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Android Phone App to View Photos from Flash Drive
Oct 20, 2022 20:19:07   #
crushr13 Loc: Sacramento, CA
 
I was wondering if anyone knows about an Android phone app where I can take a group of my photos stored on a USB flash drive and view them on my cell phone as a side show, without having to move them onto the phone itself. I don't have a lot of room on my phone to store them, and I don't want to have to move them to the phone to view them and then move them back off to make room for other files I want to view. This will also help me to view files I have just taken without having to use my camera battery to view them. Thank you so much for the help.

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Oct 21, 2022 08:43:30   #
dragoncello
 
Would it be possible to just upload the photos to Google Drive or Google Photos? Then they should be accessible from computer, tablet or phone. Haven't tried it myself.

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Oct 21, 2022 11:09:49   #
Texas George Loc: Stamford, Texas
 
My wife and I use the my files app included in the android system to view files from the Sd card from a game camera. You have to go through several folders to get to the pictures but it works ok.

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Oct 21, 2022 16:24:48   #
crushr13 Loc: Sacramento, CA
 
Thank you, but I do not wish to upload to the cloud. I prefer to just keep it with my local equipment.

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Oct 21, 2022 16:30:47   #
crushr13 Loc: Sacramento, CA
 
I use My Files to view and move files to/from the external USB Flash drive. And I can view the files, one at a time. But finding a particular one gets cumbersome having to select each file individually or viewing it using the tiny thumbnail that it gives. I am seeking an app like a Gallery app, that will allow me to view all of the files in a directory, one at a time, full screen (on the phone, anyway), and where it can even do a slideshow-like viewing, without having to create a separate slide show. The Gallery apps I have seen (and use) do that for folders on the phone, but not on an external USB Flash. That is what I seek, if there is one. But thank you for the great reply. It comes close, but not quite.

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Oct 21, 2022 16:31:35   #
crushr13 Loc: Sacramento, CA
 
Texas George wrote:
My wife and I use the my files app included in the android system to view files from the Sd card from a game camera. You have to go through several folders to get to the pictures but it works ok.


I use My Files to view and move files to/from the external USB Flash drive. And I can view the files, one at a time. But finding a particular one gets cumbersome having to select each file individually or viewing it using the tiny thumbnail that it gives. I am seeking an app like a Gallery app, that will allow me to view all of the files in a directory, one at a time, full screen (on the phone, anyway), and where it can even do a slideshow-like viewing, without having to create a separate slide show. The Gallery apps I have seen (and use) do that for folders on the phone, but not on an external USB Flash. That is what I seek, if there is one. But thank you for the great reply. It comes close, but not quite.

(Oops, sorry for the duplicate post. I just wanted to quote the response I was replying to.)

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Oct 21, 2022 20:11:40   #
JBGLADSTONE Loc: Oregon
 
Would DropBox work ?

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Oct 24, 2022 18:55:52   #
crushr13 Loc: Sacramento, CA
 
JBGLADSTONE wrote:
Would DropBox work ?


I don't think so. It would be like putting my photos out in the cloud, which is not what I seek to do. But thank you.

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