IPhone 3Gs - upgrade to OS4.0 failed and I can't restore anymore (error 36)

I tried to upgrade my iPhone 3gs to the new OS4 and I received an error message (unknown error (36)) during the process. I can't turn the phone on anymore and it is not possible to restore it using iTunes 9.2.
I tried to follow the steps described in the topic http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2469544&start=0&tstart=30
however it hasn't worked. I've downloaded the OS4 file about 10 times, always deleting the previous one located in the DOCUMENTS & SETTINGS folder. I've also tried to install the 3.1.3 firmware but iTunes didn't accept it (error 3194), showing me another error message...
Can anyone help me?
Thanks!

Thanks Tommy, but I had already tried the "Notes" setting on and off and neither seemed to make any difference.
I just tried to email a Voice Memo, another feature I use regularly, and it had the same problems as before however this time it wouldn't even send a message to the Outbox.
I decided to try a few differnent mail accounts I have, POP3, IMAP and HOTMAIL to see if any of them would work. Interestingly, when I created a new POP3 account and clicked "Save", during the verification process for this new POP3 account it produced an error with the IMAP account!
I thought I should just delete the newly created POP3 account as well as my normal IMAP account (this one noted in the first post above) and then I'd recreate the IMAP account. As I deleted the POP3 account, I heard the sound that is played when an email is sent, the phone then automatically switched to the Mail application and showed the Outbox with all of my previous attempts to send Notes and Voice Memos from the last couple of days. Which all sent successfully.
So even though I was able to send and receive emails during this time, it would seem the OS4.0 upgrade butchered something in the IMAP account settings, which caused both the Notes and Voice Memos to have issues.
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