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A simple way to transfer photos from your phone to Windows without installing anything on either
I just accidentally ran into this very simple way to transfer photos from
your phone to Windows (and back) without installing anything on either 1. I gave a few $130 LG Stylo 3 Plus phablets as gifts over Christmas and as a direct result I inherited a handful of new-to-me older Android phones, even though my main phone is a circa 2012 S3 which works just fine for me but which I mount on Windows to use in the native Windows file explorer using the Windows "Add a network location" wizard. 2. One of that handful of old phones is a circa 2014 Moto G, running Android 5.1, which I just plugged into Windows where I was surprised the phone immediately showed up as its own "XT104" USB drive. http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/22/1xt104_a.jpg 3. Clicking on that drive shows the entire available file system mount http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/22/2xt104b.jpg 4. That allows two way drag and drop between Windows and the phone http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/22/3xt104c.jpg 5. Plugging it in again, I noticed an option pops up for something called "Photos", which, seems to search the Android phone for photos to upload. http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/22/4xt104d.jpg 6. That native "Photos" app then provides thumbnails to select which photos to upload to previously defined directories and file name conversions on Windows. http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/22/5xt104e.jpg 7. The result is that, without installing anything on either the phone or on Windows, it seems I can import anything I like using this Photos native app. http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/22/6xt104f.jpg Generally I don't use Windows native apps (because they generally suck), but this one doesn't seem to show any obvious drawbacks yet. So I simply present this as a working system, that just works without installing anything on either the phone or Windows, and ask if you know of a better method of bi-directional drag and drop between your phone & Windows? |
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