Bloody iPhone!!!

[Simon]

I'm mad!    I took a few short videos today at my lad's old school's nativity play, and now I can't get them off the iPhone.  Each time I connect and use the 'Get pictures' utility in Windows, it crawls to 100% for each video, then stalls, so the transfer doesn't complete. 

I did run out of capacity on the iPhone, so have removed several hundred other photos, which I had backed up anyway, but that hasn't helped, and the bloody thing won't sync with iTunes either, and hangs on the 'Backing up' step.

Any ideas?

[.Griff.]

http://www.copytrans.net/copytransmanager.php

Try that Simon. When I had an iPhone I ditched iTunes and used Copytrans instead.

[Simon]

Thanks Griff, that could be a help, but I'd really like to find out what's gone wrong.

[Rik]

Computers... 

[Glenn]

Users. 

[Rik]

 

[lozcart]

You could try emailing the videos to yourself if you can't download them when connected to your computer.

[Steve]

Doesn't potentially look like good news. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2457192?start=15&tstart=0


http://www.apple.com/uk/support/itunes/troubleshooting/

[Rik]

That doesn't, does it Steve.

[Simon]

Users. 

Doesn't potentially look like good news. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2457192?start=15&tstart=0

http://www.apple.com/uk/support/itunes/troubleshooting/

Yeah, saw that myself. 

To update this, it has now synced, but took 2 hours to do so.  I guess it was backing up the videos that took the time, as the next sync was as fast as normal.

Now just need to work out why Windows won't download the videos from the phone.

You could try emailing the videos to yourself if you can't download them when connected to your computer.

Good plan B - thanks. 

http://www.copytrans.net/copytransmanager.php

Try that Simon. When I had an iPhone I ditched iTunes and used Copytrans instead.

Just about to...

[Rik]

I may be some time...

[Lance]

Try a reset by holding down the power and home button.

[Simon]

I'm now copying the videos through Windows explorer, but it looks like each one will take hours.  I guess there's about 4GB of data to move via USB, so perhaps this is as long as it takes? 

[Simon]

Right, one video has now copied across, but comes up as size 0 bytes, and won't open with anything.  Plays fine on the iPhone. 

[Simon]

Finally managed it using iPhone Browser for Windows.

[pctech]

Blackberry for your next upgrade Simon? 

[Simon]

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.    But I might be interested in their new OS next year. 

[pctech]

I think my next phone might be a Blackberry too.

The iOS versus Android versus Symbian argument makes me yawn, I'm bored with the whole thing.

[Steve]

Unless RIM get there next OS right they'll become a minority product

http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/13/apple-and-google-dominate-smartphone-space-while-other-vendors-scramble/

[D-Dan]

I thought this was going to be about using an Apple product for the only thing it's good for - bludgeoning someone with 

[Simon]

Don't start! 

[Steve]

I think the title is a bit of  misnomer, I think bloody iTunes is probably nearer the mark.

[Rik]

It's always nearer the mark, Steve.

[Simon]

Actually, you're probably right, Steve, but iTunes wasn't involved when trying to get the videos using Windows, so perhaps it should be Bloody Windows as well!

[Rik]

Bloody computers is better - it covers everything.