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@eytan b. There's an angle I hadn't considered. When I restored, I deleted all apps but 2 to make the process go as quickly as possible. While I *meant* to re-install all of my apps after restoring, the fact is that before the restore, I had about 40 downloaded apps on my phone - now I have 2. So I can't really say the apps weren't the problem. Thanks for the heads-up!

Hi, I just bought an iPhone 3G, and the day after I bought it my phone started to freeze if I opened an app, go blank and unresponsive if I brought it to my face during calls, not allow me to answer calls, hang up calls on me, and that was just the beginning. It got so bad that within a week, almost *every other time* I wanted to do something, some new or old problem would surface that meant I had to reset or reboot my phone. In searching the web for advice on *what* the problem was (and how to fix it), I found this interesting tidbit: A 3G user having problems just like mine restored his iPhone, and everything was resolved. The really interesting bit was that pre-restore, his software build number was 2.0 (5A345) (just like on my brand-new phone) - but after restoring, the build number became 5A347. So I restored my phone, my build number updated, and I have had nary a problem since. Hope that's helpful. ps, Here's a list of problems with my phone that were resolved by restoring it: -All those mentioned above (random blank - screens, app-freezing, inability to answer calls, call interruption, sensor malfunctions/inability to switch from at-ear position to regular position) -Inability to reset (phone unresponsive to anything but a reboot) -Echo/audio feedback on my end when making calls -Touchscreen unresponsiveness (home-screen freezing) -Problems accessing wi-fi Don't know why the iPhone was shipped with such an unstable build, but I'm still thankful that it seems to be just a software problem, and very easily resolved.