Axelrick

Hallo again.
I finally found a solution to unbrick my C5 Ultra.
In my case (only red light when plugged , not blinking, not recognized by pc, completely bricked), it was a hardware problem. Not software.

I saw many cases that people had to reball its chip, the one above the big flex cable.

I am not familiar with reballing but I have reflowed quite a few Playstation 3 in the past so I decided to give it a try reflowing the motherboard of the c5.

Using a heat gun I reflowed both sides of its motherboard in the place where the
specific chip is, reflowing first the opposite site. I used non rosin flux and I reflowed at 350c for 40 seconds each side.
You can find few videos about reflowing on YouTube.

After reassembling the c5 the device was working perfect after about 2 years ????????.
Reflowing was not a permanent fix for ps3 but I am using c5 for about 3 weeks now and is working like a charm.

This is an old thread but I hope it will help someone who has the same problem.

Best regards to all.

Hi there again.
Problem finally solved.
I flashed the Xperia XZ2 with android 10(52.1.A.0.618) and device is working fine now.
Main problem was the black preview on camera which is gone now ????. Only thing there still exists is that phone won't take OTA upgrades but that's not really an issue. ????
It has been over a year since the first post but I hope this thread can help someone who come across it. Guess better late than never.
Best regards to all. ????