Offtopic, but I do not know where else to ask this and it's not really worth its own thread:
I cannot reset my iphone, as in erase all of the data on it. Going to settings -> general -> reset -> erase all content and settings just stalls the phone in a black screen with a little dial that spins in a circle for hours. Trying it through iTunes gives me the following:
I tried putting the phone in recovery mode and restoring through that, but I run into the same exact issue.
Anyone have any idea what I can do? This is kind of ridiculous that I cannot restore my phone..
Did you have it jail broken at one point? See if anything here helps you:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1248333
Edit: also this
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3790819?start=0&tstart=0