S2 blacking out

[Spidey1978]

Hasanybody else had a problem with their S2 just locking up on a black screen and the only way to clear it is to remove the battery and re-boot? Seems to be getting more and more at the moment (couple of times a day).

[GoNz0]

probably a bad app, have you done a full factory reset ?

[Spidey1978]

Do I keep all my apps and stuff with a full factory reset?

[GoNz0]

of course not, its a full factory reset

google play stores paid apps so you can redownload them. it also stores all your google contacts.

backup your sd cards and format those after the reset.

[brutallink]

Are you running a custom rom? I didn't have this problem until I had rooted the phone. I find that the problem only appears with particular roms.

[machkris]

Hasanybody else had a problem with their S2 just locking up on a black screen and the only way to clear it is to remove the battery and re-boot? Seems to be getting more and more at the moment (couple of times a day).

Backup using Titanium and then do a factory reset.. It is advisable to install the apps you have fresh from the Play Store that should take care of any issues.

[Barakka]

Mine used to do this, and often when turning it back on the battery had dropped almost all it's charge, factory reset helped but in the end I got a new battery and it's been much better behaved.

[mrcyco]

If your running a micro SD I would first try pulling everything off (save to desktop), reformating the card, then trying the card for a couple of day before putting the removed data back on.

If you do decide to do a factory reset I would try running the Samsung kies pc software on the handset first you should be able to repair it via pc, without losing data.