My lens won't communicate with my camerea

I have had my evolt 410 for about a year now and it's beginning to act up first with issues uploading, then despite trying new settings grainy photos now my biggest problem right now is that my lens won't communicate with the body it seems. Despite trying everything all my photos turn out very blurry because it won't auto focus or even manual focus. Most wide angle shots across the room turn out somewhat ok but the closer shots, because of the focus turns out really blurry. I have tried various settings and also tried removing the lens but it still doesn't change. Help!