Iphone 4s ios 7.4 stuck in iTunes screen NOTHING IS WORKING?

So I downloaded ios 7 when it came out. It was working fine, then today (a month n a half later) I updated to ios 7.4 and now my phone is stuck on the "connect to iTunes" screen. I connected to iTunes and went through the whole process almost 6 times just to get the message that it couldn't be done… Every time. I tried dfu or whatever, and it did nothing. I've tried to restore it 6 times and nothing is working! After I get the alert that the phone can't be restored my phone looks as if its still loading the update, and it just stays this way forever. I need help, I don't want to try to restore it ivetried, I don't wanna try dfu, i've tried, i've tried waiting, almost 3 hours now and NOTHING IS WORKING!

1. Take a deep breath, it's gonna be OK!
2. Hold down the HOME and POWER buttons for a long time - seriously like 45 seconds. Eventually youSHOULD see an Apple Logo with a status bar under it - once you see that go eat a sandwich and relax for a while.
3. If that didn't work hold down HOME and POWER until the screen just turns off and let both go - should be around 8 or 9 seconds, no DFU just let both buttons go.
4. If that still didn't work (take another deep breath amigo we're almost done) go to http://www.redsn0w.com (it's a zero not an O in redsn0w) and download the version of Redsn0w for your operating system (Windows or Mac).
5. Connect your device (soffy but you'll have to go back into DFU) open Redsn0w and find the "PwnDFU" (or it's something like that) button - do it and then restore using iTunes.
6. If it's still not working we have a final trick, again with the Redsn0w ther should be a button that says "Recovery Fix" - guess what you're going to do here - yep click it and go.