How does Android connect to a computer? Tips and Tricks

Now the most common operating system on mobile devices is Android. The phones under her control are incredibly popular. This is not surprising, given that the developer of this OS is Google, known for its search engine. In addition, the systems based on Android actually operate under the Linux operating system, which is known for its low requirements for the performance of hardware components. The situation is such that now even Chinese manufacturers in huge quantities are delivering to the market devices based on Android.

Most often, there are no special difficulties with the use of such solutions, but you need to know how to connect the Android to your computer. Alas, both in the official phone models, and in Chinese analogues, for some reason decided to copy everything, even drawbacks, with the connection, there are some problems. Here we will talk about them, and, trying to make the article useful to the maximum number of readers, we will indicate the order of actions for both Chinese and branded smartphones.

Ways to connect

People asking a question about how to connect the Android to a computer usually mean a wired connection type. The fact is that most models have several means for communicating with other devices: via USB wire, via Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. With wireless methods, there are no difficulties: activate, connect the corresponding module to the computer and activate the search for devices. But if you connect the phone so, the data transfer speed will not be too high (especially when using Bluetooth technology), and the transceiver module is not available in all personal computers. That's why the wired connection is so popular. However, in this case we have to look for information on how to connect the Android to the computer.

Chinese models

Now many models of Chinese smartphones are favorably different from branded devices. We will not compare them, as this is too individual. However, you need to remember that if you understand how to connect the Android phone to a computer, then the same actions will not lead to the desired effect in the models of well-known manufacturers.

The phone has two types of memory - system and external. If you simply connect the device's wire, the drive letter will appear in the operating system, but you will not be able to view the contents. This is done so that the user does not accidentally erase important files from the system partition. First you need to insert a memory card. After that, you can connect the china phone to the computer. After that, the "Save to USB" option becomes active in the USB mode (parameters) settings. After that, another letter of the disk appears in the system, from which it is possible to work, as with a conventional medium.

Models of famous manufacturers

Immediately after connecting the device to the computer with the help of a wire, a message appears on the smartphone screen indicating that the USB connection was successful. If you now pull the top bar, then the system menu opens, in which you must specify that the USB connection is installed. The Android displays several information messages and after the affirmative answers includes access to the resources of the drive. It remains to open the explorer on the computer.