Iphone 3gs won't start at all.

Hi, i have a Iphone 3gs and i was charging it last night, when it was done i took it off the charger and put it in my pocket, about 20 minutes later it completely shut off. I've had this happen to me before and i held the home and start button and it worked, and recovered all the data and has been working great. So I did the same thing this time, and nothing has happened, I've tried it multiple times, and have even tried to get it in DFU mode. I waited all night thinking it might just need to cool down, and it still did not work. I bought my phone from Best-Buy and am willing to take it back to see if they could send it in and fix it, but i would rather not go through that hassle, if anyone has any ideas, it would be really helpful. Thanks a bunch.

My 3Gs broke down totally after upgrading to 4.1
I think i had 3.1.3 before.
The display shows the iTunes icon with the usb connection and also imei:unknown,iccid:unknown.When i connect to iTunes says no Sim installed even if there is...the device is unusable.
Please,anyone can help?

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