Pictures no longer transfer via USB

[userI3Xt67e2VY]

I save my photos to my phone (Google is too difficult to get them off of tgeir site wo losing them. I use to be able to transfer them to my computer via usb. Since the last samsung update, this does not work. HELP!

[CEParsons]

Is your USB mode set to data transfer?

[realaud]

Do you have auto block on?

[userI3Xt67e2VY]

no for both.

[realaud]

Are you using the right cable? You should be using the cable that came with your phone.

[Jules411]

You can activate Developer options if it already isn't listed by tapping About phone in settings, click on software then tap on build 7 times to activate Developer options then scroll down to Default USB, click and change from charge phone only to file transfer. Then restart your phone. When you connect your phone with your computer your will get a notification on your phone.

[realaud]

How is it too difficult to transfer the photos from Google?  It's actually easier than cable transfer.  All you have to do is open a web browser, go to photos.google.com,  select the photos you want to download, then hit the dot menu on the top right and select download and, presto, they are on  your computer in a zip file in the download folder.  You can then either keep the photos in Google as an additional backup, or select them again and delete them.  Deleting them from Google will also delete them from your phone. Moving them from the gallery or DCIM folder will remove them from your phone, but the Google backup will remain.

You can also just attach a flash drive to your phone and download the files from either the gallery,  Google Photos or move them DCIM folder to your flash drive.  moving them from the file manager will keep your album structure intact.  You can then either keep them on the flash drive or transfer them from the flash drive to  your computer.

[userI3Xt67e2VY]

I had to use google take out. Sadly, when I deleted from my phone, all photos originally in google, were permanently gone from my computer, as well. I am done with google ruining my memories!

[realaud]

When you delete photos directly from Google photos, they are deleted from every device that is logged into your Google account.  They clearly state this in Google Photos.  It is a backup.  If you delete the backup photos, Google assumes you either do not want them anymore or have them safely stored elsewhere. Same with OneDrive, however, OneDrive is not a backup it's a sync, which is worse, since it deletes photos deleted from either the gallery or one drive, so there is no backup. Keeping them on an external drive or flash drive would solve that issue.  However, it is definitely your choice and prerogative not to use Google photos.  It was not Google ruining your memories but your misunderstanding of how it works.