Downloading Photos from Phone (Page 6): That's what I do with pdf manuals, also.

maxlieberman Loc: 19027

BebuLamar wrote:

I have hundreds of manuals in PDF. There is pros and cons as compared to paper manuals. The paper manual can be read any where. Using phone to read PDF isn't what I want to do. I need a computer to do it. But of course the PDF take less space and they don't get torn or dirty. What I often do is to print out the few pages I need and then throw them away afterward.

That's what I do with pdf manuals, also.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

BebuLamar wrote:

I have hundreds of manuals in PDF. There is pros and cons as compared to paper manuals. The paper manual can be read any where. Using phone to read PDF isn't what I want to do. I need a computer to do it. But of course the PDF take less space and they don't get torn or dirty. What I often do is to print out the few pages I need and then throw them away afterward.

Interesting.
I copy some PDFs to my Android phone and have Adobe reader on the phone.
OR, I can open them with Firefox on the phone.
I just dislike the small screen having to pinch-expand.
But I can read them.

maxlieberman Loc: 19027

Longshadow wrote:

Interesting.
I copy some PDFs to my Android phone and have Adobe reader on the phone.
OR, I can open them with Firefox on the phone.
I just dislike the small screen having to pinch-expand.
But I can read them.

I, too, dislike trying to read stuff on my phone.

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

Two options…. You can sync all photos or any files, for that matter to your Google drive. Once complete, on your pc browser, go to photos.google.com and they will be there. Maybe, not immediately, but will upon refresh. The other I use is to tether the computer and phone together via cable. Then, go to the phones settings by searching on “usb preferences.” You’ll see “usb controlled” and “use usb for.” Select “Connected device” and “File transfer/….” and open “windows explorer,” find the photos folder on the phone and transfer away.

maxlieberman Loc: 19027

47greyfox wrote:

Two options…. You can sync all photos or any files... (show quote)

Thank you.

BebuLamar

Longshadow wrote:

Interesting.
I copy some PDFs to my Android phone and have Adobe reader on the phone.
OR, I can open them with Firefox on the phone.
I just dislike the small screen having to pinch-expand.
But I can read them.

I hate scrolling and seeing only a small part of the page at a time. I like to display 2 pages at a time.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

BebuLamar wrote:

I hate scrolling and seeing only a small part of the page at a time. I like to display 2 pages at a time.

Bigger phone?

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

maxlieberman wrote:

No, I have a Dell.

Don’t use the Dell Photos app. Open File Explorer, navigate down to your device, open it and select the folder DCIM. Your photos will be in that folder. There ma be one or more DCIM's with slightly different names but they all contain photos. Copy and Paste the photos you want to a folder on your HD.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

gvarner wrote:

Don’t use the Dell Photos app. Open File Explorer, navigate down to your device, open it and select the folder DCIM. Your photos will be in that folder. There ma be one or more DCIM's with slightly different names but they all contain photos. Copy and Paste the photos you want to a folder on your HD.

Explorer can do many things.

maxlieberman Loc: 19027

gvarner wrote:

Don’t use the Dell Photos app. Open File Explorer, navigate down to your device, open it and select the folder DCIM. Your photos will be in that folder. There ma be one or more DCIM's with slightly different names but they all contain photos. Copy and Paste the photos you want to a folder on your HD.

Thank you.

BebuLamar

Longshadow wrote:

Bigger phone?

Bigger phone won't fit in pocket. The phone #1 priority is to function as a phone. I have a 10 inch android tablet and also a Microsoft Surface pro which would work like a tablet but still there are situation where it's not easy to read especially when my hands are full of grease.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

BebuLamar wrote:

Bigger phone won't fit in pocket. The phone #1 priority is to function as a phone. I have a 10 inch android tablet and also a Microsoft Surface pro which would work like a tablet but still there are situation where it's not easy to read especially when my hands are full of grease.

Exactly. The PDF reader is a nicety. Along with the vFlat scan-to-PDF app.
I have a couple on the tablet also, precisely for ease of reading.
When traveling by car, all my photo manuals are on the laptop.

kufengler Loc: Meridian, Idaho 83646

maxlieberman wrote:

How, please?

I just plug it into the USB-C port, go to Myfiles, find it & open, the move your photos to one of those. From there you can pug it into your computer and move the.
My phones pictures are automatically downloaded to Google Photos.

SlideArtist Loc: Connecticut

maxlieberman wrote:

Can anyone tell me how I can download photos from my Samsung Galaxy S8 android phone to my computer using a USB cable? The photos reside in two places, an app called Photos where they go if I take them with the camera, and an app called Gallery where they go if I save them from some other source. When I connect the phone to the computer, the computer recognizes it, apparently as a drive, but can't see any folders or subfolders.

Thanks in advance.

I don't have a Samsung-I have iPhone so this may not help. You can get a photo stick that fits into your phone's charger slot and that will allow you to copy photos from your phone onto the stick .It has two ends-one that goes into the camera and then one that will go directly into your computer's card USB(C) port . I see somebody else does what I also do. Send myself an email with images then open email attachments. To add confusion, I also make sure my photos get sent as jpg and not a format called Heic which drives me crazy. Hope tis helps a little or others can help you more.

BebuLamar

Longshadow wrote:

Exactly. The PDF reader is a nicety. Along with the vFlat scan-to-PDF app.
I have a couple on the tablet also, precisely for ease of reading.
When traveling by car, all my photo manuals are on the laptop.

I don't use manuals on the go. But the manuals I talked about are really not photographic gear manuals as I would learn about the photogear well enough that I wouldn't need the manual on trips. The manuals I was talking about are those for machinery I have to troubleshoot or service in the field.