3GS Stuck in endless restore loop (Error 1002)

Hello,
So I woke up yesterday to find my 3GS (with iOS4) was displaying the 'Connect to iTunes' message for no apparent reason. After connecting it to iTunes, a message popped up in iTunes saying I had to enter a password on the iPhone in order to access it, which I couldn't do as the Phone was showing the 'Connect to iTunes' message.
After looking through several Apple help articles I put the iPhone into recovery mode in order to try to restore it. However, every time the progress bar on the iPhone screen hangs just before finishing, and iTunes says there was an error ( *Error 1002* ). I have tried the restore numerous times now with the same results, and have tried all the solutions in this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1275
At the moment I am left with an iPhone that I cannot use, I would be grateful for any suggestions.
Thanks,
Jack

Heh Jack did you ever get a response to this??
I'm getting the same problem now and there doesn't seem to be many people saying that it got sorted!!!
Any advice appreciated.
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