Possibly Corrupt files on my iPhone 3GS?

Hi everyone, hopefully someone can guide me int he right direction.
Last summer I upgraded my 3G to a 3GS, I imported all of my content from my 3G onto my 3GS.
I can exactly pinpoint when the problems started, but here's the list of what has been happening for at least the last 6 months:
- Native apps (mail/safari) randomly crashing
- When I go into an out of service area (eg an elevator) it takes at least 2 minutes to reconnect/recognize the network, turning on and off airplane mode works 50% of the time, most of the time I end up having to shut the phone off and on
- Had a ghost email in my mobileme inbox until a full wipe/restore by the apple store
- Random crashes/locks and bouncing me to my enter passcode screen
- BIGGEST ISSUE: When I try to update the firmware to the latest version (I always make sure itunes is updated first), it fails halfway through and then bricks my phone into a restore cycle with an error # that I can't recall, but I know researching it didn't do me any good. This cycle goes on for about an hour before the restore & update finally works.
I went to the apple store finally last Friday to see what they could do for me. All they did was wipe/restore my phone and tell me "don't install any apps".
Within the first 10 hours of use (which is pretty limited without apps) I had Safari crash. Last night I plugged my iphone into my mac to charge, and it proceeded to synch. Immediately after it synched and I tried to use it, my sms app crashed twice upon trying to open it and respond to a message.
I'm not sure if this is possibly a corrupt file in my back up? Or if this phone is just a lemon. It's definitely not caused by any applications that are installed because I haven't reinstalled any.
Does any one have other experiences with something like this? It was suggested by someone at Rogers (my carrier) that it could be a corrupt contact or file? But that doesn't explain the crash before it had synched fully. I have mobileme, so my contacts automatically synched off my Apple address book.

Was your iPhone restored at the Apple store as a new iPhone or not from your iPhone's backup, or restored from your iPhone's backup?
If the former, you followed this by restoring your iPhone again with iTunes from your iPhone's backup when returning home?
I'm not sure if this is possibly a corrupt file in my back up? Or if this phone is just a lemon. It's definitely not caused by any applications that are installed because I haven't reinstalled any.
If your iPhone has not been restored with iTunes as a new iPhone or not from your iPhone's backup, do so. If the same occurs after restoring with iTunes as a new iPhone or not from your iPhone's backup, this will indicate there is a problem with your iPhone and needs to be exchanged under warranty. If the same does not occur after doing so, this will indicate there is a problem with your iPhone's backup.

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