Phone stuck in recovery mode wont restore

the other day i plugged my phone into itunes and it started to update the software but became frozen so i unplugged it. When i plugged it back in itunes detected a phone in recovery mode but it doesnt recognise the model, serial numberor name. when i try to restore, every thing seems to go to plan but it freezes and wont finish restoring. can anyone help please?

Received excellent tech. support from Apple on this issue and after a full day of screwing around was able to get our Iphone up and working again without many of the aps and contacts that we have recently added. I'm an older guy and this reminds me of my early windows experience and not what I would expect from Apple. This is not a comment on the quality of the tech support but on the software glitches. Get it right guys or someone is on your heels who will!

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Well, as a start, Recboot hosed the network database on your computer, which could be the problem. Especially if you had used it at some time in the past. Look in /etc/hosts, and if you see any lines containing "gs.apple.com" delete those lines.
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Well, as a start, Recboot hosed the network database on your computer, which could be the problem. Especially if you had used it at some time in the past. Look in /etc/hosts, and if you see any lines containing "gs.apple.com" delete those lines.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3694
Error 20, 21, 23, 26, 28, 29, 34, 36, 37, 40
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From your profile you are also using a version of OS X that is not compatible with iTunes 10, which is required to update iPhones. You need OS X Leopard 10.5.8 as a minimum.
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Hello Puppetbasher,
Thanks for the question, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
That definitely sounds frustrating. The following article outlines restore error -1:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694
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Attempt to restore your iOS device two more times. If the issue is still unresolved, the device may need service.
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