Stuck in recovery mode, please help.

So my hosts file looks completely different from everyone else's, it's only one line, and when I do command+f and type in gs.apple.com, nothing shows up. When I look where gs.apple.com should be, it's just a bunch of /n/n/n/n/n/n/n/n/n's. I upgraded to iOS 8.3 and it slowed down my iPad so I downgraded it, this is when my iPad went crazy. When I went to the download link on my computer to install it onto my iPad, I downloaded the correct one from the website. After my iPad "broke"(It's stuck in recovery mode) I checked the file and it said iPad2,5_8.1_12B410_Restore.ipsw, when I downloaded it from another website, it said the same thing. But when I follow the instructions to get it out, and potentially fix it, from recovery mode it brings up this error (Cannot update iPad, unknown error occured (3014)). This is where I am, if you could help me, thank you but otherwise, should I just take it into Apple? (I did check to make sure I downloaded it for my iPad Mini model (A1432)).