My iPhone needs restoring every hour or so

I am desperate for help.
I think the iOS 5 is causing my iPhone 4 to crash.
The phone loses service and then the message "iPhone needs to be restored, can not send or recieve cells or texts" comes up.
I have restored my phone at least 30 times, used the DFU restore and turned off my virus software to make sure iTunes is updated .
Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong or how to fix it? when I do get the phone working it needs to be restored 20 minutes later. Its very inconvinient at this time of year.

The steps to set up as a new device are in the following article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4137
Seth

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