HT201210 Help me save my photos!

My 7.0 update crashed halfway, phone went into recovery mode, and I am being asked to restore the system. I have thousands of photos that I stand to lose, and I rely on them for income. Does anybody know of any possible way that I can save my media? Those photos are incredibly important to me. At this point, the phone is locked and showing the usb-into-itunes graphic... Help!!!

By design, the iphone will sync itunes content with ONE computer at a time. If you attempt to sync such content with a second computer, ALL itunes content will first be erased from your phone & then replaced with the content from the second computer. This is a design feature & cannot be overridden. Because you formatted your computer, the iphone will see your computer as a "new" computer.
1.First, disable auto sync when an ipod/iphone is connected, in preferences, in itunes, which in windows is in the edit menu.
2. Put one contact & one event in whatever programs you use for that purpose on your computer, they can be fake, doesn't matter, the important point is to have one entry in each.
3. Connect your phone, itunes running, DO NOT SYNC.
4. Go up to Store>Authorize this Computer.
5. Go up to File>Transfer Purchases. All of the purchased itunes content on your phone will be transferred, music you ripped on your own will not be transferred. You will have to use third party software to first extract that music from your phone BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING. Same for photos not in your camera roll, the photo sync is one way...computer to phone. This is one example:
http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/index.php
6. Right click the phone in the device pane & select Reset Warnings.
7. Right click the phone, again, & select Backup.
8. Right click the phone, again, & select Restore from Backup. Select the backup you just made.
9. This MUST be followed by a sync to restore your itunes content, which you select as before from the various tabs.
You'll get a popup regarding your contacts & calendars asking to merge or replace, select merge.
This article details what's included in the backup you'll make & restore from:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766

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