Restoring iPhone after trying to install 3.0

First off, let me just say I would have posted this topic in the dev forums if they worked.
After trying to restore my iPhone 3G with the new 3.0 GM Seed using Xcode I get the error message "ERROR: Connected to device: Unable to open file"
Now my iPhone is stuck in recovery mode, and after trying to restore it with iTunes (I assume that isn't working because I'm trying to restore it to the latest public release which would be 'downgrading' it) I tried again with Xcode - I cannot restore my iPhone to any of the software versions available.
So I now essentially have an expensive, touch-screen brick.
I'd really appreciate any help on this - I can't even enter the dev forums without getting an error message.

DaveDean wrote:
First off, let me just say I would have posted this topic in the dev forums if they worked.
After trying to restore my iPhone 3G with the new 3.0 GM Seed using Xcode I get the error message "ERROR: Connected to device: Unable to open file"
Now my iPhone is stuck in recovery mode, and after trying to restore it with iTunes (I assume that isn't working because I'm trying to restore it to the latest public release which would be 'downgrading' it) I tried again with Xcode - I cannot restore my iPhone to any of the software versions available.
So I now essentially have an expensive, touch-screen brick.
I'd really appreciate any help on this - I can't even enter the dev forums without getting an error message.
You would have a job trying to restore to 3.0. Its not out until the 17th June. Think you mean 2.2

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