My phone is stuck in restore mode and I need help asap!

My phone was running slow so I turned it off. When I turned it off and tried to turn it back on it had the little connect to itunes symbol so I went and plugges it in. As soon as I did it said that it couldnt connect to itunes server so i got on here and went and updated my stuff and everything and then tried it again. It kept saying there was an error (-23). I have no idea what to do because I got it to where it would start to update and it would stop after about 30 minutes to an hour saying that an unknown error had occured. Help anyone?

joyette24 wrote:
does this affect it, if its jailbroken?
The discussion of Jailbroken Devices is against the Terms of Use of this Forum.
Unauthorized modification of iOS
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3743

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