My iPhone 3GS is acting crazy.

It started with my iPhone freezing up all of the time, and then apps started crashing. Sometimes I would have to turn it off to get it back working, but when I turned it on all of my contacts would be gone and then show back up after a few minutes. Now, I look over at my phone and it's got that little circle loading thing on the screen and it keeps making the beeping noise (the one when you hook it up to charge) every few seconds. I restarted it and the apple screen just stayed on it forever, so I did it again. Finally it came back up, with all of my contacts gone, frozen on the battery screen. Everything is back to normal now.
Any idea on what is going on with my phone? My upgrade isn't until December so my phone has GOT to last me until then!

Basics from the manual are restart, reset, restore from backup, restore as new. Try each step in succession until your problem is solved.

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