8700g reboots on its own

[fzfrank]

I just happened to be looking at my Blackberry when the LED went solid red for a few seconds. I hit a key and I had a white screen with the turning hourglass -- meaning it was rebooting. I suspect this has happened before without my knowledge because in the past I have opened BBWeather and saw a message like "retrieving weather information." Normally this only happens after a reboot.

Has this happened to anyone else?

[bbconvert]

Something similar happened to my 8700c. It would reboot by itself. As time went by, it would do it more and more often, and it reached a point where it would not be usable anymore. I had to have Cingular replace it.

P.S.: I take very good care of my 8700c, but already am on the 4th one! The first two ones had thumbwheel problems. The third one had the problem above.

[dkf747]

It's happened to me maybe 4 times in 7 months. It works great afterwards so I don't let it bother me.

[mymitsu3kgt]

Wirelessly posted (8700g: BlackBerry8700/4.1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100)

It could be loose battery contacts. It sounds like what it does when you pull the battery to do a hard reset.

[fzfrank]

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8700/4.1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100)

The battery seems pretty secure. Also, if I shake the blackberry (even violently) it doesn't reboot.

FYI, it just rebooted a couple of hours ago while I was reading emails.

[tprime]

This has actually been happening to me periodically during the past few months. I would say it's happened maybe 5 or 6 times. Funny when it happens it usually reboots rather quickly so I just ignore the problem. I'm trying to remember has it coincided with me downloading the most recent Tmo OS. But I can't remember if it happened before.