Iphone 4 In Recovery Mode , Won't Update! Won't Restore! Still New!

Hey All ,
I bought a new iPhone 4 , Put the micro sim , opened it , connected it to the itunes , charged it .. , enjoyed it for a minute , and did all what I had to do .
Now I had to Update to the iOS 4.2 (Windows 7) !! the last 10 seconds it gave me "Erorr(10)" , I looked it up and it said I had to download the latest version of Itunes .. so I did
Tried again , not working ! Again on another laptop twice (windows 7) , then again on a Pc ( Windows XP ) ,
Every time I connect to iTunes it says :
it has detected an iphone in recovery mode. what do i do?
Itunes has detected an iphone in recovery mode. you must restore this iphone before it can be used with itunes.
now It Just shows the a picture of the usb chord and an arrow pointing to itunes.
Solutions ??

Does the iPhone show up in iTunes when you connect it to any of the many computer you have connected it to?
If it does you can then restore it. On the iPhone home screen in iTunes there is a restore button in the middle of the screen. You can see it in this picture:
_Above is an old picture of iTunes - but you can see the Restore button which will look exactly the same in version 10.1.2._
This will return the iPhone to factory settings and you can then go about adding content to it.
NB: I would suggest sticking with one computer.
Good luck..
Ricky

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