IPhone 3GS turns off by itself and then needs restored.

I've had this phone sitting around in my desk for a good two years at least because of this problem so I don't think there's a warranty anymore. It turns itself off within a minute of me turning it on and when it's on it says that it needs restored. I've restored it a hundred times now. It stays on while it's restoring but it turns off when it's done and I have to start the whole process over again. I've read through a lot of threads but nobody seems to have the same problem, or at least they don't mention it needing restored. Could this be the power button? It looks a little bit sunken in.

 

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