HT1212 I'm trying to restore my iPhone but it's saying it's disabled for 22,000,000 minutes!

I lost my iphone 4 about 2 months ago and the battery died before I could use Find My iphone. I thought I lost it competely so I got a new phone, and iphone 5 this time. After another three weeks of buying the new phone I found my old one just in a bookbag I forgot I'd used. I thought it would be cool now to use the old phone as just an ipod but when I turned it on (after a good charge) all it displayed was the word iphone and the apple logo. It wouldn't even let me put my passcode in. I took it to Best Buy today to find out what was wrong with it, but they didn't even know. They had to restart it twice and it finally came up with the red disabled warning. It says, "try again in 22,744,982 minutes. Ummmm, I'll be about 80 years old when I can log back into my iphone. Best Buy told me just to reset it on iTunes. But here I am and iTunes wants me to put in my security passcode in order to access my phone, which brings me back to the same warning.....This is a vicious loop, a Catch 22, and I don't know what to do now. Any ideas?? Thanks in advance.

Locked Out, Forgot Lock or Restrictions Passcode, or Need to Restore Your Device
1. iTunes 10 for Mac- Update and restore software on iPod, iPhone, or iPad
2. iOS- Forgotten passcode or device disabled after entering wrong passcode
3. iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Wrong passcode results in red disabled screen
4. iOS- Understanding passcodes
5. What to Do If You've Forgotten Your iPhone's Passcode
6. How to Recover Forgotten iPhone Restrictions Passcode | The iPhone and iPad
7. Restoring iPod touch after forgotten passcode
8. RecBoot: Easy Way to Put iPhone into Recovery Mode - if all else fails.
Forgotten Restrictions Passcode Help
1. How to Recover Forgotten iPhone, iPad Restrictions Passcode
    If this method does not work, then you will need to fully Restore your
    device as New
Also, see iTunes- Restoring iOS software.
And, if this fails:
Placing your device into recovery (DFU) mode:
Follow these steps to place your iOS device into recovery mode. If your iOS device is already in recovery mode, you can proceed immediately to step 6.
   1. Disconnect the USB cable from the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, but leave the
       other end of the cable connected to your computer's USB port.
   2. Turn off the device: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds
       until the red slider appears, then slide the slider. Wait for the device to turn off.
              * If you cannot turn off the device using the slider, press and hold the
                Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time. When the device turns off,
                release the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons.
  3. While pressing and holding the Home button, reconnect the USB cable to the
       device. The device should turn on. Note: If you see the battery charge warning,
       let the device charge for at least ten minutes to ensure that the battery has some
       charge, and then start with step 2 again.
  4. Continue holding the Home button until you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen.
       When this screen appears you can release the Home button:
  5. If necessary, open iTunes. You should see the following "recovery mode" alert:
  6. Use iTunes to restore the device.
If you don't see the "Connect to iTunes" screen, try these steps again. If you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen but the device does not appear in iTunes, see this article and its related links.
Additional Information:
If you have a problem getting into recovery mode then try: RecBoot: Easy Way to Put iPhone into Recovery Mode.
Note: When using recovery mode, you can only restore the device. All user content on the device will be erased, but if you had previously synced with iTunes on this computer, you can restore from a previous backup. See this article for more information.

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