made a mistake .. or not?

[knightsj]

I encrypted the phone before I set the pattern lock.  I set the pattern after the phone is encrypted.  

So I do I need to do factory reset?

[Phy · Accepted solution]

Yes, you have to factory reset the phone with Sony PC Companion.

http://support.sonymobile.com/us/tools/pc-companion/

[knightsj]

aww. oh well. good thing i've backed up the messages on dropbox. and everythign else i just need to log in again. thanks.

EDIT: thank the mobile gods for backup & restore function *phew*

[Phy]

Yeah, that's good no problem.