IPod touch 2g freezes soon after startup (i.e. it's unusuable)

As per the title. Every time I boot it up, it freezes soon after, normally after performing an action (pressing an on-screen button, etc). Once frozen, it doesn't unfreeze, so I have to hard reset it. Leaving it in sleep also freezes it, although not as quickly. Before experiencing this problem, my iPod would occasionally freeze itself while I was sleeping (it would have been in sleep mode while this happened, and the battery was sometimes drained when I woke up).
So far, I've tried DFU+restoring it to 4.3.1 twice, and once to 4.1. It's been able to sync my music (and to play it, once!)
My iPod is two and a half years old, and is not damaged in any way that would influence its performance.
I can provide any extra information that's necessary.

If the problem persists after restoring to factory defaults/new iPod (you did not state that that was the restore you performed), then I would make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since you likely have a hardware problem.

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