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Hello,
Today my C902 start to gave me some weird names in my contact list, so I restarted the phone and ever since it's not working!!!
I get the Sony ericsson logo at startup and that's it, the phone just freezes here!!!
I have more than 500 contacts on it!!! Need to have them back!!

Using A2UPLOADER I FOUND:

/tpa/system/phonebook.dbf

is there a way of reading this file?

Anyone can help??
THanks.

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Posted: 2009-12-09 23:29:04
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Posted: 2009-12-09 23:33:48
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I doubt there is a software that could read this file but try using notepad. If the is file not encrypted of some sort, you could still save a few important numbers. That works for the sms file.
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Posted: 2009-12-10 07:49:52
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Do you have back up on Memory Stick ?
Open (with M2 USB adapter or other Sony Ericsson with M2 card ) hidden folder System > PIM > PB_Backup.vcf
If you haven't PB_Backup.vcf - no way...

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Posted: 2009-12-10 16:31:15
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hmmm... tried the notepad trick sadly it is encrypted.
And nope no Memory card that's why I also find it weird that it is freezing!! No reason for it to freeze!!

Anyway maybe if I install a new software wiping out everything then copying:
/tpa/system/phonebook.dbf
to the new software would work ? will it show the actual list? or there are some other DB realted to it ?
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Posted: 2009-12-11 00:45:05
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Problem Solved.

Good News: You can save ur phone contacts if ur C902 is not starting up anymore.
Need the A2 Uploader Copy the phonebook file in: tps/system/phonebook.dbf
Re-Install the hole phone software using: SEUS. Then replace the new clean old phonebook file with the one u just saved.
Same goes for the messages: tpa/system/messaging/db

Hope this helps.
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Posted: 2009-12-15 00:35:26
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