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Have taken lots of photos on my phone. How do I get them onto my computer?

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sideways · 17/04/2008 09:41

I have about 150 photos on my phone. I know how to send them to another phone but I want to transfer them to my computer. I have absolutely no idea how to do this and the phone's instructions didn't seem to cover it.

Can anyone help me?

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littlelapin · 17/04/2008 09:42

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SquonkTheBeerGuru · 17/04/2008 09:43

ooh... sorry to nick sideways's thread, but how would you know if your computer was bluetooth enabled?

littlelapin · 17/04/2008 09:47

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SquonkTheBeerGuru · 17/04/2008 09:54

I understood xp programs.

Off to look now.

ranting · 17/04/2008 09:55

Bluetooth them, as lapin says you can buy a little dongle (looks like one of those memory sticks), then turn the bluetooth on the phone (and the pc) and send them. Some phones also have a computer lead that you plug into the pc.
What phone is it? You can sometimes download the transfer software from the makers website, although I just transfer them straight into adobe.

SquonkTheBeerGuru · 17/04/2008 09:55

doesn't appear to have

littlelapin · 17/04/2008 10:00

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flubdub · 17/04/2008 10:01

Or you could also go on photobucket.com, and send them to that website (the instructions are there), and then save those images to your computer.

bonkerz · 17/04/2008 10:04

what phone do you have? did it come with software? If not do you have a usb cable that will fit it? I know NOkia phones have a package oyu can download off net to enable oyu to transfer music and photos.

zippitippitoes · 17/04/2008 10:10

get a card reader for the phone card and stick the phone card in the card reader and stick the card reader in your usb

LittleMissNorty · 17/04/2008 10:12

if your phone is a Nokia, you can use this

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sideways · 17/04/2008 10:48

Thanks for all your replies. It is a Nokia so I will investigate that link. I know it has Bluetooth but I have never used it and not sure I would not where to start.

So if I can use Bluetooth do I not need a dongle? (Sorry to be so dense!)

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SquonkTheBeerGuru · 17/04/2008 10:54

If your computer has bluetooth (and good luck with finding out if it does or not ) then from what the others were saying, you should be able to bluetooth the images straight to the computer.

(I've bluetoothed images from phone to phone so I imagine it will be as easy as that)

But if you haven't got a blue toothy computer (and I don't think I have) then you will need a dongle thingy.

I just bought one from ebay. Be careful though because they seem to be phone specific. Glad I didn't just buy the first one I saw because there was only a minute to go (it looked like a bargain )

Good luck.

we can figure out this techno-lurgy thing together

ranting · 17/04/2008 10:59

You won't need to dongle if you use the USB lead, usually you get a lead with the phone, dh just got a new nokia and he got a lead with it. Like squonk says you will need a dongle if you are going to use bluetooth.

SquonkTheBeerGuru · 17/04/2008 11:00

actually, that's not what I said.

I said you wouldn't need a dongle to bluetooth.

But am glad you corrected me, as I obviously got it wrong

zippitippitoes · 17/04/2008 11:03

my nokia doesnt ned a dongle for bluetooth ds has sent photos straight from my phone to the pc

when i do it i have a reader for the micro card and stick it in the usb slot

nothing to do with the fact i ddint realise the laptop had bluetooth

ranting · 17/04/2008 11:05

The dongle is for the pc not the phone btw, just realised I didn't make that clear. If the Pc doesn't have bluetooth you will need a dongle so that it can read the bluetooth signals.

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sideways · 17/04/2008 14:36

Right then. Will atemtpt to get my head round this and investigate my pc tonight. If I get horribly stuck I'll be back here tomorrow

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SquonkTheBeerGuru · 18/04/2008 11:27

right you lot...

My dongle arrived this morning.

Have installed the cd thing on the computer. All seems to have gone well. Have plugged the dongle thing itself into the side of the computer.

Have searched on my phone for new bluetooth device and it can't see it.

What have I done wrong?

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sideways · 18/04/2008 13:55

You're asking the wrong person here!

I looked on my pc for bluetooth last night. I was hopeful as it came up in Help with instructions on what to do, but it just doesn't seem to be there. What's the point of instructions if they don't work?!

I will be heading off to town this weekend to ask a 13-year old sales person about dongles and I fully expect to get pitying, patronising looks and an explanation I can't understand a word of .

Squonk - good luck!

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SquonkTheBeerGuru · 18/04/2008 15:49

sideways: I now have all my mobile phone pics on the computer.

Twas not as difficult as it seemed.

You will be fine, mate.

dolally · 21/04/2008 16:55

can i just ask?

am trying to do the same thing,

have dongle,
have downloaded pc suite from Nokia

BUT pc says it doesn't recognise the device (the phone)

maybe I need to enable something on the phone but can't find an option to do so...any ideas?

charliecat · 27/06/2008 09:55

Bumping this thread, have similar issues. I can see all the pics name in a list, but seem to have to click on each individual picture to save it, involving about 10 clicks on various lists what am I missing?

Trix11 · 27/06/2008 17:58

Im having the same problem if anyone can help. I have a Samsung phone and a usb cable and lots of pics stored on my phone but I keep getting a message on my pc saying that my phone has no stored pictures - can anyone help please?

charliecat · 27/06/2008 18:04

I managed to get mine done with bluetooth Trix..is your phone/pc bluetooth enabled?

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