Transfer photos to PC (Windows 10) using Bluetooth

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Transfer photos to PC (Windows 10) using Bluetooth

I have an iPhone 11 Pro that's a few months old and want to know if there's a way to send photos from this to a PC using bluetooth. Saw an answer posted here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251676745 - it doesn't work - I'm able to pair the phone with the laptop but run into the following:

The photo sharing options only show Airdrop. What is this Airdrop thing anyway? Is it bluetooth or some proprietary Apple transfer protocol - if so, they should make it clearer in their advertising
When I go back to the bluetooth devices menu on the phone it says "device not supported" and the only available option is to "forget this device"

Surely I'm not the first person to run into this - why isn't there a Support article/page on the subject and one has to trawl through a forum to get an answer?

The laptop is able to receive data from other devices - Android, windows, even micro-controllers like Arduino are able to send/receive data using bluetooth!! Is there a way to achieve this with my 1200$ brick?

iPhone 11 Pro

Posted on Jan 11, 2021 11:31 AM

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Jan 26, 2021 4:34 AM in response to MrBill3

Hi, thanks for the answer but it doesn't solve my issue. I'm aware that it's possible to transfer photos using a cable or iCloud etc. but I'm interested in transferring data (photos) using bluetooth. Here's why this is important:

Working in an area with poor cellular reception where you can't use other sharing services (email, dropbox etc.)
Don't have a cable - would've helped if iPhones had a USB-C charger instead of their own design - makes for less electronic waste and also allows people to share items. Even with a cable 3/4 times iPhone won't show up on a Windows device on the first try, unlike an Android
You don't want to connect your phone to someone else's computer
You don't want to sign into iCloud on someone else's computer

I finally got it done with someone else's Android phone, a shame really.

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