Camera issues on 3G iPhone

I recently bought an unlocked iphone 3g 8GB from an Airtel Store (Legally unlocked one). I noticed that it takes 3 attempts to get the camera lens to open (I keep going back to home automatically upon failure). This does NOT happen immediately after the camera's last use. So at an arbitary time when you tap camera, on the first and second attempts, the last picture from the camera roll that usually shows up on the bottom left corner does not load and the lens does not open and I get back to home automatically. On the third, the pic loads and the lens opens. Immediately after this success, the camera functions normally (lens opens). I need help fixing this issue. Please let me know if you heard of a fix for this. Restarting camera did not help.

Basics from the manual are:
Restart
Reset
Restore
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPhone_UserGuide.pdf

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