Gonna be a long read but I'd be glad if someone could help me. Plus, it is an interesting issue.
I use stock 6.0.1 with the july update(phone model 2303, locked bootloader, no root, no recovery) Today, I don't know why, all my apps started crashing. I mean all. Dialer, album, music, whatsapp, chrome... Turning my phone off and on did nothing. I tried several times. As everything was working great a just a few hours ago (and for years before that), I thought a factory reset could fix it. It didn't. Now phone starts with that first launch set-up thing and I keep getting errors of various apps crashing and the device does not proceed beyond the initial set-up.
So, I thought flashing a rom could fix it, however I can't seem to do that. I have flashtool however when I go into flashmode I can't see my phone. I have installed the fastboot and flashmode drivers, however couldn't find the xperia m4 aqua drivers on the driver list. Flashtool detects my phone on fastboot mode, but not in flashmode. I have read the guides, still no solutions.
Any suggestions on what to do?
edit: I have found "xperia m4 aqua" drivers on Sony's website, but Windows claims they are not suitable for my device and does not install them.
SOLVED: Using an older version of Flashtool worked for me. I used version 9.18
I use stock 6.0.1 with the july update(phone model 2303, locked bootloader, no root, no recovery) Today, I don't know why, all my apps started crashing. I mean all. Dialer, album, music, whatsapp, chrome... Turning my phone off and on did nothing. I tried several times. As everything was working great a just a few hours ago (and for years before that), I thought a factory reset could fix it. It didn't. Now phone starts with that first launch set-up thing and I keep getting errors of various apps crashing and the device does not proceed beyond the initial set-up.
So, I thought flashing a rom could fix it, however I can't seem to do that. I have flashtool however when I go into flashmode I can't see my phone. I have installed the fastboot and flashmode drivers, however couldn't find the xperia m4 aqua drivers on the driver list. Flashtool detects my phone on fastboot mode, but not in flashmode. I have read the guides, still no solutions.
Any suggestions on what to do?
edit: I have found "xperia m4 aqua" drivers on Sony's website, but Windows claims they are not suitable for my device and does not install them.
SOLVED: Using an older version of Flashtool worked for me. I used version 9.18
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