problem of conncting to itune

[1gamer1]

Hi i just bought a iphone 3g 2.2.1 firmware for a week. everytime i try to connect my iphone to itunes it pop out a message and say ( An iphone has been detected,but it could not be identified properly. please dosconnect and reconnect the iphone,then try again) but i have tryed a thousand times already but it still the same. and i were using itune 8.1. please help me with the problem,, thanks alot.

 

[sparkyms]

Sound ridiculous, I know but have you tried using a different USB port?

If you have and that doesn't work try putting it into DFU mode and then do a restore on it. Hopefully that will fix your problem. If you want to know how to put it into DFU then just google "iPhone DFU Mode".