Can you not just plug your phone into your computer, and then use your computer's file manager to drag it from your phone to your computer? It's this not a thing anymore?

Why the extra step of writing it to thumb drive?

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

These are the people who take screenshots with their phone cameras.

OP is just revealing that they don't understand device-to-device file transfers.

[–] olutukko@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

remember when it was somehow trendy to take a picture with snapchat and the screenshot it to it shows the tools on right and post that on instagram? that shit was stupid as hell

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I still do that all the time. I work with a bunch of different computers and it's easier than sending a file or writing the info down.

I get that there's device to device file transfers, but it's slower, and other employees would undoubtedly fill my phone with garbage screenshots, if not virus furry porn.

[–] PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

I shamelessly take pictures of my screen all the time if I have to.

[–] Takumidesh@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

That's not a USB drive, it's an adapter.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Nope, it's a USB drive.

Quite a few of the usual memory device manufacturers make drives that have a Type A USB plug on one end, and either Micro USB or Type C on the other. They're specifically meant for one end to easily plug into your PC, and the other end to go into your phone. Not, obviously, both at the same time.

Example: https://www.pny.com/duo-link-usb-3-2-type-c-dual-flash-drive

Or: https://www.westerndigital.com/products/usb-flash-drives/sandisk-ultra-dual-drive-m30-usb-3-1-type-c?sku=SDDDC2-032G-G46

I have one sitting in my desk that's so old it still has a Micro USB connector on it and is therefore not terribly useful in this day and age.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Male to male?
People are going to plug their phone directly into their computer without a cable?

Edit
The title says it's a USB drive, not an adapter

[–] Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Ha gayyyyy

[–] fishbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The adapter shown is functionally identical to a usb 2 to usb c cable. I believe the meme is essentially suggesting the same thing you did with using a file explorer.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Kinda... But who the fuck has a male/female USB or usb-c cable sitting around???

One of the ends of this adapter should be female, or this should just be an A/C cord. The fact that it's not made me think that this is actually a thumbdrive, not that I can confirm if it actually is or what OP actually meant.

[–] fishbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

I agree that a cable would be wildly more useful than what's pictured, for what it's worth.

That said (tangentially related), I have a few male/female usb cables and they're a godsend. Extremely handy for game controllers and/or extenders for bluetooth or wireless device dongles.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago

They are, but I don't recommend it unless you want at least one of the ports to snap internally as it hangs out the front of the PC.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 4 months ago

Somehow USB disks are still the easiest and most reliable way

[–] majestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.com 5 points 4 months ago

I would do this before using a double sided USB

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Can you not just plug your phone into your computer, and then use your computer’s file manager to drag it from your phone to your computer?

That's right, you cannot. Well, sometimes you can. MTP is quite an unreliable technology, at least for Linux users. Sometimes you'll plug in a device and it'll work fine, other times it won't even show up.

P.S. and yes I have enabled MTP on the android device

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Idk
I just plugged my pixel into my Ubuntu laptop, and tapped on the USB charging notification on my phone, selected "more options" and changed the selection from "no data transfer" to "move files".

Then my Ubuntu file viewer could see all my files. Or at least a lot of them.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Almost no phone would allow that nowadays.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No phone allow which? Writing to a thumb drive (I believe that) or connecting to a computer directly?

Just tried connecting my pixel 7 to my Ubuntu laptop and it worked. Im pretty sure I've done it with windows too, on previous pixel phones.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 4 months ago

My employer encrypts external drives, including iPads and phones.

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Except that if you connect your phone to a computer using USB, it will transfer files using MTP and it's pain in the ass, as it's slow and unreliable. Sending files over Bluetooth is better (but not much) over using USB connection.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu -1 points 4 months ago

Maybe not trusting their computer having full access to their phone's files?

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago

Most phones are only USB 2.0. I don't know why you would want to mess with that if you don't have to.