Droid X freezes sometimes when I go to look @ pics I have taken

[cheerk8e]

I received my droid on the 16th and for the past week or so when I go to look at a picture I just took or in my gallery the screen turns black. I have fixed it by resetting the phone but it is a pain and definitely not good when friends see it happen. At least not for the phones appeal. Please let me know if you have experienced this. My system is up to date so I already know that is not the issue.

[SAB77]

I've experience exactly the same thing.  i want to look at pictures i've taken by using the "gallery" feature and then it goes back to the home screen and then a black screen and nothing happens.  I tried accessing the photos through the camera as well, and that doesnt work.  I rebooted my phone and it worked fine.  It did happen one more time, but so far, thats it.

[docholaday]

I had the same problem.  Resetting the phone by removing the battery for 10 seconds fixes it, but what a pain. 

[Tourxpert]

I've also had this problem.  I never had to pull the battery, just power off, then back on to fix it.

[frenchychan]

mine does the same thing...i had to take the battery out once but usually i can just turn it off and back on...but this happens A LOT to me and it's really annoying

when i had to take the battery out, i was really annoyed because i have a case on my phone that i had to remove

[Wildman]

This really isn't so much as a problem but a resource design, since the device saves photos on the SD Card when the photo album has to scan folders for image changes that sometime can take a minute to render the images, especially  if there are a large number of images to scan, some application create a cache file to speed this option up but I am unsure if the default album uses this configuration.  Please remember that the album can not access the cards images when unit is mounted to pc and this causes the application to rescan the card upon dismount to reflect any new files that may have been added during the storage card mounted process.

My suggestion that should cut down on access time is to use the .nomedia fix to hide any images not needed to be shown in album, its preatty simple to do...

1. Open up a new Notepad through start menu shortcut. Always open a notepad not just create a new Notepad by clicking desktop because it wont work that way.

2. Leave blank and click File Save As.

3. Name file".nomedia" (HAVE TO HAVE DOT AT BEGINNING)

4. Change "Save as Type" as All Files (*.*)

5. Save File

6. Now just copy this file to any folders that you want to hide from album, when placed in top folder will hide all images that are also contained in sub folders of the folder.

7. Reboot... All images you hide are now removed and album (but you can still access the files through any file browsers) and now album will usually load the other images faster that will minimize the lag or freezing during this process.

Hope this helps.