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Locking up, screen not functioning properly- what's wrong?

Msuplantdoc
Newbie
‎08-04-2010 04:14 PM
My first smart phone and only limited experience with a borrowed Iphone. Initially I was impressed with the capabilities and now no real need to take notebook when traveling. However, in the first week the phone totally froze after taking a pic and then trying to open the Gallery app. Performed reset by removing the battery, which is annoying and seems crude compared to pushing a reset button with a pen tip. About a week later, the pinch and expand zoom function quit working, but everything else seemed OK. Performed another reset. Is this normal smart phone behavior? Is the phone defective and should be returned? When it fails again, I plan on taking it to Vz store without doing a reset. I have no time or patience for another buggy tech device. Computers, mp3 etc are enough
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Tamika1
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‎08-07-2010 02:13 PM

I understand your concern regarding resetting your smartphone device. Doing a battery pull is a common troubleshooting step and works for most minor issues that you may have regarding your device. I do not think your device is defective or needs to be returned. I also understand that the battery pull maybe of some nuisance to you but its good to keep your device reset because of the large amount of data it uses. I hope this helps

 

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budone
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‎08-07-2010 02:15 PM

Also be sure to power cycle the phone, at least once a day. If not for some reason RAM is used and not released.

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Wildman
Legend
‎08-07-2010 04:08 PM

Out of curiousity are you using a task manager, it sounds like you may be running your resources thin, many say using a task manager isnt wise but all my issues with lock ups and lags went away when I installed a task manager, besides I feel that running 10 or 15 apps in the background doesnt make any since...  If not installed give Advance Task Manager a try, its free on the Market, but remember to activate auto and exclude needed apps..

 

Check here for my perfered settings, with these I havent had any issues....

http://forum.androidcentral.com/motorola-droid-x/21522-please-read-important-information-regarding-t...

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slcarli
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‎08-07-2010 06:08 PM

My Droid X was lockin up too.  Took it back to Verizon store.  They installed a Task Killer, and I have had no problem since then.

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