IPhone 3G not responding after upgrading firmware

I've been given an old iPhone 3G 16GB but as it hasn't been used for a while, the firmware on it was 2.8.?? something. I have the latest version of iTunes so I connected it to upgrade so I could download apps as nearly all of them needed iOS 3+. It was working fine before but since I have downloaded the latest software version that iTunes put on it two days ago (4.3.2 I think) and since then, the whole phone is running really slow and if not connected to a power supply it dies after about 3-5 minutes. It doesn't even charge when connected to a PC.
I've tried to do a system restore and it doesn't work as it's still the same. I've followed all the tips on the Apple site and nothing works. The only thing that was suggested was to downgrade the firmware but when I try to do that, I get an error 3194 on iTunes. I've even tried changing the hosts file in Windows but that didn't work and the error is still there.
As it stands, I have a phone with the latest firmware but I can't use it! Can someone please shed some light on this?
Thanks

Thanks for the response, I must have got the firware version wrong.
I don't think it's battery failure as it was working fine for at least a week before I updated it and now all of a sudden after I've updated it, it's gone rubbish. If I charge it from the plug, it's fine but I've noticed as soon as it goes into sleep mode and locks itself (or if I lock it) then it actually turns itself off.
This may be a silly question but if it is a hardware failure, how do I go about fixing it if I wasn't the original owner and it has no warranty on it?

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