My iphone 3GS says "activation required"  "connect to itunes"

When i connect to itunes it says it needs restored. When I try and restore it, it says there is an error. The iphone just recieved a new battery if this helps.

SuzanneLogan wrote:
an unknown error (3194)
Error 3194 means that iTunes cannot determine the authorization status of your phone because it cannot connect to gs.apple.com.
Possible reasons:
1. Your antivirus or firewall is blocking it.
2. Your phone is jailbroken or hacked.
3. You have used your computer to hack or jailbreak an iOS device in the past, and the program that you used to do it corrupted your network database.
For 1. try temporarily disabling your antivirus and firewall.
For 2. and 3. you need to find and edit the hosts file on your computer and delete any lines that contain gs.apple.com, then save the repaired file, reboot your computer and try again.
Windows: c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Mac: /etc/hosts
An alternative is to restore using a different computer.

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