N81 USB Cable - Resolved problem!

I had problem with my N81. It wasn't connecting with my PCs using nokia's USB cable. No message was showing. Bluetooth was working fine. I was restarting PCs and mobile several times but without effect.
Then I remembered myself that I had same problem with my Logitech Steering-Wheel.
I plugged N81 to Playstation 2, unplugged, and plugged to PC. It resolved my problem. I got message on display of N81 to choose transmission mode!
It's strange, isn't it?

I had the same problem: I plugged the phone in my laptop's USB port -- and nothing no "ding dong" absolutely nothing! I tried plugging the phone to Linux box and no dmesg output here either.
I thought I broke the cable or the connector, and got a new one -- but nothing. It was driving me bonkers. Sometimes, I wish I would have gotten the iPhone instead -- seriously!
I discovered my "Playstation-less solution" for this problem by accident. OK, here we go:
1. Set a "quick alarm" in your clock application (i.e. two or three minutes past the current time).
2. Turn the phone off.
3. The phone will power up and your alarm will sound. Switch it off and the phone will ask you if you want to use the phone. Choose "Yes" here.
4. Boom, magically your phone will be recognized again when you plug it to your USB port and the N81 will ask you to choose the transmission mode.
5. You're done.
Don't ask me what happens in the phone when the alarm goes off, and how it got in that "non detect mode" in the first place but this is how I fix mine now. As an explaination how it might have gotten in that "non detect mode" the only thing I can think of, and this is pure speculation, is that I might have had the phone connected to the USB port while the Laptop was doing a reboot. In the boot sequence a USB device was recognized, and the PC tried to boot from it and this might be what screwed the phone up.
Let us know if this works for you as well
Anyway, good luck everyone.

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disconnect the USB cable and connect it again.
If you use a USB hub, try connecting the phone directly to the computer.
If you use a USB hub with an external power source, make sure that it has been switched on.
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Try go Control Panel > View Devices > Remove your device profiles and reinstall them.
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