How to: Sync the phone

All credit for this tip goes to leobg, from this post:
http://www.lg-expo.com/general-support/cannot-sync-to-pc/msg3548/#msg3548.

1. Throw away the piece of crap LG cable that came with the phone.
2. Use a third-party sync cable (I'm using an old miniUSB one with a microUSB adapter).

Yes, it would seem so, although with a few caveats.

I maintained an eight-plus hour continuous sync overnight, but had problems duplicating that stability this morning. Then I realized that my sync cable has always been attached to a very long extension cable, which itself was plugged into a four-port USB hub.

Once I ditched the extension cable and plugged directly into a built-in USB port, I got a steady connection back.

Edit: I should mention that I'm syncing to a Windows 7 64-bit machine.