[solved] Sailfish X stuck bootin g on Sony logo
asked 2018-10-17 14:53:52 +0300
After my Xperia X with Sailfish shut down out of empty battery, it now fails to boot.
When I power it on, I get :
- the warning screen saying the device is unlocked, cannot be trusted (sic) and will boot in 5 seconds
- the SONY logo (black SONY word on a white screen)
- after maybe 5 seconds, the white led blinks once
- then nothing, the SONY logo stays forever
The only way out is to press the power button for 10 seconds until it shuts down.
What can I do to get out of this breakage ?
Keep in mind that inserting the cable while the device is off is considered by the boot loader as part of combos to get into alternative modes.
You probably are getting the logo because it tries to boot into one of the mode for which there's either no screen output (e.g.: fastboot, sony's proprietary flash, etc.) or for which there's no even firmware uploaded (the default installation procedure for Sailfish X doesn't flash the recovery bootmode)
Hence the solution below: turning on with the button will boot into Sailfish and then inserting the cable, it will just give off the default "charging" chime and pop-up.
DrYak ( 2018-10-17 18:05:47 +0300 )editFor people having the same issue after upgrading to 3.3 or enabling encryption: It can be due to the Defender app, see this.
Sthocs ( 2020-05-03 16:41:02 +0300 )edit