Troubleshooting software glitch for 3rd Gen iTouch

My sister has a used 3rd Gen iPod touch. It looks fine, not much physical damage beyond normal wear. But it will continuly randomly freeze and crash. It will shut off and we have to turn it back on, only to have it crash again. The frequency of this varies and resetting it and restoring it to factory setting make no difference. Is there anything we could do to fix it?

If restoring the iPod as new doesn't fix it and it isn't connected to anything, it'll need service.

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