A few weeks back I posted about unresolved kernel panics, which got worse to the point of seeing it multiple times a day. Interestingly, the problem seems to be all gone now and I have a theory on how. Actually, one day after a Crash, all apps were lost, whether they came with the system or installed later on. Only a small set of apps were accessible such as the dialer (but no contacts). I tried to restore a prior backup, but that didn't make a difference. I then reflashed the ROM, cleaned up cache and dalvik-cache and this got me into a state where the phone wouldn't even get to the launcher (stuck in upgrading). Frustrated, I connected it to my laptop and examined the logcat and discovered an error that said that the path /data/obb was not a directory and it was repeating. It in deed is not an directory but a soft link, as I moved the contents to external drive and created a link. After I restored this as a directory and restarted phone, it was able to regenerate all the dalvik-cache files and was able to start the launcher. I decided to leave the obb directory as is and so far not a single crash has recurred. This makes me wonder if some kernel component has a bug that crashed the system if this path turned out to be a link instead of a directory. Anyone else has seen an issue with making this path a link? I wish this happened a couple of days sooner, as I ended up buying an LG G2 (for the same cost as I originally paid for F6, which is amazing!). Now that F6 is good, I will keep it around as a backup.