Help!!! Phone shuts its self off whenever....

[spaz33g]

When you do a factory reset your contacts should be all backed up google. That's what I would suggest doing. And I don't know what the vzw guy was talking about anti viruses being viruses, unnecesarry maybe but not viruses.

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[amberc922]

Well I hope you guys are right. I just did the factory reset. I hope it works if I broke it I guess I will be making that little trip to verizon. ugh! Its reseting now. Hopefully it works and I just have to re do my apps this better not be a reaccuring problem becuase that would most def make it worse than BB lol.
Amber

[amberc922]

Ok everyone who assisted me I did the Factory reset. It actually backedup my apps so everything is back to normal. Nothing seems to be missing. I just had to move things around and delete those stupid widgets. Thank you all for your help I hope that fixed the problem. While I have your attention I was wondering about a few things with facebook and the sd card. I never get notified if someone comments on my wall or other posts that I have posted to. It is driving me crazy because my BB tour notified me all the time. I went to the settings in facbook on the phone and made sure they are on and they are. Also as I was searching for stuff I discovered the apps from my BB were backedup on my sd card. There is a game on there that I would really like to have on my droid 2 but I can't seem to figure out how to move it or if it's possible. The game app itself is broken down into documents within the game file itself. Is this even possible or am I just hoping on somethig that ain't never gonna happen?

[reichbc]

After I put it on there (the anti-virus) my phone started dropping the signal and restarting itself. So I mentioned I had installed the anti virus app and task killer and he said that the anti virus apps are viruses and that is why my phone was acting up.

Which anti-virus program, do you remember?
He lied, not "all" anti virus apps are viruses. A few of them actually do what they state. Look at the reviews.

He aslo said I dont' need task killer because the apps will turn themselves off. So I immediately uninstalled them.

Posh. The Android OS is famous for background processing, among other things. Yes, certain apps turn themselves off after you close them, but only the ones that are designed to. A majority of apps (Facebook, the Music app, Gmail, etc) stay open to keep the process in memory. That is comparable to putting a bookmark in a book to find your spot instead of finding it every time.

The *BEST* task killer I have is "System Panel Lite" off the Market. No ads, simple, easy, does the job.

But quick question will I loose my contacts and everything?

If your contacts are set to back-up to your Google account, no. It saves your contacts, and they will re-populate when you log back into your Gmail account after the factory reset.


Hope I helped a little bit.

[amberc922]

That's what I thought about the apps because I noticed how the games and facebook were always running. I will try that out. So far my factory reboot has done well however some of my phone contact disappeared that ticked me off considering all my apps got restored and I didn't have to do a thing. Go figure. So do I need an anti virus or not? Thanks Amber

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[wmnomore]

^ I would ask a verizon employee if you need an antivirus? jk

An antivirus or task killer is NOT needed. Don't waste your time.
Froyo handles everything for you as far as task killing goes. Don't buy the hype and don't waste half your life messing around with needless things. Use it the way it was made to be used.

You will find many that dissagree with me, but try it for yourself. I guarantee you will be just fine without either of them. Unless your phone truly has a problem, which you will need a replacement.
Good luck