Transferring of images from Android smartphones to a pc or usb drive?
Apr 25, 2020 10:59:00 #
BebuLamar wrote:
That works for a few files. If you want to transfer a few hundreds files it would take a long time.
Oh yes, you are absolutely correct! I don't take many pictures with my phone, mostly because I have a small fortune invested in digital cameras and lenses!
Apr 25, 2020 11:34:17 #
domcomm wrote:
You don't need a program to transfer photos. Just plug your phone into your USB port, open the folder, and drag the photos to your desktop or hard drive.
Make sure the phone is unlocked at the time of the transfer.
Apr 25, 2020 12:08:19 #
DWU2 wrote:
Make sure the phone is unlocked at the time of the transfer.
???
unlocked what?
I just plug the phone into the computer and transfer.
Apr 25, 2020 15:20:21 #
Longshadow wrote:
???
unlocked what?
I just plug the phone into the computer and transfer.
unlocked what?
I just plug the phone into the computer and transfer.
If you have a pin number or password on the phone, Windows cannot access the phone unless you enter the pin number or password.
Apr 25, 2020 15:41:39 #
nadelewitz
Loc: Ithaca NY
redfordl wrote:
I am trying to transfer some images from my smartp... (show quote)
1. You use whatever USB cable fits the connector on your phone....likely a USB A-to-microB.
2. Transferring by wifi or USB to your computer (including a flash drive) should not have any effect at all on file properties.
3. You DO NOT NEED any app or program to transfer from phone to computer. Not even the Your Phone app that's part of Windows.
On my Android you go to Settings---->Connected Devices--->USB and tell it to Transfer files. Then, the phone will show up in Win10 File Explorer as a drive. Open it and browse to the DCIM folder (just like connecting a camera via USB).
Apr 25, 2020 15:52:10 #
scooter1
Loc: Yacolt, Wa.
redfordl wrote:
I am trying to transfer some images from my smartp... (show quote)
For windows 10 type in the search "your phone" It will give you options. Hope this works for you. It did for me. I use a samsung s-10e You will need to pare the two. With this it will be wireless.
Apr 25, 2020 16:57:10 #
Wow, lots of answers there and most answers are correct in that the easiest way is to connect your phone to your computer and transfer the files from the phone to your desired location.
If I am logged into my phone (Note 8+) then I get a prompt to allow or deny access on the phone. I answer Allow and a folder pops up on my laptop with the phone folder opened. I then navigate to DCIM and click on Camera (and any other folder I want to copy) and then do a cut. I navigate to the location on my first external drive I want to move the camera folder to. After the transfer I name the folder and all the images too. I may run LR at that time and a few other tasks but it is all fairly easy as a pie.
If I am logged into my phone (Note 8+) then I get a prompt to allow or deny access on the phone. I answer Allow and a folder pops up on my laptop with the phone folder opened. I then navigate to DCIM and click on Camera (and any other folder I want to copy) and then do a cut. I navigate to the location on my first external drive I want to move the camera folder to. After the transfer I name the folder and all the images too. I may run LR at that time and a few other tasks but it is all fairly easy as a pie.
Apr 25, 2020 19:38:41 #
DWU2 wrote:
If you have a pin number or password on the phone, Windows cannot access the phone unless you enter the pin number or password.
Ahhh. I dont, That's why I didn't understand your first statement.
Apr 25, 2020 21:13:28 #
IdlewildSouth
Loc: Tuscaloosa, AL
redfordl wrote:
I am trying to transfer some images from my smartp... (show quote)
Please don't take this wrong - no harm intended. The LG Rebel 4 is very low-end phone with a mediocre camera. Images that might look acceptable on the phone will not look good on a larger monitor. The issue is not with your with your transfer - it is with the original images.
Apr 25, 2020 22:53:39 #
DWU2 wrote:
If you have a pin number or password on the phone, Windows cannot access the phone unless you enter the pin number or password.
Duh..... You can't do anything until you unlock the screen.
Apr 26, 2020 06:04:03 #
IdlewildSouth wrote:
Please don't take this wrong - no harm intended. The LG Rebel 4 is very low-end phone with a mediocre camera. Images that might look acceptable on the phone will not look good on a larger monitor. The issue is not with your with your transfer - it is with the original images.
Isn't any image better than none? Also to get the images off the phone to free up space is a good thing. I use my phone more and more to document things around the yard, in public spaces, and on my hiking treks so I like to get them off my phone and backed up on my computer almost daily.
I took a photo of a woman exiting Hobby Lobby with two Chihuahuas dressed with tiny hats and vests a lifetime ago. One was on her shoulder and the other was under her other arm and she may have been wearing a similar outfit. The phone I had way back then was a Motorola flip phone with a teeny tiny camera. I snapped off a picture (probably one of the very few I ever did on that phone) but to me the photo was priceless to show friends and family the things you see in public.
Apr 26, 2020 08:44:15 #
frankraney wrote:
Duh..... You can't do anything until you unlock the screen.
Cute, I don't lock mine.
Never had that problem.
So I get "plug-n-play".
Apr 26, 2020 09:39:18 #
Longshadow wrote:
Cute, I don't lock mine.
Never had that problem.
So I get "plug-n-play".
Never had that problem.
So I get "plug-n-play".
Apr 26, 2020 10:18:47 #
redfordl wrote:
I am trying to transfer some images ...
Android, made by Google, integrates quite nicely with Google Photos. You can set your phone to automatically backup photos and videos as you take them, and then just go to www.photos.google on your PC to view them.
Any photos you want physically on your PC can be easily downloaded from Google Photos.
Extra bonuses are that if your phone has GPS, Google will automatically geo tag them. It will automatically do face recognition, scene recognition, create albums, create then and now comparisons of, say, grandchildren as they rapidly grow up, create animations, and the list goes on.
There are some differences between the free and $9/month subscriptions related to individual photo storage size and maximum aggregate storage. Check it out!
Apr 26, 2020 10:42:26 #
Robg wrote:
Android, made by Google, integrates quite nicely w... (show quote)
My phone geotags without Google.
Had to turn sync off as any photos I deleted on the phone kept coming back.
I'd rather me control the phone than Google second-guessing what I want, or accepting what Google does.
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