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Help System Freeze/Lockup

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zachary80

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I've had an intermittent problem where my Force freezes up - pressing the power button doesn't bring the screen back online, and holding it won't turn it off, so I have to remove the battery.

Sometimes I notice that the (super weak) notification LED is blinking like normal when I get a new message. Other times the phone immediately updates/installs an app once I remove and reinsert the battery.

This started before I rooted my phone, and has continued with some irregularity after rooting as well. It didn't seem to start immediately after installing any particular app. The freeze has happened three times today which prompted this post.

Running apps (294mb free): Slacker, Facebook, Lookout, Swiftkey, Settings, Google Play services, Google Services, vDM Client, Android System, Contacts, Google Services, DRM_UI, Google Play Music, Google Play Store, SRSSetting, Smart Device Manager, Wiper App, sdcardchameleon, SwiftKey
 
I would start with removing some apps like Lookout if not all (Data Wipe) if your rooted and custom recovery make a nand then wipe see if that fixes if so you'll be sure its a app or the phone itself. only suggesting. You can always reinstall apps too. I would think its an app since its random.
 
Yes, stock ROM.

After posting this thread, I uninstalled only Facebook (it was giving unwanted notifications anyway), and it went the full ten days until this morning without locking up. Then today I had the green notification light and was unable to turn on the phone without removing the battery.

As soon as it restarted, the phone began updating Pandora. I will try disabling auto-updates to see if it helps.
 
I've had the same problem the only thing that seemed to fix was disabling 4G. Without it on my phone has no problems. I've had reboots 3-6 times a day after a fresh wipe on stock no apps installed but what comes with the phone. I am going to test if it's an auto update problem or pulse notifications (led error) and have my 4G active.
 
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