Upgrade to OS4.... Now Phone Locks Up Like Windows 98

Question

Am I in a time warp here.... Has Apple had me download Windows 98 for my phone... complete with the six to eight reboots a day....
Phone rings, phone freezes and locks up... can't take call, can't call out, have to reboot....
Mail won't work half the time without shutting off the phone and rebooting...
My GAWD..... STEVE JOBS LOADED WINDOWS 98 ON MY IPHONE!

Answer 1

I called Apple about my problem and found out that there are more than one potential cause for these types of problems. Solution 1 was to make sure the phone's OS was up-to-date. I did this and it did not help me. Solution 2 was to "restore the phone as new" because of a software glitch. This is the equivalent of wiping the hard drive and reinstalling the software. This means that some data (game data) will be lost. Other data that syncs with other services (contacts, calendar, webmail, etc) will be fine. Before I did this I also cleaned up Itunes. I had the problem of multiple copies of apps from the old version of Itunes. I had never cleaned it out so I took the time to do that first. Apple had me backup the phone (just incase the problem was something else). Then I restored the phone as new. I had them talk me through the process because I didn't want to mess it up. When it was over my phone was like "out of the box" with all my apps, music, movies, etc. I did have to change my personal settings and recreate all my folders. I have not had any repeat (yet) of the problem and it has been 4 days. It was happening multiple times a day. IF solution 2 had not worked then the problem would be assumed to be hardware and I would get a new phone. If you are having problems, I recommend calling Apple to show each step of trying to solve the problem to ensure you can return the phone if needed. Hope this helps others.