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mahatmakanejeeves

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8. Bluetooth is a local thing. If the phone has it,

Reply to Number9Dream (Reply #5)

Fri Mar 17, 2023, 01:02 PM

Mar 2023

you can link the phone to another Bluetooth-equipped device within about five or ten feet and send the file from one device to the other without wires.

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Question - How to move photos from Samsung SCH-u350 phone to laptop? [View all] Number9Dream Mar 2023 OP

Can you email them to yourself? That's what I used to do when I had a flip phone. 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2023 #1

Thanks for replying , but it's a 3G phone, deactivated Number9Dream Mar 2023 #4

Does the Samsung phone have Bluetooth? NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 #2

Thanks for replying, it might, but the phone is 3G and deactivated... Number9Dream Mar 2023 #5

Bluetooth is a local thing. If the phone has it, mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 #8

I transfer from my Android phone via USB. Earth-shine Mar 2023 #3

Thanks for replying - Where and how do I set USB type to 'file transfer"? Number9Dream Mar 2023 #6

Hopefully, when you connect them via the USB, a notification will appear indicating the connection. Earth-shine Mar 2023 #7

So, the notification might appear on the phone? Number9Dream Mar 2023 #9

The notification should appear on the phone. The phone is where you set the USB type. Earth-shine Mar 2023 #10

You will need one of these if you don't have one: discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2023 #11