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I have a Samsung GALAXYS111mini and want to download photographs from phone to laptop.
I have inserted USB cable between phone and laptop but there are no prompts and the laptop does not appear to have recognised that there is a link.
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That is not the intended function.
1. Insert usb drive into other end of cable attached to galaxy
2. use an sd card to transfer images from galaxy.
Unlike cameras where it was easy to guess what you wanted to do when the USB connection was made, an Android phone is nothing like a camera. That phone connection could be for tethering, data transfer, sync of calendars, debugging, installing an app and more.
This is why many get a little irate with Android devices. It's never clear how to sync up because it's up to each maker to determine how to do that.
Here I use Dropbox. That way when I get near my WiFi the connection is made and the photos automagically appear in my Camera Uploads folder on dropbox.
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