IPhone 2G random defect - "drawing too much power on USB"

Good day,
About three weeks ago, my iPhone - which then still had firmware 1.1.4 - lost almost all its charge and "died". It looked impossible to get it charged, the red battery icon was the only thing it showed. Only thanks to a tip from another forum I managed to "revive" the phone: I left it connected to the wall charger for 9 hours, then switched it on simulating a DFU-restore.
I then did a complete re-install of the iPhone's software (did it twice just to be sure) upgrading it to 2.0 and subsequently to 2.01 which is on the phone now.
Starting last week, occasionally when I want to sync or to simply load the battery of my 2G iPhone (now with firmware 2.01), my MacBook Pro answers with the message "A usb device is currently drawing too much power" and then disables the port. I eliminated the doubt it could be a hardware problem, using three different USB cables and four different Macs: the problem presents itself everywhere.
Interestingly, 2 out of 10 times I am successful when I connect the iPhone via USB to the MacBook, eg right now it is charging and I did a sync.
I think the two events are somewhat connected. Apple Phone support says the event is "strange" but since the phone occasionally works, it is impossible to get the phone changed.
I would appreciate any idea about this. Is this a hardware problem or a software or formware thing? Or something else entirely?
Thanks very much

just wondering ... did anyone figure out the problem where when you plug the iPhone into the computer it says that the USB Device is drawing too much power? any help would be appreciated.

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