New Xperia Sola won't turn on

[androgen]

I bought an Xperia Sola last week. It worked beautifully for 6 days, but today it won't turn on.

I left it charging overnight. This morning nothing happened when i pressed the power button.

Pressing the power button without the charger causes the red light to flash for a few seconds and nothing else. The red light also appears when the charger is connected.

PC Companion does not detect the phone. Holding down the volume-up and pressing the power button for 10 seconds does nothing.

I knew when i chose this phone that although the specs were good, the software was buggy. I was hoping a software update would become available before the phone started suffering from mysterious software failures. The rom version was 168 but no updates were detected by Android.

I would like to know if this problem is software or hardware, and if there is any way i can fix it myself before sending the phone away to be fixed.

[mselbamby]

So this is different from my problem. My phone didn't turn on after I shut it down my self because the data connection was not working properly (Battery was about 20% that time) so I thought it needs charging but since then it doesn't want to be charged and only gives this red flash for a second when connected to a charger or when the power button is pressed. I  think I should post another topic since it looks like a charging problem or so.

[DynamiteBla]

This is not a cable issue. It's a phone issue. It's happening to a LOT of people. Phone is faulty I guess.

[rmate]

I had the same problem afterr just 2 days of use. After reading this thread I tried a different wall socket with the Sony charger, and now it works.

[lammiec]

this worked for me hold power button with charger cnnected, disconnect charger and reconnect keep holding power button till power on.

[medhaaubee]

Press and hold both the volume up key and the power
key for five seconds.

it worked for me:)

[Ogorek]

Thanks. This helped me :smileysmileythumbsup: