iPhone BSOD? 3GS Won't turn on after restore to DFU mode

Apple Iphone 3GS 4.1 firmware jailbroken a long time ago with limerain

Everything was fine until i got a bit drunk last night and changed my passcode.

Could not remember the darn thing and I got locked out

Was on an ATT in the US then moved to China and got it unlocked to work on china mobile

Found the program "Gecko" that can help you get your passcode back as long as you can get into DFU mode.

Spent most of the day trying to get my phone in DFU mode. Itunes would not recognize the phone in DFU and neither would redsnow/gecko

Tried over and over again and would not work.

Found this "extra" in redsnow that will let you recover into a DFU mode.

Thought what the hell, lets try it and if it doesnt work I'll just update the Iphone

redsnow asks you for a ipsw file and i used a 4.1 file

redsnow created a new dfu mode ipsw file based on the 4.1 OS

i shift clicked on the restore button in itunes and selected the dfu/restore ipsw file

looked like it was working. the progress bar on the iphone got near 100% and then there was an error

the phone shut down and was no longer found by itunes

i tried holding down the home and power buttons together to turn the phone on. tried just the power button for a while. tried different cables and different computers but no luck.

i cant get anything to read the iphone. and it won't turn on.

i dont think its in dfu mode because i tried to run redsnow and it says that it cant find my iphone

very frustrated. don't know why they made the dfu mode easier to access. im almost 100% sure i was in dfu mode because my screen was black and the only way i could get the phone to get out of the state it was in was to hold the power and home buttons for 15 seconds or so to get it to restart.
also dont know why there isnt a hard reset via the hardware of the iphone so it isnt required to be plugged into the computer to get back working.

just venting a little. mad at myself really. any help or ideas would be great. in china atm so not really easy to get to a reputable repair guy

that link was not helpful. did you read my entire post or just the first two sentences? not to be rude but i was excited when i saw a response to my question and then the response has nothing to do with my issue. maybe you made a mistake on which post to respond to ?

well if you would like me to prove that its my iphone let me know how i can do so and i will. i got it 2 years ago for 99 bucks and had to sign a 2 year deal w/ att that just ran out. the reason i didnt want to restore the iphone is because it always said that it would restore it and install the new (6.0) OS. i didnt want the new os becasue i was happy with the 4.1 and it being jailbroken. i changed the password last night from the 4 digit kind to a password that uses letters instead of numbers. idk how i could have inputted the wrong password twice for me not to remember it but that is how my problems began. at this point id be happy with a phone that isnt bricked and that would just turn on .

http://pastebin.com/h368Hs9Q is a link to the log of the failed restore

if i could i would. i dont think you read the post either. the phone wont turn on. itunes will not recognize the iphone. it will not go into dfu mode. i did plug the iphone into itunes and restored it to a modified ipsw and i did back up the iphone before doing that.

maybe i can show you my backups to prove that im not a liar and this is my phone. talk about being frustrated and then being accused of being dishonest when seeking help. there was one time i found a iphone 3gs 32 gb phone in the bathroom at work and i found the owner and returned it to him. this was in 09 and the phone was probably worth a few hundred dollars.

im not some 16 year old kid that is trying to look at pictures in some random chicks phone. if i wanted to steal the phone i would not need the password.

****, at this point i just want to get my phone back on so i can do what you suggest and restore the stupid thing. my problem is it wont turn on.

i forgot my password and tried to restore my phone. the restore did not work and now it wont turn on after pushing the power and the home buttons.

why take the time to reply if you have nothing to say that helps? don't you have something better to do? if you were really so righteous then would you have a jailbroken iphone with, i presume, stolen apps???