IPhoto '11 won't acknowledge my iPhone 3G

I've been having reception issues with my iPhone and today I took it to the Apple Store where I scheduled an appointment and the guy who ran the diagnostic on it said that there were definite antenna issues and they would replace the phone. He told me to go home and back-up all my photos and whatever else I wanted. Told me to open iPhoto (I have iPhoto '11 v.9.1.3 (607)) and "import" all the pictures and movies. OK, so I got home and for the life of me I cannot get iPhoto to "see" the iPhone. Actually, I can see it in iTunes... but in iTunes you can only import pictures from your iMac onto the iPhone not the other way around. Further... I can't even see the iPhone in Finder/Devices.
I started chasing this around and I've read through several dozen threads with no simple solution as it seems to have been a problem for a couple of years now... all of a sudden, your iMac can't see your iPhone!!! There are many suggested hacks but no simple Apple-provided "fix" for this problem to make it work properly. My phone service is spotty, and the guy showed me where they confirmed in his diagnostic that I'm dropping nearly 70% of my calls! I didn't realize it was that bad. I need to get those pictures and movies OFF the iPhone and I don't want to have to buy yet another aftermarket APP to make it happen. Apple should make it happen... right?
Anyone want to point me to the Apple-provided "fix"?
Mike

Greetings Mike,
Anyone want to point me to the Apple-provided "fix"?
Here: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3195
This issue most commonly occurs because an incompatible / corrupt image has been added to the camera roll on the iPhone (saved from a website or received in an email etc). Removing that image usually restores function. Follow that entire article to resolve the issue.
As a short cut you can try using the Image Capture program found in the Applications folder to see if that will recognize your pictures and movies and import them. Otherwise follow the article.
Cheers.

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iPhoto will recognize my phone, but iTunes won't.
Went through all the preferrences and i can't find anything that isn't set properly.
iTunes Helper is used during startup.
Everything seems fine.
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2.
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I can't just stoll down to the Apple store to ask the Genius Bar (I'm in Baghdad) and i don't have Apple Care so no one will help me on the phone when i call Apple.
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