marsh man Posted October 25 Report Share Posted October 25 Hi ... Normally when I want to post a photo , I take the photo , put the memory card into the computer , after a few seconds the Black screen come on and the previous photos numbers spin round and then my new ones come onto the screen , I can then click in the small box the ones I want to keep and then click the import tab , these then go on my file and the rest is easy . Now when I put my memory card in with the new photos it just show the new photos in my file and I cannot import any of them , a totally different set up to how it was , WHY should this be ? THANKS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 25 Report Share Posted October 25 try putting your card back into the camera and start again ? i have had something similar happen to me about 5 years ago...i fidled about ...took some more pics and it was fine take some more pics and try again............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted October 26 Report Share Posted October 26 Plug the cable you use to charge the phone into the USB port on your PC, windows should start the Photos program, you can save/import from there. You can also manually click your way to the folder holding your phones pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 26 Author Report Share Posted October 26 20 hours ago, ditchman said: try putting your card back into the camera and start again ? i have had something similar happen to me about 5 years ago...i fidled about ...took some more pics and it was fine take some more pics and try again............. 10 hours ago, old'un said: Plug the cable you use to charge the phone into the USB port on your PC, windows should start the Photos program, you can save/import from there. You can also manually click your way to the folder holding your phones pictures. THANKS for the help and advice , the cable that charge my phone didn't fit unless I put it in the wrong hole ( which I haven't done for a number of years ) , so as I was going up town I took my laptop with me and popped in a very helpful computer shop , told the bloke the problem and all he done was pressing a load of buttons and talking computer jargon which when I came out I was non the wiser , I asked him how much ? and he said nothing although if you want to put something for our tea break then that would be appreciated , so I gave him £4( pensioners rate ) , getting home I done what he said and still no joy but with a lot of fiddling about and a lot of swearing I managed to do in a kind of fashion , but there is no doubt a easier way which I will try and work it out , but again THANKS . MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 Have you got a cable that looks like this?….https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Basics-Charger-480Mbps-Certified/dp/B01GGKYN0A?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 Hello, I am a Luddite when it comes to Computer and Mobile phones so understand what MM been asking, I will note this thread in case i need to do similar on my computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 27 Author Report Share Posted October 27 34 minutes ago, old'un said: Have you got a cable that looks like this?….https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Basics-Charger-480Mbps-Certified/dp/B01GGKYN0A?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE No , my phone cable have got a three pin plug that go into the mains and the other end go into my mobile phone . I have now got to work out how to delete all the trial and error photos I done while trying various ways to get round the problem , I have done it as sorts , but I am sure there is a easier way than what I am doing at the moment , one thing I might try during the week is to buy another memory card so it start from fresh rather than flick through 1500 photos to get to the ones I have just taken . MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 What phone have you got? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 27 Author Report Share Posted October 27 1 hour ago, old'un said: What phone have you got? A Doro , my wife bought it from TESCO'S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 get a cheap laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 Hello, as Simon mentioned or what they call a Tablet, That is what i have , Mine is a Google version and not expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 5 hours ago, marsh man said: A Doro , my wife bought it from TESCO'S you can get a data cable for that phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edtwozeronine Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 It will be USB C one end and micro USB into the phone, if it's a few years old. Micro USB in profile looks like a capital D that's been stepped on. I managed to retrieve poor quality photos off my dad's old Doro phone before he upgraded to a smart phone. The digital camera standard for years was USB C to USB mini, if you look at it in profile it looks like narrow rectangle with 2 sides bent towards each other. Trapizium is apparently the word I was looking for... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 27 Author Report Share Posted October 27 1 hour ago, old'un said: you can get a data cable for that phone. I will look into that old'un if I don't fathom out my new lay out 19 minutes ago, Edtwozeronine said: It will be USB C one end and micro USB into the phone, if it's a few years old. Micro USB in profile looks like a capital D that's been stepped on. I managed to retrieve poor quality photos off my dad's old Doro phone before he upgraded to a smart phone. The digital camera standard for years was USB C to USB mini, if you look at it in profile it looks like narrow rectangle with 2 sides bent towards each other. Trapizium is apparently the word I was looking for... Many THANKS for your detailed reply , for someone who have never sent a text and can't even delete the messages of my so called simple mobile phone this do seem like a foreign language to me , in fact I think I could understand the growing numbers of Romanians citizens that are overtaking our seaside town easier than the excellent reply you sent me , I would pop round yours and hopefully you could be kind enough to show me , but I have to revert to the number one P / W saying , if only you were closer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edtwozeronine Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 There's always children or grandchildren, they can usually sort out IT woes. I've been doing it for my parents and one remaining grandparent for decades. I grew up with technology so it kind of becomes second nature, I came up with the simple premise that most computer or smartphone operations are yes or no questions. In windows they became OK or cancel. Even posting on this forum is "submit reply" or "cancel" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 28 Author Report Share Posted October 28 15 hours ago, Edtwozeronine said: There's always children or grandchildren, they can usually sort out IT woes. I've been doing it for my parents and one remaining grandparent for decades. I grew up with technology so it kind of becomes second nature, I came up with the simple premise that most computer or smartphone operations are yes or no questions. In windows they became OK or cancel. Even posting on this forum is "submit reply" or "cancel" I have now been on a computer for more than ten years and for most of the time I can get by , but when something go wrong I haven't a clue to how to sort it out , most of the time when something go wrong it was my doing in the first place or the internet is down , the computer have never been a hobby of sorts but I now find I am using it more and more for various things like buying things you can no longer get in the rapidly declining shops , selling a few bits on Ebay and sorting any problems out with various companies . When one of my grand daughters come to mine which isn't very often as she have only just got back after spending two years in Australia she sort it out in minutes , the same with the bloke who done it Saturday , trouble is they seem to think I know all the basics and after they had done there bit I still ain't much wiser , it would be better if they let me do it and then put me right when I go wrong , which seem pretty regular Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 7 hours ago, marsh man said: I have now been on a computer for more than ten years and for most of the time I can get by , but when something go wrong I haven't a clue to how to sort it out , most of the time when something go wrong it was my doing in the first place or the internet is down , the computer have never been a hobby of sorts but I now find I am using it more and more for various things like buying things you can no longer get in the rapidly declining shops , selling a few bits on Ebay and sorting any problems out with various companies . When one of my grand daughters come to mine which isn't very often as she have only just got back after spending two years in Australia she sort it out in minutes , the same with the bloke who done it Saturday , trouble is they seem to think I know all the basics and after they had done there bit I still ain't much wiser , it would be better if they let me do it and then put me right when I go wrong , which seem pretty regular Thats all i get when i ask the wife to post picts for me i often have to wait a week and if i say anything WE i must of showed you 100 times LOL Is it my fault i have beauty and less brains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 7 hours ago, marsh man said: I have now been on a computer for more than ten years and for most of the time I can get by , but when something go wrong I haven't a clue to how to sort it out , most of the time when something go wrong it was my doing in the first place or the internet is down , the computer have never been a hobby of sorts but I now find I am using it more and more for various things like buying things you can no longer get in the rapidly declining shops , selling a few bits on Ebay and sorting any problems out with various companies . When one of my grand daughters come to mine which isn't very often as she have only just got back after spending two years in Australia she sort it out in minutes , the same with the bloke who done it Saturday , trouble is they seem to think I know all the basics and after they had done there bit I still ain't much wiser , it would be better if they let me do it and then put me right when I go wrong , which seem pretty regular dont suffer in silence john you are not alone........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 28 Author Report Share Posted October 28 28 minutes ago, Bigbob said: Thats all i get when i ask the wife to post picts for me i often have to wait a week and if i say anything WE i must of showed you 100 times LOL Is it my fault i have beauty and less brains No , you are one of the lucky ones Bob by having both beauty and brains ( or a certain amount ) , I thought that was normal for the folk north of the border , we haven't got neither but we have got a few extra finger and toes to make up for it , that is why we often get asked to lend someone a hand 😋 21 minutes ago, ditchman said: dont suffer in silence john you are not alone........... I used to ask my wife but she knew less about computers than I did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 The wife used to work with compt so she knows how to do it but makes me wait the daughter rolls her eyes when i ask and its funny but the granddaughter 18 months has the same look LoL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 28 Author Report Share Posted October 28 On 27/10/2024 at 17:56, Edtwozeronine said: There's always children or grandchildren, they can usually sort out IT woes. I've been doing it for my parents and one remaining grandparent for decades. I grew up with technology so it kind of becomes second nature, I came up with the simple premise that most computer or smartphone operations are yes or no questions. In windows they became OK or cancel. Even posting on this forum is "submit reply" or "cancel" I have now got a new question for you my friend , I took some photos today to try and make the importing easier and this time I had a little Red cross and it came up that my cloud was full up , this is way behind me and it seem I am heading for the outer limits in the solar system , I take it I have got a fair bit of deleting to do to make some space , is this correct , or have you got a better idea ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edtwozeronine Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 59 minutes ago, marsh man said: I have now got a new question for you my friend , I took some photos today to try and make the importing easier and this time I had a little Red cross and it came up that my cloud was full up , this is way behind me and it seem I am heading for the outer limits in the solar system , I take it I have got a fair bit of deleting to do to make some space , is this correct , or have you got a better idea ? If you haven't got anything that you want to delete, make a new account with a new email address. More space but you might want to note down the new email and password if you're anything like my grandpa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 28 Author Report Share Posted October 28 6 minutes ago, Edtwozeronine said: If you haven't got anything that you want to delete, make a new account with a new email address. More space but you might want to note down the new email and password if you're anything like my grandpa. No , I have quite a lot to delete which are mostly old Ebay items photos and several other bits and pieces , When I fiddled about with it on the deleting bit it said are you sure you want to delete the lot which were around 4,500 , I started to delete them one at at a time and at that rate the light nights will be back and the combines will out in the grain fields Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 My limit is switch it off them back on , but i delete my searches every night i think it may help it run faster but who knows I remember old mike at work asked his work mate how do i delete my emails i seem to have loads and his partner did it , turns out he was on the works emails and not his own personal ones what trouble he got into for that LOL they where sure he was trying to hide something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted October 29 Report Share Posted October 29 12 hours ago, Edtwozeronine said: If you haven't got anything that you want to delete, make a new account with a new email address. More space but you might want to note down the new email and password if you're anything like my grandpa. Bit confused here, why would he need a new cloud account when he is saving his photos on the SD card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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