.Also before this occured during the day of the incident. My camera had quit working. It kept just flashing the screen and not ever opening the camera to take a picture, then I took out the battery and reset it and it worked for one picture taking and then it died again and would not let me use the camera. I had been texting with someone then walked away from the phone came back and the screen wouldnt come back up, so i then took out the battery and put it back in, then i noticed the battery had a sticker that came off of it so i thought uh oh.. it fried for some reason. i decided to put in the new battery and the phone booted up but only with the M on the screen it took several attempts for it to finally come back on and when it did come back on where i could scroll through the desk tops and the settings, i noticed it had dumped a few things. I have gone back and looked at the apps that I downloaded recently (within the past week) and even deleted some after researching just to see if that would help. It did not. I have considered doing the factory reset however i have been trying to make sure my 'backup' has been completed first. My number one question is without the factory reset how do I get the google seach bar back? I was able to locate and reinstall several of the ones, like i previously mentioned just not the google search bar.
1. how do i get the google searchbar back
2. why does the camara keep locking up and not working? What to do?
3. Could it have really been the battery ? I have a friend that started having the same problem at nearly the exact time as me. Could we have shared something via text message or something that would have done some type of damage to our phones? Is that possible?
Does this help any better with trying to diagnose my issues?
I understand that its a moisture indicator... however it has not been exposed to any moisture, I promise. when it crashed or before I started having the issues and the same thing occurred to my friends phone nearly at the same time over the weekend. the sticker stuck to the rubber part on the phone, however it was like it just got really HOT and melted off. I have recovered mostly every thing now with the assistance of these forum's and greatly appreciate you all and your input. The only thing that didnt occur and I promise this on my love of the droid.. there was not ever any moisture exposure to the phone, I take dear pride and care to make sure its always protected. Thanks again for all the suggestions and input. So far so good. 