Hello,
This is my first Android phone, and I don't know anyone else that has the Prevail yet. I do have a cousin that wants to get one, but I told her to wait for the new Android being released by Boost. Reason being, mine freezes up and frustrates me, and now I wish I had waited for the new Android.
Is it normal for it to freeze up? I used Odin on it, EE14 rooted with CWM. Beyond that I use Link2SD to have apps automatically save to the SD card, and both partitions on the SD card are FAT32. I also have Titanium Backup on it.
The freezing issues... sometimes, when trying to go to the browser, it will vibrate once, pause and then vibrate 2 or 3 times more before going back to the homescreen. I think it's because it's not getting a 3G signal at that time, but I'm not sure. Turning it off and on usually helps. It'll sometimes just freeze when first starting a level on Angry Birds as well. Apps that I used earlier in the day will just open to a black screen later.
It's also just shut itself down out of nowhere. Recently, I was just going to the next homescreen over, not by swiping but my pushing in the lower right corner of the screen (on the dots) and suddenly it went blank and I got the Samsung logo.
I usually try to go to the task manager and make sure apps are closed, and then I go under the RAM manager, hit level 2 and clear memory. I figured that should help it run better, but is it possible that is causing issues?
Before I contact Samsung, I'd love to find out more about this. Is this just how this phone can be, or did I get a dud? Any tips on optimizing it even more, or how to make it run better?
Thanks for any help, sorry this post is so long.
This is my first Android phone, and I don't know anyone else that has the Prevail yet. I do have a cousin that wants to get one, but I told her to wait for the new Android being released by Boost. Reason being, mine freezes up and frustrates me, and now I wish I had waited for the new Android.
Is it normal for it to freeze up? I used Odin on it, EE14 rooted with CWM. Beyond that I use Link2SD to have apps automatically save to the SD card, and both partitions on the SD card are FAT32. I also have Titanium Backup on it.
The freezing issues... sometimes, when trying to go to the browser, it will vibrate once, pause and then vibrate 2 or 3 times more before going back to the homescreen. I think it's because it's not getting a 3G signal at that time, but I'm not sure. Turning it off and on usually helps. It'll sometimes just freeze when first starting a level on Angry Birds as well. Apps that I used earlier in the day will just open to a black screen later.
It's also just shut itself down out of nowhere. Recently, I was just going to the next homescreen over, not by swiping but my pushing in the lower right corner of the screen (on the dots) and suddenly it went blank and I got the Samsung logo.
I usually try to go to the task manager and make sure apps are closed, and then I go under the RAM manager, hit level 2 and clear memory. I figured that should help it run better, but is it possible that is causing issues?
Before I contact Samsung, I'd love to find out more about this. Is this just how this phone can be, or did I get a dud? Any tips on optimizing it even more, or how to make it run better?
Thanks for any help, sorry this post is so long.