How to Use a SD Card on a Cell Phone (Blackberry, IPhone, PDA)
Micro SD cards for cell phones are now costing less and are holding more memory. 4GB SD cards can hold an estimated 1000 songs, over 13,000 images, or 22 hours of video individually. 2GB memory cards hold roughly half those estimates and 8GB SD cards would hold double. So if your cell phone has a SD card slot learn how to utilize this expandable memory option on your device. Follow these steps and you will soon be enjoying your music, pictures, and video on your phone!
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Cell phone with compatible Micro SD Card (certain SD Cards work better with different phone models)
- SD Card drive on PC computer
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SanDisk Adaptor and Micro SD Card
Insert your SD memory card adaptor (with micro SD card inserted) into your SD Card drive on your computer. This should open a "Secure Digital Storage Device" or similar window. If not, go to "My Computer" to locate your SD card and open it.
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To transfer picture files to your SD memory card, open the folder or file that your pictures are stored on. Simply click and drag a file or multiple files and drop them into your SD Card window or folder. You can also copy a picture and then paste it to the SD Card.
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To transfer music files to your SD memory card, open your "My Music" folder. Select the folder where you are going to get the music from (Itunes, Yahoo Music...). Click, drag, and drop the files into the SD Card window or copy and paste them in.
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To transfer video files to your SD memory card, open your "My Videos" folder. Select the folder where you are going to get the video from. Click, drag, and drop the files into the SD Card window or copy and paste them in.
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Take out the SD memory card adaptor from its drive. Remove the Micro SD card (small chip for your phone) and insert it into the SD Card drive on your Blackberry, IPhone, or other compatible cell phone.
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Go to your media, picture, or music folder in your cell phones menu. Select which item you are looking for and your files will appear! For more great resources check out the Free Blackberry Apps Resource page below.
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Tips & Warnings
Some phone models and SD Card manufacturers/models vary and may require formatting or an additional step not included above. (SanDisk cards have worked great with my Blackberry and do not need to be formatted, see resources below)
You may need the correct operating system update to use larger Micro SD Memory cards such as 8GB or 16GB.
