IPhone blacking out to home screen

iPhone randomly blacks out to the home screen. It does this during anything I'm doing; apps, texts, internet, phone calls, etc. I lose anything I've typed and have to retype or redo anything i was previously doing. I've tried to reset it, update it, and everything else.. nothing has worked. I have also replaced it. I'm not on my third iphone. They start out working fine when I first get them but then they all start doing this. Please help

Follow basic troubleshooting found in your user Guide for your phone.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf
Reset, restore, Service.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1430
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

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