IPhone 3GS wont turn on and is not recognised by iTunes

Okay, so my iphone is not working at all, i have tried everything possible. It will not turn on, itunes recognises it sometime for 30 seconds then it thinks i have not plugged anything in. I have tried DFU, recovery mode, checked the wires, updated itunes and nothing. The other day, it turned on with the apple logo but then just turned off and nothing has happened since. I am running out of options hear and it has run out of warranty. Any help would be much appreciated. thanks.

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I recently got an iphone from a friend because I was never able to afford one. It's quite old, and he told me it hasn't worked in a while. He said that either the battery of the sync/charger port was no longer functioning; because one day when he was using it the battery drained relatively fast and after that it would no longer turn on. The unit itself is in brand new condition, he used a case and a screen protector, and both water damage indicators are completely white! He said it no longer connects to itunes, is no longer recognized by any computer, the screen no longer turns on, and there is absolutely no activity on the phones part. Therefore he no longer had any use for it and gave it to me, and wished me luck in my goal to fix it. Since receiving it i've gone through the normal solutions, i've tried resetting it and putting it into DFU mode by holding both the sleep/wake button and the home button to no avail. I've tried it on all 3 of my computers (although they are all fairly old) and on my fiancées computer. My fiancée has a working iphone 3g and I've tried connecting my phone using her computer and sync cable. All to no avail. I am positively clueless as to what the problem is, the phone has never been opened and theres not even a scratch on it! I can't afford a new iphone and the unit itself is an original iphone (2g/edge) so obviously the warranty is no longer active and he did not have applecare either. The phone has a serial number on the back of it if that would be of any use, I honestly would just like to know what is wrong with it, but i'm beginning to doubt that its even possible due to the phone not responding at all. Please help me with my issue =/.
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