Iphone 3g, os4 automatically going into recovery mode

hey when i first upgraded to os4 i had no problems
i upgraded the day it came out, and as of 20/7 at random times my phone keeps switching itself off, and i have no access to anything, nothing even comes up on the screen
the only way ive found to fix this is to plug it into the computer and then my itunes automatically says its in "recovery mode"
even after restoring- both from backup and from factory settings, it keeps doing it
there has been no patter, for example:
first time it happened after being on the charger (ac) for 5 minutes
second time i was sending a message
another time i sent a message, locked the phone and then went to unlock again in around 2 minutes and it was gone
any suggestions as to what i could do to improve it, ive been waiting to make a genius app, but i keep missing days when i can actually go in, and plus im not under warrenty anymore.
arghhh

When you restore it, don't install your backup... see how it runs factory fresh, i.e. with nothing synced or added to it.

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