IPhone 3 G randomly vibrating

I am having problems with my IPhone randomly vibrating every few seconds. On the screen you see the sound on and sound off indicator switching back and forth with each random vibration. After the phone is reset, it will stop this for a while but will begin vibrating intermittently again. Any suggestions?

Try a restore to see if it fixes it if not i'd be making an appointment to go see an Apple genius maybe the actually switch is a bit faulty (bad connection?) you could even try wriggling it a little to see if the indicator pops up on the screen without actually properly selecting the option. A few people seem to have problems with this switch breaking off entirely so there is a bit of history with problems with the switch, still i think a genius and your warranty would be your best bet

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