Both communication devices and tiny personal computers are double the size of the smartphones.If you want to make your phone even better, you can turn it into a portable hard drive.When you need to carry lightweight digital documents wherever you go, it is still a viable alternative.It's easy to turn your phone into a portable hard drive.
Step 1: Purchase a card.
If your phone has a microSD card slot, you should do this step.The files aren't mixed with the folders that are essential for some of the apps to function if the memory card acts as the external memory.You can purchase a microSD card from your favorite online store or accessory store.Flagship phones usually take up to 64GB of expanded storage, so the maximum capacity depends on how much you can handle.If you want to use it for Word documents and other data, you should use an 8gigabyte microSD card.
Step 2: Attach the card to your device.
The microSD card slot on the sides of the phone should be covered by a flap or under the back cover.An accurate diagram of where the slot is can be found in the device's user manual.
Step 3: The device needs to be connected to the computer.
The notification at the top of the status bar should say something along the lines of "reading media" after the microSD card is inserted.Attach the white, or blue end of the cord to the empty port on your computer.The phone should be detected by the computer and installed with the drivers that will allow you to view the contents of the data storage.
Step 4: There is a way to enable MTP on the device.
The phone can act as a media storage device if it is connected as an MTP device.You can see a few options if you tap on theUSB icon with the description that says "Connected as a media device."Make sure that the media device is checked.
Step 5: View the expanded storage.
The contents of the internal and external storage of your phone can be accessed now that you have set up theusb connection.Go to My Computer on Windows or the drive icons that appear on the Mac desktop to view the content.Depending on which storage you want to store your files in, choose the internal storage or the SD Card folder.You will only be able to use the internal storage for this purpose if you have a phone with no microSD slot.
Step 6: It's a good idea to copy content.
You can open the directory on your computer that contains the files that you want to copy over to your phone.Left-clicking on the files you want to copy will let you select them.You can copy the files by pressing CMD+C.Click on the window of your phone's storage, and press CMD+V to copy the files over.If you want to retrieve files from the phone and transfer them to a computer, you need to copy the files to the location on the computer.You have it.If there is no Internet for cloud storage, or if you simply want to carry some lightweight data with you to transfer wherever you go, this is a simple way to keep files handy.