Bluetooth woes

OK, I have an old Tracfone (Best I can describe it is it looks like a plastic CRZR phone. Can't find the model number anywhere on it, but it is made by Motorola). The phone is out of service and the screen is missing. I will spare you on that story. But anyway this phone contains some EXTREMELY valuable photos on it, and I would like to get them off of the phone. I did discover that using an iMac I recently bought off of someone, I can connect a phone to it and browse it from the iMac. HOWEVER after hours of trying to connect the phone to the iMac via bluetooth, when I finally succeed I find out the fact that the phone is only useful as a bluetooth speaker... Yeah. SO, does ANYBODY have any ideas as to how I can retrieve my photos? I can make a video on the subject if this post doesn't seem to make much sense.

I should also note that no it does NOT have a microSD slot, and if I plug it into a computer via USB, Windows just doesn't know what to do with it, and idk what the iMac I bought would do as it only works right now when in safe mode, and in safe mode it doesn't recognize flash drives and such. So any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :)

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asked Jun 23 '11 at 00:15

Pizzscn
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edited Aug 09 '11 at 15:24

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I had success with a cheapo blue tooth dongle off of ebay that came with 'blue Soleil' software (not sure if it's free, Google it you might be able to download it).

The interface aloud me to connect the phone and sync the phone and computer together, and i could access the internal memory to transfer data off.

you might be able to get a data cable to do it. but the easiest method (and probably cheapest) would be to take it to a phone shop and ask them to get the pictures off.

answered Jun 23 '11 at 00:36

roguekiller23231
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I'll try out that app. Thanks for the suggestion. If anyone else knows of a better solution though please do feel free to post it :D

(Jun 23 '11 at 00:38) Pizzscn

OK, well it's not free, and it looks like it's only for PCs. My PC doesn't have bluetooth support on it but thanks anyhow :)

(Jun 23 '11 at 00:45) Pizzscn

Try taking it to a phone store and having them use the transfer thing to transfer the photos to another phone.

answered Jun 23 '11 at 00:54

TheTechDude
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I think I may have to try that. But I like to be DIY so still open for suggestions! thanks though.

(Jun 23 '11 at 01:00) Pizzscn

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