[Q] rebooted jellybean now left with screwdriver and spanner icon - Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V

hi there
after successfully installing the JB updated on my unlocked phone and all was running fine for a while
that is until I rebooted it this morning, now the stupid thing wont start. I am stuck at the triangle iconwith the screwdirver and spanner, and the 'progress' bar below..
clearly it is not progressing as it been like that for over an hour now
also tried clearing cahce/dalvik to no avail
any options here or do I have to ftf my way back to ICS?
any help very much appreciated
thanks
nat

You just need to format your internal sd card and all should be fine, it's a fairly common issue
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matt4321 said:
You just need to format your internal sd card and all should be fine, it's a fairly common issue
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actually I had left it alone for an hour or so and it seems to have come back to life again..
although it has lost my security settings and all the haptic feedback has turned itself back on again
lost my swiftkey settings also it seems
piece of shizzle
EDIT: in fact it refuses to keep any security settings at all, no lock screen nothing.
lost all my texts everything, f*cking cr*p
walkman isnt working either
wondering why i bothered upgrading cant actually see any difference really other than a more colorful boot image. hoping that the battery life will improve as that is rubbish - I know it takes a while to settle.

matt4321 said:
You just need to format your internal sd card and all should be fine, it's a fairly common issue
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No No No don't format anything. That would make you loose all data and apps. Let it be. It will fix itself. Could take between 5 minutes and 3 hours. It is not an error or a problem or anything. Its just getting ready.
But if you really really need it to boot, yes you can format internal.
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xda-nat said:
actually I had left it alone for an hour or so and it seems to have come back to life again..
although it has lost my security settings and all the haptic feedback has turned itself back on again
lost my swiftkey settings also it seems
piece of shizzle
EDIT: in fact it refuses to keep any security settings at all, no lock screen nothing.
lost all my texts everything, f*cking cr*p
walkman isnt working either
wondering why i bothered upgrading cant actually see any difference really other than a more colorful boot image. hoping that the battery life will improve as that is rubbish - I know it takes a while to settle.
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I don't know why it screwed up your settings buddy maybe due to a small flashing error. Flash again and you will see the difference in the upgrade. Battery life is amazing. I can get two days if i switch off data, and 1.5 days with data always on. Plus multitasking is smoother and the camera has HDR, the Xperia Z's ClearAudio+ engine, notification toggles, a sexy new Album, blah blah. You'll find out.
Oh and you did the right thing by letting it be with the white triangle sign.

I don't know why it screwed up your settings buddy maybe due to a small flashing error. Flash again and you will see the difference in the upgrade. Battery life is amazing. I can get two days if i switch off data, and 1.5 days with data always on. Plus multitasking is smoother and the camera has HDR, the Xperia Z's ClearAudio+ engine, notification toggles, a sexy new Album, blah blah. You'll find out.
Oh and you did the right thing by letting it be with the white triangle sign.
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its an Xperia T I have in case that wasn't clear...
so I installed it from a zip in the end, rather than an ftf as flashtool was playing sillybuggers.
I should just go in to recovery and do so again? presumably along with the JB GApps
like I say it was working fine after the first time I did that, but when I turned it off this morning it went all manky
I would however like to keep some of my settings for the apps that havent already had their settings raped.. is titanium the best way to do that? or to move things to SD card and reinstall or something
also home button not functioning- at all
the no screen lock is a big issue as I have my work emails on there - if I lost my phone I would really get in trouble

xda-nat said:
its an Xperia T I have in case that wasn't clear...
so I installed it from a zip in the end, rather than an ftf as flashtool was playing sillybuggers.
I should just go in to recovery and do so again? presumably along with the JB GApps
like I say it was working fine after the first time I did that, but when I turned it off this morning it went all manky
I would however like to keep some of my settings for the apps that havent already had their settings raped.. is titanium the best way to do that? or to move things to SD card and reinstall or something
also home button not functioning- at all
the no screen lock is a big issue as I have my work emails on there - if I lost my phone I would really get in trouble
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OK just installed the ROM zip (timin8r's one) again and its still utterly screwed.
can someone recommend a different one that I might be able to get working.
please....
thanks
nat

thedisturbedone said:
No No No don't format anything. That would make you loose all data and apps. Let it be. It will fix itself. Could take between 5 minutes and 3 hours. It is not an error or a problem or anything. Its just getting ready.
But if you really really need it to boot, yes you can format internal.
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Most the app stuff is on /data not /sdcard so you'll be fine, some of the data made by apps will be in /sdcard/android but there isn't much there as most is in /data/data so if you backup /sdcard/android you'll be fine, you may as well backup your whole sdcard and format, that's the solution I used and most people have been using. If in doubt use titanium backup to also backup your apps if you're unsure

xda-nat said:
OK just installed the ROM zip (timin8r's one) again and its still utterly screwed.
can someone recommend a different one that I might be able to get working.
please....
thanks
nat
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I believe the best way is to use a ftf file with flashtool. I have not tried any zipped roms. They might be faulty. And Titanium Backup is the app to use to backup apps. Moving things to SD card is useless as they will be removed when you install a new rom. Always make sure you do a full wipe when you flash a new rom, and flash the kernel before flashing the rom.

xda-nat said:
hi there
after successfully installing the JB updated on my unlocked phone and all was running fine for a while
that is until I rebooted it this morning, now the stupid thing wont start. I am stuck at the triangle iconwith the screwdirver and spanner, and the 'progress' bar below..
clearly it is not progressing as it been like that for over an hour now
also tried clearing cahce/dalvik to no avail
any options here or do I have to ftf my way back to ICS?
any help very much appreciated
thanks
nat
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I had the screwdriver a few days ago, I freaked out so much because I putted Xperia T ftf and installed app's and then Reboot the device and then boom it showed the screwdriver... I was freaking out, So I went to 3 store's while the device was on.. and then later that day it randomly turned on properly.. Flash att ftf and the put back the jelly bean ftff

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[Q] TW Launcher Error

Okay, all!
I have been a lurker for a while now and y'all have been a BIG help (I am actually comfortable flashing ROMs- and I am learning the lingo - see?)
Now it’s my turn to post. I am helping a friend with her Samsung Captivate - AT&T. something happened last night (it had to have updated, because she doesn't really download anything. also - her battery started draining very quick last night. She had to turn it off for other reasons too.) And now get the "Sorry! The application TwLauncher (process com.sec.android.app.twlauncher) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. Force close" it is in loop mode, I cannot get anywhere after unlocking the screen. The status bar doesn't work, neither do the buttons. So I can’t even get to settings. I/we are not so worried about the phone itself, but she has some holiday pictures of her brother who recently passed away on it, and didn't have an SD card in it. So, this is really my last hope.
Now you are probably saying "well, why don't you look at other threads." I did! And came up with some options on my own as well. Below is a list of what I have thought of, have found, tried and have some questions on. Please let me know if you have any other options or info, as I am her last hope. The store and repair shops are not very helpful.
I can’t tell you for sure what she is running, but it should be current stock, no mods at all.
bat pull - DONE, no change
sim card pull - DONE, no change
force DL a new launcher from PC. - DONE, can’t get it to download. It says she never downloaded anything to the phone from the mobile market. (I think this may have something to do with not have 4g and Wi-Fi not on. from what I have read)
Built in recovery mode cache wipe - DONE, no change
I installed Samsung kies, tried to plug the phone into the computer, but the PC won’t recognize the phone. I think it is in charge only mode, but I can’t access the option to change it.
P.S. debugging mode is ON.
Okay, so now what I found on here - these lead to my questions as well.
If I "wipe user data" will this wipe pictures, videos, etc. as well? I do NOT care about apps.
I found the below threads and have questions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1795638
Post # 2 - can I do this from the recovery screen? And will is keep the data (pictures)? I don’t care about contacts, messages, etc.
Post # 3 - cans I re flash the ROM from the SD card? (Again - NOT rooted)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1417244
Found and tried everything - it don' work Lucy.
I think this is all for the moment. I appreciate any and ALL help. She is to the point of tears about those pictures and I really want to bring her some good news.
edit: another try: press and hold search key for voice. - DONE. i get a connection error for voice. or an "app has stopped unexpectedly"
chelseytx said:
Okay, all!
I have been a lurker for a while now and y'all have been a BIG help (I am actually comfortable flashing ROMs- and I am learning the lingo - see?)
Now it’s my turn to post. I am helping a friend with her Samsung Captivate - AT&T. something happened last night (it had to have updated, because she doesn't really download anything. also - her battery started draining very quick last night. She had to turn it off for other reasons too.) And now get the "Sorry! The application TwLauncher (process com.sec.android.app.twlauncher) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. Force close" it is in loop mode, I cannot get anywhere after unlocking the screen. The status bar doesn't work, neither do the buttons. So I can’t even get to settings. I/we are not so worried about the phone itself, but she has some holiday pictures of her brother who recently passed away on it, and didn't have an SD card in it. So, this is really my last hope.
Now you are probably saying "well, why don't you look at other threads." I did! And came up with some options on my own as well. Below is a list of what I have thought of, have found, tried and have some questions on. Please let me know if you have any other options or info, as I am her last hope. The store and repair shops are not very helpful.
I can’t tell you for sure what she is running, but it should be current stock, no mods at all.
bat pull - DONE, no change
sim card pull - DONE, no change
force DL a new launcher from PC. - DONE, can’t get it to download. It says she never downloaded anything to the phone from the mobile market. (I think this may have something to do with not have 4g and Wi-Fi not on. from what I have read)
Built in recovery mode cache wipe - DONE, no change
I installed Samsung kies, tried to plug the phone into the computer, but the PC won’t recognize the phone. I think it is in charge only mode, but I can’t access the option to change it.
P.S. debugging mode is ON.
Okay, so now what I found on here - these lead to my questions as well.
If I "wipe user data" will this wipe pictures, videos, etc. as well? I do NOT care about apps.
I found the below threads and have questions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1795638
Post # 2 - can I do this from the recovery screen? And will is keep the data (pictures)? I don’t care about contacts, messages, etc.
Post # 3 - cans I re flash the ROM from the SD card? (Again - NOT rooted)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1417244
Found and tried everything - it don' work Lucy.
I think this is all for the moment. I appreciate any and ALL help. She is to the point of tears about those pictures and I really want to bring her some good news.
edit: another try: press and hold search key for voice. - DONE. i get a connection error for voice. or an "app has stopped unexpectedly"
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I would suggest doing wipe user data option. It shouldn't touch anything stored on your internal SD as you've already read elsewhere but there's always the possibility that things can go wrong. If you aren't worried about apps, text messages, and all that stuff I would also suggest looking at this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18370912&postcount=3 If you go that route I suggest the Odin KK4 with bootloaders as your one click option. Going the one-click route will start you over with a completely stock phone as far as the ROM goes but again shouldn't touch the internal SD.
whoa, dude. a lot of questions at once.
what rom was the phone running before you started?
you say it got updated but at&t doesn't do ota updates on cappy. they direct you to use minikies update packs, not kies. from samsung direct to pc, not ota.
Have u tried to use ADB to get the pics, etc. off the phone and copied to the pc ?
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m1batt1 said:
I would suggest doing wipe user data option. It shouldn't touch anything stored on your internal SD as you've already read elsewhere but there's always the possibility that things can go wrong. If you aren't worried about apps, text messages, and all that stuff I would also suggest looking at this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18370912&postcount=3 If you go that route I suggest the Odin KK4 with bootloaders as your one click option. Going the one-click route will start you over with a completely stock phone as far as the ROM goes but again shouldn't touch the internal SD.
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great - thanks! i will look at the url and try the wipe.
laughingT said:
whoa, dude. a lot of questions at once.
what rom was the phone running before you started?
you say it got updated but at&t doesn't do ota updates on cappy. they direct you to use minikies update packs, not kies. from samsung direct to pc, not ota.
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not sure what rom she was on before - didn't look at the phone until today.
i think TW Launcher updated somehow. but i could be wrong. i was checking into the problem and found out about the Kies and tried that. but couldn't get the phone to connect. (i now can SOMETIMES get the notifications down.)
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Have u tried to use ADB to get the pics, etc. off the phone and copied to the pc ?
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no - please give me more info? i will try anything!
As for using adb to pull the pics, etc. off of the phone...it would be easier/quicker for u to do the search on xda and videos on youtube, as opposed to me tryin to explain it all. :thumbup:
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
m1batt1 - thank you so much. I did the user data wipe and it worked! i now have access to the pictures and and downloading everything.
you don't know how happy i am, and my friend is. you have made her day!!!
4-2ndtwin said:
As for using adb to pull the pics, etc. off of the phone...it would be easier/quicker for u to do the search on xda and videos on youtube, as opposed to me tryin to explain it all. :thumbup:
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium
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i will! thanks
now:
how do i change my post title to show the [solved}?
chelseytx said:
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
m1batt1 - thank you so much. I did the user data wipe and it worked! i now have access to the pictures and and downloading everything.
you don't know how happy i am, and my friend is. you have made her day!!!
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I'm glad that worked out for you and her. I would suggest making a backup of the photos and then look into moving up to some more recent roms that are posted here on XDA. They will make her enjoy her phone again and she won't have to deal with Touchwiz anymore lol
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I'm glad that worked out for you and her. I would suggest making a backup of the photos and then look into moving up to some more recent roms that are posted here on XDA. They will make her enjoy her phone again and she won't have to deal with Touchwiz anymore lol
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oh, believe me! they are already backed up.
as for the rom: she had an upgrade available, so that wast a big deal. and she jumped ship to the phoney world. LOL so no SD card anymore. now we just need to make sure we get her on the cloud. *grin*

[Q] Having problems with rooted SGH-T679 running CyanogenMod 10

Hello everyone, thanks for taking the time to read my thread. i'm really having a hard time here. I'm trying to take pictures, but it has become so unstable, and I can't reply. and it keeps saying i don't have any space in my SD. I've NEVER had this problem with my other ROM/Default.
There are 2 SDs, one is the one i bought and put it, so i can put all my music and i thought the other i would be able to have it for pics and other stuff. But I can't see it. i've taken out so much music to try and make space (like 10 folders/albums). But it's still saying it doesn't have enough space.
I'm right now rooted. used ClockworkMod then installed CM10 I believe. or CM11 and right now i'm running android (I went from a 2.3.6) to 4.1.2. on an SGH-T679 and the ROM is CyanogenMod version, Build date Apr 2, 16H EDT 2019, CyanogenMod version 10-20130402-UNOFFICIAL-Ancora_tmo. I hope that's enough info.
So I'm guessing if anyone from these forums. Has anyone been through this? Or has heard of someone else having problems. Because my #1 thing is just walking around NYC, taking pics. But when I can only walk around and like take 3 or 4 pics. i'm like :crying: all day. And i don't have the $ to just buy a camera like that.
P.S. and since yesterday, It takes longer to load the battery while charging unlike before. I thought that it was weird. But then to waste/discharge the battery.
Thank you
This may or may not solve your problem, sometimes there are hidden files that stay on your internal storage and eat up all your room. In your file manager enable hidden files, then look for things you can remove. One of hem right off the bat would be .thumbnails, I'm sure there are more but honestly you have to look around your storage, there may be old downloads or cache files that are still there. Hope this helps.
I think i flashed my ROM, data, cache, dalvik-cache and I think data was the last one. and since i've done that. I can't start my phone. It says samsung. then the samsung cyanogenmod start up screen, and it just hangs there. can anyone help me with this pls? I pressed
start button + down volume button. Then it says that it's going to download the OS for me. But i think that just hangs too cause it takes a while. and then it goes back to the start up screens that won't go anywhere.
Thanks D'vari, but unfortunately i think i'm passed that. Now i need to know just how to start my phone and get it past the phone.
You probably have conflicting data somewhere. Try power + volume up. That should get you into recovery. Then wipe everything except system and you should be able to boot up.
It took so long, because i read somewhere else to press vol down + power button. so i was trying. And It got me into Odin, and that said an OS is important, do you want to dl an OS now? so i said, well, i don't think i even have one left, so i chose yes. then it would say it was downloading for hours. but then it would boot up into the boot up screen loop. which was kind of good, but i didn't think so at the moment. Then i read how to get into cwm in my phone. so then i did it, and i had to do an advanced restore before regular restore was coming back MD5 mismatch. So It's like i flashed my old system, restored it to factory cyanogenmod factory. Tomorrow i'll flash cm10 and google apps and something else that had swipe working on this phone. maybe it was just upgrading to CM10, because now it's in version 9 and swipe is not working.
Thanks for your help
cyanogenmod issues as well
I had the same issue last week when updating to 10.1. but it did say that it may take a while to boot up. I didn't stress it. I just plugged it in by my bed and went to bed. when I woke up the next morning, I had it!
I did the volume up/power-wipe clean-reboot and then I slept. give that a try. maybe you are just like me and worrying that it is taking too long and you have F-ed up your phone!
On a different note, this 10.1 is awesome. But I can't get it to recognize my sd card. it does show that one is mounted but wont save anything and wont let me access the files. I have wiped the sd card clean and formatted to fat32. but that is doing nothing for me. any other suggestions here? I need my music and the space! this is taking so much time, it almost isn't worth the effort. but I love the cyanogenmod 10.1. but can't keep if it wont work right. ???
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It took so long, because i read somewhere else to press vol down + power button. so i was trying. And It got me into Odin, and that said an OS is important, do you want to dl an OS now? so i said, well, i don't think i even have one left, so i chose yes. then it would say it was downloading for hours. but then it would boot up into the boot up screen loop. which was kind of good, but i didn't think so at the moment. Then i read how to get into cwm in my phone. so then i did it, and i had to do an advanced restore before regular restore was coming back MD5 mismatch. So It's like i flashed my old system, restored it to factory cyanogenmod factory. Tomorrow i'll flash cm10 and google apps and something else that had swipe working on this phone. maybe it was just upgrading to CM10, because now it's in version 9 and swipe is not working.
Thanks for your help
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I'm using pac 4.2 and I can switch were I want my pics stored from the camera settings maybe that ROM would help your situtation.
Thank you for all your help. But i decided to switch over to JellyBean. But i've been having some minor problems with it. I just flashed this ROM after doing something stupid in CWM (as you all know) while using cyanogen. I actually really like this ROM. I though CM10 futuristic looking. this beats that by a lot of points. I just have a problem now. The icons in the apps menu/section, are spaced too far apart. IDK what I did to cause this. Cause i was messing with those options of icons rows and colums for the desktop, but i set it back to default and that still didn't do anything to the apps section.
The other problem I'm having is with the camera. I try to open it, but it just says camera can't go on, 'wait-report-close'. That type of message. IDK what it is because the main reason for switching was to be able to take lots of pics. I love taking pics with my phone. And i found out what had my internal memory soooo clogged up. I had a .txt music cache file that was 848MB. Once I erased that, I know have 50% free space.
It looks really retarded . I know i'll fix it somehow, someday. I think there's even an upgrade now for slimbean, maybe I should try that. But right now i'm in google play store. in the 'my apps' list. and going through what i used to have, and installing my old apps, one by one. a grueling task, but I really want to use this ROM as my main rom.

Battery drain/Overheating since 4.4.2

Hi people,
I have some troubles with my battery life, it drains like madness since 4.2.2 update and the phone seems to overheating, i've first tried with the NUT ROM cause i need root but i've experienced the same problem so i've flashed with a official stock rom 4.2.2 ftf file but i've still have the same problem.
What's going on with this update!
It's really painfull to use it even while it's charging!
Any solution?
What's the major battery drainer?
Sent from Xperia Z1
xXFlippyXx said:
What's the major battery drainer?
Sent from Xperia Z1
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Multimedia and Serveur Multimedia, sorry my ROM is in French because i'm French
that's insane that those 2 things take 91% of the battery!
Try to stop the services and clean data to force a new refresh. If you spend your day listening to music or videos than it should be normal but I suspect if it was the case you're not asking for help here.
pfidalgo said:
Try to stop the services and clean data to force a new refresh. If you spend your day listening to music or videos than it should be normal but I suspect if it was the case you're not asking for help here.
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That's a nice joke, no seriously u can't stop those process, for the first, the option is grey u can't select it and for the the other there is simply no option to stop it.
To anyone who is experiencing device over heating, lag or battery drain after the update; give it an hour, it’s just that the device is still adjusting.. Mine is working smooth now after an hour of usage..Problem solved!:victory:
QualQuek said:
To anyone who is experiencing device over heating, lag or battery drain after the update; give it an hour, it’s just that the device is still adjusting.. Mine is working smooth now after an hour of usage..Problem solved!:victory:
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I gave mine 24 hours and the battery is still draining extremely fast. My battery drainers are Screen 30% and Android OS 20%. Sometimes Screen ended up to 99% even I never use any 3rd launcher or live wallpapers.
Any helps?
boydzethuong said:
I gave mine 24 hours and the battery is still draining extremely fast. My battery drainers are Screen 30% and Android OS 20%. Sometimes Screen ended up to 99% even I never use any 3rd launcher or live wallpapers.
Any helps?
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I must admit i still have it as well after many days that drain it extremly quickly, it's take some hours to totally discharge it :'(
Some people told me that can take one day or 2 but i still have it as well so i have no idea why, i've tried as well a stock rom, same matter...
I'll try this :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51516296&postcount=4
QualQuek said:
I must admit i still have it as well after many days that drain it extremly quickly, it's take some hours to totally discharge it :'(
Some people told me that can take one day or 2 but i still have it as well so i have no idea why, i've tried as well a stock rom, same matter...
I'll try this :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51516296&postcount=4
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Factory reset and wipe contents on SD card, then repair through PC companion. Problem solved.
BTW, google has changed the way things work with KK regarding SD card storage. To solve your problems you need to start off fresh and then let KK sort out the file structure for you. The old way had security risks, its changed now so your folder structure is bad on your SD card. Sort that out, then you will have great battery life (better than Jelly Bean)
NanoSurfer said:
Factory reset and wipe contents on SD card, then repair through PC companion. Problem solved.
BTW, google has changed the way things work with KK regarding SD card storage. To solve your problems you need to start off fresh and then let KK sort out the file structure for you. The old way had security risks, its changed now so your folder structure is bad on your SD card. Sort that out, then you will have great battery life (better than Jelly Bean)
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Ok i've did it, i'm reinstalling all app, SDCard has been formated by the phone so i'm waiting a little to see if it's better.
No change, i still have the battery drained like hell, and that make only this on KK :crying:
QualQuek said:
No change, i still have the battery drained like hell, and that make only this on KK :crying:
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Did you restore? If you did then that's your problem. Need to start off clean again. You can use PC companion to restore your images and songs and whatnot (through the media app) but DON'T restore! You're just restoring the same broken file structure all over again!
EDIT: Also did you repair your phone through PCC? That step is important! Because it will install KK properly to your device. I know this sounds like a mission mixed in with a bit of [email protected] Sony rants Blah, Blah, blah.. but trust me it works!
Also you cant blame Sony because this problem is a KK specific issue regarding storage (although this should have been implemented in Android right from Eclair!)
So to break it down:
1) Wipe phone and SD from -> the menu setting
2) Repair phone in PCC
3) Screw your saved games and app data and restore only whats important, eg: music, movies and pictures
4) Boom, done!
NanoSurfer said:
Did you restore? If you did then that's your problem. Need to start off clean again. You can use PC companion to restore your images and songs and whatnot (through the media app) but DON'T restore! You're just restoring the same broken file structure all over again!
EDIT: Also did you repair your phone through PCC? That step is important! Because it will install KK properly to your device. I know this sounds like a mission mixed in with a bit of [email protected] Sony rants Blah, Blah, blah.. but trust me it works!
Also you cant blame Sony because this problem is a KK specific issue regarding storage (although this should have been implemented in Android right from Eclair!)
So to break it down:
1) Wipe phone and SD from -> the menu setting
2) Repair phone in PCC
3) Screw your saved games and app data and restore only whats important, eg: music, movies and pictures
4) Boom, done!
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Before restoring i have a question, i need the root for some specific app like SCR that why 'im using the NUT ROM, restoring the phone will eras the ROM and i'll lost the root, but did that will solve my problem? I mean i can reflash the NUT ROM again and the problem wont appear?
I've already tried to flash from the official stock ROM and the problem was still here so i REALLY doubt that PCC will solve it...
BTW : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51536183&postcount=1040
Ok that thing killed me... http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z1-Z1s/Z1-Z1s-4-4-2-update-issues/td-p/607929
i had pretty bad battery life for two or three days after flashing but it seems to have stabilised and now is the same as 4.3
Beetle84 said:
i had pretty bad battery life for two or three days after flashing but it seems to have stabilised and now is the same as 4.3
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Maybe a dev can make a fix on the major issues of kk, if no battery issues, its a start!!
I had the same battery drain issue caused by the "mediaserver" process.
I did a factory reset, it went away for a couple of days, and then returned.
When I was about to format my sd card, I realized it was defected, and turned into read-only (I don't know if it was caused by the phone). I couldn't delete anything or format it.
I went and bought a new 64gb microsd card, copied just the music and photos from the old one (without all the android files), and the phone was fine for a day, with normal battery.
Then, after a day, it started draining the battery again, and again because of the "mediaserver" process. I don't know what I can do anymore besides just remove the sd card and remain with the internal memory. This kitkat update is just abysmal. I am highly disappointed with Sony for releasing such a buggy software update.
You might want to try an app called BatteryGuru for Snapdragon. Works quite well.
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nickelby said:
You might want to try an app called BatteryGuru for Snapdragon. Works quite well.
Sent from my C6903 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I've simply disabled high dormancy and that fixed definitively my problem.
QualQuek said:
I've simply disabled high dormancy and that fixed definitively my problem.
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What do you mean with "high dormancy"?
I'm having overheating problems too with 4.4.4 and I want to get rid of it.. do you still have problems with the phone like getting warm after 5-10 minutes? If not please explain what you did xD.

Heating Problem

Hello Guys, I have an Xperia Z1 with lollipop 5.1.1. It recently has started to heat up very fast and the performance is also not as good as before. Can anybody please tell me till what temperature is it okay for the phone to go and any solution to the problem which really works. Thanks in advance
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Hello Guys, I have an Xperia Z1 with lollipop 5.1.1. It recently has started to heat up very fast and the performance is also not as good as before. Can anybody please tell me till what temperature is it okay for the phone to go and any solution to the problem which really works. Thanks in advance
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hi, max temp for z1 may be till 50 degrees celcius, you can search on the net about it and dont worry, your phone will auto shutdown when reach max temp.
to fix this problem you can disable app not use or debloat ur rom.
Thanks for the reply. I am getting some lags recently because of the phone getting hot. And please tell me what do you mean by debloating of rom
Ripul01 said:
Thanks for the reply. I am getting some lags recently because of the phone getting hot. And please tell me what do you mean by debloating of rom
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Don't worry about your phone temperature everything's fine the phone is built to resist.
The easiest explanation of debloating is "Removing useless apps from your phone"
(that will probably be installed from your vendor and cannot be removed-uninstalled)
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Thanks for the reply. I am getting some lags recently because of the phone getting hot. And please tell me what do you mean by debloating of rom
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thnx @UltraWelfare
you must root to debloat your rom, manual way , using file manager app, like root xplorer
debloat list safe to remove here
Using flashable zip here
credit: @moly82
Hi,
My Z1 only ever got really warm (I wouldn't say it was overheating) when it was syncing Google photos, i.e. backing them up, or rechecking after a reset. or when my memory card got a bit corrupted (was a bad memory card.)
I found that reformatting the memory card in my phone, after backing up whatever I wanted to keep, stopped it from getting warm again. From what I've read, I think the media scanner was having problems getting 'past' the corruption/s.
If you have a memory card, back it up onto a computer, format the card in your phone, using your phone to do so, then copy back whatever media and files you want. This really worked for me. If you don't have an SD card, then backup whatever you want from your phone, and do a full wipe, including internal memory by factory resetting it. Restart it, and let it settle. It will get warm on reboot, and after you sign in, while it's resyncing everything, but it should then settle down.
Sometimes I found that Google services would be going nuts too, reason really unknown, but it used to do it once in a while, and the phone would get pretty warm. I don't know if this was something Google was upto, or if it was related to the SD card issue.
All in all, my Z1 was pretty well behaved, especially when you compare it to how hot the later phones can get, like the Z5. You can almost fry eggs on that at times lol.
Thank you all I will definitely try to debloat my rom but is it okay for the device to go till 45°C only when you are just browsing. And it shows a lot of lags - even if you write a message it will hang in between.
And I would also like to mention that I have just got my screen replaced and is it possible that if the guy who did it might have messed up and thats why my phone is overheating?
try to clean install latest version
this should fix this issue,
or use custom roms , they are already debloated and include fixes.
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And I would also like to mention that I have just got my screen replaced and is it possible that if the guy who did it might have messed up and thats why my phone is overheating?
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maybe im wrong but i dont think it is related to the heating, most of the heat come from the cpu
but does your screen heat up or the back of your phone?
Both the screen and the back heat up pretty fast
Ripul01 said:
Both the screen and the back heat up pretty fast
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so try to clean install latest stock rom to check if it is a software issue or not.
clean install means to wipe everything in phone(no need to wipe internal data but if you do it is better)
and install stock rom using flashtools
if your phone still warm up, then it is probably a hardware issue
P.S: use your new rom for hours, at first maybe it heat up,

Issues upon issues upon more issues!

I may be the lucky one whose screen didn't start to peel off yet,but f*ck me this phone is starting to really piss me off.
Everything worked well after I have gone to SLiMM 1.4(way before) and as I was upgrading SLiMM versions it was slower and slower to the point where the phone is unusable!
So I thought,let's try to do a good old phone reset,reflash the ROM and go from the beginning.
I restored the apps,rebooted the phone and it was STILL painfully slow,so I resetted it again but this time restoring half the apps and half the Xposed modules I have used before.
It improved a tiny bit but nothing significant.
So I thought it is finally time to unlock the bootloader and see if there is any good AOSP ROMs,as the first one I tried was AOSP 7.1.1.
Fastest ROM I have used by far,the biggest problem,my device gets very hot from loading Messenger and jumping back to Snapchat and in AOSP 7.1.1 it would stop charging the phone because of the high temperature and this was quite a big issue.
So after using it for 2 weeks,I couldn't handle the charging thing anymore,so next best thing was Sony Concept ROM.
I install the ftf,goes well,install the recovery,install DRM fix,SuperSU and Xposed.
After rebooting I notice that Xposed didn't install properly so I jump back and flash it again,and the problem now was it would get like VERY VERY hot(you couldn't touch it) when it came to the "Android is starting" screen and of course the device started rebooting itself because it was way too hot.
So what I did was put the phone on a bag of f*cking ice to keep it cool,and it FINALLY passed that screen,only to find out a second later it returned to the bootanimation and gone into a bootloop.
Now I reflashed the ftf,but before even booting the ROM for the first time I flashed recovery,Xposed,SuperSU and the DRM fix.
It booted up fine,so I started to restore my apps and everything went well until I rebooted my device to find out it doesn't want to log in to Snapchat,the app I use very often.
So I flashed Magisk,systemless Xposed just that I can hide the root from it and disable Xposed just to log in to my account.
Even that didn't work so fine I'll try it next day.
So I decide to reboot the phone quickly and it has gone into the "Android is starting" screen and shut off in the half of the process. F*cking pissed.
I cool the phone down,boot it up,wait for it to finish and when it was close to finishing it has gone into a bootloop,and wiping cache doesn't solve it.
It is currently in a bootloop as we speak.
I really do like the phone but why is it behaving so badly? I do not know if someone had a similar experience as I did.
If anyone could give me a suggestion to make my phone stable and functional,please write a post since I need my phone to work.
Flash original android rom/kernel to the device to make device fully stock. Once it is back to stock, if problems still continue i recomend sell device and buy new one.. On my xperia, display stopped working out of blue, replaced it and my camera became blurry and vibration motor stopped working... Opened it again, fixed vibration motor, now it waits another opening to replace battery and camera lens... Disaster, but hey, device is great in hw department..
Strmy said:
Flash original android rom/kernel to the device to make device fully stock. Once it is back to stock, if problems still continue i recomend sell device and buy new one.. On my xperia, display stopped working out of blue, replaced it and my camera became blurry and vibration motor stopped working... Opened it again, fixed vibration motor, now it waits another opening to replace battery and camera lens... Disaster, but hey, device is great in hw department..
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I forgot to mention,every time I said reset the phone I actually did flash the stock ftf and set it up all on my own,but whatever.
I guess it is just bad luck.
Dinkec27 said:
I forgot to mention,every time I said reset the phone I actually did flash the stock ftf and set it up all on my own,but whatever.
I guess it is just bad luck.
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Jebiga mi Hrvati imamo lose srece sa mobitelima hahah
More luck next time
Dinkec27 said:
I forgot to mention,every time I said reset the phone I actually did flash the stock ftf and set it up all on my own,but whatever.
I guess it is just bad luck.
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internal memory is failing.
bookworth said:
internal memory is failing.
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Awesome
bookworth said:
internal memory is failing.
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Awesome
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Exactly, I suggest the same issue. I had exactly the same problem on my Xperia T, it became slower, slower, incredibly slow after three years so I couldn't even flash anything using flashtool - it was showing many errors. Even after factory resetting the phone, it was booting and setting up for like... two hours or more, becoming VERY hot but it finally booted, still was very slow.
Two solutions - warranty or selling it.
romcio47 said:
Exactly, I suggest the same issue. I had exactly the same problem on my Xperia T, it became slower, slower, incredibly slow after three years so I couldn't even flash anything using flashtool - it was showing many errors. Even after factory resetting the phone, it was booting and setting up for like... two hours or more, becoming VERY hot but it finally booted, still was very slow.
Two solutions - warranty or selling it.
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It just doesn't make sense to me that the internal memory could be failing just under a year...
I cannot go for warranty since I voided it with unlocking the bootloader,and selling it is not an option because I am on a contract currently and I can only sell it once it expires and then get a new phone to renew my contract.
If it is internal memory,it is a second tine in a row,before I had the Galaxy S3 and it had the same symptoms,it looks like I'm prone to internal memory failures lol
Is there a way I can test the internal memory?

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