Re: [android-developers] How can an app cause a hard freeze?

2013-01-01 Thread Nathan
On Friday, December 28, 2012 4:45:44 PM UTC-8, Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Nathan nathan@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Here are a few things I suspect might cause these things: Firmware/hardware errors in the device: Device or storage

[android-developers] How can an app cause a hard freeze?

2012-12-28 Thread Nathan
This is a topic that is on my mind once in a while. What could an app do that would cause a hard freeze on an Android device? Obviously something really bad. BY a hard freeze, I mean one where the user claims to have to change the battery or use an advanced keystroke to restart the device.

Re: [android-developers] How can an app cause a hard freeze?

2012-12-28 Thread Mark Murphy
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Nathan nathan.d.mel...@gmail.com wrote: Here are a few things I suspect might cause these things: Firmware/hardware errors in the device: Device or storage overheats is a duplicate of this, IMHO. This category should cover 100% of device-freeze situations, at