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Why is it always a fight to transfer photos/videos from iPhone to PC? Advice please! (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by lukefosterphoto@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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iPhone 12 Pro Max 128gb.

I use a lightning cable to back up all my files when my iPhone storage gets full as I prefer to keep everything on my own hardware instead of cloud based.

I've had many iPhones since iPhone 3G and have noticed with each new generation it gets harder and harder to transfer files to PC from hardware to hardware.

I'm getting errors or crashes when ever I try move items over to my PC from my phone, it seems like either the phone, cable or USB port is running out of bandwidth or files are corrupted which stops the process? I'm not sure.

Sometimes it works fine and I have no issues but most of the time its a frustrating process of unplugging cables, plugging into new USB ports every time it crashes, turning off my phone, restarting my PC to get somewhat of a stable connection again to cut and paste the contents of a folder over.

I'm currently using Windows 10, Ryzen 5 2600x 3.6ghz, 32gb but that shouldn't matter as I have since had 3/4 different PC's, many different cables, tried all USB ports on all PCs and I've never been able to figure out a fix for this.

I've looked up and down forums, apples support community, tried deliberately not using my pc or phone when transferring, changing the 'Transfer to Mac or PC setting and turning auto screen off, off.

All I want to do is ctrl x + ctrl v my data to my pc!!

I would like to know the reason why this happens all the time?
What fixes or workarounds are there?

Here's some errors just from todays few hours of wrestling with my phone:

The most common error: it seems the iPhone stopped responding and this pops up.

The operation failed successfully!!

This is my favourite!

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[–] Elaboration@alien.top 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh! Definitely try flipping this in Settings->Photos to “Keep Originals”

https://preview.redd.it/agbhh2mclvxb1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a860db784433ac186bd69cd846037ff7841855e

My uploads used to keep giving that “a device attached has stopped functioning” error after every few files until I did this! And since then, zero issues.

[–] lukefosterphoto@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

That’s one i’ve tried many times! I still get issues

[–] danialwan@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

So annoying 😝

[–] Faze-MeCarryU30@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

What brand is your PC? For some brands there are apps that they've made that allow for pretty easy file sharing. I have an ROG laptop and use the Link to myAsus app and it works really well

[–] JHMK@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I had same issue with 12 Pro. Never got it solved.

So far have not gotten it yet on 13 Pro knocks wood

[–] overnightyeti@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I have similar issues going from Android to my Mac. It's intentional I guess. Crossing the streams is always bad :)

[–] safetaco@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Tim Apple wants to guide you to purchase a Mac. Or pay for iCloud and transfer via the web.

[–] InvestigatorShoddy44@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Here's a funny thing I found. Onedrive, Microsoft's very own cloud drive service worked better on my Macbook Air than on my Acer laptop. Oftentimes, I have trouble moving files to the cloud, with the transfer hanging and all, especially when I am moving around 30K plus images.

So if Windows have a problem with copying files off an iPhone, or even an Android for that matter, I'd look at the Windows machine first based on my experience. A bad driver update, a bad update, bad mood, doesn't matter what, it's always something that you have to do the restart dance to fix sometimes.