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Hello,
When I got my Note, I must have installed every app going on it, the phone got clogged up and just kept crashing out and being generally rubbish so I thought Id do a hard reset and start over. I booted into the stock recovery menu and just did a factory reset, it worked fine and the handsets fine but Im interested to know if on a stock rom, locked bootloader with no rooting could that affect my handset and mess with the storage capacity?
With me looking at rooting and roms Ive seen a lot of posts where people have rooted and done wipes on their phone and its corrupted the storage, loosing part of it, so I was just interested if the same risks apply to a stock handset?
mozza54 said:
Hello,
When I got my Note, I must have installed every app going on it, the phone got clogged up and just kept crashing out and being generally rubbish so I thought Id do a hard reset and start over. I booted into the stock recovery menu and just did a factory reset, it worked fine and the handsets fine but Im interested to know if on a stock rom, locked bootloader with no rooting could that affect my handset and mess with the storage capacity?
With me looking at rooting and roms Ive seen a lot of posts where people have rooted and done wipes on their phone and its corrupted the storage, loosing part of it, so I was just interested if the same risks apply to a stock handset?
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See your post, I believe you are in GB rom / or on a safe ICS kernel.
Otherwise, I can only say you are damn lucky.
Rooting is not a problem in note. But wiping is a problem if u r on stock ICS kernel.
A lot of thread regarding this one alrd. If you're handphone is fine now, and you don't need root / etc... Just use it as per normal.
But if you want to do more with your handphone, read carefully on all thread that you wish to try to experiment on your handset.
I don't quite understand with what you want. Perhaps you could give your about screenshot, to know more on what stock rom you are now, and which kernel you are now. Then you list out what you need to do.
Sent from the corner of this rounded earth.
No it can't mess with storage capacity, you are on stock recovery and that is safe
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Im just interested in finding out if me resetting my handset could have corrupted the phones storage. Not including my SD card, my note says Ive got 1.97gb of internal storage and then 11gb of USB storage which considering its a 16gb phone means theres about 3gb less. Even my external card (which is 16gb) registers 14.3gb. so I was just interested to find out if this is correct or if it sounds like the reboot has caused an issue?
I've only had the handset a couple of weeks and obviously its all still under warranty so I've got the option to send it back, which is easier the newer the handset.
mozza54 said:
Im just interested in finding out if me resetting my handset could have corrupted the phones storage. Not including my SD card, my note says Ive got 1.97gb of internal storage and then 11gb of USB storage which considering its a 16gb phone means theres about 3gb less. Even my external card (which is 16gb) registers 14.3gb. so I was just interested to find out if this is correct or if it sounds like the reboot has caused an issue?
I've only had the handset a couple of weeks and obviously its all still under warranty so I've got the option to send it back, which is easier the newer the handset.
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Those figures are correct, the rest of the memory is allocated to system. If you'd damaged the emmc you'd know about it cos the phone wouldn't boot. There's an app you can install to check for emmc damage in the play store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.vinagre.android.emmc_check
You need to be rooted to do a full scan.
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Those figures are correct, the rest of the memory is allocated to system. If you'd damaged the emmc you'd know about it cos the phone wouldn't boot. There's an app you can install to check for emmc damage in the play store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.vinagre.android.emmc_check
You need to be rooted to do a full scan.
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Yeah I saw that,.. thanks for the help, I think Im gonna has to stop being a giant wus now and get this sucker rooted
mozza54 said:
Yeah I saw that,.. thanks for the help, I think Im gonna has to stop being a giant wus now and get this sucker rooted
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It's worth it and nowadays fairly straight forward using pc odin or mobile odin. Look for links in the forum.
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Hi.I got problem with my z.1st there came out an error said that there no SIM card and network.but only for few second and it came back.but after few days,my z start shutdown itself after that error comes.the only way to boot back is I need to plug in charger or my z will stuck on boot animation. What I did is I flash back the ROM via recovery, but no luck.same issue.then I flash stock firmware with flashtool,also same.andalso,after a successfully boot,my battery will drained around 45 to 50%. But it takes 10minutes to fully charge back.
Currently running monxdefied ROM with DOOMLORD kernel.here are some snapshots
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Here are some video sample for my problem.itsgetting worse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y07WOJWrLj4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Same fate...
kayrowl91 said:
Here are some video sample for my problem.itsgetting worse
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Looks like we are having the same problem. I'm on 4.3 Commercial and Journalists released by @Androxyde , later in order to use TB, I reflash XZDualRecovery to gain root, then I first encounter serious battery drain, 70% to 8 % when I was on a trip, I don't took notice, later it promptly shut down when no SIM ERROR, shut down when launching camera. In order to fix the problem, I fully wipe the phone, use DISASTER RECOVERY to gain back stock recovery[DoomKernel v19] by @DooMLoRD. I flashed back stock recovery and relock bootloader using Flashtool, I successfully did everything back to 4.2.2 build 2.67, boot back into system though without root, later I notice there is no network signal, i try to launch camera but failed, I tried to charge it to 100% [complete], but instantly it shut off. Later stuck like yours. BootLoop problem. Now I am figuring it wasnt hardware problem. I tried to investigate anything. Inspect battery but Android tell me Battery health is good. So , I figure there is something wrong with kernel, especially chargemon.stock .:silly:
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Looks like we are having the same problem. I'm on 4.3 Commercial and Journalists released by @Androxyde , later in order to use TB, I reflash XZDualRecovery to gain root, then I first encounter serious battery drain, 70% to 8 % when I was on a trip, I don't took notice, later it promptly shut down when no SIM ERROR, shut down when launching camera. In order to fix the problem, I fully wipe the phone, use DISASTER RECOVERY to gain back stock recovery[DoomKernel v19] by @DooMLoRD. I flashed back stock recovery and relock bootloader using Flashtool, I successfully did everything back to 4.2.2 build 2.67, boot back into system though without root, later I notice there is no network signal, i try to launch camera but failed, I tried to charge it to 100% [complete], but instantly it shut off. Later stuck like yours. BootLoop problem. Now I am figuring it wasnt hardware problem. I tried to investigate anything. Inspect battery but Android tell me Battery health is good. So , I figure there is something wrong with kernel, especially chargemon.stock .:silly:
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i also hope its software issue.but now i cant even entering recovery to flash kernel or ROM. its shutdown itselft to fast.
so,is there any solutions i can do right now? please. my world is dark without Z.
kayrowl91 said:
i also hope its software issue.but now i cant even entering recovery to flash kernel or ROM. its shutdown itselft to fast.
so,is there any solutions i can do right now? please. my world is dark without Z.
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My Z also down now. But it's possible to get into fastboot mode and recovery mode. I drained my battery to 0 and then plug it into PC and it's possible to get into it. Try it out. But result is the same. It's like the kernel fighting back on its own to prevent cross platform launching.
Try flashing stock again.same result.shutdown itself again and again. I dont think its related to chargemon because i already flash stock firmware,as im aware if we flash stock ftf,chargemon will revert back to original right?
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Hi there,
I am using Xperia SP C5303 with new firmware 12.1.A.0.266(updated through Sony Bridge for Mac). Before I updated the phone from 4.1.2 I had done factory reset of the phone.
Within typical usage there is usually around 260-300 MB RAM free, also there are no ram-eating widgets and ****s like that.
My xperia tends to self reboot without any particular reason. Sometimes it happens while using chrome. There was one time when incoming sms made it reboot. Before rebooting it freezes and pixels gradually fade to black.
Does any of You guys know what could cause that kind of behaviour ? It has never happened to me while I was using previous firmware.
P.S. I have already tried repairing the software using built-in option in sony bridge.
I hope there is a soul that could help me because sony just said - send phone to service -_-
foTga said:
Hi there,
I am using Xperia SP C5303 with new firmware 12.1.A.0.266(updated through Sony Bridge for Mac). Before I updated the phone from 4.1.2 I had done factory reset of the phone.
Within typical usage there is usually around 260-300 MB RAM free, also there are no ram-eating widgets and ****s like that.
My xperia tends to self reboot without any particular reason. Sometimes it happens while using chrome. There was one time when incoming sms made it reboot. Before rebooting it freezes and pixels gradually fade to black.
Does any of You guys know what could cause that kind of behaviour ? It has never happened to me while I was using previous firmware.
P.S. I have already tried repairing the software using built-in option in sony bridge.
I hope there is a soul that could help me because sony just said - send phone to service -_-
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flash stock again with flashtool..
Seems to work! Thank You mate!
Unfortunately the problem persist, xperia freezes and restarts.
I used the C5303 12.1.A.0.266 AU Generic provided by Doomlord. I flashed the device using the wipe option. I am pretty sure that it is not connected with any particular app.
Does anybody have another idea or had same problem ?
I'm using the Australian rom in the UK been on it for about a week. Had no problems here. Did have an issue when I held down the power button it wouldn't shut down but a hard reset seems to have cured that
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foTga said:
Unfortunately the problem persist, xperia freezes and restarts.
I used the C5303 12.1.A.0.266 AU Generic provided by Doomlord. I flashed the device using the wipe option. I am pretty sure that it is not connected with any particular app.
Does anybody have another idea or had same problem ?
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use this rom http://lnk.downloads.ir/17468496/C5303_12.1.A.0.266_Central European 1 CE1.ftf.html
it works perfect with me without any problem
just after installing it by flashtool
1- install the advanced stock kernel from doomlord flash the "supersu" app on your phone .
2 - The stock kernel of firmware .266 Click this link to download and flash on your phone.
3 - CWM And TWRP For XSP .266 zip file from this link and follow the manual steps.
4-wipe data partition and delvik
link of doomlord http://doomlord.xperia-files.com/files/SP_DooMLoRD_AdvStkKernel_FW-266_v01.elf
link of stock kernel http://www.mediafire.com/download/5ls12zkymsez05t/XPERIA+SP_Kernel_Generic.ftf
link of cwm http://dl.xda-developers.com/attach...8/2/5/7/5/1/5/3/CWM_And_TWRP_For_XSP_.266.zip
Good Luck
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CE stock 4.3
rabea3 said:
use this rom http://lnk.downloads.ir/17468496/C5303_12.1.A.0.266_Central European 1 CE1.ftf.html
it works perfect with me without any problem
just after installing it by flashtool
1- install the advanced stock kernel from doomlord flash the "supersu" app on your phone .
2 - The stock kernel of firmware .266 Click this link to download and flash on your phone.
3 - CWM And TWRP For XSP .266 zip file from this link and follow the manual steps.
4-wipe data partition and delvik
link of doomlord http://doomlord.xperia-files.com/files/SP_DooMLoRD_AdvStkKernel_FW-266_v01.elf
link of stock kernel http://www.mediafire.com/download/5ls12zkymsez05t/XPERIA+SP_Kernel_Generic.ftf
link of cwm http://dl.xda-developers.com/attach...8/2/5/7/5/1/5/3/CWM_And_TWRP_For_XSP_.266.zip
Good Luck
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CE stock 4.3
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I did the hard reset and if it didn't solve the problem, I would use your solution. What exacly is advanced stock kernel ?
foTga said:
I did the hard reset and if it didn't solve the problem, I would use your solution. What exacly is advanced stock kernel ?
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it is modified stock kernel from which u can root ur device and install cwm for wiping ur data partition and other options
and the best one is what i post for u
good luck in that
if that help hit thank u
Sent from SP C5303 CE1 stock 4.3
foTga said:
Before rebooting it freezes and pixels gradually fade to black.
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Hi mine does the same as yours. On 4.1 it sometimes just had backlight which can life with but now on 4.3 it freezes a lot, force closes things and fades like yours. Try removing chrome (takes 40mb odd just sat there compared to 24mb on other browsers. Try removing japenese keyboard layout too as this takes 54mb :-S Also maybe try a memory cleaner as I've noticed that even though you have closed apps down and removed them from the open apps screen it's still running them. So it may be due to poor memory management within the update.
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Hi mine does the same as yours. On 4.1 it sometimes just had backlight which can life with but now on 4.3 it freezes a lot, force closes things and fades like yours. Try removing chrome (takes 40mb odd just sat there compared to 24mb on other browsers. Try removing japenese keyboard layout too as this takes 54mb :-S Also maybe try a memory cleaner as I've noticed that even though you have closed apps down and removed them from the open apps screen it's still running them. So it may be due to poor memory management within the update.
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Actually the rom posted by rabea3 seems to be the best one. Not a single crash so far.
Thank You rabea3!
Hello!
I have the very same problem with my Xperia SP.
It's a strange problem. On android 4.1.2 with DoomLord's v04 the phone was working fine. Now on 4.3 it was okay with DoomLord's advanced stock kernel,and then Sony released .201, flashed it, phone kept freezing&rebooting. Then I flashed back to advanced stock kernel and it wouldn't work. Rebooting persists.
I'd like to get some guidance on what should I do next?
Thanks in advance!
P.S.No warranty or a Sony center nearby,so sending to service is not an option.
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Hi peeps.
I was rooted a while back. Had problems with phone freezing mostly when using camera.
Sooo i unrooted, relocked bootloader and then used the Sony update to repair. So ive been on .757 pure stock and i got more problems with that, touchscreen was weird from time to time. It rebooted once a day and it didnt matter wich task i was doing it seems (when rooted it only happened during use of camera and mostly AR effects). So now i became random reboots.
Well i rerooted now and now i can use the AOSP brower again(thank god for that) and most things i wanna have working are working. Havent tested it for that long yet when rerooted but keeping fingers crossed that it will work like it should. Possibly some random reboots wich i dunno whats causing them.
But isnt it strange.
I was wondering about something though. Scrolling seems not so smooth when rooted, but that might be placebo kicking in.
/Jonas
I was wrong It worked just as bad with rootaccess now. So I repaired the phone again with Sony update.
I just wanna get rid if this phone now, it gives me me a headache!!!
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if you get reboots on Custom Roms with Custom Kernels, well, it's not strange to me, it happen many time, BUT if you get random reboots on Stock, then I will should be worry about it. For all the other reasons you have to have them less on stock, if you really still have all this issues then I will replace it via warranty. I heard some Xperias was not fixed with any Firmware.
Well that's just it. I have reboots on stock rom with stock kernel. Usually once every day. I can't get rid of it. I've repaired and repaired and it is still the same.
Here is the funny part, the warranty of the phone expired one month before I even bought it when I was in touch with Sony. I have abit of an argue with my retailer atm since he says it's software related. And im saying I wanna return it. And get either money back or a new working phone.
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Reflash stock rom via flashtool. It sounds like your just repairing the device. Do factory reset and flash stock rom.do a back up first.
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I am on .136 stock (4.3), no root, no unlocked bootloader... all works fine...I have read so many people complaining about newer updates to .681 or .757 .... I do not see any point updating to newer versions, as I am not missing anything major with .136
Jonas740 said:
Hi peeps.
I was rooted a while back. Had problems with phone freezing mostly when using camera.
Sooo i unrooted, relocked bootloader and then used the Sony update to repair. So ive been on .757 pure stock and i got more problems with that, touchscreen was weird from time to time. It rebooted once a day and it didnt matter wich task i was doing it seems (when rooted it only happened during use of camera and mostly AR effects). So now i became random reboots.
/Jonas
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That isn't anything to do with rooting m8, how you flash your phone and what you flash onto your phone, the apps you use or don't use and your actual habits you have, these are some of the things which cause random reboots and problems for the most part, the other is bad luck and hardware issues.
Particular devices did have some rebooting issues, I myself haven't had one in a long time so i don't get them at all, whether i'm on a custom rom or an AOSP rom, I do get the occasional slow down but there isn't a phone out there or PC for that matter that never slows down at any time.
What I would say to do is to clean up your internal and external memory and download a tried and tested rom, lets say monxified 6.0.3
Go back to 534 and re-root, install a custom recovery and flash that bad boy (don't forget to perform a full wipe, factory, cache and dalvic) use a full FTF to fill in the blanks using flashtool (avoid flashing system and TA , exlude wiping with flashtool) Do not restore using recovery either.
Don't flash a custom kernel either, just let the system boot and see how it runs, install one or two apps (not a massive restoration using titanium) Avoid xposed for now and reboot the phone.
See if you can leave it like that for a while and see if you get any random reboots.
Do it by the numbers methodically and you should be fine
Good luck
How do I wipe everything with flashtool.
Last time I rooted I flashed 681 with flashtool. Had strange reboots then aswell.
Let me say this, I have unlocked the bootloader and I do not have backup on my TA. Wouldn't older roms then 681 mess up my phone? Bootloader is relocked with flashtool and I ain't rooted and I don't have CWM installed anymore.
So easiest way to clear the phone would then be? And I want to use Stable Sony rom.
Guide me step by step like if was a complete idiot
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Jonas740 said:
Let me say this, I have unlocked the bootloader and I do not have backup on my TA. Wouldn't older roms then 681 mess up my phone? Bootloader is relocked with flashtool and I ain't rooted and I don't have CWM installed anymore.
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If you don't have TA then I don't understand why you relocked your bootloader with Flashtool, it not make sense to me.
Jonas740 said:
So easiest way to clear the phone would then be? And I want to use Stable Sony rom.
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Unlock Booltloader, Flash a Stock FTF and wipe everything, then proceed with the steps to gain Root.
Jonas740 said:
Guide me step by step like if was a complete idiot
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You know the steps. ..LOL..
I locked just for camera tests.
But when you say "wipe". Doesn't flashtool already wipe all if I flash a stock rom?
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I locked just for camera tests.
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Without DRM Keys the test is useless, but maybe you know now from fact that it not change.
Jonas740 said:
But when you say "wipe". Doesn't flashtool already wipe all if I flash a stock rom?
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Yes, this is what I meant, just click on Wipe Data, Appslog and Cache. Still not a full format of your system partition but this is what it do to make a clean installation.
Well I did that a few days after I received my phone. I had the same problems back then. I actually did just that one hour before making this post aswell. Hoping it would work good, which it didn't.
If the phone would have been in my possession a little longer I would run it over with my car. Now it's quite new so I won't do that but I'm really tired of it and it's so boring have to send it to my retailer for repairs and w8 forever. Then when I get it back. I BET that they only will flash new software and test it for five min and ship it back and it will still have the same problem.
Been there done that alot of times with other things
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(Comment removed. Made a stupid derp)
I was thinking rolling back to 4.3 though to see if that would be more stable. Noticed that, if the phone don't reboot in a day wich it normally does then the touch is acting weird instead.
And last night I stopped it from rebooting, I pressed the power button to turn of screen when it frooze and that cancelled the reboot. But after that I noticed some apps with camera didn't work.
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I think something like a Tool to format the entire system partition will be useful but in your case I think it will not help much.
Mega wipe Google it. Back up first as it'll nuke your memory.
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Well now I have wiped the phone using cvm. And I flashed 4.3 instead hoping the phone will be stable. If it ain't it's going in the bin
I do miss the emoji keyboard, but that's about it. Know if it's possible to get that on 4.3?
Phone feels alot faster on 4.3, the camera reacts faster and tbh the pictures look better. No problems so far, hoping it will work. Battery time is also ALOT better!
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Hello,
Yesterday I was trying to install a custom rom on my Xperia SP. Long story short the ROMS I tried were working fine but the screen was flickering cause of the kernel. So I tried switching back to the stock ftf and kernel (12.1.A.1.207). It all worked fine, until I realised that every picture/music/app data and in general, every single file I had on the internal storage was gone! It's as if I had just bought the phone, with only a few folders on the internal storage as it showed on ES File Explorer...
What's weird is that the external sd card is fine. Everything I had from the previous phone is still there.
I have installed a ton of ROMS on my previous phone, but nothing like this had happened. So I thought I didn't have to do a backup... Any thoughts what could've gone wrong? Was the internal storage formatted somehow? Please... I lost all my pictures with my friends/family
Thanks in advance...
LoizosAristides said:
Hello,
Yesterday I was trying to install a custom rom on my Xperia SP. Long story short the ROMS I tried were working fine but the screen was flickering cause of the kernel. So I tried switching back to the stock ftf and kernel (12.1.A.1.207). It all worked fine, until I realised that every picture/music/app data and in general, every single file I had on the internal storage was gone! It's as if I had just bought the phone, with only a few folders on the internal storage as it showed on ES File Explorer...
What's weird is that the external sd card is fine. Everything I had from the previous phone is still there.
I have installed a ton of ROMS on my previous phone, but nothing like this had happened. So I thought I didn't have to do a backup... Any thoughts what could've gone wrong? Was the internal storage formatted somehow? Please... I lost all my pictures with my friends/family
Thanks in advance...
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You flashed the ftf in flashtool? There's an option in flashtool to skip data wipe, if you don't check it it will format the internal storage
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noahvt said:
You flashed the ftf in flashtool? There's an option in flashtool to skip data wipe, if you don't check it it will format the internal storage
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Wow really? I've flashed an ftf yeah, but I wanted to switch from the flickering screen of cyanogenmod to a stock ftf file.
Anyway, I flashed a lot of ftfs on my old Xperia Tipo in the past, and I was always ticking "wipe data". But all it was doing was a factory reset...not formatting my storage...
Do you know a possible recovery program? Because I'm trying to find one right now
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Do you know a possible recovery program? Because I'm trying to find one right now
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Won't work, you lost all of your data.
U will backup with PC
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U will backup with PC
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Your post doesn't make any sense...
Gamm86 said:
Your post doesn't make any sense...
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Well yeah
Anyway...I decided to move on. After searching for a while, I discovered that you can retrieve lost files, but only those which were on the external sd card, which was fine for me. SO IF ANYONE ELSE LOST HIS/HER DATA ON THE INTERNAL STORAGE, DON'T EVEN BOTHER WITH RECOVERY PROGRAMS, THEY ONLY WORK FOR THE SD CARD. TRUST ME, I TRIED ALMOST EACH ONE OF THEM.
I downloaded all the songs/games I had before.., but I cared about my pictures videos much more than my game's progress
I flashed the good old 12.1.A.1.205 ftf and it works just fine...
It's a shame you can't install custom roms in this phone without having the screen flickering all the time when u flash a custom kernel...
Thanks for the help guys