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hi all
my trinity has recently been behaving oddly, then today the screen went off.
i removed the battery to reset it, and then when it resetted it did a factory reset/customisation, and now all my data is lost.
now i know it's my reponsibility to back up my data, but in 18 months of ownership, nearly about 10 flashes/upgrades, countless hours spent messing around, it has NEVER done this after a battery removal. as a result it's a few weeks since I synced and backed up as i've gotten complacemnt.
my questions are:
1. is anything recoverable via a WM6 specific version of something like GetBack for NTFS, or similar data recovery tool, which could be run from PC?
2. how often does this actually happen, and should i be worried...?
3. is it possible i instigated this with the screen off, with some secret button press combination!?!?
thanks
dom
Does anyone know how to perform a soft reset on the X10 without losing any data and not having to take out the battery? Thanks in advance.
What exactly are you trying to do? I'm not sure I follow. Is it something that just turning the phone off then on again would solve? To me that would be a "soft reset".
I did soft resset, but you will loose data. You dont need to open the battery though. Sync you contacts with google and save your txt and other docs at your SD then soft reset.
not sure if you can soft reset this phone. it has a factory reset but you will lose your data, all data on the phone.
i sync through sony ericsson and just synced again to get my contacts back.
These reset phrases are used rather incorrectly and confusing I've noticed. To my understanding, these are what they mean:
Soft Reset: Restarting from a function within the operating system, ie. clicking on a Reset icon or using the power button to invoke the shutdown command.
Hard Reset: Forcefully restarting the phone by removing the battery, putting in back in, and switching the phone on again. eg. the phone froze and can't Soft Reset it.
Factory Reset: Just what it says, resetting the phone, losing all data to revert back to factory conditions. Don't even need to take the battery out then in again.
So I don't get what the OP is trying to do.... unless OP wants to Factory Reset it without losing data? Which is not possible. And what's with removing the battery? What does that do you good?
From what I understand, Hard Reset IS a factory reset. Soft reset is when you restart within the OS. Turning it off and turning it back on is basically soft reset.
ShadowFlare said:
So I don't get what the OP is trying to do.... unless OP wants to Factory Reset it without losing data? Which is not possible. And what's with removing the battery? What does that do you good?
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Sorry guys, I am coming from a Windows Mobile phone and I had to soft reset the phone few times a day to make it run faster. I was thinking if the X10 gets sluggish, I need to do the same but it doesn't sound like I do?
When you said without losing data and taking the battery out kinda confused us as to why would you lose data or needing to take the battery out just to Soft Reset it.
I was an X1 user, so Windows Mobile... so I know what you mean... needing to restart the phone when it's starting o slow down. So far my experience with X10, it's not like that. The longest I have been without restarting the X10 was 3.5 days, not because it's started to get sluggish, becuase it ran out of juice!
So far, I've never noticed any sluggishness if you don't restart the X10, bless the Android! Apart from the weird battery drain behaviour, I love my X10!
Immediately after restarting the phone, Task Manager says that the available memory is around 107 MB. (That is after killing all the unnecessary apps that are started at startup.)
After half a day, same apps running, I only have 77 MB.
After a couple of days without restart, I have seen numbers around 50 MB.
I haven't tested this thoroughly, but I feel that the phone responds faster after a restart. (Less lag in timescape, phonebook, etc.)
What is this memory leak, and does it seem right that a restart could improve performance?
There is no memory leak.
When you start an app, the app is loaded in memory.
When you exit the app with back button, the app will be kept in memory but in a suspended state (not using the CPU).
Of course, your RAM goes down but this is not a problem because Android is such a smart boy and will keep track of which apps are used often wnd which aren't so, when a new app will need RAM the less used is "unloaded" to make space for the new one.
Using task killers to kill apps and make RAM is bad.
Why?
1. Free memory is wasted memory
2. Starting an app every time is used will just drain more battery.
3. If is already in memory it will just change the state from suspended to running and will be there, running, in a second instead in 3 seconds or what ever is the load time for that app.
It makes you feel better when you see 200Mb free?
Use a task killer, set it to kill all the apps when the screen goes blank and after complain about the phone being laggy and the battery draining too fast.
It's not a memory leak.. it's the way the OS manages the memory.. it will leave stuff in memory in case you need to use it again, therefore being quicker.. using task killers, for example will actually slow the phone down a little, because it will have to load apps back into memory when you want to re-use them.. if it runs out of RAM then it will clear something from memory that isn't being used..
@TUX - Hahaha.. didn't see your reply til i'd typed mine out!!... SNAP!
Thanks for your replies. But I'm not sure I understand completely...
I sometimes kill apps that I won't be using for a long time. I check my e-mails in the morning, then I won't be using wifi for 12 hours, so I don't need the e-mail and browser apps during that period = I kill them. Is that unnecessary? Don't they use any of the battery at all? My first concern is battery capacity.
Also, my (poor?) understanding was that the phone uses some of the free memory when it starts new processes (for example, loading a contact's page). My second concern is to have timescape, contact management, etc running more smoothly.
At the moment, I only have ~30 MB available memory. My phone now uses ~3 seconds to start new apps. (No, not the ones I closed earlier today. ) 6 seconds for timescape (which was already running). Is that because it takes time to free up memory in order to run the new stuff?
When I shut down most of the apps (~100 MB free memory), it only takes 1-2 seconds to start new apps, including timescape (which was still running - not killed).
BTW, there seems to be a limit around 30 MB - even though I keep starting new apps, it does not drop below 30.
Final q... Does the phone store other stuff than apps in the memory? Perhaps hidden system processes? Running exactly the same list of apps (looking at task manager), I get very different amounts of free memory.
ShadowFlare said:
These reset phrases are used rather incorrectly and confusing I've noticed. To my understanding, these are what they mean:
Soft Reset: Restarting from a function within the operating system, ie. clicking on a Reset icon or using the power button to invoke the shutdown command.
Hard Reset: Forcefully restarting the phone by removing the battery, putting in back in, and switching the phone on again. eg. the phone froze and can't Soft Reset it.
Factory Reset: Just what it says, resetting the phone, losing all data to revert back to factory conditions. Don't even need to take the battery out then in again.
So I don't get what the OP is trying to do.... unless OP wants to Factory Reset it without losing data? Which is not possible. And what's with removing the battery? What does that do you good?
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Firstly: http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/support/phones/detailed/toperformasoftreset?cc=ie&cws4=true&lc=en
vince2398 said:
Does anyone know how to perform a soft reset on the X10 without losing any data and not having to take out the battery? Thanks in advance.
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Secondly: http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/sup...ormasoftreset/xperiax10?cc=ie&cws4=true&lc=en
Hi guys just got my s3 couple of hours ago white 16gb for sprint. I tried searching for the issue I am having and no results, so I am posting here. I did the initial android setup and everything was running fine for first 15 min and then phone keeps freezing and restarts, I did many battery pulls and same thing. It would work for min or 2 and freezes and reboots. Then I put the phone on charge and used it for several minutes and no crash.
So I unplugged the phone when the battery was at 52% after charging for more then 45 min, and same reboot issue is back. So I was wondering if anyone else having this issue.
Thanks for all your help in advance.
if you didnt flash things, which i dont even know what you would flash and how at this point, i would say its broken, and you should go get an exchange. Hopefully youre the only one with the issue, ever.
i guess you could try a factory reset, which i would assume you can do from recovery, to which you would maybe get to by powering off, and holing volume up and power(once again, just an assumption).
p.s. i am impatiently waiting untill best buy gets 32gb version in stock so i can trade in this lte evo pos.
i did many factory resets and battery pulls and same issue. so i got tired and called in for exchange, they are sold out right now but will send one out as soon it comes back in stock.
Did you do a hard reset from recovery?
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any particular app installed that might be causing this? :crying:
Yes I Reset it from recovery and did factory reset 4 to 6 times, No apps installed. As soon as i start navigating through menus it freezes and then reboots. Sometimes it also freezes at sprint logo while restarting, i have owned 200+ phones never had a single android phone with this kind of Issue.
element3g said:
Yes I Reset it from recovery and did factory reset 4 to 6 times, No apps installed. As soon as i start navigating through menus it freezes and then reboots. Sometimes it also freezes at sprint logo while restarting, i have owned 200+ phones never had a single android phone with this kind of Issue.
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Do you have a sd card installed? If its from a older phone or s2 it might be the problem too. Back up everything in format the card then see what happens....
Thanks for all your help guys !
I fixed the issue by wiping cache partition and factory reset. Before all I did was factory reset but didn't do wipe.
No crash so far
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HI guys, this is my first post on this forum, so forgive me if I put this thread in the wrong category. I heard you guys where the best when it came to Android, so I was hoping you could help me with my predicament.
I currently have a Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900H) and this is my first android phone. I've had for over a year now, I got it sometime in June last year.
I updated my phone to Lollipop 5.0 about 3 months ago, and ever since there's been an aspect of my phone that's been faulty. The Samsung keyboard. My keyboard crashes at least once day, every day and it drives me crazy cause I prefer the default keyboard to the others I've downloaded such as the Google keyboard. It began to crash right after the Lollipop update. It usually crashes whenever I switch to emojis. (especially when I'm in the middle of typing a tweet) It freezes then the message "Samsung keyboard has stopped working" pops up on the screen. During my hunt for a fix, I came across clearing the cache and the data of the keyboard and wiping the phone's cache from the recovery menu. So far they've worked and my keyboard hasn't crashed again... I also came across performing a factory reset, which I read fixes most issues after a software update. It's the idea of performing a factory reset that has brought me here. I have some questions about performing a factory reset and I'd greatly appreciate it if you could give me some answers.
1. What's the best method of performing a factory reset? How is it done?
2. If I perform a factory reset, will the software on my phone be taken back to KitKat 4.4.2? (That was the version my phone shipped with)
3. I know backing up my data is gonna be the first and most important step. Is there an app or software than I can use for that? I was thinking of using Samsung Kies 3. I'd also love to be able to backup my app data, like for example my Asphalt 8 progress and restore it at a later time? Is it possible?
4. These past few days, I've noticed my battery life has been running down faster than usual. Could a factory reset help with that? I read it could help fix that. Although the battery may be weak due to the fact that I've had the phone for over a year now, and I'd consider myself a medium-heavy user; I plan on getting a replacement soon though.
5. Will a factory reset permanently fix the keyboard? (In-case it starts acting up again)
By the way, my phone is not rooted.
Thank you for your time and help. I will be expecting replies. All help, tips & tricks will be fully appreciated.
From power off or restart to the screen lock.. takes 1 minute and 40 seconds.... seems very long to me.. My PH-1 is stock and never rooted and always went through the OTA updates and is current and up to date on Android 10.
Thoughts
My first thought is it may be time for a factory reset.
have you tried safe mode?
Never timed mine until now. Just got curious... Regular restart: 1:25 from tapping the button in Power menu to the screen lock. Faster than yours, but not by much. Seems normal to me, consistent with what I've been seeing with this phone.
kt-Froggy said:
Never timed mine until now. Just got curious... Regular restart: 1:25 from tapping the button in Power menu to the screen lock. Faster than yours, but not by much. Seems normal to me, consistent with what I've been seeing with this phone.
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Thank you for timing yours! Just ran mine again with the stop watch on my Smart watch and it came in at exactly 1:52:78 so it is a bit slower than yours. Think I will try a factory reset and then time it before restoring everything from the cloud and see what I get. :highfive:
It seems due to the November Update.
SirDigitalKnight said:
Thank you for timing yours! Just ran mine again with the stop watch on my Smart watch and it came in at exactly 1:52:78 so it is a bit slower than yours. Think I will try a factory reset and then time it before restoring everything from the cloud and see what I get. :highfive:
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Yes, seems very long. Mine takes about 35secs & that was with me putting the wrong SIM pin in the first time (I stoped timing when the clock appeared on screen (and my always on VPN had started, so could have been even quicker)
(I'm using a pin for unlock & was connecting to mobile data. Wonder if there is an app that runs at start up that could be slowing you guys down?)
64 seconds from cold to lockscreen for me - stock rooted 10.
I use SD Maid and selectively disable boot from a lot of applications - You would surprised be how many apps think they have the right to launch every boot and sit around in the background.
Magisk scripts can take a while to complete and will slow down launch too, a lot of modules would probably slow it too.
A little bit of housekeeping would probably help, a reset and restore however could just restore the same problem again....
After a factory reset without a restore it took 18.22 seconds from powered off state to the lock-screen. After a full restore from cloud backup it now takes 22.51 seconds from power off state to the lock-screen. Also the phone is way more responsive like it was when I first bought it.... Guess it is true what I have read online... best to factory reset your phone from time to time.
I get occasional long boot times, mostly after an update or similar. I haven't hooked up to adb during boot in awhile, but typically if you are having a long boot time the odex optimizer is probably re-running.
SirDigitalKnight said:
After a factory reset without a restore it took 18.22 seconds from powered off state to the lock-screen. After a full restore from cloud backup it now takes 22.51 seconds from power off state to the lock-screen. Also the phone is way more responsive like it was when I first bought it.... Guess it is true what I have read online... best to factory reset your phone from time to time.
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So mine had some issue & I lost data connection & wifi, couldn't fix so rebooted & now it's really slow to reboot. Did you have any issue with data/wifi. (I run a vpn so thought that might have been the cause, but even with it uninstalled it's still slow, though could have been initial cause)
Also since then installed this months security update but it still slow (over 1:30), update tons took about 30min as app optimising was so slow.
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So mine had some issue & I lost data connection & wifi, couldn't fix so rebooted & now it's really slow to reboot. Did you have any issue with data/wifi. (I run a vpn so thought that might have been the cause, but even with it uninstalled it's still slow, though could have been initial cause)
Also since then installed this months security update but it still slow (over 1:30), update tons took about 30min as app optimising was so slow.
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Mine did not have any issues with data nor wifi.
I would still do a factory reset.
Same thing happened to me with painfully slow boot times. Factory reset and restore, now boots in 25 seconds from switch on to lock screen.
i did a factory reset and it still takes over 2 min to boot.. accidentally wiped my phone trying ot install twrp..
then went ahead and installed lineage.. boots fast but can't get gapps to load lol
going to try to install lineage 18 and gapps.
dannysportbike said:
i did a factory reset and it still takes over 2 min to boot.. accidentally wiped my phone trying ot install twrp..
then went ahead and installed lineage.. boots fast but can't get gapps to load lol
going to try to install lineage 18 and gapps.
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Note: Are you using MindTheGApps, still only recommended package (though someone got another gapps to work, can't remember which)
Also make sure you are installing gapps BEFORE 1st boot into Lineage OS, if not do a factory reset & install gapps then boot to OS
should work fine on LOS 19.1 (or use npjhonstone unofficial version which has it included with rom)
PS. Never hand issue with increasing boot times since installing LOS.