Q: I have i phone 4s and i cant view my pics on icloud, it says i need ios 8 but my fone is udated to ios 7.1.2 and says it is up to ... I have i phone 4s and i cant view my pics on icloud, it says i need ios 8 but my fone is udated to ios 7.1.2 and says it is up to date. more
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Feb 29, 2016 4:32 PM in response to icklesargeby FoxFifth,Are your sure that it is a 4s and not a 4? The highest possible version of iOS on the iPhone 4 is 7.1.2 which is what makes me suspect that you may actually have the 4 rather than the 4s. The following has information on how to identify the model: Identify your iPhone model - Apple Support
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Mar 1, 2016 12:32 PM in response to icklesargeby Eric Root,Try transferring the photos using iTunes.
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Mar 1, 2016 12:46 PM in response to Eric Rootby icklesarge,Thanks for the help, but i really have no idea about iphone/itunes/icloud, I have used this phone for about 2 years now to take pics, use fb, whatsapp, pinterest, internet and thats about it. Only recently has my phone started telling me, that storage is almost full. i purchased more storage, but its still saying its full. phone is slowing down so much and crashes too. i want to make sure i have all mot photos stored somewhere else before binning it all together. I have a toshiba crome book which i plugged into iphone, nothing happens, cant upload pics. so i thought i would try icloud as i know my phone backs up to it. Thats as much as I know, now im stuck.
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Mar 1, 2016 12:50 PM in response to FoxFifthby icklesarge,oh you are correct, i have dreams of having a better fone that i have lol. So yes i have an i phone 4. still no closer to viewing my pics on icloud or my chrome book.
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Mar 1, 2016 1:41 PM in response to icklesargeby Eric Root,There should be an option in iTunes to sync/transfer photos or at least I get one when my iPhone 4 is plugged in.
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Mar 1, 2016 1:59 PM in response to icklesargeby FoxFifth,The last version of iOS possible on an iPhone 4 is iOS 7.1.2
iCloud Photo Library requires iOS 8.3 or higher so you cannot use that.
iTunes can be used to transfer photos from a computer to an iPhone -- it will not transfer photos the direction you want (from the phone to a computer) and there isn't a chromebook version of it.
There is a Google Drive app in the App Store that will upload photos from the phone to Google Drive which could then make them available to your chromebook but unfortunately the app is only available for iOS 8 or higher.
The information below from http://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/972408 may help. I assume that it first involves connecting the phone to the chromebook by using the iPhone's USB cable (charging cable with the charger removed)
Google has added a Google+ photo syncing feature to Chrome which now allows you to sync your iPhone to your Chromebook. Just tap the the icon of dots on the bottom left hand of your screen and navigate to Google+ Photos. Your Chromebook should recognize your iPhone and allow you to upload all the images on your Photo app to your Google+ account. You can then download the images to your Chromebook after the upload is complete.
If that method won't work, you may also want to post a question in a chromebook forum. Here is one search in one such forum that may help: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topicsearchin/chromebook-central/upload $20iPhone$20photos
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Mar 1, 2016 2:02 PM in response to Eric Rootby FoxFifth,Eric Root wrote:
There should be an option in iTunes to sync/transfer photos or at least I get one when my iPhone 4 is plugged in.
iTunes sync will only copy photos from a computer to an iPhone (and add/delete from the iPhone on subsequent syncs of the same folders). It will not copy photos the other direction -- from an iPhone to a computer. Also I don't believe that there is any version of iTunes that will run on a Chromebook.
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Mar 1, 2016 2:31 PM in response to FoxFifthby icklesarge,Thanks, thats great advice, i shall give it a bash now
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Mar 1, 2016 2:34 PM in response to FoxFifthby icklesarge,oh sorry when i plug my usb cable in nothing happens other than charging the phone
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Mar 1, 2016 2:37 PM in response to icklesargeby FoxFifth,icklesarge wrote:
oh sorry when i plug my usb cable in nothing happens other than charging the phone
First note that I know next to nothing about Chromebooks, but have you tried opening Google + Photos both before and after connecting the usb cable?
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Mar 1, 2016 2:42 PM in response to FoxFifthby icklesarge,yes ive tried both ways. my phone will not allow me to download google drive to upload my photos as i need ios 8. This is making me hate apple/iphone/google, why have apps that people can not use? so that i spend money to buy a better phone? its ridiculous. I will have to email all the photos to myself and open on the chrome book to save, what a ball ache
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Mar 1, 2016 2:48 PM in response to icklesargeby FoxFifth,In the case of a Mac or Windows computer, the computer treats the iPhone just like a camera (any camera) when it sees it attached via USB cable. The following indicates that a Chromebook should also. Note the quote below which indicates that it should recognize SD cards, cameras and mobile devices:
To upload photos from an SD card, camera, or mobile device, you can save them to Google Drive instead of your Chromebook’s hard drive.
That is from https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/6206527?hl=en
If that isn't working, the Chromebook support site may have some help.