Honestly, why do I put myself through this. Last time I bought an apple product I swore it would be the last and yet here I am again.
Apple don't have sd card slots - I knew that. Android have card slots, I knew that.
Ok so after spending a grand on a phone I still have to spend £30 on a lightning to USB adapter.
Stick the usb drive in and..........this accessory uses too much power. So a quick bit of googling shows me I can buy YET ANOTHER ADAPTER which combined with a power supply NOT INCLUDED WITH THE PHONE OR ADAPTER may, just may allow me to transfer directly from a USB stick to my phone
FFFFFFFFSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Never Never again.
Why do you want to do something as archaic as transfer stuff to a phone via USB?
Never heard of 5g?
😛
iCloud?
I haven’t plugged a phone into a computer in like 10 years.
It's the Iphone tax ,smug android user here.
I had the same trouble when I tried to plug a CD burner into mine. Tried my Syquest drive - that bugger wouldn’t work either!
Have to ask, if you want functionality which works better on an android phone, why exactly did you buy an Apple product?
iPhones do everything they are designed to well. Android devices on the other hand do more stuff but it comes at the expense of how well they do some of that stuff.
Personally I find iCloud way better than dicking around with USB. I do however have a lightning card reader for my iPad and that works really well.
Blimey Android phones still use memory cards?
If you want to transfer data to/from an iPhone use the Cloud: Amazon, Google, DropBox, MS OneDrive, iCloud etc.
Or Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, or 5g. Why on Earth would you need to hardwire it to something to transfer a file to it? You don’t even need to plug it in to charge it FFS! Luddite!
iPhones do everything they are designed to well. Android devices on the other hand do more stuff but it comes at the expense of how well they do some of that stuff.
This. ^^^
Sounds like user error to me, “smug Apple user since late 90’s”
Think of the charging cable and all the bits that you want to plug into it like pedals and GPS/Lights/guards, etc.
Not everyone charges their phone in the same way (like not everyone uses the same pedals) so they don’t supply it. Not everyone needs an AC charger, usb converter, GPS computer, helmet light, etc, so they don’t supply them.
USB drive?
Into an iPhone?
With my reputation?
I moved from android for 3 reasons (well 3.5 really)
1. Sick of android phones (mainly samsung) having crap battery life and dying after less than 2 years. Everyone I know on ios says the battery life is great, or better than android anyway and last longer with better software support for longer
2. I like my music and android resample down
3. I like my photography and iPhone 13 pro camera can give very very good results
3.5 I fancied a change after 10 years (last iphone I had was a 4)
I'was in the middle of nowhere, I needed to transfer some stuff from a USB form a guy I was interviewing and I couldn't.
Yes the cloud is great, yes USB transfer is old school but sometimes its useful. Why can't apple do the stuff it does well AND the other stuff
OP in more money than sense shocker 😂
middle of nowhere but you still found a shop selling a lightning-to-USB adapter 🤔I’was in the middle of nowhere, I needed to transfer some stuff from a USB form a guy I was interviewing and I couldn’t.
I’was in the middle of nowhere, I needed to transfer some stuff from a USB form a guy I was interviewing and I couldn’t.
If this was for a professional job - you didn't have a laptop with you?
Didn't you know in advance what you would need to do?
Not trying to make this into a pile-on but it's a bit of an odd story.
Sounds like OP’s more angry with himself - didn’t know how to use his shiny new phone and ended up looking like a knob 😀
Quite why anyone would want to use SD cards in a mobile phone is beyond me, unless they’re being a real cheapskate and buying a phone with 128Gb of storage then whining because they haven’t got enough storage. That’s what cloud storage is for. If you’re using a camera and want to copy photos to your phone, you can buy the Camera Kit, which allows the transfer of photos to your phone, or you can buy wifi-enabled SD cards and transfer photos that way, but there are real issues with relying on swapping SD cards in a mobile phone, and getting formatting problems - SD cards are not a reliable method of transferring data.
FWIW, my iPhone is now nearly two and a half years old, and I bought it with 512Gb of storage. My photos are automatically uploaded to iCloud, so I can see them later on my iPad, and I’ve got somewhere around 27,000 photos, and my Apple Music app has somewhere around 40,000 tracks in it and currently stands at 306.2Gb, because I download not stream. Not needing an SD card at all.
Theres also the issue that comes with removable storage - it compromises the integrity of the device when it comes to its water-resistance.
haha yes it was an odd situation, not properly professional, I didn't look like a knob (well no more than usual), I'm only angry with myself (and steve jobs obvs), I took the adapter on purpose but didn't check it worked beforehand (hence the anger at myself), I still stand by my statement that why the hell can't apple be good at the stuff they are traditionally good at and clean up the rest I mean the self same usb stick is dual ended and I can literally stick it in my s10 and it works - yet even with an adapter it doesn't work with a phone twice the price from apple
I’was in the middle of nowhere, I needed to transfer some stuff from a USB form a guy I was interviewing and I couldn’t.
Maybe they could email them to you?
Maybe they could email them to you?
I was going to suggest Fax as you can get USB Fax modems but, you know, USB...
I was going to suggest Fax as you can get USB Fax modems but, you know, USB…
Do dot matrix printers take USB?
Why can’t apple do the stuff it does well AND the other stuff
You're trying to get 20 years old hardware to play with brand new hardware.
I feel this isn’t going to well for the OP
USB drive?
Into an iPhone?
With my reputation?
Wins thread.
and steve jobs obvs
Sure you're not confusing him with Hugo Chavez?
Yes the cloud is great, yes USB transfer is old school but sometimes its useful
I agree. So I bought a memory stick that has usb on one end and lightning on the other - it works well. Something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Computer-Android-MacBook-External-Storage-Black/dp/B08DTZ42HW/ref=sr_1_9?crid=2SVTWXS3E4ZIS&keywords=lightning%2Bmemory%2Bstick&qid=1644099300&sprefix=lightning%2Bmemory%2Caps%2C1779&sr=8-9&th=1
You had the wrong tool for the job and you're blaming this on a man who died 10 years ago.
Just moved to an iPhone and so far very happy
Loads of responses here don’t really address the ops point. He’s not trying to get his photos off to a pc. He’s trying to work with some one who has a usb drive. It’s easy with his old phone not his new one. Send fair enough to be annoyed
Easily I don’t think he got to choose west usb stick tyre other person had
As other people say. What are you trying to do with a connector. Load the items to iCloud via computer and then access them on iPhone. Apart from charging my iPhone I don’t think I’ve connected a USB to it for years
It’s easy with his old phone not his new one. Send fair enough to be annoyed
It's a very niche use of a phone, I've literally never heard of anyone trying to do this with Android or iPhone, and if I had anything even vaguely important like this to do I'd have a laptop with me, and even if the phone was the backup I'd have tested it first.
And I'm far from the most together person!
In the grand tradition of going off topic, OP, how did you transfer all the 2FA stuff from your android phone to your iphone?
2. I like my music and android resample down
"Android" doesn't do anything of the sort. Your source might, your streaming service might or your player might but that's bog all to do with the OS. The whole point of Android is that other apps are available/
Quite why anyone would want to use SD cards in a mobile phone is beyond me,
Because we begrudge paying several times the going rate for storage?
Apple is a very profitable company for a reason.
Mugs....
Quite why anyone would want to use SD cards in a mobile phone is beyond me,
Because my music is mainly comprised of DJ mixes, not individual tracks, and I like to carry it around with me, that OK?
Apple is a very profitable company for a reason.
Apple serves a purpose with various pros and cons to it. One major problem for them is they cant get to popular otherwise they risk lawsuits about abusing a monopoly position which so far they have been able to dance the line on hence the pricing.
They do have some nice features but it is important not to buy into the myths eg the ones about standing up against advertising (outside of that controlled by them) or against governments (they will stand firm for your rights against a mostly democratic one like the USA but good luck if it looks more profitable to help out a dictatorship like China).
As other people say. What are you trying to do with a connector.
Transfer some stuff during an interview. Probably one of the nichest use cases I have ever heard as well as being very odd interview practice!
There is no place for cables and SD card slots in 2022.
All that aside - just the UI on an Apple device makes me want to be violent. Horrible, just horrible
I can literally stick it in my s10 and it works – yet even with an adapter it doesn’t work with a phone twice the price from apple
Against the flow of comments this is where I agree with OP. The problem would have been avoided if Apple hadn't stuck with their antediluvian lightning port. The whole point of USB-C is that it's a hyper-flexible port for data/power/video/whatever, which Apple recognise by including it on the iPad pros and for many years as the only I/O on their laptops.
It's clearly the most sensible port to have on a phone and Apple don't use it because that would mean losing out on licensing fees for lightning peripherals.
Because my music is mainly comprised of DJ mixes, not individual tracks, and I like to carry it around with me, that OK?
Me to.
MixCloud or SoundCloud do the job for me.
As an Android AND IOS user, I honestly have no ****ing idea why people are remotely bothered by the differences.
They're both functional and simple to use, and my Android device cost more that my Apple device. How on earth you can....
All that aside – just the UI on an Apple device makes me want to be violent. Horrible, just horrible
....even in jest is beyond me. Neither are difficult to use.
I'd agree apple should use usb-c on their phones these days but I'm still not sure they'd let you just plug in random USB sticks and start pulling files off them.
They do have some nice features but it is important not to buy into the myths eg the ones about standing up against advertising (outside of that controlled by them) or against governments
Sadly though Apple are the best we've got available. Their privacy/security is significantly better than any android phone. And I'm saying this as someone who uses a Xiaomi 🙂
As a smug Apple user of many years standing, I can envisage a use for an SD card connection, in fact I have experienced such: you take photos on your camera which stores them on an SD card and you want to edit them on your phone during your lunch break. Your unuttterabley crap camera-phone transfer app doesn't work properly (yes, Fujifilm, I'm looking at you) so you want to attach the SD card to the phone somehow. As the OP says, Apple sell dongles for such a case, but they ain't cheap.
just the UI on an Apple device makes me want to be violent. Horrible, just horrible
Go on...
As a smug Apple user of many years standing, I can envisage a use for an SD card connection, in fact I have experienced such: you take photos on your camera which stores them on an SD card and you want to edit them on your phone during your lunch break. Your unuttterabley crap camera-phone transfer app doesn’t work properly (yes, Fujifilm, I’m looking at you) so you want to attach the SD card to the phone somehow. As the OP says, Apple sell dongles for such a case, but they ain’t cheap.
I’ve got a cheap (<£5) lightning to microsd adapter from Amazon for the rare occasions I want to transfer raw photos from my rx100. Works fine.
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