I can not restore my iPhone 3.error. message iPhone software server not available?

I have tried to restore my iPhone 3 but it comes with the error message 'can not be restored, software server could not be contacted or is temporarily unavailable. Please help.

https://discussions.apple.com/message/19275442#19275442
Hey try this. It's my post and I found a fix that might help you. It might not but it's worth a try if you are still having problems. You may have already tried it, so did I, easily over a hundred times now over the past 5-7 weeks now.
Hope it helps. Or if you find another fix, let me know for reassurance that if it happens again there's another way to get around the iTunes restoring problem.

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