Preparing iphone for restore

HI,
im trying to unlock my phone from network. i have attempted to restore and after two hours it was still going. it is now in stuck recovery mode. phone has the apple symbol and black screen, itunes saying preparing phone for restore.
any help would be great

its now in iphone recovery mode, restoring iphone software.

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