Some owners of mobile phones use them as cameras even more often than for their intended purpose. But the space in the device's memory is limited, so sooner or later the question of transferring the taken pictures to a computer arises.
Instructions
Step 1
The most convenient phones are those with removable memory cards. Purchase a card reader from a computer accessory store that is compatible with the card installed in the machine. Find out in the instructions for the phone whether it is necessary to carry out any additional actions before removing the card from it (close all applications, select a special item in the menu, turn off the mobile phone itself). Perform these steps if necessary, and then remove the card. Place it in the card reader (depending on the design of the latter, directly or through an adapter). Connect the card reader to the computer, and it will be recognized (regardless of OS) as a regular USB flash drive. Find a folder with photos on the map (usually called Images) and transfer it to your computer's hard drive in the same way as if you were transferring them from a USB flash drive. Next, turn off the card reader by means of the OS (also similar to a USB flash drive), disconnect it physically, remove the card from it and install it back into the phone. If the latter was turned off, turn it on.
Step 2
A phone with a non-removable memory card will have to be connected directly to the machine. Take it with you to the store and ask for a suitable cable. At home, connect it to your computer with this cable. Perhaps right after that, a menu with several connection options ("Modem", "Storage", PictBridge and so on) will appear on the screen of the mobile phone. Select a mode called "Mass Storage" (on some devices - "Removable Disk"). After that, it is recognized as a USB flash drive, and from it it will be possible to transfer files to the hard drive of the computer, as indicated above.
Step 3
There are phones that can be connected to a computer, but cannot work in flash drive emulation mode. There are two ways to work with them. The first is to connect a Bluetooth device to the car (a laptop usually has one as well). In the file manager of your phone, select the image you want to transfer, and then select your computer as the receiving device. When the latter accepts the file, indicate in which folder you want to save it. The second method involves installing on the machine a software package downloaded from the website of the phone manufacturer. Note that this package will most likely not work on Linux.
Step 4
Very cheap camera phones may not have a memory card, computer connector, or Bluetooth. The only way to extract images from them is by using MMS. Contact the operator to find out if there is an unlimited sending service in your region. Usually it allows you to send up to 300 such messages per day for a monthly fee of about 60 rubles per month. Please note that if an ordinary MMS message can have a volume of up to 300 kB, then sent within the framework of this service - often no more than 150. Include in the message several pictures, the total volume of which does not exceed the specified one. Enter your own email address instead of the sender's number. Send an MMS, and in a couple of minutes you will find the photos (most likely reduced in size) in your email inbox. Similarly, you can send pictures to another address, if you agree that the recipient will find out your phone number.
