I have an HTC 8XT. Until a few days ago, it's worked just fine. It's old, it has almost no space left, and since it's 8.1 it has almost no apps of value, but it worked, darn it.
A few days ago, my phone suddenly started to lag when sending texts. The only time there was ever a lag before was sending a picture, and even then it was only a moment's delay. Now when I text, there's a good 20-second delay. Everything is grayed out, and I can't leave the messaging screen until the text eventually sends.
There are also little things. My phone used to light up with an email alert before anything arrived in Outlook. Now there's a good delay from when I get an email in Outlook to seeing my phone notify me.
In addition to that, the battery drains much faster now, even when it's not in constant use, and stays perpetually warm at best, and hot after the simplest of tasks.
There's nothing I've done any differently in the last few days that should leave to behavior like this. Rebooting the phone changes nothing. I don't want to do a hard reset in case that doesn't fix the problem. Does anyone have some advice, or is the hardware finally just ready to die?
A few days ago, my phone suddenly started to lag when sending texts. The only time there was ever a lag before was sending a picture, and even then it was only a moment's delay. Now when I text, there's a good 20-second delay. Everything is grayed out, and I can't leave the messaging screen until the text eventually sends.
There are also little things. My phone used to light up with an email alert before anything arrived in Outlook. Now there's a good delay from when I get an email in Outlook to seeing my phone notify me.
In addition to that, the battery drains much faster now, even when it's not in constant use, and stays perpetually warm at best, and hot after the simplest of tasks.
There's nothing I've done any differently in the last few days that should leave to behavior like this. Rebooting the phone changes nothing. I don't want to do a hard reset in case that doesn't fix the problem. Does anyone have some advice, or is the hardware finally just ready to die?