Why is my Iphone 4 taking so long to restore? - 1

I'm trying to restore my iphone 4, I thought it was frozen so I held down the power/lock and home buttons and it restarted (after trying to do this for 30 minutes,) then I tried to restore it again and I'm not sure if its frozen or if its just taking a LONG time. I know it may take an hour or more but I'm not good with phones so someone please help and let me know if this is normal or not!

I'm NOT updating it, just restoring it.

Added (1). ALSO: Can I restore the phone when plugged into iTunes without having to update it?

Added (2). ALSO: Can I restore the phone when plugged into iTunes without having to update it?

I tried restoring my 4s and it completely froze. If it's not back to normal by morning, take it to the Apple store and they should replace it for you. Don't even bother with the regular phone store, they can't do anything with an iPhone.

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