If you do not have a PC at your disposal and you are used to accumulating a large number of data, photos, or videos on your Samsung Galaxy M12, you can quickly reach saturation of the internal storage of it. this. For a few years now, manufacturers have become accustomed to also integrating a micro SD port. That said, exchanging data without a computer can be complex. You have no doubt heard of a fairly quick technique, using a USB key.
We will precisely, in this article, show you how to connect a USB stick to a Samsung Galaxy M12? In this context, to begin with, we will come back to the advantages that you will have to perform this manipulation, then, the practical part, in which you will see all the steps to connect your USB key to your Samsung Galaxy M12.
What is the point of connecting a USB flash drive to a Samsung Galaxy M12?
Before presenting the technique for use a USB key directly on your Samsung Galaxy M12, we will review the advantages of this operation. In general, taking advantage of storage on a phone is essential, especially when we don't really realize it, nevertheless with the quality of the photo sensors of our mobile phones which are constantly improving, the weight of the photos and videos becomes very substantial. We therefore naively have the impression that having 64GB or 128GB on a phone is more than enough, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that records videos in 4K they can be saturated very quickly.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Samsung Galaxy M12 will be to give you the possibility of free memory on your Samsung Galaxy M12 by uploading content to it. In addition, you will also be able to directly recover files that a colleague has sent you for example on a USB key. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Samsung Galaxy M12.
How to connect a USB flash drive to a Samsung Galaxy M12?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this guide! We will first see the solution for connect a USB key to a Samsung Galaxy M12 , then see explain how to transfer data from one to the other.
How to read USB flash drive on Samsung Galaxy M12?
First things to know, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Samsung Galaxy M12. Indeed, if you have ever analyzed the curves of your phone a little, you must have quickly realized that there was no USB socket on it. It's thanks to a technology called OTG that you will be able to perform this operation. You will have to get 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 M12 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Samsung Galaxy M12, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB drive from Samsung Galaxy M12?
Finally, now that you have understood how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will very simply explain to you how to transfer data between a USB key and your Samsung Galaxy M12? Either way, the process is the same. Apply the following guidelines to get there:
- Download a data manager if the original application installed on your phone does not meet your expectations
- Connect the OTG adapter to your Samsung Galaxy M12
- 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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