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Hello all,
I have a 3gs phone with about 9,000 pics, I am upgrading the phone to an iphone 4 and I dont need all the pics. I have tried copying the pics using 3 different computers and so far no luck, I tried a HP laptop with win XP, Vaio laptop with Win 7 Ultimate and PC with win 7.
I dont want to use itunes(more on that in a sec).
I have connected the iphone to the pc through USB, sometimes the propmpt for "get pictures" comes up, when I open it there is a message " there are currently no pictures on your camera".
Method #2 , open windows explorer, double click on the Apple Iphone, DCIM, and folder is blank.
Method #3 , open windows explorer, right click on Apple Iphone, click on open and/or explore, folder is blank, no pics
Method #4 , open windows explorer, right click on Apple Iphone, click on "get pictures" goes back to message " there are currently no pictures on your camera".
I know I have 9,000 pics on my phone, I just can't seem to be able to extract them.
* the reason that I dont want to use itunes is because I have an old phone, 3GS, since the 3+ years I had this phone I have it backed up twice or 3 times to different computers that have crashed through the years. Hence I am afraid that if I hook up this 3GS to a new computer it might erase everything I have becuase I already did the 3 allowed backups in 3 different computers.
Also, I dont want to back up my pics, I want to extract them from my 3GS, back up the remaining contacts and info and restore on the Iphone 4.
Any suggestions?
Thank you!

There are several ways to import the photos:
1) Use File Explorer (I am not sure why you are getting the "in-use" error. Try a reboot of both devices and de-select autosync in preferences before hooking up the iphone.)
2) Windows Digital Camera Wizard. Go to Devices & Printers, Scanners and Cameras.
3) Many of the photo programs have photo import tools also, but I can't recommend one. I use method 1, above.
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