Iphone 3gs no longer recognised in itunes??

Fed up with this whole iphone, to be honest it's more hastle than its worth!!
Have followed almost every piece of advice as in uninstalling all apple software, rebooting etc etc etc, still no further forward. My only option is to pay apple to get them to update one of their own products.....already been getting the usual its because of Windows this that and everything else........anyone wanna buy an iphone, only 6 months old.........................never ever had so much hastle trying to get a product to be recognised by its own software in my entire life and it seems that I am not alone, very common prblem and no formal resolution.
Any further help or advice would be much aprreciated before I throw this **** phone in the trash! Sorry for the rant but sooooooooo annoyed at not being able to do what should be a very simple task.
Hope someone can help.....please????

Went to the Apple store and they replaced the cable.

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Hi gofroggy08,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
It's possible that the iTunes software didn't update properly. Try the specific steps below for the iPhone first:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
If the issue is not resolved, you may need to uninstall iTunes and all of it's components, and reinstall the latest version as explained in this article:
iTunes 11.1.4 for Windows: Unable to install or open
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5376
I hope this information helps ....
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Does this work?
+Plug in your iPhone.+
+Power it down by holding the sleep/lock button and sliding to power off.+
+Once it’s powered down, press and hold both the sleep/lock button and the home button for ten seconds.+
+After 10 seconds, release the power button but continue holding down the home button.+
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Hi all,
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Really hope that someone might have an answer that will work for me because i really need my cell phone back
P.S I have the latest itunes and Mac OS X 10.6.6

In this article about your device not being recognized in OSX, http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591 ,it is mentioned, that
In some cases, you may need to remove and reinstall the Apple Mobile Device Service.
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Apologies: I've just joined the community and didn't quite figure how to write a msg! Hope it works...
Anyway,
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