK
Touchscreen = OK
Gamepad = OK
Touchpads = Not Tested but should be ok.
Version = .42 (2.3.4) (UK GENERIC) - Same version as I gave into store.
The software was upgraded to the very last version?
Fought last version was .62
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---------- Post added at 06:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:59 PM ----------
Forgot to say they changed the digitizer.
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Awesome! Keypad fault interesting
hmm you said you had flashed another rom that means you had your bootloader unlocked and your warranty voided right?
Did they charge you for the repairs?

Grey-fox-13 said:
Awesome! Keypad fault interesting
hmm you said you had flashed another rom that means you had your bootloader unlocked and your warranty voided right?
Did they charge you for the repairs?
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I relocked my bootloader beforehand giving it to repair centre.
I fought I said this a couple of posts ago.
And no they did not charge me at all.
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sewer56lol said:
I'm not gonna lie myself as the same thing exactly happened to my phone and it died week ago.
Here's how it started
1 Touchscreen died for 5 Seconds when I didn't use phone for long.
- Over two weeks this dead time longly extended.
3 Touchscreen became completely dead and unusable.
- Tried stock rom, Markpython's Ics Rom and Slimbean (no result so hardware problem).
5 Relocked the bootloader, flashed stock fw.
- Device won't boot unless in USB Mode
7 Phone turns unusable (Yes I can navigate using gamepad) and goes to Sony Centre
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Yes i know that you mentioned it however i thought they would/could check the status using the IMEI and could tell if it was locked nlocked though admittingly getting the code to unlock it using th IMEI does not actually mean that you unlocked it... ut alrigh thanks again
sewer56lol said:
I relocked my bootloader beforehand giving it to repair centre.
I fought I said this a couple of posts ago.
And no they did not charge me at all.
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Related

Is HTC warranty affected by installing ROMs, CWM etc?

I installed Tigger's excellent WildChild ROM a couple of weeks ago using CWM. My phone is S-ON, so I unlocked the bootloader by downloading the file from HTC's site.
Now with typical timing my phone appears to have developed an unrelated problem with the touchscreen - after a short while of use, it starts glitching up and the touchscreen goes all screwy, acting as if I'm pressing in places I'm not pressing and stuff like that. I can unglitch it by pressing the power button off then on again, but it's really annoying and makes the phone nearly unusable.
So I'm thinking I'll need to return the phone to HTC - will my warranty be affected because I've unlocked the bootloader? Can I remove stuff like CWM and the modded ROM so when (if) I return it, they won't say I've invalidated the warranty?
Thanks a lot for any help.
No....they already know that you unlocked the bootloader since you did it via HTCdev.....
And PLEASE!!!! THERE IS A Q AND A SECTION HERE!! POST QUESTIONS THERE
csoulr666 said:
No....they already know that you unlocked the bootloader since you did it via HTCdev.....
And PLEASE!!!! THERE IS A Q AND A SECTION HERE!! POST QUESTIONS THERE
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ah that's brilliant news, thanks for the help
sorry for posting in the wrong place. i'll continue this over in Q & A
Even i had the same problem .i just replaced the charger and reseted my device ,then the glitching had gone , just to make sure try a friend's charger to see weather the glitching is stopped or reduced
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using xda premium
ashrith n a said:
Even i had the same problem .i just replaced the charger and reseted my device ,then the glitching had gone , just to make sure try a friend's charger to see weather the glitching is stopped or reduced
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Thanks for the suggestion, I actually use several different chargers anyway and it doesn't seem to affect it. I've reset the phone to factory setting and cleared the Dalvic cache several times. Unfortunately problem still exists.
If you've ever tried to use your phone in the rain, the problem is very much like that. I really wish there was a way to fix it, but it looks like I'm going to have to send it back, and hopefully HTC won't complain that I've installed modded ROMs etc.
When I have had that issue when I turn of the screen and look at it at an angle there's usually a little non-glossy spot or two that you can slightly feel.cleaning them off usually fixes it .happens a lot after eating greasy foods. May our Mary not help but better then having to replace it

Repair bricked phone

Hi everybody!
I have an almost 2 years old DHD which I think is completely bricked. It was working for approximately one years perfectly and then suddenly it stopped working. Whenever I tried to turn it on, it only vibrated once and did nothing more. Sometimes it turned on and these working periods were enough to restore to stock condition (It was rooted and had Eng S-OFF before.). I had brought it to service and they said they was not going to repair it as the device got water damaged. I'm pretty sure it was not! After a few weeks, it started working again. I was using it for 3 months then it bricked again and it's the situation today as well.
Previous week I looked into the development thread and saw all of these new amazing roms. So I took my DHD to see if it's working or not. The situation is the same. Everytime I power it on, the phone only vibrates once and nothing happens. I'm not able to get into hboot mode. At some very rare occassions the phone turns on and works flawlessly till reboot. When I connect it with USB, the computer doesn't recognize it. Battery is charged, I even tried another battery.
Does anybody know what happens with the phone? I'm open to any possible solutions to try. Please don't suggest to bring it to service or repair it, because I have another phone, just want to try to recover it and ask your ideas about the problem.
Thanks in advance!
Greetings,
Adam
So you say you cant enter in fastboot or recovery?
Since it's intermittent, my guess is it is a hardware problem. Some kind of bad contact/loose connection. Make sure everything looks good on your battery door and the battery contacts inside the phone.
paescheh said:
So you say you cant enter in fastboot or recovery?
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I cannot enter into hboot mode. Didn't try recovery, but assume it's the same.
waterbox said:
Since it's intermittent, my guess is it is a hardware problem. Some kind of bad contact/loose connection. Make sure everything looks good on your battery door and the battery contacts inside the phone.
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I also think it's a hardware problem. Will take a more careful look at the battery.
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need help
im having trouble finding post option on page.i recently rooted my phone.all was well until i used font app sms pro and emoji plug in.i also forgot o disable auo update.worked for 10 minutes then apps wouldnt load.whil attempting to uninstall via recovery...since no other options worked...i wiped my system....now recovery says E:no os...please help...im using vm htc 1 v cdma...
goofed again said:
im having trouble finding post option on page.i recently rooted my phone.all was well until i used font app sms pro and emoji plug in.i also forgot o disable auo update.worked for 10 minutes then apps wouldnt load.whil attempting to uninstall via recovery...since no other options worked...i wiped my system....now recovery says E:no os...please help...im using vm htc 1 v cdma...
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Wrong sub forum buddy, post in the One V Forum.
Its possible that there isn't "water damage", but there could be moisture getting into the phone causing it to act erratic. To cancel out that possibility, submerge it in a closed container full of rice for a few days
Sent from a satellite

Xperia Arc S sleep to death?

I got my Arc S last weekend, but I had many times of sleep to death on custom roms... (didn't happen on stock 2.3.4)
Sometimes after screen is off, I can't wake phone up again. Only a battery pull can help
Arc S had unlocked bootloader, I tried smart Xperia, aokp, viper, racing bean, but all having sleep to death problem on it.
I'm now using racing bean Rom and fusion kernel(184m-1.4ghz), it does have less sleep to death problem, but still no luck.
Any help for this phone?
Strange..... Even I use the same settings.... Y don't you try setting min frequency to 224.... N bdw what governor are you using?
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My phone got stuck fairly often when it was new, after a month or whatnot. It started working alot faster and stopped freezing.
Since you got it only last weekend, it's probably why.
I just relock bootloader, and back to stock 4.1.a.0.562 via flashtool, but phone is getting crazy.
Every time screen off, phone can't be turned on.
I may try Sony pc companion later...
Try a factory reset or seus, mine was like this when I bought it too
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Tried SEUS to latest official ICS , but still can't solve.
Maybe a hardware issue somewhere?
(I tried different sd cards)
Have you tried different stock firmware? If yes I think its better to send it to SE.
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I am having almost the same problem with yours
I've got my arc s for over 6 months now, it's been working fine, i'm on rom Ultimate HD
last week i was running the app Talking Monkey then it happened, it went to sleep and died
the big problem is pull out the battery won't help, the screen choose to wake up randomly at its will, i have no control over it
go back to stock rom won't help either
i realize my phone is working fine except the screen, when i press the home button the led and illumination is activated but not the screen, so my phone is on i can see nothing
i use QtADB to connect to my phone and got the screen shot of the phone but ofcourse i can't see a thing cause the screen won't turn on
i not sure if its a hardware, i hope it's not
try to read the logcat but understand nothing
logcat
Same problem
nosxman said:
I am having almost the same problem with yours
I've got my arc s for over 6 months now, it's been working fine, i'm on rom Ultimate HD
last week i was running the app Talking Monkey then it happened, it went to sleep and died
the big problem is pull out the battery won't help, the screen choose to wake up randomly at its will, i have no control over it
go back to stock rom won't help either
i realize my phone is working fine except the screen, when i press the home button the led and illumination is activated but not the screen, so my phone is on i can see nothing
i use QtADB to connect to my phone and got the screen shot of the phone but ofcourse i can't see a thing cause the screen won't turn on
i not sure if its a hardware, i hope it's not
try to read the logcat but understand nothing
logcat
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I have the same problem, did you solved your SoD.
This is link from my post with same problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39337396&postcount=18
I think the problem is in bootloader, but i can't confirm this because my device have locked bootloader (Unlock allow bootloader: No).

Random now permanent black screen issue

Bought this phone off the electronic bay, arrived totally fine, no signs of any damage, worked just fine. Upgraded it with the sony OTA updates to 4.1 and then the screen started acting a little funny. Sometimes when hitting the unlock button it would just light up the backlight. Then a few days later it stopped ever doing anything besides lighting up the backlight. Then it progressed to doing what I show in the video.
It still plays alert tones when i get messages or calls, but obviously the phone is totally unusable, but charges up fine.
any ideas what is going on here? Called Sony for a repair, but I was unaware they just charge a flat $185 irregardless of what the problem is...ridiculous.
foofiebeast said:
Bought this phone off the electronic bay, arrived totally fine, no signs of any damage, worked just fine. Upgraded it with the sony OTA updates to 4.1 and then the screen started acting a little funny. Sometimes when hitting the unlock button it would just light up the backlight. Then a few days later it stopped ever doing anything besides lighting up the backlight. Then it progressed to doing what I show in the video.
It still plays alert tones when i get messages or calls, but obviously the phone is totally unusable, but charges up fine.
any ideas what is going on here? Called Sony for a repair, but I was unaware they just charge a flat $185 irregardless of what the problem is...ridiculous.
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Hi,
The best way to rule out any software problems would be to flash the latest 6.2.B.1.96 ftf using Flashtool. So, first make sure that the phone has enough charge, then press and hold the volume up+power combination until you get three vibrations. Then press and hold the volume down key and simultaneously connect the USB cable when Flashtool prompts you to. Once the flashing is complete, disconnect your phone and turn it on normally.
Regards,
abcdjdj
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I already flashed back to stock just using the sony bridge app. It seemed to work fine (nothing showed up on the screen the entire time). After the phone boots up I can hear notification sounds as it gets all my texts and voicemails/whatever else. But otherwise it still does what is shown in the video below:
here is the video again, not sure if it worked last time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbrpsWburMw
foofiebeast said:
I already flashed back to stock just using the sony bridge app. It seemed to work fine (nothing showed up on the screen the entire time). After the phone boots up I can hear notification sounds as it gets all my texts and voicemails/whatever else. But otherwise it still does what is shown in the video below:
here is the video again, not sure if it worked last time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbrpsWburMw
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What bug u reported is the bug of .200 and .211 official bug.. Its fixed in .96fw.. Wipe everything when u flash .96fw... So there won't be any problems..
sudhindrakv said:
What bug u reported is the bug of .200 and .211 official bug.. Its fixed in .96fw.. Wipe everything when u flash .96fw... So there won't be any problems..
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Well there is a slight problem.
The phone does not have an unlocked bootloader yet, so I can't use flashtool. It has been flashed back to stock using the method I mentioned above. I have just finished installing ADB because (bear with me please) there is no way to turn the phone into fastboot mode without turning it off (I cannot currently turn it off because I can't see what is happening on the screen and don't remember how this phone works when you hold down the lock key to turn it off). I can perform a hard reset, but no way to just get it to turn off entirely.
So I thought I could use adb to shut it down, but adb won't work unless I have debugging enabled, which again I can't do unless I could basically just blindly navigate the menu to those buttons.
Although if I wait until the phone is fully dead then I can hopefully get it into fastboot mode, but that only gives me one chance. Plus it has a full charge right now, so that's going to be awhile.
Any suggestions?
I can get it in to fast boot if I'm quick, but I still can't enable debugging beforehand so its semi worthless.
I've been trying to watch videos to see where the button placement is to navigate through the menu to blindly enable debugging, but I can't seem to figure it out. It also doesn't help that I have no idea what version of android is now on the phone. I used the mac sony bridge app to restore the phone, but i'm not sure if that set it back to stock stock, or what version of android it set it to.
I am also now even more confused because I connected the phone to the computer and when I browsed it, all the pictures I took were still there...which should have been wiped when I restored it with sony bridge...
figured out it was 4.1 and watched review videos until i found one that showed the menu layout (although now I realize google images would have been more helpful).
Now going to see if I can get the bootloader unlocked.
I still feel like flashing 6.2.B.1.96 isn't going to do anything, because I assume that is what the sony bridge app flashed to it. Also I don't see where you are talking about that the issue I am having was a known issue, if you could point me in that direction that would be very helpful.
EDIT: Actually I'm not sure I enabled debugging after all, as when I do adb devices, no device is listed as running, just a blank space. Though I'm still not convinced doing the above would do anything, as it is basically what I have already done, just with flash tool as opposed to the official sony route.
Anyone have any ideas? I got a torx 6 and opened the phone, checked the connection between the motherboard and phone and it is fine. Screen is still having same issue.
I would be happy to just buy a replacement part for it, but i have no idea what part is messing up. Is it the display (the touch works fine) or is it the motherboard (it seems weird that it would be this because the phone functions completely normally, I even accidentally answered a call yesterday).
If i was to try and replace the LCD (or whatever it is) would I have to replace the digitizer as well? At which point it would make more sense to just sell the phone for parts I suppose.
You can use the flash tool by bin4ry with a locked bootloader. Not sure if you're past that stage though.
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dkconor said:
You can use the flash tool by bin4ry with a locked bootloader. Not sure if you're past that stage though.
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I'll go ahead and try that out, but is there really much of a point do you think? Considering I've technically flashed the phone back to stock using the official software, why would it be any different doing it this way?
I am asking honestly btw, not trying to sound rude. I'm thinking it is more of a hardware failure, i just have no idea what part exactly is failing.
The phone itself works totally 100% fine, the touch works totally 100% fine, the only thing that is not happening is the data getting to the screen and displaying. The screen just flashes white for a second and then fades out (as you can see in the youtube link). Or it flashes a solid block of white at the top in the middle and faded white the rest of the way down and then it slowly all fades out (or disappears immedaitely if i press the lock button. The buttons all work fine (physical and touch) and i can navigate around the phone, albeit totally blindly.
This is really frustrating, and I'm pretty disappointed to see how sony had no interest at all in helping me resolve this situation.
Flashtool works with lock and unlocked bootloader
XDAプレミアムを使用 して私のLT28hから送ら れてきた
UchihaDareNial said:
Flashtool works with lock and unlocked bootloader
XDAプレミアムを使用 して私のLT28hから送ら れてきた
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....right i know, but why does that matter. Why would reflashing my phone help at all at this point. Did you even read my post?
Listen to us
Alright so you came to this thread for...help
We have told you numerous times to flash using this tool (dev host link):
http://d-h.st/Kb8
install the flashtool created by Binary (sorry for username spelling error)
Download the ftf
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B18FXPCopQhkeXNoWGVWbzlRaG8/edit?pli=1
now USING FLASHTOOL (link 1)
FLASH the FTF (link 2)
A clean flash. This flash is different from the flash that Sony will provide you for obvious reasons.
Using this method will COMPLETELY remove any doubt whether the issue is regarding software or hardware. Then you dont have to "think" whether the issue is hardware related or software related.
Sorry if i sounded rude but i had a hard time comprehending why you would not use the advice given by i believe 2 different indiviuals on a questions and answers thread.
424aca said:
Alright so you came to this thread for...help
We have told you numerous times to flash using this tool (dev host link):
http://d-h.st/Kb8
install the flashtool created by Binary (sorry for username spelling error)
Download the ftf
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B18FXPCopQhkeXNoWGVWbzlRaG8/edit?pli=1
now USING FLASHTOOL (link 1)
FLASH the FTF (link 2)
A clean flash. This flash is different from the flash that Sony will provide you for obvious reasons.
Using this method will COMPLETELY remove any doubt whether the issue is regarding software or hardware. Then you dont have to "think" whether the issue is hardware related or software related.
Sorry if i sounded rude but i had a hard time comprehending why you would not use the advice given by i believe 2 different indiviuals on a questions and answers thread.
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Hi,
because I could not follow the advice from the first user because the bootloader is locked. The second person gave me the advice, but honestly it seemed like pretty pointless advice. I don't understand how it is "obviously different" if it is literally flashing the same firmware (at least the first advice was that). I don't think it's that strange to ask why it would be any different.
To me it sounds like I had a broken window in my house and I asked someone how to fix it. I bought the replacement glass from store A and it didn't fit. I asked for help and someone pointed me to the exact same item at store B and said that surely it would work. Do you understand why this could be confusing? I feel like about half the time people give help on XDA it is very general and people are just looking for "thanks"...
I'll definitely try this though if you think there's a chance that it might work out differently. I'll try and get it set up tonight, thanks for the encouragement, I understand I probably sound stupid, just trying to figure out what to do.
Also, I assume this flash tool won't work if USB debugging isn't enabled. As I've said in previous posts, I can click things just fine, but because I can't see what I am doing, I don't have way of knowing where to click on the menu.
Does anyone have their phone set up with this version of android still. If you could take screen shots of each click to make to get to the dubugging box (and if there is a confirmation box) i would greatly appreciate it. I only had the phone for a week before this randomly happened, so I hadn't thought to enable debugging yet, as I hadn't even thought about custom firmware yet.
EDIT: Or even just a picture of what the screen that comes up when you long press to shut the phone down. I have no way of turning off this phone right now without just waiting for it to run out of battery.
Holding down the power button for a long time does nothing, holding vol up and power restarts it, but I need a way to turn it off. If i hold the power button for like a second so instead of locking it, the menu comes up, I just can't seem to find the freakin button for power off.
(please remember I can see nothing on the screen, it is just blank).
flashtool does not need debugging when you doing the actual flashing
to turn off the phone
SIMULTANEOUSLY hold down
Power+ Vol up + Vol Down (AT THE SAME TIME)
wait for about maybe less than 25 seconds and you will experience THREE short consecutive vibrations
at this time...the phone is off
then you can begin the flashtool method

GT-I9195: Sudden Death

Brand New Device, Its just been a Week...
I Rooted and Installed CM 11 Yesterday.... So Today,After watching some Anime Video's on it..I Left it for almost 1 Hour... Came back and tried to unlock it...Touch wasnt Responding well.And Phone's Screen was hot indeed.. So Even Shut down wasnt possible ...
So i used Power Button for 10 Seconds and Restarted... Phone Restarted...But again Phone was very Laggy,So Tried Restarting again...This time.... No Display nor any Touch Buttons were lighting up... Instead what i got were random Vibrations.... I tried to get into Download Mode,Recovery....... Yet no Response from Screen but only a Vibration from Device itself...
Any one faced this issue? Any Known Solution...? I wont get free Warranty as Device is from UK
Sam Solomon said:
Brand New Device, Its just been a Week...
I Rooted and Installed CM 11 Yesterday.... So Today,After watching some Anime Video's on it..I Left it for almost 1 Hour... Came back and tried to unlock it...Touch wasnt Responding well.And Phone's Screen was hot indeed.. So Even Shut down wasnt possible ...
So i used Power Button for 10 Seconds and Restarted... Phone Restarted...But again Phone was very Laggy,So Tried Restarting again...This time.... No Display nor any Touch Buttons were lighting up... Instead what i got were random Vibrations.... I tried to get into Download Mode,Recovery....... Yet no Response from Screen but only a Vibration from Device itself...
Any one faced this issue? Any Known Solution...? I wont get free Warranty as Device is from UK
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Did you do a dirty flash?
Flatric said:
Did you do a dirty flash?
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No bro,I did a Clean Install of CM11
Sam Solomon said:
No bro,I did a Clean Install of CM11
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Have you tried to reinstall cm11?
Try removing your battery for a minute then put it back without your sdcard or sim inserted. Then try getting into download or recovery mode
Flatric said:
Have you tried to reinstall cm11?
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Whosat said:
Try removing your battery for a minute then put it back without your sdcard or sim inserted. Then try getting into download or recovery mode
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I tried both of that plenty of times...
For a Surprise...Phone booted up today,,,But touch on right part not working.... Then i resetted...Then total touch not working....After 2 Mintes... Screen acting like Old CRT Monitor..Bluish Green Color Lines.... When on recovery and download mode...No Such Color issues
Totally my Device is Crazy
That means you CAN enter recovery? Try going in recovery and adb pushing a fresh CM image to your phone and then flashing it after doing a good wipe of your phone
Whosat said:
That means you CAN enter recovery? Try going in recovery and adb pushing a fresh CM image to your phone and then flashing it after doing a good wipe of your phone
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I did install Pacman now.... But Screen issue is back....Multiple color's :crying: I think Hardware Issue, I googled about similar issue... No one tried to solve it..instead Replaced it...I'm Really Stuck...Cant even download STock ROM due to its size
Sam Solomon said:
I did install Pacman now.... But Screen issue is back....Multiple color's :crying: I think Hardware Issue, I googled about similar issue... No one tried to solve it..instead Replaced it...I'm Really Stuck...Cant even download STock ROM due to its size
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I had these screen issues too... But for me removing the battery and reflash the Rom did it...
Seems like your new phone has over heated and caused some serious damage to screen and maybe gpu\cpu.
Seen this happen recently with a ROM I installed also. But pulled battery out in time. And installed another.
I always watch out for over heating when installing a new ROM. Usually a sign somebody messing with CPU clocks.
For your sake though I hope you got it in time and can flash another ROM.
Sent from my GT-I9195 using Tapatalk
Flatric said:
I had these screen issues too... But for me removing the battery and reflash the Rom did it...
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stevengw said:
Seems like your new phone has over heated and caused some serious damage to screen and maybe gpu\cpu.
Seen this happen recently with a ROM I installed also. But pulled battery out in time. And installed another.
I always watch out for over heating when installing a new ROM. Usually a sign somebody messing with CPU clocks.
For your sake though I hope you got it in time and can flash another ROM.
Sent from my GT-I9195 using Tapatalk
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I dont think its ROM issue...But Right part of Touch not working... and display gone off... Works without screen... And whenever i give a blow on that right side of the screen....Display Flashes and goes off... I have given it to be checked in a local store
UPDATE : At a Local Shop,they said display is damaged because of water ... [ i never kept or used it with water]
Samsung Store said ...Display was burnt from inside and they will replace it for 6k Indian Rs.... :crying: :crying:
Tell them phone over heated when charging and using WiFi at same time!
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burnt, seriously... are you sure you charger is original from samsung?
stevengw said:
Tell them phone over heated when charging and using WiFi at same time!
Sent from my Hudl HT7S3 using Tapatalk
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They wont because my Phone is GT-I9195 and was bought from Outside...No Warranty available for me in India...
AhsonAli said:
burnt, seriously... are you sure you charger is original from samsung?
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I use original USB Cable to charge from PC
Hey I've seen this issue too, one of my friends has a GT I9192 and I updated his phone to the latest stock ROM first it worked very good, but one day he was recording something with his camera, and then played the recording after that the phone shut down, and didn't want to restart after taking the battery out and trying again and again, it reboots and after 3 or 4 min turns off again. I flashed some other stock roms but nothing, when I get in recovery mode, after some minutes the screen goes all blue.
And sometimes when restarting it shows colored lines in screen.
Went to Samsung Costumer Care (Saudi Arabia) they say that the phone has been rooted (which is not true) cause the KNOX Warranty bit shows 0x1
I don't know what to do.
The phone was bought in Saudi Arabia. And I live in Europe
Could I send it somewhere in Samsung CS in Europe cause i heard that here in Europe the KNOX warranty bit doesn't affect hardware damages (which I think that this issue is a hardware damage)
urtin said:
Hey I've seen this issue too, one of my friends has a GT I9192 and I updated his phone to the latest stock ROM first it worked very good, but one day he was recording something with his camera, and then played the recording after that the phone shut down, and didn't want to restart after taking the battery out and trying again and again, it reboots and after 3 or 4 min turns off again. I flashed some other stock roms but nothing, when I get in recovery mode, after some minutes the screen goes all blue.
And sometimes when restarting it shows colored lines in screen.
Went to Samsung Costumer Care (Saudi Arabia) they say that the phone has been rooted (which is not true) cause the KNOX Warranty bit shows 0x1
I don't know what to do.
The phone was bought in Saudi Arabia. And I live in Europe
Could I send it somewhere in Samsung CS in Europe cause i heard that here in Europe the KNOX warranty bit doesn't affect hardware damages (which I think that this issue is a hardware damage)
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Yeah, Its was simple... But device's inside got burned out for no reason... Display board isnt working.... Take it to SVC .. only way :crying:

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