BB Curve 8900 - Intermittent switch off

My BB Curve 8900 intermittently switches off for no apparant reason. It starts up again with a blank screen, takes about 2/3 minutes & then boots up again. It loses the page it was on.
Any ideas on what the issue is & how I can fix it?
Thanks.

I'd look first at putting a piece of paper, like a business card,, or a folded piece of normal paper, on top of the battery, and putting the battery door back on. Try that a few days and see if the spontaneous rebooting continues.
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