Trying to upgrade to ios5 software but my phone update failed - now STUCK in recovery mode

i have followed all the steps given online, turn it off, reset, unplug, restart comp, disabled firewalls EVERYTHING... ive been at it all evening. ive even tried restoring on my brothers computer but still nothing! i keep getting error code 1603 i follow everything and nothing works! can someone please help me! is it the phone? my computer or what?! i use my phone for everything and im lost without it ... HELP ME PLEASEEEEE!!!

Okay, I'm not very tech-savy sorry..
The warranty only last 12 months, I've had my phone 16 months so the phone line help isn't available to me anyway as my warranty's expired.
I don't actually know what "jail breaking" is, I've just seen it mentioned as a solution when googling my problem.
I previously synced my phone on itunes, if i restore it, do you think there's a way itunes may remember the information(photos) & back it up on to the restored phone?
I don't know if it makes a difference, but itunes on my laptop has updated itself, and i synced my phone on the previous version before it did so
Thank you for your help x

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