PLEASE HELP: iPhone 4 goes into phase of inconsistent service

Every once in a while, my iPhone screen will turn black...hen I have to reset the power, and when I turn it on I am stuck with these symptoms:
Every minute or so, my IPhone 4 loses service.
It goes from Full service > Searching > No Service > Full service (This process repeats)
I cannot make calls and can only send text messages during the phases of service.
Attempted Solutions:
I realized that when I restore the phone to factory settings, the problem temporarily goes away but returns a few days or couple weeks later.
Does anyone have this problem or know what might be the cause? Is it the phone itself? This phone was my mother's old phone, but I swapped phones with her at an AT&T store, inserting my SIM into the iPhone. Could it be the sim?
Please help!

Go back to the store and get them to check the Sim and the Device.

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