Old Cell phone: Have to get the photos off it?
I have a old cell phone that has some photos I have to get off it and save. It is a LG Rumor 2. I have NO service on it.
I tried a usb cable and bluetooth and NEITHER work. I am thinking the best way now is to go to a service provider of LG phones (tmobile or sprint) to see if they would just hook up my phone service, so I can email the photos off.
Since the others way are not working, Would they do that for free?
Any Ideas? I am really pissed. I tried LG support and nothing they told me to do worked.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | January 5, 2022 1:05 PM
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I have a similar problem. I feel should take a hammer to it rather than recycle it.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 4, 2022 5:58 AM
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TMo hasn’t shut down Sprint’s 3G network just yet, but I don’t think they’ll activate it.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 4, 2022 6:01 AM
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It looks like you may be able to store the pix on a micro sd card. Look at pages 80-81 of this manual.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 4 | January 4, 2022 6:09 AM
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IF you see this phone broken on the ground, it was me. FUUUUUUCK.
Now, I going to start drinking.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | January 4, 2022 6:16 AM
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if anyone get killed or injured, from a falling rumor 2, It was NOT me. Will support help me at all in the store? I do not know what to do?
by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 4, 2022 6:18 AM
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Did you follow the instructions here and enable USB debugging?
You may also need a USB cable that works for data transfer. Some are for power only.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 7 | January 4, 2022 7:09 AM
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Can you browse your emails on that phone? If you can, then compose a new message, attach your photos (note the size limit that's allowed; shouldn't be a problem though for a few photos), then send the email to your own address. Then, turn on your laptop or smartphone, open your email, click on the attachments and save the photos in your new device.
(If you don't want to send the email, then it is possible to have it saved as a draft which you can then access from any other device.)
by Anonymous | reply 8 | January 4, 2022 8:16 AM
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R8 The OP says there's no service on the phone. If there were getting the photos out would be trivial.
I assume there's an insurmountable reason he can't re-establish service with Sprint, or jailbreak it and use another provider.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | January 4, 2022 8:45 AM
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If you have WiFi and a Google account, turn on WiFi on the old phone, install Google Drive, then backup your photos to it. Even without service it should work.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 4, 2022 8:53 AM
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Try to use WiFi from a public library. I have everything backed up on Google photos as well as in email attachments. In fact, if you have a Google account, you may already have them on Google photos and don't even know it.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | January 4, 2022 11:08 AM
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R11 That model has Bluetooth not WIFI.
But Bluetooth is so dodgy it's worth trying different devices and settings.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | January 4, 2022 11:21 AM
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[quote] I assume there's an insurmountable reason he can't re-establish service with Sprint, or jailbreak it and use another provider.
It’s a 3G phone, and nobody is doing new activations on those anymore.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | January 4, 2022 12:25 PM
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OP types like an ancient Eldergay.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | January 4, 2022 12:31 PM
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OP, you can open the pics on your old phone and just take a pic of them with your new phone. There will be some loss in in quality, but better than nothing.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | January 4, 2022 12:32 PM
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Good lord, you're right, you can't use wifi on this phone.
Can you take the SD card out and put it in a reader and access it with a PC or laptop? Maybe you can get the photos off the SD car directly that way.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | January 4, 2022 12:40 PM
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If the phone supports a Bluetooth hotspot you might be able to bootstrap a web connection through another phone.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | January 4, 2022 12:41 PM
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Dear God, it took 13 replies before someone asked what the pictures are? Why the urgent need, OP? Hmmmmm?
by Anonymous | reply 19 | January 4, 2022 12:42 PM
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It must have a card, and you can always choose where to save - internal memory or card. Choose card and then you only have a new, interesting problem: Who can read the ancient card? It looks solvable though. Maybe try at a shop where they repair phones - they might have an idea and more importantly, the hardware to solve the problem.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | January 4, 2022 12:58 PM
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We take all these pictures and then what do we do with then? Saving and organization has to be ongoing, and I'm pretty good about it only about 30% of the time.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | January 4, 2022 1:00 PM
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R20 Again, that model doesn't have a card slot. Maybe you'd find something if you opened it up. But that would void the warranty no doubt.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | January 4, 2022 1:21 PM
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[quote]Again, that model doesn't have a card slot.
Yes, it does.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 25 | January 4, 2022 1:54 PM
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The specs I'm seeing say the same as r25, they have a MicroSD card slot. Not sure the original Rumor did but this Rumor 2 does.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | January 4, 2022 2:16 PM
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R25 Odd. The specs page the OP linked to doesn't mention a SD card slot.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | January 4, 2022 2:47 PM
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That is odd, but in the 4th photo on the OP's site, you can see the SIM card slot on the right side of the phone.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | January 4, 2022 2:57 PM
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Export the pix to and SD or sim card.
Find a card reader and connect to your computer.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | January 4, 2022 3:04 PM
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Gimme $50,000 and I’ll tell you, fool.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | January 4, 2022 3:04 PM
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LOL - if you google "how to retrieve photos from LG Rumor 2" you literally get dozens of step by step instructions.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | January 4, 2022 3:09 PM
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OP, just take new pics for your Grindr profile. You might find someone out there with a great-grandad fetish
by Anonymous | reply 32 | January 4, 2022 3:28 PM
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i have tried teh sd card and it does not work. The pictures are on the phone.
I 've tried cable transfer and bluetooth. Now, the only way left is for a service provider to activate it to email the picture off. I do not even know if it is a doable thing. Or maybe they have another way? I have to take it somewhere, tomorrow. I'll try tmobile then best buy.
Any other ideas?
by Anonymous | reply 33 | January 4, 2022 10:42 PM
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I do not have copies of these pictures anywhere else. they are just on my stupid too old phone. I have a new laptop and I want these on my laptop. I would like to fix the lightening and print them too. This is important.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | January 4, 2022 10:45 PM
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Hook up your phone to a computer with USB cable. You should be able to just copy them.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | January 4, 2022 10:47 PM
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I tried the USB cable. My computer will not do it. I get a error message says systems are not capable. I have tried this for awhile. I have no idea why it is not working. I went through sprint held deck, they thought is would be easy. It is not.
The issue with USB Cable is it does not read the phone. the phone memory (files) do not come up on my computer (DELL INSPIRON) i get a error message saying my computer does not want to hook up with it because it have lower safety software or something. IT is crazy. THIS IS a cable transfer, and it should not do this. But I do not know why it is happening.
I am so pissed.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | January 4, 2022 11:00 PM
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R36 you are 15-20 years behind technology and are acting negative and insufferable. Nobody can help you because you are impossible. Stop it and move on.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | January 4, 2022 11:09 PM
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can anyone help me who knows how to do this? It has to be possible.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | January 4, 2022 11:14 PM
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Are you facing a conviction of child porn, r40?
by Anonymous | reply 41 | January 4, 2022 11:21 PM
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You got to break the phone open and dig them out. They are in there somewhere.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | January 4, 2022 11:21 PM
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OP, you need to update your Grindr pics. Contrary to what you believe, you don’t look like you did 20 years ago when you show up on some rando’s doorstep.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | January 4, 2022 11:38 PM
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Put the whozit in the whatsit?
by Anonymous | reply 44 | January 4, 2022 11:42 PM
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[quote]i have tried teh sd card and it does not work.
Did you actually save or export the pix to the SD card?
What does this actually mean you tried. After exporting or saving to the SD card, did you remove the card and put it into a reader (many laptops have them) or an externa SD card reader attached to your laptop? You know you cannot simply plug it into another phone and expect to retrieve the pix, don't you.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | January 4, 2022 11:59 PM
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[quote]i have tried teh sd card and it does not work. The pictures are on the phone.
What does trying it and it not working mean?
You should be able to insert a new empty MicroSD card into the phone, then go out to your phone's photos, pick one, select COPY, and have it copied to the MicroSD card. (Don't use MOVE, use COPY.)
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 46 | January 5, 2022 11:40 AM
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Alternately, when you use Bluetooth, make sure you have the Bluetooth window up on your Dell Inspiron and then select "receive files" for EVERY SINGLE FILE you send.
That means connect the Dell to your LG Rumor 2 via Bluetooth, then select "receive files" on the Dell, then send the file on the phone. You'll get a little pop-up window that shows time remaining as the file is transferred. Double check to make sure the file is transferred, then do it again for the next photo, and again for the next one.
I just did this with an old Android to my laptop and it was a nightmare, but it worked.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 47 | January 5, 2022 11:44 AM
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This thread has grown as tiresome as Amy Schneider's winning streak.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | January 5, 2022 12:08 PM
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Put the thread on ignore, ignore works more often now than it used to.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | January 5, 2022 1:05 PM
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