How to make my iPhone 3G unfreeze?

I've had to hard reset my iPhone 3G (not 3GS) about 3 times now, and am not planning to do so again.

Scenario: My iPhone (which I don't use as a phone, more as an iPod Touch for the apps) was running low on batteries last night, so I decided to charge it. A while later, I came back and unplugged it as it had reached full batteries. All of a sudden, it froze on the "Slide to Unlock" Screen, with a spinning "loading" icon in the middle. It has been like this for hours, and I have done nothing so far so I could seek more sound advice on what to do next.

Also: I don't plan on going to the Apple Store because of this.

If hard reset doesn't work I'd suggest just waiting for the battery to run out. Or try plugging it in again.

Mine does the same thing how do you fix it

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