IPhone 3Gs - Error 1603

I tried to update my iPhone 3Gs to iOS4. I downloaded the update from iTunes rather quickly, and it was preparing my iPhone for the update, when I got an error message 1603. I got the more details log for the message if anyone is interested in seeing it.
Now my iPhone is stuck on the opening black screen with the white apple. Has anyone experienced this error and if so what did they do?
Thanks,

I went through a backup of the 3gs, although I didn't wish to sync everything. I just synced my apps. let it wipe my Video/Podcasts, but I synced my Photos. Then I started the Update. iTunes downloaded ios4. After the download the upgrade started. It ran for about 10 minutes, and threw the 1603 error. The phone was displaying the Apple logo, and a spinning wheel. I did a hard restart of the phone at this point (home and sleep). Then I restarted the phone. The phone display then showed the connect to iTunes screen. I went through a reboot of the computer, the new user idea, the re-install of iTunes, the removal of the sim, and finally trying it on another (actually 2) computers. No luck. The phone would show up in iTunes when plugged in, then iTunes would display the "this phone is in a recovery mode, you must restore it..., I'd hit the restore button and after ten minutes it would go to the same Apple logo and spinning wheel, then throw the 1603 error.
I downloaded 3.13, and held the alt key then pressed RESTORE in iTunes, selected the 3.13 firmware and after a couple minutes, I got the "software not approved on this phone" message from Apple.
Then, after some research, I found that the "recovery mode" message may mean that I was in a recovery mode loop. I tried some troubleshooting, and nothing seemed to work. Mostly holding and releasing buttons on the phone while plugging the phone into the usb port.
Then I found a shareware program to get the phone in and out of recovery mode. I downloaded it, and executed it, and the phone went back to 3.13, out of the recovery mode. I think I'm going to wait for my iPhone4, and leave the 3gs where it is. I'm just glad to get it back.

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