IPhone 4s isn't being recognized by iTunes.

I've read pages upon pages trying to fix this. Bought a new cord. Didn't work. Restarted my phone. Didn't work. Reinstalled iTunes. Didn't work. Erased my phone. Still didn't work. Tried unplugging the usb cord numerous times. Didn't work. Restarted the computer. Didn't work. I'm about ready to throw my phone yet again.

You're in luck because i just ran into this issue and fixed it.
For some silly reason your apple iphone device driver gets moved under device manager and itunes can't see your phone as a result.
To fix the issue:
on your keyboard: windows key + pause/break key.  Then select Device Manager on the left of the window.
If you expand Universal Serial Bus controllers you will likely not see "Apple Mobile Device USB Driver" listed.
You'll have to do some poking around, because it will be under one of the other headers... found mine under "Portable Devices", but yours could literally be under any of them.
Once you find "Apple Mobile Device USB Driver", right-click and select uninstall.  Follow prompts to uninstall.
Then right-click "Universal Serial Bus controllers" and select scan for hardware changes.  Your PC will then install it to the proper location and iTunes will be able to see your iphone and sync.
Dunno why it does this, but it does.
Hope that helps,
Cheers!

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