Put Videos Onto Your Cell Phone

Most phones now are capable of taking and playing back videos. In this instructable, I will show you how to put your own videos onto your phone.

Step 1 Your Phone

First of all, make sure your phone does take and playback video. Also, this will require you to some how interface with the phone's memory from your computer via either a cable to the phone or through its microSD card directly. Most phones won't let you hook up as a storage device unless there is a memory card and make sure it is set to mass storage.

Then, what type of phone is it? Is it CDMA or GSM? To make it simpler, T-Mobile or AT&T phones use GSM technology (with a SIM card). Verizon and Sprint use CDMA (without a SIM card). Other regional carriers vary and you will have to check. This will impact what type of file you have to save your video as.

Note: This instructable is for non-smartphones. Smartphones often are capable of using better formats than what I am about to show you: like MP4 video. For those, I recomend Handbrake.