Sony Xperia Z
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I can't turn on my phone
If you can't turn on your phone, there may be several causes of the problem.
Solution: Charge the battery
1. Connect the charger to your phone
Open the cover on the left side of your phone.
- Open the cover on the left side of your phone.
- Connect the charger to the phone socket and to a wall socket.
- When the battery charging icon is displayed, charging is in progress.
- When the battery is fully charged, you can remove the charging cable from the wall socket and your phone.
Solution: Please contact us to have a new SIM sent to you.
Solution: Turn your phone on and off
- Press On/Off until your phone is turned on.
- Key in your PIN and press OK.
- If your phone rejects the SIM:
- Contact the distributor or service provider where you bought your phone.
- Press and hold On/Off.
- Press Power off.
- Press OK to confirm.
Solution: Please contact us to have a new SIM sent to you.
Solution: To retrieve your PUK please use our online form.
Solution: Insert SIM
- Open the cover on the right side of your phone.
- Remove the SIM holder from your phone.
- Turn your SIM so that the angled corner of your SIM matches the angled corner of the SIM holder.
- Place your SIM in the SIM holder.
- Slide the SIM holder into your phone.
- Close the cover again.
Solution: Before you can use a Telstra SIM, you need to unlock your phone using an unlock code. To get the unlock code, contact the operator that locked your phone.
Solution: Before you can use a Telstra SIM, you'll need to unlock your phone using an unlock code. To get the unlock code, contact the operator that locked your phone.
Solution: Turn your phone on and off
- Press On/Off until your phone is turned on.
- Key in your PIN and press OK.
- If your phone rejects the SIM:
- Contact the distributor or service provider where you bought your phone.
- Press and hold On/Off.
- Press Power off.
- Press OK to confirm.
Solution: Turn use of phone lock code on or off
- Press the menu icon.
- Press Settings.
- Press Security.
- Press Screen lock.
- Select one of the following options:
- Create phone lock code using swipe, go to 2a.
- Create phone lock code using face recognition, go to 2b.
- Create phone lock code using a pattern, go to 2c.
- Create phone lock code using a PIN, go to 2d.
- Create phone lock code using a password, go to 2e.
- Turn off use phone lock code, go to 2f.
- Press Swipe.
- Press Face Unlock.
- Press Set it up.
- Press Continue.
- Hold your phone in front of your face and centre your face in the circle displayed.
- Wait while your phone registers your face.
- Press Continue.
- Press Pattern or PIN.
- If you select Pattern:
- Press and drag a point to connect at least four points.
- Press Continue.
- Repeat the selected phone lock code to confirm.
- Press Confirm.
- Press OK.
- Press the required question.
- Press Continue.
- Key in the required answer to the selected question.
- Press Confirm.
- If you select PIN:
- Key in the required phone lock code and press Continue.
- Key in the phone lock code again and press OK.
- Press OK.
- Press Pattern.
- Press and drag a point to connect at least four points.
- Press Continue.
- Repeat the selected phone lock code to confirm.
- Press Confirm.
- Press OK.
- Press the required question.
- Press Continue.
- Key in the required answer to the selected question.
- Press Confirm.
- Press PIN.
- Key in the required phone lock code and press Continue.
- Key in the phone lock code again and press OK.
- Press Password.
- Key in the required phone lock code and press Continue.
- Key in the phone lock code again and press OK.
- Key in the phone lock code.
- Press None.
- Press the home icon to return to standby mode.
