IPhone 3Gs OS6 problem, please help.

I woke up this morning and my iPhone screen said OS6 then "connect to iTunes". It had an image of a USB plug with an arrow pointing to an iTunes icon. It won't let me do anything. I am almost annoyed!!!! I did NOT request the update. All APPs were up to date before I went to sleep. I dragged out the computer, plugged in thw phone and WHAT does ITunes say? It tells me that my phone doesn't have the correct version of iTunes. I have no idea what version it has because I can't do anything with it. If I press the button at the bottom of the screen I get 3 options, Emergency call, Start Over, Cancel, none of which are even remotely helpful. Is there a fix?

Hi twainy88,
It sounds like your iPhone may have placed itself in Recovery mode due to an issue with an update. The following article has more information and steps for how to restore from a backup:
iOS: Unable to update or restore
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808
Notes:
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.
Regards,
- Brenden

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