Find Friends kills my 3g

Has anyone else had this problem?
Whenever I try to use the new Find Friends app it works for about 30 seconds before I lose 3g cell service and I get bumped to the "You must have the internet connected to use this feature" screen. All bars drop to zero, then it begins "searching" for service, and then service comes back but not until after I've restarted the app.
I can use wifi to keep the app open and working, but it kills my 3g. If I keep it open using wifi, the 3g cycles from service to no service.
I've deleted and reinstalled the program, restarted, and restored by phone, but it keeps happening.
Anyone?

Is this an iPhone 3G?
iCloud does not support that iPhone.
iCloud requires iOS 5 on iPhone 3GS or later, iPod touch (3rd and 4th generation), iPad, or iPad 2; a Mac computer with OS X Lion.

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