Restore error:iphone could not be restored because the firmware file is....

can't restore my iphone 3g, becouse this error: iphone could not be restored because the firmware file is not compatibe
To make things wors yesterday iphone was stoped i shutdown it and when i try to turn On the apple appears for a 30 sec then disappear... and again apple appears and for 30 sec disappear...So to fix this problem i need to do restore but i cant becouse i get the error.
Message was edited by: liskan

The error message you are getting sounds like you have jailbroken your iPhone or have updated to iPhone OS 4.0 Beta.
Eitherway, I would follow http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1275 for a possible solution as these steps may not work.

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