Safari randomly returns to home screen...

My iPhone 3G, using os ver 4.0.2 (8A400), while browsing the internet will randomly return to the home screen. It doesn't matter if I am using AT&T 3G or at home using my US Robotics WiFi the problem will happen. And the timing varies... sometimes it happens in two to three minutes and sometimes it takes ten to fifteen minutes.
Is the problem with my iPhone or with Safari? Is there a resolution tot he problem?

There's very little help that a restore is going to do in this case, and probably even less calling apple. This is a very common problem people have had with the touch, and we can all only just wait for a future update to the firmware, which will hopefully fix these "glitches".

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Try This...
Close All Open Apps... Sign Out of your Account... Perform a Reset... Try again...
Reset ( No Data will be Lost )
Press and Hold the Sleep/Wake Button and the Home Button at the Same Time...
Wait for the Apple logo to Appear...
Usually takes about 15 - 20 Seconds... ( But can take Longer...)
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The apps (mail and Safari) are crashing for some reason. I would start with this.
Double tap the home button to bring up the task bar where all of your recent apps will appear. Hold down on the mail app icon until it wiggles - along with the rest of the icons - and then tap the minus sign in the corner of the icon to cloase the app. Close Safai the same way and continue to close all of the apps in the task bar. Tap the screen above the task bar to return to the home screen.
Now restart your iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider bar appears and slide to shut off. To power up, hold down on the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and then let go of the button. Try Mail and Safari again to see if that helped.
If that doesn't work - reset the iPad. Hold down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons. After the iPad has started up, try the apps again.
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Clear Safari, close Safari completely and reset your iPad.
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In order to close apps in iOS 7, you have to drag the app up from the multitasking display. Double tap the home button and you will see apps lined up going left to right across the screen. Swipe to get to the app that you want to close and then swipe "up" on the app preview thumbnail to close it.
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You can try this next. You can remove databases in Safari. I'm not sure it will do any good but it will not hurt anything.
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