Dead then Alive after only 9 Days - What to do?

StevenC150

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Hey guys. New to this Forum but not the format. I'm a Mod on a Buell Forum so no stranger to forums, just this one. Anyways, like the title says - 9 day old Bionic died while I was playing Angry Birds of all things. Had it plugged into the computer charging a -15% battery while playing when screen went black and non-responsive. Noticed at the time it was pretty Hot on the back cover too. So anyway, tried a battery pull...nothing. Then tried the Hard reset for 30 seconds using Down volume & Power....nothing. Then Up & Down volume & Power....nothing so gave up and set it down....one minute later voila it comes on by itself and appears to be fine now.

My Dilemma - Was it a sign that I should take back and exchange for another Bionic for $35 (restocking fee).
Should I just keep it and let it rest next time it seems to get that hot?
Or should I pay the boot ($100 more) and bump up to a Razr. (I just hate that it has to be sent in when it's time for battery replacement.)

What would you do?
 

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I'm of the mindset that once does not a trend set. Sounds like it may have overheated a bit and possibly a thermal protection event may have taken place. I could see charging along with a GPU/CPU intensive game like AB causing an overheat scenario -- especially if data and/or GPS was enabled, as well. Since it appears to be behaving properly at this point, I would just sit pat and keep the Bionic.
 

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Had the same thing happen a week or so after I got mine. Hasn't done it since. You should be fine.

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Just an update, ended up trading the Bionic for the Razr. Main reason being it kept dropping the 3G in my area while the wife's Stratosphere held everytime like a rock. Problem solved with the Razr so far. Had it not been for that I was happy with the Bionic.

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