Topic: Samsung GT-I9000 smartphone won't connect to computer

Hey everyone,
been a while since I last posted, but I have a frustrating problem. As the the forum title says, my Samsung smartphone won't connect to my computer, or any computer. Every time I plug it in it says "USB Device not recognised", even though I've connected my phone to the computer plenty of times before. I will say that I have had my computer repaired in the past week for a broken screen but that was a hardware, not a software problem. I've also tried it on another computer and it still doesn't work. Very occasionally it will say "Installing device driver info", but that's always failed because it says the device was unplugged even though it actually wasn't, and sometimes it'll actually connect to the computer for a few seconds, but then it will go off and tell me it won't recognise it again.
I've tried everything I've read, from setting it to mass storage, usb debugging, turning it off and taking the battery out, reinstalling Samsung Kies and the like but nothing works. While not all solutions suggested may not work, I've set this thread because I'm tires of looking on the internet for solutions and want a thread dedicated to the problem I'm facing. I suspect it must be a problem with the phone itself at this point. So if anyone has any suggestions, even though they may not work, please share them and thanks.

smartphone is not smart

@ogo79: I thought for a moment you were going to suggest a grenade launcher.

have you tried using a grenade launcher?

I once had a problem similar to this on my iPod... To fix it I think I had to reinstall some sort of driver on my laptop. It probably doesn't apply to your phone, but I'll see if I can find the web page that had the solution on it.

Thanks, and yes, smart phone is not smart at all.

Using a grenade launcher would be counterproductive.