Took a picture with the Phab to post on eBay but eBay's "add photo" link only opens camera, doesn't allow posting saved image.
So I uploaded photo to Google Drive, opened Drive on Win10 computer, selected image and clicked "Download". But that only causes a "Checking for viruses" pop-up to appear, briefly. Nothing actually downloads.
So I selected photo in Drive again and clicked "Copy". But that copies nothing to Windows, only causes duplicate to appear in Drive.
Is it possible to get a photo from Phab2Pro to ebay anymore? Without Putin?
[Added] The browser is Opera sooo... dunno, maybe that's the problem. The virus-check pop-up message doesn't say what's generating it. It's only up for less than a second so opening Task Manager won't help. But, since I don't use a non-stock virus scanner, it has to be Microsoft's bundled product unless... Could Opera be blocking photo downloading from Google Drive? After clicking Opera's download icon (the circle around a down-pointing arrow, located in the upper right corner of the window), a drop-down appears with a list of my failed attempts to snag the photo from Google Drive. Under each attempt, in red writing, it says, "Interrupted: Forbidden". Jeez.
[2nd Edit] Opened drive.google.com in Microsoft's bundled Internet Explorer--no joy. Same brief pop-up virus-scan message, disappearing as soon as it appears. Same (unexplained) failure to download.
Got it!
I was able to get a photo from my Phab-phone to Windows > eBay, despite their best efforts! I emailed the pic from the phone to an extra gmail account, then opening that account in Windows. Downloading from gmail hasn't been buggered yet so I was able to get the file onto the Windows computer. From the Windows hard drive eBay does allow posting saved images. HOORAY!
Another couple of years of "improvements" at Windows, Google & eBay and not a damned thing will work...
Internet explorer works, sort of...
Internet Explorer did download a photo file from drive.google.com, but not to the default Download folder. Searching the hard drive for the name of the picture file, I found it here:
C:\Users\dv7-6b78us\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Low\IE\UJ9NBK8M
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Not sure where to post this so here goes.....
I have an HTC Touch Pro 2 and usually use Opera Mini.
In the past, I had been able to go to the mobile version of Google docs through Opera, log in, click on a PDF file, save to My Documents and then open the file through My Documents which allowed me to then zoom in/out as needed to read the document.
As of a day or two ago, whenever I click on a PDF, it simply opens except the pages are so small it's impossible to read the text. The zoom bar doesn't do anything. Double clicking doesn't do anything. Hold clicking on the file doesn't give any option to save/download the file.
I've logged in through my laptop and although PDF's do open directly in Google Docs when you click on them, if you right click it does give you an option to download. I can't seem to find this option anywhere on my phone, although it used to be the default option up until 2 days ago.
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Previously, i was able to download a file from dropbox and save it to my device. Maybe i'm just lost, but i dont see the option to do that. Also, when i was doing this previously, there was a folder called Dropbox in File Manager HD that kept (and synced) all of the items i downloaded from Dropbox. I dont see that now.
You can download (export) a file by either:
1) Long-pressing on a file and selecting Export, or
2) Pressing the down-arrow enclosed by a circle (on the right) of a file, and selecting Export
As for the folder-syncing, as long as i've used Dropbox on Android, they haven't supported folder synchronization. I think I've read somewhere that they used to support it, but took it out. There might be a 3rd party app on the Google Play store that you can get to emulate this feature though.
The App to sync dropbox called "FolderSync" and "Dropsync"
Thanks guys. Thought i was going insane.
Ok so this is not for everyone. When looking a pictures on the web, they are allllllll temporarily downloaded to your phone, and if you copy a picture it copied the path/location of the picture on your phone e.g
content://com.android.chrome.FileProvider/images/screenshot/16116643512281849111672.png
When you use Windows to upload a photo, it opens a "file dialogue box" which allows you to either choose a photo from your computer, or insert a location/path which can also be a web address
When you use a mobile app to upload a photo it only prompts you to insert a photo from your phone. So you have to re-download a picture that is already in your phone so you can choose it to re-upload it. Sounds crazy and it is
I'm looking for an Android app that when prompted for a photo will open a dialogue box that will also allow you to insert a location/path including a web address. If there such a beast?
I can't find how to export all contacts to PC. The user manual is just childish stupid !
This must include all data (Name, phone numbers, etc)
Must I connect the device to a usb port or wifi and upload to cloud ?
Are they located on simcard or somewhere inside the device ?
1: Open Contacts app separately. (Not through dialer.)
2: Press 3 dots top right.
3: Select All
4: Click the share button.
5: From there you can choose to share it or save it locally on your phone which can then be copied to PC.
All contacts will be condensed into one .vcf file which is recognised by all phones.
All the best.
Thank you Alrich
After creating the vcf file:
I see the share icon. The wanted choice for me would be to send that file to the PC.
The Poco X3 NFC is usb connected to my pc with function file transfer allowed.
On the Poco screen I assume that the 'monitor' icon is the symbol for local pc ?
Clicking that option opens right away the app Casten which is asking access (3 options shown).
This app seems to be mandatory. I would have expected instantaneous copy operation instead of again another app authorization.
So far so good. But what to do with issue ‘Casten' ?
Even when going in this application settings and allowing 'location' I keep turning in a loop.
Merel469 said:
fter creating the vcf file:
I see the share icon. The wanted choice for me would be to send that file to the PC.
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Can't you simply send the file to your email account and then download it on your PC?
I now try #4 (sharing with my gmail account).
The process shows a large spinning wheel and above a text Informatie controleren ... (Dutch). This seems to spin for ever.
By the way, I will change the language to English, for the purpose of reporting exactly what appears on screen..
At #3
I made a faulty assumption. The 'screen' icon is not for pc sharing. It seems to be for sharing the vcf file on screens ! What the hell has "exporting contacts" to do with sharing screens. Very confusing.
Merel469 said:
I now try #4 (sharing with my gmail account).
The process shows a large spinning wheel and above a text Informatie controleren ... (Dutch). This seems to spin for ever.
By the way, I will change the language to English, for the purpose of reporting exactly what appears on screen.
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No idea what that might be. Maybe you have many contacts.
You can also try this:
Contacts - Share
And then select a file manager app. That way you can simply save the vcf file on your phone.
Then connect your phone to your PC and then copy the vcf file over
Meanwhile I managed to store Contacts on my PC.
But first, let me tell what NOT to do : Exporting to merged CSV file would be ok, if Excel would open that in a usual view. That however is not the case because Excel shows a useless scrambled view mixing all commas and data.
I found a free software that converts the csv file to another file that shows a normal view in Excel. Download from SourceForge https://sourceforge.net/projects/bulkvcftocsv/
Using that software Excel opens all Contacts as a normal sheet. This is easy to edit.
I assume that it can be used to import in iPhone devices.
No need to export contacts to pc via Google account, but you might like to do that also.
I do not know if there is any other easier method. Eventually why make things too simple if there is a more difficult way ?
#7 came was read after my fix described in #8. I might like to try it later
Merel469 said:
But first, let me tell what NOT to do : Exporting to merged CSV file would be ok, if Excel would open that in a usual view. That however is not the case because Excel shows a useless scrambled view mixing all commas and data.
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Possible cause: CSV standard is Comma Separated Values; in my experience and unless properly configured, Excel expects Colon Separated Values...
Edit: Solved. If anyone's in the same situation, what worked for me is searching for .thumbnail folders (make sure "show hidden files" or similar is enabled in your file browser), and deleting their content. Google photos will then recreate the thumbnails when you next open it.
Hello friends.
Ever since a few days, I've been having the strangest of problems with my pixel 4xl under android 10:
Basically, the thumbnails or previews of my pictures do not match the picture itself.
For example, if I want to send an image to a whatsapp contact, or attach one to an email I'm composing or whatever, the preview or thumbnail that I'm shown is that of a much older and long deleted image. Pressing the miniature instantly shows me the correct picture, but if I press the back button, I'm again presented with something that had nothing to do with that particular photo.
Hope this makes sense.
This happens both in the Google photos app and third party apps such as whatsapp.
The only step I can think of doing to correct it is deleting storage and cache of my Media Storage, but that didn't help.
Can anyone shed some light on the matter?
Best regards!