Is there a way to stop a factory reset or at least save the pictures and phone numbers.

[AC Question]

My kids were playing on the phone and the droid appeared. I turn the phone off and when I turn it back on the droid was still there

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! What else was displayed on that screen? Was there a progress bar, or a spinning polyhedron shape in the android's chest? Unfortunately, it's probably futile to recover the data--hopefully you had backed up or synced most or all of it recently.