How do i back up my phone or not restore it?

I connected my phone to update to iOS 7, but now it's saying that I have to restore my phone. I haven't backed it up so i dont want to restore it and loose pictures and apps. The only option its giving me is to restore it and the actual phone is not going on homepage, its suck on the screen that tells me to plug into iTunes. please help me.

At this point you are stuck. You will have to restore, and yes, without a backup your only option will be to restore as new, then set everything up again from scratch.
You will loose any data on the device since you failed to backup previously. No way around that if the device is stuck in recovery mode and you do not already have a backup in place.
Your purchased content can be redownloaded from the iTunes and App stores once you get it restored (other than audiobooks that is).

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I purchased an iPhone 3 and had photos on it. Started having issues within 30 days and could replace it. Moved photos to back up on iCloud. did not restore new phone from back up how can i save the new photos and retrieve the old ones?

I purchased an iPhone 3 and had taken some photos on it. I started having issues within 30 days and could replace it. So I created an iCloud account and saved those photos as a back up on iCloud. I did not restore my new phone from back up because I did not realize I needed to restore and not just activitate it. How can I save the new photos, apps, and other stuff but retrieve the old photos?

If all you want is your old photos, you could backup your new phone using iTunes, then restore it from your iCloud backup, import the old photos to your computer, then restore it from the backup your made in iTunes returning your newer data to your phone. If you want your old photos on your phone, sync them there from your computer using iTunes. The process would look like this:
Connect your phone to your computer, when it appears in iTunes on the left sidebar right-click on it and select Transfer Purchases; right-click again and select Backup.
Disconnect from your computer and go to Settings>General>Reset>Erase All Content and Settings to return it to new
Go through the activation setup, choosing to Restore from iCloud backup. Make sure your phone is plugged into a charger and has access to wi-fi as this can take hours to complete.
When complete, without connecting your phone to your computer, open iTunes and go to Preferences. On the Devices tab check "Prevent...from syncing automatically"
Now import the old photos to your computer (see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083)
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Go to the Photos tab and select the photos you want to sync to your phone and sync.

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