My laptop recognises iphone 4s but says there are no photos

I connect my iphone 4s to my laptop and it asks me to trust and I click OK but then it can't find any photos to download!!!! It used to work. I think it could be since the latest update on the phone?! Does anyone know how I can get round this and download my photos?
Fingers crossed x

You have reached the 'old folks home' of the Apple Support Communities. The iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Job's eye when the 'Older Hardware' in this discussion group was in use. Yes, the iPhone 4 is older hardware than the iPhone 5, but for the purposes of this arena, the iPhone 4 is still twenty years too new.
Translation? You will want to repost your question here to talk to someone who owns an iPhone. We are still using twenty and thirty year old computers that are on life support and have adult diapers on leaking capacitors.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/iphone

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