my bold was taking a very long time to boot as i kept doing all sorts of software experiments with it. installing software, deleting software. Trying to get it to stream all sorts of radio stations and tv stations.
The OS became unstable and it began to crash often to the point where one day it just didn't start up. I had the 'four red lights blinking' thing happening. I had to do a clean install of the OS. No update no backup, and once i did a complete clean install, the OS booted significantly...significantly faster. Even after i put back all the stuff that i lost in the crash, booting time has not changed from after doing the restore.
What u may wanna do is backup ur phone, wipe it, then do a clean install. Then restore it. As i kept doing software updates, it kept taking longer and longer to load. Finally i guess it just had enough..lol. Now the phone is in fantastic shape.
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