2.1 update bricked my phone (yes, bricked)

opened up itunes this morning at 9AM EST to find the 2.1 update ready and waiting to be downloaded. okay, so I got it and tried to install it.
set me into the endless restore/DFU loop.
so far I've tried:
-at least 10+ recovery attempts in DFU AND recovery modes, all failed with error 2s and 6s.
-uninstalling itunes 8, deleting all traces of it and quicktime (and bonjour), reinstalling, and trying about 10 more recovery attempts. no go.
what do I do?

oh, and I forgot to mention that I also tried both clicking "restore and update" and having itunes download the update, and then also tried shift-clicking restore and selecting a 2.1 ipsw that I downloaded from some website.
nothing works.
by the way this had also happened to me a few days ago with 2.0.2 and it just eventually restored after like 20 attempts. this time I doesn't look like I'll have any such luck.

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