You probably know this legendary function of Windows whose role is to move files or folders quickly. It has long been impossible to perform it on Samsung Galaxy S5 without using special software, that said, it is now possible. And you will realize, in the event that you do not already know that it will simplify your life on many points.
We will suddenly expose you in this article how to copy/paste on a Samsung Galaxy S5? To do this, first of all, we will explain to you what advantages this Android feature will bring you, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your Samsung Galaxy S5, first text directly with the internal features from your smartphone, and, finally, folders or files using an external application.
What is the point of copy pasting on a Samsung Galaxy S5?
We therefore start this tutorial by teaching you all the benefits of the copy/paste feature on a Samsung Galaxy S5 . This functionality is as we told you originally from laptops, and without it it would be extremely complex to properly manage its files and different folders.
It will actually give you the option like the functionality cut and paste select one or more files or folders, create copies of them in the memory of your Samsung Galaxy S5 and drop them anywhere you want. In the event that you perform a copy/paste you keep the original copy in its location, whereas in the event that you perform a cut/paste you will move the file and at the end of the process there will only be just one version where you pasted it.
This feature is really handy for organizing your files into different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Samsung Galaxy S5 to improve your organization.
How to copy/paste on a Samsung Galaxy S5?
We are moving on to the practical part of this tutorial, and to do this, we will first teach you how to copy and paste text directly from your Samsung Galaxy S5, then files or folders using a dedicated application.
How to copy and paste text on Samsung Galaxy S5
We start by explaining to you the particularly easy-to-use approach which consists in copy-paste text on your Samsung Galaxy S5? The process is fortunately very simple, and regardless of the application on which you find the process will be absolutely similar. The only difference will be that on some applications the text selection will be problematic 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 S5 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 is available and that is 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 box
- In the dialog box click on paste option
How to copy and paste files on your Samsung Galaxy S5
In the event that you want to copy and paste photos, folders or files on your Samsung Galaxy S5, you will need to use a file manager. In the majority of cases, all mobile phones are now equipped with it by default, that said, this is not the case for all, we have decided to explain the process to you with Astro, one of the most used managers. You should know that the methodology is substantially identical and that only certain terms or organization of the application differ:
- Open your file manager or download and install Astro on your Samsung Galaxy S5
- 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
- Click on "Copy to" and select the destination directory of the file or folder
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