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How To Connect USB Drive To Android Mobile Phone With OTG Adapter/Cable To Transfer Photos & Files
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May 11, 2025
If you own a USB drive and want to use it to transfer photos, videos, and other files, to and from your Android phone, here is how to go about it using a USB OTG adapter. ➡️ Buy a USB Drive Adapter: https://amzn.to/4lKceer
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so you want to use a USB flash drive
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with an Android smartphone the problem
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is this is what your USB flash drive has
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and this USBC is what your Android
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smartphone has how do you use your USB
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flash drive with your Android phone the
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answer is a USB typeC
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adapter what it does is allow you to
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bridge the two different connectors so
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that your two different gadgets they
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work together this is going to be a
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pretty straight unboxing
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type-c OTG flash
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drive it's a plug and play device so
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there's nothing to configure blah blah
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blah technical details this is pretty
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much all that is in there
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and how do we get it out yep just open
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it get rid of the
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packaging and this is it there are some
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models available for as low as $3 $5
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$9 10 15 depending on what you need how
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does it work you plug in a USB flash
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drive to
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that
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and here you
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go into your
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phone and if you swipe down here USB
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drive right there i am inside the drive
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so let's say I want to copy this PDF
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file i press and hold it and I say copy
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to and then I come to pick Titan Slim
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that's the name of the phone
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document and I say
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copy and that's it copied this is how
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you're able to transfer photos videos
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documents any type of file from your
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Android smartphone to your laptop to
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another phone if you don't want to use
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Bluetooth use all the other wireless
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forms of copying for whatever reason you
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need to copy files offline a USB flash
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drive adapter is great for connecting a
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regular flash drive to your phone to
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copy files it's really neat and simple
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you can copy anything let's see where
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our photos here pictures do I have any
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pictures there are no pictures in
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here any images camera
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okay okay i press and hold that picture
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i come here this specific steps may
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differ from phone to phone but usually
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if you press and hold a photo or a video
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or a file then you can use the menu to
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pick an action whether copy to move to
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so we're
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copying and I want to come to the
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phone and I want to pick
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pictures and I'm copying it in there
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that's it there it is moved to the phone
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here you can see again tight and slim
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the USB flash drive and when you're done
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copying and you want to detach your
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flash drive don't forget that there's a
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step to take you swipe down from your
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nutrition screen
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uh USB drive and then you select eject
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right now you can
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unplug there you go and here is your
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flash drive it works pretty much the
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same for iPhones that support USBC and
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some of these adapters for lightning
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port exist so you can get an
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OTG USB adapter with a lightning
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connector at the end if you own one of
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the older iPhones so get one of these i
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have left a link in the description for
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this video for you to shop on Amazon
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these things are inexpensive they're
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pretty affordable so it shouldn't be a
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problem getting one i'll see you in my
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