My IPhone 4 is not recognized by any device. When plugged in nothing happens. Tried my Pc and other ones. What should I do?

Hi there. I have this problem for a while now. Haven't been able to syncronize it since December. I tried putting it in Safe mode but nothing happens. What should I do?

Connect it to your mains charger and let it charge for at least 30 minutes. While it is still connected to power Reset it (hold down the home and sleep buttons, ignore the red Off slider, wait for the Apple logo, let go of the buttons). You may have to try this several times. When it awakens let if fully charge then connect it to your computer and sync it.

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I'll give you steps so it'll be easy to read.
I suggest having your phone plugged into a working USB during this process.
1. Open up your Device Manager (run/use command line devmgmt.msc or look for it by sliding open your charm bar located on the right of your computer screen, selecting PC Info, and then on the left hand side of your PC Info window, click "Device Manager"
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