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

[frederic chaume]

Hi Peter

I tried the same and the only solution I found is to automatically 
synchronize my pictures from Android to a cloud (Google drive for 
example) , then use the menu "add pictures" in the import menu and 
select the folder of the cloud in your PC.
Once done you can filter the "new added files" (menu in the bottom of 
the screen) and proceed with the import. On my side I also set the flag 
"marked as downloaded" for the ones I don't want to import (so it will 
not appear again as a new one)

hope this can help

regards
Frederic

PS : name of menu may differ from what you can see as I have translated 
the french menu I have

Le 30/03/2022 à 14:29, Pete Lindgren a écrit :
> 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