Recover contacts from iPhone in recovery mode

I recently tried to update my phone from ios 5.1.1 to ios 7 on the phone itself. Tihe update seemed to be working but then it went into recovery mode. Whenever I connect it to iTunes it only gives me the option to restore. I haven't synced my contacts in forever and cant stand loosing them. Is there any way to read them off my phone while its in recovery mode? I have a fair amount of knowledge in computers so I'm open for any solution, no matter how technical.

If your phone is in recovery mode, all data are already gone.
Have you not been using your phone as designed?  Contacts should live in a cloud service or on a computer.  Your phone should only be used for carrying a COPY of those contacts. 

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