ITunes  8.2 won't recognize my old 3G..

I have iMac G4 with OS 10.4.11. I upgraded to iTunes 8.2 with plans to download iPhone OS 3.0. After install of iTunes, restarted computer, opened iTunes and connected my iPhone...nothing happened, not even a sign of it charging. Reconnected to another port, nada. Tried with my iPods, again no recognition nor recharging. Ideas?????

I had this problem too a few days ago, just out of the blue itunes did not recognize my iphone but it did charge! Here is the solution to your problem:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1747
It worked for me and only takes a few mins to solve. Hope it works for everyone too!

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