I saw that the frame had wifi and an app when I was researching frames. But I also saw that it USB and SD card ports, so I figured I was fine — as I do not let random electronics in my house connect to the internet, and I sincerely do not need or want the hassle of a cloud connected PICTURE FRAME, when a simple USB drive works just fine.
Unfortunately, this frame assumes you will be using their app and wifi, and if you don’t want to, then prep for a hard time.
First, the frame will not recognize anything larger than 32GB in size (as it only recognizes FAT32 drives). Second, of the 3 ports it has, only one was working on mine.
I tried connecting a standard USB-A drive, but the port was dead. I double checked the same drive on my Roku, and 3 different computers, the drive showed up fine on those devices, but not on this frame.
So I moved on to the USB-C port. Again, dud. I loaded up the same photos on a USB-C drive and tried again. But nope, that port was dead too.
Finally, out of desperation, I re-partitioned a 128GB sd card and created a 32GB partition and then formatted it as FAT32, then loaded the same photos onto that as well. Initially the SD card showed as blank too, but after I pulled the plug on the unit and power cycled it, it finally recognized the card.
On prior frames I have owned, if there are files on either the internal storage or a plugged in card, the frame will automatically start slide showing those files on startup. Not on this frame.
It defaults to a “home” screen, and constantly nags you to connect it to the internet. It has a giant area for the time and the weather (you know, in case the phone it assumes you loaded their app onto suddenly dies, and all of the 87 million other devices in your home also stop working, you will have one more thing trying to shove a clock and the weather in your face).
It will not leave that screen unless you click on the generic (unlabeled) photos area, the select your files from your storage device and open one. From that point it will start slide showing them.
I had gone into the settings and set the slideshow mode to 1 minute. The frame ignored it and instead flashed through each photo at about a 5-8 second/photo pace.
Finally, the processor on this over prices garbage is a joke. It will only show about 12 photos at a time, and if you try to advance faster than it can keep up it will keep chugging and making you wait (good luck trying to find a specific picture 200 down) and eventually it crashes and resets the view back to the top.
I am returning this dysfunctional garbage. I recommend you stay away from this frame. There is no way all of its “reviews” are legitimate.
Good job seller, you tricked me with your fake reviews. Unfortunately for you, I can return your garbage.
Report