IPAD 2 is in constant rebooting loop!

Hello all,
Recently I've ran into a huge issue with my iPad 2. It went into a constant rebooting loop/mode and when I tried to put it in recovery mode so that I can restore it by using iTunes, this is what I got. I've been searching through google and even all over pretty much APPLE forum to look for a solution but I found none. Would anyone be so kind to lend me a hand on solving this issue...Please...
At first, I updated it to IOS 7.0.4 from IOS 6.1.3. If the iTunes issue can be fix, I'm sure I will be able to restore my device...

First thing to try is a reboot of your iPad. Press and hold the Home and Sleep buttons simultaneously ignoring the red slider until the Apple logo appear. Let go of the buttons and let the iPad restart. See if that fixes your problem.

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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 303464 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          4
Anonymous UUID:                    95B5D998-231F-4C84-9DF9-1692334DBF42
Mon Sep 16 07:25:03 2013
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff801f0b8655): Kernel trap at 0xffffff801f462a43, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff7f2c023e48, CR3: 0x000000002151d000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0xffffff802c023d00, RBX: 0xffffff802b0eff80, RCX: 0xffffffff00000148, RDX: 0x00000000e0020009
RSP: 0xffffff809834bb50, RBP: 0xffffff809834bb70, RSI: 0x00000000ffffff80, RDI: 0xffffff802bc800c0
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffff801f6e1dc0, R11: 0x0000000000000000
R12: 0xffffff802bc800c0, R13: 0x00000000e0020009, R14: 0xffffff802b13e400, R15: 0x0000000000000000
RFL: 0x0000000000010287, RIP: 0xffffff801f462a43, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffff7f2c023e48, Error code: 0x0000000000000002, Fault CPU: 0x1
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff809834b7f0 : 0xffffff801f01d626
0xffffff809834b860 : 0xffffff801f0b8655
0xffffff809834ba30 : 0xffffff801f0ce17d
0xffffff809834ba50 : 0xffffff801f462a43
0xffffff809834bb70 : 0xffffff801f42e711
0xffffff809834bbd0 : 0xffffff801f42e993
0xffffff809834bbf0 : 0xffffff801f42e8c9
0xffffff809834bc30 : 0xffffff801f42e959
0xffffff809834bc70 : 0xffffff7fa1313c0e
0xffffff809834bca0 : 0xffffff7fa130b50e
0xffffff809834bcc0 : 0xffffff801f44907a
0xffffff809834bd20 : 0xffffff7fa130b4aa
0xffffff809834bd40 : 0xffffff801f4307b1
0xffffff809834bd60 : 0xffffff801f42ee1b
0xffffff809834bd90 : 0xffffff801f42f214
0xffffff809834be00 : 0xffffff801f4307cc
0xffffff809834be10 : 0xffffff7f9f7b305b
0xffffff809834be40 : 0xffffff7f9f921282
0xffffff809834be80 : 0xffffff7f9f920d92
0xffffff809834bee0 : 0xffffff7f9f918c87
0xffffff809834bf10 : 0xffffff7f9f9177da
0xffffff809834bf40 : 0xffffff7f9f92040a
0xffffff809834bf60 : 0xffffff801f03e25e
0xffffff809834bfb0 : 0xffffff801f0b3137
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         com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(5.6)[065077C5-A49E-3C52-BDC0-60169E293563]@0xffffff 7f9f79f000->0xffffff7f9f7fafff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f9f646000
         com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub(5.5.5)[0216C905-64A9-35D3-B1FD-75F99AA21089]@0xfff fff7f9f916000->0xffffff7f9f92afff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(5.6.0)[065077C5-A49E-3C52-BDC0-60169E293563]@0xffff ff7f9f79f000
         com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport(4.1.4f2)[EB81C577-517C- 3F19-BD03-A037B8DC1699]@0xffffff7fa130a000->0xffffff7fa132ffff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(5.6.0)[065077C5-A49E-3C52-BDC0-60169E293563]@0xffff ff7f9f79f000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[A35915E8-C1B0-3C0F-81DF-5515BC9002FC]@0xfffff f7f9fa8d000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f9f646000
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12E55
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Darwin Kernel Version 12.4.0: Wed May 1 17:57:12 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.24.15~1/RELEASE_X86_64
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Constant reboots on my iMac (early 2009) with Mountain Lion. Why?

I know there are a number of threads here speaking of similar problems, I've tried the steps mentioned there...to no avail.
I have an early 2009 iMac with a 24" display, 3.06 Ghz Core2 Duo. Memory has been upgraded to 8 GB.
The problem is: Since upgrading to Mountain Lion I get constant reboots, sometimes I can't even have the machine running for more than 30 minutes without it starting again. This is making it impossible for me to work. I've posted the last panic report at the end of this message. What I've noticed so far in all the panic messages is that the last loaded or unloaded extensions are always the same ones, no matter if my machine is restarting after 30 seconds or 4 hours. Could that be something helpful?
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Tue Apr 9 21:46:50 2013
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff800bcb7e95): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800bc401b1, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffef80235e8130, CR3: 0x00000000996c1000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0xffffef80235e8108, RBX: 0xffffff80235e80e8, RCX: 0xffffff80235e8108, RDX: 0xffffff8022aaedc8
RSP: 0xffffff80ee3cbe90, RBP: 0xffffff80ee3cbe90, RSI: 0xffffff80235e80e8, RDI: 0xffffff80240a0678
R8: 0xffffff8023ebf250, R9: 0x0000000000000003, R10: 0x0000000000000008, R11: 0x0000000000000206
R12: 0xffffff80235e80f0, R13: 0xffffff8023ebf248, R14: 0xffffff8022aaedc8, R15: 0xffffff80235e80e8
RFL: 0x0000000000010006, RIP: 0xffffff800bc401b1, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffef80235e8130, Error code: 0x0000000000000002, Fault CPU: 0x1
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80ee3cbb30 : 0xffffff800bc1d626
0xffffff80ee3cbba0 : 0xffffff800bcb7e95
0xffffff80ee3cbd70 : 0xffffff800bccd4dd
0xffffff80ee3cbd90 : 0xffffff800bc401b1
0xffffff80ee3cbe90 : 0xffffff800bc40101
0xffffff80ee3cbee0 : 0xffffff800bc159fa
0xffffff80ee3cbf00 : 0xffffff800bc1ad4d
0xffffff80ee3cbf40 : 0xffffff800bc18edb
0xffffff80ee3cbf70 : 0xffffff800bca5dd6
0xffffff80ee3cbfb0 : 0xffffff800bccdd43
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: GrowlHelperApp
Mac OS version:
12D78
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.3.0: Sun Jan 6 22:37:10 PST 2013; root:xnu-2050.22.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 3EB7D8A7-C2D3-32EC-80F4-AB37D61492C6
Kernel slide:     0x000000000ba00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800bc00000
System model name: iMac9,1 (Mac-F2218FA9)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 8524868192710
last loaded kext at 265295060056: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs          1.8 (addr 0xffffff7f8ddda000, size 65536)
last unloaded kext at 325721824096: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC          4.1.23 (addr 0xffffff7f8ddd7000, size 12288)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.8
com.apple.filesystems.ntfs          3.10
com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.87
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.3.7fc4
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.10
com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer          8.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.1.3f3
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.3.7fc4
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.1.11
com.apple.ATIRadeonX2000          8.1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.1.3f3
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          320.15
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          34
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.5
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.5.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.6
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          614.20.16
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.5.1
com.apple.nvenet          2.0.19
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          196.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine          2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          196.0.0
com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.3.7fc4
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio          2.9.0f6
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.9fc11
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.6
com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.1.3f3
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.3.7fc4
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.3.7fc4
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.11d0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.3.0d51
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.11d0
com.apple.kext.AMD4800Controller          8.1.0
com.apple.kext.AMDSupport          8.1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          86.0.4
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.6
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.1.3f3
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.4d2
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.3.0
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.7
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard          170.2
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          170.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          5.5.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          522.4
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.3.1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0
com.apple.driver.NVSMU          2.2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.5.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.8.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox          220.2
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          345
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.21
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0

Update: It just happened again, this time while doing a backup with Time Machine. Could it be my Keyboard?
I'm not using a Bluetooth keyboard, but one with a USB connection. Sometimes I'm connecting my backup drive to it, but reboots also happen without anything connected to the keyboard.
This time there's even backtrace info:
Thu Apr 11 14:36:46 2013
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff8016cb7e95): Kernel trap at 0xffffff8016c87717, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffef8022834ca0, CR3: 0x0000000019889000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0xffffff8022818b00, RBX: 0xffffef8022834c70, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0x0000000000000310
RSP: 0xffffff8024093690, RBP: 0xffffff80240936b0, RSI: 0x0000000000000000, RDI: 0xffffff803002ea80
R8: 0xffffff8029adb058, R9: 0x0000000000002000, R10: 0xffffffffffffffff, R11: 0x00000000ffffffff
R12: 0xffffff8024093790, R13: 0xffffff8029adb000, R14: 0xffffff803002ea80, R15: 0x0000000000000000
RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0xffffff8016c87717, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffef8022834ca0, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x1
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8024093330 : 0xffffff8016c1d626
0xffffff80240933a0 : 0xffffff8016cb7e95
0xffffff8024093570 : 0xffffff8016ccd4dd
0xffffff8024093590 : 0xffffff8016c87717
0xffffff80240936b0 : 0xffffff8016c83343
0xffffff80240939d0 : 0xffffff8016f85e3e
0xffffff8024093a20 : 0xffffff8016ce8c61
0xffffff8024093aa0 : 0xffffff8016cdaf44
0xffffff8024093ae0 : 0xffffff7f9720185b
0xffffff8024093b30 : 0xffffff7f98e01f42
0xffffff8024093b80 : 0xffffff7f98e059a6
0xffffff8024093bd0 : 0xffffff7f972d2198
0xffffff8024093c20 : 0xffffff7f972d2215
0xffffff8024093c50 : 0xffffff7f98df17dd
0xffffff8024093c80 : 0xffffff7f97514a98
0xffffff8024093d50 : 0xffffff7f9761d5ea
0xffffff8024093e10 : 0xffffff7f9761ecff
0xffffff8024093eb0 : 0xffffff7f9761ed3f
0xffffff8024093ed0 : 0xffffff7f97618f1b
0xffffff8024093ef0 : 0xffffff80170467a8
0xffffff8024093f30 : 0xffffff80170452aa
0xffffff8024093f80 : 0xffffff80170453d9
0xffffff8024093fb0 : 0xffffff8016cb2977
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.8)[5BA4CD36-E96D-3A9E-ADFF-A863BBD63BC7]@0xff ffff7f971fe000->0xffffff7f97222fff
         com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(5.5.5)[A276B40E-978D-3623-93D3-8621B3CEECFC]@0xffff ff7f97511000->0xffffff7f9756cfff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f9730f000
         com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI(5.5)[220C65E6-AE76-38F5-88C5-B33FEC8E5061]@0xffff ff7f97615000->0xffffff7f9762cfff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(5.5.5)[A276B40E-978D-3623-93D3-8621B3CEECFC]@0xffff ff7f97511000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f9730f000
         com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(3.5.5)[DCE95F6E-F7D4-33D8-9515-FB C4FF5B1AB4]@0xffffff7f972cd000->0xffffff7f972f7fff
         com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass(3.5.1)[30953382-7E86-3AEB-9485-A5621201C3 63]@0xffffff7f98def000->0xffffff7f98dfffff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(5.5.5)[A276B40E-978D-3623-93D3-8621B3CEECFC]@0xffff ff7f97511000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.8)[5BA4CD36-E96D-3A9E-ADFF-A863BBD63BC7]@0xff ffff7f971fe000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(3.5.5)[DCE95F6E-F7D4-33D8-9515-FB C4FF5B1AB4]@0xffffff7f972cd000
         com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice(3.5.5)[07B0BD1F-3970-3AA0-B55A-D0D7D6 5FFB60]@0xffffff7f98e00000->0xffffff7f98e14fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(3.5.5)[DCE95F6E-F7D4-33D8-9515-FB C4FF5B1AB4]@0xffffff7f972cd000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.8)[5BA4CD36-E96D-3A9E-ADFF-A863BBD63BC7]@0xff ffff7f971fe000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
12D78
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.3.0: Sun Jan 6 22:37:10 PST 2013; root:xnu-2050.22.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 3EB7D8A7-C2D3-32EC-80F4-AB37D61492C6
Kernel slide:     0x0000000016a00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8016c00000
System model name: iMac9,1 (Mac-F2218FA9)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 17790449382562
last loaded kext at 11988722596011: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC          4.1.23 (addr 0xffffff7f98e15000, size 16384)
last unloaded kext at 12049480700476: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC          4.1.23 (addr 0xffffff7f98e15000, size 12288)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.8
com.apple.filesystems.ntfs          3.10
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.1.3f3
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.87
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.3.7fc4
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.1.3f3
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.3.0
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.3.7fc4
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.10
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.1.11
com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer          8.1.0
com.apple.ATIRadeonX2000          8.1.0
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          34
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          320.15
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.5
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.5.5
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.6
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          614.20.16
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.5.1
com.apple.nvenet          2.0.19
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          196.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine          2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          196.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.6
com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.3.7fc4
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.1.3f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio          2.9.0f6
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.9fc11
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.3.7fc4
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.3.7fc4
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          86.0.4
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.1.3f3
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.4d2
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.11d0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.3.0d51
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.11d0
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.7
com.apple.kext.AMD4800Controller          8.1.0
com.apple.kext.AMDSupport          8.1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard          170.2
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          170.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          5.5.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          522.4
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.3.1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.5.5
com.apple.driver.NVSMU          2.2.9
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.8.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox          220.2
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          345
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.21
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0

Random iPhone crashes and reboot loop after iOS 7 upgrade

Hi all
Since I upgraded my iPhone to iOS 7, I suffer from random crashes/resets, where my iPhone reboots and enters a reboot loop (Apple logo, black screen, reboot, Apple logo, black screen, reboot, etc) that I can only exit by restoring the device (resetting doesn't help).
Some more information
a) The device: iPhone 4, 32 GB, has never been jailbroken, and has never shown any similar issues before.
b) The crashes/reboots: I haven't been able yet to find a pattern when and why they happen. I had reboots when searching for an app, when pluging in the wall charger, when entering the access code, and even when doing nothing at all (iPhone in my pocket). The only constant is the reboot loop after the crash.
c) What I tried so far: I restored the device several times, using normal restore (with the iTunes logo) and DFU mode (black screen). After that, I recovered from a recent backup (takes some hours), and everything is ok again - for some hours, until the next crash and reboot loop. I also set up the device as a new phone, and there it seems stable, so I exclude a hardware issue. I tried quite a few of the advices that I found when googling for reboot loops: reset all settings (this led to an another immediate crash and reboot loop), disable app background refresh, etc.
I've been using this device for my daily business. With the current instability (and the couple of hours it takes to bring it back to life again), it became more or less useless. I wish I could downgrade again (I know that I can't). My assumption is that either iOS 7, or some incompatible app or some corrupt setting is causing this situation. But I don't know how to proceed to isolate and eliminate the issue. I really would like to avoid setting up everything from scratch again.
Any advice is greatly appreciated!

All,
First of all, sorry for my half-finished post above. While typing, I was interrupted, and by reflex I hit CMD-S. Unfortunately, the stupid interface of Apple's support website interpreted that as a submit command. I tried to complete my text with the update function, but when finally hitting the submit button, I got an error message, and all my updated text was gone... No way to bring it back, and also no way to delete the half-baked posting. Quite frustrating.
Now, to complete what I started above:
In my case, the problem definitely had something to do with the springboard process (an iOS system 'app' that manages the iOS homescreens) and the watchdog process (another iOS system 'app' that monitors certain things on your phone and that can initiate a restart when it thinks the phone is frozen). In the folder '/Users/<your account>/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/<your phone>' I could see what caused my crashes; they were all 'stack+SpringBoard' and the reason in these crash log files was 'Watchdog timeout'.
The following two forum posts helped me:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1676330?start=30&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20794982#20794982
I'm quite sure that my issues had to do with the 'application map' that is mentioned in the above posts. So far, Ive been thinking that it was just too large (as in the case of Andi1996 [second link above]), but jmbladen's observation seems not to support this. So, the absolute number might not the source of the problem, but I still assume that something went wrong with my application map during the upgrade from iOS6 to iOS7. I remember having stability problems before, as soon as all my 10 home screens were full of apps and newly downloaded apps would generate additional pages (only visible via iTunes). Considering that there are some fundamental changes to how we can organize apps within folders in iOS 7, it can well be that the springboard process just wasn't able to cope with my application map correctly within the 120 seconds before the watchdog process restarts the phone. My massive cleanup action must have fixed this somehow.
@jmbladen: I'm only using iCloud for the 'find my phone' functionality, so all the backup & recovery was done via iTunes from my local harddisk. And there was no temporal pattern for my crashes before. You might suffer from the same symptoms, but probably not because of the same cause.
My advice for anyone affected by random crashes and a reboot loop is to check out the directory with the CrashReporter logs mentioned above to find out what app or process causes the crash. If it's the springboard and watchdog problem, then you should try to clean up your home screens (from iTunes). Maybe the absolute number of apps is not that important, but make sure that you reduce the number of screens. And then sync and backup before you start using the phone again. In my case it helped.
Hope this helps someone else too.
P.S. Once you know the right keywords to search for, you find forum postings back to 2008 / iOS 2 describing exactly the same problem. This reboot loop is a very nasty issue, and it is hard to understand that Apple still hasn't been able to address this, or at least provide some better help on how to get out of it again.

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