Converting to iOS5 on my iPhone 4 has wiped and corrupt my phone.

So I had been trying to update my iPhone 4 to the new software like everyone else is doing at the moment, and after around 6 failed attempts I gave up. I tried again today, and it looked like it was going to work, told me my phone was successfully backed up, wonderful, and then went on to install. This time, it failed AGAIN, but wiped my phone completely. As if I wasn't fuming enough with yet another one of Apple's major let downs...I then accepted that I would have to restore my phone to factory settings just to get the phone to turn on. Only this fails too, so now my new phone (which Apple had to replace after my older one went into an 'iPhone coma' for no reason only THREE WEEKS AGO) is useless. I have no record of anyones number, I cannot turn my phone on as it just asks to be connected to iTunes. When i do this, it asks to be restored (if it picks the phone up) and then fails. Most of the time it doesn't pick the phone up, even when I force recovery mode.
Safe to say I am not a happy bunny. Has anyone else had this / is there a solution that I'm missing? This is the third iPhone I have had on my contract (all replacements were due to hardware faults) and to be honest, I am getting fed up.
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