No computer will recognize this iphone

i bought an iphone from someone and i cant use it at all cause it says its disabled i wanna reset the phone but every single comp i plug the phone into says the same thing usb device not recognized so what do i do i just wanna unlock it so i can sell it please help

Thank you ckuan. I had tried that several times, as well. I unplugged phone from PC, turned phone off, turned PC off. Turned everything on again. Closed/restarted itunes several times - finally everything just "clicked". All is well once again.

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My wife and I both have Iphone 4's that have been set up on the same computer. Recently the computer will recognize my phone but not my wifes. When I plug her's in, I get a double chime and that is it. Plug mine in, get a single Chime, and Itunes opens and syncs. I have removed Itunes and the supporting programs, including Bonjour, and reinstalled. It did not work. Also I took her phone to the Apple store, it recoginzed on their computer there and they installed IOS 5 for us. Got home and still nothing.
Any help would be great.
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Hello: Thanks to all who replied or read my concern. I was able to solve the issue on my own. What I forgot to mention in the original post was that both my wife and I were attempting to use the Free App " Find My iPhone" from the App Store to set up Find My iPhone which I'm not certain if that was the source of the headache.
At any rate, I simply deleted the app from both iPhones and set up them up in iCloud using the same AppleID account and password which is what it said all along-but I was not getting it. After doing so, both my iPhone and my wife's iPhone are listed in My Devices.
Best Regards,
Marty

No computer will recognize iphone... LONG

Ok here we go I will describe what im experiencing as best as I can
I bought an I phone 2g from ebay, auction stated iphone no longer charged, simple fix.
got the phone sure as S*&^ it wouldnt, unless, I connected it to my ipod connector in my truck, the one that connects to the back of the stereo directly, not an fm trans/ cig charger. The phone came to life, but would not charge, it thought it was but after unplugging it just died, messed around in the settings turned everything off and let it sit for a few hours. came back to it pulled it off the charger and died. So i did the restore from the settings menu, wiped everything start from scratch. I was gonna do it anyway so I hoped that would fix the hiccup with charging. I let it format and charge overnight.
Now the phone has a full charge and stays onn when off the charger, the phone is telling me to connect to itunes to restore, here inlies the problem. No computer will recognize the iPhone. steps i have tried, recovery mode and dfu mode, iphone will not enter these modes, does it need to recognize it is connected to the computer to enter these modes? I have tried both numerous times it just resets shows the apple logo and returnes to the connect to itunes screen.
I have tried to verify the usbaapl.sys file is there and amd services are running, on my xp laptop everything is good, although the usb might be a 1.0 version, on my new hp I have vista 64, i cannot find the sys files anywhere. I have uninstalled and reinstalled itunes, even tried version 8.1 still no luck. Also tried plugging into my friends mac, no luck, I dont know anything about macs so I didnt go poking around.
I also have a brand new usb dock data cable, not just a charge cable.
Now question for all that are smarter than me, how do I test if there is something wrong with the logic board or anything interior? Any ideas, please dont say try entering dfu or recovery mode, the iPhone will NOT do it, or are there other ways of doing it without the press and hold... release... 10 sec blah blah.
Should I just send it in to an online place that does free inspections? if so do you have recommendations?
thanks to all

go here:
http://depot.info.apple.com/ipod/
alternately, take it to an Apple Store...

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1202
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I suspect it needs reformatting but, when I connect it to my computer, Windows recognizes only the USB Mass Storage Device aspect of the iPod and nothing else...So, it doesn't show up in iTunes for reformatting.
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2. Click on your windows start menu. Type in "services". Click on it and when it pops up, on the bottom of it click on "standard". Now Scroll down to find "Apple Mobile Device" Right click it when you see it and click on "Start". When it has started, close iTunes and replug in your iPod and it should show up.
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Hi I have had similar problems with the ipod but think I know the problem without being techincal.
My Ipod sometimes would connect and sometimes not. I could not find a pattern besides a random one. However I looked at "my Computer" view where I could see the hardisks. When the ipod connected with a "removable disk" it would not work with Ipod and you could not get access to it.
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When the computer then recognized it as the name I have given the ipod "JFR IPOD" it would then work with I tunes without any problems.
However .... this is the trick for me... when using the USB on my laptop and my wifes it works without any problems 20 out of 20 times....... Where I can see the Ipod in "my computer" as a disk named as my ipod and NOT just as removable disk.
This concludes for me that the USB on my computer - which is USB2 on a 3 year computer does not work as it should. I again assume that this is due to the fact that the IPOD is not powered by a remote source while being connected. This due to the fact that Maxtor USB2 transporable harddrives works without any problems whatsoever.
I now need to check if an external USB2 HUB with external powersupply will work on my computer. If that is not the case I need to try a Firewire connection and have it installed as a card.
All this was done by Trial and error but know I know that (apparently) is not due to a misfunctioning ipod.
Hope this helps for some of you. Bring the IPOD to a fairly new computer and connect is. If it then connects as a ipod with the name you have given it it will work with Itimes as well.
Best Regards,
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