Iphone Not detected by desktop/itunes/tethering/cameraroll

My iphone is not detected when connected by usb to mac desktop.
I have tried everything in both of the following support pages:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1747
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3540
but i have found a work around. The following solves the problem, until the next reboot.
in terminal..
chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/
chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/
touch /System/Library/Extensions
... then the desktop/itunes etc. detects the iphone. Once i reboot, however, i have to repair the extension permissions again.
notable point: i can also get the iphone to detect if i remove/reinstall AppleMobileDevice.kext... and repair the permissions.
I've tried repairing the entire disk's permissions... reboot ok, but not detecting iphone... repair permissions on AppleMobileDevice.kext=>detecting, reboot... NOT DETECTING! Also noteworthy... if i do the 'workaround' i can logout and login and the iphone is still detected... only on reboot does it become undetectable again. I have done all the basics... swap cables=>no difference... try other pc/mac=>detectable... completed the troubleshooting on the above support pages.
SO... it's obvious that the permissions on AppleMobileDevice.kext get changed/corrupted upon logout/reboot.
please help!
Config:
OSX 10.5.8
Itunes 10.2.1
Iphone3gs iOS 4.2.1

If you are running Windows 7 or Vista, a good thing to try out first is to uninstall/reinstall.. check out this article for a full briefing:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923

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