IPhone Update Help! iTunes wants to restore my iPhone...

Updated my iPhone with the new update as usual, but an error occurred and the screen on my iPhone has the "insert your iPhone to iTunes" picture and on iTunes, it seems like everything was erased... Is there any other way of fixing this without restoring my iPhone?

I am having the same problem, have you tried to restore it and half way through it just stops and says errror 29? I found another discussion forum on this problem and it has to do witht he update that is messing something up. A lot of ppl have tried contacting apple about it and they say they have no solutions at this time. Im going to call them as well and see if they have a solution yet and if not maybe they will replace the phone because this is not something we did! I also heard of a software you can d/l but its not from apple, however it has helped some people. I'm a little weary of it but if I find out what it was again i'll post it. This is very frustrating and if you figure out any other solutions let me know!

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Log out of iTunes, if you are not already. (Or hit Cancel if you're on the Review Payment screen.)
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The following Knowledge Base article offers up some great recommendations for troubleshooting not being able to update your iOS device:
If you can't update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
Turn off your device and leave it off.
Plug in your device's USB cable to a computer with iTunes.
Hold down the Home button on your device as you connect the USB cable. Keep holding down the Home button until you see the Connect to iTunes screen.
When you see this screen, release the Home button. If you don't see this screen, try steps 1 through 3 again.
When your device is connected, iTunes will open. You'll see a message saying that iTunes has detected an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch in recovery mode.
Use iTunes to restore your device. Restoring in recovery mode will erase your device. If you previously synced with iTunes or iCloud, you might be able to restore from your backup.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
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Pedro.

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iPod Touch 1                               iOS 3.1.3
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