After 2.0 upgrade: "This accessory not made..." error

I upgraded my iPhone to 2.0 today, and ever since the error:
"This accessory is not made to work with the iPhone" constantly (well, at random, frequent intervals) appears, together with the annoying offer to turn on airplane mode. Nothing is plugged in at the time.
I have tried using an air duster to check that there is no lint in the docking port.
This started happening exactly at the time that I upgraded the firmware.
Has anyone else had similar problems?

I experienced this before and I did a restore on my iPhone but didn't resolve the issue, I had to send my phone in for service.

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The message you are describing occurs when either a device is connected to the dock connector port that is not designed to work with the iPhone, there is debris such as lint in the dock connector, or the dock connector itself is physically damaged.
Connecting something to the headphone port will not cause this message to be displayed.
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I'm rather apprehensive about going the whole hog and erasing the entire phone, which would mean erasing all the content and settings – zapping everything. But as David Pogue says in the Missing Manual for the iPhone, this is getting into the area of last resorts.
Unless someone comes up with an answer I shall be forced reluctantly to take the nuclear option and resetting everything to factory-fresh condition.

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