Uploading with the Mobile PIN
Overview: The following tutorial explains how to upload an image or video into your Photobucket account from a mobile device.
Requirements: You must be a Photobucket account holder. You must have a mobile device with the capability of sending MMS messages.
Steps to Take:- Open the Photobucket site at http://www.photobucket.com
Enter your username and password at the top of the page, then click the log in button to log into your Photobucket account.
- Select albums & upload from the menu at the top of your album.
- Select the mobile phone option on the right side of the uploader. If you are using the Non-Flash uploader, click the mobile phone tab.
- Use the address to send content from your mobile device into the Mobile Uploads album in your Photobucket album.
Notes:
- If you do not have a Mobile Uploads album, one is created the first time you send a file via MMS from your phone. If you send the file via email (e.g., from your hotmail account via your mobile phone), the Mobile Uploads album is NOT created.
- You can change your PIN number and the upload folder in your Account Options.
- Click account options at the top right.
- Scroll to Change Mobile Settings.
- Change the PIN if necessary, and deselect the checkbox if you want your MMS mobile uploads to go to your main (root) album, not the Mobile Uploads album.
- Enter your "album email address" in the To: field of your mail application on your mobile phone.
- Locate the image or video on your device, and insert it as an attachment. A text message confirmation may be sent to your phone after the content is emailed. If you sent the image via MMS, your file will be available in the Mobile Uploads album in your Photobucket account. If you sent it via email, it will be available in your root album.
Note: Depending on the size of your attachment, it may take several minutes for the file to show up in your Photobucket account. You may also need to refresh the browser the image appears in your album.