IPhone 4 car stereo crackling sound

Ok, so I had a sound system put into my 99 chevy pickup a few months back from a very well known audio shop. I recently bought an iPhone 4(iOS 5). Anyways, everytime I connect to the stereo through data cable, I get a terrible crackling/popping sound when playing music. However, when I connect through an Aux cord I have no issues. I have replaced the data cable 3 or 4 times now(standard apple cable and some off brand ones we sell at work) and the problem persists. I went back to the audio installer thinking it was a fault in the deck. They replaced the deck,and the problem was still there. We plugged in a flashdrive with some music one of the employees had and there was no issue. I have a brand new Kenwood Excelon deck, and as stated before I'm running iOS 5 on my iPhone 4. Has anyone had this issue before? Does anyone know a fix? Im so disappointed right now. I now have to switch tracks and what not through the phone on my aux connection while driving,which is very dangerous. One of my favorite features was the ability to control it from the deck and now that is the one thing I can't have because I refuse to listen to the popping and crackling.

So I was able to fix this issue and I feel so dumb. I simply turned the phone off and back on. No problems since. If only I woulda done that first

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