HTC Droid Incredible - Power Cycling

I am having issues with my Droid incredible powering itself off. For months it worked with no problem at all, now it happens constantly. It will be fine and out of nowhere it shuts itself off and as it is powering back on, many times it will actually cycle off again before it completes it's reboot. On multiple occasions it has had to be "factory data reset" as all apps are wiped out once it finally finishes cycling on and off.
I have tried limiting any installed applications to ensure that they are not the problem, and am still getting the issue. The only things on the phone are the items initiated at set up (contacts from backup assistant, gmail account, facebook account, yahoo mail account, and twitter) and it is still happening. Verizon sent a replacement phone, and within the first 3 days, it happened three times without me being able to even install any apps.
Has anyone run into this, know what may be causing this, or hopefully how to fix it?

richardsara wrote:
Mine has been doing the same thing. My husband kept telling me that I just use it to much or I need to stop breaking phones....lol, I did actually break one of them. But this is rediculous, I can't even get online sometimes before it freezes then shuts down. I have noticed when it does this the back feels hot. My brother in-law who works for Verizon told me to take the battery out for a while then it should be fine. Well I did that and was still having issues. So I talked to him again and he said to turn the power offf for like an hour a day so it can rest. Yup tried that too....doesn't matter still powers itself down when it feels like it. I am glad its not just me and I am not the only one this is happening to. Just proves that I am not breaking it....there is just a problem with it. What is the solution if it is no longer under warranty? Just deal with it until your contract is up?
Hi richardsara,
If your phone is no longer under warranty we can still provide you troubleshooting steps that may resolve the issue and you can still benefit from future software updates (if any) developed by the manufacturer. Since you already did a soft reset (battery pull) I would recommend to do a Hard Reset to your phone. This will bring your phone back to factory settings and will resolve any issues resulting from corrupted system files or 3rd applications conflicts.
Please keep in mind that performing a hard reset will remove ALL data including the Google account, system data, application data, application settings, and downloaded applications.

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wk21030 wrote:
well that's stupid. if Verizon wouldn't put so much crap on there that drains the battery it'd be alright.
{edit for TOS violation}
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Where is your source of the phone being a problem? Just curious, I hear the opposite.
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