Iphone 3G corrupt?

my iphone started to run very slow a couple of weeks ago and was crashing all the time so i decided to do a backup and restore, i synced the phone with itunes where it ran the backup which alone took around 45 mins when it usualy take about 10 mins! once this was done i did a full restore which went fine, i then chose to restore my previous settings and when this was done i had around 12 new pics on the phone which were screen shots of the main screen on the phone, since then the phone still crashes and sometimes depending what im doing on the phone at the time it crashes another picture will appear of the screen i was on when it crashed? has anyone had this happen to them? do you think it would be worth doing a full restore but creating a new iphone incase the backup is corrupt?

dawnrazor,
You can rebuild the files without having to create a new library, and in many cases retain your playlists.
Here is what I recommend. Creating a new library to test or testing in a new user helps isolate down if it is an issue with the library.
If you create a new user on your computer, does iTunes stop responding when you connect the iPod or iPhone when logged in to a new user? Please make sure you logout of the original user first instead of switching users.
If it is fine in the new user, try creating a new library in the original user account on your computer. The steps are in this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1589
If it works with a new library, it could be the iTunes Library.itl file needs to be rebuilt. Switch back to your original library following the steps in the above link, and then try this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
Hope this helps,
Nathan C.

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