Manage photo and video gallery

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The Gallery app makes it easy to manage and share photos on your Firefox OS device. We'll show you how to view, share, edit and back photos up to your computer.

View and edit pictures

  1. Open the Gallery app gallery to view all the pictures you took on your phone. Your photos will be organized by the month they were taken.
  2. Tap a picture to view it in full size.
    • Swipe left or right to navigate through the gallery.
  3. When you find the image you'd like to work with, tap the edit button.
    Gallery edit
    • From here you can adjust the exposure, crop, add a filter or a border.
      Image editing
  4. To save your edited picture, tap the checkbox button Save edit in the upper-right corner of the screen. Your edited picture will be saved as a new image. The original picture won't be changed.
    • When you save your edited picture, you'll be returned to the main gallery screen.
  1. Open the Gallery app gallery to view all the pictures you took on your phone. Your photos will be organized by the month they were taken.
  2. Tap a picture to view it in full size.
    • Swipe left or right to navigate through the gallery.
  3. When you find the image you'd like to work with, tap the edit button edit photo at the bottom of the screen.
    • From here, you can adjust exposure, crop, add effects or turn on auto-enhance.
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  4. To save your edited picture, tap Done on the upper-right corner of the screen. Your edited picture will be saved as a new image. The original picture won't be changed.

Share pictures

Firefox OS has a number of ways to share pictures.

Share a single image

  1. When you are viewing a single image, tap the share button.
    Share button
  2. Select how you would like to share these images: Email, Twitter (if installed), Wallpaper, Messages or Bluetooth transfer.
  1. Open an image, then tap the Share button fos share at the bottom of the screen.
  2. Select how you would like to share these images: Email, Wallpaper, Messages, Facebook (if installed) or Bluetooth transfer.

Share multiple images

  1. Make sure you are on the main gallery screen. Tap the grid button to return to this view if necessary.
    Grid button
  2. Tap the select button at the bottom of the screen.
    Select images
  3. Select the images you want to share.
  4. Tap the share button at the bottom of the screen.
    Share multiple
  5. Select how you would like to share these images (Email or Bluetooth).
    • If you select Email, a new message will be created with these images as attachments. For more info, see Send and manage email.
    • If you select Bluetooth, you will have to pair your device with another. For details, see Share files using Bluetooth.
  1. Make sure you are on the main gallery screen. Tap the grid button to return to this view if necessary.
    Grid button
  2. Tap the select button at the bottom of the screen.
    Select images
  3. Select the images you want to share.
  4. Tap the share button at the bottom of the screen.
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  5. Select how you would like to share these images (Email or Bluetooth).
    • If you select Email, a new message will be created with these images as attachments. For more info, see Send and manage email.
    • If you select Bluetooth, you will have to pair your device with another. For details, see Share files using Bluetooth.
  1. Return to the main Gallery view.
  2. Tap the select button at the bottom of the screen.
    Select images
  3. Tap to select the images you want to share.
  4. Tap the Share button fos share at the bottom of the screen.
  5. Select a sharing method: E-Mail, Messages, Facebook or Bluetooth transfer.
    • If you choose E-Mail or Messages, these apps will attach your photos to a new message. Facebook may prompt you to log in before you can post photos.

Delete pictures

When you are viewing a single image, delete it by tapping the trash button. Then tap OK to confirm.

Open the image, then delete it by tapping the trash button. Tap Delete to confirm.

To delete multiple images:

  1. Make sure you are on the main gallery screen. Tap the grid button to return to this view if necessary.
    Grid button
  2. Tap the select button at the bottom of the screen.
    Select images
  3. Select the images you want to delete.
  4. Tap the trashcan button at the bottom of the screen.
  5. Tap OK to confirm.
  1. From the main gallery view, tap the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
    Select images
  2. Tap to select the images you want to delete.
  3. Tap the trash button Gallery delete icon in Firefox OS at the bottom of the screen.
  4. Tap Delete to confirm.
Warning: Once a picture has been deleted, it can't be recovered.

Backup your images on your computer

  1. Enable USB storage:
    • Open the Settings app, scroll down to the Device section and tap Media storage. Then, in the Media storage settings, enable USB mass storage.
      Open the Settings app, scroll down to the Storage section and enable USB storage.
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  2. Make sure your phone is on and then connect it to your computer using a USB cable.
  3. Once your device is connected your photo software should open automatically so that you can import your photos. If it doesn't, you'll have to open it yourself and then choose the import option.

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