In the event that you do not have a computer at your disposal and you are used to accumulating a large number of files, photos, or videos on your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold, you can quickly reach saturation of the latter's internal memory. For some time now, brands have tended to also integrate a micro SD port. However, transferring files without a computer can be complex. You've probably heard of a fairly quick technique, using a USB key.
We will precisely, in this article, teach you how to connect a usb key to a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold? For this, first, we will review the advantages that you will have to perform this technique, then, the practical part, in which you will see all the steps to plug your USB key into your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold.
Why connect a USB drive to a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold?
Before showing you the procedure for use a USB key directly on your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold, we will come back to the advantages of this technique. Generally having storage on a smartphone is essential, especially since we don't really realize it, but with the quality of the photo sensors of our phones which are constantly improving, the volume of photos and videos is becoming damn impressive. . 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 they can be saturated very quickly.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold will be to give you the possibility of free up memory on your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold by uploading content to it. In addition, you can also 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 Z Fold.
How to connect a USB drive to a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this article! We will first see the procedure for connect a USB key to a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold , then see explain how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB drive on a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold?
First thing to know, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold. Indeed, in the event that you looked at the curves of your smartphone for a few minutes, you must have noticed rather quickly that there was no USB socket on it. This is using 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 simply 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 Z Fold and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB drive from Samsung Galaxy Z Fold?
Finally, now that you have integrated how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will quickly explain how to transfer files between a USB key and your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold? Either way, the process is the same. Follow the directions below to get there:
- Download a file manager in the event that your smartphone's native application does not meet your expectations
- Plug the OTG adapter into your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold
- 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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