Tamood

I had my Xperia Play for 2 months now, And so I was playing A game called Roman Empire for Android, then It was forced closed. Then I decided to play later, then I received a message and the messaging was forced closed also. I kept opening the messaging but it always force closes. Then a notification popped out that the battery was getting low, but I couldn't find my charger and then I thought I'll just charge it later. Then the battery died. A few hours later I found my charger and plugged in my Xperia Play. It was perfectly fine, the power switch was orange (means that it's charging), and the screen had a battery picture with a lightning. Then after charging i turned on the phone, the SE text showed up then a few seconds later the logo showed up. It was perfectly fine until the phone suddenly turned off, then the SE text showed up again then the logo, then the phone went off, then it happened again! I think this is what they call the "boot loop"? Please answer ASAP. There is a PVP event on my favorite game, Roman Empire and it will only last until next week! HEEELP .








BTW, I am aware of the thing called CWM but I cant use it because my phone is stuck on boot



And lastly, my phone is not rooted.

Last edited by Tamood; March 30th, 2012 at 09:14 AM.

zzzz401

When I tried installing a darkforest rom it would loop at the bootscreen. So I did some research if you flash the original firmware and rom. It was fixed but I lost all my data
. But i re installed CWM and fixed the md5sum in my backup and got my data back. Look into flashing the device to work again but will have data loss.

Tamood

Whars darkforest rom? What do you mean by "Look into flashing the device to work again but will have data loss"? Even the stuff in my memory card will be gone? Oh man, why did I get to this kind of trouble, I was just innocently playing!

fuhrl

Using the PC companion program from SE you can reload the original software to the phone to get you out of the boot loop it's stuck in. the data on your sd card will still be there (pics, music, some game data, etc) but you'll lose the data on the phone itself. it's a pretty easy fix. i've had to run the software on my phone too many times in the last week while trying to install custom roms and messing my phone up. the process using PC Companion is very easy and it walks you through the whole process.

Download for PC - Sony Smartphones (UK)

silent2hunter

I have the same problem. After I flash Darkforest ROM, my XPlay stuck in boot loop. I even can not enter recovery mode. Can You provide me step by step to restore original ROM using PC companion Please

fuhrl

the program walks you through it step by step. i couldn't make it easier than the program makes it.

the only thing that threw me off was at the end. it will probably say that your software is up to date. on that screen there is an install button. install the software anyway and you should be good to go.

Sam-SonyXperia

1. Before you start you have to download the PC Companion software from Download for PC - Sony Smartphones (UK)
and install it on your PC.
2. Once installed on your PC, double-click the PC Companion icon on your desktop to start the update.
Note! For some models you will be prompted to do a backup prior to the update and then restore.
3. Install and open PC Companion then select Support Zone.
4. Phone Software Update.
5. Start.
6. Repair Phone
7. Continue
8. Accept data removal
9. Next
10. Wait for prepare
11. Select Phone
12. Follow the connectionn steps

silent2hunter

Thanks for replying. but I can't find Repair Phone button. I just find Phone Software Update. but when I press that button I can't follow the step on screen because it requesting my phone to be finished started (My phone only display text "Sony Ericson" after that restarting again). I have no Idea what happen with my phone

fuhrl

what version of the phone do you have? The PC Companion might not work for you depending on what model you own. I actually meant to link to the Update Service software not the PC Companion. I think you have to use the Update Service software if you're using one of the U.S. Xperia Plays. For Verizon you need to use this for sure since that's what I have. I'm not totally sure about AT&T.

Update Service Download - Softpedia

Last edited by fuhrl; April 5th, 2012 at 09:22 AM.

silent2hunter

Finally I succeed to fix my phone. I use flashtool to flash my phone and its perfectly works . But I still give thanks to fuhrl and Sam-SonyXperia for helping me out from this terrible problem

psmachete

Hey, could you give me a link to the flashtool you used?