IOS 4 caused my iPhone 3GS to die :p

Hi guys,
Just got my replacement 3GS through the post yesterday, was away today so only just managed to get it updated to 4. It got just over half way on the iPhone progress bar and its not progressing any further. Any help? Its going back to the shop tomorrow for a dead pixel. (yes, 1 day after receiving and it has a dead pixel).

Tried updating on my Macbook instead and its working fine now.

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