is there a way i can reboot or recover my phone from my computer??? im a 'newb' when it comes to this so help would be greatly appreciated ty
If you haven't done so already,turn off the phone,& pull the battery.Leave out for 5-10 minutes,&re-install battery.Re-boot phone.
If that doesn't help,a factory reset may be in order.
Just exhaust all other options first,as a factory reset wipes everything from the phone(downloaded apps & contacts),but,your SD CARD contents should be unaffected.
If you haven't done so,in the future,back up data such as contacts to the SD CARD or GOOGLE.
Edit:If you can manage to get to SETTINGS>APPLICATIONS>MANAGE APPLICATIONS,scroll down to the LAUNCHER APP & clear cache & clear data.
Try this before attempting the above listed steps,if possible.