IPhone 3GS stuck on start up. Even after restore

Hi, hoping for a little help. Anything is appreciated.
Ok, Phone crashed earlier tonight so I hard booted it. After this, the phone wouldn't get past the loading screen.
So, after reading up on the best course of action, I checked iTunes on my PC could see the phone. It could. Next, I restored it. To which I got error code 2009. Lovely..
Well, I did a little more reading and the next suggestion was to try another machine. I jumped on my MAC, hooked up the phone (Which by now had no OS installed) and ran the restore. It worked!
Delighted at this point, I quickly realised the phoine was still not coming to life.
Even now, as I'm restoring it for the second time for confirmation of issues, I'm at a loss as to what to do next.
Any ideas anyone?
For anyone wondering, this phone is as original and has never been jailbroken. The screen has been replaced but I doubt this would cause an OS boot issue.

I had the same problem 2 days ago. It spontaneously decided to not boot.
Hard restart didn't fix it. I see you're in England, so don't know who you contact. But I finally called AT&T and had tech support do some sort of Hard reset of my service on their end. It fixed it right away.
No real explanation of what caused it. But again, it was on their end, not mine. Hope that helps your frustration.

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