HELP!!! Error 3194 "This device isn't eligible for the requested build"

HELP!!! Error 3194 "This device isn't eligible for the requested build"
my iPhone 4 cannot restore on my mac...
my iphone dead and no SHSH
i updated my itunes and my mac osx to the latest version...
i had on my firewall..
i changed the file host...
i buyed a new USB Cable...
i restored on another computer and other internet connection...
but the Error 3194 "This device isn't eligible for the requested build" still there and my phone still dead...
HELP me please...

Try a DFU restore.  Plug in your phone.  Hold the Sleep/wake button and the home button for 10 seconds.   Release the sleep/wake button and continue to hold the home button until Itunes detects a phone in recovery mode.  Now restore.

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