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Re: [LUG] bluetooth

 


On 21/09/17 12:30, Neil wrote:
> On 20/09/17 09:02, Brad Rogers wrote:
>> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 08:45:01 +0100
>> Neil <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Neil,
>>
>>> phone to the computer via a USB cable will work. It doesn't.
>>
>> Is your 'phone set up to appear as a Mass Storage Device, rather than
>> some other (often proprietary) device?
>>
>> Second, I found that, with my 'phone, if a file is too large, copying
>> it results in an error; File format unknown. Nowhere in the
>> documentation are size limits mentioned. Admittedly, this is when
>> trying to move things from the computer to the 'phone (rather than
>> t'other way round), but my point remains the same - 'phone documentation
>> is shit.ÂÂ :-(
>>
>>
>>
> Have finally been told the problem. These Doro phones work with Windows
> and Apple computers, but not Linux. This the reason that linking the
> phone by cable to my computer does not work. I have already sent an
> email to them, suggesting that they get a bit more up to date. And if I
> ever get a new phone it will not be a Doro.
> 
> I have now installed a micro SD card into the phone. In future any
> photos will be stored there. Meanwhile, I am waiting to be told if there
> is any way to transfer my photos from phone storage to the SD card.
> 
> The only other solution I can think of is to find someone with a Windows
> computer who will transfer the photos to their computer for me. Then I
> can copy them to a USB stick and so copy them from there to my computer.
> 
> What a palaver,
> 
> Neil
> 
> 
> 

I have had cameras with built in storage,   and within the menu system
there is an option to transfer to sd card storage.

Paul

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