[digiKam-users] How do you Import from Android phone on Windows?

[Pete Lindgren]

Hi,

Digikam 7.6.0
Windows 10 Pro

I'm trying to import pictures from my Android phone into digiKam on Windows
but can't find my phone within the Import section of digiKam.

When I plug in my Android phone it appears as a 'Device' under the 'Devices
and drives' section of 'This PC' in File explorer. If I put the phone in
PTP mode, the icon representing the phone is a camera, and if I put the
phone in MTP mode, the icon representing the phone looks like a phone.

In neither case does the phone appear as a removable storage with a drive
letter attached. Nor can I map a drive letter to it in the typical way.

In digiKam, I can't find any way to select the phone in the Import options.
When I click 'Import > Cameras > Add Camera Manually', I'm presented with
the Camera Settings pop up with the central camera list blank. When I click
the 'Add...' button, the resulting pop up also shows a blank list. I can't
specify the phone manually as a USB device because windows doesn't give it
mount path as such. And I can't choose 'USB PTP Class Camera' as advised in
the text of the pop up because the camera list is empty.

Any advice on how I can import from my Android phone on Windows gratefully
received.

Kind regards,
Peter
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