All the external buttons have ceased to work on my iphone 3G.Any solution please?

Can anyone help please? All the external buttons on my iphone 3G have just stopped working. This means I cannot switch it off, turn off the ringer or adjust the volume using the rocker switch. I can't even try a reset using top button and home button! All the on screen functions seem to be fine.

Bluetooth is turned-on on all the devices.
Trying to connect to bluetooth headset.
Used to work fine.
iPad and iPod both work fine.
Initially, I thought there might be a setting being carried over between restores; so when I got the iPhone 4S, I didn't restore it from an existing backup; but it still won't find anything on Bluetooth. Just gets stuck in search.
Even though Bluetooth is turned on, the Bluetooth icon won't display.
I've tried restarts; I've tried various combinations with Bluetooth turned on/off before restarting.
None of my iPhones will see any other devices.

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