Phone stuck in Recovery mode, nothing will work!

I recently lost my phone, so I used the find my Iphone app on icloud. I had locked my phone from there. Once I found my phone I unlocked it with my password then it immediatly went to the recovery screen where it tells you to plug into itunes. I thought that it was just because of the find my iphone app. But I have tried recovering it more than 10 times. I updated my itunes restarted my computer changed USB hubs and tried DFU mode. Nothing will work! I can get it to open up my actual phone but when it is in this mode the home button does not work, and if I hook it up to my computer it goes back to the recovery screen. I really need to fix this and would prefer that it didn't cost me any money.
What can I do????

Plug your iPhone into your computer and go to the iTunes window. You iPhone should appear immediately on the sidebar, press on it and you should be on your Summary page (where it has information on your iPhone's name, Serial Number/Code..etc), there should be a Restore button, press on the restore button and your iPhone should start restoring to where it was before (if you backed your iPhone up before, that is). Hope this helped and hope you get your iPhone back to normal

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