Failed sending flashblock...

My wife's SE w810i got the dreaded WSOD out of no where. Actually she thinks it started flashing a white screen 10 minutes after it was turned off. So, I decided to flash the firmware. I've found several firmwares to try, but the filesystem flash ALWAYs fails at 47. The main has no problem. I've been up and down google and many sites for the past couple days trying to find and answer and I've come up empty. This looks like the place to be so I decided to join because I love message boards and this looks to be the best for SE's. Anyway, I pulled this from the sticky at the top regarding common erros:

It says "Failed sending flashblock xxx. Returnvalue 0x45"

Did you slide your MAIN/FS? If so, make sure that you chose the right header for the firmware. In most cases, go for the highest available header so that you don't leave any blocks out. (-Thanks Mr. Thunderbird!)

My only problem, I don't know what that means. I need a little extra translation. What does it mean by "slide" and by chosing the right "header"? I thought I knew what I was doing, but obviously I don't. Below is my log from XS++. Any help would be greatly appreicated.


22:40:13| XS++ v3.1 (Darwin) Ready !
22:40:13| Executed on Microsoft Windows XP
22:40:18|
22:40:18| Attempting to open the interface...
22:40:18|
22:40:18| TURN OFF PHONE!
22:40:18| Hold 'C' button on phone and connect phone NOW.
22:40:18| You have 30 seconds...
22:40:18|
22:40:26| Baseband ID: 8040
22:40:26| Protocol Version: 3.1
22:40:26|
22:40:26| Sending db2010_cid00_prodid_p3l.bin...
22:40:26| Applet ID: 061113 1250 ALUCXC125872_COMPACTPRODUCTION_ID_LOADER P3L
22:40:26| This is a PRODUCTION_ID loader
22:40:26| Activating GDFS...
22:40:27| Phone name detected!
22:40:27|
22:40:27| Profiling SEMC phone...
22:40:27| Platform: DB2010
22:40:27| OTP CID: 49
22:40:27| EROM CID: 49
22:40:27| EROM Color: Red
22:40:27| IMEI: 35235001xxxxxx
22:40:27| Phone ID: W810
22:40:27| Region: CINGULAR
22:40:27| CDA: CDA102494/58 R14A
22:40:27| Firmware Version: R4EA031
22:40:27| EROM: n/a
22:40:27| Ready for operation!
22:40:51|
22:40:51| Sending db2010_cid49red_flash_r2a003.bin...
22:40:52| Applet ID: 060718 0842 LIE_DB2010_FLASHLOADER_R2A003_CXC1326738
22:40:52| This is a FLASH loader
22:40:52| Now flashing firmware main...
22:40:52| Flashing c:\temp\w810_r4ea031_main_generic_hn_red49.mbn
22:40:52| Header type: BABE
22:40:52| 344 flashblocks
22:43:34| Finishing flash
22:43:34| Done flashing
22:43:34| Now flashing filesystem...
22:43:34| Flashing c:\temp\w810_r4ed001_fs_america_2_red49.fbn
22:43:34| Header type: BABE
22:43:34| 157 flashblocks
22:44:31| Failed sending flashblock 47. Returnvalue 0x45
22:44:31| Finishing flash
22:44:31| Binary acknowledge failed with: 89
22:44:31| Failed
22:44:31| Failed
22:50:51| Error: Flashing failed
22:50:51| Disconnected... Unplug the phone
22:55:39| Shutting down...

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Originally Posted by yarddawg7

My wife's SE w810i got the dreaded WSOD out of no where. Actually she thinks it started flashing a white screen 10 minutes after it was turned off. So, I decided to flash the firmware. I've found several firmwares to try, but the filesystem flash ALWAYs fails at 47. The main has no problem. I've been up and down google and many sites for the past couple days trying to find and answer and I've come up empty. This looks like the place to be so I decided to join because I love message boards and this looks to be the best for SE's. Anyway, I pulled this from the sticky at the top regarding common erros:

It says "Failed sending flashblock xxx. Returnvalue 0x45"

Did you slide your MAIN/FS? If so, make sure that you chose the right header for the firmware. In most cases, go for the highest available header so that you don't leave any blocks out. (-Thanks Mr. Thunderbird!)

My only problem, I don't know what that means. I need a little extra translation. What does it mean by "slide" and by chosing the right "header"? I thought I knew what I was doing, but obviously I don't. Below is my log from XS++. Any help would be greatly appreicated.


22:40:13| XS++ v3.1 (Darwin) Ready !
22:40:13| Executed on Microsoft Windows XP
22:40:18|
22:40:18| Attempting to open the interface...
22:40:18|
22:40:18| TURN OFF PHONE!
22:40:18| Hold 'C' button on phone and connect phone NOW.
22:40:18| You have 30 seconds...
22:40:18|
22:40:26| Baseband ID: 8040
22:40:26| Protocol Version: 3.1
22:40:26|
22:40:26| Sending db2010_cid00_prodid_p3l.bin...
22:40:26| Applet ID: 061113 1250 ALUCXC125872_COMPACTPRODUCTION_ID_LOADER P3L
22:40:26| This is a PRODUCTION_ID loader
22:40:26| Activating GDFS...
22:40:27| Phone name detected!
22:40:27|
22:40:27| Profiling SEMC phone...
22:40:27| Platform: DB2010
22:40:27| OTP CID: 49
22:40:27| EROM CID: 49
22:40:27| EROM Color: Red
22:40:27| IMEI: 35235001xxxxxx
22:40:27| Phone ID: W810
22:40:27| Region: CINGULAR
22:40:27| CDA: CDA102494/58 R14A
22:40:27| Firmware Version: R4EA031
22:40:27| EROM: n/a
22:40:27| Ready for operation!
22:40:51|
22:40:51| Sending db2010_cid49red_flash_r2a003.bin...
22:40:52| Applet ID: 060718 0842 LIE_DB2010_FLASHLOADER_R2A003_CXC1326738
22:40:52| This is a FLASH loader
22:40:52| Now flashing firmware main...
22:40:52| Flashing c:\temp\w810_r4ea031_main_generic_hn_red49.mbn
22:40:52| Header type: BABE
22:40:52| 344 flashblocks
22:43:34| Finishing flash
22:43:34| Done flashing
22:43:34| Now flashing filesystem...
22:43:34| Flashing c:\temp\w810_r4ed001_fs_america_2_red49.fbn
22:43:34| Header type: BABE
22:43:34| 157 flashblocks
22:44:31| Failed sending flashblock 47. Returnvalue 0x45
22:44:31| Finishing flash
22:44:31| Binary acknowledge failed with: 89
22:44:31| Failed
22:44:31| Failed
22:50:51| Error: Flashing failed
22:50:51| Disconnected... Unplug the phone
22:55:39| Shutting down...

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Your main and FS doesn't match,they MUST be the same version so if you use R4EA031 main-your FS must be R4EA031,not R4ED001

Thanks for the reply. I've tried it with the same files names too, but I think I was just desperately trying anything with that last run. I'll go try it again with the same files just to be sure that I didn't dream that up and I'll post that log.

Here's my log from the same files (r4ek001):

20:51:04| XS++ v3.1 (Darwin) Ready !
20:51:04| Executed on Microsoft Windows XP
20:51:17|
20:51:17| Attempting to open the interface...
20:51:17|
20:51:17| TURN OFF PHONE!
20:51:17| Hold 'C' button on phone and connect phone NOW.
20:51:17| You have 30 seconds...
20:51:17|
20:51:23| Baseband ID: 8040
20:51:23| Protocol Version: 3.1
20:51:23|
20:51:23| Sending db2010_cid00_prodid_p3l.bin...
20:51:24| Applet ID: 061113 1250 ALUCXC125872_COMPACTPRODUCTION_ID_LOADER P3L
20:51:24| This is a PRODUCTION_ID loader
20:51:24| Activating GDFS...
20:51:24| Phone name detected!
20:51:24|
20:51:24| Profiling SEMC phone...
20:51:24| Platform: DB2010
20:51:24| OTP CID: 49
20:51:25| EROM CID: 49
20:51:25| EROM Color: Red
20:51:25| IMEI: 35235001xxxxxx
20:51:25| Phone ID: W810
20:51:25| Region: CINGULAR
20:51:25| CDA: CDA102494/58 R14A
20:51:25| Firmware Version: R4EA031
20:51:25| EROM: n/a
20:51:25| Ready for operation!
20:51:52|
20:51:52| Sending db2010_cid49red_flash_r2a003.bin...
20:51:52| Applet ID: 060718 0842 LIE_DB2010_FLASHLOADER_R2A003_CXC1326738
20:51:52| This is a FLASH loader
20:51:52| Now flashing firmware main...
20:51:53| Flashing c:\temp\w810_r4ek001_main_generic_hn_red49.mbn
20:51:53| Header type: BABE
20:51:53| 344 flashblocks
20:54:36| Finishing flash
20:54:36| Done flashing
20:54:36| Now flashing filesystem...
20:54:36| Flashing c:\temp\w810_r4ek001_fs_america_2_red49.fbn
20:54:36| Header type: BABE
20:54:36| 157 flashblocks
20:55:34| Failed sending flashblock 47. Returnvalue 0x45
20:55:34| Finishing flash
20:55:34| Binary acknowledge failed with: 89
20:55:34| Failed
20:55:34| Failed
20:55:42| Error: Flashing failed
20:55:42| Disconnected... Unplug the phone

try to flash another firmware..

@yarddawg7
Try to flash the phone with SETool2 Lite(tutorial: Flash your phone using SETool 2 Lite). If the flashing stops at flashblock 47 again, then try to repair your EROM: REPAIRING EROM GUIDES for most sonyericsson phones.
Maybe it helps...

Thanks for the reply and all the links. Sure makes things easier. It looks like my EROM is damaged because it hung on 47 again. Unfortunately I need to wait 10 days until I can download the EROM. :( It looks like I'll have two options:

W810_RED_CID49_R3B010_EROM-FOTA_2006-02-15_17 08-14-2007
W810_RED_CID49_R3BA002_EROM-FOTA_2006-08-11_10 08-14-2007

Does it matter which one I go with? Thanks again!

Well, I found those 2 files while searching google and it still hangs at 47 no matter which EROM file I choose. What's the next option if the EROM wasn't the problem? Or is there a next option (i.e. brick)?

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it still hangs at 47 no matter which EROM file I choose.

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Then most probably it is a hardware problem(flash chip died), sorry...

Well bummer. Nevertheless, I appreciate your help. RIP my w810i. I may try a few new firmwares (i.e. Cingular) before I bury it though.

My last hope... Is there a chance that the GDFS would have anything to do with this problem? :confused:

bttt
I found a very similar post to someone that had the same problem:

W810 mess up - Top Sony Forums

It sounds like it is most likely the gdfs. I think I'll give it a try since I really have nothing to lose at this point. Anyway, under Top Sony Forums > Downloads > GDFS, what's the difference between .bin, .gdf, .sbn? In other words, will I need all 3?