IPhone not recognized by iTunes - tried everything

I need some serious help. Was trying to install the 1.1.4 update on my iPhone, and got the 1602 error. Searched the net for solutions. Tried a different port, as someone suggested. Didn't work. Then I did something (don't remember exactly - maybe switched back to the original port, or perhaps uninstalled & reinstalled iTunes), and now iTunes does not detect my iPhone. Have tried everything recommended in an Apple support article. Removed all Apple software - iTunes, QuickTime, Apple Software Update, Apple Mobile Device Service - and reinstalled. Still, iTunes does not detect the phone. Have all latest versions installed.
Can someone help? I have been without a cell phone for 2 days now. Really missing it.

Problem solved.
I always started iTunes and then connected the phone. This time, I left the phone connected, exited iTunes and started it again. And it detected the iPhone, which was in recovery mode. Did a restore and successfully installed 1.1.4. And good that Apple got it right this time and had backed up my addresses data, so I still have it. On the 1.1.1 & 1.1.2 updates, I had lost all my stored addresses. No music, though, but I can get that by syncing it with iTunes.
One complaint I have - a couple of songs that I bought from iTunes via my phone are lost forever. Was not able to figure out how to put a song from the phone into iTunes. Syncing only gets the music in my iTunes library on to the phone. What about songs that I have on my phone that are not in the iTunes library? If I can't put them on the computer, they are going to be lost in the next restore. And I paid good money for them, too.

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