So, uh, for reasons unknown to science, I held down the power and home button for a bit too long.
Phone took much longer than usual to reboot.
Realised why.
Reboot into phone as if brand new and just taken out from the box.
wut
Rooted and running a custom rom beforehand.
Opened app drawer, everything still there but none of the user downloaded and most of the system apps wouldn't open.
imessedupbigtime
Reboot a few more times, same story.
Reboot to recovery and try jiggle around a bit, doesn't help.
Hold down different combinations of the buttons, still no better.
youthinkthisisagame
Didn't make any sort of backup previously
Because I failed to foresee the unprecedented level of my idiocy.
Can, however, connect it via usb to laptop and explore sd card through there.
Have a 127 hours moment.
Drastic measures have to be taken for the greater good.
Copy all files from both the internal sd card and the external one to laptop.
Pray to Lord Jesus Muhammad Buddha that gaming apps can be restored from this make do backup.
I was level 135 on jetpack joyride.
135.
Do you even see how serious this is? Can you even comprehend the implications of what I'm about to do.
Boot to recovery.
Wipe cache.
Wipe dalvik cache.
Factory reset.
Wipe internal storage.
Wait, what!?
Yeah, I went that far. Big mistake. BIG mistake.
My phone is now simply a plastic case with bits of metal in it. And, of course, the recovery software still running.
Like a foetus. So much potential to be, but no more useful than bag of mushy peas.
But hers my plan. I downloaded and moved my custom rom from my laptop to the external sd card which was now in my phone.
Flash rom from sd card.
No.
Fcuking.
Way.
I saved it.
Yes, it was still an absolute newborn. But at least it wasn't a stillborn. Maybe I'm getting a bit carried away with the metaphors here.
Build up phone with the help of some screenshots I had taken a while back.
Start restoring apps from their backups.
Hungry sharks evolution, yep.
Jelly car 3, hell yeah.
Into the dead, no. I never played it anyway.
Pudding monsters, nope. Pssh, it was for babies.
Cut the rope, negative. But... I had... Perfected every single box... EVERY SINGLE BOX, YE HEAR?
Jetpack joyride, no. No. It can't be. Not after everything we've been through. How could you betray me like this, Barry?
Sniffle
Fcuk it all, I'm gonna get a hacked version of jetpack joyride, or so help me god.
Search the internet. Find a shady site. Download shady apk. Install shady apk. Run app.
Holy.
Shizzle.
Half a million gold. Every single gadget, jetpack, clothes purchased. Even some 300 of each head start, final blasts and quick revives.
But.
BUTT.
Level 1.
...
..
.
Never mind, Barry. You and me. We'll pull together through it. Just like the old days. Except this time, we do it like mutha-fcukin badasses.
Also, my phone is now exactly the way I want it: even better than before. The only thing left to do is make a backup. But I can do that later. I mean, I won't make a mistake like that again, right? Right...?