While upgrading to ios7 am stuck in recovery mode

While trying to upgrade to ios7, my ipad gave me the connect to iTunes msg which I did and now it says I am in recovery mode repeatedly and I can't do anything with it... stuck in recovery mode. Anyone know how to get out of this or fix this? When I connect to iTunes, it says that I must restore...which I even tried and that was unsuccessful. Help. Please.

Hi BrianEdF,
If your iPad is currently in Recovery Mode, you may find the following article helpful:
iOS: Unable to update or restore
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
Regards,
- Brenden

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