The advantages that Android offers us as an operating system are really very important, this can be verified by any user who uses a device with the Google operating system installed for their work or daily activities. However, performing a task as simple as transferring some files from a pendrive to a tablet or smartphone can sometimes become a difficult obstacle to overcome, mainly due to the fact that the vast majority of tablets on the market only offer a miniUSB port. ,so it is impossible to connect any external storage system as we do in a laptop or desktop computer, and although the design of Android has nothing to do with this, the truth is that it can become a severe complication.
The lack of full USB connectors is likely to have to do with the very design of tablets and phones, since for aesthetic and ergonomic reasons they should be as slim and slim as possible. In short, to solve this issue we will have to resort to some tricks designed to allow us this possibility, some of them complicated, since they require the installation of some programs and other simple ones that only require the purchase of an adapter.
Using an adapter
Obviously, the fastest way to copy files to an Android tablet or cell phone is to use an adapter that fits the type of connector on the device and plug in the pendrive or external storage unit there. There are many kinds of adapters on the market, but their use poses a problem since not all tablets accept the same type of connector, and that is why it will be necessary to consult the product manual to check the correct type of adapter that we must to buy. Once this is done, we will need to download from Google Play a file manager for Android that offers the possibility of working with external storage units through USB, and in this sense one of the best is File Explorer.
Copy files from a Pendrive with ES File Explorer
To transfer files from a Pendrive with ES File Explorer, the first thing obviously is to install it on our device and then execute it, after that we move to the “Quick Access” menu and then we look for the Pendrive that we have connected, easier impossible.
Likewise, we can also use ES File Explorer to dispense with the use of the pendrive, since it incorporates functionalities that allow us to access the storage systems that we have in the cloud, including Dropbox, Google Drive and Facebook, among others. This mechanism can also be implemented directly without using ES File Explorer , as detailed below.
If you wish, you can download ES File Explorer by clicking on this link.
Copy files from a pendrive using the cloud
The next option available to copy files from a Pendrive to an Android tablet or cell phone is to use Dropbox, Google Drive or similar cloud storage services.
It should be noted that both Dropbox and Google Drive are completely free and offer the same quality of service, differing from each other only in terms of storage capacity: 2 Gb. Dropbox and 15 Gb. Google Drive.
On the PC: The first thing we have to do is download, install and configure the desktop application from any of the options we mentioned. After that, we copy the files that we want to transfer to the Android device to the respective folders.
On the tablet or smartphone: Then we install the mobile application on our device, configure it and synchronize it. When we finish with these steps, we open the client and we will have available the files that we had copied to the PC on our cell phone or tablet.
It should be noted that many times this procedure is much safer, cleaner and easier than transferring files through a pendrive.