It used to be that jacking into a PC w/o iTunes would cause the computer to see the iDevice as an external HD which may allow you to delete the offending photos.
I'm not bothered if those pics are still on her computer..just want them off my phone
If he just got divorced, he probably can't afford to have his own computer. That's why he's back at his parents.
Then he probalbly shouldn't be dating until he gets back on his feet.
Is this your first iPhone?
I have never seen a situation where you couldn't delete a picture from an iPhone. Are these pics being saved in the cloud?
This limitation has been there since the very first iPhone...
There are 2 kinds of pics.
1st:
Those that are taken with the camera and placed into the camera roll. These CAN be deleted from the Photos app on the iPhone.
2nd:
Those synced FROM a computer in iTunes. Those CANNOT be deleted from the Photos app on the iPhone. When you click "Edit" on the top right, you don't even get an option to delete.
So you think on a different computer it will get rid of the photos or you think a clear reset would be better?
I think your specific case, the reset is better, because you don't own (and don't seem to want to own) a computer. So why tether your iPhone to any computer? iTunes only wants your iDevice to be synced with 1 computer at a time. So just avoid the headache and not sync with any computer until you decide to own one. The only downside to this is music... unless you always buy your music iTunes.
But... as for the reset... make absolutely sure you have an iCloud backup before doing it.
Would I still be able to keep the music that was downloaded if i did plug my phone to my parents computer?
Who are you to make that call?
This limitation has been there since the very first iPhone...
There are 2 kinds of pics.
1st:
Those that are taken with the camera and placed into the camera roll. These CAN be deleted from the Photos app on the iPhone.
2nd:
Those synced FROM a computer in iTunes. Those CANNOT be deleted from the Photos app on the iPhone. When you click "Edit" on the top right, you don't even get an option to delete.
The music that is currently on your iPhone?
If he just got divorced, he probably can't afford to have his own computer. That's why he's back at his parents.
Or could just be someone young still living with his parents and the ex is an ex-girlfriend.
just sucks I can't keep the music that was downloaded not through itunes but i did download them on a CD so should be easy adding them on i'm guessing?
Yes, you should be able to sync the music back to your iPhone through iTunes on a PC/Mac. So you could sync your iPhone with your parents PC through iTunes. Choose to sync pictures and music (where you copy the music on your CD to a folder onto the PC and add that folder to your iTunes music library). And if you just set an empty picture folder to sync your pictures with I guess the overall result of that sync would leave you with your "CD music" and nothing but the photos in your camera roll left on the iPhone.
I believe that you won't lose any apps or anything this way. I'm a new iPhone user myself, coming from Android, and are still learning some of the media adding/removing the hard way. I truly miss the simplicity in being able to mount my phone as an external HD and being able to have full control adding/deleting music, photos etc. straight through the file explorer on the PC.
thanks
I'm guessing signing in on itunes as my user ID is a must and not my parents as i'm guessing if i do that i would get all of their apps etc.
With ifunbox you can browse and manage the files that are on your iOS device. It's available for Mac en Windows.
I used it once to remove a file, free indeed and no catch found.