Longest of long shots - technical question.

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  1. Brush

    Brush Well-Known Member

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    #1 Brush, May 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
    I have an iPhone and it now simply refuses to connect to my laptop USB to copy pictures across. I can email them to myself 3 or 4 at a time but that's a total ballache. I refuse to use iCloud storage.
    However, my Vodafone broadband router has a USB socket to which I have connected a hard drive which I can access from my W11 laptop as a networks storage drive. The drive mapping is a bit weird and looks like this;

    \\vodafone.broadband\WDCWD50_00LPVX22V0TT0_1_98da

    So far I've been unable to get my sodding iPhone to connect to this.

    Anyone got any ideas?

    30 years as an IT developer and I'm reduced to this...:eek:
     
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    #2 kez, May 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
    I use CX File Explorer, I'm on android but as far as I'm aware you can get it for iPhone. I use it to connect to my NAS to move TV shows/movies to it for Plex. You can add Network shares so you should be able to do it
     
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    #3 Tykeored, May 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
    Have you looked at the apps available for transferring photos around iPhones, pads, laptops etc. There is plenty of choice in App Store
     
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    #4 arabian_ian, May 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
    I have the very same problem with my Nokia and Spectrum ZX
     
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    #5 Micky Finn, May 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
    What model iPhone is it? I had the same problem with older versions of iOS
     
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    #6 Dub-Tyke, May 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
    3 possible things:

    1) There was a setting option that came in the other year, where the data part of the phone port was able to be disabled. So if you plugged into a 3rd party device in public, there’s no chance of being hacked etc. That can be switched on and off.

    2) Is your cable a proper cable? Some cheaper cables are power only, and don’t have data capabilities.

    3) Is your phone port clean? Sometimes debris can block certain capabilities.
     
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    #7 YT, May 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
    Have you tried switching it off and back on again?

    Soz. :cool:
     
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    #8 SuperTyke, May 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
    Or cola
     
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    #9 Brush, May 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
    The cable is the same one I've been using for some time and I think the port is clean (I'll check).
    I think you might be onto something on point 1, it used to work until recently and iOS has updated a couple of times lately. Its an iPhone 12 mini now on iOS 18.5. Any idea where I can find the setting?
     
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    #10 Brush, May 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
    Once or twice, I'm itching to get my lump hammer out of the garage :mad:
     
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    #11 Sparkfield red, May 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
    Was going to say the same YT
     
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    #12 Brush, May 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
    Couldn't get the damn thing to connect using the USB cable so I installed GoFTP on the phone and Filezilla on my laptop. It's a bit clunky but works fine.

    Thanks for the suggestions folks.
     
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    #13 LiverpoolRed, May 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
    Can you do a Bluetooth transfer?
     
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    #14 Gimson&theBarnsleys, May 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
    That's what I'd have done. :rolleyes: (Actually, I've no idea what you are on about o_O).
     
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    #15 judith charmers, May 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
    Why not use iCloud?
     
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    #16 Brush, May 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
    Not having used it, I would have to synch all the pictures on my phone (5Gb+) and it would take ages just to get the few pictures that I wanted. The other thing is that I would probably have filled up my free iCloud and I ain't paying for any more.

    Good suggestion though and I had thought about it.
     
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    #17 Austiniho, May 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
    Have you tried using a memory stick? You can get them with an iPhone socket and usb socket on the same device. You can then transfer.
     
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    #18 Sparky, May 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
    You could have got one of those courtroom artists to copy them:rolleyes:
     
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    #19 Mr Badger, May 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
    I can fix it for you.
    Send me all your bank details and pin number and I'll get into it, sorry on to it, straight away.
     
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    #20 arabian_ian, May 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
    What like this

     
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