IPhone bricked after trying to upgrade

Ok so I had 1st gen iPhone that was updated to v2.0. It worked ok, but last night my machine says there is an update. I click to install and I didn't pay attention to it because I was packing. Anyway I come back and it says my install failed and I have to restore my phone. I click to restore my phone and it attempts to update but then fails with a "The iPhone could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (6)". Now I have a bricked phone but after work the next day I take it to the Apple store, one of the specialists was kind enough to restore it back to normal. I am thinking back in business I just need to restore my old settings, etc.
Unfortunately I get home and I try to restore again and it gives me the exact same error as last night. I tried uninstalling/resintalling itunes and quicktime but it still has the same problem. I need help! I would try the phone support but I don't have a phone now because this one is a paperweight. Please tell me it is fixable!

I have had the exact thing happening the past 2 days, but I have not been to the Apple Store.. that was my plan tomorrow. But it sounds like it will be a wasted trip! I have spent hours and hours searching for anything online with my issue, and your's is the ONLY one I have found. So thank you. My phone is recognized in iTunes as "in recovery mode.." and I click the Restore and it comes up with the same error message. Have tried it on two different Macs with exact results, each separately downloading the update (thought the download might be corrupt, but no).

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