My iPhone 3g 8gb won't reset!

So it died like usual and i went to charge it on my computer since my mom broke my charger but it said connect to itunes so i did then i had to restore it and i did but now it reboots every 30 seconds and it keeps saying connect to itunes and ive restored it soo many times. but i rstore it like 5 times then it says cant detect sim so then i plug it back in then no sim then sim isnt found it works. help!!

See this Apple Support document, describing the features of the Chinese iPhone:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3893

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