My older iPhone which is the 3G or 3S and it's showing an Itune Icon, and doesn't Work. What's wrong with the iPhone 3GS and how to fix it? It was working fine a few days ago

Starting to wonder if the iPhone's been hacked into. The Iphone was working perfectly fine just a short time ago...only 48 hours ago. I never saw a screen on the front of the front of the phone which showed an iTunes Icon at the top of the screen and a cord going down to the bottom of the screen before. I cannot use the phone, get online to get to the internet, take photos of anything.
  The phone was working perfectly the day it started working very very strangely and I was able to use the phone, see the time of day, take photos, get online, etc.
  How do you fix the phone? I am not going to "restore" the phone & get ALL my info, photos & everything deleted!
  Think we need to change the phone number because we also got a strange phone call from a phone number we never saw before!
   Need some help. as I'm sure people CAN hack into smartphones.

It's in recovery mode. It's tryijng to tell you to plug it into iTunes and restore it.
LuvsMacs2014 wrote:
I am not going to "restore" the phone & get ALL my info, photos & everything deleted!
I hate to tell you this, but ALL your "info, photos & everything" are already gone.
You don't have a choice.

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