Getting Albums & Large Videos off the iPhone

Question

I tried to get help from this community to solve my problem only to end up handling it myself.
I am not without knowledge however, granted the one thing I cannot post here is the iTunes
system file code that prevents having to erase & sync the iPhone. Which I should add if you
do this (erase & sync) it would appear to only delete your music, but thats "as far as I know".
So to the gifts I bring to this place.. iPhone Explorer & why your transfers fail epicly.
Google the "iPhone Explorer" because you will need it, go ahead say you've used it an failed.
However before you dismiss my advice did you remember to....... UNDO YOUR IPHONE ENCRYPTION?!
Yes.. it would seem that using this application is DEPENDANT on wither you have encrypted your
iPhone thru iTunes. This is the only way to browse the pictures directory an copy ALL the folders
out onto your PC. I repeat, phone to pc, pics from your phone onto your PC.
What about the large videos you might ask.. WELL.. this applies to windows users ONLY.
go into the directory below, make sure to change your name where I've written "your name here"
otherwise you'll just be told the directory doesn't exist.
C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR NAME HERE\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup
I will say it again, "your name here" refers to your windows user name!
Now once in this directory you'll see a folder or maybe more than 1, this depends on how many people
use your iTunes an back up their iPhones onto your pc.
Oh but wait, your going to say I never mentioned you had to backup your iPhone thru iTunes
in order for this to work, an just maybe your on someone elses pc an you've never backed up
your stuff here before an your worried it'll tell you some crap about "erasing & syncing".
Well relax.. armageddon isn't upon you yet. Still use the backup function an go to the directory
as mentioned, why? because! when you view the files by list & detail you'll be able to sort the entire
folder by file "SIZE" this should help narrow down (quite fast) which of these scribble scrabble named
files might be your "impossibru" to xfer video file(s).
If you've got issues getting smaller 5min or less video files off your iPhone this will still work but your
going to have to try to guess harder which file it might be.
Once you've located the possible file, copy it over somewhere else you won't lose it, for the sake of
all things.. DON'T mess with the original in the backup folder!! just COPY it outside.
Once you've got the file(s) outside, if you haven't turned on/off "file name extensions" so that the
.exe/.txt/.jpg an such show on all files, you'll notice the files I had you copy have no extensions!
Just rename the file to whatever you want it to be like test.mov an it should open just fine provided
you've got ALL the proper codecs for viewing video files (yes this matters an even if you think your
pc is just friggin awesome you could still be missing the right one or an updated version of the codec
you need most for this). Also you'll want a decent video viewing program to go along with the proper
codecs. For your aid I've supplied the url's of such things for you below.
Codecs: http://www.codecguide.com/download_mega.htm (Get the "mega" version, don't argue with me).
Video Viewing: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ (I don't care who your pc tech is an what they said either, just use it).
You will have to reboot once you install these 2 things, it would also be advised your copy of windows
is legit an fully updated. You also might want to look into "CCleaner" if your brave enough to handle
cleaning your own pc's temp files just to be on the safe side, it's registry cleaner is verified by me
to do a decent job but hey, use it at your own risk as the cleaner isn't a required step to make this
all work.
Anyhow with this you've got your large video files & your 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc albums off the iPhone finally by now.
Enjoy renaming the pics as you'll spend alot of time folder diving but hey it's worth not losing it all right??
PS: It helps to move all the pics out of all the new folders into one folder, hence the above statement.
PEACE! an to all you "hipsters" who said it couldn't be done, you KNOW what I wanna say >.>

Answer 1

The method you suggest is how I have been doing it, everything copies over easily except the two large files.
I wonder if there is a fix for that coming? I want the files, but it looks as if I can't delete them either, I can't move them in anyway, or open them in anything but the photo app.