How to Download Photos From a Cell Phone to Email

These days you just have to make sure you have your cell phone with you at all times in order to capture special moments in your life as they happen. A quick way to get the photos you take from your cell phone onto your computer is to send the photo to your email address via a text or multimedia message. Below are steps you should take for two different methods to download photos from a cell phone to email.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Camera-ready cell phone

Start With the Photo

1. Get the photo you wish to send from your cell phone by going to "Menu" (usually found on the lower left or right of your cell phone screen) then select either "My stuff," My photos" or just "Photos/Media." Some phones may require a third step of choosing "Graphics/My Photos."

2. Select the photo you wish to send to an email address.

3. Choose "Options" while you have your selected photo open on your cell phone screen.

4. Scroll to "Send" on your list of options. You may have to select "Options" then "Send" again, or "Share" on your phone.

5. Select the option to send your photo to an email address or where it says "Insert," type in the email address you wish to send the photo to. To type in certain symbols (such as @ _ - .) press the "1" key on your phone's key pad, or go into symbol mode (usually accessed on the bottom left or right hand side of the screen where you also change your text entry mode).

6. Choose "OK" or "Send" to send your photo from your cell phone to an email address.

Start With a Message

7. Start a new text or multimedia message by choosing "Menu" then "Messaging" (usually the envelope icon in your menu options).

8. Pick "Create New Message" from your list of options.

9. Choose "Options," then "Add media," or "Add photo," or you may have to choose "Graphics," then "My photos," then choose the photo you wish to add to your message.

10. Select "Options," then "Send" and choose the email address option or type in the email address in the space provided.

11. Go to "OK" in the lower right or left hand corner to download the photo to email.

Tips & Warnings

• Read your cell phone user's manual to determine the specific instructions for your phone. You can find the user's manual on either your cell phone plan carrier's website or on the website of the makers of your cell phone.
• You may have to pay extra to send multimedia messages from your phone to an email, depending on your data/messaging plan. The resolution of your image may be decreased when you send it via cell phone to email.

References

• PCMag.com; How to Offload Your Cell Phone Pictures
• TechLore: The Consumer Electronics Community; How to Transfer Pictures from Your Cell Phone