iPhone - Links about Recovering Images (I Didn't Get Them Yet)

In case you hit this link to see explicit steps about recovering images from an iPhone I haven't actually done it yet. My mom deleted some images without actually backing them up, and, asked me to look into recovering them.  No one had done a jailbreak on her phone yet, so, it was a non-issue, and, I ran out of time to work on it over the weekend.  Nonetheless, I compiled a list of links to revisit if it comes up again.  From what I read, there are three main steps: Here they are:

• 1) Jailbreak the phone
• http://www.trickyways.com/2010/08/how-to-jailbreak-iphone-4-ios-4-0-1-ios-4-0/
• 2) Install BSD subsystem
• Installing: http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=687
• 3) Install SSH to connect the BSD subsystem installed on the phone and browse (or image the phone)
• SSH (just because it's a necessity for this kind of task):  http://support.suso.com/supki/SSH_Tutorial_for_Windows
• Installing Open SSH:  http://www.hackthatphone.com/2x/open_ssh.html
• Using SSH with iPhone:  http://www.simonblog.com/2009/05/17/how-to-use-ssh-to-transfer-file-on-iphone/
• Install and Use SSH:  http://thebigboss.org/guides-iphone-ipod-ipad/install-and-use-ssh
• 4) Actually accessing the phone and doing your dirty work: 
• The major link: http://modmyi.com/forums/file-mods/237321-how-iphone-data-recovery.html
• Using SSH:  http://www.trickyways.com/2010/09/how-to-ssh-into-iphone-4-on-windows/
• Other useful links: 
• A backup approach:  http://www.redmondpie.com/recover-deleted-photos-from-iphone-ipad-after-spirit-jailbreak/

If I get around to actually doing this I'll be sure to document my process.  The main thing I am trying to do is recover deleted images.  I haven't found the exact technical details of this process yet.  Since I have a strong interest in forensics (and a little real experience) it shouldn't be too unfamiliar. The environment, at this point, is the biggest thing I need to figure out since I'm really a Windows guy with a very old Mac history (read that to mean the early 90's laptops...really).

There were a bunch of tools that must have used an exposed API Windows could access.  Via a variety of tools I was able to see a standard list of files, but, even when I tried to access the device via Access Data FTK Imager, I couldn't get the application to recognize the drive, either as physical or logical drive.  So, whatever driver iPhone uses to mount to Windows for browsing does not get recognized as a regular drive in Windows.  This is hardly surprising, so, I am still looking for ways to get this done without doing a jailbreak.  When my mom spoke with Apple they said there is a service in California that recovers images for $900 to $1200.  That suggests to me there is a way to do it, but, you more than likely have to be "in the know" with regards to iPhone software.  Since the most technical thing I know about the iPhone is that I have one digging deeply into trying to reverse engineer whatever this company may be doing seemed like a waste of time.  I told my mom to hire some kid getting a master's in forensics from the local university, but, she didn't feel like going that route.  More details to come...more than likely.