Iphone photos won't import

this has been a problem with two differenent iphones i've owned - i have about 4,400 photos on my iphone, but only about 1,600 will import to my iMac through BOTH iphoto and image capture. all i want is every single photo on my iphone to be backed up as a usable .jpg in it's original file size on my iMac - why does this seem to be impossible for me? i've scoured forums for a similar problem, but have not found myself a fix. in iphoto - the import stalls out at around 2,800 count and just sits there - so alas i only get about 1/3 of my photos.
in image capture, it goes through all the photos and imports "what it wants" i guess, skipping huge chunks of photos, about the same amount as iphoto. i'm beginning to think something is corrupted, or perhaps there is a specific photo or vid that is crashing both applications - if i only get a similar count of photos from two different imports. HELP!!!!

Try transferring them wirelessly with an app like PhotoSync.  I haven't noticed any reduction in image size with photos taken on the 4S.

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