In the event that you do not have a computer at your disposal and that you are used to accumulating a large amount of data, photos, or videos on your Samsung Galaxy M13, you can quickly reach saturation of the internal memory of the last. For some time, manufacturers have become accustomed to also integrating a micro SD port. That said, transferring data without a computer can be problematic. You may have heard of a quick enough solution, using a USB flash drive.
In this article, we are going to show you precisely how to connect a USB stick to a Samsung Galaxy M13? To do this, first, we will come back to the advantages you will benefit from performing this technique, then, the practical part, in which you will see all the steps to connect your USB key to your Samsung Galaxy M13.
What will connecting a USB flash drive to a Samsung Galaxy M13 do?
Before presenting the technique for use a USB key directly on your Samsung Galaxy M13, we will summarize the advantages of this operation. Most of the time taking advantage of storage on a smartphone is essential, especially since we don't really realize it, nevertheless, with the quality of the photo sensors of our phones which are constantly improving, the weight of the photos and videos becomes very consequent. We suddenly have the naive feeling that having 64GB or 128GB on a smartphone is more than enough, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that records videos 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 M13 will be to give you the possibility of free memory on your Samsung Galaxy M13 by transferring content to it. In addition, you will also be able to directly download files that a friend has put on a USB key, for example. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Samsung Galaxy M13.
How to connect a USB stick to a Samsung Galaxy M13?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this guide! We will first see the method for connect a USB key to a Samsung Galaxy M13 , then see explain how to transfer data from one to the other.
How to read USB flash drive on Samsung Galaxy M13?
First things to understand, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Samsung Galaxy M13. Indeed, if you have analyzed the curves of your mobile phone for a few minutes, you must have noticed quite quickly that there was no USB socket on it. This is thanks to a technology called OTG that you will be able to perform this operation. You will need to get an adapter or an OTG cable, these small accessories are simply available 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 purchased to the micro or nano USB socket of your Samsung Galaxy M13 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Samsung Galaxy M13, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB flash drive from Samsung Galaxy M13?
Finally, now that you have understood how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will quickly explain to you how to transfer data between a USB flash drive and your Samsung Galaxy M13? Either way the process is similar. Apply the following guidelines 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 M13
- 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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