How to put pictures from a Samsung Wave to a PC or Laptop

Having recently borrowed a Samsung Wave (GT-s7230e model) cell phone I, like any male had to have a play about with the phone. As with every phone now a days it comes with a camera, a 5.0 megapixel camera situated on the back of the device and there is no point in having a play with a camera phone unless you test out the camera, though then it struck me that I wasn't going to be able to keep the phone for long and would have to get the photographs from the phone on to my laptop. Having taken in the region of 20 rather poor pictures I decided enough was enough and that I'd put them on the laptop and wait to give the phone back.

Of course whilst playing about with the phone I found out about  2 separate ways to transfer the files. They were both simple and easy, one was using the USB cable that came with the phone and one was wireless and used the phones inbuilt bluetooth. So after my experience I though I'd write a little guide of using both.

Firstly the bluetooth method. To do this I opened the phones menu then clicked on "File" to find the picture I wanted to use, in this case it's the picture of the clothes which can be seen to the right hand side of this paragraph. To find the image I opened “My files”, then clicked on “Images” then a folder known as “Photos0001” (I'm not sure if this is the default name of the Camera taken pictures though). From this folder I found the image I wanted. It was a photo that was named “Photo0001.jpg”, rather an uninspiring name sadly but it is what it is. After selecting the photograph I noticed a number of different on screen buttons including a button at the bottom with 3 white dots on a blue background. Pressing this button opened up menu which included “Send via”. Clicking on “Send via” opened up 4 options, “Message”, “Email”, “Bluetooth” and “MMS album”. As I wanted to send it to my laptop with out going on the internet I chose “Bluetooth”. After pressing “Bluetooth” a screen saying “No devices” was shown with the options of to either “Search” or go “Back”. A search revealed my Laptop (wonderfully named “SCOTT-LAPTOP”) which quickly and easily connected to the phone. The connection process literally asked if a code on the laptop was the same as a corresponding one on the phone and then the computer gave a little notification to say the phone was trying to send a file. After accepting the file it took a matter of seconds to complete.

Secondly I tried the wired method. This involved connecting the phone to the laptop via a standard USB cable which the phone came with and also seems to come with a number of other devices (our house is currently home to about 5 such cables). One end plugs into the computer and the other end plugs into a small slot at the top of the phone. When you connect them together the phone pops up with a menu for you to choose the “USB mode”. The options are “Samsung Kies”, “DRM media”, “Mass storage”, “Internet sharing” and “USB Debugging”, in this case we want to select “DRM media” so press on it then click on “Select”. This will be followed by the phone going dark and the screen having the icon of USB cable and the world “Connected” on it. You may get an autoplay pop up, if you don't you will need to open up “My computer” and find the phone. In my case it's “Wave723 – Phone” though others may have a different model meaning the “723” could be a different number. Open the phone then click on “Images”, the camera folder (again this is “Photos001”) find the picture you want then either copy and paste or drag and drop it to wherever you want it on your computer. After you do this the message on the phone will say “Sending” then your done.

Of the two each have their advantages. Bluetooth is of course an option where you don't need to find a wire and although it does wear down the battery doing it for one picture won't be any harm and it allows you to see the picture you're actually sending. It was quick and easy though if you were doing a number of photographs then using the USB cable is much quicker and less draining. Out of the two it really depends on what what you're wanting to transfer, if it's a single picture bluetooth would probably be the best option, if it was a large collection or even the full folder then using the USB cable is much quicker and easier. Neither option is particularly bad or difficult to use though and if you've any knowledge on using a computer you shouldn't struggle with doing either method.