Iphone 3gs keep shutting down apps

Why does my iphone 3gs keep shutting down apps when I'm in the middle of using them? The battery is holding a charge and iTunes says my software is up-to-date, so I don't understand why this is happening! It is really frustrating when I'm trying to order something online and Safari keeps shutting down!
Thanks to anyone who can help me!

Hi Rebecca,
I have looked on google for a fix to the same issue.
Apple has been aware of this issue dating back past 2008 but they have not released a fix.
Apparently the only way to fix it is to "do it yourself" everytime, by resetting your iphone to factory settings. And reinstalling your applications again.
I just brought an iPhone 4 in New Zealand, and I have only 9 applications on my phone. So it can't be an issue of 'too many' apps.
Sorry this doesn't help. The balls in Apples hands here.

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I know there are lots of topics in here about this, but I just wanted to explain my own situation and see if it's any different.
As of late my Iphone 3Gs has been shutting down. I will be using the phone as normal, and it will have a decent amount of battery life left, but it was just crash. I'll be in an app, playing a game/chatting or safari and the phone will suddenly return to the home screen. The little battery will go red and show 0% (when my battery life was 80% just seconds ago) and then shut down.
I will have to turn it back on normally and everything will be fine again and my battery life will return to what it was previously.
This used to happen just once or twice a day but now it is happening frequently and it's really starting to frustrate me. I thought maybe it was my phone overheating because I had too many applications open and so I now make sure to keep all of my applications closed but the problem is STILL happening.
I have 4.2.1 software and I am always making sure to keep it updated.
I haven't dropped it or gotten it wet or anything.
I am going to do a reset and see if that fixes the problem, but does anyone have any other suggestions or are you experiencing the same problems?
It frustrates me that I pay all this money for a phone that is now barely serving it's purpose. I shouldn't have to worry that it's going to shut down on me in the middle of a call or while I am doing something important.
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phillycheez wrote:
4.2.1 is bad.
I have an iPhone 4; I just upgraded to 4.2.1, then my phone started doing the same thing. I noticed first with the iPod app, it would play a couple min then go to the home screen. Then Pandora, play a couple min then go to homescreen; I had it on a dock at work and it would stop, then a couple min later turn on and start playing the iPod song from the beginning, same cycle over and over. Next with texts and Safari. I don't make a lot of calls, but went to get a # from my contacts and the phone app would not open.
I tried soft reboot, hard reboot, resetting the stuff in settings. The people at the AT&T store said they hadn't seen it yet. They put me on the phone with Apple; I guess I had way too many 'multitasking apps' open. I shut them all down, but it would still not allow me to access the phone.
Apple said to restore to factory settings, and then try to use phone app. I just did and it allowed me to call someone. I'm now loading it with the back-up just before 4.2.1- wish me luck.
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