My iPhone is in recovery mode?

I tried to update my iPhone 4 to iOS 6. Then all of a sudden it gives me the connect to iTunes icon. When I opened iTunes it tells me: iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore your iPhone.
I DO NOT WANT TO RESTORE MY IPHONE
Is there any way I could get out of this recovery mode without restoring my phone?

Someone please know. I have the exact same problem!

This sounds like quite a problem on the iPhone 4. Try unlpugging the iphone from the computer.hold down the power and home buttons until the apple logo appears. When the "plug me into itunes" logo comes up, plug it back into the computer and hit restore. This worked for someone else, and for me.

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