My computer no longer recognizes my iPhone... It's not showing in Computer or in iTunes.. Any suggestions?

Really struggling to get my iPhone to connect with my laptop. Tried restarting both devices and still no joy. The phone shows it is charging through the usb port, but no connection to iTunes, and not showing up in My Computer as removable device..
Any suggestions?
Thanks

I found this possible solution on another support thread, so I tried it.
turn off iPod
hold Sleep and Home buttons to start it.
When Apple appears, let go of Sleep button, but keep holding Home button.
When screen goes blank, let go of Home button.
Connect cable and check iTunes to see if it has conencted.
This did not work for me.
I then turned off the iPod, restarted the Mac, and restarted the iPod normally.
I connected them with the cable, and it works like normal.  :-)

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