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It seems I have been having a lot of problems lately. Although I do listen to podcasts, my memory is no where to being full. It will randomly 'freeze' to the point where I can't reboot it. Yesterday, I had to wait for the battery to die before I could plug it in and get to the main menu. It would only let me stay in the 'contact' and phone area.
Today, the battery died about half way through the day. I plugged it in. When I came back to use the phone, the phone was 'reformatted'!!!! It was as if the phone was brand new and has never been synced with ituned before or anything!!
It has only been about 3 months since I got the phone. Is there something I need to do to stop this from these things happening? Or do I need to take it in and get it fixed.

Today, the battery died about half way through the day. I plugged it in. When I came back to use the phone, the phone was 'reformatted'!!!! It was as if the phone was brand new and has never been synced with ituned before or anything!!
Did you plug it into charge via the wall socket or via a computer port?

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