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Title: looking at pics on smart phone
Post by: wt on August 03, 2013, 09:05:49 AM: I put out my first trail cams.. yah. I have a smart phone with a micro usb port and on labeled HDMI, I did a brief search and couldn't find an adapter for the SD card from the camera to my phone. Any ideas or past success?
Title: Re: looking at pics on smart phone
Post by: Pygmy on August 03, 2013, 12:12:54 PM: WT, the newer smartphones (Android) like the Note 2 and Samsung GS3 allow the following solution. I use a micro usb to standard male usb cable tied to a IOGEAR standard USB to SD and Micro SD adapter. Insert your SD card into the adapter, connect to cable and connect the micro usb to your mobile. Your phone will pop up a screen to view the files as a separate drive. You can view all photos/videos, select the ones you want to save to your phone's memory card and delete the ones you want. Works great.
Title: Re: looking at pics on smart phone
Post by: wt on August 03, 2013, 02:08:11 PM: Pygmy, thanks for the tip. I've got a Razor that should work. I just went by Fredmyers and couldn't find the hardware you mentioned, it's not really a tech store granted, can you recommend a store to get it at. I'm in the Bothell area.
Title: Re: looking at pics on smart phone
Post by: Pygmy on August 04, 2013, 10:13:32 AM: Ebay is the least expensive. http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?sbk=1&nav=SEARCH&itemId=170891973441

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Title: Re: looking at pics on smart phone
Post by: huntbow on August 06, 2013, 11:30:21 AM: Try something like this for $2.99

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-USB-OTG-SD-Mini-SD-Micro-SD-M2-MS-Card-Reader-Writer-For-Smart-Phone-/390545753586?pt=US_Memory_Card_Readers_USB_Host_Adapters&hash=item5aee5745f2#ht_3800wt_1161 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-USB-OTG-SD-Mini-SD-Micro-SD-M2-MS-Card-Reader-Writer-For-Smart-Phone-/390545753586?pt=US_Memory_Card_Readers_USB_Host_Adapters&hash=item5aee5745f2#ht_3800wt_1161)
Title: Re: looking at pics on smart phone
Post by: CoryTDF on August 06, 2013, 11:58:33 AM: I have a Razor and i just use micro SD and put them right into my phone and view them that way. Works fine for me.
Title: Re: looking at pics on smart phone
Post by: Caseyd on August 06, 2013, 12:09:35 PM: Quote from: wt on August 03, 2013, 02:08:11 PM
Pygmy, thanks for the tip. I've got a Razor that should work. I just went by Fredmyers and couldn't find the hardware you mentioned, it's not really a tech store granted, can you recommend a store to get it at. I'm in the Bothell area.

http://www.vetco.net/ (http://www.vetco.net/)
Title: Re: looking at pics on smart phone
Post by: SuperMag on August 06, 2013, 01:27:56 PM: Has anyone done something like this with the iPhone 5? I just keep seeing that they make a conector for it but it only works with the iPad not the iPhone.
Title: Re: looking at pics on smart phone
Post by: jackelope on August 06, 2013, 02:10:53 PM: Quote from: SuperMag on August 06, 2013, 01:27:56 PM
Has anyone done something like this with the iPhone 5? I just keep seeing that they make a conector for it but it only works with the iPad not the iPhone.

Yes. It only works with the iPad and not the iPhone.

The iPhones don't have any sort of micro SD card to plug into as mentioned above. With that said, the adapter for the iPad works swell.
Title: Re: looking at pics on smart phone
Post by: wt on August 06, 2013, 09:12:51 PM: coreytdf: Do your cameras take micro sd or regular sd? Mine take regular sd, so would I use an sd to micro sd adapter in the camera?