My iPhone 4 dies every five minutes.

My iPhone 4 dies every five minutes. Have restored it and updatet everything. It just dies and goes back to the appel (icon) mode every other minute. Does anyone have the same problem?

Do the 5 Rs.
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/classic/# yes I realize this is for iPod classic but the same ideas apply.
Reset - your iPhone - hold down Home and Power until the iPhone shuts off
Retry - Use a different USB port
Restart - your computer. And make sure you have all the latest updates (use Microsoft Update in Windows or Software Update in Mac)
Reinstall - Check for any kind of software update which make fix a bug in your iPhone
Restore - Restore the iPhone to factory settings via iTunes
Still doesn't work? Go to http://expresslane.apple.com

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