Iphone 3gs in restore mode since update to ios4 - error -29

I updated my non-jailbroken iphone 3gs today to the ios 4 system (or tried to), but the phone is stuck in restore mode and won't respond. The computer gives error code -29 as the reason, which is a miscellaneous hardware problem? Ideas?

I'm having the same issue, usually resulting with error 29, but occasionally a different #. I had the same trouble with my last update and I fixed it using some goofy hack someone linked to: http://www.ihackintosh.com/2009/07/irecovery-iphone-recovery-mode-loop-restart/
Just tried it with no luck.

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