My brother's iPod touch 4 crashes every once and a while on all games

My little brother's iPod touch 4g 8gb suddenly crashes in all his games.
I have to restart it every time because it wont let enter any game, after restarting it, they work again, but then around 3 or 4 hours of playing, they crash again!!!
I have an iPhone 4 16gb with half of the games he has, but all the ones he plays most, and from all of the 72 apps and games i have installed, they never crash. I barely have to restart or shut down my iPhone for any reason.
Does restarting it lots of times afect the battery life of the iPod?
If so, how can i prevent this from happening every time.
I cant restore it because its jailbreaked and he doesnt want to lose anything.
If there is a solution for it without having to restore, i would really appreciate if anyone could help me, if restoring is the only option then ill try and see if i can do anything.
And by the way, this isnt so important since he doesnt use iMessage or Timeface, but he cant activate it, after choosing the mail to use with it, it just loads but then it returns to the first part, where it tells you a short description of what is does and the activate button. That happens successively making him unable to activate niether of them.
Thanks

Next try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

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