https://community.sony.ba/t5/xz-series/xz2-corrupt-and-won-t-boot-after-update/m-p/3695238#M57710 <P>Hi, yes, that's where I went first but it won't let me do anything as the bootloader is unlocked.<BR />I tried after failed flashing it and it just told me my phone was locked and I should unlock it...<BR /><BR />Anyway, I then tried the exact same procedure on a different laptop and it eventually worked - so I managed to wipe it completely and push it up to Android 10, which was my original plan.</P> Mon, 17 Aug 2020 09:43:02 GMT sargeandy 2020-08-17T09:43:02Z https://community.sony.ba/t5/xz-series/xz2-corrupt-and-won-t-boot-after-update/m-p/3694177#M57703 <P>Hi guys, bought an XZ2 off eBay last year with the bootloader unlocked. Figured that wasn't a big issue at the time and have been using it for over a year. Today I discovered that the method for updating to a later version of Android is to use "Emma", Sony's flashing tool for phones with unlocked bootloaders. So I connected my phone, chose the latest version that didn't erase my data. It spent a good 10-15 mins flashing it, no errors or anything. When it finished, I closed Emma, unplugged my phone and turned it on. It got to the Sony logo and didn't do anything. I know it takes longer after an upgrade so I left it... for 45 minutes, still nothing. plugged in a charger and the light didn't come on so I figured it had frozen.&nbsp;<BR />Rebooted, no joy, still the same, eventually it came back saying that the device is corrupt and can't be trusted to boot so will turn off in 5 seconds. Great!<BR />So, I tried basically all the different firmware options given to me in Emma, including ones that should erase user data, they now all fail.<BR />I subsequently downloaded XperiFirm and connected my phone - it says it's still on the firmware version that I started with!! 52.0.A.8.83 - I initially tried to upgrade to build 52.1.A.0.618</P><P>I've then tried downloading a firmware using XperiFirm and flashing it using newflasher but that also fails!!<BR />So, I'm now left with a phone that's a pretty expensive paperweight - does anyone have any ideas?</P> Thu, 13 Aug 2020 16:14:19 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/xz-series/xz2-corrupt-and-won-t-boot-after-update/m-p/3694177#M57703 sargeandy 2020-08-13T16:14:19Z https://community.sony.ba/t5/xz-series/xz2-corrupt-and-won-t-boot-after-update/m-p/3694414#M57706 <P>Hi, did you try to check if you will be able to perform a software repair with Xperia Companion?</P> Fri, 14 Aug 2020 12:55:24 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/xz-series/xz2-corrupt-and-won-t-boot-after-update/m-p/3694414#M57706 Jess.09 2020-08-14T12:55:24Z https://community.sony.ba/t5/xz-series/xz2-corrupt-and-won-t-boot-after-update/m-p/3695238#M57710 <P>Hi, yes, that's where I went first but it won't let me do anything as the bootloader is unlocked.<BR />I tried after failed flashing it and it just told me my phone was locked and I should unlock it...<BR /><BR />Anyway, I then tried the exact same procedure on a different laptop and it eventually worked - so I managed to wipe it completely and push it up to Android 10, which was my original plan.</P> Mon, 17 Aug 2020 09:43:02 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/xz-series/xz2-corrupt-and-won-t-boot-after-update/m-p/3695238#M57710 sargeandy 2020-08-17T09:43:02Z