Samsung A5 help

[taz96]

Do any of you lovely people have a samsung A5 ? I'm trying to get photos from phone to pc. No doubt I'm being thick but I just can't work out how to do it.
I have downloaded smartswitch and apparently backed up the phone but I'm ****** if I can get photos to pc. Any ideas ?

[striker42]

Are you using a data transfer cable taz96 ?

[taz96]

striker42 Cable that it came with, Sure it's summat simple (like me ) that I'm missing

[jim750]

Plug it into the pc go to my computer and all your pictures should be in a folder called DCIM

[taz96]

Thanks guys...still trying

[joeten]

Hi, taz96 are you doing this deviceguides.vodafone.ie/web/samsung-galaxy-a5/change-settings/connecting-phone-and-computer/transfer-files-between-computer-and-phone

[pancser]

Hi taz96. Connect your phone to the pc(pull the cable from your charger) then your phone gonna ask you to "allow" the pc to see your files on the phone and then you can see the DCMI folder on your pc(Computer ikon )
I hope it makes sense. The key is you have to "allow"
I have a S7 edge and it does the same thing and basically all android phone do
Let us know how it goes

[taz96]

joeten That was the first thing I tried but it didn't work, nothing happened.

pancser Tried that too, Nowhere does it ask me to allow anything, no DCMI icon appears nothing, nowt, zilch. However, when I search DCMI on pc..there is a video from my phone

Thanks to all for trying to help me.

[charliehorse]

taz96 does the phone show up in "my computer" when you plug it in ?

If so double click it and then look for the DCIM folder - double click it and your pics should be there. then just copy and paste/ click and drag or whatever way you normally move files about.
If you have a memory card in your phone they may be in there instead ... double click phone icon, double click memory card then look for the DCIM folder

[joeten]

Are the drivers for it loaded on your pc www.teamandroid.com/2015/01/16/samsung-galaxy-a5-usb-drivers-download/

[calnorth]

Jul 17, 2016 13:25:34 GMT taz96 said:

joeten That was the first thing I tried but it didn't work, nothing happened.

pancser  Tried that too, Nowhere does it ask me to allow anything, no DCMI icon appears nothing, nowt, zilch. However, when I search DCMI on pc..there is a video from my phone

Thanks to all for trying to help me.

My Sony Xperia T (Android) does similar...no notification that the PC recognises that its connected via USB cable. Whereas my Windows phone throws up its DCIM folder immediately.  Two things:

1. The Xperia has its own Sony file manager software which connects the phone and updates etc. The Samsung should have similar?

2. The Xperia is shown in the Windows folder structure for drives (C: D: E: and all that). The Samsung should be there on your PC in that folder/drive list. Look carefully through the list in Windows File Explorer..down the left side

Try that...

[taz96]

striker42 charliehorse  pancser joeten jim750 calnorth GOT IT

A big thank you to you all. I confess, I was being thick 

[joeten]

Nonsense we all have times we don't see things, I do it all the time.

[taz96]

joeten Thanks but I really was being thick.. And as you will see from my for sale thread..they're still not right.

[joeten]

It can be the upload site that spins it, there is a setting on the page to not resize(I set to to 640 by 480) or you can put them in paint or photo gallery and rotate then reupload