K800i Contact Corruption

[alchohaz]

I have a K800i that would appear to have some corruption within the contacts database that causes the handset to freeze.

i am not sure if is rellevant but the entries that appear to have the issue begin a number instead of a letter, however it always seems to be the last entry in the database that cause the issue.

For example, when i search or edit my contacts by default the last entry is listed as "4a TEST", when i try to scroll down to this the handset locks, however if add a new entry "4b TEST", this replaces "4a TEST" as the LAST entry - now i can access the previous entry "4a TEST" but "4B TEST" now locks up the handset.

All of my fault finding has revolved around using the handset only to manipulate the data so far. i am bo no means an expert on the software tools available but i have just used the SEtool and XS++ to unlock my handset (problem existed before and after this process). Any advise appreciated.

Oh i have also used the SE Suite to try and back up the handset with contacts, this fails (only on the contacts part)

Thanks for any assistance
Al

[jasmin]

Maybe a full flash ( main, filesystem and custom file ) will fix this.

Nice day

[alchohaz]

Jasmin, thanks for responding, what is full flash and how is it acheived? Would i risk loosing my contacts? at present i have been unable to back these up due to the corruption.

Cheers
Al

[jasmin]

Yes, you lose everything. It`s about the same when you make a fresh installation of your windows, but in this case it`s by your phone.

Nice day

[Tidyboy89]

Hi! Assume you wanna do it?

First step is to get yourself some software. Setool2Lite, XS++ etc..
Go to the download area and get yourself access to the Firmware files.
Then take a look at this guide

XS++ 2.x Guide - Top Sony Forums

Have a nice day. Make sure you allways keep a GDFS backup, just in case :D