Can I restore un-Backed up photos from a disabled iphone 4S?

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Someone played with my husband's phone and set a password, he tried to guess it all day, and ended up disabling it. He went to the ATT store and the Apple Store for help, we learned that we can easily restore it, but we will lose anything not backed up onto a computer (in our case this is a LOT of important photos)  We would really like to access the unsaved photos before the phone is wiped clean.  Our old computer was a 2005 imac that never had a new enough itunes version to sync with the iphone 4, so we would connect it like a digital camera. About two months ago the computer broke, so we have not uploaded the photos in awhile. As of this week, we have a new computer, but we hadnt synced the phone yet (and can't now since the phone is locked now).
I went to an article called "iOS: Device disabled after entering wrong passcode" at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1212
I read this:
If you have previously synced your device with itunes:
You may be able to reset the passcode by restoring the device.
Connect the device to the computer with which you normally sync and open iTunes.
Note: If iTunes prompts you to enter the passcode, try another computer that you have synced with. Otherwise, go to "If you have never synced your device with iTunes", below.
Right-click the device in the left column and select Back up.
When the backup is complete, select Restore.
When finished, restore from your most recent backup.
If you have never synced your device with itunes:
Disconnect the USB cable from the device, but leave the other end of the cable connected to your computer's USB port.
Turn off the device: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then slide the slider. Wait for the device to turn off.
While pressing and holding the Home button, reconnect the USB cable to the device. The device should turn on.
Continue holding the Home button until you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen. When this screen appears, release the Home button.
iTunes should alert you that it has detected a device in recovery mode. Click OK, and then click Restore to restore the device.
He had synced his phone one time with a friends computer just so he had some music on it. Since the friend is coming in town for Christmas we are hoping to connect to his laptop and see if it is not too late to back it up before we restore it. The only downside is that he will have to go without the phone until his friend.
Has anyone had experience with this?  I cannot find a single post about someome doing this.  I've seen posters suggest using Image Capture, but again, I can't find comfirmation that it has been done. And it doesn't seem to work for me.  We have a lot of pictures of our kids that we have not backed up and would love to salvage them! Thanks!

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Update: He connected his iphone to his friends laptop (the last/only computer it had ever been synced with) it allowed him to do a back up.... AND ..after a few minutes the phone allowed him to start guessing the password again. This was welcome news since in the time between him guessing the password too many times and that point he had learned the password.
We thought the back up might work since it said it might in the apple support article above, but were very surprised it allowed him to guess the password again. Pictures saved AND notes, contacts,..