My iPhone is all of a sudden locked in iTunes, I can't transfer songs, videos or anything.

When I click on my iPhone after I've hooked it up to iTunes everything is gray.
The boxes I've always been able to check - not anymore!
When I click and drag a song from my iTunes music library to my iPhone a little stop sign poppes up next to the arrow.
It's like my iPhone's locked in iTunes.
There's no difference with my iPhone or my iTunes separatly, they've just stopped working together.
Any help?
Because I could sure use it!

Hello Beth,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities. There are a few things that can be done to resolve the phone not being responsive. First restart the phone, the following article will assist with that process.
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button together for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
You can also try some steps in the iPhone Troubleshooting Assistant
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/assistant/phone/
Regards,
-Norm G.

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