turned off phone now "home" key does not work and im not getting notification icons

[gaz310]

hi all 

so last night i restarted my phone . after this 

the following happenned 

my alarm had no tone selected 

my "home " key doesnt do anything 

I get no notification icons on the top bar ( they are set to on ) 

my ringtone defaulted to something i hadnt selected 

when you drag down on the notification atthe top there was a "settings" icon this has now vanished 

im sure theres more but cant remember 

help please 

[Rickard]

Hi and welcome to the community!

It sounds like you may have switched to a guest user account. On the lock screen, swipe down the notification bar, tap the top right icon and select the owner account.

[gaz310]

good morning and thank you for replying 

sadly it isnt that i did check and actually tried to create a new acct as maybe mine had become faulty 

[Uliwooly]

@gaz310

What if you repaired the phone with PCC

software repair

PC Companion (PCC)

Bridge (for Mac)

Alternatives on How to backup Xperias

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/36355