[dyusem]

I have been using my ATT Curve 8310 for 11 months and it has operated perfectly during that time. The device has never been dropped or abused however earlier today, and all of a sudden during a call it began muting/un-muting itself and then once that bug disappeared and I ended the call, I began receiving incoming "messages" that just included time stamps.

I was unable to determine what was occurring however a short while later I had receive more than 20 of those "messages". After deleting those messages my track ball stopped responding to clicks -- it will still scroll.

I am able to receive/send calls and I am receiving email and SMS however I am unable to click to retrieve email/SMS and I cannot click down anywhere to determine what may be wrong withe the device.

I have pulled the battery a couple of times and it is still not properly functioning.

This sounds like a software issue and I am still running the OS that came with the phone (I believe a flavor of 4.2) however OS 4.5.0.55 has been sitting on my PC's desktop for a couple of weeks and I am wondering if that would fix these problems.

Any chance that someone has experienced this bizarre behavior and/or could someone provide some whether this is something that I can fix or if I should send it to RIM and exchange it for a replacement device ???

Thanks in advance!
David