Iphone flickering?

Okay, so this may be the SECOND Iphone I go through in 2 weeks
Last week, Apple had to replace my Iphone as the screen was full on shaking when it would warm up a bit... it did my head in..as you can imagine..
NOW - new phone, similiar problem..
The phone screen is flickering...I noticed it when I went to the weather application..the brightness is flickering...then I go to Facebook..still flickering, you can see it on the blue labels
What on EARTH is going on... 2 Iphones.. 2 weeks its seems!!

I had a similar issue over the past week, reset/restart would take care of it. if it did not clear itself.
I was at the apple store checking out the Ipad2, and asked one of the genius bar guys, he took my phone, and cleared out the 42 running apps.
I thought the multitasking was just easy access, apparently those apps just keep running, and running, and running
He hit the home button, slid the slide, double tapped the home button, and the 4 apps popped up, at which time he slid them just like you do the screen normally to show all the other apps on the home screen.
He then held his finger on one of the bottom apps, just like when you delete or move an app on the regular screen. they jiggled, and a red circle with a dash appears, and he touched them each one at a time, and shut down the 42 running apps.
I have not had a flicker since. One of the open apps was Imovie, and a couple of other high energy apps.
I have not had a flicker since, maybe this will help

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- iPhone firmware iPhone1,11.1.4_4A102Restore.ipsw
Step 1:
Uninstall iTunes 7.7 completely if you have it and restart your computer.
Step 2:
Install iTunes 7.5
Step 3:
Your iPhone should be in 2 states, either stuck on the "Slide to make emergency calls" screen, or you tried to restore before and it's stuck on the new look "connect to iTunes" screen. Either way you're ok.
Enter the phone in DFU mode (You must have the iPhone connected to the computer and iTunes running). To do this, hold the power & the home button down for about 9 seconds.
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If you see an apple logo, repeat the process for less time until you get it right. Took me a little time.
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- If still not successful that indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.

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First, for the issue you are experiencing with the touchscreen response, I recommend following the steps in this article:
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Troubleshooting touchscreen response
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1827
For the issue you are experiencing with the flickering of your iPhone display, I recommend backing up and restoring your iPhone:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
Use iTunes to restore your iOS device to factory settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
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I'm using iphone 4. Few days ago (before the software update 6.0.1) i noticed my iphone screen is flickering and blurred.this bug was not fixed after IOS update 6.0.1. Thus showing horizontal lines in the screen.
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