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Samsung Galaxy,Photos transfer- Laptop NOT detecting all photos? (just some) - Why ?

Jane_gs
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edited 27 September 2013 at 9:39PM in Mobiles
There are 2000 photos on my galaxy s2, when connecting the USB wire to the laptop to transfer the photos, it only detects 500 of the 2000 photos which are last years photos.

It undetects 1500 photos ? - why ?

howcome? is it a setting of limit to the amount of photos you can transfer ?

Using windows XP Media,
Phone, Samsung galaxy s2
Wire is usb wire, using Windows file transfer/detect photos
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  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    Have you tried just primitive Windows Explored to see folders and files?
  • Jane_gs
    Jane_gs Posts: 221 Forumite
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    grumbler wrote: »
    Define 'detects'.
    Do you mean the number of files in some folder?

    Well that folder has 2000 photos in, but it only detects 500 in that folder.

    so 1500 get undetected from that folder.
  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    Just might be the file format try copy and paste the entire folder .
  • Jane_gs
    Jane_gs Posts: 221 Forumite
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    JJ_Egan wrote: »
    Just might be the file format .

    file format? how do you mean ?

    how would the file format of 500 be different to them of the other 1500 ?
  • IanR2012
    IanR2012 Posts: 106 Forumite
    Jane_gs wrote: »
    There are 2000 photos on my galaxy s2, when connecting the USB wire to the laptop to transfer the photos, it only detects 500 of the 2000 photos which are last years photos

    I'm not familiar with "Windows file transfer/detect photos", but have you connected the phone and transferred photos previously. Most "photo syncing/transferring" software packages will ignore photos that have been transferred previously.

    What happens if you use a standard File Browser/Explorer on you PC and navigate the folders on your phone. Can you see all the photos then?

    If so just copy/paste them into a Folder on your PC.
  • JJ_Egan
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    Jane_gs wrote: »
    file format? how do you mean ?

    how would the file format of 500 be different to them of the other 1500 ?

    The files may be in a format that windows is not reading .
    Seen similar before on SGS range though usually video not pictures .

    jje
  • Jane_gs
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    edited 27 September 2013 at 7:17PM
    JJ_Egan wrote: »
    The files may be in a format that windows is not reading .
    Seen similar before on SGS range though usually video not pictures .

    jje

    You might be right there. - i think the ones it Isn't detecting have a bigger/higher resolution. (as it was changed.)

    So how do I get the higher resolution 1500 photos to the computer? or would I have to take it to another source other than the Windows XP media photo?

    how do you check the photo format? file format of the photos?

    and change it ?

    is it resolution?

    and which resolution photos does Windows XP Media recognize ?
  • grumbler
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    Jane_gs wrote: »
    ...
    So how do I get the higher resolution 1500 photos to the computer? ...
    JJ_Egan wrote: »
    ... try copy and paste the entire folder .
    dunno.gif
  • Jane_gs
    Jane_gs Posts: 221 Forumite
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    I have tried that, it doesn't detect a folder, but just the 500 files are detected.

    no folder is detected.
  • grumbler
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    edited 27 September 2013 at 8:37PM
    Windows Explorer doesn't detect? I don't believe you.

    'Windows'+E
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