With the OTG feature on Samsung phones, it will be easier for us to connect USB devices such as external HDDs, flash drives, gamepads, mouse, keyboards and so on.
One of the Samsung smartphones that already supports USB OTG is the Galaxy A13. The phone, which has just arrived in 2022, is equipped with the Android 12 operating system.
This smartphone is classified as sophisticated because it has embedded a number of features that will make it easier for users to use it in various activities.
The OTG feature is rarely used, but sometimes it is important for us whether it is to move files from cellphones to flash drives, use gamepads to play games, sometimes it is also used to type with a keyboard.
Well, if you currently want to utilize this feature for the things we mentioned above, you can follow the guide on how to activate and use the USB OTG cable on the Samsung Galaxy A13 smartphone.
How to Enable USB OTG on Samsung Galaxy A13
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If you want to connect your mouse, keyboard, flash drive to your phone, you need to use a USB OTG adapter. However, if you don’t know how to activate otg on Samsung A13, you can follow these steps:
Using USB OTG on Samsung
The first step is to connect the OTG to the USB port on the Samsung A13 phone. After that, open the My Files app then select USB Storage.
Then select the file to be transferred by pressing a little longer, the Copy option will appear. Then return to the My Files main screen and tap Internal Storage. Select the folder where you want to save the file and tap Copy here.
After the transfer is complete, you can remove the USB OTG by following these guidelines.
How to Unmount USB OTG
Open the notification panel by swiping the screen from top to bottom. Later there will be a connected pendrive, tap the drop down icon and select UNMOUNT.
If the Unmount option does not appear on the notification panel, you can unmount the OTG via the Settings > Device Care > Storage > Advanced > then select your pendrive then tap Unmount.
After that, please remove the USB OTG from the Samsung Phone.
That’s the guide on how to activate OTG Samsung Galaxy A13. As for Samsung Galaxy A13 5G users, you can try the method we shared above. However, we cannot confirm whether it supports or not because our team does not have the device.