Why won't my iPhone sync?

Every time I try to sync my iPhone to iTunes I get a "iTunes cannot sync because iPhone is no found. The icon is in the iTunes window and I can go into it and rearrange things but when it comes to applying it to the phone I get that error message. I looked around the web for answers and some people were helped by restarting the phone. I did that. Still came up "error". I Restored my iPhone and now every time I try to start it up the icon will show in the iTunes window but after a while the whole thing crashes and the phone turns off. What the what do I do? What did I do wrong? I'm so frustrated right now and I can't find anyone to help me. Can you help? Whoever you are?

I just got the new iPhone in the mail so thanks for nothing.

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