IOS – How to reset iPhone camera roll to IMG_0001.jpg

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I really want to reset the iPhone camera roll to photo IMG_0001.jpg. I have tried to do it with Image Capure, iExplorer and PhoneView, but any of them did not work at all. Is there a way to clear previous history saved on iPhone (when I take picture, my camera roll starts with IMG_0002.jpg) and to make camera roll to be reset without needing to erase all content and settings?

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At the risk of you having done the steps, here is how it worked in the past using PhoneView:

Power off the phone.
Connect to USB and let it start (this way the camera app and others are not accessing the camera roll).
Launch PhoneView and in the settings turn on Show Entire Disk (Advanced Disk Mode)
Delete all pictures, files, folders from inside DCIM _(such as .MISC and 100APPLE, 101APPLE, etc... leaving just the DCIM folder empty).
Edit the PhotoData > MISC > DCIM_APPLE.plist file to set things to 0000 and 100 as desired in the xml file.
Disconnect the USB and power down the phone, never once tapping on any apps while you shuffled things under the OS and the Camera app.
Power on the phone and take a picture.

DCIMLastDirectoryNumber 100 DCIMLastFileNumber 251

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IOS – How to reset the camera roll to photo IMG_0001.jpg on iOS

With an Application such as iExplorer navigate to PhotoData / MISC where you'll find a file called DCIM_APPLE.plist which contains the following:

<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>DCIMLastDirectoryNumber</key>
    <integer>100</integer>
    <key>DCIMLastFileNumber</key>
    <integer>251</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

The DCIMLastFileNumber parameter is quite self explanatory. Set the number at which you want the counter to start at and restart the iPhone to apply the changes.

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