My iPhone 3G is not recognizing the USB cord to sync or charge and now my battery has gone dead.  Any suggestions?

I went to charge my phone and it didn't recognize the cord.  I tried plugging it in to my computer and it didn't recognize it there either.  The battery has now gone dead and I can't even complete a hard reset.  Any suggestions?

At this point, you are past the 1 year hardware warranty that comes with the iPhones, and even if you had purchased AppleCare, you would be outside the 2 year coverage that comes with it. Basically you have 2 options, take your phone into an Apple Retail Store near you, and see if they can do anything for it, or pay an out of warranty pricing replacement of $199.

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