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Old 12-25-2010, 06:29 PM
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Default Brick. I think.

So, earlier today, my phone was working just fine. Texts, emails, phone calls, Facebook alerts, all that was fine. Then, about an hour ago, it just shut off. No big deal, I thought. It does that all the time, where it just does the white screen and then comes back on a few minutes later. Annoying, but not a big deal.

So I wait for the white screen to come on (the little red indicator light is on) and then the light just goes off. I try to push the power button. Little red light comes on for about 10 seconds, then turns off. I pull the battery. Same thing. I plug it into the charger (even though it had 4/5 bars on the battery when this happened). Same thing. The light comes on for about 10 seconds, then shuts off. It does that about every two minutes.

Advice?

Just to cover a few of the basic questions:
1) I have a Mac so Desktop Manager is incompatible. Also, I left my docking cable back at college when I came home for the holidays. Didn't bring it home because I've never been able to use it.

2) Haven't upgraded or changed the OS recently. (See above).

3) Haven't downloaded anything in the last few weeks, and those were all just updates from AppWorld.

4) I've had the phone for a little over a year and a half, this is the first time this has happened to me.
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Old 12-26-2010, 03:34 AM
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Sounds like the os needs to be reinstalled
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Old 12-27-2010, 05:08 AM
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Without the sync cable there's not much you can do. Try booting it in safe mode, to rule out interference from 3rd party apps.
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Old 12-31-2010, 07:14 PM
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Default Try the Alltell store

If you have no way to sync your flip to your computer why not try taking the phone to your carrier to see if they can help ? Most carriers will do whatever they can at their stores to help their customers.
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