IPhone could not be restored. An Unknown error occurred (3194).

My battery is sort of messed up, the phone dies at any time it wants. I asked at the apple store and they told me to restore the phone and check for improvements. I've backed it up but when restoring the phone, before it restarts the message "iPhone could not be restored. An Unknown error occurred (3194)." appears. how do i fix that?

Hello, Aaljandel. 
Thank you for the question.  Here are the troubleshooting steps that I would recommend going through when receiving error 3194 on a restore. 
Error 3194, Error 17, or "This device isn't eligible for the requested build"
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4451
Cheers,
Jason H. 

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