iphone 3g problem

[binaryknight]

in work around misnight last night and phone was working fine, about an hour an a half later on the way home the screen wouldnt light up annd the phone did nothing, out of charge i thought.

plugged it into the pc and itunes said its in recovery mode and needs to be restored, tried the restore several times the apple logo appears gets to about 70% of the way across and stops dead.

tried the holding down home + sleep but does nothing really got a white screen once or twice.

phone was jailbroken on 4.2? ios from what i remember worked fine for ages

if anyone could help it would br great due to go on a staff dinner and a phone to sort taxis etc would be great!

 

[binaryknight]

cheers guys for the input i had all but given up on the phone after trying several different tips on various sites and forums untill this morning the phone showed the low battery icon and that it needed charging before use.
so i gave it one last try on restore and it actually got to 100% and is now working again.
have no idea of the cause as it had been running in its jailbroke state and i had not made any changes or added / removed apps in several weeks.

on a self thread derailment is the 3gs much better than the 3g as i may be able to get a hardly used one for about £150