IPhone 4 Auto off & Cannot Turn on for hours~

Anyone encountered this error? I'm having the problem. Currently now my phone cannot be switched on back. -_-||

I have the same problem.
My iPhone 4 switches off (when there is still enough battery) and then it will only turn back on after I plug it in with the cable to a USB port.
This happened just now and the battery was 33% when I turned it back on (after plugging it to the USB port).
The first time this happened the time and date had changed to the 1st of Jan 1970 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time ) when it turned back on.
This is making the device very unreliable.
Eduardo

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