IPhone 4 factory unlock wont restore. It's stuck in a continuous loop of the apple logo and spinning hash marks.

I just got the factory unlock from AT&T and connected my phone to iTunes as instructed. did the back up and then the factory restore. After I got the "Congratulations" message I followed the steps to restore my phone. (I have tried both registering it and regester later options). The phone is in a continous loop of the Apple logo and the circular hash marks. iTunes starts the restore process and gets to Step 5 (installing the apps, music, etc) and then the phone goes back to the Apple logo and disapears from iTunes.
I had all of the latest updates.
I tried the reset with the power button and the home button and it just does the same thing. The only way I got it to stop was to let the battery run down.
Please help, I am deployed and use my iPhone alot over here.
Thanks

Try a DFU Mode Restore. Open iTunes on computer. Connect iPhone to computer. Hold both Home and Power buttons for exactly 10 seconds, release Power button, keep holding Home button until iTunes recognizes iPhone in Recovery Mode. This usually takes about 20 seconds of holding Home button. If the iPhone screen is completely black and iTunes says Recovery Mode, this is actually DFU Mode. This can sometimes be difficult to get, so keep trying to get DFU Mode (Recovery Mode with black screen). Then click the Restore button of iTunes.

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