Droid Razr - powers on and off repeatedly - no service - no nothing

I recently had a power button issue on a 3 year old razr (no problems for the entire duration)... Worked great, no complaints... till two weeks ago... Anyway, Verizon sent me a replacement "like new" phone due to extended warranty concerns. Received it late last week used it one day no issues. Downloaded some of my old apps (that were on my old razr) and worked fine for one more day. Now for the past two days, the phone has been powering on/off on its own and doesn't receive any texts, no access to email, internet -constantly says no service. Went for a long ride today to areas where I have previously had service - thinking the thing was trying to do some updates - and the device powered on and off so much the battery completely died. I am so frustrated I want to be done with this. Any suggestions?

I'm sorry for the difficulties you're experiencing with your Razr Cornell75. I would be frustrated if my phone was doing these random things. It could be some of the apps you recently downloaded are causing phone to have problems, power cycle, and drain battery. Please try placing in Safe Mode for a few hours, or a day, to see if anything changes. http://bit.ly/PTPbLS
If you notice an improvement, I would suggest removing some apps, if not all, then re-installing a few at a time, (days in between). If you notice pattern starting again, it'll be easier to determine which app it could be, and remove it. However, if problem continues, it may be the device and we'd have to do more troubleshooting, possibly even do another replacement.
Please keep us posted and let us know if improves with Safe Mode/ removing apps.
Thank you,
Vanessa_VZW
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