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Hero slowed to a crawl...

Amarantamin

Sep 12, 2010, 7:41 PM
This time it's my phone... 😁

So, anyways, the Hero is slow. Not just a little slow, but astronomically slow. Pressing any icon, including opening the Applications menu or opening the dialer, takes 15+ seconds to work. The SenseUI also crashes regularly.

There are no applications that should be modifying the phone calls, home screen, or SenseUI. There are no Task Managers/Killers installed, and the problem happens when everything except required functions is terminated via Manage Applications. The problem did not begin with the download or use of a new application, but just to make sure, I did delete all additional downloaded applications (there were not very many).

Next step is wiping the phone and starting anew to see if that wo...
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sunilsonia

Sep 13, 2010, 7:17 AM
Amarantamin said:
This time it's my phone... 😁

So, anyways, the Hero is slow. Not just a little slow, but astronomically slow. Pressing any icon, including opening the Applications menu or opening the dialer, takes 15+ seconds to work. The SenseUI also crashes regularly.

There are no applications that should be modifying the phone calls, home screen, or SenseUI. There are no Task Managers/Killers installed, and the problem happens when everything except required functions is terminated via Manage Applications. The problem did not begin with the download or use of a new application, but just to make sure, I did delete all additional downloaded applications (there were not very many).

Next step is wiping the pho
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Amarantamin

Sep 13, 2010, 8:01 PM
That sounds great, and I do enjoy the wealth of detailed information. I'll try this when I get home to see if it works.
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Menno

Sep 14, 2010, 2:02 PM
Did you used to have a task killer? They can seriously f**k up system files, and a factory reboot is the only way to fix it.

that's most likely your best bet.
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Amarantamin

Sep 14, 2010, 2:40 PM
And after following Suns' steps and it still being slow, that is my next option.
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