Phone has started going crazy

**RonNYC** · 02-22-2011, 06:44 AM

I've had my Incredible since June 2010 and it's run OK up to a few weeks ago. First it froze. I had to pull the battery to restart. Then about 2 weeks later, while it was charging, by itself it dialed several people. One was a client and one was a friend of mine who ended up listening to a conversation I was having. Last night, when I tried to power it down, it almost froze; that is, the display sort of shook slightly and then it ran the calculator inputting 6s. Finally, I was able to put it to sleep.

What is going on?

RON

**Upstreammiami** · 02-22-2011, 07:39 AM

sounds like you might have a haunted phone

**RonNYC** · 02-22-2011, 08:06 AM

My very thought. Especially all those 6s, a little creepy.

**StorminDT** · 02-22-2011, 08:39 AM

Dirt in the optical pad?

**Upstreammiami** · 02-22-2011, 10:53 AM

Try a factory reset

**Stormhead77** · 02-22-2011, 11:12 AM

I've had mine since April launch and nothing weird until a few weeks ago my phone rang, but no one was calling me. No caller id screen, nothing. Just sat on my home screen and rang several times. First I thought it was just a fluke, but it has happened several more times now. Anyone know what might be causing that?

Thx!

**Kreichs** · 02-22-2011, 03:04 PM

Just recently my phone was going crazy as well. I lost some Footprints I had taken, and a bunch of my widgets disappeared and were not available to add again.
I assumed it was an app I installed or something... who knows.
I ended up doing a factory reset and all is good. It is amazing how easy it is to factory reset since everything is linked to google. I just had to backup my stuff.

**menschmaschine5** · 02-22-2011, 10:34 PM

Odd.

It may have been an app you downloaded. It may be the trackpad. It may be spirits in your house.

Factory reset.

**lilnut13** · 02-24-2011, 07:34 AM

My phone has been doing wierd things also, whenever my dad calls it NEVER rings EVER!!! He's the only one that happens too, also I can be in the middle of sending an email or text or something and the phone freezes and reboots itself. The phone freezes all the time and I have to pull the battery in order to get it up and running again. I'm about sick of it I'm not eligible for an upgrade and I don't want to go in and have them give me another phone that has been referbished that may be worse then what I have now. I have done 2 factory resets sense I got the phone in April 2010. This is just started in the last few weeks......I'm getting frustrated, I'm ready to add a line to my contract to just be able to get a new phone...... :-/ I'm also getting a message in the last few days that says my memory is getting low and I 6.28 GB of internal phone storage and 576 MB available of phone memory, everything is on my 32 GB SD card, wtf? There is nothing even on my phone! More frustration!

**Jude526** · 02-24-2011, 01:42 PM

peanut there is nothing wrong with a refurbished phone. NOTHING !
You have the warranty from Verizon for this reason so take advantage of it.
Don't go paying for an extra line just to get a new phone. That is unnecessary. My Incredible is a refurbished and it is absolutely fine. I was let out of Blackberry and given the Incredible and I am very happy with it.
I have another friend who did an upgrade with a refurbished Incredible to save himself some money and he is pleased as well. Again, you will be fine with getting a refurbished. I have had brand new devices go haywire.......
the refurbs are tested and retested. You can confidently get one and not have a problem.

**Jude526** · 02-24-2011, 01:43 PM

peanut there is nothing wrong with a refurbished phone. NOTHING !
You have the warranty from Verizon for this reason so take advantage of it.
Don't go paying for an extra line just to get a new phone. That is unnecessary. My Incredible is a refurbished and it is absolutely fine. I was let out of Blackberry and given the Incredible and I am very happy with it.
I have another friend who did an upgrade with a refurbished Incredible to save himself some money and he is pleased as well. Again, you will be fine with getting a refurbished. I have had brand new devices go haywire.......
the refurbs are tested and retested. You can confidently get one and not have a problem.