My iphone just locked, iTunes says I need to restore. This means erasing everything. PLEASE HELP!

My phone is locked and I need to use it!
I was trying to back up everything on my phone, with iTunes. Now it's locked and says:
iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes.
But restoring will delete everything, and I don't think I have it all backed up....which is why I was trying to back it up.
Please help!
When I unplug the phone from my laptop, the screen tells me to connect to iTunes. Then I connect to the computer, and it tells me I need to restore the phone. What is going on!?!?

Once the Device is asking to be Restored with iTunes... it is too late to save anything...
To minimise loss... Connect to iTunes on the computer you Usually Sync with and Restore from the most recent Backup...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
If necessary Place the Device into Recovery mode...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808

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