topic Re: Canon T6i to Samsung Smartphone via Hotspot in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Canon T6i to Samsung Smartphone via Hotspot

Ohiobudd — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 01:30:04 GMT

Can I connect my T6i to my Samsung smartphone via the phone's Hot Spot, not the Wi-Fi? Again this is Camera via my Hot Spot, not Wi-Fi.

Thanks

Re: Canon T6i to Samsung Smartphone via Hotspot

Tim — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 05:06:03 GMT

Hello Ohiobudd,

The camera is not able to connect to a phone or other mobile device through a hot spot or mobile cellular data.

Re: Canon T6i to Samsung Smartphone via Hotspot

Ohiobudd — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 05:12:52 GMT

Thank you, Tim. So if I'm in an area that doesn't have Wi-Fi I just need to wait until I get to one and transfer photos then, correct?

Is it possible to transfer from camera to phone using the HDMI jack that's on the camera?

Thanks again.
Bud

Re: Canon T6i to Samsung Smartphone via Hotspot

John_ — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 13:39:27 GMT

I believe the HDMI jack on your phone is an output only, so no you cannot do that

Re: Canon T6i to Samsung Smartphone via Hotspot

Tim — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 22:23:37 GMT

Ohiobudd,

With the camera's WiFi enabled, you can establish a connection to the phone. It does not require externally available WiFi.

There are no provisions to utilize a data transfer to the mobile in this manner with an HDMI cable.

Re: Canon T6i to Samsung Smartphone via Hotspot

Ohiobudd — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 22:31:14 GMT

I'm not having much luck getting that transfer. I've went by the camera's prompts as well as the phone's. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Re: Canon T6i to Samsung Smartphone via Hotspot

John_ — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 22:48:12 GMT

Go into the WiFi settings on both the camera and phone and make sure they are both on the same network. I ran into this problem when my phone was on a 5ghz WiFi network at home and my camera was only capable of being on my 2.4ghz WiFi network. Once I switched my phone over to the same 2.4ghz network they connected.