Help! I think I've killed my iphone

[Ratty2E]

When I opened itunes last night it had a new version so i let it download but did not reboot. Then i plugged in my iphone 3G and got another message to say there was an update for that too. So i said OK and knowing how long these things take I wandered off for a while. While I was gone someone who though they were being helpful noticed a reboot message on screen an clicked it. Unfortunately that was probably a message from the itunes update and my iphone which was in the process of being synced now doesn't work. Itunes does not recognise the phone is plugged in and all i have is a graphic of a USB to itunes on the phone. Tried resetting by pressing the power and home button but it just goes straight into telling me to plug it in. Can anyone help?

[shiznit]

Your phone is in recovery mode, did you backup your phone first?, if so just restore from that backup and start again. I thought the IOS 5 was only for iPhone 4 but could be wrong

Let me know how you got on

[cazzz1975]

have you tried doing the reset (pressing home and on/off button) whilst its plugged into itunes.

not sure if there is an update for the 3g as the ios5 is for 3gs and above.

[shiznit]

Pressing home and on/off will only put it into recovery mode, which it is already in. The update is only for 3GS and above

[Ratty2E]

Thanks all, it's been sorted now. I had to take it to the O2 shop in the end and a very helpful chap sorted it for me in half an hour and it now has the new OS. Sorry but it is actually an iphone 3GS.