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Won't turn on, just flashes red light.

mdig
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Won't turn on, just flashes red light.

Hi all,

My phone turned off by itself and won't turn on again.  Occasionally if i try to reset it it flashes the red light indicating low battery. My phone charger works no problem and when i plug it in the red light stays on for about 15 minutes but that is it. It's been a few days and it won't turn on. I have already had a similar problem where it turned off for good but the red light didnt flash and I sent it away to Sony for repair however they never actually told me what was wrong.....I presume a dud battery.

Does anyone have any advice? My phone always had the latest updates and I am now out of warranty and if I can fix it myself it would be a lot cheaper!!

Thank you  Slightly_smiling_Face

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sionamec
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can't connect phone to computer

Geeboy
Visitor

I have fix my Sony Z3 by pressing the reset button (under the sim card slot) for about 10seconds, then I plug in a charger. It shows the battery charging then I press the power button. The phone turns on.

Before I press the reset button, it only blinks red light when I plug in a charger and cannot power on the phone.

It already happens to me twice.

Josh14
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same thing  my phone hasent turend on 4 a week what should i do

APF15
Visitor

My sony xperia z1 compact had the same issue last year, but I was able to fix it by pressing the volume and power buttons at once. Now today, again I had the same issue, I tried to do on the phone in different ways, but they didn't work. I put my phone into the charger but still show only red blinking light... what should I do for the phone? to repair anything from the phone, we should turn on the phone, also we cannot remove the battery from the backside like other phones....