You probably know this legendary feature of Windows which is used to move files or folders very easily. It has long been impossible to accomplish this on Samsung Galaxy J5 without resorting to special software, however, it is now achievable. And you will realize, in the event that you do not already know that this will make your life easier in a lot of ways.
Today we will reveal to you today how to copy / paste on a Samsung Galaxy J5? To do this, first of all, we will explain to you what interests will bring you this Android functionality, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your Samsung Galaxy J5, first of all text directly thanks to the operations internal files of your mobile phone, and, finally, folders or files using an external application.
What is the point of copy paste on a Samsung Galaxy J5?
We therefore start this guide by showing you all the benefits of the copy / paste function on a Samsung Galaxy J5 . This functionality is as we told you originally from computers, and without it it would be really difficult to manage files and different folders.
It will actually give you the option like the function cut and paste select one or more files or folders, create copies in the memory of your Samsung Galaxy J5 and drop them anywhere you want. If you copy / paste you keep the original copy in its location, while in the event that you perform a cut / paste you will move the file and at the end of the procedure there will only be one version left. where you pasted it.
This function is really useful for organizing files in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Samsung Galaxy J5 to better find yourself in your files.
How to copy / paste on a Samsung Galaxy J5?
We now move on to the practical part of this guide, and for that, we will first show you how to copy paste text directly from your Samsung Galaxy J5, then files or folders using a dedicated application.
How to copy and paste text on Samsung Galaxy J5
We therefore start by revealing to you the particularly easy-to-use procedure which consists of to copy and paste text on your Samsung Galaxy J5? Fortunately, the procedure is very simple, and no matter what application you find the procedure is going to be exactly the same. The only difference will lie in the fact that on a certain number of applications the text selection is not always going to be obvious and you will have to select large portions of text even if you only want to copy a sentence (example: Facebook). Let's go:
- Unlock your Samsung Galaxy J5 and find the document / app / text you want to copy or cut and paste
- Make a long press on one of the words of the text
- You will then see a dialog window open with different alternatives click on "Copy" or "Cut" assuming it's available and that's what you want to do
- Now go to the app in which you want to paste this text, make a long press in the destination text area
- In the dialog box click on paste option
How to copy and paste files on your Samsung Galaxy J5
If you ever want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your Samsung Galaxy J5, you will need to go through a file manager. In most cases, all smartphones are now equipped with it as standard, however, this is not the case for all, we decided to reveal the procedure to you with Astro, one of the most used managers. You should know that the technique is more or less the same and that only certain terms or organization of the application differ:
- Open your file manager or download and install Astro on your Samsung Galaxy J5
- Navigate through the different folders until you find the file or folder you want to copy and paste
- Make a long press on it or click on the three small vertical dots at the top right of its label
- Press "Copy to" and select the destination directory of the file or folder
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