Photos are disappearing

I have the iPhone 2G and I just recently got the new software update, 3.0. Just the other day, I realized that my pictures weren't showing up in my camera roll. The ones that I take with the camera, the screenshots, or the ones that I save off the internet all won't show up when I go into the camera roll. The weird thing is that when I touch Photos to go into my camera roll, it has the correct number and the little icon even shows the last picture I took, but then when I actually go into the folder of pictures, only my pictures I already had are there and the number of photos at the bottom is incorrect. I'm not sure if this has to do with the update or not because I downloaded that about a week ago and this problem only started happening 2 nights ago. I've tried everything, like the hard restart of my phone and even the restore won't work. If anyone has any ideas, I would really appreciate it!
Thanks!!
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