My Problems.... Any Suggesstions?

Question

Please help me with the problems listed below that I'm randomly having. Thanks
1.) Random icons disappearing. They're still click-able, but they go invisible and all you can see is the text of the icon.
2.) Yellow/Orange tint in pictures taken in certain low light environments. (I've already had the phone replaced once due to this, but the new one didn't fix it)
3.) The on-call screen freezes when hanging up from some calls, rather than dropping back to the home screen.
4.) This may not be an issue, but I'm gonna say it anyway just in case this shouldn't happen like it is... my signal bars seem to drop like 3 bars even with a case on the phone. I haven't had any dropped calls, so I'm not saying this is a problem because I know the signal will drop when gripping near the antenna. I'm just wondering if its normal for it to drop this much?
5.) Screen seems to press things by itself... and by this I mean, for instance, when I have an app open and my finger is hovering over it, it will press the item below my finger even with my finger about a 1/4" away. This has happened multiple times and I know my finger isn't hitting the screen. It usually happens in the camera app, in the spot of the snap button (multiple times), but it's also happened in a game app I was playing.
6.) And here is the latest problem I'm having... This occurred 2 times yesterday. I took the phone off the sync cable after syncing, and the screen on the phone flashed then dropped to black. Nothing seemed to work... home button, sleep button, pressing screen... so I restarted it. A little while later, I had a game app opened and when I went to select a game button in the game, nothing responded. It was frozen on the game screen. I pressed the home button, nothing. I pressed the sleep button, nothing. I held the sleep button for 5 seconds, then held the home button down to try to force close the game... nothing happened. After a few times of sleep button, then home screen (force closing app), it finally did something... it went to a black screen again. At this point, if I pressed the sleep button, it would light up the screen, but still black... nothing would show up, so I restarted the phone again. I opened the game app again, and the button I was originally pressing in the game must have worked because I noticed the item I was selecting worked. So it seems like the screen itself is freezing, but the underlying software is still working.
I'm wondering, should I call for another replacement, or wait for the next update? Any ideas on any of the items above. I have the latest official release, v4.0.1, but I haven't tried a restore yet. Suggestions anyone?
Thanks

Answer 1

Thanks for the tips. I'll try a restore this afternoon and see if that helps first. If not, then I'll look into other options.
Joe Z in VA wrote:
1.) Random icons disappearing. They're still click-able, but they go invisible and all you can see is the text of the icon.
In previous iOS versions, posters have noticed applications being assigned the incorrect icon or no icon at all. Restoring as new iPhone or sometimes Backup worked. Sometimes removing all apps and restoring them worked as well.
I forgot to mention that the icons end up reappearing, usually with either a restart, or if left alone for a while. The weird thing is, when this happens (disappearing icons), it might have 1 icon invisible on one page, and if I go to the next page, 1 icon on that page will be invisible, and if i return to the previous page, a different icon will be invisible. If I keep switching pages, it goes through this same process.
2.) Yellow/Orange tint in pictures taken in certain low light environments. (I've already had the phone replaced once due to this, but the new one didn't fix it)
In certain conditions, the camera adjusts the low lighting as well as the LED Flash. Several posters commented the yellow, orange, neon tint. It can't be helped as far as we know. I get a darkish blue on indoor lighting. Some suggested that keeping the protective film on the iPhone or using protective film like ZAGG may be discoloring the camera.
Off the subject a tad, I had an issue where the flash was reflecting off my case, causing a blueish tint in the picture. Coloring in the blue hole with a black permanent marker around the flash of the case fixed this. Back on subject... I don't have any protective film on it, but I was told by Apple Support that this would be fixed in a software update. I guess I'm just adding this to the list to determine if it's worth swapping out again along with all my other issues because I know some users have reported getting replacements that worked.
5.) Screen seems to press things by itself... and by this I mean, for instance, when I have an app open and my finger is hovering over it, it will press the item below my finger even with my finger about a 1/4" away. This has happened multiple times and I know my finger isn't hitting the screen. It usually happens in the camera app, in the spot of the snap button (multiple times), but it's also happened in a game app I was playing.
6.) And here is the latest problem I'm having... This occurred 2 times yesterday. I took the phone off the sync cable after syncing, and the screen on the phone flashed then dropped to black. Nothing seemed to work... home button, sleep button, pressing screen... so I restarted it. A little while later, I had a game app opened and when I went to select a game button in the game, nothing responded. It was frozen on the game screen. I pressed the home button, nothing. I pressed the sleep button, nothing. I held the sleep button for 5 seconds, then held the home button down to try to force close the game... nothing happened. After a few times of sleep button, then home screen (force closing app), it finally did something... it went to a black screen again. At this point, if I pressed the sleep button, it would light up the screen, but still black... nothing would show up, so I restarted the phone again. I opened the game app again, and the button I was originally pressing in the game must have worked because I noticed the item I was selecting worked. So it seems like the screen itself is freezing, but the underlying software is still working.
Both my suggestion is a restore from backup or restore as new iPhone. It may be iOS issues that some posters suggest performing a restore to fix the issue. Some have had this problem and the restore helped.
It may also be a very sensitive screen. My screen is having a slight difficulty like yours. My hard comment is when trying to move apps from one screen to the left in another scene, it takes a hardcore attempt to push it over.
Thanks, I'll try the restore. I hope it's not a hardware issue because I really don't feel like swapping out again. My original phone didn't have any of these issues, aside from the yellow/orange pictures. I'd hate to return this one and get one even worse off like the last swap.
I would also like to add I've had a few unexpected restarts as well. I don't recall what I was doing at the time, possibly opening or closing an app, then all of a sudden it just restarts.
Anyway, thanks for the information. I'll try the restore later today and see how it takes.