Iphone won't turn on past apple sign...

I turned my iphone 3g off about 3 hours ago as during a phone call I got cut off and it said 'no service'
When I tried to turn it on again, the apple sign would just appear but just stay like that, it won't turn on!!
From time to time it will flash a white screen but then go back to the apple sign.
I can't sync it to itunes either to do a restore as it won't recognise it when I plug it into the usb.
Any ideas on what I can do, or do I just have to get a replacement?
Thanks in advance!!

Try to reset the phone first.
Hold the home button and the sleep/wake button down until the phone powers off.
If this doesn't work, follow this KB to force restore.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808

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So I don't know what options I have left. As far as I can tell, I have a brick that lights up with an apple logo or itunes logo.
One thing that did happen earlier today that could be related: I tried to update my iphone (I believe I have 7.0.4 and it was updating to 7.0.6?) but something weird happened during the update (can't remember exactly) and I ended up having to restart my phone without it finishing the update. It wouldn't let me update after that, which I didn't really care about, so I just left it with the ios version I had. Then later in the evening this happened.
One other small thing to note (probably insignificant)-- When the phone kept going through the apple logo loop, right before the screen went black and it restarted, the apple logo would grow dim and there was sometimes a horizontal line across the screen, then it went to black.
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You want it in recovery mode, not DFU, which is used for hacking or on already hacked phones
What is Difference Between Recovery Mode and DFU Mode
Error 21 usually means there is hardware damage,
Check for hardware issues
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Recently my iPhone was being funny and Instagram was crashing whenever I tried to upload a picture so I decided to power it off with a assistive touch and turn it back on by plugging it in, which usually worked for me.
This time when I plug it in, it just stays on the apple logo and it has been doing that for the past 5 hours.
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Hi cyaworsky,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The article below may be able to help you with this issue.
Click on the link to see more details and screenshots.
iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3281?viewlocale=en_US
Cheers,
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