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When you connect the hard drive sometimes it auto detects or on some phones it aak you what you are doing with the connection and moving files is one of the options. Then in file manager you can navigate your phones files but the external will be there too and you can easily move files or copy and paste both ways from either device.
These adapters are regularly 2/$9
https://www.amazon.com/Syntech-Ad...07CVX3516/
I guess if you have ports that are close together, the longer cable might be nice, but even then, there are a million generic adapters around this price.
Example
https://www.amazon.com/JSAUX-Adap...07BS8SRW
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TJ38SDW
Anyone compared them?
I have a Pixel 4a and it uses a USB-C cable, and I like to move/copy pictures from my phone, over to my external hard drive. And I do this, by connecting my phone and my external hard drive to my desktop computer. Would this cable actually allow me to directly hook up an external hard drive, or a USB flash drive, directly to my phone and, then, move/copy photos or other files from my phone over to the external hard drive or USB thumb drive?
If so, how exactly would that work? How would I navigate being able to copy/move the files from my phone over to the external hard drive? Do Android phones have a built-in option that would allow that to be done?
If someone knows an answer to any of these questions, if you would reply and offer some helpful feedback, it would be sincerely appreciated.
I have a Pixel 4a and it uses a USB-C cable, and I like to move/copy pictures from my phone, over to my external hard drive. And I do this, by connecting my phone and my external hard drive to my desktop computer. Would this cable actually allow me to directly hook up an external hard drive, or a USB flash drive, directly to my phone and, then, move/copy photos or other files from my phone over to the external hard drive or USB thumb drive?
If so, how exactly would that work? How would I navigate being able to copy/move the files from my phone over to the external hard drive? Do Android phones have a built-in option that would allow that to be done?
If someone knows an answer to any of these questions, if you would reply and offer some helpful feedback, it would be sincerely appreciated.
When you connect the hard drive sometimes it auto detects or on some phones it aak you what you are doing with the connection and moving files is one of the options. Then in file manager you can navigate your phones files but the external will be there too and you can easily move files or copy and paste both ways from either device.
When you connect the hard drive sometimes it auto detects or on some phones it aak you what you are doing with the connection and moving files is one of the options. Then in file manager you can navigate your phones files but the external will be there too and you can easily move files or copy and paste both ways from either device.
Thank you very much, for taking the time to reply to my comment and share the helpful feedback with me. I really appreciate it. I didn't even know that what you just described was a realistic option, so that's some good information to know. And for $5, this would definitely seem to be a great deal, on a potentially helpful item.
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Is there such a thing? And if so, are they available for around $5?
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These adapters are regularly 2/$9
https://www.amazon.com/Syntech-Ad...07CVX3516/
I guess if you have ports that are close together, the longer cable might be nice, but even then, there are a million generic adapters around this price.
Example
https://www.amazon.com/JSAUX-Adap...07BS8SRW
https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-12...B01EZ0X55C
You're going to pay more for a drive+adapter than just a USB-C drive. Bonus: this one allows you to connect to either A or C.
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https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-12...B01EZ0X55C
You're going to pay more for a drive+adapter than just a USB-C drive. Bonus: this one allows you to connect to either A or C.
That's good if you don't have any drives. But if people have existing ones, SD cards with USB adapters or supported external hdds then this is pretty good.
https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-12...B01EZ0X55C
You're going to pay more for a drive+adapter than just a USB-C drive. Bonus: this one allows you to connect to either A or C.
Except these adapters open the door for so much more than just thumb drives.
For instance, if you wanted to directly record from a USB sound card or hook up a mouse and keyboard, this will allow that.
A thumb drive does one thing, store data. If that's your only need, sure. But you have to buy that particular thumb drive. If you had this you could use any USB thumb drive.
If you want to hook up anything else other than a thumb drive, you'll need this.