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Q: Vacation photos

Can I get pics from a friends android phone?

iPad 2, iOS 9.3.1

Posted on Apr 23, 2016 9:22 AM

by ember1205,Solvedanswer
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A:

Absolutely, in one of the following ways:

 

- If you have cellular service on the iPad, your friend can text them directly to you as there will be a phone number associated with your iPad.

- If you do not have cellular service on the iPad, and you own an iPhone, set the iPad as a Text Forwarding device on the iPhone. Any messages sent to your phone via SMS/MMS will also appear on the iPad.

- If you have neither of the above, have him email them to you.

Posted on Apr 27, 2016 8:42 PM

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Q: Vacation photos

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  • by ember1205,Solvedanswer

    ember1205 ember1205 Apr 27, 2016 8:42 PM in response to aumort
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    Apr 27, 2016 8:42 PM in response to aumort

    Absolutely, in one of the following ways:

     

    - If you have cellular service on the iPad, your friend can text them directly to you as there will be a phone number associated with your iPad.

    - If you do not have cellular service on the iPad, and you own an iPhone, set the iPad as a Text Forwarding device on the iPhone. Any messages sent to your phone via SMS/MMS will also appear on the iPad.

    - If you have neither of the above, have him email them to you.

  • by aumort,

    aumort aumort Apr 28, 2016 7:18 AM in response to ember1205
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    Apr 28, 2016 7:18 AM in response to ember1205

    There were 4 of us on a week long trip during which we took a lot of pictures. Is there any way to handle bulk transfers to a special file so they can be merged with many others?

  • by ChrisJ4203,

    ChrisJ4203 ChrisJ4203 Apr 28, 2016 7:18 AM in response to ember1205
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    Apr 28, 2016 7:18 AM in response to ember1205

    FYI, the cellular number provided with an iPad (if it is a wi-fi/cellular model) is not a number that can be texted to. It exists only as an account number for billing purposes. It cannot receive SMS or phone calls. The SIM for a cellular iPad is for data only. The iPad can receive SMS if you have an iPhone and have it set for SMS forwarding.

  • by ChrisJ4203,

    ChrisJ4203 ChrisJ4203 Apr 28, 2016 7:19 AM in response to aumort
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    Apr 28, 2016 7:19 AM in response to aumort

    aumort wrote:

     

    There were 4 of us on a week long trip during which we took a lot of pictures. Is there any way to handle bulk transfers to a special file so they can be merged with many others?

    In that case, you would be better of using something like DropBox, or other file handling type service.

  • by ember1205,

    ember1205 ember1205 Apr 28, 2016 7:27 AM in response to aumort
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    Apr 28, 2016 7:27 AM in response to aumort

    There's a reasonably high likelihood that the Android users are already backing their photos up to their Google Photos account. They can create an album of all of the photos and then simply share them out from there.