My sons Mini-4 was jumpy when I used it yesterday. I have no clue how to fix it.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:

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Originally posted by Orguss:
I was trying to convey that his particular phone may have just been used to the point where the hardware might be at a point ...

Solid state hardware doesn't get "worn." It fails. It can become intermittent. But it doesn't get "old, tired and slow."

What about when the blue smoke gets out?

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Originally posted by Georgeair:

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:

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Originally posted by Orguss:
I was trying to convey that his particular phone may have just been used to the point where the hardware might be at a point ...

Solid state hardware doesn't get "worn." It fails. It can become intermittent. But it doesn't get "old, tired and slow."

What about when the blue smoke gets out?

A substance trapped inside IC packages that enables them to function (also called blue smoke; this is similar to the archaic phlogiston hypothesis about combustion). Its existence is demonstrated by what happens when a chip burns up — the magic smoke gets let out, so it doesn't work any more.