My computer reads my iPhone as a camera and iTunes can't get to it!! any idea?

recently i had to delete everything from my iPhone and i started it again with the iCloud security copy. Everything ok, but now, my computer only recognise it as a camera and iTunes doesn't even recognise it... obviously now i can't sync it... any idea of what's happening??

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