How do i prevent restoring my iphone4 after updating to the new ios?

I decided tonight to finally update to the new version of ios7. I already updated to 7 when it came out but have been avoiding the newer versions of it...until tonight. After it loaded the update and tried turning on, it showed the charger chord inserted into itunes. So i did just that. But then itunes told me that my phone needed to be restored!!!! Holy ****!!!!!! Im going to lose all of my photos. So many memories. I cant lose them...I'm so upset with apple. This is the third time something like this has happened. When you update your ios, youre not supposed to lose any data! Is there ANYTHING i can do? I really need your help, guys. Will everything still be there if i downgrade to the older ios? And if so, how do i do that? I'm so technologically challenged. But I will tell you, I'm never buying an apple product ever again after all this.

If this is the third time that this has happened to you, I don't blame you for being upset. On the other hand, after the second time, you should have learned the importance of backing up your iOS devices and apparently you didn't do that or you wouldn't be in such a panic.
You cannot downgrade the iOS, You have to restore your phone now and all of the contents will be erased. I think you know that though, and I think that you know that there is no way around it either.

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