HT201210 I phone update message query

When I plug my iphone 4 into the computer to update, I get the message "this iphone can not be used because the Apple mobile service device is not started".  How do I resolve this.
Many thanks

Which iPhone do you have and what is its current iOS version?  And who is "they"?

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