Itunes/laptop wont recognise Iphone

My itunes/laptop wont recognise my Iphone 4s since Itunes update. It would let me charge and makes a funny noise when I try to connect. I've deleted Itunes and restarted again, rebooted my phone, reset it, and checked my firewall and still nothing..

That just happened to me too which caused my iphone to restore.  Now its locked.  My apple id isn't working to restore my phone.
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