Iphone won't sync with itunes! (won't turn on either)

I haven't updated my iphone 4 since I bought it last year. My phone was plugged into the computer and sync'd into itunes. I got impatient and reset everything on my phone "erase all contects and settings" while the phone was plugged in. All of a sudden, my phone went black with the exception of the apple icon.
I now have my phone plugged into the computer, but itunes won't even recognize my phone, and my phone won't even turn on now!
Can someone pls help me!? =(

You can sync music and video, or you can manually manage music and video. You can do one or the other, not both at the same time.
Were you syncing music and video, or manually managing music and video with iTunes on the computer you were previously using to transfer iTunes content from?
If syncing is selecting for your iPhone sync preferences, when changing to manually manage music and video, all iTunes content on the iPhone will be erased first. If manually manage music and video is selected for your iPhone sync preferences, when changing to syncing, all iTunes content on the iPhone will be erased first.
Regardless which you had selected for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes on the computer you are no longer using to transfer iTunes content from, you should have received a warning message that all iTunes content on your iPhone will be erased first when trying to transfer iTunes content to your iPhone from another computer.

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