IPhone Constantly Freezing + Seemingly Corrupt Backups. HELP!!!!!!

My iPhone is constantly freezing, and when I restore it to factory settings, it asks me to either set it up as a new iPhone or restore it from a backup, i want to restore from a backup (I hap a first gen iPhone), but one of the backup options says its corrupt, and the other ones, when i do it, puts my iPhone back in the same constantly freezing state. Also, when its working and i use the map application, when I press the locate me button, the little thing just spins and that's all it does. Doesn't ever locate me.
Also: it freezes up itunes and does still freeze up after being restored but before setting up.
Message was edited by: mtcp

Hiya,
Here are a couple of troubleshooting steps.
Unless you have some major customized settings, I would attempt to start over with your iPhone. If your backups appear to be corrupted, I don't know of a way to recover them. Do you still have your original iPhone? If you do you can run another backup to see if that helps.
As far as location services, make sure you have a full signal bar, and go outside if possible. My office building is a signal trap and it will spin for days if I try to use it indoors.
Good luck!

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