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Using a USB cable

You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable, and then manually mount the memory card of your phone to the computer from the phone menu. You can then drag and drop content between your phone and a computer.

If you are running an application on your phone and the application is is using the memory card, you may need to close the application in order to access the memory card.

To connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable

  1. Connect your phone to a computer using a USB cable.
  2. To mount the memory card of your phone to your computer, drag the status bar downwards and tap USB connected > Mount.

To disconnect the USB cable safely

Do not disconnect the USB cable when transferring content as this may corrupt the content.

  1. Computer: Make sure to enable the hardware to be safely removed.
  2. Phone: Drag the status bar downwards.
  3. Tap Turn off USB storage.
  4. Tap Turn Off.
  5. Disconnect the USB cable.

Computer instructions may vary depending on your operating system. See the documentation of your computer's operating system for more information.

File handling

You can drag and drop content between your phone's memory card and a computer in the computer's file explorer.

To drag and drop content between the phone and a computer

  1. Connect your phone to a computer using a USB cable.
  2. Drag the status bar downwards and tap USB connected > Mount.
  3. Computer: Wait until the phone memory and memory card appear as external disks in the file explorer.
  4. Drag and drop selected files between the phone and the computer.

When the phone card is mounted to the computer, the phone cannot access the memory card. Some functionality and applications in the phone, such as the camera, may not be accessible then.

You can transfer files by using a USB cable on most devices and operating systems supporting a USB Mass Storage interface.