I erased my phone through find my iphone and its been taking hours.

Black screen with the loading circle. I tried charging it, plugged it in my computer, took the sim card out and nothing changed. I dont know what to do anymore please help

Follow the directions here to force the phone into recovery mode, & restore it:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808

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