IPhone 3G 16GB OS 3.1.2 Cant turn on, cant restore, or do anything!

Hello people,
My iPhone 3G 16GB OS 3.1.2 cannot turn on, I tried charging but no sign, then I tried to plug into my computer cable, didnt work as well, then I tried all those'Hold Home and Lock button for a few sec' but nothing happens HELP!

I too am having the same issues with my 3G after applying the 3.1 update. The long delay when starting from standby is quite annoying, but doesn't happen all the time. As many others have reported, the wifi has also become very unreliable on certain access points, but still works fine on others. I do wish I'd never installed the update now, as 3.01 was fine and had none of these problems. I suspect apple has changed the way data is cached in RAM with this update, and it has resulted in more swapping at certain times (especially on 3G models where there is only 128MB od RAM). I'm going to live with it for a while before trying all the "factory restore" solutions, as I have a lot of settings/app data that I don't have the time to reconfigure right now. Hopefully apple will pinpoint the problem and issue a patch that doesn't call for a full device wipe.
First time I've ever had an issue with a firmware update, so I was quite surprised at these issues, but I guess it was gonna happen sooner or later. Still love the phone though, and hasn't put me off the product.

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