IPhone 3Gs no longer operational failed software update 3.1 via iTunes 9

Hi
Ok updated iTunes to version 9 on both laptop and PC (no problems there and laptop is my primary syncing computer).
Updated iTouch (2nd gen) to 3.1.1 first attempt failed, retried and update is succesful.
Connected iPhone as per normal (had sent and received texts several hours before no problems). Registered that new software available so proceeded to download (all the while iPhone connected). Update proceeded to the "Connect to iTunes" screen on phone, then error showed after a minute on iTunes and update failed (error report sent to Apple). So went to check phone and nothing, blank screen no ability to even turn it on!
I read others have also failed but at least still have option to restart and reset software/ firmware to previous version. Just wondering if THIS IS A REALLY ISOLATED CASE, or is this a "common" occurrence? Looks to be complete OS deletion.
Anyway will be getting Apple a bit of a hurry up for a replacement.
Thanks
Matthew
Let me know if others have this dead iPhone experience.

[email protected] wrote:
Let me know if others have this dead iPhone experience.
Well, the answer to that question is "yes". See these messages:
http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?threadID=&q=dead+iphone&objID=f1333&dat eRange=last90days&userID=&numResults=15
About half these messages relate to dead pixels and the others dead iPhones.
The OS 3.1 update seems to have been particularly troublesome (it's the only one which didn't work the first time for me), perhaps due to being right on the heels of installing a major update to iTunes.
Phil

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