Cannot turn off Passcode Lock

This started happening suddenly. It always asks for a passcode now. I cannot disable it in Settings. Another feature that's disabled is "erase all data after 4 failed attempts." Yikes! I have the iPhone 3GS, updated to iOS4 a while ago and it had been working fine until now. Tried restarting but it didn't work. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Message was edited by: dragonfly921

try going to your iphone summary page on itunes after you have plugged your phone in. Right in the middle there is a restore tab where you can put your phone back to original settings, after that u can then put the new os4 system back on. good luck

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