iphone 3g won't restore

Well if it's almost done... and just isn't finishing... then go ahead and try to restart it by holding the lock, and home button for 10 sec, and it'll restart the phone. (it's going to erase anything) And see what comes up. If it comes back and is working... make sure the update actually went through, and if it didn't re-sync it. (Just a suggestion)

Re-sync it to itunes, and it'll ask you to up-brick it... and that'll go away...

No... full restores take several hours... it took mine about an hour and 1/2 when I did mine about a week ago. So it could be that you aren't waiting long enough... I'd leave it overnight tonight, and come back to it tomorrow morning and see if it's done...

I am having the same issue. My iphone is still stuck. I have waited at least an hour. On the phone itself, the status bar is completely full. On the computer it is over half complete. Has anyone found a fix for this issue?

I'm having the same problem as described in this string, but it didn't seem to come to conclusion. I've tried to restore multiple times, even overnight, and it just gets hung up with a message in ITunes that says verifying software and the IPhone shuts down.

I, too am having a RESTORE issue, but mine is a bit different. The phone is linked to iTunes, but then I am being asked to either insert SIM card (it is) and/or use a SIM PIN, which I am not familiar with. I am new to the phone, and this is the first time I have been asked to restore the iPhone. How do I locate/learn my SIM PIN? anyone?

Count me among the ranks of users in limbo. All those checking this forum topic because they are stuck too, should reply so this gets attention from Apple.

i have same problem. Did 4 restores now and its unable to complete the restore.

Count me among the list of frustrated users. I have the 3G and when I went to apply an update to 2.0 it never finished and I had to bring it into the eh store to have them do it. I've been getting the bloody reminder every time I start up iTunes that there are updates waiting. I've been pushing it off for weeks given the last experience I had but I had hope Apple would get their act together with this latest update. I did the same thing as everyone else. It run but never finishes. I let it go for a few hours and finally killed my iTunes process (running on Win/XP). I try to bring it back up and says to plug it into iTunes. It then starts restore again seems to get all the way through (based purely on the status bar) but never finishes. They need to get this process cleaned up or they are going to start loosing new customers as the word is getting out. I'm now looking at the an alternative for work phone due solely on this experience.

I am having the same issue. I am taking mine to an Apple store tomm.

I am also exeperiencing the same issue on my DELL machines with Windows XP. When I use it with Vista however, everything works flawlessly. Does anyone know if the is a XP specific issue, or maybe a hardware conflict on Dell machines?