IPhone 4 will not restore - TRIED EVERYTHING

So I have a multitude of issues with my iPhone 4 and after trying a multitude of fixes that I could find, no change.
Here are the issues I'm currently facing:
- iPhone will not turn on whlie NOT connected to power source
- When connected to computer, iPhone will display apple logo then switch off then back again continuously
- I can put the phone into recovery mode (with itunes logo and cable display on screen) but am unable to put into dfu mode (I've tried everything)
- when put into recovery mode, iTunes will recognize a general iPhone 4 connection and prompts to initiate a recovery
- iPhone only registers with iTunes not with computer
- Recovery yields either error 21 or error 3194
I have tried:
- Tinyumbrella: iPhone shows up under "Recovery Devices" with a question mark and a series of random numbers
- altering host file
- all manner of restore in iTunes
Is there ANYTHING else I can do to fix this **** thing?

What I would do is run an anti spyware scan / anti virus scan with the iPhone connected to the computer. This way all of your files from both an be checked. It sounds like you have a Trojan that often causes computers of any type to force a shutdown and go into a reboot mode. My guess is you might have had this occur recently on a computer you linked to. If not it may have come from a shareware program or a download you've recently installed. You can down load all of your iPhone files to your computer, run the scans, disconnect your iPhone before file deletion sir scrubs , reset to company settings/ default mode then plug it back in so you can re download your files once they've been scrubbed. If this doesn't work try to disable the location off mode and redo everything again. This way your privacy settings might block or scramble the malware or virus that's tracing your device through your computer. This is the best advice I have. Web root Spysweeper will destroy anything and use a full based line antivirus program. If you connect your device to a work computer chances are it came through an email while it was connected. At any rate good luck and this is the best home remedy I can come up with. iPhones aren't supposed to be inflicted because they don't run on most active x programs, but if a file you're using does that may be your intersection point.

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