Update bricks Verizon Iphone

4/19/11 - I just updated to 4.2.7 for my verizon iphone 4 and it is now bricked. All I get is the recovery mode screen (image of usb --> itunes). I have restarted my laptop. Itunes has just updated as well, and then I downloaded the new iphone software. Anybody found a fix for this. I get error # 1013. "The iPhone "iPhone" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1013). Any help/advice??

https://discussions.apple.com/message/15028719#15028719 This guy just needed a replacement iphone

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