IPhone 4 Bricked after updating to iOS5

So, the day iOS5 update came out for the iPhones/iPods/iPads I was egar to get it downloaded to update my software on my iPhone 4. I noticed they had an update for iTunes so I went ahead and updated my iTunes before I started updating my iPhone 4.  After waiting for my iTunes to update, I then downloaded the new iOS5 update...ran a backup on my iPhone 4. After I updated iTunes, downloaded the new iOS5 and backed my phone up, I then plugged my iPhone 4 to my computer to run the iOS5 update...the update successfully updated. I used it for 2 days working perfectly. When I was traveling last Saturday, I pulled the notification center down to check all my notifications and my screen turned off.  I've tried to hard-reboot it...everthing, it had completely bricked on me! I noticed that my screen was still on, but it was black. I then plugged my iPhone 4 in to iTunes and iTunes recognized my phone for about seconds then an error message popped up saying that iTunes can't recieve any data on my iphone becasue there is an error. I called apple and they said bring it in...I'm just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this problem? Or does anyone know a solution besided taking it to apple? Any help would be much appreciated! Thank you, Justin!

Connect your iPhone to iTunes. If it doesn't come up in the sidebar for a good amount of time, start holding the power and home buttons. Count down from 10. Then, release the power button and coninue holding the home button for up to 30 seconds. If it doesn't come out of recovery or DFU (which can sometimes make it appear bricked), continue this process. KiltedTim's answer is also helpful and can sometimes take care of this problem.

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