In the event that you do not have a PC at your disposal and you tend to accumulate a large amount of data, photos, or videos on your Samsung Galaxy A42, you can quickly reach saturation of the internal memory of the latter. . In recent years, manufacturers have become accustomed to integrating a micro SD port as well. However, transferring files without a computer can be complex. You have probably heard of a fairly effective solution, via a USB key.
We will precisely, in this article, show you how to connect a USB stick to a Samsung Galaxy A42? For that, to begin with, we will come back to the advantages that you will have to accomplish this technique, then, the practical part, in which you will see all the steps for connect your USB key to your Samsung Galaxy A42.
Why connect a USB flash drive to a Samsung Galaxy A42?
Before showing you the process for use a USB key directly on your Samsung Galaxy A42, we will review the advantages of this solution. Most of the time taking advantage of storage on a smartphone is essential, especially when we don't really realize it, however, with the quality of the photo sensors of our mobile phones which are constantly improving, the volume of photos and videos becomes very substantial. We suddenly have the impression that having 64GB or 128GB on a smartphone is more than reasonable, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that films in 4K you will quickly reach the limits of your memory.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Samsung Galaxy A42 will be to allow you to free memory on your Samsung Galaxy A42 by transferring content to it. In addition, you will also be able to directly recover files that a colleague has sent to you on a USB key, for example. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Samsung Galaxy A42.
How to connect a USB stick to a Samsung Galaxy A42?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this tutorial! We will first see the solution for connect a USB key to a Samsung Galaxy A42 , then see learn how to transfer data from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on a Samsung Galaxy A42?
First thing to know, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Samsung Galaxy A42. In fact, if you ever took a look at the curves of your phone, you must have noticed rather quickly that there was no USB socket on it. It is using a technology called OTG that you will be able to perform this operation. You will have to buy an adapter or an OTG cable, these small accessories are very easily found for a few euros on the internet or in specialized stores.
Finally, you will have to connect the adapter or the cable that you have obtained to the micro or nano USB socket of your Samsung Galaxy A42 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Samsung Galaxy A42, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB flash drive from Samsung Galaxy A42?
Finally, now that you have understood how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will quickly teach you how to transfer data between a USB key and your Samsung Galaxy A42? Whether in one direction or the other, the process is identical. Follow the instructions below to get there:
- Download a data manager if the native application of your smartphone does not meet your expectations
- Connect the OTG adapter to your Samsung Galaxy A42
- Connect a USB key or an external hard drive
- Open your file manager
- Find the data you want to transfer to one of the two directories, you should see your USB key appear in the storage locations
- Now do "Copy / Paste" or "Cut / Paste" depending on what you want to do between the two storage locations
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