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connecting my smartphone to a pc

geordief · 2011-04-21 09:53:40

Since I got my new PC the usb driver that came with my phone (a Samsung GT-s5560) won't work .That is because Samsung won't release an upgrade for Windows 7 (64 bit). I work around this by uploading to the internet (Photobucket , for example and then downloading again to my PC. But I have a feeling that , apart from the…

21-04-2011 10:53AM

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geordief

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Since I got my new PC the usb driver that came with my phone (a Samsung GT-s5560) won't work .That is because Samsung won't release an upgrade for Windows 7 (64 bit).
I work around this by uploading to the internet (Photobucket , for example and then downloading again to my PC. But I have a feeling that , apart from the extra trouble,and expense if I didn't have the free wi-fi, there may also be a loss in resolution (emails I sent this way were very poor quality but seemed much better on the phone).

Is there a better workaround short of a new phone or a (32-bit?) PC with XP installed?
Something connected with bluetooth?
A dongle?
Nothing at all?

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#2 21-04-2011 11:00AM

Abelloid

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Photobucket does compress your images, a USB card reader might be the best solution, and dump all of your images (unaltered) in on go.

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