Trying to reinstall iphone without updating os. possible?

hello,
I recently had to do a clean install of my mac and now can't move any songs from or to my iphone in itunes. so I've basically accepted that I need to wipe the iphone and do a complete reinstall.
I have been able to get a backup from the iphone down onto my mac but when I click on restore in itunes it insists I need to upgrade to the latest version of the os, which is 3.1.3. I'm still on 3.0 and I would like to remain there.
is there a way to wipe and authorize my iphone with this mac without having to update the iphone os?

You can only officially restore an iphone either from backup or as new with the current firmware. There is no way to officially do what you want.

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