I have been spending most of this evening trying to find the answer. Since no one seemed to be able to answer my question I though I would pass on what I learned because I see a lot of similar problems.
First off in none of the android forums did I see any discussion about the difference between a factory reset and "hard Reset" I discovered this on the Nexas one forum. It just so happens that you do a hard reset the same way on Nexas one as a my touch slide and probably a lot of other phones. I have copied and pasted the post below (thanks for saving my phone Kidon)
I also discovered the root of the problem was my SD card. After a lot of playing around I figued out if I reset the phone and did not put the SD card in it worked great and the minute I put in the card it would start acting up and would continue until I reset, strangely enough even after I removed the SD card. I though it was that I had something on the card that was causing problems, but when I tried another card(empty one) I had the same problems.
I like many People ordered my SD card offline. And like most people I assumed it was the genuine SanDisk that it said on the card. But my husband pointed out it did not have the Registered R on the card. He put his SD card in my phone and we hard reset and it was off and running, no more problems. The funny thing is I have had my SD card for years and used in at least 2 if not 3 cell phones. And it has pictures of a priceless trip overseas, and I love to carry these memories with me. But for some reason Android does not seem to work with low quality SD cards.
Well, I hope my problem is solved. I just wanted to put this information out there. It took me a lot of digging, and I am hoping to save some people some time.
Do not confuse the
Factory Data Reset with the
HARD RESET. There is a lot of confusion and disinformation about this. They are not the same thing.
Factory Data Reset only wipes your private data, but does not truly reset your phone.
Factory Data Reset: Go to Settings > Privacy > Factory Data Reset. Press "Reset Phone"
<--- This did NOT work for my problems.
HARD RESET: This one worked for me, solved most of my problems: laggy UI, aux-audio out skipping tracks, touchscreen became less buggy
1. Switch the phone off.
2. With the phone off, hold the
Volume Down button, and while still holding the
Volume Down button, firmly press and release the
Power button.
3. You'll boot into a menu with a white background, small text and the little skateboarding Android guys.
4. Press the
Volume Down button until you reach the
Clear Storage option.
5. Press the
Power button to select
Clear Storage.
6. Press
Volume Up to confirm the selection.Sit back while your phone reboots in its virgin state.
Source:
http://www.androidcentral.com/how-hard-reset-google-nexus-one
Trust me, this is the HARD RESET which most of you with problems will need.
Initially, I thought I had a non-functional device, but after doing this HARD RESET, things are looking much better!!!
Another tip for reducing bugginess: Keep at least 40mb of on-board storage free and unused.
The less free space you have, the more buggie android gets