You certainly know this legendary feature of Windows which is used to move data or folders very simply. It has long been impossible to do this on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge without the help of specific software, however, it is now possible. And you're going to notice, if you don't already know it is going to make your life easier in a lot of ways.
Today we will expose you in this guide how to copy / paste on a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge? To do this, first, we will explain to you what interests this Android functionality will bring you, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, first text directly with the internal operations of your phone, and , finally, files or data using an external application.
What is the point of copy paste on a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?
We therefore start this guide by showing you everyone the benefits of the copy / paste functionality on a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge . 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 in the memory of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and drop them anywhere you want. In the event that you perform a copy / paste you keep the original copy in its location, whereas if 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 feature is really convenient to organize your data in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge to better find yourself in your files.
How to copy / paste on a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?
We now go to the practical part of this guide, and to do this, we will first show you how to copy paste text directly from your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, then files or folders using a dedicated application .
How to copy and paste text on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
We start by showing you the particularly easy-to-use procedure which is to to copy and paste text on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge? Fortunately, the procedure is very simple, and whatever application you find the procedure will be absolutely the same. The only difference will be that on a number of applications the text selection is not always going to be obvious and it will be necessary to select large portions of texts even if you only want to copy a sentence (example: Facebook). Let's go:
- Unlock your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge 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 options click on "Copy" or "Cut" if 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 choose the paste option
How to copy and paste folders on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
If you ever want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge you will have to use a file manager. In the majority of cases, all smartphones are now equipped by default, however, this is not the case for all, we decided to explain the procedure to you with Astro, one of the most used managers. Note that the methodology is substantially identical and that only certain terms or organization of the application differ:
- Open your data manager or download and install Astro on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
- 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 choose the destination directory of the file or folder
If you want a maximum of tutorials to become a master of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy Edge S7.
