IPhone 5c suddenly goes into Recovery Mode

My mother's iPhone 5c suddenly went into Recovery Mode, and when I connect to iTunes, it requests I restore to default, but My problem is I can't back up the things stored. Please help?

An iPhone that is in recovery mode doesn't have anything to be backed up - the data is already gone
You need to restore the iPhone.
~Lyssa

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