MY IPHONE 3gs will not restore?

My Iphone 3gs suddenly turned itself off and then came back on saying 'Authorization required'. After constant turning on and off it came back exactly the same each time, 'Authorization Required'. When I tried to restore on Itunes it went into recovery mode and now it will not restore at all? It comes up with a message saying 'Unknown Error -1'. can this be fixed? Am annoyed as this is my fourth Iphone 3gs in under a year!

Here is what this error can be about:
Error 1 or -1
This may indicate a hardware issue with your device. Follow Troubleshooting security software issues, and restore your device on a different known-good computer. If the errors persist on another computer, the device may need service.
copied from Update and restore error messages on iPhone and iPod touch

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