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Almost 30 minutes... I think I am being patient.

Yep. 30 minutes is probably too patient. If it were me, I'd do the power/home. When it restarts, it will probably say connect to iTunes. Connect and restore. Then limera1n or greenpois0n jailbreak and re-install your apps and sync.
 
Wow.


Restarted the phone by disconnected and Power+Home, rebooted, progress bar filled up in like 5 seconds, phone comes back to life.

4.1, still on 1.59.00 BB

GP is doing its thing now.
 
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