How to fix my iPhone 3G stuck in a recovery loop error 1015?

I lent my iPhone 3G to a friend (it was factory unlocked) and when she gave it back she had jailbroken it. As an attempt to unjailbreak it, I followed this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HDQ2JHGk-Q but it just deleted the icon and didn't unjailbreak it. And then as a stupid attempt to just wipe out the iPhone to unjailbreak it, I chose to restore it. Logically, that should have done the trick. But now my iPhone 3G will not complete the restore as it says that an unknown error occurred (1015). And my phone is stuck on the ''plug into iTunes'' screen. Is there a way to unjailbreak it and get it out of this restore loop in a legal manner and that respect the terms of use of iTunes and my iPhone 3G?
I never wanted my iPhone jailbroken and it is way past it's warranty. HELP ME PLEASE

I know im not suppost to help but i believe since you did not do this, try putting the phone into dfu mode then try to restore the phone
http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/DFU_Mode

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