IPhone 3GS stuck in recovery mode after problems updating to 3.1.3

I just tried updating and somewhere in the process my phone went into recovery mode. It has the little connect to itunes thing on my iphone, and when i plug it in iTunes says it needs to restore. I begin this process, but a minute or two into it an error pops up: "The iPhone "iPhone" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (14)."
I tried restarting my computer and trying again... nothing, probably tried 6 times or so...
not sure if it makes any difference, but I did recently upgrade to the 3Gs and its only been synced once before...

well that was helpful. I ended up syncing it to another computer and the restore and update worked fine... I'm currently restoring my phone from a backup so hopefully I'll get everything back to the way it was... still not sure why it wouldnt update on my macbook, but at least I've got my phone operational again.
Thanks!

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And suddenly, while the phone was recharching. It asked me to activate it but I was unable to do it as it was rebooting constantly every time I connected it to iTunes.
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