Ok- I have a Droidx that i bought used after i killed my droid R2D2. It was working great with only normal issues until about a week ago. Then it started running very slow and/or freezing. I got a "low memory" message, checked, and found my phone memory only had like 15mb of available space. Then I read somewhere I should keep 100mb of free space on my phones regular storage to keep it running smoothly. So I went in and moved all the apps that i could to my sdcard, which has plenty of storage (6+ free gb), and got my phones available storage up to 80mb. This seemed to solve the problem for about a day, but then the power got low, and it froze again. Since then, it will sometimes work ok, and sometimes freeze, with no rhyme or reason. When it freezes, I have to pull the battery to restart. Sometimes it restarts and works, sometimes it restarts and freezes.
By accident, yesterday, I discovered that when I pulled out my sdcard, my phone started working again. Working great actually. Absolutely no problems freezing, or running slowly. Further research has shown other people have experienced this problem. For some, they had corrupted files on their sdcard. In other cases, it seems moving apps to the sdcard was the problem. I've also read where the sdcard itself can cause the problem if not properly inserted, or its making a poor connection.
I have found the sdcard does have a "sweet spot" where it seems to be least likely to cause freezing. Not sure if this is because the card came from a different droid version? I have downloaded all my pics to my computer, and shifted my vital apps back to my phoneas storage. Worried that my phone will freeze again, I am prepared to erase and reformat my sdcard, as i've heard this can help. However, ive also read where doing this from my phone may or may not help, and may cause further problems.
Help! Should I unmount the sdcard, and reformat from my phone? Should I try to delete all the files either using my file expert app or through my computer? I do have a couple of mp3s that i downloaded from an app i had to remove because it was allowing adware, and in other cases, corrupted mp3 files are the cause of the problem. I do not own an sdcard reader, and would rather not have to buy one (not even an option till next week). Any thoughts?
By accident, yesterday, I discovered that when I pulled out my sdcard, my phone started working again. Working great actually. Absolutely no problems freezing, or running slowly. Further research has shown other people have experienced this problem. For some, they had corrupted files on their sdcard. In other cases, it seems moving apps to the sdcard was the problem. I've also read where the sdcard itself can cause the problem if not properly inserted, or its making a poor connection.
I have found the sdcard does have a "sweet spot" where it seems to be least likely to cause freezing. Not sure if this is because the card came from a different droid version? I have downloaded all my pics to my computer, and shifted my vital apps back to my phoneas storage. Worried that my phone will freeze again, I am prepared to erase and reformat my sdcard, as i've heard this can help. However, ive also read where doing this from my phone may or may not help, and may cause further problems.
Help! Should I unmount the sdcard, and reformat from my phone? Should I try to delete all the files either using my file expert app or through my computer? I do have a couple of mp3s that i downloaded from an app i had to remove because it was allowing adware, and in other cases, corrupted mp3 files are the cause of the problem. I do not own an sdcard reader, and would rather not have to buy one (not even an option till next week). Any thoughts?
