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Bricked Satio ( |
danman7_200
Joined: Jan 06, 2010
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I'm wondering if someone can help me. I think my Satio is bricked.
I hacked it and all was working fine. I then updated to the latest firmware, and took out the memory card as read on somewhere to keep the hack. All was fine, then next morning phone was dead. Thought it was battery. It won't charge. I've tried numerous times to reinsert cable whilst pressing the green button. The software updater rarely recognises but when it does it says installing failed. So I then tried changing the product code back with Davinci tool. but again the phone is not getting in that mode with green button so nothing happens!. I don't suppose anyone has any top tips to recover my Satio?
If I can't do anything, I'll send off to Sony Support and keep my fingers crossed they don't realise I changed the product code!!
Thanks for your help.
Kind regards
Dan |
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gharknes1
Joined: Sep 28, 2004
Posts: 231
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well it won't do anything with a flat battery, from what i'm reading you need to get it charged up somehow, then I think you'll be fine |
danman7_200
Joined: Jan 06, 2010
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Do you think thats the reason why it fails? Because the battery is incapable of charging. If I put the charger in the red light on the phone will stay on for maybe 20-30 seconds and then will go out. The screen always stays black. I will try and find a compatible phone that will fit the same battery to charge it. Better google to see which ones. |
gharknes1
Joined: Sep 28, 2004
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its certaintly a possibility, anything with bst40 will do like a p1i |
masada1971
Joined: Jun 05, 2008
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the battery is charging fine..its a bug of the newest firmware and red led light doesnt light when it charges all the time..try it...your phone is propably not bricked,but out of battery!! 
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danman7_200
Joined: Jan 06, 2010
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I left the phone in now for over 24 hours in the charger. The update still fails. Sometimes when it does start it gets to about 20 percent and says failed. I'm going to try charging the battery up in a different phone when I get hold of one.
Does anyone else know anything I can try to bring it back to life? Also what is the likely hood of Sony repairing the thing? Will they notice that the product code is changed and the software hacked?
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mriley
Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: > 500
From: UK
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When my phone died, it wouldn't charge via the cable and wasn't recognized by my PC as it was out of charge, so i bought the CBC 100 and charged the battery independently, so i could then connect phone to PC and fix the problem. This is most likely the solution to your problem to. Find out what type of battery the Satio takes (it'll say on it) then find another  phone which uses same battery type and use that to charge it up, or buy CBC 100 for £10 from
Good luck, anyway 
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Raafat
Joined: Dec 01, 2009
Posts: 150
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Just take it to a service center, they won't pick up on the product code change. Why should you waste your time trying to fix it when it has warranty!
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mriley
Joined: Oct 03, 2009
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From: UK
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You void your warranty if you mess with your phone like this. You shouldn't do things like this if you have a warranty.
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Peppis
Joined: Mar 08, 2010
Posts: 3
From: Italy
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I had your same problem.
How did you solve it?
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Posted: 2010-03-11 22:07
