Okay so for the past week or two, my phone has been acting crazy like never before. It's CONSTANTLY freezing to the point where I have to restart it (sometimes up to 10 times a day). My apps have also been acting up by crashing/stopping and I get the notification that says "so and so app has stopped working" then it asks if I want to close it and I say ok, it gives me the screen that says its not responding and then the options "report" or "close" and when I hit report, the phone freezes instantly and my screen goes black. I have hit ok instead of report and sometimes it will take me out of the app but most of the time it freezes regardless. The home keys respond to my touch (they light up) but the screen does not and stays black with just the status bar showing and it stays frozen. Sometimes it does this with my screen lock as well, but the opposite: the screen will light up when I hit the side or home buttons but it does not respond to my touch. It seems like no matter what app I'm using, even if I'm on the internet or texting, it does this and I cannot figure it out. I have ran multiple different antivirus apps and they all came back clear with no virus. I read to clear the app cache which I just did (we'll see if it helps). The phone is a LG Volt prepaid from Virgin Mobile and I have had it for one year without any problems until now. (P.S. I've had Virgin Mobile phones for years and never had problems with them. My last one lasted 2 and a half years). However, I did notice it started acting up after an Android System Update. Not sure if that has anything to do with it or not but it was fine until then. Could it be the SD card? Is it my phone in general (aka is it time for a new one)? Something to do with the system update? I'd hate to resort to factory reset in fear of losing my stuff and the possibility that it will not help. Please help, I cannot take this much longer.
Update: I've been doing more research and found an article about the recent update WebView causing problems like mine.
Is it possible this is the problem? I cannot find the setting on my phone (application manager), however, to check.
Update: I've been doing more research and found an article about the recent update WebView causing problems like mine.
Is it possible this is the problem? I cannot find the setting on my phone (application manager), however, to check.
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