Snowy Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Do any of you bright sparks know how I can transfer pictures from a phone to my laptop using bluetooth? The phone is a motorola razr, I have paired the devices, but there doesn't appear to be any option anywhere to allow me to send the pictures. Help please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 You should be able to navigate from your pooter to see the phone and files on it. TBH I have always found Bluetooth to be pants, and after warnings from my techie friend, Rosie and I keep it turned off on our phones - people can hack onto your phone and use it to make calls! Do you have a cable for your phone? I've found that to be the best way to grab files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 Thanks Clare - will try the grab from the pooter. It is hubbys phone and he has lost the cable but there are some pics of YSs Beaver investiture that I want to save! (will remember to keep it turned off normally - it did freak me when I was setting it up and it picked up all the phones of the Mums walking past our house to school this morning! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Yes, it's easy to hack into someone's phone; the worst culprits are those Bluetooth headsets It would mean that anyone with an ounce of sense could see all your contacts, texts and (if they had a bit of savvy) use your phone. My friend is a hacker who works in police IT security and forensic IT; he finds it amusing to pick up on other people's phones and blast them with rock music, then send them a text warning them that their set-up isn't secure. You can get cables pretty cheaply Snowy - we have a stall in our local shopping centre and they sell them for a couple of quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Turn bluetooth on on your computer. Try going to your gallery or wherever your phone stores the picture and press send. Options then come up and one should be bluetooth. You don't actually have to activate bluetooth on your phone till you choose to send it whereupon it should ask if you want to activate. Click yes and then accept when it comes up on your computer. I just put one on the weather thread. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 Nope, not having any luck It won't talk to the laptop, despite both devices being able to 'see' each other; won't pick up my ipods bluetooth, will only give the option of 'send as message' so I've even tried sending them to my own phone, but it just says 'message cannot be sent' Darn stupid phone This is the point at which, if it were mine, it would be thrown at a wall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I can hear you cussing from here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Can you e-mail them to yourself / computor ?.......that was the only way i could get at my photos ...was an old phone...but i got the photos i wanted to keep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 Nope, won't email either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I have decided that Bluetooth is evil,since it now will not have anything to do with my phone after doing a computer recovery Luckily I can use a USB port lead,but I did have to do some adjustments to the phone settings to use it as a means of transfer rather than a way to charge. Are you able to try using a lead at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 no lead Cinnamon. Either it's been lost, or didn't come with one. That is my next option, try to find a lead. Will hunt on ebay Although everything I now have has a bluetooth option, I have yet to be able to use it for anything! What is the point??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I can only really use it for my car hands-free. I have given up with everything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Snowy, if you can't get one then let me know the make etc and I'll have a look at the stall in the shopping centre - I can always post it to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 Thanks Clare, will do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Nope, won't email either Just had a thought. Rather than getting your own phone to send an email. Go to your address book and put in a new entry, your email......not a phone number. Then go back to your pictures and send an ordinary multimedia message but instead of sending it to a phone number send it to your newly added email address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 Yes I did that too OSH. It really is a stupid phone! I'm actually wondering if he still has it on an old SIM card that won't allow email or picture messaging. Might tackle that problem one day - can't be bothered right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Can you stick the SIM or memory card in another phone and try it that way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 The problem with these electronic gizmos is that if you can't understand the route cause you're scuppered. I hate it!!!! I have a 2 year old Blu Ray player, good one, expensive, which suddenly started to refuse to play the odd DVD. Turns out new firmware had to be installed. You can burn an update from website but only on a PC...I have a Mac. Eventually got the CD burned but it wouldn't work on player. Samsung support useless.I ask them if they can send me an update CD. They say a player that age won't need new firmware. You can do it via internet link but all my stuff is wireless,no wireless option on player and heaven knows where all my wires are.Buy ethernet cable. Unhook player from tele upstairs, bring down to plug into router, and portable tele.....No HDMI socket. Borrow HD ready portable from neighbour. Crikey it worked. Took an hour to download though.Phew!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I recently had to reflash the firmware on Rosie's ipod (my old one). It was ancient and would only 'talk' to my work PC it now works again .... after a fashion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 You can burn an update from website but only on a PC...I have a Mac. : That shouldn't matter, since you are just downloading and burning, not installing....Very strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Back to the OP. If the computer and phone are paired, does it show up in my bluetooth places? (assuming you are using a PC) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 Yes it does Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henslaved Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 You haven't got Norton as your anti-virus have you? That can play havoc with all sorts of stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 You can burn an update from website but only on a PC...I have a Mac. : That shouldn't matter, since you are just downloading and burning, not installing....Very strange. I'm being a little simplistic, sorry. Couldn't expand the download to burn it. Any free unzipping software out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Yes it does Fred Then you *should* be able to double click on the device and browse its contents. If that doesn't work, get the picture up on your phone and try looking under options (whilst looking at the picture) and see if there are any send over bluetooth options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
