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[tiduswulf]

Hello. I have the Sony w580i and the c905a. Both phones do not work anymore.

 

When I plug in my phone to the wall charger, I get nothing. No light, no vibration. No response.

 

Many years ago I downloaded some software to debrand the phone (formerly AT&T) to the generic firmware. Back in February of this year, I pulled this phone out of my drawer and was playing with it and taking photos, but recently it doesn't work at all suddenly. I bought a new battery (same battery in the c905a and the w580i). It didn't help. I got a solid red light for a little while, but then the light went away. When the light was red, the phone would not turn on.

 

I tried to use setool2 lite to repair the phone, but there is no response when I try IDENTIFY or UNLOCK/REPAIR. I downloaded the Gordon's Gate driver and installed that as well, but it didn't help.

 

[Jurij]

Hello,

 

 

I bought a new battery (same battery in the c905a and the w580i). It didn't help. I got a solid red light for a little while, but then the light went away. When the light was red, the phone would not turn on.

 

Try to clean fastport connector on your phone. Then try to plug in charger and gently move plug up and down. If there is still no reaction, try attach dcu-65 cable to your pc and plug your phone - it should start charging after some time. Give it time, drained battery needs a lot of time to start charging. If it will start charging that mean your charger may be damaged.

 

And to be honest - if you have stored your phones in dry place, they should work. From my experience the damaged battery can cause most of the problems. BST-38 is one of the less problematic batteries from SE, can't remember if i've ever seen chubby or damaged BST-38.

 

Good luck with getting your phone working again

 

Best regards,

Jurij

[tiduswulf]

Hello! I'm very sorry for the long delay to reply. I never got an email telling me you replied, so I didn't know.

 

I kept my phone stored in a dry place for a long time, and it went years without use. I pulled it out of the box in March and was playing with it and enjoying it, then left it plugged in from March until July without using it. In July when I went to use it again, it was not starting up. I purchased a replacement battery but it didn't help.

 

I have two wall chargers and one USB cable, and none of them seemed to be charging the batteries.

 

Today, some strange things happened. I tried again to boot the phone. This time when I hold power, I get one second of red light, followed by seven red blinks. The phone still does not turn on. I have also cleaned the charging pins with 90% iso alcohol and paper towel, then polished with a pencil eraser.

 

After I cleaned the connection, I plugged into the wall. The SONY ERICSSON logo came up, then the screen went black. I waited a while and nothing happened. The phone would not start, but the backlight was on and the screen stayed black. The power button also did not shut down the phone. I had to pull the battery. Now the phone has returned to its former behavior. No blinking lights, no brand logo. Just a single red blink when plugged in.

[Jurij]

Turn on e-mail notifications on your profile or check spam folder to get e-mail notifications about reply.

 

 

It looks like your phone is struggling with lack of power. Did you tried to charge it using usb cable and power bank / usb port in your computer?

[tiduswulf]

Thanks for the reply. It seems that my batteries are charging. Today I tried to plug in my phone with a brand new USB cable I got in the mail. It showed the SONY ERICSSON boot screen but nothing else. I unplugged it and it stayed in that screen for about ten minutes. Eventually I had to remove the battery to power it off. Now it will not show the boot screen again.

 

My computer said "USB DEVICE NOT RECOGNISED" and setools v1.11 (from your 4shared folder) could not identify the device.

 

Even if I could get the phone to be recognized, I don't think I would know what to do next.

[Jurij]

Are you able to fully charge your phone with usb cable? Try to fully charge it and then power it on.