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How to Upload Phone Pictures to Facebook

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By abbeyroad1107
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Facebook is a website that lets users upload pictures of themselves and their friends. Facebook also allows users to post messages and upload pictures to their accounts directly from their cell phones. This is extremely convenient if you are at an event and do not want to wait until you are home to add those pictures to your Facebook profile page. By activating a Facebook Mobile account, you can upload pictures from your cell phone to your Facebook profile.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Facebook account Cell phone
  1. Step 1

    Sign into your Facebook account.

  2. Step 2

    Click the "Settings" link at the top of the Facebook page.

  3. Step 3

    Click the "Mobile" tab.

  4. Step 4

    Select the "Register for Facebook Mobile Texts" link. A window will appear.

  5. Step 5

    Choose your country and wireless service provider in the two drop down boxes. Click "Next."

  6. Step 6

    Send a text message to "32665" from your cell phone. The text message should have only the letter "f" in it. Click "Next."

  7. Step 7

    Check your cell phone for a text message from Facebook. This text message will have a code. Enter that code into the text box on your computer screen. Click "Confirm." Your Facebook Mobile account will then be activated.

  8. Step 8

    Go to the pictures feature on your cell phone. Find the picture you wish to upload to Facebook.

  9. Step 9

    Select the "Send" option on your cell phone. You will be able to add a contact in a "To" box.

  10. Step 10

    Enter the following in the "To" box: "mobile.facebook.com." Choose "OK" and then "Send" to send the picture message.

  11. Step 11

    Wait about five minutes and then go back to the Facebook main page on your computer.

  12. Step 12

    Click the "Profile" link at the top of the Facebook page to access your profile page. The picture that you uploaded should be located at the top of your profile page.

  13. Step 13

    Click the "View Photos of Me" link underneath your profile picture on your profile page. On the next page, you will see that a new album, "Mobile Uploads," has been created and is listed in your albums at the bottom of the page. This is where all pictures uploaded from your phone to Facebook will be saved.

Tips & Warnings
  • If your wireless service provider is not listed in the appropriate drop down box mentioned in Step 5, you will not be able to upload phone pictures to Facebook using your cell phone.

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