Help com.htc.launcher crashes, rapidly drains battery

[Ovy]

Normally I wouldn't worry, but when it does crash, and I'm not paying attention to my phone, it suddenly sucks the battery big time. If it happens overnight while I'm sleeping, the battery will be dead. I just checked my phone now; last check was about 2 hours ago, it was at 90-odd percent, and now it's at 55% and com.htc.launcher is asking to be force closed. I check my battery usage, and sure enough, it's the culprit. My phone is also very hot, perhaps because it's overusing the battery.

I want to avoid a factory reset. Is there any solution or known cause for this problem? Thanks in advance.

 

[sdrawkcab25]

No solution I can think of that doesn't involve a reset of some sort.
Factory resets aren't that big of deal, you can back up anything you have on your phone and easily restore it.

Could try clearing the data from the launcher in the manage applications screen but doubt that will fix it.