Cannot complete restore

I have an iPhone 3gs which will only start in recovery mode. Every time I try and restore it gets within 99% of completion on the phones progress bar and hangs there forever. I've tried different cable, different Mac, creating a new iTunes account, downloading restore file manually on different Mac's and pointing iTunes to it. I've tried version 4, 4.01, 4.02, all of which gave the message not compatible with this phone, 4.1 is the only one it accepts but it will not complete. Is there anything else I can try? Btw It's out of warranty.

Sorry about my minor meltdown in my last post - which was not directed toward you anyway.....
The only thing that I can think of to try now is DFU mode. I don't know if this will work anyway, but you have nothing to lose at this point. I am far less familiar with this than recovery mode. But you can take a look at these.
How to put your iPhone or iPad into DFU mode | iMore
iPad DFU Mode instructions - OS X Daily
Did you try resetting the iPad at all and then try restoring?
Reset the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up

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