Here is what I think happened to my phone. I had the 3G and did a back up Wednesday night prior to the 3.0 update. Never did another back up AFTER the 3.0 update. Got the new 3GS. Hooked up to computer and restored it with the back up I did PRIOR to the 3.0 update. I don't know if anyone else did this, but I just now got through Restoring my new I phone 3GS to the factory settings, made a test call from another phone, and it did not go black after ringing 2-3 times, so this fixed my problem. THEN, I put the SIM card in my OLD 3G, did a back up (with the 3.0 update), put the SIM card back in my new 3GS and restored the back up from the 3G. Now my phone is working like it should. Hope this helps!