Restore only part of an iphone backup??

Is it possible to restore only part of an iphone backup??
I had exhanged a 3gs at the store yesterday- backed up the old phone before returning it. I used Itunes to set the phone up as a "new" device.
After synching , all of my contacts were there, and everything else I needed.
The only thing I'm missing is the pictures that I took with the old phone.
I don't want to dump everything from the old phone on my new one, just the camera roll. Is this possible?
The old backup is still on my PC.

This application might help you: http://www.reincubate.com/labs/iphone-backup-extractor-how-extract-files-iphone- backup-windows/#/res/i/labs/iphonebe/3_wizard.png
When you get them back you might want to consider transferring them to your PC and then selecting the ones you really want to sync back to your phone. See this: Improve iPhone backup time by reducing the Camera Roll, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3603

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Something on my iPhone 4 is causing my battery to drain from 100% to empty in around 4 hours. I know it's definitely no the battery because I have had it replaced and the battery is draining the same. I have reset the phone so it just has the welcome screen on (like it does when you first switch it on when it is brand new). The battery lasts ages when the phone is like this so it must be some setting or app I have installed causing the battery drain. Because of this, I would like to just import my contacts from my iTunes backup so that I can start from scratch again, but I can't work out the best way to do this.
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http://www.iphonebackupextractor.com/

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Then I had the choice of
1. "recover from existing backup"
when I chose this then the bug will be brought back on my iPhone - when finished everything is like before (what seems to be purpose of it)
2. "setup as new iphone".
when I chose this then there will be a new and clean environment. Only a few things I had to do manually. Apple ID, Mail Account ...
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Is someone out there to help.

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Also, Apple is not reading here. Submit your feedback directly to Apple using the appropriate link on the Feedback page:
http://www.apple.com/feedback

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I lost all my data a few weeks ago when doing an iPhone software update, then restored a backup from iCloud but only found out much later that that didn't include my picture library. I do have that picture library in a backup file on my computer somewhere, so now I'd like to extract those pictures from it and merge it with the new picture library that has now build up on my phone over the past weeks.
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Best regards,
Tim Metz

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I would recommend taking a look at the troubleshooting steps found in the article below.
iOS: Troubleshooting backup issues in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2529
-Griff W.

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you can only restore the whole content of the backup, at least that's what is supported by Apple. There is software out there letting you read and extract parts of your backup, for example photos, but you'll have to use this on your own risk. One example can be found here: http://supercrazyawesome.com/
Whatever you do, make sure to back up your backup folder before, or use Time Machine to do it for you.
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