IPhone 5 stuck in recovery mode?

My phone is stuck in recovery mode and when I plug it in, iTunes says I must restore the phone to factory settings. How can I get around this? I do not want to lose all my photos, etc.

Added (1). I don't have an iCloud. I was devastated to restore the phone, but i just did it anyways.turns out my photos were able to get back on the phone somehow! Thank you though. Now i know i should backup everything on iCloud just in case this happens again and I don't get so lucky…

IPhone 5 or Galaxy Note 2 with Verizon?

I was dead set on an iPhone 5, but I've seen so many ads and videos I'm starting to notice that's its a little overrated. I've always like the Note because of its size. I'm starting to consider it. Which one?

How to make iphone connect to network after its been forgotten?

I recently "forgot" my home Wi-Fi network on my iphone 5 because I thought if I "forgot" it and then reconnected it would connect better and faster after. Unfortunately, I was wrong. I constantly have to put in my password to connect which bothers me and if its not connected to Wi-Fi (because it frequently disconnects) I receive messages, emails, tweets and it wastes my data usage on Verizon. I reset my network on my settings, turned off and on my router, renewed my "lease" on the network. Nothing seems to work.

What is better the iphone5 or samsung Galaxy 3?

I reall like the iphone 5 but i'm getting tired of apple always releasing the same product just slightly thinner lighter and faster. I like how samsung changes the desing and stuff and i also like the giant screen which one is better iphone or samsung galaxy please help

How to jailbreak an iPhone 4s (6.0.1)?

I've tried downgrading but for some reason it doesn't work.
and every time i try to jailbreak using redsn0w it tells me it doesn't support my device?