My iphone (4) is stuck in recovery mode after trying to install ios 5

I successfully exited recovery yesterday using recboot, but then after retrying to install ios5 it failed again - this time with error 14, and its back in recovery mode and I can't get it to exit with recboot this time. When I plug it in to my PC, itunes wants me to do a restore - i click the restore button and it takes anywhere between 15 minutes and 3 hours depending on the time! Then completes and does nothing to the phone - no error. I've tried this again and again but no luck. My service provider tells me its a problem with the handset and I need to get it checked, but they haven't been reading the apple forums so I'm not convinced! Any help would be greatfully recieved! Heth

Get your money back from the seller, and if you are not immediately successful file a complaint with eBay.
Not all jailbroken iPhones can be fixed. That's probably why it was on eBay.

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