Iphone 3GS problems with reception, freezes, bugs, SIM Card

I have an all legit iPhone 3GS 32GB I bought last October in the Netherlands together with my subscription to T-Mobile. Everything went perfect until about 3 weeks ago when my iPhone would loose network connection, stay in "Searching..." limbo forever and end-up with "No Service". I tried everything from resetting my iPhone, my settings, to taking in and out my SIM card, to updating it with iTunes etc… It works for a while if I leave it on “Edge” without activation its 3G. But then, out of nowhere, it will ask me to unlock my SIM card, will freeze and stutter while I’m doing so. I would wait for some time before my iPhone will resume normal service (albeit still on “Edge”), by itself, and repeat this nightmare all over again the next day. I can also find it running iPod all by itself even though the iPhone is on sleep. This iPod "demonic possession" is generally a precursor of troubles to come.
Is my love affair with the iPhone coming to a very sad end? Or can somebody save our relationship? Please help!

JamesAtkins wrote:
The insurance company is coming today to pick up my iPhone. They will give me a non-iPhone "smart phone" as replacement for the 6 weeks it will take for the "repair". This is what I'm reduced to. If the iPhone comes back defective, I'm planning to just smash it with my bear hands and buy a Nokia or BB or sthg.
I hate that repair stuff. It's should work fine though. Make sure they really fix it.

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