Get rid of iCloud and save photo stream pics

Every time I sync my iPhone to computer, it re-saves all my pics to phone - I now have them double & triple saved - 4200!  I can't delete pics from phone. Photo stream is on but don't need it.  If I plug in to sync again, I'll then have hudreds more pics.  Help!

You can disable iCloud on your device, or in iTunes by deselecting "Sync this device via iCloud" or the other option of using your computer.  You unfortunately can not roll back iOS 5 to earlier iOS versions (4.3.3 for example).

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