Windows 10: All Methods of Copying Photos from iPhone Result in Corrupted Files

I have tried opening the iPhone as a device and copy the images, I've tried using Microsoft Photos to import the images. Both methods result in corrupted images, either completely unviewable or half grey or black. It is totally random which files get corrupted and there is not really a way to see that the files have been corrupted. They do not fail to copy as one would expect. I have tried this with a new iPhone and have tested on Windows 10 and 11. I lost a large number of valuable images in the past not realizing that the files silently failed to load properly. I thought a brand new phone wo

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iPhone Photos import to Windows 10 PC not working

I would like to troubleshoot my inability to import photos from iPhone to Windows 10. I am an advanced user struggling to find relevant help on the internet since most results are unusable masked adverts for paid third party software.

I want to use it the following way

1. connect iPhone via USB to my Windows 10 PC
   
2. open Microsoft "Photos" app
   
3. click in the upper right on import > add from the device over USB
   
4. select all photos and click import
   

4th step is where it fails, with no usable message.

• I have set the device as trusted on iPhone
  
• I mostly don't see it in My Computer, therefore I cannot just copy
  
• I tried uninstalling every driver and iTunes software
  
• Despite not being visible in Windows Explorer, iTunes can always access the contents with no issue
  
• it has a tiny moments when it starts working, but overall import fails sooner or later and never copies all 3k photos. Mostly MSPhotos don't show any content, just failure message, sometimes it shows it's content and acts as I can select what to import, but as described fails sooner or later
  
• iTunes can successfully copy entire phone.
  
  Other attempts
  
• I tried multiple free 3rd party SW, all of them either failed or seemed like to be usable only after buying their extended version
  
• I tried using iTunes for Syncing the Photos
  
  • I maybe don't know how to use it, or it is faulty too. But I've set the directory where my Photos should be synced, but sync seems to just backup the phone and creates tiny 'Photo Database file', but no photo actually gets copied onto PC.
    

 

Cannot copy a few selected photos from Iphone to PC Windows 10

Hi John,



For the better clarity of the issue, please answer the below questions:

• 
  Are you getting any error message?
  
• 
  How did you try to copy the photos?
  

I suggest you to try copying the photos by following the below steps:

• Connect the iPhone to Windows 10
  computer
• Close the prompted window
• Press Windows + E key on the keyboard (it will show the phone as drive)
• Now you can copy and paste the pictures & videos into your Windows drive.

Refer to the below link for further information:

Windows Essentials - Microsoft Support

Hope you can copy the photos.

Get back to us for further queries, we will be glad to help you.

 

how to transfer photos from iphone to pc?

I suggest you use the search string "Iphone photo transfer" but I found this:

How to Transfer Photos and Videos from iPhone to PC?