[Q] I lost all my internal storage data? - Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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

LoizosAristides said:
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

KubixSVK said:
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

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[Q] Captivate Master Clear via Odin Question..

Hi,
i'm currently using unlocked captivate (T-Mobile).
and i'm about to perform a master clear via Odin.
would my phone get locked?
also, do i have to do this after getting my phone back to stock JF6? or could i do it from whatever rom i am on right now?
thx in advance.
dskim0506 said:
Hi,
i'm currently using unlocked captivate (T-Mobile).
and i'm about to perform a master clear via Odin.
would my phone get locked?
also, do i have to do this after getting my phone back to stock JF6? or could i do it from whatever rom i am on right now?
thx in advance.
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Your phone will remain unlocked. You can master clear on whatever rom you are on - it justs basically reflashes the rom you are on, and erases all of your data such as apps and other things on your sd card.
jack man said:
Your phone will remain unlocked. You can master clear on whatever rom you are on - it justs basically reflashes the rom you are on, and erases all of your data such as apps and other things on your sd card.
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can i pull my sd card out befor performing master clear to prevent any saved data loss then?
plus, what do u mean by reflashes the rom i am on? suppose i am on miui. does that mean i won't be going to stock rom?
dskim0506 said:
can i pull my sd card out befor performing master clear to prevent any saved data loss? XD?
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Assuming you mean the external sd card, yes. Files such as pictures, videos, or other documents but apps that you save to your sd card may behave badly. I've never tried transferring apps like that. Not sure what with happen with them. If you have apps,, you may want to try Titanium Backup to keep them. Things on your internal sd card will be removed when you master clear.

[Q] formatting internal SD card

It's always so scary posting on forums like this but I did multiple searches and couldn't seem to find my answer so here I am.
I have just flashed from ALBA Syndicate v4 to RocketRom v1 JB and all is well aside from some of the known bugs.
But I have a query.
When browsing my internal SD card I see all sorts of folders and data left over from all of my previous installs and apps. No I am not sure if this actually affects the way my phone works but I don't like how messy and confusing it is. So I went into settings and tried to format USB storage as they call it. It said complete but all folders were still there and it seems as though nothing had changed. PS I don't mind losing pictures or anything at all, I want a clean start.
I also tried to 'format /sdcard' in CWM but it said there was an error mounting it and couldn't compete. I guess that's because it is referring to an external card...
If someone would help me I would greatly appreciate it. I would like to know how to format my internal storage and when or how it is safe to do so.
Many thanks in advance!
ratty x
PPS I couldn't post in the official thread for RocketRom v1 because I am still a forum noob but I wanted to say a massive thank you because it's awesome. And thank you for my 50gb dropbox upgrade!
Easiest way to format properly is to mount it on your PC, then manually select all the files and delete. The built in wipe never seems to do a proper wipe.
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i have the same problem, and i also tried to delete all data trough pc. and also tried through rom changing but all data and apps showing as it is.
pls help us guys
what rom and kernel are you on? what do you mean by deleted data and all showing ? apps will be deleted when you do a factory reset from recovery. but you have to be on a safe kernel. if you installed a non wipe rom,. it will still carry on your apps. you need to install a wipe rom
rattymon said:
It's always so scary posting on forums like this but I did multiple searches and couldn't seem to find my answer so here I am.
I have just flashed from ALBA Syndicate v4 to RocketRom v1 JB and all is well aside from some of the known bugs.
But I have a query.
When browsing my internal SD card I see all sorts of folders and data left over from all of my previous installs and apps. No I am not sure if this actually affects the way my phone works but I don't like how messy and confusing it is. So I went into settings and tried to format USB storage as they call it. It said complete but all folders were still there and it seems as though nothing had changed. PS I don't mind losing pictures or anything at all, I want a clean start.
I also tried to 'format /sdcard' in CWM but it said there was an error mounting it and couldn't compete. I guess that's because it is referring to an external card...
If someone would help me I would greatly appreciate it. I would like to know how to format my internal storage and when or how it is safe to do so.
Many thanks in advance!
ratty x
PPS I couldn't post in the official thread for RocketRom v1 because I am still a forum noob but I wanted to say a massive thank you because it's awesome. And thank you for my 50gb dropbox upgrade!
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I got a great app called' clean master' run it and it finds all this rubbish for you and you just wipe it. Apps free
From box 13......
howard bamber said:
I got a great app called' clean master' run it and it finds all this rubbish for you and you just wipe it. Apps free
From box 13......
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Thanks this helped me. but still some other games and folders are not remove. im afraid to delete files for it may cause some system error.
thanks for this thread
Needs a factory reset to do that
Even factory rest/format wont do.
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wheay said:
Even factory rest/format wont do.
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Same problem here... i cant format data.. have tried hard reset, flashed the rom 3 times, factory reset, cache / Dalvik , system / data / preload... almost everything i could read in forums everywhere.. now will be deleting everything manually.. is its because of the rom im using? or is it a hardware related issue?
currently on [4.1.2 JB]Ultimate N7000 XXLSC JellyBean 4.1.2 v5.1..
Thanks in advance if anyone has a solution.

SD Card Issues - HTC Velocity

Hi all,
First time poster; be nice please
I've recently upgraded my HTC Velocity with the CM10 and AOKP mods and both have been working great.
Prior to this, I had the ICS ROM installed which was posted by Leigh Kennedy (if memory serves).
Anyway, the issue I'm having is with both of the JB ROMs above, the SD Card is not detectable at all. When the phone boots, sometimes it will mount, sometimes it won't. When it doesn't mount, I do so manually via Settings > Storage > Mount SD Card.
It will mount successfully, and I can browse through the card via File Explorer (with Root Access), so it's definitely accessible.
However I find that any apps that require SD Card access (ie. Camera, Recording Software, Music even) say that there is no SD Card detected/inserted.
I've tried 3 different MicroSD cards (2GB, 8GB and 32GB (32GB is my main card), and completely wiped them and reformatted to FAT32), no change to the detection issue.
I've also tried to format via CWM in Recovery Mode, which shows to be successful on the format, but no change to the issue.
I initially thought it was the 32GB MicroSD card having the problem, but the same issue replicating on 2 other cards tells me otherwise.
I've completely wiped my phone clean each time (Data, System, Cache and Dalvik Cache), no change to the problem (which funnily enough doesn't make a lot of sense as I can access the SD Card in Recovery Mode perfectly fine?)
Any help with this one is greatly appreciated, as I'm at a loss
NB: My SD Card was working fine on ICS, the issue only started after upgrading to the JB ROMs above.
evakq8r said:
Hi all,
First time poster; be nice please
I've recently upgraded my HTC Velocity with the CM10 and AOKP mods and both have been working great.
Prior to this, I had the ICS ROM installed which was posted by Leigh Kennedy (if memory serves).
Anyway, the issue I'm having is with both of the JB ROMs above, the SD Card is not detectable at all. When the phone boots, sometimes it will mount, sometimes it won't. When it doesn't mount, I do so manually via Settings > Storage > Mount SD Card.
It will mount successfully, and I can browse through the card via File Explorer (with Root Access), so it's definitely accessible.
However I find that any apps that require SD Card access (ie. Camera, Recording Software, Music even) say that there is no SD Card detected/inserted.
I've tried 3 different MicroSD cards (2GB, 8GB and 32GB (32GB is my main card), and completely wiped them and reformatted to FAT32), no change to the detection issue.
I've also tried to format via CWM in Recovery Mode, which shows to be successful on the format, but no change to the issue.
I initially thought it was the 32GB MicroSD card having the problem, but the same issue replicating on 2 other cards tells me otherwise.
I've completely wiped my phone clean each time (Data, System, Cache and Dalvik Cache), no change to the problem (which funnily enough doesn't make a lot of sense as I can access the SD Card in Recovery Mode perfectly fine?)
Any help with this one is greatly appreciated, as I'm at a loss
NB: My SD Card was working fine on ICS, the issue only started after upgrading to the JB ROMs above.
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while the sd not being accessible on your computer is known, you should still be able to access via file browsers and other apps that need access. my camera stores to internal, and Apollo seems to find music on my external without a hitch. Unfortunately it sounds like you've done everything I would suggest, short of trying a Factory Reset
homeslice976 said:
while the sd not being accessible on your computer is known, you should still be able to access via file browsers and other apps that need access. my camera stores to internal, and Apollo seems to find music on my external without a hitch. Unfortunately it sounds like you've done everything I would suggest, short of trying a Factory Reset
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Thanks for the reply homeslice.
I just tried a Factory Reset then, and unfortunately to no avail
I'm surprised that I'm the only person with this particular issue on this phone (I've seen other posts on different handsets with a similar issue, which was deemed to be the SD Card, but in my case all 3 of the ones I've tested have fallen short of fixing the problem).
Got any other ideas? Because I love both ROMs, but the issue with the SD card is more annoying than anything.
EDIT: Ok, just reformatted everything once more, and installed the PAC-Man ROM, still broken.
Whether it's relevant or not, I even partitioned the SD Card to see whether the phone could pick it up via different apps, no chance.
Where did you partition the card and with what software...
I would recommend either using the phone or recovery...
Windows sometimes makes cards unusuable
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I partitioned the SD card via CWM recovery, twice.
Still don't know what is causing it
Anyone else?
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Switch recoveries...
I recommend twrp...
Others like wcxrecovery...
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Really? The recovery could be causing this? Hmm.. not something I considered but happy to try it.
Won't he able to do so till late tonight, early tomorrow morning but I'll let you know how it goes.
Thanks for the advice!
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rignfool said:
Switch recoveries...
I recommend twrp...
Others like wcxrecovery...
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OK, so I managed to flash TWRP Recovery successfully (couldn't do it via the Goo Manager, had to flash it manually via adb which was fine).
Sadly, the SD card issue still exists.
One thing I did notice however, with TWRP every time I tried to clear anything (Data/System/Cache/Dalvik Cache/Factory Reset), it came up 'Unable to mount emmc'.
Now I'm not entirely sure what this is, but the only time I have seen it is when loading Bootloader (as eMMC-boot).
Does this have any relevance to my current problem? CWM never used to error out like that.
NB: Having a hard time trying to find a link for download of WCX Recovery (could just be tired from work, who knows), but I'll keep trying.
I am not sure...
Can you make phone calls if your phone boots...
It sounds like you might have lost your efs partition... where your imei lives...
I am not sure how to fix...
I think there is a thread talking about it
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rignfool said:
I am not sure...
Can you make phone calls if your phone boots...
It sounds like you might have lost your efs partition... where your imei lives...
I am not sure how to fix...
I think there is a thread talking about it
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Hmm, well the IMEI is still available via About Phone, so not sure if that's the same as what you're referring to.
However, I think I've had a development (not a good one though).
After reflashing CWM I tried mounting and/or reformatting emmc, it's unable to do anything with emmc at all.
When the recovery was TWRP, it didn't like emmc either, so something tells me emmc plus my storage issue are related.
I've done as much as I can think of, short of relocking bootloader and reflashing the RUU for the Velocity (which is currently being downloaded).
Can anyone think of anything else? Or is an RUU flash my absolute last resort?
Thanks for help so far guys, much appreciated.
EDIT: Helps if I actually answer your question rignfool.. lol. Yeah I can do absolutely anything I would normally on this phone with the custom ROM, short of apps accessing storage.
Well.. things have now taken a turn for the worst.
5% into my RUU reflash, ROM Utility crashes and now phone is stuck on an RUU bootloop....
Still trying to work it out, but I get the feeling it's not gonna go well..
evakq8r said:
Well.. things have now taken a turn for the worst.
5% into my RUU reflash, ROM Utility crashes and now phone is stuck on an RUU bootloop....
Still trying to work it out, but I get the feeling it's not gonna go well..
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Did you relock the bootloader before running the RUU? This is necessary. Also, were you last running an ICS ROM? If you were, you have an ICS boot loader and you need to run an ICS RUU. Lastly, make sure you are in Fastboot USB mode when running the RUU
homeslice976 said:
Did you relock the bootloader before running the RUU? This is necessary. Also, were you last running an ICS ROM? If you were, you have an ICS boot loader and you need to run an ICS RUU. Lastly, make sure you are in Fastboot USB mode when running the RUU
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Yeah, definitely made sure that bootloader was locked/relocked, as I found the RUU kept crashing when it was unlocked (couldn't read any information off the phone, and the phone auto-booted into Fastboot after relocking the bootloader in any case, as it couldn't load the OS).
And no I wasn't running an ICS ROM at the time (per my initial post of running 2 JB ROMs at different times (CM10 and AOKP)).
After a bit of perseverance I got the RUU to go through successfully, and lo and behold the SD Card issue has miraculously disappeared (which isn't overly surprising considering it's gone right back to Factory Defaults and some).
It seems the PC required the Utility to run in Realtime Priority as opposed to Normal.. lol.
I'll now look into reflashing the relevant JB ROMs and post back shortly with results.
WOOHOO! ..... I mean, yeah, it works now. lol
It seems that during the course of flashing the ROMs previously, my phone lost touch with itself; by that I mean it was unable to access it's own Internal Storage and part of it's External Storage (which seems to be part and parcel of the 'emmc' error I was receiving earlier).
Camera loads, Music loads, it all works! :victory:
Thanks for your help homeslice and rignfool, much appreciated.
Now to enjoy those ROMs to their full potential!
On a side note though, have you ever had an issue reported like this on any other handset homeslice? or rignfool for that matter?
The only time I heard of people not being able to access storage like that... was when their imei got wiped...
From what I understand its a clockwork issue
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The only time I heard of people not being able to access storage like that... was when their imei got wiped...
From what I understand its a clockwork issue
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Yup. Our version of cwm likes to corrupt partitions. Glad you got it sorted
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Thanks a bunch guys, much appreciated.
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NB: Having a hard time trying to find a link for download of WCX Recovery (could just be tired from work, who knows), but I'll keep trying.[/QUOTE]
When you said NB, i thought of grand theft auto IV. lol. damn you Rockstar for corrupting meeee
that is why i've never tried cwm recovery. only tried twrp and wcx and i've always stuck with wcx recovery i like using the capacitive buttons to scroll instead of the volume buttons
XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX said:
When you said NB, i thought of grand theft auto IV. lol. damn you Rockstar for corrupting meeee
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Haha, I thought of that too when I posted these issues.
ZeRo2o9 said:
that is why i've never tried cwm recovery. only tried twrp and wcx and i've always stuck with wcx recovery i like using the capacitive buttons to scroll instead of the volume buttons
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Yeah I did manage to find a working recovery image for wcxrecovery eventually, but I find TWRP a lot better to be honest (CWM and WCX are also good though).
I guess it's just personal preference.

[Q] weird problem

hello !
i wanted to fresh install a new rom so i flashed my stock 4.2.2 ES ftf as i usually do. But now when i start the phone , it boots into system then it just freezes after about 4 minutes and i have to reset it . it does happen EVERYTIME and i did wipe everything and reflashed via flashtool.
any ideas ?
fookea said:
hello !
i wanted to fresh install a new rom so i flashed my stock 4.2.2 ES ftf as i usually do. But now when i start the phone , it boots into system then it just freezes after about 4 minutes and i have to reset it . it does happen EVERYTIME and i did wipe everything and reflashed via flashtool.
any ideas ?
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Sounds almost like ur stock es ftf is maybe faulty. Try finding a different one. Pretty much any will do. I have on my German one an China ftf 4.2.2. On it and no issues. Because it was pretty much the first 4.2.2 official released. That's why I flashed it.
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problem is that i had this one reflashed 5 times before this. maybe it got corrupt somehow. I'll try flashing another one and see if that's changed
What u might need to do is fully when flashing whipping the phone. After so many flashes on top of each other it might be a good idea to start fresh new.
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but i actually did a full wipe eveytime. checked all the boxes in wipe in flashtool :-s
Did u try using the official sony flashtool?
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Here is sony official flashtool try it to flash it it should bring ur phone back to life and then u can use the other flashtool again. Don't worry the page is in German but the flashtool will be multilingual http://www.sonymobile.com/de/tools/update-service/
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no , not really. you talking bout SUS ?
edit : oh yea. i'm downloading it now . and will give it a try !
OK give it a try.
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just a quick observation . i pulled the sd card out and tried to restore from a backup via the sony app ( wich sometimes froze the system ) and it's still ok now . Could an SD card do something like this ?
I have read some post that ppl report to have issues with the phone and SD cards. I have a 32 GB SanDisk and have no issues. But I can't tell u exactly what brand or why it seems to have sometimes issues with SD cards.
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i do have a sandisk 32 gb uhs card . I've done the update via SUS and got 1 freeze with the sd inside . Reformated the card and got one more freeze. Without it it seems it doesn't freeze. Kinda weird
later edit : yes i think it is the SD card . As soon as i put it inside , it freezes the phone. Otherwise it works great and was able to reformat it. Any ideas what i could do ?
fookea said:
i do have a sandisk 32 gb uhs card . I've done the update via SUS and got 1 freeze with the sd inside . Reformated the card and got one more freeze. Without it it seems it doesn't freeze. Kinda weird
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It is weird but I already did hear about it. Is it possible for u to exchange that SD card?
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dante501 said:
It is weird but I already did hear about it. Is it possible for u to exchange that SD card?
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no not really . As long as it's working fine in a micro SD adapter , the retailer won't swap it for another one. I don't think so at least...
Did you reformat it in the phone or in your pc?
Try by your phone.
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my usual reformat route is : full reformat ( not quick ) on my pc and then a reformat on the phone . then i recopy all my phone data on it. Imma try it again...
Does it freeze with empty sd?
Could be a faulty sd nothing else.
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i reformated it now and will leave home for a bit . Will leave the SD empty and see what happens . yes it could be , but as long as i can reformat and use it on my pc , it shouldn't act up on my phone . Meh , it may also be corrupt data because every 1 outta 2 times it freezes it randomly opens Backup app from Sony. Also , it froze up once during a call but i could still talk , it just didn't respond to any other input.
Anyway , will report back
fookea said:
i reformated it now and will leave home for a bit . Will leave the SD empty and see what happens . yes it could be , but as long as i can reformat and use it on my pc , it shouldn't act up on my phone . Meh , it may also be corrupt data because every 1 outta 2 times it freezes it randomly opens Backup app from Sony. Also , it froze up once during a call but i could still talk , it just didn't respond to any other input.
Anyway , will report back
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It could be like u said that one of the data or so is corrupted on ur sd card. Or one of the data you copy on it. If it works fine with an empty sd card then u know that something that is in the sd card is causing an issue.
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yup well it's within the data in the SD card . i suspect it's in the backup files from Sony. I hope more people see this so they can take the necessary precautions when doing a backup and don't have to choose between their data and their phone working normally !
fookea said:
yup well it's within the data in the SD card . i suspect it's in the backup files from Sony. I hope more people see this so they can take the necessary precautions when doing a backup and don't have to choose between their data and their phone working normally !
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Ur backup was still from an software version below 4.2.2? And it could be that some apps that worked on the software version before 4.2.2 might not compatible so well. But good u let ppl know and we figured out ur issue. Enjoy ur Xperia Z.
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4.3 Storage Problems?

Hey guys, I'm new to the one coming from an s4, and after learning all the necessary things I flashed a 4.3 custom Rom over the stock 4.1.2 that I had. Now I've got a massive amount (19.89 gb) of storage from 'other'... I tried deleting certain files that I thought were the culprit(data/media) but after trying to with box Rom toolbox pro and root explorer I have been unsuccessful in removing the folders, they just stick there no matter what I do, even after deleting them all twice over and rebooting several times. Now I've noticed that if I move a file into the 0 folder then suddenly the pictures show up in the gallery after a reboot. However there are still files I don't need and want to get rid of. Anyone for helping?
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atman8r said:
Hey guys, I'm new to the one coming from an s4, and after learning all the necessary things I flashed a 4.3 custom Rom over the stock 4.1.2 that I had. Now I've got a massive amount (19.89 gb) of storage from 'other'... I tried deleting certain files that I thought were the culprit(data/media) but after trying to with box Rom toolbox pro and root explorer I have been unsuccessful in removing the folders, they just stick there no matter what I do, even after deleting them all twice over and rebooting several times. Now I've noticed that if I move a file into the 0 folder then suddenly the pictures show up in the gallery after a reboot. However there are still files I don't need and want to get rid of. Anyone for helping?
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im having the same issue. idk if theres a old hidden partition or something cute going on?
Jim8ean said:
im having the same issue. idk if theres a old hidden partition or something cute going on?
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Yeah idk what's up with that...I want my storage space back!
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atman8r said:
Hey guys, I'm new to the one coming from an s4, and after learning all the necessary things I flashed a 4.3 custom Rom over the stock 4.1.2 that I had. Now I've got a massive amount (19.89 gb) of storage from 'other'... I tried deleting certain files that I thought were the culprit(data/media) but after trying to with box Rom toolbox pro and root explorer I have been unsuccessful in removing the folders, they just stick there no matter what I do, even after deleting them all twice over and rebooting several times. Now I've noticed that if I move a file into the 0 folder then suddenly the pictures show up in the gallery after a reboot. However there are still files I don't need and want to get rid of. Anyone for helping?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2304138&highlight=file+structure
check out that thread. it should help!
mokash34 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2304138&highlight=file+structure
check out that thread. it should help!
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I've already read through that one, it doesn't help as it seems I cannot delete the folders, outside of data/media/0 as these all persist after a reboot, even after deleting them. File manager says finished deleting and then I reboot, still there, still taking up 7 gb extra space.
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yep
looks like im using this phone with only an accessable 2 gigabytes for now. Bummer Hummer
Hate to be that guy, but back everything up (helium for apps and app data, move all media to a computer) and factory reset. It's a pain, I know, but it almost certainly will fix the problem.
I had the save problem, I used a usb otg thing and copied what I wanted, did a factory reset and formatted my storage in twrp, now all is good and transferred the stuff back to the phone storage
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josh030181 said:
I had the save problem, I used a usb otg thing and copied what I wanted, did a factory reset and formatted my storage in twrp, now all is good and transferred the stuff back to the phone storage
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Ill end up giving that a try thanks for your input.
josh030181 said:
I had the save problem, I used a usb otg thing and copied what I wanted, did a factory reset and formatted my storage in twrp, now all is good and transferred the stuff back to the phone storage
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This seems to be the only fix, I've tried everything else. Seems it was an issue from going from 4.1.2 to to 4.2.2 also
Ive tried a factory reset, clockwork mod wipe, deleting root folders and nothing works!! :crying: Ill try the twrp format though. because right now i have 11gb in my "other" folder!
UPDATE: holy poop guys that was the most scary bricking Ive ever dealt with!!!!! whatever you guys do, dont format EVERYTHING like I did!!!!
ziconceo said:
Ive tried a factory reset, clockwork mod wipe, deleting root folders and nothing works!! :crying: Ill try the twrp format though. because right now i have 11gb in my "other" folder!
UPDATE: holy poop guys that was the most scary bricking Ive ever dealt with!!!!! whatever you guys do, dont format EVERYTHING like I did!!!!
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I've been dancing around using the TWRP "format data" option as well, so you are advising against that huh? Why, was it a little more than just factory reset type deal? I need to find a solution to this issue and I know that resetting is the answer, just need to find the best way to go about it. Thanks for the update, and I would love to hear what exactly you went through selecting the TWRP format option!
fastlyfe941 said:
I've been dancing around using the TWRP "format data" option as well, so you are advising against that huh? Why, was it a little more than just factory reset type deal? I need to find a solution to this issue and I know that resetting is the answer, just need to find the best way to go about it. Thanks for the update, and I would love to hear what exactly you went through selecting the TWRP format option!
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I formatted EVERYTHING in twrp haha the only way I got my phone back was to downgrade twrp to 2.5.0.0 and use abd sideload ( sideloaded my viper rom) with the htc toolkit program on my pc. And now my "other" folder says 2 gb which I believe is correct. :good: But now I have another problem I went into recovery and installed a zip file that modified the amount of steps i had in my volume, (I have already installed it before and it worked great) now my phone is in a bootloop and Ive already tried flashing a new boot image but it doesn't work....what do i do?
UPDATE: I guess i warned against it because I thought i ruined my phone. Also, I just sideloaded viper rom again to fix my problem

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