IPhone 3G won't boot up

Recently, I used the reset option in the iPhone 3G General Settings. Everything went fine. Just after that, when the iPhone restarted, it refuses to start up. It actually freezes at the "apple" screen.
I tried forced restart (home + power button), connecting it to computer (doesnt even recognize). Nothing seems to be working.
Requesting some suggestions. Thanks

Hello Ghozaur,
If the iPhone cannot be reset as you have tried, it may be necessary to put the iPhone into recovery mode and use iTunes to restore it per:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
As the article mentions, iTunes will not recover data from the device and you may need to restore from backup afterwards.
Charles H.

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