使用phonegap (w/jquery ajax)将图像上传到服务器

I am trying to put together a small phonegap app to upload images to a collaboration site. I have looked over tutorial and API. So far I have the image captured but I am stuck on getting it to the server. I was hoping to use jquery for ajax it over. My jquery seems to stop the image capture btn working, when I take it out the btn works and captures an image. Is there another way other than jquery I can do this or I am just being a plonker and missing something? I am very new to phonegap.I am trying to put together a small phonegap ap