Random playlist syncing & iPod starting up unprompted

Since upgrading to iTunes 9 &/or OS3.1 I have found that my playlists sync in a random order. The playlists I want to sync are done however each track within the playlist is in a random order?
Also I have noticed that the iPod will start up without me prompting it to?
I have done a restore but it hasn't fixed the issue.
Is this a bug that anyone else is getting? Any ideas how I resolve them. They are not the worst problems to have but are mildly annoying.

I'm in the same boat! Recently, I found that my recently played playlist isn't in the proper order like before. I've had this problem for about two days now, quite a while after upgrading to 3.01, I have no idea what is wrong. I actually found that 3.01 was making my phone run much smoother and faster, then this happened.

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