Set up your iPhone screen doesn't go away!

Hello all,
My iPhone 3G was running fine until I decided to install the 2.0.2 software upgrade. After doing so, my new iPhone purchased a week ago at the Apple Store was bricked.
After I successfully restored a backup, when I click on my device in iTunes it takes me back to the "Set Up Your iPhone" screen, with the only option being to Continue.
When I click continue, it restores all over again and this whole process keeps repeating, taking me back to the Set up your iPhone screen.
How do I break out of this cycle?
Thanks for your time.

Click set up as a new phone, as soon as the process starts cancel it on the iPhone. Then also click the x in the status window of iTunes. Unhook the iPhone, and hold the wake/sleep button and home button until the phone shuts off. now press the wake/sleep buton the iPhone will start up. Once it is fully booted up. plug it back in. I bet your issue is gone. POOF!

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