IPhone will not sync/charge

Starting 2 days ago, my iPhone will seldom show up in iTunes, or even charge, and occasionally when I sync it a dialog box appears and states that my iPhone is disconnected. I then restarted my iMac, still not working. I checked my usb cables and they were all connected(iphone connected directly to iMac, no hub). I went into iSync and cleared the sync history and still nothing. So then I decided to see if it was my iPhone or my iMac, I connected my wife's iPhone and my iPod and they both connected right away and synced fine. As I stated, sometimes the iPhone will connect right away, and then later it may not connect at all, and if it does, it may take a minute or so. Also, I connected the iPhone to another charger in the house that is not connected to the iMac and the iPhone started charging immediately. Any help would be appreciated. FYI...I have not did a restore as of yet on the iPhone and would like to avoid this if possible. Thanks

I'm afraid a restore is the next step to troubleshoot it. If that does not work, it may be an intermittent hardware issue. If that's the case, Apple will most likely replace the phone for you.
Dave M.
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