IPhone 3G not playing music/can't hear people when they call.

I have an iPhone 3G on the 3.1.2 OS, never jailbroken and no sort of drops or damage to it. Whenever I try to use the iPod function the "Play" button on the bottom of the screen flashes from Pause to Play and it just gets stuck like that. In addition to this my phone seems to not play voicemails nor will it allow me to hear incoming or outgoing calls. When it is taken off silent the phone makes no noise upon incoming calls/text messages. I have tried hard resetting(holding the home button + power/sleep) MULTIPLE times in a row to no avail, I have also restored the phone and once even gone so far as to set it up as a new phone. I don't know how but after about 5 or 6(sometimes more) hard resets it will work but that is just for a very short time. Any ideas/tips?

Personally I'm surprised that after reading "hundreds of thousands" of posts that you'd have time to check out details after 5 (or sometimes 6) resets of your iPhone about small details like this....
Be you one o' they 'Trolls' by any chance?
Just curious (being Restless, Foolish, and having too little energy for time-wasters, you understand?)....
If your 'resets' (if that is what they are - there is a difference between 'power-off'/'power-on' and 'reset') haven't worked AND your carrier has no assistance (if you've checked) then you're probably on your own.....
Good luck ....

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