Use Albums to view photos and videos on your phone. You can also view photos that you and your friends have shared on Facebook.
On the Home screen, slide to the Photos & Videos tab and then tap Albums. You can also tap
from the Camera screen to open Albums.
On the Albums main screen, swipe your finger up or down to scroll and browse through photos and videos that are stored on your phone and storage card. Tap a photo or video to view it in full screen.
You can view Albums in portrait or landscape orientation. Turn your phone sideways to the left to switch the screen to landscape orientation.
To learn more about using Albums, see:
While viewing a photo, tap the screen to display and use the onscreen controls.
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Return to the previous screen. |
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Start the slideshow. |
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Send the photo using email or MMS, or upload it to Facebook. |
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Save the photo as a contact picture, save the onscreen image as a new file, and more. |
To view the next or previous photo in the current album
While holding your phone upright, view the next or previous photo by swiping your finger up or down the screen.
While holding your phone sideways, view the next or previous photo by swiping your finger left or right across the screen.
To zoom in or out on a photo
Press your thumb and index finger on the screen and then spread your fingers apart to zoom in. Pinch your fingers together to zoom out.
You can also double-tap the area on the photo you want to zoom in on. To zoom out, double-tap the screen again.
After zooming in on a photo, press and hold the screen and then drag your finger to pan to other areas of the photo.
Tip: To save the zoomed in part of the photo as a new file, tap the screen, tap
and then select Save Screen Image.
To set a favorite album
The Photos & Videos tab on the Home screen displays photos and video files from the current favorite album. By default, the Camera Shots album which stores the photos and videos you captured using the Camera is set as the favorite album. You can change to another favorite album, if preferred.
), tap the album you want to set as your favorite.You can use Albums to view photos you and your friends have shared on Facebook. You must be logged in to your Facebook account to be able to view Facebook photos.
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While viewing a photo, tap the screen to display and use the onscreen controls.
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Return to the previous screen. |
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Send the photo using email or MMS. |
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Reload the current photo. |
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Return to the previous screen. |
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Go back to the previous photo. |
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Pause the slideshow. |
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Resume playback of the slideshow. |
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Go to the next photo. |
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Set slideshow options. |
Note: While playing a slideshow, animated GIF and video files are excluded from the slideshow.
Slideshow options
While watching a video, tap the screen to display and use the playback controls. Tap the playback control icons to pause, resume, stop playback, jump to the start of the video, or switch the display mode. You can also drag your finger across the progress bar to go forward or backward in the video.
When you've finished or stopped playing the video, you can replay the video by tapping the Play icon on the center screen.
You can also send this video by email or MMS or share it on YouTube. Tap the screen, tap the
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Using Albums, you can send photos and videos via email and MMS, upload photos to Facebook, and upload videos to YouTube. You must be logged in to Facebook and YouTube to upload photos or videos to those sites.
.To close Albums, return to the main Albums screen first. (If you were viewing a video or photo slideshow, stop the playback.) Tap the screen to show the onscreen controls and then tap
to go back to the main Albums screen.
Tap
on the main Albums screen to close Albums.