IPhone 4s stuck in restore mode. Error (-1)

I saw a few hours ago that my iPhone doesn't play any sounds over the speakers. I tried to switch it off and on again but it didn't work. Then i tried to restore it with iTunes. While it was restoring my iPhone it also loaded iOS 5.0.1. After some minutes an error occured (-1) and the restore stopped. Now my iPhone always says that U have to connect to iTunes and then wants to do a restore. I'm now stuck in an endless loop and can't get the iPhone out of it.
Did somebody have the same problem or does somebody know a solution?
I'd be really thankful.
dino258

Unfortunately the restore did not solve the connectivity problem, but it made it even worse. The phone was not connecting to the carrier at all, constantly showing "Searching...". I tried another restore, this time it failed on three different computers (one of them was a fresh iTunes installation)... Strange, that it worked once.
@Unshaven: Multiple combinations of Power and Home button did not work either. Seems to be bricked now. I think I have to return it to Apple ...
Btw. Windows iTunes showes some log errors like 'getenv radio-error' failed and DoesDriverNameMatchDeviceID failed.
Any ideas welcome also regarding the issue of loosing connectivity to the carrier...

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