Sometimes you urgently need to transfer files from your computer to your phone: programs, books, movies, music, photos, presentations, TV shows, etc. Even if this is personal data - office Word and Excel documents, home photos and videos, contact lists, history of correspondence by mail and instant messengers - the task is still the same: transfer files from your computer to your phone in order to have them at hand. There are several ways to do this, all you have to do is choose the simplest and most accessible one for your situation.

The first method that comes to mind for transferring data to a phone is, of course, connected to the cable that comes with the kit. Actually, that’s why it’s attached to the phone. Data transfer speeds via USB 2.0 can reach 280 Mbit/s. At one end of the cable there is a standard USB plug, at the other there is a corresponding connector (microUSB for Android smartphones and Lightning for iPhone).

How to send files via cable on iPhone

Download, install and launch iTunes. Connect iPhone to PC. Windows will install drivers that allow you to use all the functionality of transferring data to and from your iPhone.

1. Give the command “File – Add file/folder to library”. For example, if you drop music tracks into a gadget, wait until they are all registered in the iTunes library.
2. Choose your gadget.
3. Go to the music section and select the specific songs you want to copy to iPhone, or check the “Copy entire library” option.
4. Click on the “Apply” button and wait until the files are copied to the iPhone memory.
5. To transfer photos to iPhone, go to the “Photos” section and turn on the “Sync” function.
6. Enable scanning of all folders - or specify the folder in which your files are located using the "Select folder" button in Windows Explorer.
7. Click on the "Apply" button. Photos and screenshots taken on this iPhone will begin to be copied to the PC, and from the PC, in turn, photos taken on other devices and saved in this folder will be transferred.

Videos (movies, TV shows), audiobooks and other content are transferred to iPhone in the same way.

Transfer files from PC to Android device via USB cable

In the case of Android gadgets, sending files to the device is simplified. To transfer files from PC to Android phone via USB, do the following:

1. Connect your Android smartphone or tablet to your PC using a USB cable and wait until Windows installs the “USB Mass Storage Controller” and “Disk Storage” devices (if this is the first time you connect your smartphone to the PC after reinstalling the OS).
2. On your smartphone, select the connection type “MTP - Media device”.
3. Give the command “(My/This) Computer – Android Removable Disk”. If an SD card is inserted into the gadget, it will appear as a separate volume (partition) on the Android disk. Proceed to the “DCIM” folder (photos and videos folder) - this is the shared “Android Galleries” folder.
4. Open another folder in a separate Windows window where your photos, screenshots, videos and other content are stored. In this folder, give the command: right-click - “Copy”, and in the multimedia folder on Android - a similar command “Paste”.

As you can see, unlike iOS, copying/transferring any files to Android does not require any programs. All you need is Windows Explorer, thanks to the openness of the Android platform.

The copied files will be immediately available, only the appropriate applications will be suitable for the required file types - for example, ZIP/RAR archives are opened by WinRAR for Android. You can easily find most of the programs you need in PlayMarket.

By the way, gadgets based on any OS are additionally recharged via a cable. When you have finished copying/transferring files, disconnect your mobile device from your PC.

How to transfer files from a computer via Bluetooth

Bluetooth is second in speed after the USB cable. The advantage of “wireless” is to connect not only a gadget and a laptop equipped with Bluetooth, but also gadgets and laptops separately at a distance and in an unusual environment, for example, in a crowd of people.

How to send files to iPhone via Bluetooth

Unfortunately, no way. Bluetooth pairing of “foreign” PCs, tablets, smartphones and all types of laptops, except for Apple equipment (iPad, iPod, Apple Watch/TV, MacBook laptops) with iPhone is not officially supported by Apple Inc. developers. from the very beginning. Apple explains this by copyright protection and serious requirements for anti-virus security of its customers. To bypass this limitation, a jailbreak is required, which is increasingly difficult for iDevices users: with each new version of iOS, “holes” in the security of the program code on iGadgets are “closed.”

How to transfer files via Bluetooth on Android

It is precisely because of the difficulties with free file sharing via Bluetooth radio on the iPhone that more and more users are leaning towards Android. “It’s better to buy another Samsung Galaxy S than an equally new iPhone,” is their answer.

To “drop” a file via Bluetooth from a PC to an Android smartphone, do the following:

1. Turn on the Bluetooth function on your gadget and PC. Pair both devices (if not already paired) using a random PIN generated by one of the devices. The Bluetooth connection of your mobile device will appear in Windows Explorer.
2. Open the contents of the device, as in the instructions for using the cable. The location of folders and files will be the same. Find the media files you need and copy them to your PC/laptop drive.
3. At the end of the file sharing session, turn off Bluetooth on your PC and smartphone/tablet unless you currently plan to use other data synchronization options.

But not all users will be able to use this method, since not everyone has Bluetooth installed, and more and more people prefer to transfer data via WiFi.

Transfer data over the Internet

There are dozens of domestic and foreign Internet services called “clouds” (“cloud” storage). Among the Russian ones are Yandex.Disk and cloud.Mail.Ru, the RusFolder service. From foreign ones - Google Drive, DropBox, and dozens of others. For each of them, both for Android and iOS, versions of software clients have been released.

The main requirement is a multi-megabit unlimited cellular tariff, preferably without restrictions on high-speed traffic, which can also use a Wi-Fi connection to a home or public cable Internet channel.

To connect, for example, to Yandex.Disk you need the following:

1. Log in to your Yandex.Mail mailbox. If you don’t have it, register at mail.yandex.ru. Go to disk.yandex.ru.
2. Allow - or block - the use of cellular data in the Yandex.Disk settings. When the speed on the tariff is “cut off”, which is why synchronization with the “cloud” can take hours and drain the gadget’s battery, select the “Wi-Fi Only” function.
3. Select files on your mobile device to transfer. By default, the Yandex.Disk client will copy all files to the server. Available online memory is up to 10 GB per user.
4. Log in from the same account to Yandex.Disk from a browser on your PC and download these files as from any site.
5. To transfer files to your iPhone or Android device, follow steps 4-5 in reverse order. Downloading files from a mobile browser, for example, Google Chrome or Yandex.Browser for Android/iOS, is not much different from downloading on their PC versions.

This instruction is the same for Android and iOS.

Advantages of the cloud:

• your content is not tied to any model of Apple or Android device;
• editing, cropping photos and videos online.

Sending files over Wi-Fi

In terms of bandwidth, Wi-Fi competes with USB. Speed ​​– up to 150 Mbit/s. There are plenty of applications for “transferring” files from a PC to iOS and Android smartphones/tablets.

How to send a file via Wi-Fi on iPhone

Synchronization via Wi-Fi between PC and iPhone media libraries is possible. To enable this feature, do the following:

1. Connect your iPhone via cable to your PC and wait until it is detected. Click on its icon in iTunes.
2. Give the command “Settings - Overview” and in “Options” enable synchronization via Wi-Fi.
3. Click the Apply button, unplug the cable, and restart iTunes.

Important! Your PC and iPhone must be connected to the same router/hotspot. Only in this case will you successfully transfer files from your computer to iPhone.

How to send files to an Android smartphone via Wi-Fi

As an example, ES Explorer for Android. Do the following:

1. On Google Play, download, install and run the ES Explorer program.
2. Check that the Wi-Fi function is active on the gadget, your router (or PC/laptop as a virtual Wi-Fi hotspot) is turned on, and the gadget is connected to the specified wireless network. In the application, give the command “Network - Enable”. The WLAN address will be “shared” from the address space of your network - with forwarding one of the software ports.
3. Enter the local web address (and port as specified in the application) on your PC in any of the browsers. The file storage will open on your gadget. Click the “Download” button (or link) next to the name of the desired file.
4. Similarly, you can “upload” a file from a PC to a smartphone: in the ES Explorer web interface there is an “Upload file” button. Click it and use Windows Explorer to select the file you want to send, and then click the Open button in Windows. The file will be downloaded to the gadget and available in a folder on the Android disk.

The “browser” method is the simplest: you do not need to configure network hosting in Windows. Files are downloaded as on any site - and saved to the browser downloads folder configured by the user. The disadvantage is entering a temporary login and/or password when establishing a file exchange session.

Transferring files from a computer to a phone (iPhone, Android smartphone) is not difficult in most cases. If in the case of the iPhone, due to the closedness of the iOS platform, some difficulties are encountered, then Android gadgets are “transparent” for any of the ways to exchange content between a PC and a mobile device. This will help you both speed up your work by taking your work documents with you to any country, and share your collection of content with family, friends and colleagues.

Music and video are one of our needs, and I even remember there was a time when people walked around using huge and inconvenient portable (that’s just the name) players and even tape recorders. But now the 21st century is primarily about progress in the field of user convenience and technology advancement.

One of the favorite explosions of progress is Android smartphones, because in addition to calls, games and many innovations, the most interesting thing is watching videos and playing music in excellent quality. As a rule, music and video files do not take up much space, but if the number of tracks is measured in hundreds or even thousands, and the length of the video is measured in hours, such innovations as a memory card or cloud storage will always come to our aid, which has a big drawback in the form Internet traffic consumption.

In this post I will tell and show you clearly how to transfer/download files to a device running Android OS.

How to transfer files to Android from PC or Laptop: 1 way

One of the fastest ways to download files on Android is transferring a file using a USB cable which comes with the device. If you have lost, torn or do not have access to it, you can buy it at the market or in the salon where you purchased the device.

All models of smartphones and tablets running the Android system have a convenient interface for transferring files and processing data using the MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) function, which is perfectly compatible with both Windows and Mac operating systems.

After connecting the device to the computer, all you have to do is select the required function in the notification panel, in our case it is MTP. Without exception, ALL operating systems recognize devices and install the necessary drivers to work with your device.

By selecting “Open device to view files” on the computer, we were able to access the device’s memory and memory card. All we have to do is select the appropriate drive (where you will upload files), select a folder and copy all the necessary data from the computer. This way you have full access and control to the files available on your mobile device.

Now all we have to do is copy the data from the computer and download it to your device. For correct display, we recommend creating a folder when copying. For example, for video files create a folder called Video, for music files Music - this is all for your convenience. That you didn’t look for the directory where your files were downloaded

How to transfer video files to Android from PC: method 2

If your device has a memory card, one of the fastest ways to transfer data is using a Card Reader. Thanks to the direct connection of the card to the computer, files will be transferred faster; there will be no software processing and the data will be transferred as is. We recommend purchasing this useful device at your nearest hardware store. Copying files will be no different from the first method, but you will notice how much faster it will be to copy files from your computer to the media.

How to transfer music to Android from a Laptop: method 3

If your files (audio, photos and images or work archives) are stored on a cloud service, then using an Internet connection you can easily receive files anywhere in the world. If you are not yet familiar with these services, you can always use Yandex Drive or Google Drive. We advise you to use such large companies to avoid data loss and poor quality service. By downloading special software, files will be automatically synchronized with the service when you access the Internet. You can also store contact data and other useful information that you don’t want to lose.

We continue to experiment with wireless connections. Today I’ll tell you about another trick, namely how to quickly and effortlessly transfer a file from a computer to an Android phone via WiFi. Well, for example, I wanted to quickly upload a photo, video or favorite music - I need to disassemble the phone, take out a micro SD flash drive, look for an adapter for a computer, etc. Or connect it to your computer via a USB cable, which is always lying around somewhere. And then setting it up to operate as a storage device - you know, it’s a gimmick.

Application for sending data from Windows to Android

So, it is possible to transfer any files and data - videos, photos, music, books, and so on - from your phone to a computer or laptop easily and simply. Owners of an iPhone or Xiaomi are more fortunate in this regard, since by default, applications such as (formerly MiDrop) are installed in their shell.

But even for bare Android there is one interesting and easy-to-use program for the average user - WiFi File Transfer. To quickly exchange files between a computer (laptop) and a smartphone (tablet), both of them must, of course, be located within the same local network. We find this program in the Play Market by name, install it and launch it.

In the program window, click on the “Start” button and receive a link to the IP address that is set for your phone or tablet.

We copy it and open it in the computer browser. My address looks like 192.168.1.88:1234. We go through it and get to the html page, which is a complete catalog of all files and folders on the phone - both on the internal memory and on the SD card. and we have full access to them - you can copy, move, archive and delete.

The right column displays information about the amount of space used, as well as the phone's battery indicator. You can play around with all these files, but now we are interested in the question - how to transfer a file to your phone via WiFi?

Transfer files from a computer or laptop to an Android smartphone

To do this, first go in the main window to the directory where we want to upload the file, and then again look at the right column and click on the “Select file” button to transfer one file to the phone or “Select folder” to transfer an entire folder at once.

Select the required file on your computer - it will be added to the queue of tasks for execution.

Next, click “Start downloading” and wait for the process to complete. Once completed, the page will reload and you will see the newly transferred document in the list of files in the main window. You can immediately rename it right away “without leaving the cash register”.

Now you can return to the phone, click the “Stop” button and check whether this file is really on the phone. From the screenshot below everything is clearly visible. By the way, the picture was a screenshot of a page on my website with a traffic counter with the number “7900” on it - that’s how many people visited the blog on January 2nd - great news, the ranks of our friends are steadily growing!

This is such a good application, with which, by the way, you can easily transfer large files to your phone, and over a fairly long range of the WiFi network, which cannot be said about Bluetooth.

There is also another way to cross-platform transfer photos between different gadgets through, but I will write about it another time.

If you are reading this article, then it is obvious that you are having trouble transferring files via USB on your Android device. Don't worry, you are not the first person to contact us with such a question.

Fortunately, we know several ways to solve this problem. So, without further ado, here's what you need to do to get USB file transfer working again.

Cause of USB file transfer error

There are several reasons why you may not be able to transfer files via USB:

• USB cable does not support file transfer
• The device is not configured to accept files via USB
• You have installed the Samsung Kies application
• The Micro-USB port on your Android device is broken (unfortunately I can't help you with that)

Step 1 – Enable File Transfer on your Android Device

This is the first thing you should do to be able to transfer files via USB to your Android device.

To enable USB file transfer, go to Settings > Storage > Click on the three vertical dots in the top right corner of the screen > USB connections to computer > Check the box next to “Media device (MTP)”

If you think the problem with USB file transfer is software related, try connecting the device to your computer using USB, select "Camera (PTP)" and put it away again. This helps some users.

Step 1.1 - addition for the “clean” version of Android 6.0 Marshmallow

If you don't see the above option under Memory, make sure you enable USB debugging. After that, do a little trick:

1. Disconnect the USB cable from the device.
2. Enable developer mode. To do this, go to Settings > About phone > tap on the build number several times until a pop-up message appears that you have become a developer.
3. Go to Settings > Developer Options.
4. Enable USB debugging.
5. Lock your device (lock button on the side or top).
6. Connect your smartphone to your computer using a USB cable.
7. Unlock your Android device.
8. Swipe down to open the notification panel and tap on USB Charging.
9. Select "File Transfer" from the pop-up window.
10. Lock your device and unlock again.

Using this method, you will be able to transfer files via USB. For some reason this option is not available without Developer Mode enabled.

Step 2 – Uninstall Samsung Kies program

Skip this step if you do not have Samsung Kies software installed.

Samsung's official file transfer program often causes interference when transferring files via USB. To remove Samsung Kies, you need to first download the program and then select “Uninstall”.

Step 3 – Check USB Cable

Not all USB cables are created equal: some are capable of transferring files, some are not. It is recommended to use the USB cable that came with your Android device. Typically, they have a USB file transfer feature.

If none of the methods helped solve the problem, then try installing AirDroid. This software allows you to transfer files to Android devices without a USB cable.

Today we will talk about how we can quickly transfer files from a computer to our smartphone.

We will look at several options for transferring files from a smartphone to a PC or laptop.

Via Bluetooth

In order to use this method, you need to purchase a Bluetooth adapter for your computer.

If you are using a laptop, then they are usually equipped with built-in adapters. Next, turn on Bluetooth transmission on both devices.

If you have not previously connected to this computer or laptop, go to the Bluetooth settings and make the device visible.

After this, to transfer you need to select the desired file and click Send - Device Bluetooth.

Many laptops, as a rule, have special programs installed for fast and convenient file transfer, which have extensive capabilities using the Wireless FTP function.

Cloud storage

There are many services that offer their services for synchronizing your personal information.

The most popular are Dropbox, SkyDrive, Google Drive, Yandex Disk. The principle of operation is approximately the same for all.

You can transfer any files from your computer to cloud storage, and then download them to your phone.

For convenience, you can install the corresponding free application on your gadget. By launching it, you will have access to the synchronized folder.

Different services have their own additional capabilities. For example, SkyDrive will help you get full access from your smartphone to any files and folders on your computer.

But Google Drive allows you to edit files in the storage directly from your phone.

Using Wi-Fi

There are several ways to transfer information using Wi-Fi - in the first, and probably the best, the computer and smartphone must be on the same wireless network, that is, connected to the same router, or you must enable Wi-Fi distribution on the smartphone, and from your computer connect to the created network.

After this, you will see a window in which you can select the files required for transfer. The second option is to install additional applications, such as AirDroid or WiFi File Transfer, to more conveniently transfer information to your phone.

Using a USB cable

Considering the fact that in modern phones the USB cable is part of the charger, this is probably the most common connection method.

Depending on the version of the Android operating system and the phone model, when connected, the smartphone will be identified in the system as a removable storage device or as a media device.

On certain phone models, you will need to select USB storage mode when connecting. Next, select the necessary files and transfer them.

Some smartphone models in the Windows operating system are defined as a media device or portable player.

By opening such a device, you gain access to the internal memory and SD card (if there is one).

In cases where the gadget is detected as a player, when transferring or copying certain types of files, information may appear that this file may not be played or opened on the device.

Ignore this warning. But, if you have Windows XP installed on your computer, there is a chance that the files transferred to your phone may not actually be displayed.