Can't copy large video files FROM iPhone to PC

This appears to be an XP issue. None of the solutions work for me on my XP laptop. But, I was able to copy large video files (> 1GB) from iPhone 4S using just Windows Explorer on a Win7 netbook.

Actually Have to disagree with you on that due to the responses people have given seems no to be just a WinXP problem plus my own experiance WinXP with the scanner wizard no go, but iTools fast and trouble free, plus none of this only one library sync Cr*p

I tried to go through all the posts but had to skip at some point so not sure if this is mentioned before. I had a similiar problem where i took a 30min ideo with 4s. The problem is not that i can't copy the video but i can't see it at all when connected to pc. I had no idea if i can view it if i connect to my macbook but i just cant find that video. I can see all other videos upto 1.2gb but im not even sure how big this video is since explorers cant seem to be able to list this video.

Anyone having a similiar problem?

Edit: Oh i just saw the above post where someone has the exact problem and has given the solution, will try that.

I can't find the backup as stated by bkim028. I do have Win XP.

Any other ideas? I'd rather try this first before thinking of downloading anything.

Thanks!

I tried a few things on here, but just tried something tha seems to make it unnecessary to use any 3rd party apps. I closed iTunes while importing video into iPhoto. It was a 6GB video and was hopelessly not importing in image capture, iMovie, or iPhoto, but then when I tried closing iTunes it worked perfectly. (as the trial copy of TouchCopy11 was suggesting... they wanted me to buy before I could import so I thought I'd apply their logic to Apple's process.)

I'd be intersted to hear if that solves it for other people.

My hypothesis is that if your phone is trying to maintain a connection with iTunes it somehow is "blurring" the import process with the phone trying to connect to another app.

I import fairly large videos on a regular basis, so I will definitely know if this was a fluke before long.

I'd recommend to anybody who is just coming upon this thread to try bkim028's solution on the first page before you do anything else. Worked for me and everybody else who reported trying it, and it's super easy... you don't have to install anything or change any settings.

Some of us experienced the same problem using Windows Explorer and Picasa, withour iTunes. I don't know how the problem is with Win 7, but my iPhone 5 comes next week and we can hope the problem goes away. Too bad it's not USB 3.0 :-(

I suppose. I just seems so funky; looking around for the files and renaming the extension.

I had the same issue. Large video wouldn't copy off the phone to the computer. I ended up just using DROPBOX's app on the phone and then just waiting for it to sync over to the computer. Seems to work well and it's fairly easy.

... in XP you need to 'unhide' the 'hidden files' in the iPhone folder so you can see them to copy onto your PC.

bkim028

You were right on!

I searched high and low looking for a solution to my large file transfering problem from iPhone 5 to my PC using XP and your idea worked great!

Thank goodness iTunes is good for something.

Thanks,

Dave

I am using the iPhone 4S and Windows XP Service Pack 3. I don't use iTunes so I found another solution which I don't think has been mentioned. I looked into iExplorer but they appear to want $35 for it now. A free solution which worked great was iFunBox. I just installed it and used it to copy over 24GB of Video and photo files with no issues. Found at http://www.i-funbox.com/

Quick update, iTools still free and used to transfer 20+ GB, it is very quick to transfer files (compared to XP explorer) and have not found a video that it gets stuckl on

iTools http://itools.hk/cms/webpage30.htm or http://itools.hk

Free third party app with a simple GUI that allows you to back up photos, videos, contacts, PDFs (plus has other functionality that I did not use). iTools qjuicky transferred all 25.3 GB of vidoes and photos including Photos (900+) and Videos (100+). It did this in under 35 minutes with zero errors, which was very quick compared to thel windows explorer and picasa transfer

Finally!!!

Thanks enriqgs......this was the solution to transferring my 8:00 min long (1 gb +) video...worked like a charm =D

If you are still eager to try some suggestions in the matter i would recommend PhoneStick for the proper communication of your iOS device and a PC. Works perfectly starting from XP. Manages your media files no matter how big they are. Can find it over here: http://softorino.com/phonestick/download/