[Nikon] Android Phone FTP Wireless Upload

Connect your camera to your phone's personal hotspot, and use the camera's FTP function to transfer photos from the camera to the UPHOTO cloud.

Supported cameras: Z8, Z9, Zf, Z63

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FTP wireless upload can only upload photos taken after the connection. If you need to upload historical photos, please refer to the "Common Issues and Solutions" section in the bottom of this page.

I. Phone Settings

1. Turn off your phone's WIFI

   • Steps to turn off: Go to Phone Settings -> WLAN or Wireless LAN

2. Turn on your phone's mobile network personal hotspot

   • Steps to turn on: Go to Phone Settings -> Mobile Network or Cellular Network -> Personal Hotspot
   • For some phones: Go to Phone Settings -> Personal Hotspot
   • You can also directly search for "Personal Hotspot" in "Settings"

   Note: The name and password of the personal hotspot must use simple letters and numbers, and should not contain "spaces" and "special characters". You can set the "AP Band" of the personal hotspot to the "5GHz band", which makes photo importing faster (some cameras do not support the 5GHz band, which will cause the phone's personal hotspot network to not be found).

3. Set the phone to be available after the screen is off (Android phones only).

   • Please refer to Android Settings for Shooting with Screen Off to set up according to your phone brand.

II. Obtain FTP Service Information

1. Open the "UPHOTO Live APP" and log in successfully.

2. In the APP album list, select the album you want to shoot, click the "Upload Now" button, and select "Wireless FTP Transmission".

   Note: If it is an Android phone, when using the "UPHOTO Live APP" for the first time, authorization requests for "Ignore battery optimization" and "Access photos and media content on your device" will pop up, please click "Allow". As shown below:

   
   
   

3. After selecting the photo upload group, you will enter the "Shoot and Upload" interface, which will display "FTP Service Information" by default. You can also manually click the "Disconnected" area in the upper left corner or the "Upload Settings" button in the upper right corner to display the FTP service information (this information will be used in subsequent camera settings). As shown below:

   

   Note: If the "IP Address" is not displayed or shows "0.0.0.0", it means the "IP Address" failed to be obtained. You can first check whether the "Phone WIFI" is turned off, or whether the "Personal Hotspot" is turned on. After confirming that there is no error, click the "Refresh" button to refresh again.

III. Camera Settings

3.1 Connect the camera to a wireless WiFi network

In the camera's network menu, find "Router band" and select "5G Hz".

In the camera's network menu, find "Connect to FTP server" -> "Network settings" -> "Create profile" -> Select "Manual setup" -> "Wireless LAN" -> Select "Wireless" to enter settings.

Enter the WiFi name prepared in Step 1 in the SSID field, for example, "ALLTUU" in the image, and press OK. Then enter the WiFi password prepared in Step 1 in the password field, for example, "12345678" in the image, and press OK.

3.2 Configure server settings

Return to the Manual setup wireless LAN page, select "FTP" to enter settings. Select "FTP" as the server type. Enter the FTP server address displayed on the transfer page in the "Address" field (in this example, 172.20.10.3).

⚠️ Note: The FTP server address is the FTP server address displayed in the middle of your phone's transfer page. 172.20.10.3 is just an example. Please double-check!

Clear the folder field as shown on the left. Change the "Port" to the FTP port obtained from the transfer page (in this example, 01234). Set PASV mode to "OFF". Set Anonymous login to "OFF".

Then enter the FTP username "at" in the "Username" field below and press OK. Enter the FTP password "1234" in the "Password" field and press OK.

3.3 Connection successful

Return to the "Connect to FTP server" page. If the WiFi text is displayed with a green background, the connection is successful. Enter "Options". Turn on "Auto upload" to "ON". Turn off "Delete after upload" to "OFF". Set "Upload RAW+JPEG as" to "JPEG only". Then half-press the camera shutter to enter Live View mode and start shooting.

IV. Shoot and Upload

Half-press the camera shutter to enter Live View mode. After taking a photo, the photo will automatically be transferred to the photo list of the "UPHOTO Live APP".

Common Issues and Solutions

Zf and Z63 screenshots

Can I mark photos for upload during Nikon FTP connection?

Yes, you can. When reviewing photos, you can achieve one-click FTP upload.

1. After successful FTP connection, select [Shoot and Transfer] mode on the phone.
2. On the camera: Turn off [Auto upload] under the camera's FTP settings. Set custom control (playback) -> FTP to upload (FTP) -> Priority upload, as shown below.
3. On the camera: When playing back photos, press the set shortcut key, and the photo will be automatically uploaded to the album.