"The Android's internal memory is about full, only 1GB left, so I want to transfer the photos. When I connect my Alcatel One Touch to my computer, it does not automatically download or prompt for download. Why? Do I need another app to do this? I noticed others have asked this question twice with no help."
- Android Central forum
You may want to transfer your Alcatel phone pictures to your computer for one reason or another. But do you know how to transfer pictures from an Alcatel phone to a computer? This article teaches you two of the most widely used methods.
Coolmuster Android Assistant deserves to be the best way to transfer data between Android devices and computers. You can preview all albums and select your favorite photos before exporting them to your computer in one click. Apart from photos, it also supports transferring other files, such as contacts, music, videos, eBooks, etc.
The highlights of Coolmuster Android Assistant:
How to transfer photos from Alcatel to the computer selectively?
1. Install and run Coolmuster Android Assistant on your computer.
2. Plug your Alcatel phone into the computer using a USB cable and enable the USB debugging on your phone.
Once done, the program will automatically detect your device. You will see your device's main information on the interface when connected.
3. Choose Photos on the left panel and tick off the items you wish to transfer after preview. Finally, tap the Export button on the top to transfer them to your computer.
Further reading: How to Transfer Text Messages from Android to Computer? (Windows/Mac)
This way allows you to transfer DRM-free or unprotected photos from your Alcatel phone to your computer. To start with, refer to the following steps.
How do I send pictures from my Alcatel flip phone to my computer?
1. Connect your Alcatel phone to the computer using a USB cable.
2. Pull the home screen up to down and tap the notification bar. Choose USB for file transfer and select the File transfer files (MTP) option under the Use USB for. Then the computer will recognize your device as a movable disk.
3. On your computer, double-click This PC/My Computer > your Alcatel phone name > DCIM > Camera. After that, pick the pictures you want to transfer and drag & drop the selected pictures into a computer folder.
4. Once finished, click the Show Hidden Icon arrow > Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media > Removable Drive to eject the phone from your computer. Afterward, unplug the USB cable from your PC.
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If you want to use cloud services to transfer your photos, you can try Google Photos. Every Google Account has 15GB of free cloud storage, so you can upload your pictures from your Alcatel phone and then save them to your computer.
Here are the detailed steps:
1. Download and install Google Photos on your Alcatel phone, and then log in to your Google Account.
2. Click your profile icon, and enable Back up & sync. Then the photos will be automatically uploaded to Google Photos. If you don't want to enable the sync feature, you can find your target photo, and click the three-dot icon > Back up now.
3. Open the web of Google Photos on your computer, and log in to the same account. You will see your photos on the interface. Now, you can download the photos to your computer if you want.
If you have installed an SD card on your Alcatel phone, you can utilize it to move your photos to your computer.
Here's how:
1. Make sure you insert an micro SD card into your mobile phone. Then go to the File Manager app, locate your photos, and select and move them to your SD card.
2. Uninstall the SD card from your phone, and then insert it into your computer's card reader. You may need a microSD-to-SD adapter.
3. Go to This PC, and navigate to the photos on your SD card. Now, create a new folder on your computer, and drag and drop the photos to the folder.
This guide tells you how to transfer pictures from Alcatel phone to computer bit by bit. Have you found the differences between the two methods? And what is the easiest way to transfer pictures from phone to computer? As you can see, if you own a non-smart Alcatel phone like Alcatel flip, the second way is more appropriate and direct.
Meanwhile, Coolmuster Android Assistant supports all Alcatel smartphones and enables you to view the albums and select the desired images to transfer. So, it is the optimal choice for you.
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