Emergency file import using the CCK and Goodreader
Every found yourself with a need to import data from a friend who does not have iTunes or WiFi access (work college or customer)?
If you have the CCK and an SD Card it is possible to get the friend to save the data to the SD Card and then "import" it to Goodreader. One extra "helper" App is also required, but it is free.
Required.
Camera Connection Kit.
Access to an SD Card.
Goodreader (other Apps may work, but I know Goodreader does)
i-Flashdrive (free from the App center)
How to.
1. Create a folder on the SD Card root directory called "DCIM"
2. Create a folder inside the DCIM folder called "100APPLE" (/DCIM/100APPLE)
3. Zip your file(s) and copy the zip file to the 100APPLE directory on the SD Card.
4. Rename the zip file as "DSC_9999.NEF" (exactly, the extension NEF is used for Nikon raw files and will be imported by the iPad as a photo).
5. Insert the card and connect the CCK. Import the "photo" to the iPad camera roll. Remove the CCK (return the SD Card?)
6. Exit the Photo app, open i-Flashdrive. Select Local storage and press the "+" button at the bottom left to import. Import from the "Library" the "last import" photo which will be the false NEF file.
7. Select the photo in I-Flashdrive (it will not display) then press the action button in the top right corner and select the "Open in..." and Goodreader.
8. Goodreader will open. It still can not display the photo which will now have a big complex file name.
9. Use Goodreader file manager to rename the file to something like "file.zip". Confirm the extension change when asked.
10. Finally. Use Goodreader to unzip the file(s).
Done. Read away using Goodreader (I love Goodreader).
The key issue here is to use a file format which the iPad recognises as a photo, but does not know how to display. The NEF seems to work, but I have also used AVI format as iPad believes it is a non compatible video file.
Then you just need to move the file to Goodreader, rename it and unzip.
Messy, and un-neccessary, but it works without any other suport.
iPad, iOS 4.2