Update 3.1 Turned my iPhone into a Brick

take it to the apple store and just get them to warranty it you will continue to have problems if you dont i work for at&t and we have seen a lot of that lately

Same situation here my 3G is totally dead cannot restore or do anything to get it back in working condition is that the only way to fix it is taking it back to Apple?

I'm in the same situation. I've been able to restore back to 3.0, but trying to update to 3.1 gets the iPhone stuck in recovery mode every time.

Yeah and it's my wifes iPhone...makes the situation even more urgent! 😉

I am having same issues, every time I try to restore iPhone its telling me it cant restore it and my warranty has expired 😟. Is there any way to recover it to original software and then update it?

Same issue for me. Upgraded to iTunes 9 this afternoon, updated my iPhone software for a 3G, now it's totally useless -- in a loop of iPhone in "restore mode," but updating the software fails.

Restarting my Snow Leopard OS didn't help.

My 3g iPhone is currently inoperative, a brick.

This is my business phone -- HELP!

Same with me, but I was able to restore the phone and now I'm restoring from the backup and it looks like it's working - updating the apps at the moment.

Same here, 3.1 bricked my iPhone. I have tried all of the suggestions, none of them worked, including using my wifes computer to restore. I hate to not have my phone tomorrow for work.

What does the restore screen look like? I am trying to update to 3.1 but it has been sitting in the same position for a few hours with no success. What should I do? All I see is a progress bar in iTunes 9 and on my phone. Help!

same here, my iPhone is stuck in restore, and i don't know what to do about it, I'm pulling my hair off.

I, too, have the same problem! When I downloaded the new software, it said verifying update with Apple, and never made any progress. I tried it a couple of times, and then I got the iTunes connect screen, but when I try and restore - nothing. It's a brick!

This is nonsense! I need a working phone tomorrow. I guess I should have come here first!

Yep, I tried to upgrade to 3.1 also and now am the proud owner of an expensive doorstop. Does Apple ever test these upgrades? They must, but it sure makes you wonder when so many people have the same problem with the same software.

I have similar issues; any attempt to update my iphone 3g to 3.1 fails, and the result can't restore.

The only thing that works is downgrading back to 3.0.1. That works fine.