3.01 update has been a nightmare - now 3GS won't sync

Hi there,
I updated my 32Gb 3GS to 3.01 on Friday (iTunes also updated to 8.21 on my MB Pro at the same time). Like many people, I had to restore the phone afterwards. Unfortunately, it 'hung' during the restore, and I had to Force Quit. I have been through this 'restore-hang-force quit' scenario about 20 times now. On the lucky occassions when the restore completes I am unable to sync movies, music or photos (apps seem to be ok). The sync gets to about song 16 of 5000 odd and just hangs again. I've re-installed iTunes twice, deleted phone backups and done a new iPhone set up, but still the same. iPod Touch/classic etc still sync as they should. Any further suggestions? Thanks

Here is your salvation
try this link
http://ipitg.net/how-to-kick-iphone-out-of-recovery-mode-mac/comment-page-1/#com ment-102
I did it for my phone twice (don't ask me why I tried 3.0.1 again) and it worked both times.

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