IPhone 3GS: Cannot restore following iOS 4.1 upgrade

Hi,
I tried to upgrade my iOS for my iphone 3GS to 4.1 this morning and I got the error "an unknown error occured (6) when the restore is being verifyed. Anyone have any clue as to how to solve this issue. I have done everything suggested on the apple support pages
Thanks in advance

Had this same issue. I usually listen to a lot of podcasts and music in my car via the AUX in in my car and headphone out on my phone. The only workaround I've found is that if you start a song or podcast, fast forward a little bit, then rewind it to the beginning, without "stopping" the music/podcast, it'll go back to normal volume. In the meantime, it's a pain and DANGEROUS while driving to deal with this. Makes it nearly useless for me.

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