iTunes error: 1604, cannot restore iPhone

[pake]

I'm trying to restore my iPhone to 2.0 but iTunes can't pass the "preparing iPhone for restore" stage. It fails and displays unknown error 1604.

What can I try to get my phone working?

[dogg]

I have the exact same problem. What version of iTunes are you running?

[pake]

the very last one.

try this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1621553&tstart=0

maybe something works for you.

[pedroelpicador]

maybe this can help a little

http://aaronjellis.blogspot.com/2010/10/iphone-bricked.html