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User profile for user: maynoir
maynoir Author
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My PC won't recognize my iPhone 3GS...

I have a PC that runs Windows Vista. My iPhone works fine in iTunes, but my PC won't recognize it as a drive anymore. It always used to. I've downloaded the latest iTunes and rebooted my phone and still nothing. I want to be able to go in and get my pics and vids like I used to. Can anyone help? Thank you.

Dell Studio w/Vista, Dell Dimension E520, iPhone 3GS

Posted on Jan 15, 2010 9:57 AM

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User profile for user: maynoir
maynoir Author
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Jan 15, 2010 11:41 AM in response to Jason L

Then why have I been able to do it for the past 2 1/2 years? This is a recent problem. Only within the last 3 weeks. What I mean is, before, I would plug my iPhone in and I would go to My Computer tab from the Start menu and open My Computer. It would then show me all my drives including an iPhone drive. About 3 weeks ago it stopped showing it. Thanks. Hope someone can help.
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User profile for user: NathanG883
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Jan 18, 2010 7:44 PM in response to maynoir

Maynoir i just recently had this problem. what i found out is pictures/videos saved from mms or email were causing the iphone not to show up on my vista pc. i had to email all the pics and vids i had recieved through email/mms and then delete them from the phone. after that the iphone showed up as a drive with the rest of my pics and vids. i hope this helps it took me a couple hours or trolling google for answers.
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User profile for user: nevilledevil
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Mar 15, 2010 11:05 AM in response to 9t8z28

Hello I have the same problem My phone woked for Years Recognizing my pictures
It would pull up autoplay And ask me what i wanted to do!
Now nothing!
I wont even show up in my computer My buddy has a 3g And i will plug his up and my phone up his 3g will show up but my 3gs will not!
I was just on the phone with apple support for 2 hrs she didnt even know what to do she is going to give it to her engineer to look at Then call me back with an answer!
When i find out what it is i will let you know.
I know the feeling of not being able to save your pics that you have taken on your own computer It really *****!!
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User profile for user: NowPleaseOK
NowPleaseOK
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Mar 19, 2010 9:54 AM in response to maynoir

I too anxiously await an answer. Like other posters, until a few days ago I dumped new pictures and newly manipulated pictures from my Camera Roll into my computer by an automatic popup dialog that appeared whenever I connected my iPhone to the computer.

Now that dialog box does not appear and my iPhone does not show up as a drive in My Computer. Like other posters I resort to emailing the photos to myself, which is very cumbersome and time consuming-- can't keep doing it that way!

Hoping for an answer and solution soon-- a very detailed and easy to follow solution...
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My PC won't recognize my iPhone 3GS...

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