Recent content by cathyf

I have no idea what it means for a phone to be rooted, or how to tell if it is. According to the task manager, I have 284MB/368MB used, so I will believe that I've used too much memory. I hit the "Clear Memory" button, and it says that there are zero background tasks. I unchecked the Sync...

Jan -- do you get the thing where after the phone turns itself on, and when you try to turn it off, each time you push the power button it takes a screen shot? (**CLICK**) And, yes, it is really taking screen shots, and I have to go into my gallery and delete them all periodically.

I'm more with harassing the US Cellular repair people until THEY fix the firmware. That way if they brick the phone they have to give me a new one!

It started pretty much when I got the phone, which was last Christmas. It is hard to catch -- if I'm wearing loose clothes and don't feel it heat up, the only symptom is a phone with a dead battery. When I first complained last February, US Cellular thought that the battery was defective and...

This happens to everyone I know with this phone -- normally, a battery charge would last for 3-4 days, and if I start the day fully-charged it still appears more-or-less fully-charged by the end of the day. Except that at totally random intervals the phone turns on the display and heats up. If...