I was going to

[valis2]

talk about how happy I am to be home. And I am.

But I am actually going to talk about how frustrated I am about my phone situation. When I bought the phone, it came with a microSD card and a cable. Somehow the cable got thrown away, so I haven't been able to transfer my photos. (I've looked for the cable for nearly two years and I've just now given up.) I even tried to buy a new one, but the guy at Best Buy just laughed. Even though my phone is only barely over two years old, it's apparently obsolete.

So then I tried using the Bluetooth on it to download the photos to my laptop. Nope, needs a Bluetooth adapter on the computer.

Now that I'm home, I decided to try my new computer. My new computer apparently isn't Bluetooth enabled either.

So I decided to look for the phone's microSD card. Because the new computer has a port for a microSD card, as long as you have a converter! Yay, right? And I found the card on the first try, and it was packaged with a converter.

I inserted the card into the phone. After much checking and many attempts, I am just sitting here growling. Why? It doesn't work.

GRAH!

I am never going to be able to get the photos out of this phone.

Anyway, glad to be home. Missed you all!!

ETA: Finally! I used the new computer to format the card, and then the phone accepted it. For some reason, the phone just would NOT format the card. All your pictures are belong to us!

Comments

[florence-craye.livejournal.com]

this sounds odd, but if you can take a picture of your phone's cable input I can probably figure out what kind of cord you will need for it. was the other side a USB cable to connect to your computer?

cables and formatting drives make me CRAZY

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Surprisingly enough, I ended up formatting the card on the computer and then putting it back in my phone. For some reason, the phone just would not format the card! All fixed now, and I can finally upload some pics. SQUEE!

[greenpear.livejournal.com]

I got photos on my [old] phone and theonly way to get them off is to send a text message with a picture.

I figure those pictures aren't that important...

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I have to pay to send pics, or I would definitely have done that. :(

Fortunately, the SD card finally worked. So now I have the pics! yay!!