PhoneView to the Rescue
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009We’ve been getting a lot of traffic lately from discussion forums and iPhone help sites recommending our PhoneView software for various fixes for iPhone 3.0 bugs.
Most recently, iPhoneFAQ.com reports:
Users are reporting a bug in iPhone firmware 3.0 that prevents photos from appearing on the camera roll. Although image files are present on the device and can be copied with iPhoto, thumbnails are hidden on the camera roll.
Fortunately, the problem can be fixed by clearing out the DCIM/.MISC folder using PhoneView’s disk mode:
- Backup your iPhone with iTunes
- Transfer all of your photos to the Mac with iPhoto
- Open PhoneView and select iPhone
- Click Settings -> Open Entire Disk
- Delete DCIM/.MISC
- Reboot the iPhone
The problem crops up once an iPhone user has taken more than 10,000 photos. The iPhone’s Photos app uses meta-data stored in .MISC, most-likely as a performance optimization. Once the file number reaches 9999, it fails to properly roll over back to zero. Whoops!
Thanks to all who are recommending PhoneView and helping fellow iPhone users get back to their normal routine of taking numerous photos.
