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im dying here. please help with w900i |
jdcruz
Joined: Jan 26, 2006
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please help. I downloaded a theme yesterday and when i tried to set it my screen went white and i couldn't off the phone so i did it manually by taking the battery out. when i tried to on it again my screen was still white. please help. they don't have shops here that can fix phones. please please please please help me |
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jdcruz
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please somebody help me im begging |
BobaFett
Joined: Jan 06, 2004
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From: Kamino (wish it would be Lund)
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first of all, where are u from?
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Kippax
Joined: Nov 10, 2003
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From: Manchester
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Are you able to connect to a PC/Laptop ? |
jdcruz
Joined: Jan 26, 2006
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i am from a place called papua new guinea (near australia) but i got my phone from philippines. and no i cant connect to my laptop |
jcwhite_uk
Joined: Feb 18, 2004
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From: Dorset, UK Phone:Xperia Z1
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Try leaving the battery out of it for 10 minutes. It sometimes helps.
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BobaFett
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here are some hotline nrs:
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=108429
if u bought the fone in the philippines, your warranty is valid there. here is also an austrlaian thread in the regional forum, might be some members ould help u over there, if it is. hard to say what could be the problem, the best is to check it by experts.
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mysh
Joined: Dec 04, 2005
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It sounds like the White Screen Of Death. It's not actually that bad, your phone isn't dead, it just appears that way. Switch it on and all you see is a white screen.
Here's the 3 options so far as i know:
1. If your battery was fairly well charged (70% or more) when it started whitescreening, you could try leaving it switched on for 30 mins to an hour (but no longer), and it may fix itself. If your battery was low when it happened, then for gods sake take the battery out now and move straight to option 2, do not run your battery flat. While your phone is whitescreening, it cannot charge itself with the mains adaptor beyond ~15%.
2. flashing the firmware fixes the whitescreen crash. You need more than 15% battery power to successfully flash the phone. I'd guess at 30-40% charged at least. SEUS won't let you flash a whitescreened w900i, because it sees a working firmware on the phone already. You need to use Davinci or TotalMultiServer. Guide for fixing whitescreened w900i with TMS here:
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=807642
3. Take it back to where you bought it, or use the SonyEricsson warranty.
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jdcruz
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the battery thing dosen't work |
jdcruz
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is there another way to flash coz i don't have that program and i can't get in coz they don't sell it here |
mysh
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You can download it for free, but you need to buy a 'flashing credit' for it online, with a credit/debit card. credits are like US$15.
You can use either davinci or totalmultiserver, but i used totalmultiserver to fix my w900i, so that's what the guide thing is written for. You need to buy credits for davinci too, but i've never really used it.
Download totalmulti and find links for where to buy credits for it here -
http://www.totalmultiserver.com/
Edit:
i just checked their site, and the credits are hidden on the "order login" link on their menu, which points here:
http://www.totalmultiserver.com/order.htm
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[J]-DiE
Joined: Feb 06, 2006
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From: singapore
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On 2006-02-26 00:03:35, jdcruz wrote:
please help. I downloaded a theme yesterday and when i tried to set it my screen went white and i couldn't off the phone so i did it manually by taking the battery out. when i tried to on it again my screen was still white. please help. they don't have shops here that can fix phones. please please please please help me
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Last week, I have this problem too, just try another themes, and the phone will be work normally...
Sorry for my bad english
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jdcruz
Joined: Jan 26, 2006
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is there another way besides using those programs. and i can't even open the phone without seeing the white screen |
mysh
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sometimes it'll fix itself if you can leave it on long enough, but it's not very likely.
So, whether you can reliably fix it without flashing it, in a word... No. |
Debu
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Best bet: take it to SE, they will flash it, and, if you dont have a warranty, they will charge you for it.
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Posted: 2006-02-26 00:03
