Vibrate Intensity on Original iPhone

Although it happened only every so often before the 2.0 update... the vibrate intensity on my original iPhone drops significantly almost all the time ever since the 2.0 update. I can barely feel it when it is in my pocket and I have missed numerous phone calls, text messages, etc. when in a noisy environment. It is usually stuck like that 90% of the time and I either have to turn the phone on and off to fix it (which only lasts temporarily) or I have to slide the ring volume bar back and forth in the settings menu (again, only lasts temporarily). This is really driving me crazy and I thought it would have been fixed with the 2.0.1 update. It did not.
Does anyone have any thoughts? Could it possibly be a hardware issue? Bringing it to the Genius Bar is not an issue, as I have one close to my house.

My intensity isn't intermittent like it sounds like yours is. But I am having the same issue. I did not have the original iPhone but i just got the 3G and I have never missed so many calls and texts in my life. I can never feel it vibrate

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