My iPhone 5 won't connect to iTunes on my computer

So, I plugged my iPhone 5 into my computer, and it would just state that it was a camera, but it wouldn't open up into iTunes. After hours of trying to do whatever I could think of, I still don't have it syncing.
I can at least get it to state that "An iPhone has been detcted but can not be identified properly," after I unplug the iPhone and the iTunes is no longer frozen.

DEVICE NOT RECOGNISED IN ITUNES
If you have connected your device to your computer and it does not appear in the side bar in iTunes then for Windows computers read http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538 or if you have a MAC then read http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1591 for troubleshooting steps.

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I understand that when you connect your iPhone 4s to your computer it does not show up in iTunes. If iTunes in your Windows computer is not recognizing the iPhone when it is connected, I suggest the steps in the following article.
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