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    Question Getting Photos Out of Old Android Phones

    I haven't posted anything for a while on this thread, but I just want to step up for a second and say "thank you" to all the folks who replied, sent direct messages, and otherwise supported this effort. I won't say that all my problems have been solved, but we've made enough progress that I can...
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    Question Getting Photos Out of Old Android Phones

    Another good tool for situations like this.
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    Question Getting Photos Out of Old Android Phones

    Yes ... but ... my memory is that the alternative is to send a 2FA code to the email on file. Alas the email doesn't work because last summer, before his death, our son changed his email password and left no notes (that we can find) of what the new password is. So we can't get into email. I...
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    Question Getting Photos Out of Old Android Phones

    Apologies to B. Diddy and Laura Knotek, both of whom I confused in my earlier post. Please chalk it up to Senior Confusion, coupled with excitement that I may actually have gotten somewhere in this quest. I gave up on the Dropbox solution, I was getting nowhere. Couple the lack of progress with...
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    Question Getting Photos Out of Old Android Phones

    Thank you, Laura for the reply. Yes, I have Dropbox installed on the phone and I am logged in to my account. I confirmed this by saving one photo to Dropbox and then checking the Dropbox folder on a separate computer ... the saved photo was there. I just learned (by experimenting) that if you...
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    Question Getting Photos Out of Old Android Phones

    Laura thank you for your comment. Yes, the photos I'm trying to work with are in "Gallery." There are some additional photos in Google Photos but I'm trying to solve this one step at a time. Here's an. example of the kind of challenge I'm having: • I'm in Gallery, and I have thumbnails of...
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    Question Getting Photos Out of Old Android Phones

    Good day. Serious question here, hope some of you geniuses can help. Long story, cut short: In August of this year our son passed away. Among other things, we got possession of his three Android phones plus one LG Android mini-tablet: • Samsung Galaxy S7, Android v7.0 • Samsung Galaxy S7...