In the event that you do not have a computer at your disposal and that you have the habit of accumulating a lot of files, photos, or videos on your Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3, you can easily reach saturation of the internal storage of that -this. In recent years, brands have become accustomed to also integrating a micro SD port. Despite everything, transferring files without a computer can be a problem. You have probably heard of a sufficiently effective solution, through a USB key.
We are going to show you in this article how to connect a usb key to a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3? For this, first of all, we are going to come back to the advantages you will benefit from performing this technique, then, the practical part, in which you will discover all the steps to connect your USB key to your Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3.
Why connect a USB flash drive to a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3?
Before presenting the process for use a USB key directly on your Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3, we are going to summarize the advantages of this technique. 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 gets pretty darn big. We suddenly have the feeling that having 64GB or 128GB on a phone is huge, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that films in 4K they can be saturated very quickly.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 will be to give you the possibility of free up memory on your Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 by transferring content to it. In addition, you can also directly download files that a friend has sent to you, for example, on a USB key. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3.
How to connect a USB key to a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this article! We will first see the manipulation for connect a USB key to a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 , then see show how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3?
First thing to know, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3. Indeed, in the event that you looked at the curves of your mobile phone for a few minutes, you must have quickly realized that there was no USB socket on it. This is using a technology called OTG that you will be able to achieve your ends. 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 Z Flip3 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB drive from Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3?
Finally, now that you understand how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will very simply show you how to transfer files between a USB key and your Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3? Either way, the process is the same. Follow the guidelines below to achieve this:
- Download a file manager in the event that the native application of your phone does not meet your expectations
- Plug the OTG adapter into your Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3
- Connect a USB key or an external hard drive
- Open your file manager
- Find the files 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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