Why won't my 2G iPhone show up in iTunes?

[JPS]

Suddenly my first generation phone doesn't show up in iTunes when I put it in the dock. And, yes, I also tried a direct connection via the cable. No dice.

Any ideas?

 

[Tallest Skil]

Restore from DFU mode?

 

[JPS]

I'm not sure what that exactly means. Do you mean I should force restart the phone?

 

[Tallest Skil]

Shut it down. Hold Home and Power for ten seconds. Release Power while holding Home for an additional ten seconds. iTunes should open and you should be able to restore.

 

[JPS]

Yes, that worked. But I'm having to do a full restore, as well. Thanks for that!

 

[JPS]

Nope. That bricked it. Phone can't be restored.

 

[JPS]

So I went to a Genius Bar, and when he hooked my phone up to his Mac, I was able to restore the firmware. I came home, hooked it up to transfer my data, and the thing was a brick again. I changed cables, but nothing changed.

I suspected at that point that my iTunes program had somehow been damaged. So I called an Apple tech, we removed the current program and preference folder, reloaded and all was well.