IPhone Photo Sync Issues

I have an iPhone 4 from 2011 and a MacBook from 2009. It's been a couple months since I've plugged in my phone to update/sync, and it won't allow me to access any photos! It synced my music, apps, etc via iTunes but wouldn't sync my pictures. Since it usually just opens the iPhoto icon when I plug in my phone, I decided to open the app myself. It acknowledges that my iPhone is plugged in but doesn't use my iPhone by it's name and says that there are no pictures on it. I've tried to go in through Preview - File - Import from Apple iPhone but it says there aren't any pictures on there either. I promise I'm not crazy; there are pictures on my phone! Any idea how I could get them to sync onto my computer? Is it a computer issue or a phone issue?

I decided to eject my iPhone & plug it back in one more time... And it worked! Not quite sure what happened originally but I'm glad it seems to be fixed now.

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Please feel free to inform me if this inquiry might be better posted in a different section of the discussion forums.
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(3G Phone w/ 2.2 Firmware & iTunes 9.0.1.8 running on a Dell PC w/ Windows XP Pro Operating System)
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Note: I resolved the issue by uninstalling and reinstalling itunes with this procedure;-)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1224?viewlocale=en_US

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Greule,
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sliffmann wrote:
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Wow, that's quite a workaround! Thanks for all that time and effort. I'm personally not really prepared to do all that as of now but it's great to know about.
My problems with photo syncing are similar, but I've never gotten a failed sync message. It just appears that certain albums don't copy over fully, and some not at all -- completely empty.
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