Using Flickr Mobile with the 6233

Uploading an image

Log into m.flickr.com, and from the main menu, highlight option 4, Upload a photo. Click Select and highlight the field under ‘Choose a photo:’. Click Select and you’ll be taken to your phone’s Gallery. Locate the image you want to upload, highlight it and click Select so that the image’s name appears in the field.

Scroll down to highlight the UPLOAD button and click Select. Your image will be loaded to the Flickr server. Now you have the option to add a title and description for the photo. Highlight the Title or Description field, click Edit and enter your text, clicking OK to confirm.

Finally, you can apply privacy settings to make the new photo public or private. Use the navigation keys and Select to choose between Private (no-one can view the photo), Show to friends or Show to family (only contacts classified as Friends or Family can view it) or Public (everyone can view your photo). When you’ve chosen a privacy setting, highlight SAVE and click Select and you should receive a message telling you your photo has been uploaded.

Leaving a comment

To add a comment to any photo on Flickr Mobile, highlight the photo’s thumbnail in the search results so that a blue border appears. Click Select. Scroll down to highlight the ‘Add a comment:’ field and click Edit. Add your comment into the page and click OK to confirm. Your new comment will now appear underneath the photo.

Login problems

For such an otherwise easy-to-use site, it’s frustrating that the login process isn’t always very smooth. Enter the URL m.flickr.com into your mobile browser (Menu > Web > Go to address) and click OK to load the page. When it loads, highlight Sign in and click Select to be presented with the Yahoo login screen (you must have a Yahoo ID, old Flickr-only IDs won’t work on the mobile site).

You’ll usually see the personalised Flickr Mobile homepage with its full menu, but occasionally the generic Welcome page, featuring the Sign in link, will just reload. If it does reload, click Options, highlight Other options and press Select. Highlight Clear the cache and click Select. You’ll be taken back to the Welcome page. Click Options again, highlight Reload and click Select. Click OK to approve any redirects, and your personal homepage will load.