HOW TO UNBRICK SONY EXPERIA Z C6602 / C6603 / C6606 / C6616 and update boot. Sony Xperia Z smartphone can be bricked because of damaged boot.

Today i will show you how to unbrick your Sony Xperia Z C6602 / C6603 / C6606 / C6616 and update boot. Sony Xperia Z smartphone can be bricked because of damaged boot.

If after flash your phone is dead and you have warranty - send your phone to Sony - you will get new phone. 

If after flash your phone is dead and you do not have warranty, this tutorial is for you. Remember, during this process you can damage your phone, everything you are doing on your own risk. For 99% your phone will not be 100% functional, for example it will not be waterproof anymore if you will disassemble or reassemble it improperly.


Bricked phone symptoms:

• can't power on after flash,
• no lcd or led reaction for power button,
• no lcd or led reaction for charger,
• no lcd or led reaction if phone is connected to PC,
• your PC can't detect your phone with vol-,
• phone does not vibrate when holding vol+ and power together.

Repair procedure: 

1. Firstly connect turned off bricked phone to your PC. If phone will be detected in device manager as:

qhusb_dload device

you are lucky and this is the end of the first step for you. Just disconnect phone.

If your phone can't be detected at all, you must connect it using testpoint. Disassemble your phone using this service manual: Sony Xperia Z C66XX Service Manuals , remove battery and connect this point on main board:

to metal shield and attach usb cable.

2. Download and install the latest Gordon's Gate Flash Driver from this post:   ggsetup-3.0.0.7.exe   3.58MB   3723 downloads
3. Download and run this s1tool:   s1tool.exe   2.52MB   2584 downloads
4. Download proper APPSW firmware for your Sony Xperia Z:

For C6602:   C6602.rar   16.12MB   1079 downloads

For C6603:   C6603.rar   16.12MB   1734 downloads

For C6606:   C6606.rar   15.57MB   219 downloads

For C6616:   C6616.rar   16.12MB   260 downloads

5. In S1tool choose S1 EMERGENCY MODE, press Flash button, select correct APPSW .sin_file_set file (or you can select whole firmware if you have it in order APPSW, FSP, Elabel - but you can't use .ftf flashtool files),

6. Press Testpoint READY button:
 

and if your phone is detected as qhusb_dload device, just attach usb cable. If not, perform all steps from point 1 (connect testpoint to GND and attach USB cable).

7. When drivers will be installed and phone will be detected, program will ask you to disconnect testpoint. Disconnect testpoint from GND and press Testpoint READY button.

8. After that phone will load emergency s1 loader, re-enumerate usb, load s1 loader, update boot in your phone and flash selected firmware.

9. Now you have to flash (if not done yet) your phone with all firmware parts (APPSW, FSP, ELABEL) using S1 FLASH MODE, phone will be fixed. Also you can flash your phone using Sony Update Service, Sony PC Companion or any other flasher like current Flashtool.

10. Time to reassembly your phone using service manual: Sony Xperia Z C66XX Service Manuals