When i turn my iphone 4 on, it comes up with a picture of a cord connecting to an itunes icon. when i plug it into my pc, it says the settings on my iphone need to be restored. but i dont want to restore it as will lose everything on it. what shall i do?

when i turn my iphone 4 on, it comes up with a picture of a cord connecting to an itunes icon. when i plug it into my pc, it says the settings on my iphone need to be restored. but i dont want to restore it as will lose everything on it. what shall i do?

You have no chose but to restore your phone. What do you mean "lose everything"? Is your data/iTunes content not on your computer?

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Hello Bethandfive,
You may need to restore the iPhone while it is in what's called 'recovery mode.'
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
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In certain situations, an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch will automatically go into recovery mode after an update or restore issue. If your device is already in recovery mode, you can attempt to restore using iTunes.
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Allen

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Uhless this program will get the iPod out of recovery mode you will have to restore via iTunes.
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Please see: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808 for further info. It sounds like you are already in Recovery mode so if the image in Step 4 is the one you see, skip to Step 5.
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Steve

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Those are your only choices.
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RecBoot: Easy Way to Put iPhone into Recovery Mode
http://jaxov.com/2010/05/recboot-iphone-recovery-mode/However, it appears that there is a problem with the iPod and that is phy it went into recovery mode.
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