To transfer video to a computer from your phone, use one of these transfer methods using:
- USB cable
- SD cards
- Google photo
If you do not want to lose the quality of the video, and also you do not have WI-FI at hand, then the easiest way is to use USB transfer.
To do this, do the following:
- Take a suitable cable
- Insert into computer and device
- Select “File Transfer” or “Transferring Media Files”
- If the smartphone does not respond, turn on USB Debugging
- In the “This computer” section, select a device
- Path: Internal storage – DCIM – Camera (if the videos are not on your camera, the path will be different)
- Select the desired videos and transfer / copy to the desired folder on the computer
If you don’t have the cord, but there is an SD card, then through the explorer you can transfer the video to the computer from the phone, select the files and transfer it to the drive. Then insert the USB flash drive into the computer and transfer the required videos there.
You can transfer video from Android to a computer using Google Photo with cut-down quality, or enable “Sync in original quality” in the application settings. To do this, you need:
- Go to the app
- Press the three dots in the upper left
- Select “Device folders”
- Select the desired folder
- Activate the item “Back up & sync”
- Go to Google Photo in your computer’s browser
- Download required videos
Transfer files to Android
USB cable today comes with all the Android devices, most commonly it is a part of the charger. If you need to transfer files to Android from PC or vice versa via USB, do the following:
- Connect your smartphone to your PC via USB cable
- Select the MTP connection mode in the smartphone settings
- Switch on your PC, go to My computer, and then click on the appeared device
Different smartphones and tablets on Android when you connect them for transfer files to Android via cable are displayed differently on the computer, most often — as a media device or removable disk. If two removable disks are displayed – it is an internal memory of Android device and external memory card.
Now you can transfer files from your PC to an Android device, or to PC via USB as if it was a regular USB flash drive. If your Android device is locked with a password, then unlock it with a graphical key or a fingerprint scanner – unlock it, and then folders from your smartphone will be available on your computer and you’ll can transfer files to Android.
Hope that now you’ll be able to transfer files PC to Android via USB!
Read moreHow to transfer photos from phone to computer
How to transfer photos from phone to computer, import photos from android to pc
To transfer photos from phone to computer you need to use one of these transfer methods:
- Via USB cable
- Using Google Photo
- Using SD card
- Other
Transferring photos from Android to your computer using Google Photo is the easiest way. This program is almost always installed by default (if not, you can find it in the Play Store). You will need to launch the application and enter settings. Next go to the desired folder from the existing ones on the device and activate the “Back up & sync” item.
After that, you need to go to the Google Photo website in your computer’s browser and download the files. However, the method only works with a good Wi-Fi connection, as well as the quality of the photo is slightly cut.
If you do not want the photo quality to be trimmed, you can use the transfer of photos from the phone to the PC using USB:
- Take a suitable cable
- Insert into computer and device
- Select “File Transfer”
- If the smartphone does not respond, turn on USB Debugging
- In the “This computer” section, select a device
- Path: Internal storage – DCIM – Camera (if the photo was not on your camera, the path will be different)
- Select the desired photo and transfer / copy to the desired folder on the computer
You can import photos from android to PC using an SD card using the explorer features. You need to go into the explorer, select the file, click “Move to” and select the card. After removable media rearrange to a computer and transfer from it to the desired folder on the computer.
Read moreHow to Transfer Apps from Android to Android phone
You don’t need to do anything complicated to transfer an app from phone to phone.
To get started, download the explorer (also called the file manager). We took ES Explorer, and you can have another installed, it must be on at least one of the smartphones. If your explorer has different functionality, it is better to use our choice.
To transfer an application from one Android phone to another, you need:
- Open the file manager on the smartphone from which you want to transfer the application
- Select APPs
- Long press to select the application to be transferred
- A line will appear below, where you need to select “Send”
- Send via Bluetooth
- Select a receiver (Bluetooth must be enabled on the receiver’s smartphone)
After the file is transferred, you need to open Explorer or the file manager on the receiving device.
In the Download folder, find the shortcut for the desired application and tap on it to install. To install the application, you may need to activate the “Unknown sources“ item in the settings.
And you can choose an Explorer in the Play Market.
Did you manage to transfer an app from phone to phone? If you have any difficulties, please describe your problem in the comments and we will try to help you.
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