I have a jailbroken+unlocked phone 3g that I used the "Erase All Content and Settings" on. After the 1hr+ process I then tried to restore an image on it.

I saw this thread here:
http://www.hackint0sh.org/f127/67875.htm

And tried using iTunes 8.1.0 and 8.1.1 on a winXP machine to restore a 2.1 and a 3.0 image, but it dies during recovery.

Any ideas how I can restore the 3g with an image that i can jailbreak again? Is my only option to install 3.1? Or is my iphone dead now? As per the last message on this page:

http://www.hackint0sh.org/f127/67875.htm

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Dont use the "Erase All Content and Settings" on a jailbroken iPhone or when Cydia is installed, it will stuck in recovery.
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Thanks,

Nevermind.. Think i was making too much of it. Just used my Mac and held the Option button while clicking on the Restore and used the 3.0 firmware.

I edited the /etc/hosts file as mentioned in here, but i don't think that mattered.
Caching Apple's Signature Server - Jay Freeman (saurik)