?my iphone needs to restore but is locked out of itunes, help?

I can not restore it because itunes is requesting the phone be unlocked.  I can not unlock the phone because the iphone only says plug into itunes... I can pull up am IMEI and ICCID or make an emergenC call thats it

You can put the iphone into recovery mode to restore it.
Disconnect the USB cable from your iPhone, but leave the other side connected to your Mac or PC
Launch iTunes.
Press and hold down the Home and Sleep/Power button on the top of the iPhone to turn off the iPhone.
Press and continue to hold the Home button while you reconnect the USB cable to your iPhone, this will cause the iPhone to turn on.
Continue to hold the Home button until an alert message in iTunes informing you that an iPhone in recovery mode has been detected.

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