IPhone 4 stuck on connect to iTunes and won't budge!

Please help! I was trying to update my mother's iPhone 4 to iOS 5 and in the midst of the update I get an error that says cannot restore and now the phone is stuck on the connect to iTunes screen. I've tried holding down the home and power keys and while it will reboot, it goes right back to the connect to iTunes screen. It is not being recognized by the computer either. Please help!!

Do you update?
If you update OTA, you can hold power and home till it restarts and release when apple logo shows.
If not, you can hold power and home for 10 seconds and release power after 10 seconds but keep holding home till itunes says the phone in recovery mode.
Try a different USB port to restore.
iOS: Restore errors 4005, 4013, and 4014

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